The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Under the dim sky, the sound of crisp footsteps echoed in the steel corridor of the Hyperion. The yellow sunlight shone in from the portholes on one side of the corridor, casting a warm glow on Yulandel as she ran straight towards her destination.

Now it is the second day since she returned to this world from the distant future. Although she found Li Shubai, who had traveled through time for a second time for unknown reasons, through the ability of Thousand Worlds, for Youlandel at this moment, after accepting the invitation from her other self, there are more important things waiting for her ahead.

After walking briskly in the steel corridor of the Hyperion for about three minutes, Yulandel saw the figure of [Tianyuan Qiying] who looked exactly like herself at the end of the corridor without any surprise.

[Tianyuan Qiying] leaned against the door at the end of the corridor. Above the silver-white door, several conspicuous words were clearly marked. Yulan Daier raised her sight and saw the final destination of this trip clearly. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows in surprise.

The Key of God.

"Where is this...?" Although she had roughly guessed from the name what was behind this door that she had never visited, Yulandel still couldn't help but ask.

"As you can see, this is the warehouse where the Hyperion keeps the existing God's Key." [Tianyuan Qiying] said calmly, "Since you are here, let's go in together."

After saying that, [Tianyuan Qiying] turned around and placed his hand on the door handle.

But she did not open the door immediately as she said, but stood there hesitantly.

"......?" Youlan Daier turned her head slightly and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

“…That.” [Tianyuan Qiying]’s expression became a little strange for some reason, and a hint of obvious confusion flashed in her eyes.

After hesitating for a long time, her curiosity for an answer finally overcame her shyness, so she turned her head and looked directly into Yulandel's confused eyes, pursing her lips and said, "I heard that you have confessed to the captain, right?"

Youlan Daier's face instantly turned red. She lowered her head, twisted her fingers nervously, and uttered a weak sound: "...Hmm."

"...Captain, do you agree?" [Tianyuan Qiying] asked tentatively.

"At least, he has clearly said, [Yulandel is my wife]." Yulandel blushed and said hesitantly.

"...Ahem." [Tianyuan Qiying] cleared his throat, then patted Youlandel's shoulder and said meaningfully, "Well done."

"?" Youlandel looked up blankly, "What do you mean?"

"Nothing." [Tianyuan Qiying] shook his head and changed the subject lightly, "Let's go, let's meet up with Guanxing and the others."

You are Yulandel, and I am also Yulandel. Since Yulandel is the captain's wife, then... of course I am also his wife, right? [Tianyuan Qiying] thought as a matter of course.

"..." Although Yulandel instinctively sensed that something was wrong, she had to shut her mouth with some hesitation after watching [Tianyuan Qiying] open the door to the Key of God Pavilion.

The heavy door creaked open, and a ray of light was cast into darkness.

The moment she stepped into the Key of God Pavilion, Yulandel almost forgot the fact that she was still on the Hyperion. It was hard to imagine what kind of means were used to build such a huge space in an aerospace battleship with a total length of no more than 300 meters. The dark electronic light filled every corner of her vision. On the huge heterogeneous mechanical exhibition stand, floating one after another were weapons that were familiar or unfamiliar to Yulandel.

"You should know that the Key of God held by the captain is much more powerful than the Key of God you know, both in terms of inherent rated power and the diversity of its usage methods, right?" [Tianyuan Qiying] said as he led Yulandel into the depths of the Key of God Pavilion.

"Yes." Yulandel nodded. "At least, the Black Abyss Hundred Flowers that I possess cannot immediately save the life of a person who is seriously injured and on the verge of death at the cost of consuming a small amount of Honkai Energy."

"That's easy to understand." [Tianyuan Qiying] said, "Because, the God's Key held by the captain was not the same as the God's Key we originally had from the beginning."

"Excluding the special case of the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle, the ordinary God's Keys are all weapons made from the Herrscher Core and Soul Steel from the pre-civilization era."

"And due to the characteristics of the Herrscher cores of the pre-civilization era, most of them will completely lose the possibility of reactivation the moment the Herrscher enters death. Therefore, even if they are manufactured by researchers like Vervi, who are at the top of industrial technology, these God's Keys made from the Herrscher cores of the pre-civilization era can only have a fixed [rated power] and cannot display other functions besides those rated power."

