The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

If she had to open a space rift every time she observed a different world, not to mention whether her power was sufficient to support such a huge consumption, Kiana [Hersher of the End] would not be able to accept such a slow efficiency in searching for the captain who might be alone in another world.

But while the efficiency has been improved by hundreds or thousands of times, this high-speed observation of other worlds has also brought about an uncontrollable hidden danger.

The signal transmitted was weak, and the observer was unable to reach the target in the first time.

Kiana [Heraler of the End] was going crazy.

At that moment just now, she did observe the captain's message on the surface of the moon in a certain world, but... it was like you were trying to fish for a needle in the ocean at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters. You finally found the trace of the needle through your high-tech search device, but when you were about to jump into the sea, the needle disappeared inexplicably. Just when you persevered in using the search device to search for the needle for the second time, the search device told it that it could no longer find the needle.

It would be strange if the salvagers who had been squatting in front of the search device day and night for who knows how many days did not go crazy.

Therefore, Kiana [Hersher of the End] could only follow her own perception of time and space, through the quantum sea - the gap between the worlds, to break through all the lunar surfaces of all the worlds in the area she had just captured.

The first world was a pitch-black wilderness, with no one in sight except a glow stick on the ground.

Kiana [Hersher of the End], who didn't find the captain's figure at first glance, didn't bother to think about why a glow stick suddenly appeared on the moon where no one was there, and immediately set off for the second world.

Then she saw the engineering team carrying out construction on the surface of the moon and the white-haired man supervising the team.

The moment they saw the silver-haired woman appear, everyone was stunned.

There was no other reason... because the moment she appeared, all the Honkai energy detectors exploded with a "pop".

Amid the gazes of the people, which were filled with fear, despair, or determination and fighting spirit, Kiana [Hersher of the End] glanced at the white-haired man whose pupils narrowed and who looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"Are you... the 'Herring' recorded in the database of the Paradise of the Past?" Kiana [Herringer of the End] looked around and said, "I have heard of you for a long time, but I'm sorry, I don't have time to help you now. Goodbye."

So, amid the bewildered and stunned expressions of the people and Hen in the construction team, the Herrscher lady who suddenly appeared here and whose Honkai energy reaction was definitely over 100,000 HW, casually greeted them and turned around and ran away without saying a word.

Just as we arrived at the third world, the blazing flames and the contrasting extreme cold mixed with thunder came towards us.

Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s expression turned cold, and without thinking, she raised her arm and swung her sword.

Then, all the energy shattered into pieces of scattered starlight as easily as broken glass.

"……Varied?!!"

Seeing this absurd scene, Kiana, Bronya, and Raiden Mei, who were having a great time fighting on the moon, gasped at the same time and looked in horror at the person who suddenly appeared in the air and looked like Kiana. Even Kevin, who had fallen into the state of a demon, had his pupils slightly dilated.

Although he didn't understand why he had already seized the power of the end and the Herrscher of the End still landed on the moon, after sensing the true identity of this uninvited guest who suddenly came to the moon, Kevin rushed forward without hesitation and launched a full-strength attack on Kiana [Hersher of the End] with all his strength.

however--

Hey.

With a crisp snap of his fingers, Kevin's figure that was rushing towards Kiana [Hersher of the End] was instantly frozen in place.

Witnessing the passage of time taken away by the man who represented power and had just beaten the three Herrschers without any resistance, Kiana, Bronya, and Raiden Mei, who had almost understood the other party's identity, subconsciously prepared for battle.

Although the person who froze Kevin easily looked like Kiana, the three of them had no way of confirming whether the other person was their enemy.

After all, if you talk about looking the same... the Herrscher of the Void who was once awakened by Otto, looks no different from Kiana.

But, the next second after they had this thought.

"Mei, Bronya, and this... uh, why did you become the Herrscher of Fire? Are you me in this world?"

With Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s voice, which was obviously extremely mature and attractive, but still exuded a hint of insect smell, the tense atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

The three Herrs who were about to be beaten to death by Kevin looked at each other, and at the same time turned their gaze to the uninvited guest in the air. For a moment, they all felt like they didn't know what to say.

Kiana [Hersher of the End], who received no response, landed in front of the three people from midair and asked urgently, "Never mind that, have you seen the captain?"

"Captain?" The three of them looked at each other again. After hesitating for a moment, Kiana asked tentatively, "Are you asking about your aunt?"

"No, no, no, it's not my aunt, it's a boy." Kiana [Hersher of the End] raised her hands and gestured, "He looks about 17 or 18 years old, about 1.75 meters tall, very handsome, very powerful, and everyone likes him--"

Halfway through her speech, Kiana [Hersher of the End] suddenly made a sound of "tsk", and her tone suddenly became anxious: "No, if there was a captain in this world, he would never let you face Kevin."

"Huh?" The three of them made incomprehensible noises.

What is this person talking about?

"It's okay. I'm in the wrong place. This isn't your world." Kiana [Hersher of the End] raised her head and glanced at Kevin who was frozen by her. She was a little puzzled. "Looking at his appearance, he should have completed the Stigmata Project and usurped part of the power of the End, right? Uh, can you deal with him?"

"..." The three of them looked at each other, were silent for a moment, and then shook their heads with difficulty.

Kiana [Hersher of the End] couldn't help but sigh, and felt more and more deeply how many difficulties the captain had helped them overcome.

"I'm in a hurry to find someone now and don't have time to stay in your world. Can I help you freeze Kevin here temporarily?" Kiana [Hersher of the End], "I'll come back to help you when I find the captain. Don't worry, I won't keep you waiting for long."

