The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Now that I think about it... after the Hyperion suddenly sounded the warning [Captain Rep is prohibited], Dr. Mobius did shout out in anger, "Who! Who gave my little white mouse--!!"

So, actually, on the eve of the captain's time travel, his other self [Lost Rosemary] had already succeeded?

After deducing this, [Blue Knight·Moon Soul], who felt tremendous pressure, could no longer sit still.

Compared to Yulandel who was unable to correctly understand her own charm and popularity, Rita was actually a person who knew how to use her natural advantages. Although after joining Sentence, Rita, who was famous for her evil name "The Executioner" due to her excellent talent, had never encountered any occasions where she needed to use her charming appearance, but in the war of love, when the atmosphere was right, Rita certainly didn't mind luring the captain into her arms.

However, there is a big problem with this decision.

In terms of appearance alone, he did not have much advantage compared to the other members of the Hyperion.

Unlike Yulandel, who came to the conclusion that she was unable to correctly evaluate her own charm, Rita came to this conclusion simply because there were multiple versions of herself and Yulandel on the Hyperion.

In Rita's eyes, apart from herself and Lady Yulandel, she doesn't think her charm is inferior to others.

However, since the existence of a "better self" within the Hyperion is an indisputable objective fact, then as the relatively weaker party, Rita must try her best to unite the strength of other people who may become allies.

Not only her, but even the [Lost Rosemary] who was better than her made a similar judgment.

If I am not mistaken... Miss Silin, the Herrscher of the Sky, should have reached a temporary truce agreement with her, right? [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] thought.

The cooperation partner chosen by [Lost Rose] is one of the few Herrschers of the Void who can overturn all chess games on the Hyperion. Theoretically, as a person who is slightly weaker than [Lost Rose], [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] must also choose one of the several Kianas with the same power as Sirin as his partner. However, although everyone has become a member of the Hyperion now, the grudges of the past cannot be simply ignored. Rita can deeply understand that whether it is [Dizzy Starthorn] and Yulandel [Tengen Knight] who have completely reconciled with Kiana [Herscher of Fire] who came from a later future; or the two Rita and Yulandel in the original world who are still in the beginning of 2015 and have not had time to do anything excessive to Kiana as Otto's assistants, the situation in her world is indeed a little more complicated.

Thinking of this, Rita suddenly realized why the Yulandel from the original world confessed to the captain so directly. Compared with the Yulandel on the Hyperion, the Yulandel from the original world did not do anything to let Kiana down. At the same time, because she had no experience of actually getting along with the captain, in the eyes of Yulandel, the captain's behavior of confessing to everyone indiscriminately was not reasonable, but she did not feel that the captain was really joking.

Therefore, after confirming her own intentions, it was Lady Yulandel, who had not been with the captain for long, who successfully broke the logical inertia of the other Valkyries of Hyperion, and took the lead in charging at the captain at a speed ahead of everyone else.

It had nothing to do with personal strength, personal charm, or even attraction to the captain. It was just a matter of time. Lady Yulandel, who had just joined the Hyperion not long ago, was able to accomplish so easily what no other Valkyrie could do.

But, I’m sorry, Lady Yulandel of [that world].

This is the limit of what you can achieve by taking advantage of other Valkyries' thinking habits.

Now that everyone knows that the captain actually has bad intentions towards everyone... Next, as the [leader] who took the lead in successfully establishing a romantic relationship with the captain, you will have to face challenges from all the other Valkyries of Hyperion.

Thinking of this, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] leaned down and put her red lips close to the ear of Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] who was still in a depressed state, and said softly and persuadingly: "Think about it carefully, Lord Yulandel, if the captain does not have any romantic feelings for you, why would he accept the love of another Lord Yulandel?"

"This..." Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] blinked and hesitated for a moment, "But if the captain liked me before, why didn't he come to confess to me?"

