The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Compared to Theresa, who fell into self-doubt due to the huge difference between her own and the opponent's divine grace barrier, Yulandel and Rita, who approached the Herrscher of the Fire in order to defeat the opponent, were more severely affected.

"Varied……"

The two S-rank Valkyries maintained their posture of running forward and bursting with strength, but were suddenly deprived of all their strength and couldn't even balance their bodies, and fell forward in a very embarrassing manner.

Rita and Yulandel finally managed to use their arms to support their bodies that were about to fall. They were completely dominated by an unprecedented feeling of weakness. They gritted their teeth and whipped their bodies desperately, finally preventing themselves from collapsing directly to the ground.

"How could it be..." Rita's voice was close to a wail. Her wine-red pupils were no longer calm and elegant as before, but were filled with incomprehensible emotions. "Why...the key of restraint that belongs to Lady Theresa...is in your hands?"

Good question, I also want to know this question, Theresa thought to herself.

"Who told you that this is my aunt's Judas?" The Herrscher of Fire and Flame shrugged, with a bright and beautiful smile on her face. She answered slowly, "If it was my aunt's binding key... I wouldn't dare to casually deploy the Divine Grace Barrier. I don't have any real hatred against you. I just need you to be captured because of the captain's instructions. I don't really want to kill you."

Hearing the calm words of the Herrscher of Fire, Theresa suddenly understood and showed a somewhat relieved expression.

It turns out that the reason I can’t control the Divine Grace Barrier like her is because of Judas’ problem, and not because I’m too bad?

"Why... do you... have to capture us?" Yulandel frowned deeply and asked with some difficulty.

"Hasn't the captain already said that?" The Herrscher of the Fire of Fire glanced at Yulandel, "Of course, before we proceed with the next action, we must eliminate all the [unexpected factors] in this world that can affect our actions."

"...What exactly do you want to do?" Theresa couldn't help but turn her gaze to Li Shubai, "Why do you think that Yulandel and Rita will not stop you at all?"

After hearing Theresa's question, Yulandel and Rita also turned their puzzled gazes to the boy.

Things had developed to this point, no matter how unbelievable it was, everyone present could see that, obviously, whether it was the Herrscher of Fire or the Herrscher of Thunder... even the plump woman who was suspected to be Bronya's adult form and who had suddenly attacked the Hyperion and subdued Dr. Einstein and the others, all three of them directly followed the boy's instructions.

So... what exactly do they want to do? And why do they want to capture the two S-level Valkyries of Tianming?

To be honest, both Rita and Yulandel had a very bad feeling.

Although neither the Herrscher of Thunder nor the Herrscher of Fire and Fire seemed to be like the other Herrschers they knew, who were full of desire to destroy and sadize human civilization.

But at the same time, they can also clearly realize that compared to other Herrschers who have lost most of their rationality and are driven by pure desire for destruction, if these two relatively rational and stable Herrschers of Thunder and Herrschers of Fire and Fire stand against humans, then for humans... it may be much more dangerous.

However, facing Theresa's questioning, the Herrscher of Fire showed a somewhat embarrassed expression. She scratched her silver hair, was silent for a moment, and finally sighed softly.

"I'm sorry, I can't answer your questions directly." The Herrscher of Fire narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "The only thing I can tell you is that our ultimate goal does not conflict with yours. It's just the process of achieving our goal... maybe you can't accept it."

"Anyway, I'm not planning on letting you leave the Hyperion. There's no need to avoid you who have lost your power in what we're going to do next." Li Shubai took over the words of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame. He said in a calm tone, "While Bronya is reading the data that Anti-Entropy has engraved on the Hyperion, let me briefly explain it to you."

"At this stage, what we are going to do is to free the [snake] that was sealed in the Eye of the Abyss by the Anti-Entropy Alliance Leader."

“[Snake]?” Theresa, Yulandel and Rita were all stunned.

Yulandel and Rita simultaneously turned their gazes to Theresa. After being stunned for a moment, Theresa's expression suddenly became uncertain.

Theresa, who had already developed a close relationship with Anti-Entropy and could even be called an ally, had already exchanged a considerable amount of information with Einstein and his team. So of course she knew what a dangerous thing was that Dr. Einstein and his team had discovered in the Eye of the Abyss a year ago and that was eventually sealed by Anti-Entropy.

