I am in the abyss of Collapse

Mei Raiden brought two cups of water in paper cups and handed them to Luo Lin and Siegfried.

The man did not drink the water. He put the paper cup on the table and said without hesitation: "I am Siegfried Kaslana, Kiana's father."

After that, he turned his gaze to Luo Lin who was sitting next to him.

The girl held the paper cup in both hands and felt the temperature of the water with her fingertips.

"You should be able to guess it, Siegfried."

Luo Lin blinked and said softly, "I'm not Cecilia Shaniat."

Siegfried acted quite calmly. He pursed his lips and made a sound through his nose: "...Yeah, I know."

"I'm sorry, Siegfried. If possible, I don't want to appear in front of you and Kiana as Cecilia..." The girl sighed, "But this is not something I can control, and... Have you seen Xilin? Do you remember why you lost your arm a few years ago?"

Siegfried stood up suddenly and stared into Luo Lin's eyes: "Are you saying that she is the consciousness of the Herrscher of the Void hidden in Kiana's body?!"

"Siegfried, calm down!"

Luo Lin had to reach out and hold the other person's shoulder to prevent the white-haired man from getting hot-headed and shooting Xilin in the head with the Holy Judge of Skyfire.

"The Herrscher of the Void has not yet 'woke up'. If you provoke her, Changkong City will definitely be gone, and the entire Far East may even sink to the bottom of the sea!"

"Huh...Xilin...she treats us as her parents?"

Recalling Xilin's natural childish demeanor and the sweet voice of "Mom and Dad", Siegfried tried to take a deep breath, as if trying to calm himself down.

"Yes, just like in 2000... I believe you still remember the illusion created by Xilin. The difference is that she is now in a daze, not awakened, and has no previous memories. Xilin now really regards us as her own relatives."

The white-haired man looked at Luo Lin in shock. He never expected that the other party would mention what happened during the second collapse.

At that time, Siegfried and Cecilia were both trapped in an illusion by Xilin using [Yu Duchen], and they formed a harmonious family with the second Herrscher Xilin...

The beauty that was forcibly created naturally did not last long. After the illusion was broken, Cecilia, Siegfried, and the second Herrscher Sirin continued their fight. Cecilia was eventually killed in the battle, and Sirin also disappeared in the explosion of the Honkai missile until she reappeared in Kiana a few years ago...

Theoretically speaking, only Siegfried, Cecilia and Celine knew about this matter!

Even Otto Apocalis didn't know what happened in that illusion, so why would this "Cecilia" in front of him know?

The more Siegfried thought about it, the more confused he became. His body, which had been tense as he prepared to rush out and shoot the Herrscher of the Sky, gradually relaxed. Luo Lin took the opportunity to push the man back into his seat.

The feeling of his butt touching the bench finally brought the white-haired man back to his senses. He had a lot of questions to ask the other party, but at this moment Siegfried caught a glimpse of Raiden Mei who was frozen in place and shivering slightly. He immediately realized something and retracted the surging Honkai energy and his leaked murderous intent.

"I'm sorry, I scared you..."

"No, it's okay..."

Mei Raiden shuddered and fiddled with her fingers a few times, revealing her inner panic and fear. Finally, this somewhat helpless hand found the glasses on her nose. The girl straightened the frame with difficulty, and deep in her heart, she labeled Kaslana's entire family as "dangerous elements".

"So, can any of you explain to me what's going on?"

Luo Lin and Siegfried looked at each other, and the white-haired man subtly looked away and fell silent.

"Okay, okay, then let me explain..." The girl scratched her head and said to Raiden Mei, "Raiden Mei, do you know what Honkai is? Actually..."

Not only Mei Raiden, Siegfried was also listening carefully to Luo Lin's words and trying to analyze the current situation.

In the corner of the room, the pink-haired masked girl Sakura took her hand off the hilt of the sword. Through a brief contact, Sakura had confirmed that the white-haired man and woman would not attack the doctor. The blatant defense could be withdrawn, but she was still confident that she could intercept them at any time to ensure the doctor's safety.

Dr. Mei had previously instructed her not to eavesdrop, so Sakura obediently turned her fox ears to the other side and observed everything in the room with her eyes. She was determined to keep everything she had heard to herself.

"Fly!"

