The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Since dividing [his] own time and [the world's] time is an acceptable outcome for the captain, they accept this outcome and continue to wait for the captain to once again use this method to bring the world to an end?

Because sacrifice and price are acceptable, does that mean people must bear it?

Don't be ridiculous. What these Valkyries aspire to do [fighting for all the good in this world] is not something that is neither up nor down.

"[The End], we will definitely cross it, and [the Captain] must also follow everyone to the future." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said softly, "Is it just so that we can make such a decision that you specifically told us these things before we went to look for the Captain, Miss Bronya?"

"How is that possible?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] shrugged. Her mature and dignified beautiful face suddenly revealed a mischievous and playful smile. "Although letting you know this matter first is indeed for the purpose of planning for the next action, even if I don't tell you these things now, after this time travel is completed, Guanxing, who has noticed most of the facts, should tell everyone about these things."

"?" Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] and Rita [Cang Knight·Yueping] were both stunned. They looked at each other and saw some ominous premonition in each other's eyes.

"Although in terms of [wanting the captain to walk into the future with us], all the members of the Hyperion can be considered comrades on the same side." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] slowed down her speech, speaking in a tone that made people feel anxious, "However, on the two issues of [how the captain should walk into the future] and [with whom], everyone's differences... are huge."

"To be specific... although in the world where we found the captain, Yulandel over there first confirmed that we were in a relationship, a relationship is just a relationship after all. Even if it reaches a higher level of husband and wife, there is still a day of divorce." Seeing the sudden change of color on Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] and Yulandel [Glorious Knight·Moon Soul]'s faces, Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] smiled with a conspiracy, "For a situation like you that hasn't even started yet, of course it can be easily nipped in the bud."

"Oh?" Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] narrowed her eyes dangerously, her tone becoming a little low, "But, Rita, didn't you hear that Miss Kiana and Miss Mei have also succeeded? Could it be that in Miss Bronya's eyes, the two of us [who haven't even stood at the starting line] are even more dangerous than Miss Kiana and Miss Mei?"

Then Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] saw Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing]'s expression, as if she saw an excellent student suddenly get zero points in the exam.

"I just praised you for being smart, Rita." She raised her arm exaggeratedly, propped her brow with her fingers, and put on a disappointed expression on her face that made Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] and Yulandel [Glorious Knight·Moon Soul] couldn't help but get angry. "You two can join hands to seduce the captain... But Bronya and Kiana can't do it?"

Tsk...are you trying this?

Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul], who had shot herself in the foot, smacked her lips in annoyance. She no longer paid attention to the provocation of Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing], nor did she care about Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] who was obviously furious because she was teased by others but didn't know how to vent this anger. She stepped straight into the elevator that was still in the open state, and the sound of her pure white high heels hitting the metal floor was crisp and pleasant.

At this moment, she didn't want to care about the end, the future, or the collapse. Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] wanted to eat meat! She wanted it now! Otherwise, she would have a hard time getting over the hatred in her heart for being controlled by Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing].

"Wait! Rita!" Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] hurriedly followed, "We are now——"

Before Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] could finish asking the questions she wanted to ask, the beeping sound of the alarm echoed in every corner of the Hyperion, accompanied by red and blue flashing lights that filled the field of vision.

"..." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] lowered her head and took a deep breath, "Is this also your plan, Miss Bronya?"

"Don't say such harsh words." Bronya [Second Silver Wing] innocently put her arm on her chest, "Strictly speaking, I just let you stay at the door of the elevator for a while before entering the bridge with some information that you will definitely be interested in. It's a very cost-effective deal to exchange some insignificant time for information, right?"

"...You should know the reason for the alarm, right?" Lita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said softly.

"Well, I'm not 100% sure..." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] shrugged, "But if we calculate the time, Mother Cocolia in this world should be forced by the Valkyrie Army of Destiny to contact Dr. Einstein and the others."

"So, the culprit who suddenly disturbed the captain is Ms. Cocolia, right?" Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] raised a dangerous arc at the corner of her mouth. "Very good, since she disturbed the host without any prior appointment, then as an uninvited guest...she should have been mentally prepared to deal with the host's anger, right?"

Chapter 4: Desire Gem Recapture Plan (k)

"who are you?"

"I suddenly accessed the Hyperion's confidential communication channel without permission. I thought you were fully prepared, but I didn't expect that your first opening statement would be this question?"