Although they did not know the true identity of [Snake] due to lack of intelligence, judging from the tragic ending of Anti-Entropy Alliance leader Walter Yang risking his life to consume the opponent to death in the Quantum Sea, but ending up disappearing without a trace, there is no doubt that the danger level of [Snake] is definitely not something they can accept now.

However, before she could refute Li Shubai, Theresa suddenly got stuck.

Not only her, but even Dr. Einstein, who was tied to a chair and experienced the Quantum Sea Experiment in Haiyuan City, fell into a strange silence.

Anti-entropy conservatives have always believed that the Herrscher is something that can be controlled at will. Therefore, although the ultimate goal of Otto's experiment is to allow Kiana to use her human will to master the full power of the Herrscher of the Void, neither Dr. Einstein nor Theresa think that Otto's choice is correct.

In their view, Bishop Otto's attempt to manipulate and control the power of the Herrscher was tantamount to playing with fire and getting burned.

But... watching the Herrscher of Firefire so freely controlling the powers that seemed to be multiple Herrschers, people both present and absent could not help but begin to doubt their original judgment.

"Just tell me the conclusion." Li Shubai looked directly into Theresa's eyes and said, "I know who the [Snake] you regard as a scourge is. Like Fu Hua, he is a fusion warrior from 50,000 years ago, that is, from the pre-civilization era."

"I also know why Walter Yang chose to keep him there even at the cost of his life. Although you are all warriors fighting against Honkai like you, you cannot accept his overly radical methods. Of course, I don't agree with his philosophy and methods of behavior."

"But unfortunately, due to the agreement between him and me, I am not going to stop him, and I will even give him some help under certain conditions."

"Of course, as a reward, I also want to get something from him."

Although he let Secondary Silver Wing take control of the Hyperion, he did not cut off the communication between Einstein and Theresa. Therefore, he knew that the people of Anti-Entropy could also see everything that happened here and what he said through Theresa.

"A fusion warrior from the pre-civilization era..." Yulandel pondered for a moment, and a flash of inspiration came to her mind, "Could it be that..."

"It seems you have already guessed it." Li Shubai shifted his gaze to Youlandel, "Yes, it was the former best friend of the Forerunner who put you on trial in the Second Key of God. He intended to launch the Stigma Project 1,500 years ago, when the Herrscher had not yet been born, at the cost of most of the world's population at the time, to allow the current civilization era to be able to transcend the Collapse, Kevin Kaslana."

Yulandel's pupils shrank slightly: "You want him to complete the Stigma Project?"

"I never said that." Li Shubai spread his hands. "Strictly speaking, Kevin, who reached an agreement with me, is not the one who is currently trapped in the quantum sea by Walter Yang. The reason why I want to bring him out is just because I want to get the answer from him."

"...Just to get an answer, are you prepared to put the people of this world in danger?" Rita stared into Li Shubai's eyes and questioned in a calm voice.

As a result, before Li Shubai himself could respond, the Herrscher of Fire could no longer hold back.

"What a joke! Wasn't it you, Tianming, who provided resources and technology assistance to Shencheng Medicine?" She glared at Rita. Although she was still restrained, anyone could hear that the tone of the Herrscher of Fire was extremely dissatisfied. "If it weren't for the cooperation between the Captain and the World Serpent, allowing that bastard Jackal to terminate the Stigmata experiment in Sky City indefinitely, you would still be kept in the dark by them until now, and you didn't even know that they were about to launch the Stigmata plan at the cost of millions of people in Sky City?!"

“And, even if we don’t talk about the matter of Shencheng Medicine, when you, Tianming, were awakening the consciousness of the Herrscher of the Void hidden in my body in this world, did you ever consider the affairs of ordinary people?” The Herrscher of Fire and Flame, who was getting angrier the more he spoke, couldn’t help but curse.

Even after knowing that Ji Zi was successfully rescued by Li Shubai, he had mostly let go of what had happened. However, when he recalled the bad things that Bishop Otto had done, the Herrscher of Fire still had the urge to curse.

She had complicated feelings towards Yulandel. The Herrscher of Fire admired her awareness and was very grateful for her help to him when he was a child. If the Yulandel of the past was willing to be found, the Herrscher of Fire would certainly be willing to be her relative.

