The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Yu Duchen didn't react at all...which meant that what he saw was not an illusion.

The cat just now... seemed a little familiar. Not only it, but also the uninvited guests in the dormitory who did not hide their presence at all... seemed to have quite a few people who I felt inexplicably familiar with.

Our Chi Yuan Immortal has always acted uprightly throughout his life, and squad leader Fu Hua is also a good child who does not know how to avoid danger, so after pondering for a moment, she was mentally prepared to face everything and stepped forward to open the door of her dormitory.

"Hi, the Hua from this world is finally back." As soon as the door was opened, two fairy ladies with pink pupils filled with excitement came up immediately, holding Fu Hua's shoulders on the left and right, and pushed her into the room, "Come in, come in, we've been waiting for you for a long time! Let everyone see how you have been doing these years? Um... Come to think of it, you really like this training suit. This is your second time as a student, why can't you choose something more youthful? You still look so young."

Fu Hua was suddenly attacked by two pink fairy ladies. She was completely unable to react for a moment. When she remembered that Alicia could not be still alive, so the two fairy ladies in front of her must be fakes, the scene in the living room made her speechless.

Padofils, who was lying on the sofa with a look of ease, holding the fat cat that had just come back from the door, Grayshu who was literally spreading paint on the window, Sakura who was holding a scarlet jade pill with a gentle look on her face, and even Mobius and Aponia who still had some memory of Fu Hua because the danger was too great were there.

Compared to these people who looked familiar in various senses, the person who came out of the kitchen after hearing the noise coming from the door was even more important.

"Uh... Sorry, I was planning to come to you by myself." Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather], who was wearing an apron and holding a spatula in her hand, looked ashamed and scratched her hair with her other hand in embarrassment, "It's just... You know, I can't stop Alicia from doing what she wants to do."

"Oh, how can you say that about Miss Fairy?" Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy?] pouted her pink lips in dissatisfaction, "Want to take a good look at your former companions? Isn't this something everyone wants to do? Don't you think so?"

"That's right." Alicia [True Self: Herrscher of Man] immediately agreed, "It's not easy to come to this world, and I've been given such a precious opportunity, so of course I have to accomplish everything I want to do! Don't the other companions object to my decision?"

"..." Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather] sighed deeply and shook her head. She ignored the two fairy ladies who were getting more and more excited, and looked directly at herself in this world, and said in a rather helpless tone: "I know you have a lot of questions now, so..."

"Hua! Your pot is about to burn!" Suddenly, Wei Liwei's voice came from the kitchen.

"Uh... okay, I'll be right there." Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather] responded quickly, then took out a piece of Feather Dust and handed it to Fu Hua, who had no chance to get a word in. "I'll go back and continue to prepare dinner with Wei Erwei. During this time, you should first accept the memories stored in the Feather Dust. After reading these memories, if you have any questions you want to ask, I will answer them for you. Do you understand?"

After saying this, she stuffed Yu Duchen into her own hands in this world, and without waiting for her response, Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather] rushed back to the kitchen in a hurry.

——Just like that, after having a sumptuous dinner.

"...A space-time ship that travels between different worlds and time? I see." After reading the memories of [Valkyrie Swift Feather] stored in Yu Duchen, Fu Hua finally understood the current situation. She glanced at [Yun Mo Dan Xin] who looked calm, and then at [Valkyrie Swift Feather] who looked no different from herself in terms of dress and appearance, and rubbed her brows slightly, "So, the true identity of both of you is indeed me... As for why there are two Alicias, it is also because of this reason."

"Do the dean and Kiana know about this?" Suddenly, Fu Hua seemed to remember something and asked tentatively.

"Yes." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] nodded. "In fact, when the Third Honkai Impact occurred, Kiana on your side had already experienced the reflection of the consciousness of Kiana from another world. Not long after that, Principal Theresa came to the Hyperion with Kiana in order to find a way to let her control the power of the Herrscher of the Void."

