The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"...your inheritance?" Walter Yang did not pay attention to the ridicule of the Consciousness Ruler, but suddenly paid attention to her strange wording, "This... Your Excellency the Ruler, you might as well explain it more clearly."

"Oh, I forgot that you don't know me yet, right?" The Herrscher of Knowledge suddenly made an expression of sudden enlightenment. She gently raised her head, closed one eye, raised her right hand from the back of her head, and stretched it out in the direction of Walter Yang: "Let me introduce myself. I am Fu Hua, the Herrscher of Knowledge. You may be more familiar with my other title - Red Kite Immortal."

"So that's how it is... Are you the Red Kite Immortal?" Walter Yang was immediately in awe. He had of course heard of the name of Red Kite, the guardian standing tall on the Shenzhou Continent and a great senior who fought against the collapse. Not to mention Anti-Entropy which had been established for less than a hundred years, even the Destiny with a long history, compared to this famous immortal, was probably just a toddler.

On the battlefield of the second collapse, Walter Yang, who was hiding deep in Xilin's consciousness, once witnessed Fu Hua's all-out attack that completely severed Xilin's will from the collapse. However, at that time, Walter Yang did not know Fu Hua's true identity.

"I was fortunate enough to witness your heroic presence on the battlefield of the Second Collapse. At that time, I was wondering why there was such a powerful yet low-profile Valkyrie in Destiny, and why such a powerful Valkyrie would enter Saint Freya's school incognito as a student. Now it seems that your purpose should also be..."

Halfway through his speech, Walter Yang glanced in the direction of Kiana and the Herrscher of Fire, then shut his mouth abruptly.

"The battlefield that collapsed for the second time? Have you witnessed my heroic figure?"

When did that happen? The Herrscher of Knowledge tilted his head, searching his memory for his experiences during the Second Collapse.

——As expected, all the scenes made her extremely unhappy. She had clearly used Yu Duchen to completely control the second Herrscher Xilin, and had the opportunity to kill her with one blow, but she refused to seize it. Instead, she obediently followed Otto's instructions. As a result, Xilin, who should have been killed by her, found a way to destroy Yu Duchen's illusion. After the illusion was broken, the Taixu Sword God made a desperate attack at the cost of burning his memories, but was blocked by that inexplicable existence. As a result, after all other strategies were exhausted, Xiao Lixue was forced to use her own life to protect the master who was supposed to protect her...

When he thought about the fact that his past mistake had directly led to Xiao Lixue's death, the Herrscher of Consciousness' expression suddenly turned dark.

In Walter Yang's confused sight, she stared at him with wide eyes, her voice full of irritability and anger: "Are you laughing at my narrow-mindedness and incompetence? I tell you, I will never make that kind of ugly mistake again!"

“Huh?” Walter Yang shrank his neck. He wanted to protest for himself, but when he saw the black mist rising around the Herrscher of Consciousness’ body, he shut his mouth obediently.

God have mercy on him, he really felt that Fu Hua was so powerful during the second collapse that he was speechless. The Taixu Sword God not only severed the connection between the will of the collapse and Xilin, but also instantly broke Xilin's control over him... For a Valkyrie, what Fu Hua did at that time was enough to exceed his expectations.

I don’t know where I met the bad luck with the Ruler of Knowledge.

Come to think of it, when he confronted the second Herrscher, Sirin, it seemed that he was defeated in just a few words. It is clear that when he transformed himself into Walter Joyce and handled various situations for Anti-Entropy, his negotiation skills were not bad. Why was it so easy for him to kill the topic when he met the Herrscher?

Could it be that he is born not suitable to communicate with the Herrscher?

"Tsk, forget it. Ignorance is not a crime. I am a magnanimous person and I won't bother with you." The Herr of Knowledge smacked his tongue and withdrew his right hand that he had extended to Lao Yang with an unhappy look on his face.

"In short, in addition to my identity as the Red Kite Immortal, I am also one of the Thirteen Heroes from the last civilized era fifty thousand years ago. As for what the Thirteen Heroes are, you should ask them yourself. I am not interested in explaining it to you in detail right now."