"Hasn't the captain always said 'Yulandel is my wife'?" Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] laughed, "Although he also said to me 'I must find a way to marry Rita' and caused your dissatisfaction, which led everyone to think that the captain's joking words were not serious, but think about it carefully, Lord Yulandel, except for the other Lord Yulandel who confessed first, have the other members of the Hyperion directly confirmed his feelings with the captain?"

"One side is the 'conjecture' that has never been confirmed but has been arbitrarily determined by other Valkyries; the other side is the 'reality' that has already happened before our eyes. I believe that Lady Yulandel should be able to easily distinguish the difference between the two." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] stood up straight and stroked her gray-gold hair. Then, she raised her arm and gently pressed down on the operating table of the elevator. "If you are ready to continue to insist on your opinion, then please allow Rita to go ahead."

"Even if my opinion is proven to be wrong in the end, at least I have taken the initiative to try it. I won't be sad in the future because I never even tried it."

The mechanical sound of metal friction mixed with Rita's calm voice rang in Yulandel's ears.

A moment later, the elevator leading to the bridge landed in front of them. With the sound of the airtight core releasing air pressure, the huge glass door was opened from the center.

"Oh?"

But just as Rita was about to step into the elevator leading to the bridge, a voice mixed with laughter suddenly sounded in her ears.

"You two, suddenly appearing here...what do you want to do?"

Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] paused slightly, she was silent for a moment, sighed softly, turned around, and looked directly at the uninvited guest who suddenly came to their side.

Chapter 4 Deleted Memories (k)

"Well, although I was prepared to be discovered, I never thought that I, who used to be an executioner, would be approached so closely by an outsider without my noticing. Should I say... As expected of Ms. Bronya from [Eight Years Later]?"

"Heh, I'll take that as a compliment." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] put on an indifferent expression and shrugged. "However, since you two, who are also from the Hyperion, are here, that probably means that the others should have come as well, right?"

"Yes." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] nodded with a smile, "Including Miss 'Bronya' who originally belonged to this world."

"Are you trying to say that I'm an outsider?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] raised the corners of her mouth and stared into Rita's eyes meaningfully.

"Rita is simply stating a fact." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said to Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] without giving in. "After all, as a competent maid, I don't want to leave a negative impression of incompetence on the captain. So, if possible, can you please temporarily withdraw from the stage of this world? You are not from this world, but just appearing in this world should consume the captain's energy to a drastic extent, right?"

"..." Watching Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] and Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] confronting each other, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] wanted to kill the enemy, but she didn't know how she should intervene in the conversation between the two. So in order not to hold back her teammates, she could only remain silent and act like a coward.

"Yeah, but what does it matter?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] did not flinch at all because of Rita's sharp words. She raised her arms and folded them under her chest, showing off a pair of extremely conspicuous soft weights as if nothing had happened. "Without the captain's help, Yulandel wouldn't even know her true identity now, right? Even if we don't mention your hostile stance not long ago, Kevin who will be unsealed by the captain soon... Can you two handle him alone?"

"..." Hearing Bronya's question, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] fell into silence.

Although shortly after Theresa [Twilight Knight] gathered all the members of Hyperion, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] had completely awakened the power of the stigmata with the help of [Tianyuan Knight] and other members of Hyperion, just like Yulandel in the original world, and she naturally had the prerequisites for awakening the Star Armor, but even though she claimed that her strength was not much weaker than [Tianyuan Knight] and [Liaoluan Xingthorn], Rita did not think that the two of them [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] and [Cang Knight·Moon Soul] could defeat the strongest hero of the previous civilization, Kevin, by joining forces.

Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] told them the cruel fact that "she couldn't even guarantee the captain's safety" in the most straightforward words.

But it was also because of this that Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] smelled something unusual in Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing]'s words.

"Ms. Bronya." Because it concerned the captain's safety, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] chose to surrender temporarily without any hesitation. She seemed to have forgotten the provocation she had made to Bronya half a minute ago, and asked softly in the gentlest tone possible, "Do you know anything about the inside story? Did the captain tell you his true purpose?"