"..." Yulandel pondered for a moment, "So, the Key of God that the captain possesses is fundamentally different from the Key of God that we originally possessed, right?"

"That's right." [Tianyuan Qiying] nodded, "We're here."

"Hmm?" Yulandel subconsciously raised her head, but found that [Tianyuan Qiying] did not speak to her, but told the people in front of them that they had arrived on time.

The petite girl in ancient costume stood silently in front of the control console of the Key of God Pavilion. After seeing the faces of Yulandel and [Gengen Rider], she nodded silently. Rita Rossweisse [Dazzling Starthorn] standing next to her showed her usual gentle smile: "Thank you for taking some time out of your busy schedule to accept our invitation, Lady Yulandel."

"..." Yulandel glanced at the unresponsive [Tianyuan Qiying] and pointed at herself uncertainly, "Are you talking to me?"

"Of course." [Dizzy Star Thorn] smiled and nodded, "Next, let Master Stargazer explain to you why another Master Youlandel invited you here."

Guanxing glanced at [Liaoluan Xingji]'s face indifferently, raised the feather fan in his hand to cover the lower half of his face, and a clear and pleasant childish voice flowed out slowly from behind the feather fan.

"Most of the Hyperion members have already gone to the captain's side. Except for the members who followed the captain, and Fu Hua and the others who are still doing their own work and can't come back for a while, I can only let you three come over for the time being."

"You should know that although I look exactly like Theresa, we are not the same person."

"Strictly speaking, it's not just that Theresa. I'm different from all of you who come from the real [world]. I'm from the World Bubble, and I haven't really experienced the so-called [Herrscher] and [Honkai Impact 3] recorded in Hyperion's database."

"But it is precisely for this reason that when I searched the existing records of the Hyperion, I was able to discover some facts that perhaps none of you were aware of."

"..." Youlandel, [Tianyuan Qiying] and [Liaoluanxingji] looked at each other, and all smelled a hint of something unusual from Guanxing's extremely serious tone.

"Excuse me, what did you notice?" [Dizzy Star Thorn] asked cautiously.

"It could be you." Guanxing raised the feather fan in his hand and pointed it in the direction of [Liaoluan Xingji], then turned the feather fan towards [Tianyuan Qiying], "or... her."

"If the Hyperion's records are correct, you two should be among the first group of members of the Hyperion, just like Theresa who has temporarily left here, right?"

"..." [Tianyuan Qiying] and [Liaoluan Xingji] lowered their heads at the same time and fell into silent thought.

“Except for the long-haired guy, judging from the time when each individual joined the Hyperion, the other few [you] are younger than you two.” Guanxing said calmly, “But unlike the Valkyries who are actually just experiencing what will happen in the future in advance, only you few are truly members from the [past].”

"So, if possible, please recall it for a moment."

"Things about the [future] - I mean the details of the [Stigmata Project] and [Herrser of the End] that were supposed to happen three years later."

"How much do you two remember?"

the other side.

March 2017, 3, 18: p.m.

While Theresa noticed something wrong at the stargazing site, she also realized something was wrong from the two points that [she was from this world] and [she could not remember what she should have experienced]. In the end, she did not choose to do as Dr. Tesla said and let everyone go to the door together.

She came to the door of the control room alone, and kept repeating the plan she had set in her mind.

First of all... there are two things that need to be made clear.

First, why did Li Shubai want to meet Kevin?

Second, what was the agreement between Li Shubai and Kevin during the last time travel?

Of course, strictly speaking, these two questions are actually one problem.

But since Li Shubai still wants to face Kevin again at another time after meeting Kevin, it may mean that... after experiencing the last time travel, Li Shubai noticed something.

It was not difficult for Theresa to come to this conclusion. After all, if you ask a person why he or she wants to confirm their statements with different people, it is simply to confirm whether they are lying to him or hiding something very important.

"Theresa?" However, when she was immersed in her own thoughts and approached the door of the control room step by step, an ethereal voice suddenly sounded in her ears.

This voice... Theresa raised her head, and as expected, she saw Fu Hua's translucent figure floating in the air.

"Fu Hua? What are you doing here?"

And her face was so red. Theresa tilted her head, somewhat confused.