From the perspective of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame, the damage she suffered was not a big deal. The problem was the disaster caused by the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void, and the fact that Himeko, Theresa, and Mei were forced to risk their lives to awaken their consciousness...

Let's be clear, even if she is a relative, Herrscher of the Fire Flame finds it hard to accept the bad things she followed Bishop Otto to do to him.

Chapter 4 The younger sister asks her elder sister for a hug (k)

Two pairs of similar azure eyes stared at each other in the night filled with golden gears.

Facing the questioning of the Herrscher of the Fire, Yulandel, whose body was still controlled by the restrained power, closed her eyes briefly and sighed softly: "I am not going to argue with your questioning. I know that Bishop Otto has let down everyone in your family, and you are indeed qualified to hate the Fate."

"Lady Yulandel..." Rita turned her head, looked at Yulandel's neither humble nor arrogant expression, and murmured in a low voice.

"But before you continue to hold us accountable, Ms. Kiana, I hope you can explain a few things to me." Yulandel raised her head and looked into the eyes of the Herrscher of the Fire again, her serious eyes filled with determination. "You just said that Shencheng Pharmaceutical is about to launch the Stigmata Project at the cost of millions of people in Sky City. What's going on? Why did you mention Shencheng Pharmaceutical when you mentioned the World Serpent?"

Even though she was unable to refute the questioning of the Herrscher of the Fire, Yulandel did not choose to give up her duties.

In fact, after the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void, she has been trying her best to deal with most of the Honkai events caused by the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void.

Therefore, after obtaining information about the City of God's medicine and the Stigmata Plan, Yulandel quickly grasped the key points from the words of the Herrscher of the Fire.

"Shinjo Pharmaceutical... If I remember correctly, this pharmaceutical company has been working tirelessly to implement a public welfare aid program. They have been providing free medical services to cities affected by Honkai around the world, and have received high praise from the general public." Rita pondered for a moment, searched for some information about Shinjo Pharmaceutical in her mind, and said softly.

"At the beginning of the 20th century, due to the second great collapse in Siberia, many companies were forced to go bankrupt due to the turmoil in the global economy. It was at that time that Shencheng Pharmaceutical, which was established in Europe, seized the opportunity and quickly became a leading brand in the global medical industry."

"During the panic after the Second Honkai, the founder of this medical company invented an anti-Honkai infection drug that was as good as the research results of Tenmi. After achieving great commercial success, they immediately launched the 'Ankh' aid plan to provide free medical services to people affected by Honkai in a total of 21 countries around the world. They also established industrial bases with large-scale drug production functions in some of the aided countries, including the Shenzhou branch located in the northern suburbs of Tianqiong City."

Yulandel listened carefully to the information reported by Rita, her expression as serious as a primary school student who was listening attentively to a class. As an S-class Valkyrie, it was certainly impossible for her not to have heard of this company that had been working closely with Tianming. However, as she was not deeply involved in the business field, it was impossible for her to remember all the details of this company in her heart like Rita.

"If what Miss Ki... Kiana said is true, then the ultimate goal of Shencheng Medicine may not just be to conduct experiments on the entire population of Tiankong City..." Rita took a deep breath. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She felt an indescribable anger surging to the depths of her brain along with the blood.

After Yulandel had undergone Su's test, Tianming had also received the revelation and a considerable amount of intelligence that Su had given them. Although Su did not know much about the World Serpent created by Mebius because he had been executing the Hengsha Plan in the Second Key of God, the intelligence given to Tianming by Su contained most of the information about the Stigmata Plan.

In other words, if what the Herrscher of the Fire Flame said was true, then it was very likely that the World Serpent had already made considerable arrangements and preparations for the Stigmata Project in the dark corners that had never been touched by Destiny at a very early time.

Rita didn't think that the Herrscher of the Fire was deceiving them. With herself and Yulandel now completely controlled by the Key of Constraint, it was no exaggeration to say that they were at the mercy of others. There was no need for them to make up a lie that would reveal the truth with a little investigation just to gain her trust.

That's why Rita felt extremely angry.

