The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

With the support of the incomplete structural power, Brownie's frontal combat capability was not weak, but she was still too young after all. Moreover, in their respective world bubbles, the enemies she and Yae Kasumi had to deal with were far from the same level in both quantity and quality.

The gap in experience and combat concepts, plus the fact that one was in the light and the other in the dark, these three factors together determined that Brownie would not have much room to resist when facing Yae Kasumi.

General Youlan felt that letting Yaexia guard Brownie was a safe choice, but after thinking for a moment, she hesitated and said, "But if the captain knew that I was being monitored by that ninja, he would be angry, right? Wouldn't that lady ninja be in trouble?"

“It’s okay.” Lost Rose waved her hand, looking calm, as if the person who had been in trouble not long ago was not herself. “That ninja lady doesn’t care much about her position in the captain’s heart. Compared with Miss Brownie, neither Miss Ai nor Miss Yae Kasumi will pose a substantial threat to us.”

"Very confident?" Prime Minister Rita chuckled, a little disapproving of the opinion of this other self. "But if there is no basis, such confidence does not seem to be very reliable."

Facing Prime Minister Rita's doubts, Lost Rose did not show any sign of wavering. She pursed her lips, raised a faint smile, and said calmly: "If you know the true nature of Miss Ai Yi, you will not have such doubts, Madam Prime Minister."

"Oh?" Prime Minister Li raised her eyebrows, "I'd like to hear more details."

"As Rita Rossweisse, you should have investigated the true identity of Ms. Ai Hyperion through your own channels before this world merged with ours, right?" Lost Rosemary quietly stared at Prime Minister Rita's charming face that was exactly the same as her own, and asked in a low voice.

"Is it the captain's huge airship, the Hyperion... the helmsman? Or is it something like a weapon spirit?" Prime Minister Rita frowned slightly. "You should also know that the era in which I and General Youlan lived was a very feudal and backward era in your eyes. To be honest, I still find it difficult to understand what 'artificial intelligence' is."

"It doesn't matter. You just need to understand that no matter if it's the helmsman or the spirit, the Lady Ai Yi who controls another space-time ship is actually a part of the Captain. That's all." Lost Rosemary smiled. "After all, even if it's a life born in a time crystal, since it's the so-called 'artificial intelligence', the 'Miss Ai Yi' is of course a life created by human hands."

After hearing Lost Rosemary's words, not only Prime Minister Rita, but also Xilin, General Youlan and the forest elves all widened their eyes at the same time.

"That is to say..." Prime Minister Rita swallowed lightly, suddenly feeling a little dry in the mouth, "That lady Ai Yi who looks more mature than the captain, is actually... the daughter of the captain?"

"I didn't say that." Lost Rosemary smiled and placed her palms on her chin. "However, if we look at it from the perspective of 'creator' and 'created', there is nothing wrong with your understanding."

All of a sudden, everyone fell into silence.

"So, this is why you let that girl..." Halfway through her words, Xilin paused for a moment, and then abruptly changed the second half of the sentence, "...the reason why that child met with my servant alone?"

This time, Prime Minister Rita finally reacted.

She looked at her other self's calm and composed expression in disbelief, with a rare look of surprise and admiration in her eyes: "Could it be that she took the captain away by force when she traveled through time and space, and it was also under your instructions?"

"Uh..." Looking at the four people in front of him with expressions that were either surprised, shocked, or even a little terrified, Lost Rosemary couldn't help but fall into silence.

After a long silence, she picked up the wine glass without answering and took a sip of the wine. Her elegant and bright face showed a seemingly unfathomable smile, but deep down she was full of grass.

She thought to herself that it would be great if she was really as powerful as her other self said. She couldn't predict the future, let alone the fact that Ai Yi had kidnapped the captain. Before that, she didn't even realize that the captain had run away to Lady Yulandel and the others to go on their honeymoon in the future right under her nose. How could she have the time and opportunity to find Ai Yi in advance and let her kidnap the captain?

Although she was habitually making multiple preparations, which allowed her to accurately grasp Li Shubai's location after he was abducted by Ai Yi into the Quantum Sea, but God is honest with her, when she noticed that the captain had suddenly disappeared, her panic was no less than that of the Valkyries on the Hyperion.

However... Lost Rosemary, sipping her wine, pretended to be indifferent and glanced at the convinced faces of the four people present one by one. After thinking for a moment, she decisively did not tell the truth.

