Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

Fortunately, Alicia wouldn't be upset about this. Her gaze shifted to the side, finally settling on Mebius, who had stopped his work and was staring at them with a cold gaze.

"Doctor, we've come all the way here to see you—though we'd like to say this, this time we're really here to see Keno."

As she spoke, Alicia took out the two white chrysanthemums that she had been hiding behind her back and gently placed them on the table beside her.

"This belongs to Kevin and me. Can I just put it here?"

Mebius's eyes became as sharp as a venomous snake that had found its prey, and his voice became colder and colder. "Alisa, and Mei's little follower? Ha..."

"roll!"

Kevin, who was standing behind Alicia, paused, then said, "Doctor, I..."

"Don't you understand?" Mebius' expression remained icy. "Take your hypocritical gifts and go back to where you came from!"

"Doctor, we really don't have any bad intentions," Alicia said. "We came here this time simply to visit Kainuo."

"Really?" Mobius sneered. "Well, then explain to me why a mere Herrscher of Death died there. Don't tell me he couldn't beat her. If even Kaynor couldn't beat that Herrscher of Death, there's no chance of you coming back alive."

"Of course, don't tell me the truth is the same as what the Fire Moth rumored—I know him well enough. He wouldn't stand against humanity. And if he really did choose to stand against humanity, you wouldn't be able to come back alive."

They exchanged a glance, and Alicia hesitated slightly. "But Mebius, the truth is, we really don't know. It was Keno who discovered the Herrscher of Death himself, and it was at that moment that he suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground, motionless. We didn't discover anything."

"Perhaps the Sixth Herrscher will cause the life that killed her to die along with it? We truly know too little about the power of the Herrscher."

Staring into Alicia's eyes, Mebius' expression suddenly softened. "Okay, I'll believe you for now."

"Really?" Alicia smiled with her eyes wide open. "As expected, I knew you were a warm-hearted beautiful girl, Mebius."

Kevin glanced at Alicia.

"Don't try to be so rude," Mebius frowned. "But since you didn't kill Keno yourself, and you guys have a pretty good relationship, then it shouldn't be a problem for you to do me a favor, right?"

"No problem!" Alicia said, "Tell me what you want to help me with. If I can help, I will!"

Kevin followed and nodded.

"I need you to help me get Kaynor's body back from the top of the Fire Moth." Mebius said.

"For various reasons, they don't trust me very much, so my applications to Kainuo are always rejected. But if I had the help of you two, wouldn't things be different?"

"No problem, and I can ask Mei to help as well." Kevin said, "But you need to tell me why you need his body. If you just want to conduct experiments on his body... then I cannot agree."

As if he had heard a funny joke, Mebius covered his mouth with one hand and laughed uncontrollably.

"Haha... Kevin, do you have any misunderstandings about the Fire Moth? You don't think that Kaynor's body will be treated kindly in the hands of the Fire Moth, do you?"

Before Kevin Alicia could react, Mabius paused and his laughter gradually died down.

Standing up from the chair she had been sitting on, she stared at Kevin, her emerald eyes filled with seriousness and determination.

"But don't worry. I wouldn't be as despicable as those unworthy of being called human beings to conduct experiments on the body of a deceased friend."

"I just want to explore his body to find the truth behind his inability to wake up... and fulfill a promise we made long ago. That's all."

Chapter 209 The Last Trial

【You should wake up.】

Keno suddenly opened his eyes, held his face with one hand and gasped.

After a moment's rest, his chaotic mood finally settled. Kayno took his hand away, glanced at the sweat stains on it, and took a deep breath.

At this moment, that mixed voice rang out again. However, unlike before, it rang directly in his mind. This time, the voice was centered around him, resounding from all directions.

It was like there were a circle of speakers around him.

[It seems that you have recovered.]

"I can see that there's nothing wrong with my eyes." Kainuo grinned.

The memory fragment before was indeed the node. The surrounding environment changed again, and now he has successfully reached the last level.

The earth, drenched in blood, and the sky, as if the sun had been extinguished, stood in stark contrast, the crimson and pitch black distinct. Several white, mold-like ruins lay scattered across the earth and sky, as if the laws of physics no longer applied.

In other words, some physical rules are no longer valid.

Otherwise, the floating building in the sky should have fallen directly. Otherwise, he shouldn't be able to see so clearly in this situation without any light source.