"Um... this..." Fu Hua, who was suspended in the air translucently, had a wandering gaze. She hesitated for a long time, somewhat at a loss, and did not even realize at the first time that [Theresa was not surprised to see her in this state], "Compared to... Compared to my affairs, why did the dean come here?"

It was then that Theresa remembered that she should pretend to be completely unaware of Li Shubai's affairs. After secretly being thankful that Fu Hua had lost her composure for some reason and therefore had not noticed her abnormality, she frowned and said seriously, "Of course, I'm here to find out what the person who hijacked the Hyperion wants to do, etc..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong.

Theresa blinked her eyes, frowned, and thought.

Speaking of which, Fu Hua should be following Kiana now, right?

Her appearance here means...

"…Is Kiana behind this door?"

"..." Upon hearing Theresa's question, Fu Hua's expression changed several times, from shame to incomprehension, and then turned into a kind of heartache similar to being disappointed in one's parents, and then turned into a kind of relief [There's nothing I can do, an old person like me can't interfere in young people's affairs]. Finally, she nodded weakly.

"Yes, Kiana is indeed behind this door." Fu Hua covered her face with her hands, and a vague voice came out from the gaps between her fingers, "But... Dean, you'd better stay away for the time being."

"I'm sorry. I've been following Kiana the whole time...but I still can't control her at all."

Perhaps, she was not suited to teaching. When she thought of the scene she had seen not long ago, Fu Hua felt sad.

He is such a child with a strong sense of justice, so why is he so ignorant of self-discipline when it comes to matters between men and women?

And also... and also... together with three other girls, they forced the boy to do that... that shameless thing.

"..."

Theresa was silent.

After hearing Fu Hua's proposal, her face couldn't help but turn red.

Chapter 4: Frustrated Theresa (k)

If Li Shubai were asked to choose the "decision he regrets most in his life", then "giving away the Black Abyss Hundred Flowers and many of the God's Keys he possessed, including Yu Duchen, to Kiana" would definitely have the honor of occupying a very prominent seat on the list.

As the captain of the Hyperion who was able to fight with Kevin who had received part of the power of the end, Li Shubai boasted that he was still very energetic even without relying on the Key of God. Although his strong self-control ability prevented him from becoming like Teddy all the time, if necessary, he could rely solely on his body functions to "persuade" all kinds of dissatisfied subordinates.

Okay, now let’s take a look at who these so-called [subordinates] are.

Well, among them there are Herrsers who can directly interfere with the laws of physics, there are Heroes who can beat up the above-mentioned people, and even among the Heroes... there is a cute and dazzling fairy lady who shares the title of "Herrser" with the above-mentioned people.

In addition to these warriors who are as brave and famous as Valkyries, there are also Valkyries who can work without sleep for more than a month to clear all the Honkai incidents in the world, and maids who only need to sleep four hours a day on average and can still exert 200% of the energy of an ordinary person.

Uh, so let's retract our preface.

——Without cheating, trying to convince these so-called "subordinates" who are no different from cheaters simply by using your physical body is just like suddenly running into an Ultimate mature Caterpillar in the wild. As a result, you frantically search through all the Poké Balls in your hand only to find that... there is only a real, adorable Caterpillar left.

Perhaps there is one fish left that is famous for its indescribable dance that it was born with... Magikarp.

Love is war.

Although this sentence is widely recognized as Love is war, in fact, the so-called "love" does not only represent subjective emotions such as "emotional love" and "mental admiration" that originate from people's hearts, but also includes various objective behaviors caused by such subjective emotions.

——As for what men and women who love each other will do under the drive of such subjective emotions, there is of course no need to say more.

Regardless of the era, the essence of war (S○○) is to plunder corresponding wealth (S○○ual satisfaction) from the enemy, and the key to war is to absorb and destroy as much of the enemy's living force (capacity) as possible. To summarize the key to war in terms of specific actions, of course, it is to quickly pull out and annihilate the enemy's army (body fluid) with a thunderous force.

Whichever side's manpower is exhausted first will become the defeated country in an extremely humiliating manner. While being ridden on by the victorious country again and again, it will also be forced to sign numerous unequal treaties that are neither fair nor reasonable.

In order to avoid falling into the humiliating situation of ceding territory and paying indemnities, what Li Shubai needs to do is, of course, to arm himself to the teeth as much as possible. As long as his military force is strong enough to not lose to anyone, there will certainly be no day when he will be defeated.