"No wonder... Kiana's attitude towards me is so strange." Fu Hua recalled Kiana's recent strange behavior and nodded, "So, did you succeed... It seems that there is no need to ask this matter."

"Yes." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] nodded casually, acknowledging Fu Hua's words, and then got straight to the point, "We came to you this time to invite you to join our next operation."

"What do you want to do?" Fu Hua asked, "Based on your understanding of my current condition, you should know that I don't have much power left."

"I know. Frankly speaking, although my physical injuries have been healed, my combat performance is not much better than yours." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] smiled bitterly. "However, after seeing the members in this dormitory now, you should also understand... if it is strength, it is not a problem for our Hyperion."

Fu Hua glanced at the two Alicias and nodded: "...Indeed."

“So, what we need now is an [anchor point] that has lasted long enough in this civilization era to allow us to successfully find our target location on the timeline.”

"You want to interfere with the past of this world?" Fu Hua's pupils shrank slightly. "Then why don't you go directly to Otto? He should be more interested in this matter."

"Not looking for Otto is purely due to personal grudges." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] spread her hands, "Everyone on the Hyperion has more or less some friction and gap with this Bishop of Heaven's Fate, so... as a partner, he is of course ranked last."

Chapter 4: Two brides-to-be who came to force marriage (k)

As carbon-based life forms living in the material universe, human's understanding of the concept of time is largely limited by its own mode of existence.

Therefore, even though humans have explored the world to a considerable extent using the treasure called wisdom and have accomplished many things that other creatures cannot do, human's understanding of time is still in its toddler stage.

This is unavoidable even for Li Shubai, who can travel across time.

Even though he could observe the development of various events from an external perspective, and could even use his Hyperion to forcibly bring people from various worlds out of the timeline, even he, when perceiving time, could only distinguish between the [past] and the [future] based on [his present self], [what he just did] and [what he was going to do next].

This is the case for Li Shubai, who was able to forcibly intervene in the timeline, let alone Fu Hua.

"I understand your plan, but how do you do it?" She stared at her other self's eyes seriously. "No matter what you do, you can't make it look like it never happened, right?"

Everyone can decide what they want to do in the next second, but cannot rewrite what they have done in the previous second.

From this perspective, [changing the past] is even more impossible than [interfering with the future].

"I understand your concerns." Facing Fu Hua's questioning, [Valkyrie Swift Feather] did not choose to hide the current situation, but said bluntly, "If the captain could have [changed the past], the 'me' from the past would not have appeared here, and there certainly wouldn't have been two Alicias on the Hyperion, and there shouldn't have been Graysh, who we still haven't contacted."

[Yun Mo Dan Xin] took a sip of tea and did not comment on what [Valkyrie Swift Feather] said. Even the two Alicias, who had always been restless, fell silent. Only Grayshu turned around when she heard someone calling her name and tilted her head in confusion.

"So, there are two things we need to prepare." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] raised her hand and extended her index and middle fingers. "First, prepare something that can serve as a time anchor so that the captain can easily find a place to stay in this world's timeline."

"In this world, there are currently three time anchors that we have chosen."

"You, Theresa, and Walter Yang, the obvious leader of Anti-Entropy."

"Secondly, considering the concerns about stargazing, before we begin the operation, we must also be mentally prepared for the captain to fail to achieve a breakthrough in the field of time with the help of Ms. Λ."

Fu Hua frowned slightly: "Ms. Λ? Is it the artificial intelligence life born from the pseudo-time crystal recorded in the piece of Yudu dust you just gave me?"

"That's right." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] nodded.

"In the memory I just received, there doesn't seem to be any reason why Ms. Λ suddenly kidnapped your captain from time travel?" Fu Hua asked.

"It's just Guanxing's speculation." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] said, "Although we have no way to verify whether what Guanxing said is true or false, and the Hyperion's database does not record any information about Λ, but as one of the few people who has accompanied the captain the longest among all the members of the Hyperion, we can only believe her words for the time being."