Everything indicated that this was undoubtedly the end of the Stigmata Dimension. The laws here were infinitely close to those of the imaginary dimension and the quantum sea. For ordinary people, simply surviving here would be a challenge.

But now, he no longer cares whether this is the point.

Unable to find the exact location of the so-called Judge, Kainuo let out a breath and simply looked up at the sky. "The memory fragments in the Stigmata space are indeed real, right?"

【no doubt. 】

Kainuo nodded. "You said that the memory fragments everyone encountered during the trial were actually closely related to him. So, I guess that Kainuo from the previous civilization shouldn't be completely unrelated to me, right?"

【no doubt. 】

"Okay." Kainuo's eyes became sharp. "So, what exactly is my relationship with him?"

[No comment. 】

"..."

Kainuo stared at the sky with a frown on his face, feeling increasingly upset.

Originally, he didn't care too much when the Judge separated them and asked them to take the trial individually. He just touched the memory fragments one by one with the intention of exploring the origin of the stigmata.

As he continued to explore, he suddenly found a person with the same name as himself in the memory fragments of an ancient person from 50,000 years ago. It seemed that the person was very close to Mebius, the creator of his stigmata.

It's almost like you suddenly discovered that your childhood neighbor was actually a human trafficker, and there was a person with the same name as yours on his trading list... How could he not panic?

At first, he came to this holy scar space just to make his father believe that he was Kayno himself. However, now that he has not yet completely passed the trial, he has begun to doubt his own life experience.

The likelihood of the memory fragments in the stigmata space being flawed was low; after all, it had been Otto's idea to come here and view the memories. Even if he disagreed with Otto's character, Kayno had to admit that the information he had summarized was unlikely to be wrong.

In addition, Bianca and his aunt's behavior can also explain part of the problem. The two have obviously touched the memory fragments many times, but neither of them doubted the content inside... Wait, memory fragments?

Kainuo was stunned, and suddenly slapped his head, and his heart quickly calmed down as if he had taken a tranquilizer.

He met his materialized mother again and was exposed to more and more memory fragments with so much information that his thoughts became so confused that he almost got stuck in a dead end. But when he thought about it carefully, the first memory fragment he came into contact with was the memory of his birth as a child!

Since there was nothing wrong with my background, it wouldn't be a big deal. Besides, my name was given by my parents, so having the same name was probably just a coincidence.

After rethinking it, Kainuo continued to ask the Judge, "Compared to that Kevin, it's obvious that I have a deeper relationship with Kainuo, right? If that's the case, why didn't you show me his memory fragments before, but showed me Kevin's instead?"

"Can you at least explain this to me?"

[Yes.] The judge did not refuse this time.

The reason is simple. All current Kaslanas are genetically descended from Kevin, and you are no exception. And while that Kayno from fifty thousand years ago could barely be called a Kaslana, his memories simply cannot be stored in this stigmata space.

Kaino hesitated for a moment, "Are they brothers?"

The fact that Mobius confused the two for a moment suggests that they were similar in appearance and barely belonged to the same Kaslana clan, but Kayno's memories did not exist in the stigmata space, so the two were clearly direct relatives.

As for the father and son…the age difference between them shouldn't be that great. As for the possible cloning issue, that was none of his business.

[…at the genetic level.]

"Very good, I understand everything." Kainuo nodded.

It seems that the guess is correct.

"By the way, can you tell me what the holy marks on my body have to do with him?" Kainuo asked again.

【Nothing...】

"No comment? I guess that's all you can say." Kainuo interrupted the other person who had just spoken and began to stretch his muscles.

The judge fell silent for a moment.

"I remember you said I could ask you questions after you passed the last level of the trial, right? Hurry up."

After a thorough warm-up, Kainuo casually pulled out the Xuanyuan Sword. "Come to think of it, you haven't told me yet, what exactly is the trial for the final level? And if it's convenient, how are my sister and my period doing?"

After a brief silence, the judge continued to speak.

"Your movements are far faster than those of the other two. They're still searching for memories on the upper level. Normally, the trial involves battling the trial-taker I'm imitating. Only by defeating your alter-ego and proving your power surpasses your own can you control the power of the Kaslana family's stigmata."

Kaino quickly noticed the suspicious point, "Under normal circumstances?"

The judge did not respond immediately.

Under Kayno's astonished gaze, countless blue rays of light rushed in from all directions of the Holy Scar Space and gathered not far in front of Kayno. Finally, a human figure that looked very similar to him appeared there.