Xilin rode on Alicia's shoulders with her arms raised, pretending that she was an airplane, overlooking everything around her. Miss Pink Fairy became familiar with Xilin in a very short time and was now playing with the child.

The only drawback is that Alicia is only 1.63 meters tall... This height is indeed a bit awkward. Fortunately, Miss Pink Fairy has a strong physique, and Xilin is now in the state of a shrunk child, so Alicia can carry the other party very steadily.

The "plane" formed by the two of them was running back and forth in the spacious corridor, which gave Kiana a headache.

The white-haired girl nudged Padufils next to her with her elbow and said, "Your... uh, Miss Alicia, is she always so enthusiastic?"

"It really is."

Padufils nodded: "Sister Ellie is very nice to everyone, everyone likes her!"

"no, I do not like it."

Kiana turned around and saw Mebius leaning against the wall in a white coat. The tone she used when she said she didn't like it sounded a little irritable and cold.

What is Mei doing...do we need to talk for so long?

Mebius stared at the closed door not far away, holding a pen in his hand, pressing the pen cap from time to time, allowing the pen core to move back and forth with a "click-click" sound.

Finally, the door opened, and the tired-looking Raiden Mei walked out first, followed by Sakura, Luo Lin and Siegfried.

Mei rubbed her head and said, "Alicia, do you remember where you went out to look for clues this morning?"

Alicia stopped and gently put Xilin down from her shoulders: "Of course I remember. Do you want me and this soldier to go back and take a look? I know Dr. Mei understands me very well!"

Mei Raiden sighed, thinking about the conversation in the room before. She originally thought that Kiana was a middle school girl with a lot of settings, but she didn't expect that everything was actually true...

And now, they are in a mysterious illusion. If they want to break the illusion and return to normal life, they must obtain more valuable information...

Mei shook her head and said, "Kiana's mother is also planning to go."

"no problem."

"Then I'll go too!" said the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Okay!"

"Tsk."

Mebius turned around and left, leaving behind a sentence: "Don't come to me if you have any problems!"

Alicia smiled and came close to Mei Raiden, whispering, "Actually, what Dr. Mobius meant was that if you really can't hold on, you should quickly ask her to help..."

"I understand, but you have to be careful when you go there - the Houkai energy that appears and disappears suddenly. According to Kiana's mother, there may be a Herrscher there after all."

Luo Lin looked away guiltily and saw Shibao packing his clothes and getting ready to leave.

Well, at least when we arrived, there was indeed a Herrscher in that place.

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I can’t struggle anymore, so I’ll just sleep in on the weekend and fight again!

If there are any mistakes, correct them when you wake up tomorrow. Good night!

Volume 158: Carrot and stick are most effective: Chapter Chapter New clues

Mebius called over a young man who looked a little indifferent. Not far behind Kosmo, a blue-haired girl was watching here curiously, especially another girl, Sirin, who looked younger than her.

The purple-haired girl returned the look with an equally curious one, and the two little ones locked eyes.

Mebius said, "This is Kosmo, and over there is her sister, Gretsch. Kosmo is very good at taking care of children, and Gretsch is quite lively. Your daughter should be able to play with her."

"Thank you for thinking so much, Dr. Mebius."

Luo Lin breathed a sigh of relief. She was just wondering what to do with Xilin when Mebius offered her a solution.

The girl squatted down, so that her eyes were level with Xilin, and said softly, "Mom, your dad, and sister Qiana will go out to do something later. You can play with sister Gray Xiu and brother Kosmo first. We will finish the work as soon as possible and come back, okay?"

"Well, Xilin is very well behaved."

Xilin nodded and walked to the side of Grayxiu: "Hello? My name is Xilin..."

Gretchen greeted Xilin: "Hello, my name is Gretchen... Are you interested in painting?"

"draw?"

Xilin became interested.

The blue-haired girl nodded seriously: "You have a very novel color on you... Sister Xilin, can you draw it for me? I want to see it."

Xilin was a little confused by Greshu's nonsensical words, but she seemed to understand that Greshu was asking her to help, so the purple-haired girl put forward her own conditions: "I can draw, but you have to call me sister!"

Without hesitation, Gretchen called out, "Sister Xilin!"

Xilin could hear that there was no reluctance or affectation in the blue-haired girl's tone. She acknowledged her sister's status very simply and quickly, which was much better than the perfunctory "sister" that the white-haired girl Kiana called out.