On the bridge, Li Shubai, who was leaning against the steel fence, looked at the mature woman on the projection screen and sighed helplessly:

"Unknown lady, before you start communicating, you don't even know who you are going to talk to?"

"I've never heard of anyone like you on the Hyperion." The woman on the screen looked a little cold when she heard such a young-looking stranger speak in such a joking tone. "Where are Dr. Einstein and Dr. Tesla? Let them come out to see me."

"Is there anything you can't tell me directly?" Li Shubai raised his head, looked at the woman on the projection screen, and said with a smile, "If there is really something important that you need to tell the two doctors, then I can tell them for you."

"The crew of the Hyperion, do you think a ruffian with no professional qualities can join them?" The mature woman on the screen sneered, "Theresa's eye for selecting people is still as short-sighted as ever."

"Hey, hey, hey, if you have something to say, just say it. Isn't it a bit too much to suddenly attack someone personally?" Li Shubai crossed his arms and showed a dissatisfied expression on his face. "Or is it that what you want to say is so unbearable that you can't say it without making personal attacks on the other party's contact person?"

"Hmph, a nobody like you is not qualified to ask about the matter between me and Dr. Einstein." The mature woman on the screen sneered, "Since you don't want to contact Dr. Einstein, why not tell them first that I have brought the Desire Gem to the Anti-Entropy Haiyuan City Base. If they don't want the Destiny Force sent by Otto to take the Desire Gem from us, then -"

"Stop for a moment." Li Shubai suddenly interrupted the woman's voice on the screen, "Madam, may I ask the exact coordinates of the so-called 'Haiyuan City' you mentioned... Is it in the western Pacific Ocean at 11°20.9′ north latitude and 142°11.5′ east longitude?"

"...I didn't expect that Dr. Einstein and the others would tell you the location of the Anti-Entropy Undersea Base. It seems that your position in the Hyperion is more important than I thought." The woman on the screen narrowed her eyes slightly. "Since Dr. Einstein and the others think you are qualified to know the confidential information of Anti-Entropy, then I will introduce myself first... I am one of the current executors of Anti-Entropy, Cocolia. Please forgive me if I have offended you in the past. After all, I was once a soldier, and I would be more or less dissatisfied when I see someone offending my duty."

"Cocolia." Li Shubai put on an expression as if he had suddenly heard a name he had known for a long time, and put on an expression of sudden enlightenment, "I have heard of your name for a long time. I didn't expect to see the culprit who caused the third great collapse of Changkong City three years ago while on duty on the bridge. I am so sorry, so sorry."

"Excuse me, you brought the Gem of Desire to Haiyuan City. Are you planning to cause another Great Collapse in your own Anti-Entropy Base?"

Hearing Li Shubai's sarcastic voice, Cocolia's face darkened on the spot. The corners of her mouth twitched slightly, forming an extremely stiff arc: "It seems that Dr. Einstein and Dr. Tesla have very strong opinions about me. I know that the two doctors don't trust me, but it doesn't matter. One day, I will prove my loyalty to the belief in anti-entropy."

"Whether you are loyal to the Anti-Entropy faith or not has nothing to do with me. I am not a member of Anti-Entropy, and I don't care about the grudges and hatreds between you Anti-Entropy executives." Li Shubai raised his hand and used his little finger to pick his ear. "Let me confirm first, you should not have thrown the Desire Gem into the Quantum Sea, right?"

Cocolia was speechless for a moment. Li Shubai's sudden question made her confused about how to respond.

"..." After a moment of silence, she pursed her lips and said, "With Dr. Einstein's ability, I believe she can bring the Desire Gem out of the Quantum Sea."

"Is that so?" Li Shubai nodded expressionlessly. He squinted his eyes slightly and waved at Cocolia on the screen. Then, he said in a flat voice, "Since the Gem of Desire has been thrown into the Quantum Sea, you are useless."

"See you in ten minutes, then."

After saying this, without waiting for a response from Cocolia, who was in shock, Li Shubai unilaterally hung up the call between them without any hesitation.

"Kiana!" Li Shubai shouted after hanging up the call with Cocolia.

The moment they heard their names being called, [Sky Ranger] and [Herrser of the Fire] simultaneously opened the space channel and arrived at the bridge at the first possible moment, then asked in unison: "Who are you calling?"