The same white hair and blue eyes, extremely similar facial features and the black, white and blue combat uniforms that he had seen countless times in memory fragments. The man inserted the Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire into the ground, and there was no ripple in his icy eyes as he looked at him calmly.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Kevin Kaslana, one of the Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Chaser, and the warrior who holds the Mark of Savior."

Kevin said in a deep voice.

"Due to your unique characteristics, this stigmata space cannot truly simulate you. Therefore, I will take over the judge's place and conduct the next trial on you. Similarly, after you defeat me, I will personally answer your questions."

"Don't worry, I won't let you go."

Chapter 210 Battle

"You are... me?!" Kainuo's eyes widened, obviously surprised. "Aren't you in the Quantum Sea?"

Kevin, who was about to raise his sword, seemed to have not expected Kainuo to be so enthusiastic. He paused slightly and then nodded.

"Yes. Of course, because I don't have the power of the Herrscher of the Void, I naturally cannot enter the Stigmata Dimension in my body. What you see now is actually the manifestation of the power of the Stigmata Dimension."

"But precisely because of this, my physical weakness will not affect my ability to fight you."

"Do I have such a high profile?" Kainuo blinked, seemingly oblivious to what he was saying. "The strongest person in the former civilization? He came here just to give me a trial?"

"You are qualified, and I also..." Kevin suddenly realized something was wrong and stared at Kainuo.

"Are you trying to trick me?"

The surprise on Kainuo's face faded immediately. He shrugged innocently and said, "What's the point of that? It's just a normal chat. If you don't want to say it, forget it. You'll have to explain it to me later anyway."

Kevin stared at Kayno, who didn't seem to be taking it too seriously, and suddenly said, "You should know about the Snake's Stigma Project."

Kaino was stunned when he heard this. "Snake...you mean the World Serpent? I know about the Stigma Project, what's wrong with that?"

"Let's make a bet," Kevin said slowly. "If you win, you can get the information you want to know. If you lose, you won't lose anything. It seems that for this reason, you don't take it too seriously."

"So, let's add another ante."

"If you lose, I will immediately return from the Quantum Sea and execute the Stigmata Project. If you win, the World Serpent will no longer execute the Stigmata Project and will follow your lead. I will also hand over the core of the Herrscher of Reason to you."

Kainuo was stunned at first, then he suddenly understood.

The incident happened a long time ago, and he had just experienced one memory fragment after another with Kevin as the protagonist, so he almost forgot that Kevin seemed to be the existence called the Lord by the World Serpent.

But it was precisely because of those memories that Kainuo was a little confused.

"You want to execute the Stigmata Plan?" Kainuo frowned. "In your previous memory fragments, you clearly expressed your desire for more people to survive. If the Stigmata Plan is executed, you should also know how many people will die, right?"

"So, I'm giving you a chance to fight me," Kevin answered irrelevantly. "If you win, then I'll tentatively admit that there are other ways to defeat the End."

Kainuo frowned for a moment, then suddenly exhaled, staring intently into Kevin's eyes with a serious expression.

"Then be prepared to receive a severe beating."

Kevin didn't respond, but talked about something else.

"The power of the world bubble in your body cannot be used in this stigmata space."

Kaino, who was about to mobilize the power of the World Bubble, opened his eyes wide, "Huh? Why? You still restrict the use of power in the trial?"

Wasn’t it said that the trial was entirely for the benefit of the trial-taker?

Kevin shook his head, "I didn't mean anything against you."

"Unlike your sister, the world bubble within you is far too massive. Even if a tiny amount of that power leaks out, it would be enough to destroy this fragile stigmata space."

Kaino wore a bitter expression, glanced at the Skyfire Judge in front of Kevin, and nodded, "Alright, even if we don't use it, it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat you."

Since he was still using the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire as a weapon, the upper limit of his opponent's strength was almost predictable. In this situation, Kaynor was not really worried about losing.

Kevin nodded and raised the Skyfire in his hand high.

"Then, let's get started."

As Kevin finished speaking, the sword, forged from soul steel, began to tremble uncontrollably, its shape stretching and deforming. A blazing red slowly engulfed the greatsword, leaving no trace of other color.

In an instant, the sleeping greatsword suddenly woke up, and in the hands of its master, it displayed a flame that was enough to burn the world!

A swollen heat wave, mixed with a few splashes of fire, spread out. Looking down at the Xuanyuan in his hand, Kainuo swallowed.

I always feel like I've lost in some way...