The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

She might be able to help Kiana restrain her Herrscher consciousness once or twice, but if this continued for a long time, Kiana's body would be tortured by Honkai and collapse before her consciousness.

However, the more mature Kiana in front of me...

Fu Hua stared at the Herrscher of Fire, whose pretty face was exactly the same as Kiana's, with an extremely serious expression.

Perhaps he was aware of Fu Hua's gaze, the Herrscher of Fire and Flame somewhat embarrassedly loosened his arms that were hugging the pillow, and sat down on the edge of the bed in a calm manner, just like the Secondary Silver Wing.

It was obvious that the Herrscher of Fire and Flame...either mentally or physically, showed no signs of being harmed by the wanton use of herrscher power.

"You..." After hesitating for a moment, Fu Hua finally asked this question in disbelief, "...have you defeated the Herrscher consciousness in your body?"

“Yes.” The Herrscher of Fire and Fire nodded as a matter of course. She puffed out her chest as if she was showing off her achievements to an elder. “Although the process was a little bumpy, but... just as you can see, both the power of the Herrscher of Void and the power of the Herrscher of Fire have been fully utilized by me!”

"Congratulations." Fu Hua sighed with a complicated expression, and then she was suddenly stunned, "Wait? The power of the Herrscher of Flame?"

"Yes, look." The Herrscher of Fire and Fire raised his hands and snapped his fingers.

Amid the stunned expressions of Fu Hua and Kiana, a small flame suddenly rose up with a "bang" and floated in the air above the upright fingers of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame.

"The power of the Herrscher of Fire is amazing, isn't it?" The Herrscher of Fire smiled, and then gently shook his hands to disperse the flames he had summoned. "To be honest, when I first obtained this power, I was still a little unsure about how to accurately control these flames, and often burned my armor inadvertently. But now... of course I won't make that mistake again."

"...Is that so." Seeing the calm yet lively appearance of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame, Fu Hua raised the corners of her mouth slightly with satisfaction, "Since you have already obtained this power, then use it well. Whether it is the power of the Herrscher of Void or the power of the Herrscher of Flame, it will make your future journey smoother."

"Hehe." The Herrscher of Fire and Fire covered his mouth and laughed, "I think I have heard this sentence from the monitor more than once."

"Is that so?" Fu Hua was stunned, then suddenly reacted, "That's right... Since you are Kiana from the future, then in your world there must be a Fu Hua who is the same as me, so it's not difficult to understand."

That is, when Fu Hua had basically confirmed that the Herrscher of Fire was indeed Kiana from the future, Kiana, who had been silent until now, finally could not sit still anymore.

"Are you...really me from the future?" She took two steps at a time and came to the front of the Herrscher of the Fire, with a serious expression.

"Yeah." The Herrscher of Fire nodded without hesitation and said in a relaxed tone, "It's true. Anyway, you are the third Kiana Kaslana I know. Wait--"

Suddenly, the Herrscher of Firefire seemed to have remembered something and put on a thoughtful expression: "If your situation is similar to mine, then strictly speaking, maybe you are the 'first'?"

"...What do you mean by the third and the first?" Kiana frowned, a confused expression on her face, but she quickly put aside her curiosity and focused on more important topics. "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Compared to these things, since you claim to be me from the future, you should have... experienced everything I've experienced during this period of time, right?"

"Of course." The Herrscher of Firefire smiled slightly. She raised her arm and snapped her fingers again. "Well... this should be more convincing than talking, right?"

This time, the snap of the fingers did not awaken any power of the Herrscher, but the body of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame was instantly enveloped by a dazzling light.

After the light flashed, the Herrscher armor disappeared, and in its place was the [Scorching Flame] armor that was 90% similar in style and design to the [Sky Ranger] armor that Kiana was currently wearing, with only slight differences in coloring.

"How is it?" After putting on armor similar to Kiana's, the Herrscher of Fire and Fire stood up from the bed, took a quick look at his body, nodded with satisfaction, put his hands on his waist, and said confidently: "Seeing this, you should believe it too, right?"