"After all, although Zeng Tang had done something that went against everyone's wishes, in the final analysis, she was just fulfilling her promise to the captain, and of course she had no intention of harming the captain."

"You've been with the captain the longest?" Fu Hua chewed on these words carefully, and suddenly frowned deeply. "But, in the memories I read, you should be one of the first few [crew members]? Why don't you know what the stargazer still remembers?"

[Valkyrie Swift Feather] was silent for a moment. She did not seem surprised by Fu Hua's question. Instead, she pursed her lips and said in a heavy voice, "This is also one of the reasons why Guanxing was extremely concerned about the actions of the captain and Ms. Λ."

"Because we know that Ms. Λ's abilities and life form are very different from ours, so, according to the speculation of stargazing, the reason why Ms. Λ took the captain away when she traveled through time, in addition to personal considerations, there is another reason, that is, she may have received instructions from the captain in the past."

"She is trying to help the captain in her own way, to further optimize and innovate his [time manipulation] power, which still has many limitations."

“But after speculating this, Guanxing noticed something quite wrong.”

"Including me who possesses the key to consciousness, all of the original members of the Hyperion have lost some of their memories."

"The lost memories mostly focus on the eve of the end of the world we originally lived in."

"Based on this, since most of us have lost that part of our memory and also forgotten the information about Ms. Λ, it means that the time when Λ appeared in our memory... coincided with the time when the end came."

"From the piece of Feather Dust I gave you, you should be able to understand that although the name and appearance are very similar, the Hyperion that the captain has and the Hyperion that serves the Far East Branch are fundamentally two completely different existences."

"The captain's Hyperion will automatically record the visit information of the crew and the personnel aboard. If the captain uses the ability of the Hyperion to travel through time, then after his action is completed, the Hyperion will also record all of his behavior logs in the form of images."

"Logically speaking, no matter whether the final result is success or failure, the captain should have faced [the end] at least once."

"But whether it's the Hyperion's records or the memories of its crew members...all the information about [The End] seems to have been deliberately erased by something."

[Valkyrie Swift Feather] took a sip of tea to moisten her hoarse throat, and then continued, "Although we are not the same individual in the strict sense, you and I, as well as the other people in this dormitory, are all [Forerunners] who have survived from the last civilization era. Most of us have faced the [Herrser of the End] from 50,000 years ago, but after experiencing that [End War], we did not experience similar symptoms."

"I can even recall every detail of that battle, and I believe you can too."

"So, the reason why we lost that part of our memory should have little to do with [The End]."

"And if we exclude the possibility of the influence of [Hersher of the End]'s ability, the only thing that affects us Hyperion members... and the Hyperion itself is [time]."

"..." Fu Hua was silent for a moment, "Do you mean that part of time itself was erased?"

"Although we haven't found clear evidence yet, the various abnormal phenomena that have happened to us all point to this answer." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] put down the teacup in her hand, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes. "Honestly speaking, if we just want to keep some people alive from [End], both the captain and us in the past era can do something similar."

"We once used the [Key of Stasis: Hibernation of All Things] to bring the Forerunners, who were supposed to have died out with the last civilization, into this civilization. The captain simply possessed the ability to leave the world, and forcibly brought the people who were about to die in the original world to the Hyperion."

"But whether it's the Key of Stasis or the Hyperion that the captain possesses, the number of people that can be saved is limited."

"So, no matter what the result was when facing [The End] before, the captain will definitely challenge [The End] again."

"During this process, all we can do is try our best to cooperate with his plan."

"Therefore, although Stargazing is not optimistic about the Captain and Ms. Λ's plan, under the current circumstances, we must also make follow-up plans for the Captain."

Fu Hua took a deep breath and said, "So, this is why you found me after he left this world."

"Yes." [Valkyrie Swift Feather] nodded.