“Oh…” Walter Yang nodded weakly.

Seeing the Anti-Entropy Alliance leader being repeatedly humiliated and not daring to get angry or speak out, Theresa almost laughed out loud.

Although she was no longer going to pursue Walter Yang's unauthorized invasion of St. Freya's College, and had reached a certain consensus with Anti-Entropy last night, Theresa, as the dean, was still somewhat upset that Walter Yang had invaded to such an extent, and that she was made a history teacher by an Anti-Entropy leader in her own college.

"Ahem." Having laughed enough, Theresa cleared her throat. In order to save Walter Yang from the awkward situation, she changed the topic in a timely manner. "As you can see, unlike our world now, Kiana's world has reached the stage where the Herrscher of the End will soon descend. Although the captain's Hyperion is not without a prototype of the Moonlight Throne, without mass production of the Moonlight Throne, all we can do is to gather as many resources as possible."

"...But, if we do this, what good will it do to our world?" Walter Yang pondered for a moment, and honestly expressed his doubts, "I can ask Ain and the others to temporarily lend the prototype of the Moonlight Throne to Miss Kiana from the future, but if the prototype of the Moonlight Throne is completely destroyed during the fight against the End, just like it was 50,000 years ago, our world will completely lose this anti-Honkai weapon, right?"

Although selfishly speaking, if these people who claim to be from the future also seek his help in fighting the collapse, Walter Yang will be very happy to provide some help within the possible scope.

But as the leader of Anti-Entropy, he had to analyze the pros and cons of the decision from the perspective of Anti-Entropy and the world.

Just as Walter Yang was weighing the pros and cons, a voice that was exactly the same as Theresa's, but full of calmness, suddenly sounded.

"Two returns."

The person who answered Walter Yang's question was not Theresa or Twilight Knight, but Stargazer, who had remained silent until now.

“First, before you lend us your Moonlight Throne, the Hyperion will once again travel through time.” Stargazing fanned the feather fan in his hand, narrowed his eyes calmly, and threw out a condition that made Walter Yang’s pupils suddenly tremble—

"And this time, the time we will choose is 1955." Guanxing stared at Walter Yang's face and said calmly, "You should know what 1955 means to you anti-entropy. Although for the stability of the world line, we cannot guarantee what can be changed by going back to the past, but we can give you a chance to go back to that time."

"...This is really an offer that is impossible to refuse." Walter Yang clenched his sweaty palms deeply, pursed his lips, and took a few deep breaths to stabilize his breath which seemed a little disordered because of this heavy news.

Although he is not as obsessed as Otto with redeeming the dead to the point of being morbid, but...if someone is really willing to give him this chance, Walter Yang certainly won't let it go so easily.

But out of caution, Walter Yang did not immediately agree to the stargazing proposal, but asked: "Excuse me, you said there is no guarantee that you can change something...right?"

"We can send you back to the past, and we will even assist you as much as possible within the scope allowed by the captain." Guanxing said, "But you should know that interfering with time is almost impossible. Even if we really travel through time and return to the time when the tragedy occurred, if we want to change the tragedy itself, we must ensure that our travel through time does not create another world line different from ours."

"That means... the conditions are very strict, right?" Walter Yang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and pondered for a moment, "What about the second condition?"

"Honestly speaking, compared to the first one, the second condition is nothing worth exchanging for this transaction." Guanxing said calmly, "After all, even if you, Anti-Entropy, don't lend us the prototype of the Moonlight Throne, we, Hyperion, can't let the world of our crew be destroyed by the Herrscher of the End. So, when the destined moment comes, we will also do our best to help your world fight against the collapse."

"So, Anti-Entropy Leader, what is your answer?"

Chapter 4: I don't know how long I can live (k)

Stargazing did not get an answer from Walter Young.

Because at the moment she finished speaking, a total of three brightly colored lights suddenly emerged from the three people in the living room.

"Ok?"

