I have no regrets about my 2D world!

After coming in, Kiana didn't hesitate to pull a chair and sit down. After all, they were so familiar with each other. If the time wasn't inappropriate, she wouldn't mind just moving a chair or even lying on a bed.

"Well, I have something I want to ask."

"Someone's missing here?"

“Yeah.” Kiana nodded quickly, “It’s strange, I asked some researchers, and they all said that this place has been built for a long time and nothing like this has ever happened.

And we happened to come during this period, do you think it might be because of us?"

Although she has to attend eight hours of classes every day, Kiana still goes to other places every day. In the case of a missing person, even if she has deliberately requested that the information not be spread outside and has processed the memory, there will always be smart people who will find some abnormalities.

For those who are very familiar with each other, if one person discovers something unusual, it basically means everyone knows about it. Kiana naturally heard the news.

“It’s because of us, but it’s not because of us.”

"What do you mean?" Kiana scratched her head. This kind of statement that was both yes and no touched upon her blind spot in knowledge.

"Because this thing is bound to happen, our arrival only affects the time it takes."

"Oh, then it has nothing to do with us, right?"

It would have happened whether they came or not, and Kiana felt that this matter should have nothing to do with them...at least not much.

Unfortunately, she was wrong.

"It does matter. It's very relevant." Bai nodded deeply.

Without his participation, Xilin would probably still be staying in the "box". Oh no, her special characteristics have been discovered and she might have been sent to the operating room. Her hatred for humans is definitely much greater than it is now.

As for Kiana, she was born because of Sirin, and the relationship between the two is not only real but also very deep.

"Huh? That's not right. Didn't you say this was the history of the Second Honkai Impact? Since it would have happened whether we came or not, what does it have to do with me?"

"Well... how should I put it, there's one of your... um, relatives here."

Judging from age, Sirin is much older than Kiana, so she can at least be called an older sister. However, Kiana's birth was also due to Sirin's personality. In a sense, it is not wrong to regard the two as mother and daughter.

"My mother?" Kiana asked doubtfully. "If I really have to count, I remember my aunt was also involved in this incident, but this is more than one, right?"

So we just ignored Siegfried, right?

Baimian coughed twice without changing his expression, "Neither of them. You will know who it is later."

"Can't you just say it directly?" Kiana frowned slightly. She hated the Riddler.

"It's meaningless to talk about it now." Bai shook his head.

Rather than revealing the answer himself, he prefers to watch others discover the truth step by step.

"Okay, so what can I do? You know my personality. Something is killing people here. It's Kaslana's duty to protect humanity. I'm definitely not going to just stand there and watch.

But I don’t have the ability right now, I don’t even have a gun, so it’s easy to get into trouble if I go to investigate.”

Sighing helplessly, Kiana didn't bother to pursue the matter of relatives. Bai had already said that she would know about it later. Now she should just think about the current situation.

Since this is the second Honkai Impact, there must be a Herrscher who will appear. She didn't pay much attention to the academic subjects and only knew that the second Herrscher appeared in Siberia, but she had no idea about the specific time and place. However, this incident might really be related to the second Herrscher.

Whether it is true or not, she will go and take a look.

"My advice is that you don't need to get involved here. If you want to find something to do, you can try to wait for the people sent by the Destiny Headquarters."

"But won't it take at least two days for the Destiny Headquarters to send someone? If what happened here is really related to the Herrscher, doesn't that mean that the Herrscher will be allowed to act recklessly here within these two days?"

Kiana asked the question in confusion. She believed that Bai was not a bad person and would not watch ordinary people die innocently, so she was waiting for an explanation from Bai.

Bai didn't tell the reason immediately, but thought about it for a while, thinking about how to make Kiana accept the truth that was about to happen.

"Kiana, do you know the conditions for the birth of a Herrscher?"

"Enough Honkai energy?"

"Not only that, you can recall what happened when Mei became a Herrscher."

"Mei... Kiana doesn't understand what Shiro wants to say, but it doesn't matter if you follow her and recall the past."

"I remember that Mei seemed to be ostracized in the academy. I heard that many people did excessive things to Mei, and it seemed that Mei's father was in prison for some reason."

"So what do you think Mei would have thought of humans at that time?"

She was ostracized in the academy, and it was so serious that if Mei had not had extremely high kendo skills, she would have been bullied. Outside, her father's company had problems and her father went to jail. She suddenly became an ordinary person from a young lady, and it was like falling from heaven to hell.

“I’m going to dislike those people.”

"That's right. At that time, Mei had at least a period of time when she was extremely disgusted with humanity. In addition, someone deliberately arranged a high concentration of Honkai energy, so Mei became a Herrscher.

Do you think the Second Herrscher will have the same experience?"

"This..." Kiana hesitated, but finally nodded.

"But the Second Herrscher was born in Siberia. Even if there were people in such a special place, shouldn't they have banded together and found a way to leave? There's no reason for them to hate humans, right? Could it be that something bad happened because they ran out of resources when they left?"

"Think about it again. To have enough people to make the Second Herrscher feel disgusted with humanity, there must also be sufficient Honkai energy. There's a place in Siberia that perfectly fits the bill."

Too many people...Honkai Energy...

Kiana suddenly recalled the topic she had talked about with the researchers here a few days ago. At that time, she felt a strong Honkai energy reaction in a certain room, so she asked what was inside.

If she was not mistaken, the man seemed to have said that there was a reactor inside.

This is where Honkai research is done. The reactor is likely to be Honkai-powered, and there are so many people... there are hundreds of researchers here alone, so...

"Is this the place where the Second Herrscher was born?"

Chapter 110 Discovering the Truth

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

Knowing that the Herrscher had been born but had not yet started a killing spree, Kiana hurriedly stood up and wanted to go out.