Looking at the Herrscher of Fire, who was obviously more mature than herself, but for some reason seemed to be more cheerful than herself, Kiana couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in her heart.

Kiana originally thought that perhaps it would be difficult for her to let go of the fact that she had killed her beloved teacher, but looking at the Herrscher of Firefire's expression...

……Wait?

After realizing a certain possibility, Kiana's pupils suddenly contracted. She turned her body and swept her eyes across the room, finally stopping on Li Shubai.

"Hey! You..." As a result, after seeing Li Shubai's expression, the question that Kiana had been eager to ask was stuck in her throat, and the words that came out of her mouth subconsciously became something that had nothing to do with the question she originally wanted to ask, "...What are you doing?"

"It has nothing to do with you. Allow me to be alone for a few minutes." Li Shubai bent over and stood by the window, his body facing the night view of Tiankong City. He rested his elbows on the window sill and supported his forehead with his palms. "If you have any questions, let Kiana and Mei explain them to you first, or do you have any questions that I must answer?"

"Can you let them fulfill the promises you made?" Kiana asked in a deep voice.

"...What promise?" Li Shubai asked subconsciously, and only after asking did he recall what the past [he] said to Kiana in this scene.

"Of course it's... about Teacher Jizi." Kiana pursed her lips, "You told me that in that imaginary space, you recovered Jizi, and as long as I let you use my power, you would let Jizi and I reunite again... Is this promise still valid now?"

Although her voice was extremely calm, at this moment, Kiana's heart was beating faster than ever before.

If she had felt extremely angry an hour ago when facing Li Shubai's oppressive pressure, to the point that she had even briefly snatched the right to use part of the power of the void from the hands of the Herrscher's consciousness, now she... was a little scared instead.

Too slim a hope is far more terrifying than despair. For Kiana, seeing with her own eyes the almost completely burnt body of the godslayer falling into the imaginary space made her not dare to have even a little hope that Himeko was still alive in this world. She believed that Himeko was dead, so of course she would not allow others to try to use her again based on Himeko's affairs.

But...what if Teacher Jizi is really still alive?

Well, even if she was really being used...even if she was to die immediately, Kiana would accept it with great pleasure.

"..." However, facing Kiana's question, Li Shubai fell into silence.

"Is it... okay? Just say something." Kiana twisted her hands together nervously. She swallowed lightly, and a little nervous sweat seeped out of her forehead. "It can't be that you are angry and want to regret it because I didn't agree to you right away and then hit you, right?"

"...I'm not angry." Li Shubai sighed tiredly and shook his head with a headache, "I'm just...thinking about something."

"What's the matter?" Kiana asked quickly.

"It has nothing to do with you. It's my problem." Li Shubai narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this moment, the Herrscher of Fire suddenly spoke up: "Captain Shu Bai, if you are worried about whether this world will have other problems because she was recruited into the Hyperion by you... I think you don't need to worry."

Li Shubai and Kiana were both stunned.

"Are there any other problems?" Kiana asked puzzledly.

"How do you know what I'm worried about?" Li Shubai was a little confused. "Is it that obvious?"

"If it weren't for you, Captain, being worried about this issue and subconsciously putting her application to join the ship on hold, the moment Kiana in this world was ready to let you use her power, she should have completed the boarding procedures and teleported to Hyperion," said the Herrscher of Thunder calmly.

After saying this, the Herrscher of Thunder shifted his gaze towards Li Shubai, and for the first time in his calm eyes, a hint of teasing appeared.

Then, in an extremely calm tone, the Herrscher of Thunder said something very seriously that made everyone stunned: "Joining the Hyperion has never been a difficult thing for us who are trusted and loved by you, the captain. In the current situation, for the captain who gave her the nickname [Super Invincible Giant TM Cute Qibao], I can't think of any other reason for you to reject Kiana."

"Super..." Kiana opened her mouth slightly. She wondered if she had heard it wrongly, or if she had fallen into some strange illusion. "Super invincible... what?"