"You..." Li Shubai pointed at [Sky Ranger], "Stay on the ship with Mei from our side and guard the Hyperion crew members who are controlled by the Oath of Judah. ​​Is there any problem?"

“No problem!” [Sky Ranger] stood up straight, his blue and gold eyes filled with fighting spirit and excitement, “I promise to complete the mission with Mei!”

"Then, you—" After giving clear instructions to [Sky Ranger], Li Shubai pointed his finger at the serious-looking [Hersler of the Fire], "Go and bring Bronya—of course, Bronya from our side. I will immediately use the Hyperion's launch port to drop myself into the sea where the Abyss City is located. After resolving the matter in Cocolia, you will come to the Abyss City to join me. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" [Herrscher of the Fire] nodded seriously.

"If there are any other problems, we will solve them together after we meet again. Now, let's disband!" said Li Shubai.

"Yes!" [Herrscher of the Fire] and [Sky Ranger] shouted at the same time, and then left in an instant in a dazzling flash of light.

After the two Kiana left, Li Shubai came to the glass door at the rear of the bridge. After operating the console for a few times, he raised the elevator inside the ship from the bottom floor.

In a moment, the elevator rose to the height of the bridge and the steel door opened.

Then, after seeing the two stiff-faced figures in the elevator, Li Shubai couldn't help but fall silent.

After a long silence, Li Shubai looked at the captain and vice-captain of the Undying Blade team, who were wearing what looked like wedding dresses, and asked with a strange look on his face, "What are you two doing?"

"Hmm..." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yuepo] blushed, and her expression changed rapidly for a while. After realizing that she would not be able to get away with it no matter what she did, she made up her mind, walked from the elevator to Li Shubai, and stood up straight, "Valkyrie Yulandel! Report to the captain!"

"..." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] sighed silently, and followed Yulandel out, looking at Li Shubai with a rather resentful look, "Excuse me, Captain, Valkyrie Rita Rossweisse reports to you."

Li Shubai was stunned for a long time when he saw Yulandel and Rita revealing their identities to him one after another.

"When did you two... Never mind." After thinking about it, Li Shubai was too lazy to find out when these two people, Yulandel and Rita, who suddenly recognized him as the captain, joined the Hyperion. He could probably guess that they should be in the same situation as [Sky Ranger], except that the order and time might be slightly different. "Since you recognize me as the captain, you should all obey my command, right?"

"Of course!" Seeing that Li Shubai didn't seem to be planning to pursue his and Rita's actions, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yuepo] couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and nodded hurriedly, "Yulandel, wait for the captain's instructions at any time."

"Put on your Valkyrie armor and come with me to Hyperion's throwing port." Li Shubai glanced at the top of Youlandel's head and ordered without hesitation, "Also, the high ponytail looks good, so you don't need to take off the headband. This hairstyle should be more convenient for you to move around."

"Very beautiful?" Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yuepo]'s face, which had just returned to normal, became rosy again. "Thank...thank you."

Seeing her captain so vulnerable, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] shook her head in dismay.

After giving the order to the two, Li Shubai walked into the elevator, then stretched out his arm, stopped the door that was about to close, and asked, "Together?"

"..." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] and Rita [Cang Knight·Yuelun], who had just walked out not long ago, returned to the elevator without saying a word and stood side by side with Li Shubai.

The elevator sank rapidly. Taking advantage of the gap before departure, Li Shubai asked the two Valkyries beside him, "Since you two are also on my side, the Oath of Judah should no longer suppress your power."

"Yes." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] nodded.

"How much strength can you exert now?" Li Shubai thought about it and changed the question. "This should be the first time you two have met me since I lost my memory, right?"

"If you mean to actually meet the real person, Captain... you are right." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said in a gentle tone, "Whether it is me or the Lord Yulandel beside you, this is the first time we have met you in person since you [lost contact] without permission."

"..." Hearing Rita's heavily pronounced words, Li Shubai couldn't help but feel ashamed. He laughed awkwardly, "Well... let's let the previous unpleasantness go. What's more important now is to face what's next, isn't it?"

"Since the captain doesn't want to talk about the mistakes he made before, Rita will do as the captain wishes. After all, being considerate is also a basic quality that a maid should possess." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] raised the corner of her mouth slightly with a hint of happiness. "But, please understand, captain, you cut off contact with Hyperion without authorization, and even after you found a way to contact Hyperion, you didn't report your safety to everyone again... Rita is not the only Valkyrie who is dissatisfied with the captain's irresponsible behavior."

