The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Because of everything the captain has done for her, Kiana [Sky Ranger] does not need to worry about whether she will hurt others, nor does she need to bear the pain of being tortured by the will of the Herrscher of the Void every moment. Even Teacher Himeko, who was originally thought to have died at her hands, is still alive and well. She feels sincerely grateful for everything the captain has done for her, and of course it is impossible for her to be dissatisfied with the captain; but at the same time, because of the captain's help to her, Kiana [Sky Ranger] even lost the qualification to stand beside the captain and face challenges with him.

With an external brain, no matter which Kiana she is, she generally doesn't like to think about overly complicated things, but she is not really stupid. She can certainly hear that both Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing]'s proposal to the captain and the captain who opposed the proposal without hesitation mentioned [Kiana]'s name during the debate. However, the [Kiana] they were talking about was not even herself, the [Sky Ranger] who could not even fully control the power of the Herrscher of the Void.

She didn't even know whether she should be angry about her own powerlessness. After all, even her current powerless situation was the result of the joint efforts of the captain and everyone on the Hyperion. If she were to be angry about her own powerlessness, it would also be expressing her dissatisfaction with everyone's efforts... When she thought about the fact that her current situation was due to everyone's help, Kiana [Sky Ranger] simply couldn't even get angry.

How could Kiana Kaslana be so ungrateful as to be dissatisfied with the person who saved her life and made her feel at ease?

However, if she wanted to be qualified to stand beside the captain and face difficulties with him, she would have to take the risk of having her body taken away by the Herrscher of the Void again. Even if her body was really taken away, the people on the Hyperion and the captain would probably have a way to rescue her, but she had already accepted so much help from the captain, so how could she have the nerve to further trouble everyone after having received so much help?

So, Kiana [Sky Ranger] was naturally confused and bewildered.

Compared to Kiana [Arch Ranger] who was in a state of doubt about her life, Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] who was deep in the sea did not feel that conflicted.

It’s not because her power is stronger than [Sky Ranger], but because... she has not yet seen the scene of Bronya’s [Secondary Silver Wings] being transmitted to the Hyperion.

"Mr. Walter, don't you really need to go back to the Hyperion and meet up with Dr. Einstein and the others to let them know you're safe?" Kiana [Hersher of Fire] sat bored on the edge of the aerial platform, propping up her face and saying to the Herrsher of Principle standing beside her with a casual expression, "Leave this place to me and Yulandel. There's no need to bother you to stay here all the time."

"It doesn't matter. Since you are the captain chosen by Bronya who will inherit the Herrscher of Reason in the future, as the current Herrscher of Reason, I believe you will not harm Dr. Einstein and the others." Walter Yang stared at the diamond-shaped building surrounded by fish, raised his hand, and gently adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Rather than reporting safety to them, the more important thing right now is to confirm the movements of the [Snake] after returning to the real world."

"If Mr. Walter insists on waiting here for Kevin and the others to return, I won't stop you." Kiana [Herrscher of the Fire] said, "But after learning about Kevin's movements, what are you going to do?"

Walter Yang was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "Although you don't seem to be prepared to stop his actions, as the current leader of Anti-Entropy, I can't let someone like him do whatever he wants in this era of civilization."

Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] shrugged, too lazy to continue persuading her.

Of course she knew that even if she agreed to the Stigmata Project to a certain extent, Li Shubai would not let Kevin and the World Serpent continue to carry out inhumane experiments on humans in this civilized era. However, even if she stated this to Walter Yang here, with his sense of responsibility, it would be impossible for him to completely let go of Kevin.

"The prejudice in people's hearts is really as huge as a mountain—" Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] stood up straight and stretched hard, "I can't help but begin to understand why the captain kidnapped me in the first place."

After stretching, Kiana [Herser of the Fire] tilted her head and said in confusion: "But why is it that so much time has passed, why haven't they come back yet?"

“Could it be that it’s in danger?” Walter Yang frowned. “It’s hard to imagine that [Snake] would talk to you obediently.”

"That shouldn't be the case. Even if a fight really breaks out, with the strength of the Captain and Bronya, it won't be so peaceful, right?" Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] pondered for a moment, "Wait another two minutes. If the Captain and Bronya don't show up, I'll go into the Quantum Sea to look for them."

At the moment when Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] finished speaking, the sea water around the Eye of the Abyss suddenly became agitated.

A sharp beam of light pierced through the sea water in the blink of an eye, and shot straight into the sky from the depths of the sea.

At the same time, a similar scene was taking place in a ruin on the surface of the moon.

Chapter 4 The Sound of the Moon (k)

——Five o’clock in the morning on March 2017, 3.