——So, what the hell is wrong with my brain that I would hand over my own armed forces (referring to the Keys of God such as Heiyuan Baihua and Yu Duchen) to the person who started a war against me (referring to Kiana [Hersher of the Fire])?

Standing on the bridge, Li Shubai covered his waist which was overwhelmed by the weight, and once again criticized his own stupidity and short-sightedness.

It was a good thing that he hadn't remembered yet what he had done to Kiana in that world during his last time traveling, besides giving away a large number of God's Keys.

Otherwise, if he knew that the stigmata will of Cecilia, a certain mother-in-law who is still lurking deep in the consciousness of Kiana [Hersher of the Fire], had watched the entire war drama from all angles through Kiana's eyes, he would now be in a state of shame that made him want to faint, but because his existence had long lost the boundaries of the flesh, he could not even faint. So he could only hold his head and pretend that he saw and heard nothing... but because the ears and eyes observing the outside world were not on him but on Kiana, he could only be forced to accept those embarrassing sounds and pictures, and the whole person... oh no, the stigmata will was about to break down.

Then Li Shubai would probably have to pack up and leave this world right then and there.

At the same time, in the Hyperion's conference room, accompanied by the sound of the door being opened with a creaking sound, everyone in the conference room turned their eyes to Theresa [Twilight Knight] who was standing outside the door.

The silence that dominated the air around them lasted for about three minutes, and Tesla, who could not control his hot temper, was the first to break the silence.

"Didn't you say you were going to pretend you knew nothing about that guy to get information?" Tesla said, "Why did you just stand there at the door when you got back?"

Theresa [Twilight Knight] did not respond. She stared at Tesla blankly, then lowered her head in silence.

“…” Seeing Theresa [Twilight Knight] falling into a depressed state for unknown reasons, Einstein and Tesla looked at each other and saw a hint of understanding in each other’s eyes.

"Okay, Ms. Theresa." Einstein said in the softest tone possible, "The other party is your direct superior now. Even if we failed to successfully obtain the information we need from that boy, it is understandable. You don't need to feel guilty about it."

"That's right." Tesla nodded quickly following Einstein's words. "Speaking of which, what's the matter with that boy? You all clearly placed such deep trust in him, but that guy refused to even tell you the purpose of his actions! Isn't he ashamed of this at all?"

As a result, she felt something was wrong as soon as she finished speaking. The moment her voice fell, the air suddenly became heavy, and the gazes that seemed to be almost materialized were suddenly focused on her.

The chill that rose up his spine made Tesla shiver involuntarily.

"Dr. Tesla, please do not comment on people or things you do not understand."

Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] warned in her usual dignified and stern voice.

Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said in unison with her husband:

"Although the Captain may not necessarily tell us everything he knows, everything he has done so far is worthy of the title of Captain, and each of us is proud that Master Shubai is our captain."

Although no one except Yulandel and Rita stood up to express dissatisfaction with him, Tesla could feel from the unpleasant looks on Mei Raiden and Bronya's faces that if it weren't for the fact that Anti-Entropy had left them a lot of favors in the battle at the Savior Headquarters not long ago, they would probably have turned against him like Rita and Yulandel, with whom he was not familiar.

"Okay, okay, I don't know what the boy did, so it's my fault for judging his personality without authorization." Tesla gave a standard French military salute and spread his hands. "But... even if the boy really wouldn't do anything to let you down, don't you want to know his ultimate goal like us? Now that Theresa's action has failed, what are you going to do next?"

"This..." The Valkyries in the conference room looked at each other, all stumped by this fatal question raised by Tesla.

Just when everyone was racking their brains to think about how to pry open Li Shubai's mouth, Theresa, who had been standing outside the conference room door, suddenly made a move.

She staggered along the long conference table to the back of the conference room, then found a corner, squatted down, drew circles, and muttered to herself:

“My niece actually got there first, my niece actually got there first, my niece actually got there first… I’m so useless… Theresa, why are you so scared… You’re her aunt… Even if my niece and her classmates got there first… Why didn’t you dare to force your way in even though you were at the door… Woo woo woo, I’m so useless, I’m so useless… What on earth are you afraid of, Theresa… You’re their dean…”