"Super invincible, super cute Qibao." The Herrscher of Lightning glanced at the stunned Kiana, and suddenly a trace of extremely strong resentment flashed in his eyes. His tone, which should have been calm and steady, became sarcastic unconsciously. "Although it sounds quite embarrassing, compared to my [cook] and Bronya's [pressed duck] and [milk duck], the captain's partiality is really not concealed."

"No, no way." The Herrscher of Firewood blushed, "And speaking of nicknames, wasn't Mei called [Mei-sensei] by the captain? And there's also... something like 28 centimeters... and so on."

"That's because, for some reason, the captain misunderstood our friendship as a romantic relationship." It would have been fine if the Herrscher of Fire and Fire hadn't mentioned this. But when the Herrscher of Thunder, who had been trained to be very calm, started to lose control. The corners of her mouth twitched twice in a subtle arc. "I don't think any normal girl would like a nickname with such masculine characteristics."

"...Hey! That's enough, you two!" Li Shubai covered his face, "Stop brazenly exposing my dark history in front of outsiders, okay?"

"..." So you don't deny that you have said such shameful words?! Kiana was dumbfounded, feeling that her young heart was greatly shocked. Not only Kiana, but even the translucent Fu Hua was stunned, completely losing her previous calmness and indifference.

"Outsider?" The Herrscher of Fire rolled his eyes. "Captain, can you guarantee that you can do nothing and watch her continue along the path I have walked before?"

Although Li Shubai likes himself very much... that is, Kiana, the Herrscher of Fire is indeed very happy about this most of the time, and even if he was given such a shameful nickname, he accepted it reluctantly.

But when she thought that this so-called [Kiana] was far from the only one, the Herrscher of Fire suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Chapter 4 The Only Captain (k)

Just as the Herrscher of Fire had expected, in response to his questioning, Li Shubai was unable to immediately give an affirmative or negative answer. Instead, he scratched his hair guiltily and fell into silence.

Seeing this, the Herrscher of Fire and Fire sighed deeply. She put on an expression as if to say that there was really nothing she could do to him, and shook her head helplessly: "Forget it... After all, everyone has long been prepared for the captain's fickleness. If every member who joins the Hyperion really cares about this kind of thing, we Valkyries probably don't need to think about anything else."

"Indeed." The Herrscher of Lightning crossed his arms and shrugged. "As a helper, we have no right to blame the captain. If you really want Kiana to join the Hyperion like us, I have no objection. The same should be true for Kiana and Bronya."

Dangerous topic.

Although the Herrscher of Thunder said that the three of them didn't care about Kiana from this world joining Hyperion, Li Shubai certainly couldn't be stupid enough to actually believe such nonsense.

He did not choose to continue speaking along with the words of the Herrscher of Thunder, but looked at the Herrscher of Fire and asked another question: "Um, you just said that I don't have to worry about whether the world will have other problems because she was recruited into the Hyperion by me... What does that mean?"

"That's exactly what it means." The Herrscher of Fire raised a finger. "Take me as an example. Even though I was recruited by the captain to join the Hyperion not long ago, and even though I temporarily followed you during this period of time and did not return to my original world, Kiana in that world would not disappear because of this."

"Ah?" Li Shubai showed a bewildered expression. "What do you mean? What do you mean I recruited you into the Hyperion not long ago?"

"Hmm..." The Herrscher of Firefire was a little embarrassed. "Although it happened a long time ago for me, Captain...didn't you travel through time and space with Alicia and Xiaozhi not long ago and came to the time point of 2017?"

"That's right." Li Shubai nodded.

"I am the Kiana of that world." The Herrscher of Fire's face flushed, "The Kiana you said was 'fun to bully'."

Li Shubai's face froze. He looked at the ruddy-faced Herrscher of Fire and Flame in disbelief, his thoughts getting stuck.

Wait, although he did see the warning sign on the character selection interface before the attack, and also roughly guessed through this warning sign that Kiana from that world was very likely the Herrscher of Fire on his ship, not long ago, Ai seemed to have told him that she saw Kiana from that world had been recruited by him onto the Hyperion.

