The world is broken, my Valkyrie is doubled

"It's just... I don't know since when I haven't seen any outsiders. I haven't heard about the outside world for a long time. At that time, whenever there were traveling merchants coming to Yaesu Village, we would gather around the merchants, listen to them telling stories about the outside world, and eat the freshly bought sweets that were only available in the outside world. Sometimes, while listening, Rin would lean on my shoulder and sleep quietly..." Suddenly, the words stopped abruptly, and a trace of sadness flashed in Yaesu's eyes, which were originally full of nostalgia, and she didn't continue.

"The outside world? There hasn't been much change in these years. It's better to say that there are wars everywhere, and the daimyos are constantly fighting for their own interests. The people are living in misery. This is probably why the traveling merchants have not appeared in the village for a long time. Now there is chaos outside. It is better to say that Miss Yaesakura, your village is a rare piece of pure land, which has not been involved in the war." Wang Chen estimated the time when Yaesakura was there, and it seemed that that was the early stage of the Far East Village Chief War.

"Is... that so? No wonder. Then were Mr. Wang Chen and Miss Karin also affected by the war and fell into the water?" Yaezakura was obviously surprised after hearing what Wang Chen said, and asked.

"It's about the same." Wang Chen said. He and Kallen were indeed dragged into this village because of fighting. Kallen was due to the pursuit of destiny, and he was due to the battle with the Herrscher. In a sense, it wasn't a lie.

"The world is really difficult. Although the village is peaceful and has not been affected by the war, it is not much better than the outside world." Yaezakura sighed softly, then pointed at Yaezakura and said, "We are here."

Wang Chen looked around and saw that the village was indeed as Yaezakura had said, rather dilapidated and not prosperous. Following Yaezakura to the village, as soon as he entered the village, the villagers surrounded him. The crowd was boiling, and people were restless, all vying for their demands.

"Miko-sama! Something terrible has happened! A monster has appeared in the mountains! My husband went into the back mountains to cut wood and never came back! When we went to look for him, we only saw a pool of blood and a broken axe... It must be a monster! Only a monster can do this! If this continues, we will all be eaten by the monster!"

"Miko-sama, it's not just monsters! It hasn't rained in the village for a long time. The drought has lasted too long and the crops are dying! If this continues, everyone will starve to death! Even if they don't starve to death, they will die of thirst!"

"This must be God's punishment for everyone! Miko-sama! Only by calming God's wrath can the village once again be peaceful and prosperous... Miko-sama! We must hold it again..."

"Everyone!" Yaezakura interrupted the villagers' panicked words, then exhaled and said, "I will solve these problems now, please be patient."

"Lady Miko! The situation is urgent now, how can we be patient? We must quell the wrath of the god immediately! We must hold the ceremony right now!" a villager jumped out and said.

"Clang——" Yaezakura suddenly pulled out her sword. The villagers who were still shouting and angry became afraid when they saw the cold light flashing from the sword. They trembled and said, "Miko...Miko-sama! What do you want to do? Do you want to go against your responsibilities as a shrine maiden?"

"I am only going to get rid of the monster on the back mountain right now to relieve everyone's anxiety." Yaezakura said slowly, turned around, looked at Wang Chen, untied the small bag tied around her waist, and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wang Chen, I made you laugh. Here is the list of materials that need to be purchased and the required money. Now I can only trouble Mr. Wang Chen to help bring it back."

"Don't you need help?" Wang Chen took out the cloth bag, padded it, and then asked.

"No, this is the responsibility of the priestess. It is my business." After saying that, Yaezakura grasped the sword and headed back towards the back mountain.

Wang Chen watched Yaezakura walk away, then glanced at the villagers behind him who had been excited just a moment ago. When Yaezakura left, they dispersed one after another with dejected looks, as if they had lost their target.

"Sure enough, this is also the work of Erosion." Wang Chen obviously saw the unnatural change of emotions. Although the villagers were ignorant, Erosion magnified their fear and anger, causing them to point the finger at Yaezakura. When Yaezakura left, the influence began to dissipate, and the villagers returned to their original state. Even because they had aroused too much panic and anger, they became so depressed after losing their passion.

The same was true for myself. When Yaezakura was gone, the throbbing desire was calmed down, and what was left was only a feeling of fatigue in my heart.

"Hehehe... the first day has arrived again. Everything we have done is useless... It's an endless cycle of reincarnation, why can't that witch just die!" Suddenly, a discordant voice came into Wang Chen's ears. Wang Chen realized that something was wrong and hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound, but there were many people returning to the village in that direction, and he had no idea who the voice came from.