Lost Rosemary's character is humble and elegant. In most cases, she disdains to hide the truth. But when she thinks that she might share the captain with these four beautiful women in the future, she can't be humble at all.

Lost Rosemary knew very well what Li Shubai liked. Although she was quite confident in her appearance, as a member of Rita, she was also very clear that her looks and demeanor were by no means limited to one.

Apart from that, let’s not talk about the situations of others… probably because all Rita individuals like Yulan Daier very much, as a member of Rita, Lost Rosemary has no confidence that she can surpass General Yulan and the Forest Elf in appearance.

Since it is difficult to gain the upper hand by appearance alone, Lost Rosemary must find ways to make up for its advantages in other areas.

So for this reason, although she was a little hesitant inside, Lost Rosemary did not take the initiative to reject Prime Minister Rita's speculation in order to maintain her own psychological advantage.

"Since she is the captain's daughter, it is only natural to give this long-lost family some time alone." After suppressing her surprise, Prime Minister Rita pondered for a moment and sighed softly: "Besides, judging from Miss Ai's steadiness and maturity, she is unlikely to do anything out of line with the captain. Let's return the captain to her for the time being tonight."

Obviously, as a prime minister who is also good at strategizing, Rita has a very good impression of the administrator.

"Indeed." The Forest Elf, who had come to the Quantum Sea to look for the Spring Elf, nodded with empathy, "At this time, it is better not to disturb them."

For General Youlan and Prime Minister Rita, two ancient people from the feudal dynasty, and the pure-hearted elves like the forest elves, the concept of a rebellious daughter against her father is really too extreme. Therefore, after Lost Rose pointed out Ai Yi's true identity and origin, the three of them expressed their understanding and approval of Lost Rose's choice to let Li Shubai's Ai Yi go out with her. Even Xilin, who has always had a great possessiveness towards Li Shubai, did not say anything.

Chapter 4 Ai Yi is stealing the house (k)

Just as the people from Raven's were preparing to temporarily give tonight's time to Ai Yi, on the other side, in the Eigen World, the Valkyries who had finished their meeting came to a similar conclusion.

However, the reasons why they chose to slow down their actions temporarily were slightly different from those of Lost Rosemary and the others.

From a subjective perspective, everyone present really hoped to reach the captain's side as soon as possible, but the several problems before them forced them to choose to temporarily let Xilin and Lost Rosemary protect Li Shubai's personal safety.

"So, we can only stay here doing nothing and wait for the Hyperion to complete the lock on Shubai's coordinates?" Kiana said weakly, lying on the edge of the dining table.

"In principle, it is true. It's because neither of you two Kiana left any spatial coordinates on the captain's body." Guanxing glanced coldly at Kiana lying on the table and the Herrscher of Fire and Fire who was sitting next to her with a smirk on her face, and said in a flat tone, "However, since that woman and the Herrscher of the Void did not choose to stay in this world after the captain disappeared, then at least one of them has already left a beacon on the captain's body that can allow the Herrscher of the Void to teleport to his side."

"If the captain was in any danger, the women should have sent the coordinates of their location to the Hyperion as soon as they arrived beside him. They didn't do that, which means that at least the captain's safety was not threatened."

"I remember that the Hyperion owned by Captain Shubai should have a function you call consciousness mapping, right?" Theresa looked at the stargazer seriously, "According to your speculation, the person who kidnapped Shubai should be the shipboard AI of the Hyperion. If that's the case, can't we use that device to teleport Ai-chan over? Although Ai-chan in our world has met Shubai once, she is not familiar with Captain Shubai. She shouldn't have any other intentions towards the captain like the Ai Yi you mentioned. If she goes over now, it should be more efficient than the speed at which the Hyperion searches for the captain's location."

"Unfortunately, consciousness mapping is not such an easy-to-use device." Guanxing shrugged. "Although consciousness mapping can indeed project our consciousness into the 'self' in a parallel world, if the captain himself uses it, he can even temporarily replace the 'other person' who is not him. However, if you want to lock on to a specific individual in a large number of parallel worlds, you must at least obtain the location of that world at the level of consciousness."

"That's right." As if recalling the first time she used mind mapping, the Herrscher of Firefire showed a thoughtful expression. She nodded and glanced at Kiana lying on the table. "The reason why I can map the mind of your 'Kiana' is because when Aponia joined the Hyperion, she had a brief contact with the captain and was able to vaguely grasp his position at the level of consciousness."