But... he clearly didn't receive Kiana's request to board the ship during the time travel not long ago?

Moreover, even if Kiana from that world was recruited into Hyperion, she should not be the same talent as the Herrscher of the Fire who already existed on his ship, right?

"Ahaha... Speaking of this..." But before he could raise his doubts to the Herrscher of Fire and Lightning, the Herrscher of Thunder suddenly laughed, "It seems that I haven't had time to settle accounts with the captain about what happened in that world."

"Even if you want to preserve the memories of those heroes under the Herrscher of Corrosion, there should be no need to hide these things from me, right?" The Herrscher of Thunder smiled at Li Shubai, whose face suddenly turned ugly. "Captain can trust Kiana, but can't trust Mei?"

"I..." Li Shubai was at a loss.

He was really a little confused.

If the fact that Kiana from that world was the Herrscher of Fire and Flame only surprised him a little, then the fact that Mei Raiden from that world was also the Herrscher of Lightning on his ship... for him, the shock instantly turned into a horror story.

After being stunned for a long while, Li Shubai stammered, "No... No, you two, are you not Kiana and Mei who were originally on the Hyperion?"

The Herrscher of Fire and the Herrscher of Thunder shook their heads at the same time.

"Captain, I advise you not to continue to escape from reality." The Second Silver Wing suppressed his laughter and calmly admonished, "What you did to Kiana and Meiyi in the past is only buried deep in your memory because it has not really happened yet. The moment you returned to the original world, Kiana and Meiyi basically remembered everything."

"...What's the principle behind this?" Li Shubai asked.

"Who knows." Second Silver Wing shrugged. "In the history of the Hyperion, nothing like this has ever happened. However, if I'm not mistaken, Mei and Kiana suddenly recalled their past after the captain traveled through time. This must be closely related to a certain characteristic of the captain."

"Some characteristic?" Secondary Silver Wing's words made Li Shubai even more confused. "What characteristic?"

"Captain, haven't you discovered it yet?" Second Silver Wing said, "For us members of the Hyperion, the Captain is the only one at any point in time."

"... the only existence?" Li Shubai touched his chin. "In other words, there is no other [me] in all time and space?"

"In Shubai's eyes, although the Kiana of this world and I are both [Kiana Kaslana], we are still two different individuals, right?" said the Herrscher of Fire and Fire. "If we hadn't appeared tonight, in about half a year, the Kiana of this world would naturally become me as time passed... But even so, when I traveled back to this point in time, [Kiana Kaslana] would still appear as two individuals at the same time."

"However... Captain, you are different." Second Silver Wing said, "When you arrived at this time, did you see another [Li Shubai]?"

“…Isn’t it because Ai Yi used a device similar to consciousness mapping to project me onto the [me] in this world?” Li Shubai pondered for a moment. “Although I did not see the other me, when I came to this world, I did synchronize some memories that strictly speaking did not belong to me.”

"And if you say so, aren't people changing every moment?" Li Shubai frowned deeply. "Even if I was half an hour ago, I must be slightly different from me now. If I go back half an hour ago..."

"That's why I said that this is a [characteristic] that only the captain possesses, not a [common trait] shared by everyone else." Second Silver Wing interrupted Li Shubai's words calmly, "When traveling through time and space, everyone in this world has the possibility of seeing another version of themselves, but you, the captain... are an exception."

"I think this is also the reason why Ai sent you back to the past even though she only promised to help the captain regain his memory." The Herrscher of Lightning said, "However, in conclusion, it is precisely because the captain has this characteristic that Kiana and I can stay by his side without any scruples in this situation, and work with you to find a countermeasure against the end."

"...Fight the End?" At this time, after catching two words from the Herrscher of Lightning's mouth that could not be ignored, Fu Hua, who had been silently listening to the conversation between them from the beginning, finally couldn't sit still, "Mei...Is it okay for me to call you that?"

The Herrscher of Thunder nodded seriously: "No matter what, the monitor is someone we all respect. Since the [me] in this world has not come to you yet, you can of course call me Mei."