"In that case, I will agree to your request first." Fu Hua said, "Although I don't know what I can do specifically, but if I can help you, I will do my best."

"By the way, compared to what happened after this——"

Suddenly, Fu Hua, who had just agreed to another request, looked around with a puzzled expression.

"——If I'm not mistaken, in the memory recorded by Yu Duchen, Eden should have joined Hyperion, right? Why doesn't she appear here?"

"Eden." The one who answered this question was Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy?]. She seemed to have remembered something happy, and her bright eyes curved into a crescent moon. "Don't get me wrong, Hua, it's not that Eden doesn't want to come to the banquet tonight, it's just... maybe she forgot the time a little bit?"

"Forgot the time?" Fu Hua asked.

"Yes, after all, he met the user of the Ninth Divine Key in the current civilization era. It is understandable that he would show some of his nature in the process of mutual learning... right?"

At the training ground of Saint Freya, Walter Yang looked with twitching eyes at the dozens of black holes that appeared out of thin air in the air, then looked at the noble woman who looked nothing like a warrior and had a lazy smile on her face, and the corners of his mouth pulled into a smile that was uglier than crying.

This Ruler of Law in the present era of civilization had for the first time a profound understanding of the Ninth Divine Key he held... and why it was called the [Star of Eden].

While the people in the Eigenworld were busy with their respective tasks (referring to throwing a party at Fu Hua's house and torturing the leader of Anti-Entropy to the point that he began to doubt his life), on the other side, danger was quietly approaching Li Shubai.

"…Rita, are we really going to do this?"

Outside the elevator of the bridge, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] was half-crouching, holding up the back of her white gauze dress uneasily. She had changed into a wedding dress [The Promise of the Cross] and bit her pink and moist thin lips, her icy blue pupils filled with shyness and panic.

"If this is discovered by others by accident..."

"Don't worry about that, Master Yulandel." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul], who was also wearing a white wedding dress [Rose Oath], smiled calmly, "Even if others find out, you shouldn't be the one who should be ashamed."

"After all... no matter which individual it was, the one who first established a relationship with the captain should be Lady Yulandel, not Miss Kiana and the others."

"Well... But, Rita, you also said that I am not the same individual as the Yulandel who confessed to the captain..." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] still felt a little entangled, "Isn't it a bit too cunning to just use the identity of another self like this?"

"Lord Yulandel, if you are too naive in your view of love, you will not be able to win the battle for the captain's position." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] sighed faintly, "Besides, if you really don't have any improper thoughts about the captain, you shouldn't have accepted my proposal from the beginning and changed into this set of clothes given to you by the captain, right?"

"Is this even a thing?" Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] looked at her outfit and said, "Since the captain has given me this outfit, it is of course my freedom to wear it or not."

"...Even if this is a wedding dress?" Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] stared into Youlandel's [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] eyes and couldn't help but sigh softly, "You don't think that if the captain didn't have any improper thoughts about us, he would give us the wedding dress, right?"

"Isn't this a joke?" Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yuepo] tilted her head, "Just like the sentence [Yulandel is my wife], I am not the only Valkyrie who received a wedding dress from the captain."

Chapter 4: Interception (k)

After saying this, Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] couldn't help but lower her head in discouragement. Her soft golden hair, which was tied into a high ponytail with a white rose hair crown made of tulle, drooped weakly with the movements of her owner, like a big golden retriever who couldn't get his favorite toy.

It can be seen that even for Youlan Daier, who is unyielding by nature and doesn't like to admit defeat, bringing up this topic still makes her feel a little depressed. Whether before or after joining the Hyperion, Youlan Daier can be regarded as a person with a considerable degree of pride. In most cases, she does have the qualifications to be proud. Whether facing the Herrscher or the Hero, she has the confidence to fight with them.

However, his unyielding confidence was met with an extremely tragic setback when he faced the captain.

Not in terms of fighting, but in terms of emotions.

