Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

Kiana swung her sword towards Raiden Mei.

After a night's rest, Kiana's mental strength has been fully restored, and the training over the past decade has allowed her to control her own power far better than before.

"Now is not the time to sleep."

B.35 The Spiritual Power of Bugs

"It's amazing, really amazing~?" Looking at Kiana carefully helping Raiden Mei to temporarily suppress her surging emotions, Alicia admired with her big sparkling eyes.

"Practice makes perfect." Kiana said, shaking her head slightly.

More than a decade ago, after Kiana discovered that her power had been unexpectedly "magnified" many times, she realized that she had to control her power well.

One of the ways to control power is to train your mental strength, according to what Fu Hua once taught him.

It is true that a Herrscher does not need a 'Sword Heart', but it takes time to 'forge' one's own 'God'.

Everyone's 'God' is different. Long before she traveled here, Kiana had already mastered the so-called 'God Essence'. It is not difficult for Kiana to release moves such as [Taixu Sword God].

But that was just an imitation of 'Fu Hua'. Although the power was still strong, as the saying goes, 'those who imitate me will live, and those who imitate me will die', Kiana did not have her own 'god' in [Taixu Sword God].

The process of "forging a god" is actually the cultivation of spiritual power.

"It's not that simple." Alicia shook her head and said, "Your mental power is very strong and you also have great control... With such mental power, it is more than enough to be a Herrscher of Knowledge."

Although Alicia herself is not a [Psychic Perception Fusion Warrior], her vision is there after all.

Alicia compared Kiana's mental abilities with those of several people she knew, and came to the conclusion that...

Kiana is not inferior to them, and may even be stronger.

This is when Alicia singled out Kiana's mental strength for evaluation.

"I really don't know how you did it." Alicia was very curious why Kiana was so strong.

Such strength has far exceeded the scope of "Herrser". Any regular Herrser that Alicia can think of can only be regarded as a weakling in front of Kiana.

"Just live a little longer." Kiana spread her hands and said, "After all, in the pre-civilization era, except for you, the longest that other Herrschers lived from birth to being conquered was no more than two weeks, right?"

The puppet Herrschers of the previous civilization were already complete when they were born, unlike the Herrschers of the current civilization that Kiana knew. They would encounter various things when they were born, resulting in the Herrschers not completing their transformation.

Moreover...even if one possesses complete authority, the Herrscher still has a lot of room for growth.

The completeness of power does not mean that the Herrscher can exert all the power of power.

Even now, Kiana has not reached the limit of her power.

"I've been a Herrscher for more than ten years." Kiana paused a little stiffly. "It would be bad if I didn't make some progress, right?"

After all, Kiana herself certainly knows her true identity as a Herrscher...if the time she spent as 'Sirin' is also counted.

Then Kiana has been a Herrscher longer than her actual age.

"Well...that's right." Alicia nodded in understanding.

If a hermit who has been practicing for more than ten years were placed in the pre-civilization era...

If we exclude this special guy, Alicia, then Kiana's time as a Herrscher is dozens of times longer than the total lifespan of all Herrschers.

"But, I think the way you use your mental power is familiar to me, Kiana." Alicia said curiously. "Can you tell me who taught you that?"

Alicia didn't intend to do anything roundabout, but asked Kiana directly.

"How to use mental power?" Kiana pondered for a moment.

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me."

"It's not that I can't tell you." Kiana shook her head. "In fact, you also know the person who taught me how to use my mental power, Alicia... Her name in the pre-civilization era was 'Hua', and now she's called 'Fu Hua'."

"Eh~ So it's Hua?" Alicia showed an interested expression. "Hua is quite...honest."

"As a Herrscher, how could Hua teach you how to train your spiritual power?"

"Or has Hua also changed a lot over such a long period of time?"

"Well, she has indeed changed a lot." Kiana thought about Fu Hua's experience and nodded. "In exchange for healing her body, I got her a way to train her mental strength."