"Before you guys returned to this world, did Stargazing and the others say anything to you?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] did not immediately answer Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul]'s words, but asked back, "For example, although in terms of individual time, you two are younger, but if we look at it from the perspective of the captain's time, you guys are actually later... Something like this?"

Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] and Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] who immediately realized something was wrong looked at each other, and after a moment's silence, they nodded.

"Although the descriptions are slightly different, the general meaning is indeed quite similar." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said, "Based on the series of events that happened to us, including Miss Kiana who has not yet mastered the power of the sky, the Hyperion members who originally belonged to this world should have joined Captain Shubai's Hyperion not long ago because of [our] active return, right?"

"That's basically right." Bronya [Second Silver Wing] nodded, "But have you ever thought about this? You are the Valkyries who just joined the Hyperion not long ago and became the captain. Why do you seem to have joined the Hyperion a long time ago to the captain?"

"This..." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] pondered for a moment, "Isn't this the result of the Captain's ability of [Time Manipulation]?"

"That's right, it's because of the Captain's [Time Manipulation]." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings], "Just as most of the Hyperion crew know, for us Valkyries who follow the Captain, the so-called [Captain] is no longer just a position. In most cases, the word Captain refers to the person [Li Shubai]."

"...Aren't you curious?" Suddenly, Bronya [Second Silver Wings] changed her tone, "Obviously, the word 'captain' originally meant the position of 'supreme commander of a warship'. Why do we subconsciously associate the word with Captain Shubai?"

"Is this because the Captain is loved by every Valkyrie from the bottom of their hearts?" Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] gave this answer without hesitation, and Yulandel [Glorious Knight·Moon Soul] nodded unconsciously after hearing Rita's answer.

"Well said, I think so too." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] clapped her hands, "Because of the character and ability shown by the captain, as well as everything he has done for us and this world, every one of us Valkyries from the Hyperion loves and likes him from the bottom of our hearts. So, in our hearts, Shubai is the only captain. Even Principal Theresa and Teacher Himeko no longer regard themselves as 'captain' after Shubai appeared."

"Therefore, in our minds, the word 'Captain' represents not only the position, but also everything that Captain Li Shubai has shown us——"

"——including the abilities he possesses, everything."

"You mean..." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] reacted instantly, "The ability that Master Shubai possesses is also a part of [Captain]?"

"Smart." Bronya [Second Silver Wings] snapped her fingers, "Shu Bai is the captain, so the abilities Shu Bai possesses are naturally part of the 'captain'. Whether it's time manipulation or the 'God's Key' that even surpasses the original, these various abilities are just part of the 'captain'."

"By the way—"

"You should know that I come from a future eight years after the Great Collapse, where 99% of the world's Collapse energy is sealed, right?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] said lightly.

"...Yeah." Rita [Cang Knight·Moon Soul] and Yulandel [Shining Knight·Moon Soul] nodded at the same time.

Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said softly: "It is said that the reason why the collapse energy of Miss Bronya's world can be sealed is because..."

"There's no need to talk about my world." Bronya [Second Silver Wing] interrupted Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] without hesitation, "The moment I accepted the invitation from the Hyperion, I knew that as long as the captain still exists in this world, the world that belongs to me will not become your future."

"Compared to Kiana's affairs, isn't there another very important existence that you should be more concerned about?"

Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] looked slightly stiff. Once the topic came to the professional field, this most powerful Valkyrie of destiny suddenly became very serious and said, "Have you experienced the Herrscher of the End in the future?"

"Hmm." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] snorted softly, "What I can tell you is that the so-called power of the end is divided into two parts."

"First, the appearance of [The End] is [the integration of all the powers of Herrschers that have appeared in the current civilization era]. Specifically, she can freely control all the powers of Herrschers on a scale that exceeds that of all other Herrschers."

"The second is the essence of [the end]."

"She is a mechanism that controls fate. After the current civilization is completely extinct, she will correct everything on the surface of the earth to the way it was fifty thousand years ago."

"Use simpler and easier-to-understand words to describe it—"

"[Reincarnation], or [Time]?"

Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] narrowed her eyes, and as she slowly explained the essence of the end to Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] and Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul], the corners of her mouth twisted in an extremely unhappy arc, "[Thirteen different Herrscher powers], and [Time]... It sounds almost the same as the captain's abilities, doesn't it?"

"Of course, we all know that the captain is not a Herrscher, and the abilities he possesses have actually long lost most of their connection with ordinary [Honkai]."

"However, even if [Captain] is not [End], because both the nature and external manifestations are too similar, under certain circumstances, Captain Shubai can indeed use some method to transform these two completely different things into each other."

Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] pursed her lips, and after realizing what Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] meant, she said in a somewhat dry voice: "...Does Kiana know about this?"

"Of course not." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] smiled silently, "Except for me who does not belong to you and arrived in the [future] because of the actions of that idiot Kiana, there is also Ms. Λ who has been observing everything from the perspective of a bystander. Maybe even Stargazing is just relying on her personal intelligence to perceive part of the facts?"

"Of course, for the captain, in his own eyes, his actions were probably just a choice based on the highest interests and requiring the least cost."

"Even if he did something similar to what my idiot Kiana did, a captain who already controls the power of the End in another form would not be completely imprisoned in a place where he cannot leave. He would only clear part of his own time and the world's time from the original time when he controls the power of the End for a directional cycle. When he helps that world escape the cycle of the End, he would regress his state to a certain time ago, and repeat the cycle over and over again."

"Speaking of which, after coming to this world, you should know that the two Kianas, the two Meis, and the one [me] who has not yet obtained the power of the Herrscher are actually not much different from you, right?"

"For past captains, they are all from the future, and they joined the Hyperion after experiencing everything that happened in the present."

"So, have you ever thought about—"

"——After the [first] reincarnation, why were only Rita and Yulandel from that world, and me—Bronya, who hadn't even completed my metamorphosis, left on the Hyperion, while Kiana, Mei, and the others didn't stay?"

"..." Rita [Cang Knight·Moon Soul] and Yulandel [Shining Knight·Moon Soul] shook their heads slightly.

"At the moment when the cycle of reincarnation started—" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] said lightly, "In fact, the captain was going to throw everyone else back to that world."

"Kiana and Mei, who were closest to the captain, were unable to react in time, so their consciousness was taken away by the captain first. But after that, Bronya in that world immediately noticed that something was wrong."

"She immediately told everyone she could about this anomaly, but she only received a response from you in that world."

"In the end, you in that world did not successfully stop the [reincarnation] that the captain was forced to start, but before the reincarnation was completed, they successfully returned to the Hyperion."

Chapter 4: The Two-Person Group is Tightly Controlled (k)

After listening to Bronya [Second Silver Wing]'s statement, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] and Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] were silent for a long time. Although they had already successfully awakened with the help of other members of Hyperion, or could obtain abilities similar to [Gengen Knight] and [Dizzy Star Thorn] at any time, they also knew that if there was no decisive gap in will and philosophy, if they really fought each other on the battlefield, they would most likely be the losers, not the other party.

But even if it was the other party, when the captain was forced to become the end... all they could do was [try every possible means to follow him], and there was no way to save the captain from the fate of becoming the end.

"So, let me briefly summarize what Miss Bronya said." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] breathed a sigh of relief and looked directly into Bronya's [Secondary Silver Wing] eyes with an extremely serious gaze. "First of all, although Master Shubai is not a Herrscher now, as a captain, he is still one of the Herrscher's bodies."

"Secondly, before recruiting [our group of Valkyries] into the Hyperion, Master Shubai had already gone through a complete [reincarnation]."

"In that [reincarnation], in order to allow the people of that world to smoothly cross [the end], Master Shubai used some method to successfully transform his ability as a captain into the power of the Herrscher of the End."

“No matter what the so-called [End] is, as long as we successfully control it, then it will certainly not have any impact on the world.”

"No matter how desperate the ability itself is, as long as you don't use it, then of course it is no threat at all."

"——This was the captain's original intention."