The Herrscher of Fire and Lightning, and the Secondary Silver Wing were stunned for a moment. They lowered their heads and looked at the dazzling light that suddenly enveloped them, and they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

The dazzling light of the space fold permeated the three people who had no time to react, causing their bodies that appeared in this world to quickly become transparent.

"Is this the captain's order to attack?!" Faced with this sudden situation, even Guanxing, who always gave people the feeling that she had everything under control, was a little stunned. She looked at the light representing the space jump that burst out from the three people without any warning, and said a little unpreparedly, "Why is it so sudden?! Wait, could it be that Aiyi guy..."

Before he finished speaking, the three figures disappeared as if swallowed by the light, leaving only the confused expressions on the faces of the people in the dormitory.

On the other side——

In the dim vision, Li Shubai's consciousness gradually returned.

He felt the hard and cold steel beneath his body, smelled the cold air with his nose, and felt the lifeless environment nearby. Li Shubai moved his limbs, which were still a little numb because he had just woken up, and supported himself on the ground and stood up.

"Where is this..." Li Shubai opened his eyes which were still not completely clear. He looked around and endured the dizziness that kept rising to his brain. He muttered to himself in a hoarse voice, "Inside the Hyperion? Why am I here?"

Both his body and five senses became heavier than ever before. Ever since he regained the power of Captain Hyperion, Li Shubai had never felt that his body had become so inflexible.

He could neither rely on instantly injecting strength into his legs to cross a distance of more than dozens of meters in a single step, nor could he rely solely on the five senses of his body to grasp the slightest movement within a few hundred meters - this was an unimaginable weakening for Li Shubai, who, after regaining his ability as a captain, could even easily shoot down a fighter jet in a supersonic combat state.

"No... isn't this just the normal body function of a normal person?" Thinking of this, Li Shubai couldn't help but be stunned, and then his face was filled with both laughter and tears.

"By the way, if the physical fitness has become that of an ordinary person, then will the mental aspect also...?" Thinking of this, Li Shubai closed his eyes helplessly and turned his mind inward.

However, when Li Shubai had completed his transformation into an ordinary person's body functions and mentally lost the [Sword God] that he had forged and condensed to near the limit by his past self, he unexpectedly discovered the extremely sharp object in his mind.

"The sword heart of the Taixu realm... is still there?" Li Shubai had originally prepared himself mentally to lose his power inexplicably, but he suddenly discovered that his sword heart was still in a state where he could activate the Taixu Sword God at any time. This made Li Shubai a little surprised, and he became more and more confused about his current situation.

So, why on earth am I in the Hyperion? And where is this place in the Hyperion?

While recalling the reason for losing consciousness, Li Shubai took a step forward and walked in the long steel corridor.

The skylights on the ceiling were not turned on, and for some reason all the lighting equipment in the Hyperion was turned off. Only the signs on the wall were still emitting a faint inorganic light.

The yellowed road signs that did not completely dispel the darkness pointed out the direction for Li Shubai, but also made Li Shubai feel a little creepy.

Especially... apart from the slightly harsh humming sound of the exhaust fan that proved that the Hyperion was still operating normally, the only sound around was the crisp electronic sound of dripping water repeating at a steady frequency.

Compared to complete silence and complete darkness, this dim half-light and the sound of the fan that could just cover up the slightest movement made him feel even more creepy.

Following the glowing beacon, Li Shubai groped his way through the dim environment and carefully came to the elevator of the helicopter bridge.

Although he still didn't understand why he appeared in the deserted Hyperion, as long as he logged onto the bridge, he could identify the current location of the Hyperion through the environment outside the window and judge what kind of situation he was in.

Fortunately, although the lighting system was not turned on, the Hyperion itself was still operating and the elevator could still be used normally. After entering the elevator, Li Shubai pressed the elevator button to the bridge.

With a slow mechanical sound, the elevator gradually moved upwards. No one could be seen outside the transparent window. Although his Hyperion did not have a large number of logistics and maintenance personnel like the one owned by the Far East Branch, Li Shubai still felt a little unnatural looking at this empty scene.