"...Thank you. As the squad leader, I should have apologized for your experience." Fu Hua sighed, "Let's get back to the point, Mei, you just said that you are working with Captain Li to find a way to fight the end?"

"That's right." The Herrscher of Thunder and the Herrscher of Fire looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

The Herrscher of Thunder said, "Not long ago, in our world, the Captain and Alicia had joined forces with Kevin and the World Serpent to suppress the Herrscher of Corrosion, and you also know about the matter of the Thirteenth Herrscher... Squad Leader."

“The Thirteenth Herrscher…” Fu Hua raised her five fingers and supported her forehead. “Because this is about the Herrscher, the memories of Alicia and the Thirteenth Herrscher of the previous civilization have indeed not been used as fuel by me… So, after you suppress the Herrscher of Corrosion, the next thing you need to face is the End…”

"The end..." Kiana pursed her dry lips. Even though she had never had the chance to join in the conversation, she couldn't help but feel a palpitation instinctively after hearing these two words.

It turns out that the self who seems to be more mature than myself is about to face the final challenge?

"You have joined forces with Kevin and the World Serpent to suppress the Twelfth Herrscher... That means that the seal Su placed on Kevin has lost its effect, right?" Fu Hua said, "Since you and Kevin have reached a cooperative relationship, has he... become the same as before, obsessively believing that the Stigmata Plan must be carried out before the end arrives?"

"It depends on how you understand it." Li Shubai said, "As a comrade who risked his life for Kevin 50,000 years ago, you should also understand his nature. Kevin is definitely not the kind of person who is happy to see the Stigmata Plan completed. As for me, no matter how much I disagree with the Stigmata Plan, I still have to admit that the Stigmata Plan is indeed a necessary plan that needs to be prepared in extreme situations. So, although Kevin and I have indeed reached an agreement, the content of our agreement does not include asking him to stop implementing the Stigmata Plan."

"..."

Before Fu Hua could comment on the agreement between Li Shubai and Kevin, Kiana suddenly widened her eyes.

"Wait, wait, wait! Wait a minute!" She swallowed and quickly turned her gaze to Fu Hua who was floating in the air. She felt her mouth dry. "Fifty thousand years ago?! Squad leader, you... you are from fifty thousand years ago?"

"...Ah." As if suddenly remembering something, the Herrscher of Firewood clapped his hands, "Come to think of it, it is true. At this time, I don't seem to know the identity of the class monitor."

“Indeed…” The Herrscher of Thunder nodded empathetically. “Let alone you, Kiana. If I hadn’t seen the monitor’s memory in the Paradise of the Past… even after I joined the World Serpent, I would not have realized the monitor’s true identity for a long time.”

"I...you..."

Seeing the reactions of the Herrscher of Fire and the Herrscher of Thunder, Kiana knew that Li Shubai was telling the truth. Although she had guessed earlier that Fu Hua's identity was most likely far more than just a spy sent by Otto, she still did not expect that Fu Hua's background would be so exaggerated.

Compared with Fu Hua, a super antique from 50,000 years ago, even Li Shubai, his future self, Mei, Bronya and the others... don't seem so surprising.

"I will explain the specific situation to you in detail later." Fu Hua said, "I'm sorry, Kiana, I didn't mean to hide anything from you, but... if I were to tell you all about my life experiences that happened so long ago, it would take too long. In the current situation, I don't have much time left to recall my past."

"..." Looking at Fu Hua bowing her head to apologize, Kiana suddenly wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.

"Forget it." She shook her head and sighed, "I know the monitor has his own difficulties. Although you have done something a bit too much to me and have been hiding your identity, at least... we are not real enemies, right?"

"Strictly speaking, he should be considered a companion who is worthy of trust, and a senior who is a bit strict." The Herrscher of Firefire smiled, "Although he is not as strict as Yulandel, the squad leader is indeed a very reliable person. When I was still in Sky City... that is, when I was experiencing the things you are experiencing now, the help and teachings given to me by the squad leader still benefit me a lot until now."

Chapter 4 Fu Hua's Warning (k)