She was not able to fight against the Herrscher of the Void, but she could notify the researchers here to evacuate.

But he had already reached the door, and when he turned around, he found Bai sitting there without moving at all.

"The Herrscher has been born, aren't you going to do something?"

"I've already done it." Bai said calmly.

"Notify the Destiny headquarters, but it will take at least a few days for those people to arrive. Even with that much time, the people here might not be able to warm up to the Second Herrscher, right?"

"It's really not enough."

"and you..."

Kiana was a little confused. In her eyes, Bai was not the kind of person who would sit back and watch something like this happen.

Bai didn't answer immediately, but changed the subject.

"Kiana, do you remember where you first came from?"

"When you first arrived? You mean the room that looked like a prison?" Kiana frowned slightly, recalling bad memories.

"Yes, what do you think you were at that time?"

"Orphans brought here? Placed in a place like that because there were no extra rooms?"

Siberia is so big and there are not many places to live, so it is reasonable to bring back some orphans. Otherwise, Kiana can't think of how to bring back so many young children.

Seeing that Kiana didn't seem to be pretending, Bai thought for a moment, "So what do you think should be done about the research experiment on the human body's adaptation to Honkai energy?"

"Research on the adaptability of the human body should require human participation."

“So where do these people come from?”

"It should be... voluntary..." Kiana's voice gradually became weaker.

The fact that she could travel across continents alone in her teens was enough to prove that she was not stupid, but she just tended not to think actively about things that were not related to the current situation.

Now with Bai's reminder, she also felt that something was wrong.

Normally speaking, testing the human body's adaptability to Honkai energy requires not only warriors, but also ordinary people who must be in very good physical condition and train regularly, because those with poor physical condition can be seen without testing.

But she'd been here for almost two weeks, and she hadn't seen anyone except the researcher. Would that researcher use her for an experiment? Impossible!

Because if the experiment fails, there may not even be a way to stop it.

If there are no ordinary people in good health and researchers are unwilling to take the initiative to participate in the experiment, then what else is there?

Kiana pursed her lips, met Bai's calm gaze, and shuddered as she recalled the clothes she was wearing when she was brought here.

53.

The fifty-third orphan? Or the experimental subject numbered 53?

"There are no researchers outside right now, you can go and verify your guess." Bai suddenly reminded.

"I... um." Kiana nodded, without saying anything more, and quickly ran out.

The chair was shaken by Kiana's quick standing up, and was held up by a white hand just as it was about to fall.

Prometheus sat on it.

"Why not just tell her the identity of the Second Herrscher?"

"I want to see her figure it out herself."

"She considers the Second Herrscher a friend. Aren't you worried she won't be able to accept the news?"

"Will not.

Kiana doesn't look very smart, but she's actually not too stupid. She knows what she can and can't do, and what she can and can't do."

"Really? I think there's at least a 70% chance that she'll turn against the Second Herrscher after she learns his identity.

Judging from her personality, she should try to stop the Second Herrscher from killing anyone more."

"Kiana can't stop Xilin, not to mention Xilin can still listen to me now. Even if Kiana comes to ask me for help, I won't take action."

As long as it's not his fault and as long as he doesn't kill innocent people, even if Xilin kills half of the world's population, Bai will only think that there is something wrong with this world.

If he is in a good mood, he might take action to correct the situation. If he is in a bad mood, the end of the world has nothing to do with him. At most, he will not take action himself.

"You want to see them fight?"

"Do not want to."

"But if this continues, the two of them or the forces that make the same choice as them will definitely fight."

Prometheus had some knowledge of the power of Destiny, the world's foremost organization fighting against Honkai. Once the people sent by Destiny learned of the birth of the Second Herrscher, they would definitely find a way to deal with it.

The first Herrscher of this era was rather special. He was disturbed at birth and sided directly with humans, so he did not cause much damage, nor was he attacked immediately after birth.

But someone died on the first day the Second Herrscher was born. If nothing unexpected happens, all the researchers in the Tower of Babylon will die in a few days, because in Prometheus's view, there are no innocent researchers here.

Although human experiments were conducted in the previous era, they were basically voluntary. People would not be forced onto the experimental table unless absolutely necessary. Those who conducted illegal human experiments privately were also within the scope of the Fire Moth's cleanup.

"Don't worry, even if they fight, it's no big deal. I can ensure their lives are not in danger. Just treat these little fights as exercise."

"So you just want to watch the fun?"

"You could say the same thing."

He has been here for more than ten days. Apart from classes, every day is a peaceful routine. He is so idle that he almost wants to go to sleep. If nothing interesting happens, he will probably go somewhere else to have a look.

Although my original intention was to live a peaceful life, I felt that something was missing when it was too peaceful. In Gensokyo, at least I could tease the fairies from time to time, or hang out with the more lively guys.

But the Xilin here is relatively quiet. After a period of contact, she has the feeling of a literary girl. Although Kiana is more lively, her health is too poor. She can't play with a little stimulation. I can only look forward to other interesting things.

"What should you call this kind of personality?"

"Well, a fun person, the kind that's a bit normal, should count, right?"

Bai wasn't sure what a fun-loving person was, but he was the type who would actively seek out fun.

Prometheus thought for a moment and seemed to understand something.

"Would it be fun if I told Dr. Mei what happened here?"

Bai suddenly looked at Prometheus, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly, "At least not for me now."

He didn't know what Alicia said to Mei to make Mei accept it, but he knew that at least for now Mei was not very accepting of his current situation of having multiple relationships.

However, he did not intend to keep it a secret from Mei forever. He would tell her everything frankly after the Final Battle. By then, even if Mei was still angry, he and Mei would have enough time to reconcile.

But he just couldn't understand why Prometheus had such a personality after only being a human for one day.

I can’t be influenced by him, it’s only been one day.