After the extreme anger, she was followed by fear and relief. She took a long, deep breath, then raised her head, looked seriously at the face of the Herrscher of Fire, and said in a tone of sincerity that could not be more sincere: "Thank you very much for your efforts to protect the safety of the people of Sky City. The matter of Shencheng Medicine... is indeed a huge dereliction of duty by Destiny. We..."

But Rita suddenly stopped talking halfway.

For some reason, her eyes suddenly became a little confused.

If it was her personal negligence, then, given Rita's formal style and her stubborn personality that was unwilling to cover up her failure, she would certainly choose to take full responsibility for the incident.

However, the World Serpent was able to complete the layout of the large mask of the Stigmata Plan with the help of Heaven's Fate... How should she be held responsible for such a huge mistake and loophole? What qualifications did she have to bear such a crime on behalf of Heaven's Fate? Rita had no answer to this question.

In the end, she still didn't say anything, but just sighed softly with a dim look in her eyes.

"Rita..." If it were in the past, Yulandel would have tried to comfort this adjutant with whom she had such a tacit understanding in her own way. However, when she and Rita faced the Herrscher of the Fire, she just couldn't speak the words of encouragement directly.

After thinking hard for a while, Youlandel clenched her teeth. She stood up with all her strength as if she had made up her mind. She raised her eyes and looked at the slightly doubtful eyes of the Herrscher of Fire with a stubborn look: "If you are worried that the two of us will hinder your actions, then take me away alone. As for Rita... With your strength, she should not be able to stop you."

"Lord Yulandel?" Rita was startled. She turned her head abruptly and shifted her gaze to Yulandel who stood up. "You..."

"Don't say any more, Rita. And... I'm ordering you as the captain of the Undying Blade Squad." Yulandel lowered her head slightly and stared at Rita, who was still half-crouching, with a determined look. "After returning to the destiny, you are not allowed to participate in any missions related to Miss Kiana. If Bishop Otto asks, tell him that this is an order I issued arbitrarily. All responsibilities and consequences will be borne by me."

"But--"

After giving Rita clear instructions, she no longer paid attention to the anxious Rita, but turned her head and looked at the Herrscher of Fire again, interrupting Rita's unspoken objection with a serious tone: "In this case, you should be satisfied."

"Hmm..." The Herrscher of Fire was stunned for a moment. She tilted her head and her blue eyes rolled around.

"Is there anything else that is not satisfactory?" Yulandel said expressionlessly, and a trace of fine sweat oozed from her tightly clenched palms. "During the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void, Bishop Otto concealed part of the truth about the Sirin Plan from Senior Fu Hua. Senior Fu Hua mistakenly believed that when the Herrscher of the Void lost control, I and the Immortal Blade team who were on standby on the Destiny Floating Island would go to fight her. Therefore, she chose to follow Bishop Otto's instructions and took Miss Kiana away from St. Freya College, which directly led to a series of vicious collapse events that followed."

"I don't know what your relationship with Miss Kiana is. If you are not just afraid that I will stop you, but also have a personal grudge against Tianming and want revenge on me, I have nothing to say, but in this whole incident, Rita is innocent."

"As a Herrscher, you should be able to see that even as an S-rank Valkyrie, Rita couldn't fight the Herrscher of the Void who had lost control alone. Therefore, the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void led to the sacrifice of Senior Himeko and the outbreak of the Honkai disaster. The only one who should bear direct responsibility for this series of accidents should be me, who watched Bishop Otto use the Serenity Gem to completely awaken the Herrscher of the Void, and accepted the order in order to let him complete the Sirin Project, so I gave up fighting the Herrscher of the Void."

With the intention of accepting whatever the outcome, Yulandel lowered her eyes slightly as she spoke.

...I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the Herrscher of Firefire always feels that the depressed Yulandel is like a golden retriever who has made a mistake.

"Since you defeated us, you have the right to treat the prisoners of war. I know I am not qualified to make demands on you, nor am I qualified to lecture you, but I still hope that you can realize that the enemy you need to fight is not Rita."

"..." The Herrscher of Fire and Fire did not speak, but put his palm on his chin and turned his face slightly, "Captain, what do you think?"