Southwestern Pacific Ocean, Manila Bay.

Otto, who had changed into a portable body, looked at the pillar of light in the north from afar with a serious expression.

"Is this the space-time rift opened by the anti-entropy underwater base?"

Although from here it looked like just a thin line reaching up into the sky, through Soul Steel's extraordinary visual system, Otto could clearly feel the abnormal energy contained in that ray of light.

This kind of energy was not unfamiliar to Otto, who had recently conducted the Second God's Key Tunneling Experiment with Yulandel in the Vimur Laboratory built by Tianming in North Africa.

Although the targets were different and the beam of light that went straight to the sky did not seem to have pierced the sky and created a deep space crack, Otto was very clear that, in essence, the energy released by the beam of light that suddenly pierced the sea level and the sky was the same as that released by the Second God's Key.

In other words, although Otto has not yet seen a black hole similar to a space crack in the sky, if he can focus his vision outside the atmosphere, after reaching a certain distance, this sharp beam of light will definitely, like the bombardment released by the Second God's Key, pierce the stable space and create a deep wound.

The facts turned out to be just as Otto expected.

"Einstein-Rosen Bridge, perception confirmed."

The entrance to the Quantum Sea is only one step away from the Eye of the Abyss to the real world. Bronya, who has transformed into the Herrscher of Truth again, closed her eyes and observed the surrounding environment with her sense of touch and the analytical ability of the Herrscher of Reason.

"Space fluctuations detected, preparing to fill with exotic matter."

As for why Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] was able to enter the state of the Herrscher of Truth again after returning the Herrscher of Truth's core to Walter Yang -

——For Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] who came from eight years later and developed and trained her Herrscher power to the limit, after entering the Herrscher state, copying her Herrscher Core of Reason was not a problem at all.

Although the copied core is not as good as the original core, not only is the existence time limited, but the Herrscher core can also store and call up less Honkai energy than the original core. However, if we only build a [Star Gate] that has already been recorded in the core's database and only needs to be able to briefly connect the earth and the moon, it is still far from reaching the limit of what this replica can reach.

"The core components of the stargate have been constructed, and the temporary framework and operation simulation have been successful."

Accompanied by a stream of bright blue particles, the [temporary star gate] surrounding the four people gradually turned from translucent to solid under the energy infusion of Bronya's [Secondary Silver Wings].

The interlaced spiral stone pillars slowly rotated like a star ring that enclosed the four people.

"Are you ready, Captain, Kevin, and No. 17?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] said calmly, "It may be a little uncomfortable, so be prepared."

"..." The three people standing next to Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] looked at each other and nodded silently.

The next moment, the whole world seemed to stop for a second.

Then, with a sudden feeling of dizziness, the scene before the four people's eyes, as if an image was abruptly edited, fell into a pitch-black darkness where nothing could be seen.

The icy cold air was all around, the temperature was close to minus 200 degrees Celsius, much colder than Kevin's body temperature, and Li Shubai couldn't help but shiver.

For an ordinary person, it would not be surprising if the blood in the body froze immediately due to such a cold temperature.

Of course, in this dangerous space, there are far more things than just the extremely cold temperature that can take away ordinary lives.

As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing but bottomless darkness. If it weren't for the feeling of gravel under his feet reminding Li Shubai that he was still standing somewhere, he might have had the illusion that he had fallen into the abyss.

In this era, even the astronomical telescopes that ordinary people can access and buy can take relatively clear photos of the lunar surface, but before the former Soviet Union's Luna 3 satellite took the first blurry photo of the back of the moon, people in this world had never found out whether this planet closest to the earth still had relics from ancient times. Therefore, the moment Li Shubai arrived at the moon through the temporary star gate built by Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings], he had roughly identified where he was standing and understood why it was so dark nearby.

"This is the back of the moon."

Li Shubai had just opened his mouth to speak when he realized that the air nearby was too thin to serve as a medium for sound transmission.

At least, apart from the sound that he could barely perceive through the vibration of solid objects inside his body, Li Shubai had no way of hearing his own voice from the outside.

...It's like wearing a pair of noise-isolating headphones with a 100% noise reduction rate.

Li Shubai subconsciously held his breath, but soon the communication difficulties were overcome by the masks constructed by Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] on the heads of the four people and the built-in radio communication module.

"What did you say just now, Captain?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing]'s voice came from the micro communicator.

"No, nothing." Li Shubai shook his head and asked the most pressing question at the moment, "Kevin, there is no usable light source nearby?"

"This is the star gate that connected the Earth and the Moon 50,000 years ago. It was eventually destroyed by the coming of the Herrscher of the End, leaving behind the remains." Kevin said softly, "If you don't want to awaken the End early without any preparation, don't even think about using the light of the Skyfire Greatsword to see the nearby scene clearly."