Wang Chen noted down the clothes of those people and then entered Yae Village.

Chapter 84: Cycle? Weird?

"...Gone?" After Wang Chen entered the village, he found that the people he had just followed suddenly disappeared. He was sure that his tracking skills were fine, but those people seemed to have suddenly evaporated from the face of the earth and disappeared from his sight.

"Forget it. Since we are in this village, we will meet again sooner or later. But... As expected, I am not the only one in this space. From what he said just now, I can tell that he is not a fake person in this space, but from the outside world. In addition, the Herrscher of Corrosion is working with the Herrscher of Thousands. Could it be that the students of Qianyu Academy whose consciousness was taken away are still in this space? Reincarnation... First day... Tsk, loop copy?"

Based on this short sentence, Wang Chen deduced a lot of useful information and had a better understanding of the space he was in. However, this was just his own speculation. If he wanted to know whether his speculation was correct, he had to find the guy who had just said this sentence and verify it.

"Forget it, let's complete the arrangements for Yaezakura first and buy all the supplies. After putting them back, call Kallen to go to the back mountain. Help Yaezakura solve the problem of the monster." Wang Chen interrupted his thoughts and started to walk around the village.

……

After buying all the supplies, Wang Chen prepared to go back to the shrine from the back of the village by taking a small road. After all, he was already familiar with the map structure of Yae Village in the game, because he was also a Yae Village car king, often racing around and looting supplies in the village. The Yae Village in this space was just an enlarged version of the one in the game with some detailed side roads, but it was generally not bad.

Suddenly, Wang Chen was attracted by the withered tree at the back exit of the village. If he guessed correctly, there was a cherry tree in full bloom here. It seemed that the CG related to Yaezakura sitting under the cherry tree had a lot to do with this old tree.

But... now this old tree has withered.

Wang Chen came to the tree and suddenly found a sign in front of the old tree. There seemed to be a line of small words engraved on the sign, so Wang Chen went forward to check the content on the sign. After seeing it, he couldn't help but frowned. He saw that the content on the sign was as follows:

An announcement to all the villagers of Yae Village: the gods have been angered, disasters and curses have spread throughout the village. Before the final sacrificial ceremony, each villager is requested to follow the following regulations to ensure a safe three days and welcome the day of the grand sacrifice.

1. The villagers of Yae Village are very respectful to the gods. If you see someone being disrespectful to the gods, please stay away from them and do not believe what they say.

2. The villagers of Yae Village need to offer sacrifices to the gods every day and pay objects corresponding to their status. For example, farmers need to pay hoes and tailors need to pay cloth. If it is found that someone pays something that does not match his status, please notify the shrine staff and they will come to solve it.

3. Normally, try not to go to the back mountain. If you need to go there, you can find the fox shrine on the right side of the road at the intersection. There are things in it that can protect you.

4. Please do not go out at night. Only those chosen by the gods can walk at night. They usually will not knock on other people’s doors. If you hear a knock on the door, please turn off the lights immediately.

5. If you have to go out unexpectedly or at night, please take your doll with you so that he can help you.

6. The shrine maiden is trustworthy. When you are in trouble, you can try to ask her for help.

7. When the third day of sacrifice arrives, please prepare and choose the appropriate sacrifice.

"…What is this? Weird rules?" Wang Chen frowned as he looked at the sign, feeling a bit confused. "In a world that has collapsed, they still use this trick… Tsk, maybe…this thing is not for me, but for the students of Qianyu Academy who are trapped here."

"Cycle, weird rules. The two Herrschers are playing with them in quite a fancy way. I'd better write it down as a reference. It might be useful, such as knowing the other party's movements or the movements of those students." Wang Chen thought.

So, he memorized these words in his mind and then walked towards the back mountain. Wang Chen was not prepared to follow those rules completely. Although Wang Chen was not very involved in this kind of game, he knew one thing, that is, generally weird rules often have at least one way to successfully revitalize and escape from difficulties.

But it was different here. This was Honkai, and the other side was two completely unreasonable Herrschers. He didn't think the two Herrschers would be so kind as to leave a way for the students of Qianyu Academy to escape from this space. It would be better to leave a false impression that they could escape, and when someone escaped according to the method, they found that everything was in vain and all the struggles were in vain, then jump out and torture the other party's spirit, which was more in line with the identity of the Herrscher.

Therefore, in Wang Chen's eyes, there is only one way to pass this space, which is to find the true bodies of the two Herrschers and unify all the forces that can be unified to defeat them! This is the only way to save all the humans who have entered.