Li Shubai glanced at Rita, who looked very sad, and then at Youlan Daier, who looked obviously depressed. He blinked his lips and suddenly realized that something was wrong. So he glared at the Herrscher of Firewood who was smiling awkwardly: "Okay, you said all the harsh words, but now you want me to be the bad guy when it comes to making decisions, right?"

The Herrscher of Fire and Fire twisted her five fingers together in a somewhat coy manner. She gave a foolish smile and said awkwardly, "But weren't you the one who wanted to capture Yulandel and Rita in the first place?"

Li Shubai rolled his eyes, speechless. He pondered for a few seconds and rubbed his chin with his palm: "She asked us to release Rita so sincerely... It seems a bit too inhumane to refuse directly."

"But I also feel like it would be a bit unfair to let her go for no reason like this?" Li Shubai asked tentatively, "How about you just make some conditions for Youlan Dai'er?"

"Me?" The Herrscher of Firefire was a little surprised. She put her finger on her lower lip and showed a distressed expression. "But I don't know what I want to get from her."

"Then I don't care." Li Shubai crossed his arms and sneered, "If we want to be bad guys, then we can be bad guys together. How can I be the only one to bear all the bad things? You guys are all pure and innocent, right?"

The topic suddenly became a little weird.

Yulandel and Rita looked at each other and saw extremely confused looks in each other's eyes.

These people controlled them so easily. Logically, whether or not to obey their requests should have been a quick decision. Why was it being treated like a child's play now?

Are they trying to numb their vigilance? A hint of caution flashed across the eyes of the two S-rank Valkyries at the same time.

Of course, they who believed that Herrscher of the Fire and Li Shubai were on the opposing side of Destiny never expected that... these two people simply did not want to offend their own sister and their own Valkyrie too much.

"Okay, okay, let me think about it..." The Herrscher of Fire spread her hands. She walked to the side of Yulandel, circled around her a few times under her frightened eyes, and carefully looked at the body of this most powerful Valkyrie.

When Youlan Daier began to feel uncomfortable all over, the Herrscher of Fire suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Got it."

"Have you thought about the conditions?" Li Shubai asked.

"Yes, of course." The Herrscher of Fire nodded. She raised a finger towards the nervous Yulandel, gently waved it in front of her beautiful blue eyes, and smiled: "You want us to let Rita go? It's not impossible..."

Gu, Yulandel swallowed quietly, feeling the sparkling gaze of the Herrscher of Fire. This fearless and strongest Valkyrie who believed in the aesthetics of violence in every sense finally understood what it felt like to feel "frightened" for the first time in a long time.

But she still had to face what she had to face. So after a while of being nervous, Youlandel decided to face reality and said, "What do you want? As long as you can let Rita go, I will try my best to satisfy you with everything I can provide, as long as it does not violate the principles and does not harm others."

"Don't worry, this condition is very simple, you will definitely satisfy me." The Herrscher of Fire and Fire opened his arms to Yulandel, "Come, hug me, and we will release Rita."

"......Huh?" Yulandel was stunned for a moment.

What did she just say?

Then, after understanding the specific meaning of what the Herrscher of the Fire Flame had just said, Yulandel was stunned.

She almost thought that she had misheard the words of the Herrscher of Fire, and felt as if her entire brain was shutting down.

As for Rita, after seeing the Herrscher of the Fire opened his arms towards Yulandel, she suddenly didn't want to leave.

Chapter 4 CG Recycling (k)

Rita felt that something needed to be clarified first.

I am not a nymphomaniac.

She was just a little bit... no, maybe she just liked Lady Yulandel quite a lot.

If it was someone else who made this request, for the sake of Lady Yulandel's physical and mental health, she should resolutely stand in front of Yulandel and righteously reject the other party's rude but somewhat enviable request on her behalf.

However...the person who made this request was Kiana.

Well, although this [Kiana] and the experimental subject [K423] they knew before did not seem to be the same individual, but judging from her cute appearance that was exactly the same as Kiana's, and her combat performance while controlling the power of the void, even if the two of them were not the same individual, they should be considered to be closely related.

- In other words, the Herrscher of the Fire should be the same as the K423 she knew, also an artificial human created from the genes of Siegfried and Cecilia's biological daughter.

Rita is a very complicated person.

As the most powerful executioner, it is no exaggeration to say that her hands are stained with blood.