Li Shubai, who was about to throw out the Skyfire Sword, was suddenly embarrassed.

After being speechless for a moment, Li Shubai twitched his mouth: "Do you think I am you? You can't unleash the power of the Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire at any time."

Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] silently constructed a lighting stick, bent it a few times, and threw it to the ground.

The orange-yellow light dispelled the darkness, illuminating the faces of the four people, while also vaguely reflecting the nearby scene in front of everyone's eyes.

"Is this the ruins left by the Herrscher of the End 50,000 years ago?" Li Shubai looked around at the desolate scene and touched his chin. "It's much more ordinary than I thought."

Although the platforms and stairs surrounding the sky looked quite majestic, and the center of the ruins where the four of them stood was also incredibly large, compared with the tragic scene that Li Shubai had originally imagined, the crater that Kevin identified as the remains of the Ruler of the End did not show any signs of fierce fighting at all.

Even the star gate itself that stopped operating did not seem to be damaged by external factors. Instead, it seemed more like it became unusable due to minor faults accumulated inside.

"Forget it." After looking around, Li Shubai didn't feel disappointed. "It was originally a functional building built for space travel. I really shouldn't expect it to be grand and magnificent."

Kevin did not object to Li Shubai's comments. His tone was as hard as ice and he did not show any emotion at all. "Now that you have seen the ruins, what are you going to do next?"

"The power of the Herrscher of the End has not yet been awakened, right?" Li Shubai turned his gaze to Prometheus, "Can you sense the self that has been devoured and assimilated by the Honkai?"

"The result is obvious." Prometheus said calmly, "If Honkai, who was solidified by human thinking, woke up here, the scene nearby would not remain unchanged."

"Indeed." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] raised her arms and crossed them over her chest. "It seems that compared to the original second Herrscher Sirin, the [God] standing here does not seem to be very happy to see Bronya, who is also a Herrscher."

Originally, the so-called Star Gate was a space transmission facility that allowed humans in the pre-civilization era to reach the moon at the fastest speed. After the facility was completely destroyed and fell into a state of stagnation, as long as the power sealed here by Dr. Mei was still dormant, then this relic would naturally sink into the bottomless darkness.

"It seems that finding the fate mechanism that controls reincarnation has become a task that cannot be completed in a short time." Li Shubai touched his chin and suddenly cast his eyes on Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings]. "I was wondering why you suddenly changed your mind and agreed to let me go to the moon to take a look. Did you predict that we would not be able to find the end now?"

"As long as the captain has decided on something, even if I try to stop you, the captain will find a way to do it himself where Bronya can't see." Bronya [Second Silver Wings] glanced at Li Shubai calmly, "Rather than letting the captain do something dangerous where no one can see, it's better to let Bronya follow the captain."

"..." Li Shubai sighed and shook his head. "Well, I didn't expect to solve the problem of the end so quickly. The [God] sealed here doesn't seem to be interested in Kevin and me."

"Although there is nothing practical to gain, since we have already seen it, let's just -"

captain--!

"Huh?" Li Shubai was stunned. He subconsciously turned his gaze to Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings], "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] was also stunned.

"Didn't you call me just now?" Li Shubai tilted his head and turned his gaze to Prometheus. "If it wasn't Bronya, then you were the one calling me?"

Prometheus shook his head silently.

"Hiss... That's weird." Li Shubai frowned. "Did you guys hear someone shout the word Captain just now?"

Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] and Prometheus looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

"It's probably the aftereffect of traveling through the space between the Earth and the Moon, which puts a strain on my body's senses." Kevin said calmly, "In the past, when I used the Second God's Key to come here, I occasionally heard ME... sounds that didn't belong to this world."

"What Kevin said makes sense. Besides, the propagation efficiency of sound on the moon's surface is very low. The four of us are now relying on wireless communication to communicate with each other." Bronya [Secondary Silver Wing] nodded, agreeing with Kevin's explanation. "If someone really shouted the captain's name and the captain heard it, then it doesn't make sense that we haven't seen that person until now."

"Really?" Although Bronya's point and Kevin's inference sounded convincing, after considering for a moment, Li Shubai narrowed his eyes slightly and concentrated his consciousness on hearing as much as possible.

Kevin, Prometheus and Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] silently stopped breathing, allowing Li Shubai to carefully distinguish all the subtle information received by his hearing.

Listening carefully, Li Shubai could hear the low roar of the wind like a monster's roar mixed with his own heartbeat. Apart from that, there was the faint noise caused by electromagnetic interference on the radio.

