Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

Well, that’s it for the end of the first issue, [The Second Collapse]~

See you in the next interview~☆

B.1 2012

"Accept!"

"Boom!" Under the amplification of Honkai energy, the extremely powerful force made the girl's palms numb.

"You are really worthy of me..." Looking at the girl in front of her who looked very similar to herself, Kiana sighed in her heart again.

Originally, everyone thought that Qibao had simply inherited Kaslana's extremely strong resistance to Honkai energy and relatively powerful strength.

And it was obvious that although Qibao's strength was far beyond that of ordinary people, she was still weaker than Siegfried, obviously because Shaniat's blood diluted her strange power.

But contrary to the expectations of everyone except Kiana, Qibao suddenly showed the power of Shaniyat when he was nine years old.

Although the gap is still too big compared to Cecilia, this power gives Qibao even more miraculous powers.

By using Shaniyat's Honkai energy to strengthen herself, Qibao can further stimulate the power of her own Kaslana.

The result is a power comparable to Theresa's.

This is no joke. Although Theresa's last name is 'Apokalis', people who know her know that her bloodline comes from a powerful Kaslana warrior, and another part of her genes comes from a Honkai beast named [Vishnu].

[Vishnu] can be said to be the most special among all Honkai beasts.

It has the ability to devour the collapse and complete its own evolution.

When it was discovered, it was only at the [Emperor Level]. If it had been given more time, it would have most likely evolved into the [Judgement Level].

In the current civilization's classification of Honkai beasts, the pinnacle of upper-level Honkai beasts is the [Judgment Level], but Kiana has heard Mei Raiden mention another term, the [End of Law Level].

It is an indefinable level. The [End of Law Level] may not be very strong at first, but there is no doubt that they have the possibility of surpassing the [Judgement Level].

By combining the genes of Kaslana and Vishnu, Theresa possesses unique supernatural powers. If Theresa activates her Honkai factor, she can even further increase this supernatural power.

When Qibao unleashes all his strength, he can possess power comparable to Theresa's normal strength...and this is just power.

More importantly, she is only fourteen years old.

"Okay, take a break." Kiana said after she laid down the 14-year-old Qibao. "She is indeed the future 'strongest Valkyrie'. Her speed of improvement is truly terrifying."

"No, I can continue." Qi Bao jumped up with a somersault, stomped his feet on the ground a few times, shook his hair, and got into a stance.

"You can't be too hasty in becoming stronger." Kiana snapped her fingers, and the [Power of the Void] instantly surrounded Qibao, freezing her in the power. 'Even if Bianca wanted to break free, it would be difficult, let alone you who haven't grown up yet.'

"But Auntie, you don't have time to practice with me." Qibao looked at Qiana in distress. "Dad always uses the excuse of 'I can't do it' to escape, so Mom... forget it."

"And no matter how much I exercise..."

Before Qibao could finish his words, Kiana slapped him in the face.

"Didn't I tell you? You can't be too hasty in becoming stronger." Kiana withdrew her hand and said with some blame. "Qibao, you are already very strong now, and more importantly, you are only fourteen years old."

"Hmm..." Qibao pouted and changed the subject. "Aunt, I'm already fourteen years old, can't I call you something else?"

The fourteen-year-old girl was still being called 'Qibao' or something like that, and she felt so embarrassed.

"No." Kiana shook her head and rejected her proposal without hesitation. "Our Qibao is so cute, so it can only be Qibao."

"..." Qibao pouted. 'It's because calling me 'Kiana' would be awkward, right?'

Perhaps many people have this feeling, that when someone calls their own name, they always suddenly feel particularly embarrassed.

Qibao and Qiyana have the same name.

So Qibao has always used the name he used when he was a child... Oh, no, after growing up a little, Qibao called Qiana "Auntie" instead of "Pretty Auntie" as at the beginning.

"Hmm~it's enough for you to know." Kiana didn't have to guess what was revealed on Qibao's face, which was completely unable to hide the truth.

"Hmm..." Qibao pouted unhappily after failing to change her nickname. "Ah!"

"What's wrong? Why are you so startled?" Kiana asked puzzledly.

Qibao's personality is quite similar to Bianca's, although there are some differences to a certain extent.

Qibao is very optimistic and confident, but perhaps because she is still young... but more importantly because she is a Kaslana, Qibao is still a little rash.

"But it's already good, at least much better than me." Thinking back to her early years, Kiana wanted to sigh helplessly.

"Actually, it's like this. Bishop Otto and I applied, hoping to become stronger." Qi Bao said to Kiana with some guilt.

"...Is that so."

As time passed, several members of the Snow Wolf Squad became S-class Valkyries due to the successful development of the new Valkyrie armor. So in an instant, the number of S-class Valkyries doubled, and they also guarded various parts of the world.

Not only that, the development of the Valkyrie Armor also allowed most of the original B-class Valkyries to have the strength to rival the A-class Valkyries, so Destiny also lowered the A-class standard from the original 'capable of destroying multiple 'elite-level' or 'lord-level' Honkai beasts or death warriors alone' to 'while wearing armor'.

Because of the armor, the Valkyries' combat effectiveness has not been reduced in essence, but the standard has indeed been lowered a lot.

Therefore, the number of A-level Valkyries in Destiny is no longer just a few as in the beginning.

With such an improvement, Tianming's combat power can be said to have increased several times.

It is precisely because of this that, in recent years, there have been very few major destructive disasters around the world.

Peace is certainly a good thing, but for a little guy like Qibao who wants to become stronger, he loses a lot of opportunities to gain experience.

Both of his parents are among the strongest warriors in the world today, and Qibao naturally strives for this goal.

However, Qi Bao, who had no chance to gain experience, could only ask Otto for help in finding a solution.