"Come to think of it, I didn't see Jiuxiao after walking around the village. Isn't she in this space? But since the rules just mentioned puppets, and there are other Qianyu students here, Jiuxiao should be in this space. Could it be that... they created more than one space?" Wang Chen pondered.

While thinking, Wang Chen had come to a fork in the road. The right direction led to the shrine, while the left direction led to the back mountain. Wang Chen naturally planned to go back to the shrine first before going to the back mountain, but Wang Chen remembered the words he had just seen on the wooden sign, so he went to the right side of the road. In the bushes, there was indeed a fox shrine. Wang Chen reached in and grabbed a piece of paper, pulled it out, opened it, and read the words on it:

Back Mountain Bamboo Slope Rules:

1. There are three areas for activities in the back mountain: logging area, hunting area, and cemetery area. Please move within these three areas and do not go to unknown areas.

2. Among the three areas, only the cemetery area can be stayed for a long time. In the logging area and hunting area, only the woodcutters and hunters with their corresponding specific identities can stay for a long time.

3. Do not go into the back mountain at night, especially the cemetery area!!!

4. There is a monster on the mountain and several villagers have died. Before the witch kills the monster, remember not to go to the back mountain at will.

5. When you encounter a monster, please call the witch loudly and desperately, and don't make any fearless resistance! The witch will come to solve everything.

6. If you see something that looks like a doll while walking in the mountains, get away from it immediately!!

7. If you are discovered and chased by the puppet, please make the sound of a fox to attract the foxes in the mountains, and the foxes will drive the puppet away.

8. After the fox has driven away the puppet, please return to the fox shrine and place a few slices of fried tofu on the shrine to show your sincerity.

9. At the fork in the road, go to the back mountain on the left and to the shrine on the right. Do not take the rules with you, but provide them for everyone who goes up the mountain to see.

After Wang Chen wrote it down, he put it back, curled his lips, and said, "It's really quite realistic. By the way, have the puppets and the foxes come into conflict? Does this correspond to the relationship between the Thousand People and the Herrscher of Corrosion? This is good information, and it seems that we can use it. As for the 8th item... I'm afraid this is something Feiyuwan added himself. You just want to eat fried tofu, right?"

Then, Wang Chen turned and walked towards the shrine.

Chapter 85: Searching for Yaezakura's whereabouts

Wang Chen returned to the shrine and went to the kitchen, only to find that Karen was no longer there. He thought that she had finished her shower and returned to the guest room. So Wang Chen went to the guest room. But after just a few steps, Wang Chen set his sights on the main hall of the shrine and then went to the main hall of the shrine first.

"Since the village and the back mountain have corresponding rules, it doesn't make sense that the shrine doesn't have rules. After all, this is also an area that can be explored. There won't be any white floating objects that suddenly appear. Let's say 'explore the area ahead later.'" Wang Chen muttered as he came to the shrine hall. After searching around for a while, he finally found a sticker on the merit box. He tore it off and checked it:

Things to note at the shrine

1. Daily offerings must be made in the merit box here, and items that match your status must be placed. The witch will inspect them. Please do not overdue.

2. The shrine maiden stays in the shrine in the morning, goes to the village to purchase or goes to the back mountain for inspection in the afternoon, and stays in the shrine at night.

3. When seeking the help of the shrine maiden, please refer to Article 2 for the shrine maiden's schedule.

4. There is a guest (crossed out) couple living in the shrine recently. Please do not disturb each other, do not have any contact, and stay away from each other.

5. At night, a shrine may be a good place to rest. Please remember to ask the shrine maiden for permission, change clothes according to her instructions, and wear the clothes of shrine staff before you can rest in the shrine.

6. Late at night, there will be strange noises in the guest room. Cover your ears, sleep peacefully, and don't be attracted by them.

7. It is prohibited to bring dolls into the shrine.

8. When the sacrificial ceremony begins on the third day, put down everything you are doing, go to the shrine, and choose the offerings you have prepared to submit to the altar.

9. The offerings can be: food, materials, products, money, people.

"… Was the fourth item changed because of my arrival? Are there strange noises in the guest rooms at night? From the seventh item, it seems that the relationship between the Thousand People and the Erosion is not ordinary." Wang Chen complained, "Hehe, the ninth item really reveals the essence. Then the sacrifice must choose to be transformed into a human."

After stuffing the note back and understanding the rules of the shrine, Wang Chen walked towards the guest room.

Entering the house, I came to the room where I was staying before. I pushed open the door and saw Kallen lying on the bed, shaking her white and tender feet. Two strands of white silk like frost and snow were evenly smeared on her slender and tough legs, which made people excited. It can only be said that the women of the Kaslana family, due to years of practicing gun fighting, have a pair of beautiful legs and feet far beyond ordinary people.