"..." Li Shubai's face was stiff. After struggling for a long time in silence, he couldn't help but sigh dejectedly and said helplessly, "Okay, after this matter is over, I will personally apologize to everyone."

"Hehe..." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] laughed dumbly and shook her head, "It's not that serious, but since the captain has made such a mistake once, then everyone will have concerns about what the captain will do in the future... The captain should understand, right?"

"You're right." Li Shubai nodded.

"In that case, if the Captain encounters a problem that he cannot solve on his own again one day in the future..." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] said softly, "At that time, can you place a little more trust in everyone who has always hoped to be by your side?"

"?"

What does this sentence mean? Li Shubai was a little confused for a moment.

"Rita is right." Before Li Shubai could figure out the meaning of what Rita said suddenly, Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] spoke seriously, "Captain, please give your Valkyrie more trust. We are all your Valkyries and will always be your Valkyries... No matter what happens, we will be by your side, so - if something really happens that you can't solve by yourself, I hope the captain can borrow more of our strength."

"?"

Rita was fine, but how come even someone as straightforward as Yulandel suddenly... Looking at the serious expression on Yulandel's [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] face, Li Shubai fell into a five-mile cloud.

He was silent for a long time. After finding it difficult to draw a conclusion no matter how hard he thought, he chose to ask in the most straightforward way: "Did something happen when I didn't know?"

"..." This time, it was Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] and Rita [Cang Knight·Moon Soul] who were silent.

Chapter 4: Special Mail to Cocolia (k)

The black and white floating battleship flew across the sunny sky. Amid the huge roar, the endless sea was churning with restless waves.

Directly below the Hyperion, the launching platforms used to drop Valkyries onto the battlefield were opened one after another. In order to ensure the safety of the launching personnel, these launching platforms needed to be activated using complicated procedures after the observation team evaluated the landing conditions of the Valkyries. However, with the forced intervention of Captain Li Shubai, these launching platforms were all in the opened state.

Without any protection or a parachute, facing the biting wind in the stratosphere, Li Shubai jumped into the blue sea without hesitation.

At an altitude of 15,000 meters, even if the influence of air resistance was ignored, it would take at least one minute to reach the sea level by relying on the pull of gravity. Therefore, the moment Li Shubai jumped off the Hyperion, he did not hesitate to perform the gravity operation of the Star of Eden on his body.

A dark energy wave ring wrapped around his body, and under the influence of high gravity, the landing process that originally took nearly a minute was forcibly shortened to about five seconds.

Then, the moment his body successfully touched the sea surface, the sea water was quickly repelled away with his body as the center point, as if literally.

The vacuum channel that leads directly to the seabed is like an abyss with no bottom in sight.

Just when Li Shubai forced open a passage directly to the bottom of the sea in the simplest and crudest way, Yulandel, who was still one step behind Li Shubai even with the help of the Shining Knight Yuepo Light Wing System, did not hesitate at all. The pitch-black meteorites and azure comets disappeared from the endless sea level in less than a blink of an eye, as if they had never appeared from the beginning.

At the same time, in another opened throwing window, Rita [Cang Knight·Yuehun] stared speechlessly at the backs of Li Shubai and Youlandel [Shining Knight·Yuepo] who had completely disappeared from her sight, and the corners of her mouth could not help but twitch slightly.

Tsk, it’s amazing that you can fly.

Although it is not a difficult task for an S-class Valkyrie like Rita who is not good at physical ability to perform unprotected free fall combat at an altitude of 15,000 meters, after pondering for a moment, she chose not to jump directly like Yulandel and Li Shubai for the time being.

The Valkyrie armor she possessed did not have a high-altitude combat system like the Moonlight, Moon Wheel, and Moon Soul, so if she jumped down directly like Yulandel and Li Shubai, she would not be hurt. However, if she could only rely on the acceleration of gravity, it would probably take at least a minute to reach the sea level.

"Hmm? Rita?" Just as Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] stood silently at the throwing hole waiting for a ride, the so-called ride - Kiana Kaslana [Hersher of the Fire] finally ran to the back of the throwing hole. "It's actually the same as Bronya guessed. I didn't expect you to really be waiting for us here?"

Hearing the words of [Herrscher of the Fire] that were a little surprised, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] turned around gracefully, with a charming white face, as always with a bright and polite smile: "If you can temporarily not mention Ms. Bronya's name in front of me, I would be very grateful to you, Miss Kiana."

Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] shrugged innocently and said nothing.

"Hehe." Maybe he thought of something interesting, [Hersler of Fire] looked at Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] with an innocent look on her left, and then looked at Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] with no private emotions on her right. He suddenly stuck out his pink tongue, and a mischievous smile appeared on his mature and steady face. "Anyway, Rita is waiting here to take my ride, right?"

"...Even I have to admit that in this situation, if I still ignore the facts and continue to deny my own powerlessness, it is indeed a bit ignorant." Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] sighed softly, "As you can see, Miss Kiana, the Valkyrie armor I have does not have the same air acceleration module as Lady Yulandel. I am just an ordinary Valkyrie, not a Herrscher, and of course I have never had the ability to move freely in the sky."

"Hey, why are you talking so much?" Hahaha, [Hersher of the Fire] reached out and patted Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] on the shoulder, and laughed heartily, "Bronya has already told me that you, like Yulandel who just followed the captain to the Abyss City, have become Valkyries belonging to the Hyperion like everyone else, right? In that case, we are all companions who can trust each other. There is no need for so many reasons for companions to help each other!"

Seeing the hearty smile of [Hersher of the Fire], Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul]'s mind moved slightly, and then, she quietly moved her gaze in the direction of Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] without making a sound.

Noticing Rita's [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] gaze, Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] looked back at her meaningfully. She stood behind Kiana [Hersher of the Fire], quietly raised her arm, put her index finger in front of her mouth, and made a gesture of silence.

Seeing Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing]'s little action, Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] did not respond, but quietly shifted her gaze away from the other party without leaving a trace.

Although she was dissatisfied in various ways with Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing]'s behavior of taking advantage of the information gap between her and Bronya toyed with her, when it came to matters concerning the captain, these two women, who had similarities in their fighting style and philosophy of doing things, suddenly developed a tacit understanding and understanding that even Kiana and the others could not match.

Let’s not talk about the other members of the Hyperion for now, at least Kiana and Mei... before the relationship between [Captain] and [End] ferments to the point where it cannot be repaired, neither Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] nor Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] thinks that telling them about this is the right choice.

They also believed that even if Li Shubai himself knew the whole story, he would definitely agree with his current decision.

——At the same time, 6,100 meters below sea level, above the remains of the former civilization [Haiyuan City].

Li Shubai looked at the spiral building suspended in the middle of the seabed with a slightly surprised expression. In fact, when he pushed away the sea water and dived to the depths of the seabed at the speed of free fall for several hundred meters, the surrounding area had become an area where no light source could be seen. But when he completely reached the bottom of the sea, the scene that came into his eyes turned into a scene that was almost daytime.

Looking at the beautiful scene that was full of vitality under the dim light, he couldn't help but recall the mission to recover the Key of God that he and Kiana from the original world had carried out in the South China Sea of ​​Shenzhou before he traveled through time and regained his power as a captain.

Compared with that deep dive where movements were restricted everywhere, this dive can be said to be free to do whatever one wants. No matter the time consumed or the way of diving, there is no comparability with the previous dive.

Although for the original world, it was just something that happened a week ago, but for him, a captain who has been traveling through time... now when he recalls what happened at that time again, it really becomes a world of difference.

Just when Li Shubai was feeling a little emotional, the blue comet stopped falling the moment it reached behind him.

"The Moon Soul Armor detected a large-scale battle reaction in front. The preliminary judgment is that the Anti-Entropy Tactical Mecha is fighting with the Valkyrie troops." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul], who followed Li Shubai's footsteps and came behind him, quickly glanced at the ruins of the former civilization directly below, and said quickly, "Captain, please proceed with the next instruction."

"How about we just watch Cocolia being captured by Tianming?" Suddenly, Li Shubai turned his head slightly and looked at Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Yuepo] with a serious face, not sure if he was joking. "If we attack those Valkyrie troops here, you will be embarrassed, right? Although there are no people from the Undying Blade among them, they are Valkyries who fought side by side with you before. Wouldn't it be bad to let those girls who have always idolized you see you suddenly betray Tianming?"

"Hmm..." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] frowned and showed a pensive expression.

In fact, she didn't particularly care about her reputation in Destiny. Even if she was really hated by other Valkyries, it was no big deal for Yulandel.

However, as the captain said, if they get hurt because of my betrayal...