"And... it's not just that." Guanxing waved the feather fan in his hand. "Although consciousness is not something on the material level, under normal circumstances, a consciousness that exists alone will not be perceived by others and cannot interfere with the outside world. But as Valkyries, you also know that when consciousness interferes with the outside world as an additional ability, it will become like the existing matter with similar properties to matter. In the absence of Fu Hua and Aponya, it will be more convincing for the Herrscher of Consciousness who controls the power of consciousness to explain this to you."

"Tsk, you're so annoying." The topic suddenly shifted to herself. The Herrscher of Consciousness, who was already very upset because Li Shubai had captured her right under her nose, became even more annoyed. But she still said honestly in an impatient tone: "Well, you should also know that all fluids will naturally flow from the higher pressure part to the lower pressure part, right? The same is true for consciousness and power."

The Herrscher of Knowledge casually placed his palm on the back of his head, and crossed his legs on the table under Himeko's eyelids twitching gaze: "Including the consciousness mapping system, as long as it is a consciousness-side ability, the weight of the consciousness itself will directly affect the results of the collision between the two parties. If the weight of the consciousness itself is not as good as that of the other party, the consciousness mapping will not be successful from the beginning. Obviously, the ship-borne AI of the Hyperion of the Far East Branch cannot win over Ai, who captured the captain under my nose."

Although the Herrscher of Consciousness did explain quite concisely the impracticality of using consciousness mapping to have Ai-chan replace Ai, at this time, except for Kiana and Theresa, who had already met the Herrscher of Consciousness once on the Hyperion, everyone who originally belonged to the Eigenworld could not help but reveal somewhat strange expressions.

Seeing the Herrscher of Knowledge's rebellious attitude, Ji Zi was silent for a moment, then she whispered to Theresa's ear and lowered her voice: "Theresa... is this Herrscher of Knowledge... really the Fu Hua we know?"

"...You can tell by their appearance, right?" Theresa also lowered her voice. She pursed her lips in the direction of the Herrscher of Lightning and Mei of Thunder who were whispering to each other like them. She quickly glanced at the Herrscher of Fire and Lightning who was sitting upright and the nonchalant Kiana, "Look at the Herrscher of Lightning and Herrscher of Fire and Lightning over there. Do they look a lot like the Mei and Kiana we know?"

"If you put it that way, they are indeed somewhat different..." Ji Zi hesitated, "But, although their personalities are somewhat different, the feeling they give me... is not as strong as that of the Herrscher of Knowledge, who has completely become another person, right?"

"Why think so much?" Theresa shrugged and said indifferently, "You just need to know that even the Herrschers are on our side. Is that enough?"

"Hearing these words from you, the commander of the Far East Branch of the Destiny, really makes me feel at a loss for words." Ji Zi's eyes twitched, she covered her forehead and said weakly, "I never thought in my life that one day I would be able to have a meeting with so many Herrschers in the dormitory peacefully... I don't know what the other Valkyries would think if they saw this scene."

"So what do you want to do? Rise up in rebellion to prove your honor as a Valkyrie? Raise the sword of rebellion against these Herrschers to prove your determination to fight to the death with them?" Theresa glanced at Himeko and said teasingly.

Although she was a little upset when she saw Himeko's sacrifice in the future after joining the Hyperion for Kiana's sake, Theresa was also a seasoned warrior. Besides, Himeko was sitting next to her, so she quickly let the matter go.

"Please forgive me." Ji Zi rolled her eyes and raised her hands as if surrendering. "I haven't lived enough yet. I don't want to die in such a meaningless thing."

"By the way, Jizi." At this moment, the Twilight Knight suddenly raised his head as if he remembered something, "Speaking of Fu Hua... You two should know where Fu Hua in this world is now."

"She." Ji Zi thought for a moment, "She should be substituting for me now, right? What's wrong?"

"What about Lao Yang?" Twilight Knight turned his gaze to Theresa. "After reading the information from the future, you should know his true identity, right?"

"That's right." Theresa nodded, a little confused. "What's wrong? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Wait." Ji Zi interrupted the conversation between the two Theresa's in a daze, "Old Yang, if I remember correctly, he should be our history teacher, right? What is the true identity? Is there any problem with his identity?"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot. I haven't told you about him yet." Theresa blushed and coughed a little embarrassedly. "To put it simply, he is the current leader of Anti-Entropy, the First Herrscher."