Xilin was in a good mood. She couldn't help but straighten her chest and turn up her nose: "Hehe, then let me show you my skills! Here, pen!"

Hearing this, Grayxiu first took out a paintbrush from her pocket, then found a few tubes of paint, and pulled Xilin to stand by the wall of the corridor. The girl patted the wall with her hand, poked the wall twice with the paintbrush, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Right here! Sister Xilin!"

Xilin looked at the blue-haired girl's skillful yet domineering movements and opened her mouth in surprise.

"Grace, you can't paint here. Let's go to the room where you usually paint, okay?"

Kosmo had to speak up to stop Grayshu's behavior, but he could see that Grayshu was very much looking forward to Xilin's painting, and could even be called anxious. She wished she could find a place to paint and start right away.

"Well...but..." Grayxiu hesitated, "I really want to see Sister Xilin paint..."

Xilin wiped the sweat off her head and took the initiative to suggest: "Sister Grayxiu, let's go to the painting room..."

The purple-haired girl was actually quite self-aware. She usually took advantage of her young age to do things that were a little out of line. Unexpectedly, this Gray Xiu was even more powerful and did whatever he thought of...

"Ok."

Gresh lowered her head and followed Kosmo and Xilin away.

Seeing the "innocent" child leave, the atmosphere here suddenly became sinister.

Mebius distributed communicators to Luo Lin, Kiana and Siegfried, and also got some equipment, ammunition and supplies, which he placed on the table for everyone to use.

Kiana rummaged through the box excitedly and replenished some bullets. She also called her parents to come over and see if they needed anything.

"Kiana, you should find something to take with you. Your father and I don't need these."

Luo Lin has the [Key of Revelation] and a system warehouse, so he doesn't have to worry about lack of supplies.

Siegfried's [Judgment of Heavenly Fire] also does not require physical ammunition. As long as he has sufficient physical strength and Honkai energy, this divine key can demonstrate its powerful lethality.

As for "Fu Hua", she doesn't need all these fancy things, because her body is the most powerful weapon - Fu Hua is always ready, and she will do her best to defeat the collapse that threatens the world!

Just as the Herrscher of Knowledge was rubbing his hands and preparing for a big fight, Siegfried suddenly came over and said, "Fu Hua, do you remember me?"

"Of course I remember. What's wrong, Siegfried?" Shibao was a little surprised, but soon realized something. She patiently explained, "Do you think the current situation is strange? Do you think I used [Yu Du Chen] to put you into an illusion?"

"……Yes."

The white-haired man nodded with a complicated expression.

Shibao showed a subtle smile: "Siegfried, think about it again? If I were to use [Yu Du Chen], do you think I would let you find abnormalities so easily? I would definitely delete your previous memories completely, and you would wander around the city like a fool."

Siegfried had to admit that what Fu Hua said made a lot of sense, and he would do the same if he were in her shoes.

In fact, he had previously suspected that all this was the work of the consciousness of the Herrscher of the Void hidden in Kiana's body, but the Herrscher of the Void did not have the power to create illusions.

But Siegfried has no other ideas now...

"Fu Hua, I remember that you are a master in the field of consciousness. Can you use [Yu Du Chen] to see what is going on here?"

"Uh... to be honest, it's a little difficult right now."

The Herrscher of Consciousness spread out her hands and showed Siegfried the [Yu Du Chen] that was corroded by the power of quantum.

"Look, [Yu Duchen] has become like this, how could I be the one who started it?"

Siegfried was shocked: "How did this happen?"

"I don't know either, but I think it has something to do with quantum force."

The white-haired man poked the feather with his finger with a serious expression. He could feel the power clinging to the Key of God, which was completely different from the power of Honkai.

“Is there a way to deal with it?”

"Yes. Your 'Cecilia' is working on that..."

Siegfried glanced at the white-haired Valkyrie who was chatting with Kiana not far away, and asked hesitantly: "Is she also Otto's?"

"Yes."

"So... is she a clone of 'Cecilia' like Kiana?"

"Fu Hua" smiled very delicately: "No, she is not that simple..."

"Can you tell me her real name?"

"I say, Siegfried, why don't you go and ask for yourself?"

The continuous questions made Shibao a little unhappy: "Be bold, I don't remember you being a fussy person?"

"Oh, you're right, I just have some..."