Although Kiana already had the training method taught by Fu Hua, she was also worried that she might accidentally mix it up, so she took the opportunity of treating Fu Hua to exchange the method of cultivating mental power from Fu Hua.

"Oh~ I see~~" Alicia nodded in understanding, then she was stunned for a moment. "Huh? You want 'treatment' as a condition?"

Of course, Alicia knew that the Honkai beast that Fu Hua fused with was [Garuda], a Honkai beast with extremely terrifying self-healing abilities, and Fu Hua also possessed nearly immortal self-healing abilities.

And Fu Hua, who possesses such abilities, actually reached a deal with Kiana centered around "treatment."

Isn't this incredible?

"Well... the details will be revealed when you meet Fu Hua." Kiana waved her hand. "It's just that she has forgotten a lot of things, and I don't know if she can still remember you."

Although Kiana did cure Fu Hua and allowed her to regain her best body.

And Fu Hua also broke free from the shackles of "Divine Sound" because of the reasons that happened back then. The current Fu Hua's strength may be even stronger than her peak period.

But this is only in terms of strength. In terms of memory...because Fu Hua deleted a lot of memories herself, Kiana has no way to help her get them back.

As for the memories retained in [Yu Du Chen], the "capacity" of [Yu Du Chen] is not infinite. After all, thousands of years of memory is still too huge, not to mention that Fu Hua also has hyperthymesia, an ability that allows him to remember everything in detail.

So there are too many memories for her to delete and too many memories to keep.

Completely useless memories, useless memories, potentially useful memories, useful memories, important memories...

As the brain capacity and the capacity of [Yu Duchen] gradually decreased, Fu Hua often had to make choices.

Therefore, what exactly can Fu Hua remember, and what memories are retained in [Yu Duchen], most of the time even Fu Hua herself is not clear.

"I see..." Alicia understood this. "But it doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter if Hua doesn't remember me. Just think of it as getting to know each other again~"

"...Yes." Kiana looked at the smiling Alysia and nodded slightly. "This guy has a really good attitude..."

B.36 Evil beast!

"Alright." Kiana took back her hand from the back of Raiden Mei's head, and her mental fluctuations gradually subsided. "This way, Mei won't be disturbed by that kind of violent emotion for a short time."

Fortunately, Mei Raiden has not experienced anything that would make her feel desperate, so Mei Raiden's emotions are very stable.

In such an emotional state, even if the Honkai would amplify Mei Raiden's emotions, it would be difficult to push her to extremes.

As for what Kiana had experienced before, even with the help of 'Fu Hua', the emotions brought about by the collapse still made her want to self-destruct several times.

If it weren't for the help of her teacher and 'Fu Hua', Kiana might have been gone long ago.

"So what are you going to do next?" Alicia asked Kiana. "I can feel the source of the city's collapse... If I'm not mistaken, it should be the 'imaginary singularity'."

The so-called 'imaginary singularity' is the place where 'imaginary numbers' connect to the world.

There are actually quite a few such "imaginary singularities" because the world itself is fragile to "imaginary numbers". If energy is supplied directly to one point, it is easy for the world to collapse due to excessive energy.

"Yes, that's it." Kiana nodded. "In fact, with the help of the power of [Origin], every Herrscher has the opportunity to choose, so we don't need to do anything at all."

"Eh? Is that so?" Alicia blinked.

"Isn't [Siyuan] your power?" Kiana asked speechlessly, looking at Alicia with a curious face.

"Well... that's what I said." Alicia tapped her lips. "But to be honest, until the moment I lost my personality, I didn't really understand what the power of [Siyuan] was."

"So, let the Origin return to the End, and let the subsequent Herrschers have the opportunity to choose and have humanity... Rather than saying that I did it on purpose, it's more like a wish in my heart."

Having said this, Alicia smiled happily.