However, when Li Shubai followed the elevator to the bridge, the moment he saw the administrator's smile, all the tension along the way disappeared without a trace.

"Huh... don't scare me, Ai-chan." Although the scenery outside the bridge was still pitch black, when he saw that mature and calm face, Li Shubai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Since you appeared on the bridge, it means that all this is your fault, right?"

"Why do you think so?" The mature and elegant administrator Ai Hyperion leaned against the iron fence as if she had been waiting here for a long time. She looked at Li Shubai who had just walked into the bridge with a sweet smile and said in a soft tone, "Although it was indeed my suggestion to come here with you, I didn't expect that your mental space would be like this?"

"Mindscape?" Li Shubai was stunned. "Isn't this the Hyperion? Wait... speaking of mindscape..."

At this moment, after being reminded by Ai Yi, he suddenly recalled the SO-1129 operation performed on him by Su and Aponia in the Paradise of the Past.

If Li Shubai remembered correctly, when the operation expanded his consciousness in the form of memory space, the scene he saw... was a Hyperion with all electronic equipment in a state of deathly silence.

"Is this Hyperion my mental space?" He glanced at the darkness outside the bridge window and looked around. "Now that you put it that way, it seems that what I saw at that time was indeed similar to this scenery."

"Huh?" This time, it was Ai Yi who was surprised. "So this isn't your first time entering your own mental space?"

"That's right." Li Shubai nodded, "But this is not the point now. Since this is my mental space, why are you here?"

"Don't you remember yet?" Ai Yi smiled softly, "The reason why I am here with you."

"..." Li Shubai frowned, carefully searching his somewhat confused mind for the memories before he lost consciousness.

He remembered that he and Alicia and the others had completed the targeted interference in future events, and then he was suddenly kidnapped by Ai Yi while traveling through time.

On the Hyperion, which was not his, he had a brief negotiation with Ai, who called herself Miss Administrator. Ai asked him to [help him regain his past memories] in exchange for going on a date with her in the night view of Sky City. After they had dinner at a hot pot restaurant...

The memory came to an abrupt end, just like what happened on the way to the bridge. Whenever Li Shubai recalled the scene of eating hot pot, his memory seemed to have been edited by someone using editing software, and quickly jumped to the scene of waking up on the cold ground in the corridor.

"Sorry." After repeating it two or three times, Li Shubai still couldn't remember what happened, so he honestly apologized to Ai Yi. Although he didn't understand what happened, he instinctively felt that what he forgot might cause harm to Ai Yi. "I really can't remember what happened after that. If possible, can you tell me in detail?"

"..." After hearing Li Shubai's words, the gentle smile on Ai Yi's face suddenly froze, "You... actually forgot?"

As she spoke in a somewhat disappointed voice, Ai's face gradually became expressionless.

"...Uh." Li Shubai scratched his head awkwardly and nodded reluctantly.

"...Wait a moment." Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Ai Yi placed her palm on Li Shubai's forehead, "Please don't resist. Let me examine your thoughts."

Silent silence invaded the air of the bridge. Apart from the breathing of the two people, there was no other sound in the entire bridge.

"Hmm, I see. Is there such a thing?" After a long while, Ai Yi nodded as if she had suddenly realized something. "It's not that the memory was interfered with, but the process was ■■ed by a being called [○○]?"

"What?" Li Shubai looked at Ai Yi in surprise.

What is ○○? What is ■■?

Why, even though he heard the two syllables [shen'he] and [he'xie], his brain was completely unable to process the meaning of these two words that should have been very simple to understand?

"Don't worry, it's a topic that has nothing to do with you." Ai Yi pursed her lips and showed a sincere smile on her face. "After all, some things are done and they are done. No matter how much you try to cover up the past with dirty and despicable means, what has happened will not become something that has never happened, let alone become something else."

"..." What was she talking about? The more Li Shubai listened, the more confused he became.

He clearly understood every word, but when they were put together, he felt like he was listening to a foreign language.

Is this the inevitable difference between the thinking circuits of artificial intelligence life and those of ordinary humans?