"Ah, is Chen back?" Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Karin turned over, propped herself up with her hands, and stared at her boyfriend outside the door with a smile. Her originally plump and well-proportioned legs were bent and closed, forming an M shape in front of Wang Chen. Her buttocks at the base of her thighs pressed against the quilt and shook it. The only regret was that the long black cloth at the front hem of the nun's uniform blocked the secret deep inside. No one knew what style Karin was wearing.

However, Wang Chen thought that there should be no such thing as underwear 500 years ago... It's hard to say. After all, the texture of Sister Lianzi's current stockings and nun's uniform does not seem to be a product of years ago.

"Well, I'm back. I just encountered some things in the village. I heard from the villagers that a monster appeared on the back mountain. As a result, Miss Miko went out to patrol alone and asked me to purchase supplies and bring them back. I brought the things back, but I haven't seen Miss Miko come back yet. Karen, I'm a little worried about Miss Miko's situation." Wang Chen roughly explained the situation.

"Demon beast? Miss Miko went alone?" Karen asked.

"Well, although according to my observation, this miko is quite powerful, I am still worried whether she can handle such a problem alone, so I plan to go to the back mountain. Karen, do you want to join us?" Wang Chen asked.

"Of course, I'll go wherever you go." Karen immediately got up from the bed and said righteously, "Let's go, Chen, let's go to the back mountain to look for Miss Miko. If we find the monster in advance, we can just kill it and repay Miss Miko for saving our lives and getting rid of the harm to the people."

Wang Chen nodded, then took Karen out of the house and ran towards Zhuquepo in the back mountain.

……

"What will happen if we don't follow the rules and step into those unknown areas?" Wang Chen pondered as he looked at the area beyond the paved stone road.

He and Karen had already walked through the logging area and hunting area, but they had not seen Yaezakura or the monster. Now there was only the cemetery area left. Wang Chen wondered if Yaezakura and the monster were not in the three areas, but outside them.

After all, according to the reasoning and speculation of the rules just now, the consequence of violating the first and second rules is probably to run into a monster. Based on the previous conclusion, and according to the fifth rule, if you shout loudly to the miko, the miko will come to solve everything, it can be speculated that Yaezakura can appear so timely because she is also in an unknown area, so she can come to save the villagers in time.

However, when arriving at the cemetery area, Wang Chen's doubts were temporarily dispelled, because he saw a pink figure standing in front of a tombstone, motionless, as if praying for something.

So the two looked at each other, nodded, and then walked in the direction of each other. When they got closer, the other party seemed to hear footsteps, so he turned around. Sure enough, the other party was Yaezakura. Yaezakura said in surprise: "You two, why are you here in the back mountain? It's very dangerous here."

"Don't worry, Karin and I have great strength. Even if that monster appears in front of us, it will only be slaughtered." Wang Chen said.

"Yes, Chen and I were both worried about your situation, Miss Miko. When we saw that you hadn't come back for a long time, we thought that you had encountered a monster, so we hurried over to help." Karen nodded and said with a smile.

"I can deal with the monsters on my own, so don't worry. I'm sorry that you two took the risk to come here, but I haven't fulfilled my duty as a host." Yaezakura shook her head slightly, and then said, "But since you two are here, please don't leave me for the time being. Wait in the cemetery for a while, and I will escort you back to the shrine when the time comes."

"But……"

"it is good."

Karin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wang Chen. Wang Chen signaled with his eyes, so Karin did not say anything else.

"Please go ahead, I'll be there in a moment after I finish my personal business." Yaezakura turned around, faced the tombstone again, and began to pay tribute.

"Chen, Miss Miko doesn't seem to trust our strength." The two of them temporarily moved away from Yaezakura who was mourning the deceased, and then Kallen whispered to Wang Chen.

"Maybe. After all, we fell into the water and were rescued. Besides, we have never demonstrated our strength. It is inevitable that the other party does not trust us. We just need to do our own thing." Wang Chen said.

"Oh... Miss Miko looks like she's paying respects to her relatives." Kallen pointed at the tombstone and squinted her eyes and said, "The tomb of my younger sister Yae Rin, 12 years old... Did she die so young?"

"The tomb of Yae Rin... Yae Rin... Rin...?" Suddenly a bolt of thunder struck Wang Chen's consciousness.