However, no matter how hard I concentrated, the word "Captain" just now disappeared completely, as if it had never appeared in the first place.

Thinking back now, although he did hear those two words, for some reason, Li Shubai was completely unable to identify who was speaking from the tone of those two words.

...Yes, it sounded as if it was seriously interfered with by something, so it sounded extremely fuzzy.

Thinking about it this way, the voice he just heard might not necessarily be the word "Captain". It was just because Li Shubai was used to hearing the Valkyrie calling him with these two words, so he subconsciously thought someone was calling him.

"Maybe you are right." Li Shubai opened his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, which felt a little tired for some reason. "Maybe, I am just not used to using facilities other than the Hyperion to perform space jumps, so I have a slight tinnitus?"

Wait for the ship,! I'm Qi! I'll board you! I'll definitely throw you away!

After determining that what he heard was probably similar to the voice Kevin had heard from Dr. May, and that his body was just under the burden of traveling through space, so it produced a slight hallucination, Li Shubai ignored the incomplete and incomprehensible shouting. He turned his attention to Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] and gave his instructions clearly:

"Bronya, let's go back."

Chapter 4: The Story of Kiana [Herrser of the End] (k)

A hero is someone who solves difficulties when they arise and bears the pain when it comes.

If we go by this definition, he who helped the world resolve the difficulty called the end but failed to move towards the future with the world should be considered a true hero.

Although for that person, the loss of some time does not mean pain, death, or even much pain, but Kiana Kaslana can deeply understand that for humans with humanity, the so-called pain does not simply refer to physical pain from the very beginning.

Therefore, no matter what words the "Captain" who was completely out of time with them said to comfort them, even if he claimed that he would not die, and clearly told them that he would not be imprisoned in a place that was difficult to leave as the anti-entropy people had originally estimated, but would just start a new journey in another world, it was an undeniable fact that that person could not walk into the future with them.

[Captain]——The man who was given such a respectful title by the Valkyries of this world and saved the lives of many people, intervened in the restart of the world with an extremely tough attitude at the moment before the end was about to be activated, and before the Honkai Will took away his humanity, he took two actions that allowed the humans of this world to successfully break through the cycle of reincarnation.

First: He used his ability to control the powers of multiple Herrschers with a human body, and before the end came, he converted his power as a captain into the power of the end, and forcibly came into this world in the inhuman posture of the Herrscher of the End.

He forcibly seized the power of the end as the Herrscher of the End, and used the power of the Eighth God Key to briefly fight against the complex Honkai consciousness. While he still retained his humanity, he forcibly changed the target of the time cycle device [End] from the planet called Earth and anchored it to himself.

This is the first step - deceiving the perception at a higher dimension and giving it the illusion that the reincarnation mechanism has been successfully activated.

After doing the first thing, no matter what, [Captain] was in the hands of [End] and bought at least 50,000 years of breathing time for human civilization.

The second thing is also a key step to make the humans of this world believe that they have defeated the collapse.

Because he was trapped in reincarnation and was about to disappear from the world, he used the last remaining power of [The End] to directly interfere with the higher-dimensional space.

He forcibly dragged the Cocoon of the End in the imaginary world into the real world and cut off the connection between the Cocoon of the End and the imaginary number.

Therefore, although the Honkai energy itself has not completely disappeared from the world, because the Cocoon of the End was forcibly pulled into the real world, as long as the people of this world can completely bring the Cocoon of the End under human control like him, then the advent of all Herrschers, including the Herrscher of the End, will be subject to human interference and intervention.

Although it was a bit regrettable that he couldn't witness all of this with his own eyes, Li Shubai at that time did believe that after he had done all of this, whether it was the two doctors of Anti-Entropy, or Dr. Changguang of Destiny, or even the three memories of the Paradise of the Past - Mobius, Velvet, and Su, they would definitely be able to direct the power of Honkai to a direction that would be beneficial to mankind.

But even at that time, Li Shubai, who had paved all the way for the human civilization of that world, could not have imagined that—

——Just three years after his time was stripped away from that world by the Samsara Organ, the second person after him, [Herserker of the End], with the help of several top scientific researchers, managed to retain his humanity and come to this world where Honkai was successfully defeated.

——What he could not have expected was that the so-called [Hersler of the End] was actually Kiana Kaslana.

No, the fact that the Herrscher of the End is Kiana is not surprising at all.

However, before he completely seized the power of the End and entered the cycle of reincarnation, neither Kiana, Mei Raiden, nor Bronya had fully mastered their power as Herrschers, nor had they experienced the so-called [Metamorphosis] process.

The reason is easy to understand.

He was not the kind of person who was good at endurance.