Otto's approach is to focus on the "Quantum Sea".

B.2 People in Heaven

"Huh... Why do I suddenly feel like I'm getting old?" When Kiana heard that Qibao would be away for a while, she inexplicably began to sigh about the passage of time.

"Because I see my 'sister' grow up, I feel old?" At some point, Xilin had quietly appeared beside Kiana.

Back then, Xilin guessed that Kiana was Qibao's sister, and the reason why Kiana was named the way it is now was because Qibao had an accident when she was very young. Until now, Xilin still firmly believes this, so it is natural that Kiana would be very happy to see her grown-up "sister". (I have changed it, the name was wrong)

"Aha~ probably." Kiana laughed dryly twice and passed it over.

To some extent, Kiana has not experienced anything familiar in the past twelve years.

The world has been changed by her.

Cecilia and Celine are both alive and well.

[Project Xilin] would naturally cease to exist.

"Although there is no K-423 in this world anymore, it's not bad." Kiana turned and looked at Sirin.

The world now is much better than the 'original world' that Kiana knew in many ways.

Without Xilin's meteorite, there would naturally be no casualties of hundreds of millions of people.

The appearance of several S-class Valkyries and a large number of A-class Valkyries also effectively suppressed the global Honkai disaster.

Everything seems to be moving in a better direction.

"What's that look in your eyes?" Silin frowned and asked, noticing Kiana's slimy look. "So disgusting."

"Nothing, I just feel very relieved." Kiana stretched. "Don't you think this is good?"

"I don't feel anything." Perhaps because her body's age has been fixed and will hardly grow any more, Xilin's personality has not changed much in these twelve years.

Of course, the fact that her personality hasn’t changed doesn’t mean that Xilin herself hasn’t changed.

After a few years of schooling, Xilin's understanding of the world has obviously deepened a lot.

Xilin understood a lot of things, and she also had a deeper understanding of what Kiana said to her back then.

Having power is definitely not a bad thing, but you must understand how to use the power you have.

Kiana had told her that her power was the power of 'self-preservation' and should not be used against those as innocent as herself.

Through learning, Xilin naturally gained a deeper understanding of "innocence" and "self-protection", and the once blurred concepts of good and evil were reconstructed.

There are many things that Xilin didn't understand very well before, but now she has her own understanding of them.

For example, Sirin once didn't understand why Kiana, who was a Herrscher, was so close to humans.

Even if Kiana's parents are Cecilia and Siegfried, this is not a reason for Kiana to be so enthusiastic about humans.

And now, Xilin understands...

"Just continue to be so arrogant." Kiana laughed evilly twice.

'Snapped! '

Xilin's smooth calf kicked Kiana's thigh, and a crisp sound was made when the skin touched.

----

With Kiana's intervention, the progress of the Skymancer Space Department can be said to be rapid. The power of "imaginary numbers" is indeed extremely powerful.

You can define 'imaginary numbers' and directly modify their parameters to make them the substance you need.

In other words, with Kiana's help, humans can directly ignore the gap in "Materials Science".

Of course, this is only to a certain extent. After all, even Kiana cannot create enough "imaginary matter" to support civilization's interstellar travel.

Seeing his dream getting closer, Ryusuke Muryota naturally worked a thousand times harder.

But just a few days ago, Wuliangta Longjie accidentally learned about some special circumstances.

Although he has always believed that human civilization is not the 'only one', he has never discovered any civilization other than human.

But a few days ago, he unexpectedly came into contact with a civilization hidden beneath human civilization.

'Shoggoths'

Through contact with the 'Shoggoth Clan', Wuliangta Longjie learned more about extraterrestrial civilizations.

This includes the "People in Heaven" who survive by plundering the resources of other civilizations.

This also further proves that Ryusuke Muliangta's previous idea was correct, to explore space, search for other civilizations in the universe, and rely on the experience of these civilizations to fight against the collapse.

Because the 'Shoggoth Clan' once fought against the 'Honkai Impact', although they failed in the end, the entire clan abandoned their bodies and entered the [Key of Dimension, Candy House], and relied on this method to hide under human civilization, and continued the clan in a way similar to skipping classes.

Although they failed, they survived.

Although this is also a method, what Wuliang Talongjie wants is not this lingering continuation.

But before that...the threat from [The Man from Heaven] is indeed a huge problem.

Wuliangta Ryūsuke didn't know how strong the "people in the sky" described by the "Shoggoths" were, but if they were strong enough to use asteroids for scouting, then there was no doubt...

As the "People in Heaven" of an interstellar civilization, their current strength is far beyond that of humans.

'What should I do...' Wuliangta Ryusuke has been thinking about this question for a long time.

Originally, it was thought that exploring the universe was a way to save humanity, but Ryuji Muryota discovered that... this path that was supposed to save humanity was just another jackal.

"Perhaps, telling Bishop Otto about this news is the right choice." Wuliangta Longjie thought so.

The information about [People in Heaven] is extremely important. If humans were to fight [People in Heaven] without any preparation, it would inevitably be a disastrous defeat.

----

"Ah? News about Otto?" Kiana took out the communicator and took a look. She didn't expect that the person who contacted her was Otto.

In fact, Kiana and Otto have not had any contact for quite some time.

"What's the matter, Otto?" Kiana answered the call casually.

"Ms. Kiana, I have something very important to discuss with you." Otto's tone did not seem as casual as usual, but rather a little cold.

"...Okay." It was rare to hear Otto's tone, and Kiana realized that what Otto was going to say might not be that simple.

So Kiana didn't argue with Otto. After all, this bastard Otto was indeed a very troublesome enemy, but if he was a ally... although you have to be wary of his backstab, Otto as a ally was indeed very powerful.