Whether it is strength or knowledge, Yulandel does have the confidence to fight against everyone. She is the youngest S-class Valkyrie in the history of Destiny, and a super genius who has learned four languages ​​at the age of twelve. However, once the field of comparison is shifted to her blind spot of knowledge, it becomes difficult for Yulandel to give herself a relatively objective evaluation.

Compared to the popular Alicia, she was not good at socializing with others. Compared to Rita, who was so charming that even she could tell she was popular with the opposite sex or the same sex, she was not that likable. Even Kiana and the others were more lively and lovely than the rigid and serious herself...

This can be seen from the nicknames the captain gave them. Compared with "Super Invincible Super Cute Qibao", she was called "Dumb Goose". Not only did the prefix of a long list of adjectives used to describe how cute Kiana is shortened to just "Dumb", but even "Goose" obviously doesn't sound as intimate as "Qibao". Although she can be regarded as a kind of Kiana in a certain sense, Yulandel is also very clear that no one, including herself, will call her by this name representing the moonlight goddess.

To be honest, Yulandel really envied Kiana. Even though she had long regarded Kiana as her real relative and felt heartache and emotion for the tragedy she had experienced, one thing was one thing. The captain's preference for Kiana was indeed a bit too obvious, so obvious that even she, Kiana Original, couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

However, even though she couldn't help feeling a little jealous, Yulandel had to admit that Kiana was indeed so cute that people couldn't help but like her. In fact, she herself liked her cheap sister very much. Putting aside the captain and Rita, she was such a treasure that she was afraid it would melt in her mouth.

Therefore, Yulandel was naturally confused about the dilemma she was in.

In fact, it was not just her [Brilliant Knight·Yueping]. She was very sure that another Yulandel [Tianyuan Qiying] who originally belonged to the Hyperion must have the same troubles and entanglements as her.

Rather, the captain even gave Yulandel a nickname, [Mud-headed Goose], which made people feel dizzy. [Brilliant Knight Yuepo], who was also Yulandel, was quite sure that her troubles were even more serious than his own.

Why would Yulandel, who is younger than both of them in the Eigenworld, charge at the captain in such a direct way?

After hearing the good news from Yulandel, [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] and [Tianyuan Knight] were actually confused and bewildered for a long time.

Logically speaking, as they are both Yulandel, their mentalities shouldn't be too different, right?

Even if she believed in the judgment of [another self] who was better than herself because she saw her future self, and therefore chose the captain as the most suitable love partner, why was she so confident to confess to the captain directly, and even received his [yes] answer so easily?

All along, [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] and [Gengen Knight] have been completely confused about this problem. In fact, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul], like Yulandel, feels quite incredible about this strange phenomenon. But compared to Yulandel, as a bystander, she suddenly realized it after hearing the triumphant songs played one after another by Kiana [Hersher of Fire], Raiden Mei [Hersher of Thunder] and Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing].

It turns out that the captain really had bad intentions towards each of them in the past?

Did he really want everyone on the Hyperion to be his wife?

Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] suddenly realized what had happened. She regretted the judgment she had made in the past and beat her chest, and she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

Although judging from the order of success, Dr. Mobius, who used the power of the Second God's Key to trick them and temporarily trapped them in the depths of the Quantum Sea, was the first person to "eat" the captain. Apart from Dr. Mobius, the Hyperion has not received any information about the captain being eaten for the second time. So on the surface, Kiana and the others' cheating behavior this time should only be the "second time."

However, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] does not think that her other self [Lost Rosemary], who is also Rita Rossweisse, will sit idly by and wait for a similar incident to happen again after the captain is [eaten].

Although such a judgment would make Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] feel a little depressed, even a self-confident her had to admit that simply from the point of [paying more attention to the captain], the [Lost Rosemary] who could travel freely in the quantum sea was better than herself [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] or the other [Dizzy Star Thorn] who inherited the power of the star armor from Yulandel [Tianyuan Knight].