"It's okay. I know the captain is also very confused, but this is not your problem." Ai Yi smiled lightly. She looked around and confirmed that there was no one nearby. She gently placed her hands on Li Shubai's shoulders, then held his face along his neck, with a misty light flashing in her eyes. "Having said that, we have such a deep connection, but suddenly everything that happened last night was erased because of that inexplicable thing. Even Ai Yi is still a little angry..."

"In that case, let's review what happened last night in the dark."

All the lights went out instantly. On the bridge where no one could see, only Ai's mature and elegant voice that suddenly sounded full of some inexplicable meaning and the two people's rapid breathing kept echoing.

"After all, if you want to enter the other person's mind, there is only one thing you must do -"

"Captain, please don't be so nervous. Try to relax as much as possible. I will feel all of you with my whole heart and soul in the next few minutes."

"And you will also have a comprehensive and full understanding of Ai Yi's inside and out in the coming time..."

And that was it—about three hours later.

With a rustling sound, the lights on the bridge came back on.

Ai Yi and Li Shubai straightened their messy clothes, and both of them blushed at the same time after doing such a bad thing on the bridge, a place where they should only stay when working.

"Ahem." Li Shubai glanced at Ai Yi, and seeing her skin covered with a layer of fine sweat, he felt a little irritated again. He quickly looked away, cleared his throat, and said embarrassedly, "Sorry... Sorry to bother you."

"You don't need to apologize to me." Ai Yi smiled like a flower, her face flushed. "To me, this is not a punishment, but a reward. If you are still not satisfied, I can turn off the lights on the bridge again."

"No... no need." Li Shubai blushed, "Even if we want to do that again, at least we have to wait until we leave here."

"Oh, Ai Yi clearly felt that when you were doing bad things here, you were much more violent than when you were in the bedroom." Ai Yi's eyes were filled with a mischievous smile, "The so-called duplicity... should be what you are talking about, right?"

Chapter 4: The First Reincarnation (k)

"I don't know whether I am saying one thing and thinking another, and your words don't count, but at least, from what I just experienced, I know that you are definitely not as mature and steady as you appear." Li Shubai retorted faintly, "I don't know who was begging for mercy in that seductive voice when being pressed against the railing just now, 'Please... please go slower, Ai Yi, Ai Yi's CPU is about to burn out'... Do you know that doing this will only have the opposite effect?"

Hearing Li Shubai imitating the unbearable tone she just made, Ai Yi remained calm, but the corners of her mouth could not help but twitch: "Hey... Hey, what are you talking about? I hate you, Captain, you always say things that are hard to understand."

"...I know you are thin-skinned and can't say anything, but I am thick-skinned and don't care about these things, okay?" Li Shubai rolled his eyes and was too lazy to continue chasing Ai Yi, whose defense was already broken.

After spending about half a day together, he already had a very clear understanding of the seemingly mature and elegant Ai Yi, whose nature seemed to be not much different from the Ai-chan who loved to steal electricity in his mind.

So after finishing organizing his clothes, Li Shubai asked what he had always wanted to ask: "Let's get down to business. I now know why you are here. So, how are you going to help me regain my past memories?"

"...Have you forgotten my true identity?" Ai Yi shook her head with a dumb smile. She raised her hand and snapped her fingers lightly.

Following Ai's command, all the lights in the bridge that were originally off were turned on, and the empty and deserted interior of the Hyperion suddenly became as bright as day.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am your shipboard AI and also the chief administrator of Hyperion." Ai Yi showed a sincere smile on her face, "... Of course, you can also call me Heroine A."

"Stop, stop!" Li Shubai hurriedly raised his arm to interrupt Ai Yi's self-introduction. He looked at the screen and several virtual buttons flashing on the bridge that suddenly became bright, and covered his forehead with his hands. The corners of his mouth twitched, and the corners of his eyes twitched. He suddenly felt a dull pain in an organ in his upper right abdomen, and said in a trembling voice: "I have heard your self-introduction once. Compared with that kind of thing, can you explain to me what these buttons that I am very familiar with are? Is there something wrong with my eyes or my brain?"