"Come to think of it, the power of [Siyuan] might be the power of 'dreams come true'~ After all... a cute girl's heart can do anything~?" Alicia winked at Kiana several times in a row.

"...You're right, but Honkai is omnipotent." Kiana spread her hands helplessly. "Okay, let's not talk about this for now."

"Unlike the Herrschers of your time, the Herrschers of our time are not puppets of the Houkai, but 'superpowers' with stronger desires than humans."

"We all have the power to choose from the beginning, but everyone's experience is different, and the 'results' of these experiences are also different."

"Mei hasn't experienced many bad things, so her emotions are stable. Even if she becomes a Herrscher, she won't do bad things."

Kiana paused for a moment before speaking here.

"So, Alicia, what do you think, if someone with a very painful past becomes a Herrscher, and her emotions are magnified several times, then will she still be like me?"

Alicia understood Kiana's words very well.

This is the choice of 'human nature'.

"Emm..." Alicia said after a moment's hesitation. "Although I also hope that every Herrscher can have a kind self, I will also accept a malicious self."

"If you ask me, whether it's good or evil, it's a choice of 'human nature', and that's what I want to see."

"After all, where there is good, there must be evil. That's what 'human' is."

"...I understand." Kiana nodded slightly. "No wonder Mei mentioned you so often before."

Originally, Kiana thought that Alicia was the kind of playboy who fell in love with everyone she met.

After all, Raiden Mei sometimes complains about Alicia in front of her.

But now it seems...Alicia's 'like' is too grand.

It was not like the love of a 'human', but more like the love of a 'God'. She loved all 'people', regardless of whether they were good or evil.

"Squeak~"

At this moment, the extremely shrill doorbell suddenly rang.

The Honkai energy that erupted when Mei Raiden became a Herrscher yesterday directly destroyed most of the electronic equipment in Changkong City in a manner similar to EMP electronic pulses.

Although some equipment is still usable, many of its functions are broken.

"Aunt, I'm fat!" Even though there was quite a distance between them, Yulandel's voice still came from the gate.

"You seem to be in good spirits." Kiana used her power to open the teleportation of the [Sub-Space Hole] and directly teleported Yulandel in.

Although she had a fight with Mei Raiden and then stayed up all night to annihilate all the Honkai beasts in the city, Yulandel was still in high spirits.

"Oh, you're back just in time." Kiana waved her hand to express her welcome.

"Auntie, I'm so... huh?" Yulandel, who had just walked out of the [Aerial Hole], complained that she was so tired, but when she looked closely...

The purple-haired thing that had fought with me yesterday was actually sleeping on the legs of my beautiful aunt!

Still face down!

Damn it! It's been years since I last lay on my aunt's lap!

"What's going on?" Yulandel asked in an incomprehensible accent.

"It's just 'beforehand' preparation." Kiana said concisely.

In fact, she was indeed making preparations to help Mei Raiden calm down so that she would not be disturbed by the collapse.

"Oh." Yulandel nodded in understanding.

My beautiful aunt is a fool and she definitely won’t do anything weird.

Humph, it’s a good thing that my aunt is a dork when it comes to feelings, otherwise she would have lost her chance long ago.

"Well, now that you're back, let's get started." Kiana said to Yulandel. "When Mei is completing her 'metamorphosis', the excessive Honkai energy will definitely cause a lot of chaos."

"Leave it all to me." Yulandel clenched her fists.

Although because the Honkai energy levels are rising all over the world, there are quite a few Honkai events occurring.

But those Honkai beasts were too weak for Yulandel.

Even the lower-level Honkai beasts like the [Honkai Emperor] can only be knocked away with one punch or exploded with two punches in front of Yulandel.

As for the more advanced [Emperor-level] Honkai beasts, they are too rare to appear, so Yulandel rarely has the opportunity to fight against such powerful Honkai beasts.

"Well, I'll leave it to you." Kiana nodded with a smile, as if she saw a very useful tool.