"But after actually becoming the Herrscher of the End, the captain discovered that even though he had obtained the power of the End, he could not fully control it."

"So, the moment he realized that the power of the End was still in operation, he changed the target of [Reincarnation] from [the world] to some other target that could withstand [the power of the End]."

“But at that time, the only thing that could withstand [The End] was him, who temporarily obtained [The Power of the End].”

"So, the captain poured all of the power of [The End] into himself as the [Herrser of the End]."

"He reset his own time. In return, that world no longer accepted the reincarnation of [End], and as the time of [End]'s captain was reset and cleared by himself, the human civilization of that world also successfully stepped into the future after [End]."

"After that, the captain's [time] and that world's [time] intersected and separated."

"So, even though Lady Yulandel and I from that world, and perhaps Senior Fu Hua and the others, barely stayed on the Hyperion after the Captain activated the power of [End], Miss Kiana and Miss Mei from [that world] do not exist on our current Hyperion."

"Am I right, Miss Bronya?"

Listening to Rita's [Cang Knight·Yuelun] retelling, Youlandel's [Shining Knight·Yuelun] eyes became dazed, and this picture flashed through her mind.

The world beyond the end is prosperous and beautiful. The lights emitted by the skyscrapers across the continent not only illuminate people's happy expressions, but also illuminate the slightly lonely faces of Kiana and others who have come to the future along with the world...

Looking at Kiana's lonely face, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] suddenly felt fortunate for no reason. Although she was not [Tianyuan Qiying], she could fully understand the decision made by [Tianyuan Qiying] after realizing that the captain used the power of [End] on her.

Although the captain himself thought that it would be a great deal if they could escape from the interference of [The End] just by cutting off their own time from that world, Yulandel could deeply realize that [Tianyuan Qiying] did not think as much as the captain did when he made the final decision of [must follow the captain].

In the captain's opinion, allowing Kiana, himself, Rita and others in that world to enter a future without end might be a better choice.

As the [Captain], Li Shubai would not suffer any real harm, let alone die, even if he used the power of [End] to reset his own time and forcibly divert the power of [Reincarnation] that was supposed to act on the entire surface of the earth to himself.

But for themselves, Rita, Kiana, Mei, Bronya and the others in that world, when the time of the [world] and the [captain] intersected and separated from each other, it also meant that the [captain] was the only one who did not follow them into the endless future.

——But they don't need this kind of choice forced on them. Even if Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] were to face the situation at that time, she would definitely make the same choice as [Tianyuan Knight].

"Yes, that's roughly how it all started." Bronya [Second Silver Wing]'s calm voice called back Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul]'s thoughts, "During the last time we traveled through time, Kevin concealed some of the essence of [The End] from the captain. Now that you already know the truth about the End, you should understand why this ancestor of the Kaslana clan from 50,000 years ago specifically concealed these things from the captain, right?"

"…Because he doesn't want the captain to come into contact with the complete [End] too early." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said softly.

"Yes." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] nodded. "Although he didn't want the captain to come into contact with the End in advance, maybe he just didn't want the captain at that time to interfere with the Stigmata Plan too early. At that time, Kevin didn't know what kind of results would be brought about by the [Captain's] ability being so similar in nature and form to the [Power of the End]."

"Perhaps in Kevin's opinion, if he had known in advance that the captain could use this method to make the world go through [the end], he would not have gone to so much trouble to hide this matter from the captain."

"After all, in his eyes, just resetting a person's time from the world to zero can allow the world to successfully survive the threat of [The End]. Perhaps he doesn't even need to prepare the Stigmata Plan."

"But such a result, can you... no, can we really accept it?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes.

"Of course not." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] shook her head seriously, "As the Valkyrie of Hyperion, protecting the captain is our mission and our responsibility."

“Hehe.” Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] raised a soft arc, “‘No one on my ship can be left behind’; ‘I have to protect this fucking world too’. Since the captain is such a greedy person, then as his Valkyrie, of course I should have ambitions that match the captain’s.”