Chapter 86: Yaezakura collapses from exhaustion

The moment he heard about Yae Rin's Tomb, a thunderbolt struck Wang Chen's consciousness, and he remembered everything. Why did he feel so familiar when he saw the main hall of the shrine? Why did he always feel a strange sense of disharmony during this period of cherry blossom reincarnation?

I have seen the main hall of the shrine and Yae Rin. The main hall of the shrine is the Fox Shrine on the mountain, and Rin is even more so. Now, a crucial question arises - I clearly saw Rin alive, why is Rin dead here?

What's more important is the relationship between Yaezakura and the Herrscher of Corrosion, Higashimaru. Logically speaking, if Yaezakura could accompany Rin to the world five hundred years later and live an ordinary life, then the Yaezakura tragedy would not have happened, and she would not have been corrupted by the Herrscher of Corrosion. Now, the Sakura-colored reincarnation created by the Herrscher of Corrosion is very strange and suspicious.

The strangest thing is that he knew all of this clearly before entering this space, but he forgot everything after entering. It was not until Karin mentioned the Tomb of Yaezaki Rin just now that Wang Chen remembered it.

Speaking of which, Wang Chen remembered what Yae Rin had said to him before: "After the flowers bloom, my sister will come to see my big brother."

Now, Wang Chen understood that the so-called blooming of flowers did not refer to a certain season, but to the flower collapse event caused by Yuno. And he did see Yaezakura, but in the Sakura Samsara. Then the question is, where is Yaezakura in the real world? What is her relationship with the Herrscher of Corrosion? Why could Yaezakura predict so accurately that after experiencing the Yuno incident, he would definitely enter the Sakura Samsara space?

Wang Chen suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap, but he didn't know whether it was good or bad for him. But Wang Chen was sure that this trap was related to Yaezakura in the real world.

"Tsk, Yaezakura..." Wang Chen stared at the fox who was praying in front of the tombstone, trying to find some clues from the other party.

"Chen..." Suddenly, a small hand tugged at Wang Chen's sleeve. Wang Chen turned around and found that Karen was looking at him with some worry, and said, "Achen, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so ugly all of a sudden?"

"I'm fine, I just recalled some bad memories." Looking at Karen's worried expression, Wang Chen put away his emotions and stroked Karen's head.

"Hehe... I'm glad you're okay. If you have any unhappy feelings, just tell me. Just like what Wang Chen did to me before, I will share everything you have to bear." Karin enjoyed Wang Chen's caress and leaned her head on Wang Chen's arms. Wang Chen couldn't help but sighed, as expected of a girl from the Kaslana family, she all had such a silly, cute and simple side.

It was just a pity that he was not the one that Karen liked. Karen's love was the result of her memory being tampered with by the Herrscher. However, this did not prevent Wang Chen from having a good impression of Karen now, and he was also willing to respond to Karen's feelings.

However, what Wang Chen did not notice was that while he and Kallen were interacting intimately, there was an absent-minded person, pinching her skirt with her hands, enduring something. That person was Yae Sakura. Although Yae Sakura was mourning at her sister's tombstone on the surface, her attention had long been attracted by the sweet interaction between the two of you.

In the village, she is a feared shrine maiden. Whenever she performs a sacrifice, she becomes the most terrifying knife in the hands of the gods, killing the villagers' relatives one by one. Yae Sakura is burdened with the shackles of her responsibilities as a shrine maiden, as well as the guilt she feels towards the villagers. She just keeps holding on in order to prevent herself from completely breaking down mentally.

In this world, I can no longer feel what is called warmth, only guilt, regret, responsibility, and the deep fear and powerlessness of that day and God buried in the deepest part of my heart will permeate my life. However, everything changed a few days ago, after I picked up this couple.

Even when they fell into the raging river and lost consciousness, they still did not let go of each other's hands; the deep affection in calling each other's names moved Yaezakura. It turns out that the feelings between two people in love can be so passionate and indestructible.

What about me? I killed my beloved sister with my own hands, what am I? I didn't even have the courage to live and die with my sister, but in the end I let go of her hand... even... I killed my own sister with my own hands, what am I?

Besides envy, what was left was self-humiliation and self-pity. And even after the self-humiliation and self-pity were filtered out, there was only a nameless black emotion growing and spreading quietly in the depths of her heart. That was jealousy and greed. She longed to be like the white-haired girl, and the love she gave could be responded to by the person she loved. She was jealous of why the white-haired girl could monopolize that happiness, and why she couldn't...

Yaezakura was shocked. How could she have such an idea? How could she have such an evil idea? However, there was always a voice in her mind that kept saying, "Destroy them, let them taste your pain! Take away and monopolize that happiness!"