Ji Zi opened her mouth slightly, feeling that the world was collapsing: "In other words, even if we don't count the crew members under Li Shubai's name, our small Saint Freya——already has four Herrschers?"

"Uh..." Theresa thought for a moment, "To be precise, it should be five, right?"

"Huh?" Jizi was shocked. "Kiana, Mei, Fu Hua, Lao Yang... There is another one besides these four? Who is it?"

"Bronya." Theresa answered immediately.

Jizi was stunned.

Bronya was eating the melon with great interest, but suddenly she ate her own head and was stunned.

She looked at her grown-up self [Secondary Silver Wing] and shook her head blankly: "But...but, during that consciousness mapping, Bronya didn't feel the existence of the Herrscher's power?"

"I am indeed not a Herrscher." The Second Silver Wing's calm words made Himeko and Bronya, who had thought Theresa might have made a mistake, breathe a sigh of relief.

I (Bronya) was saying it, how could Bronya be a Herrscher...the two of them said in their hearts at the same time.

"As for Bronya, who possesses the power of the Herrscher of Reason... she is still on the Hyperion with the others."

As a result, the next words of Ci Sheng Yin Yi made the two people who had just breathed a sigh of relief suddenly freeze.

"Wait, besides the grown-up Bronya, there is another Bronya among you?" Bronya was almost dumbfounded. Although the memories left in her mind during the consciousness mapping allowed Bronya to vaguely recognize what a different existence the Hyperion was, she didn't realize until now that her view was still too superficial.

Secondary Silver Wing did not answer, but smiled softly, put his fingers in front of his mouth, and winked playfully: "Before you join us, this is the limit of the information I can reveal to you."

Bronya felt like she couldn't catch her breath and almost suffocated herself.

She leaned towards Xier who was sitting next to her, and her usually expressionless face revealed a somewhat resentful expression for the first time in a long time.

Mei Raiden glanced at Kiana, then at Bronya, and after thinking for a moment, she suddenly came to the side of the Herrscher of Lightning: "Um...Excuse me, if possible, can I join your team?"

The Herrscher of Thunder looked at Mei Raiden calmly and said, "Why? Do you think your current strength is not enough?"

"Although there is a certain factor in it, compared to this matter..." Raiden Mei thought about it and gave her answer honestly: "If you plan to take Shubai away after this...your captain, if he doesn't join you, I should find it difficult to see him again, right?"

"Hmm?" The Herrscher of Thunder raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked directly, "Do you like the captain?"

"Shh...!!" Although the Herrscher of Lightning had lowered his voice, she was caught off guard by her thoughts being suddenly exposed, and Mei Raiden was so nervous that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

She carefully looked around and confirmed that no one had heard the words of the Herrscher of Thunder, then she breathed a sigh of relief.

After hesitating for a moment, facing this other self, Mei Raiden still honestly expressed her true feelings: "You should also know that before this, I have never experienced love... To be honest, I am not sure whether this feeling is love or something else... But I don't want to never see him again after today, so..."

"You should say these words to the captain yourself, not to me here." The Herrscher of Lightning interrupted Mei Raiden's self-narration calmly, "If you want to join us, you shouldn't apply to us, but go to the captain to express your needs. As for whether he will respond to you... that's something you need to fight for yourself."

Although, in most cases, the captain will not refuse our joining.

Mei Raiden did not understand the Herrscher of Thunder's implication. After a moment's silence, she gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind: "I understand. Thank you for your advice."

Just as Mei Raiden made up her mind after hearing the advice of the Herrscher of Lightning, Theresa quickly changed the subject: "Compared to Bronya and the others, what do you want to do by suddenly bringing up Fu Hua and Lao Yang?"

Twilight Knight and Stargazer looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"Of course, it is to further cooperate with what the captain is doing now before bringing him back to this world." Guanxing said, "You may not know that the captain established the Hyperion, in addition to providing a stable home for us displaced people, there is another more important purpose-"

"That is... to help your worlds that have been plagued by the Honkai Impact find a way to survive the [End]."

Chapter 4 Lao Yang: The world is destroyed? (k)

The soup in the hot pot stopped boiling. Li Shubai sat at the table where there was not much food left and silently drank a sip of dark beer in the glass, with his head lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.

Whether in his past life or this life, Li Shubai was not a person who liked to drink, although in his past life he had to go to various social occasions all year round due to work, and it was common for him to interact with people at the wine table. But it was also for this reason that he, who had developed a good alcohol tolerance, had never subjectively liked this thing that once troubled him.

In most cases, Li Shubai's previous job required him to keep his brain clear and thinking at all times, and he himself did not like the heavy feeling in the brain after drinking. In addition, the laws of the Far East prohibited minors from drinking. Therefore, after crossing into this world, Li Shubai never touched alcohol.

But the times were different now. He was not socializing with people from other companies but was on a date with a girl. So after eating until he was 80% full, the great idea of ​​having a drink unconsciously made him call the waiter and open a bottle of craft dark beer with a not low alcohol content.

Now the alcohol was gradually taking effect. As Li Shubai's thoughts became heavy and his vision blurred, Ai Yi's already beautiful face suddenly became even more charming and dazzling.

The dinner was coming to an end, and the diners around were gradually leaving after having enough food and drink. Only a few tables of guests, like Li Shubai and his friends, were left. The speakers outside the door were no longer playing the harsh but powerful rock music, but a more lively and melodious jazz music. The sounds of piano, guitar and bass mixed with street beats of drums intertwined in Li Shubai's ears.

He listened to the cheerful jazz and couldn't help but chuckle. He raised his glass again and took a sip of dark beer. His voice seemed to become more relaxed because of the cheerful music. "Isn't it time to show your hand, my lovely Miss Aiyi?"

If it was a normal work situation, Li Shubai would never allow himself to talk to others about anything related to work when he was drunk. Although under the control of good self-control, even if he was really drunk, he would not appear too out of control, let alone act crazy.

Li Shubai was also very clear that no matter how subtle the effect, drinking would inevitably cause a certain degree of hindrance to thinking and rationality.

But this was not a normal working environment after all, and he had no intention of negotiating terms with the administrator.

Now that I have trusted her and believed that she is indeed my Valkyrie, then, since she has arranged everything that follows, I only need to follow her instructions.

Under the light, Ai Yi's fair face seemed to have a slightly flushed look due to drinking.

She sighed and said quietly, "Although I wanted to say... it's a bit of a letdown to start talking about serious matters halfway through a date. But looking at your expression, it seems hard for me to continue fooling around."

"If you want me to continue dating you, I don't mind." Li Shubai smiled, "After all, the choice is in your hands."

"...Forget it, let's end it here." After a moment of silence, Ai Yi shook her head, and a trace of loneliness flashed in her eyes that was hardly noticed by others: "After all, from the beginning, I only invited the captain to a date just to narrow the distance between us. Although I am a little reluctant, looking at the captain's appearance, pretending that nothing happened... It seems that he has reached his limit. If we continue the date with this mentality, it will only have a counterproductive effect."

"Very perceptive." Li Shubai was a little curious, "How did you guess that I was pretending to be ignorant?"

"What do you think?" Ai Yi shook the wine glass in her hand and winked at Li Shubai.

"...I see. Was it revealed when I asked the waiter to serve the wine?" Looking at Ai Yi's actions, Li Shubai couldn't help but laugh and shook his head. "Although I had expected it from the beginning, you really know me better than I thought."

"Of course." Ai Yi smiled. "As the shipboard Ai of the Hyperion, how can I not know every preference and habit of the captain? With the captain's personality, if it's not to numb his thinking, he would never go to the bar."

"After all, I'm not a heavy drinker like Ji Zi." Li Shubai scratched his head and said awkwardly, "It's not that I can't drink, but if you want me to get drunk like Ji Zi, then I'd better decline."

Although he was indeed prepared to devote himself wholeheartedly to the date with Ai Yi, and Ai Yi did prove how much she liked and was loyal to him during the date, but no matter what, Li Shubai could not forget the fact that he was forcibly intercepted during the process of time travel.

In order to prevent such things from infringing on his thinking, Li Shubai chose to use alcohol to temporarily numb his brain, but he never expected that this would be easily seen through by Ai Yi, who knew his preferences well.

"What are you going to do next?" Li Shubai asked, "You said you could help me recover my past memories, what exactly do you need us to do?

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but after Li Shubai asked this question, Ai Yi’s cheeks, which were already slightly flushed due to drinking, suddenly became even redder.

"...?"

Why is she blushing at a time like this?

Looking at Ai Yi's rosy face, Li Shubai's eyebrows jumped, and he had a vague bad idea, "Don't tell me, you want us to do that kind of thing?"