After saying this, without waiting for the three people's response, Kiana [Hersher of the End] disappeared from the spot, leaving behind three faces full of speechless, confused and thoughtful expressions.

Leaving the world where the three were fighting happily with Kevin, on the surface of the moon of the fourth world, Kiana [Hersher of the End] saw Kevin and Su standing not far away at a glance.

Of course, unlike Kevin who fell into the form of a demon, Kevin in the fourth world still retains his human form.

Then, she raised her head as if she sensed something.

In mid-air, the huge black shadow of the Hyperion quietly hovered above the End Crater.

The sudden visit of Kiana [Hersher of the End] caught everyone who was waiting for the captain's message in the original world off guard.

Putting aside the people on the Hyperion, feeling the intimidation released by the figure standing in the air, Kevin and Su, who had once faced the Herrscher of the End, recognized the aura of [The End] from each other in less than a millisecond.

Why did the Herrscher of the End suddenly come when the time had not come yet? Before considering this question, the fighting instinct engraved deep in Kevin's bones made him kick his legs violently without hesitation, and leaped over the figure that appeared in the air with incredible speed.

"Why are you here again? Do you always call me without saying a word every time you see me?" Kiana [Hersher of the End] tutted in dissatisfaction, then snapped her fingers, "Calm down in this stagnant time!"

Under her command over time, Kevin's speeding figure instantly froze in place.

On the Hyperion, seeing how Kiana [Herrserker of the End] easily controlled Kevin, Yulandel [Tianyuan Rider] suddenly felt a fierce pain between her brows.

Could it be that……

"Wait! Yulandel! Where are you going?"

After realizing a certain possibility, Yulandel [Tianyuan Qiying] left Theresa's shouting behind and ran all the way from the bridge to the throwing mouth of the Hyperion.

"Dean, help me open the launch port." After making preparations for the moon landing, Youlandel [Tianyuan Cavalry] connected to the two heroes who were on standby in the End Crater through the communication channel and said concisely, "Senior Su, please let Kiana, who suddenly appeared there, stay where she is."

"If my guess is correct, that Kiana should be a Valkyrie from the same world as me."

"..." After hearing Youlandel [Tianyuan Qiying]'s extremely fast explanation, Su, who was originally on high alert, hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to trust the judgment of this successor.

He slowly raised his hands and said in the calmest tone possible: "Please don't be nervous, visitor. We have no hostility towards you."

"I heard the voice on your communicator." Kiana [Herrser of the End] rolled her eyes, "Sister Yulandel, which drop port are you at now? I'll be there soon."

"...the third one from the left from the bottom." After a moment's silence, Youlandel [Tianyuan Qiying] said.

Da! After Yulandel [Tianyuan Qiying] gave her exact location, Kiana [Hersher of the End] released her control over Kevin and immediately disappeared from the spot.

Chapter 4: Differences (k)

"In summary, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of last time and to give us a better chance of victory when facing the End, I must obtain as much detailed information as possible about the so-called [End]."

In the conference room of the Hyperion, Li Shubai sat in a conference chair against the wall and spoke in a loud voice.

Kiana [Hersher of Fire] stood straight in front of Li Shubai with her arms folded across her chest. Her white breastplate covered a pair of half-exposed snow-white breasts, standing proudly in front of Li Shubai's nose. Her beautiful and mature face was filled with a kind and decent smile.

However, her deep blue eyes, which showed no trace of smile, stared down at him with piercing eyes.

"So this is why the Captain thinks I'm being unreasonable?"

Li Shubai had a bitter face, and twisted his waist uneasily while sitting on the conference chair, trying to keep his head as far away as possible from the pair of fair skin that was not as powerful as Bronya's [Secondary Silver Wings], but was still very round and attractive: "...Can we not talk about reason for now?"

"Since the captain has asked for this, as the captain's Valkyrie, of course I have no choice but to agree." Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] slightly bent her upper body, stretched her arms forward from her chest, and pressed the armrests of the conference chair. "However, I have already agreed to the captain's request. On the other hand, the captain should also agree to our reasonable requests, right?"

Listening to Kiana [Herrser of the Fire]'s seemingly gentle but actually dangerous words, Li Shubai frowned and remained silent for a moment: "What is your request?"

"Of course, we want Captain Shubai to explain as detailed as possible why our captain suddenly ran to the moon." Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] smiled, "This request should not be excessive, nor unreasonable, right?"

Li Shubai rubbed his hair helplessly: "So didn't I already say that I wanted to give us a better chance of winning when facing the end? Isn't this reason unreasonable?"

"Since the captain thinks his reasons are so reasonable, why don't you tell us?" Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] smiled as always, but in her beautiful eyes without a smile, Li Shubai clearly saw a trace of resentment that she did not deliberately conceal.

"..." So, Li Shubai could only shut his mouth silently.

In fact, Li Shubai and Kiana [Herserker of the Fire] had been having this repetitive conversation for about half an hour.

From [Why don't you go to the moon] to [Why don't you tell everyone about your itinerary], then Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] dug up the video that Bronya [Second Silver Wing] secretly uploaded to the Hyperion, and said [The captain thinks we are all unreasonable and stupid women?]

Finally, we return to the starting point and start over again...

It felt like accidentally stepping into a bottomless swamp that was difficult to escape from.

But Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] did not show any excitement, but just looked at him with a smile on her face with eyes without any smile.

Li Shubai felt his scalp tingling and he couldn't find a way to deal with it. His emotional experience was not rich.

Although he has done bad things with many people, he has also gained a lot of spiritual and physical comfort from the wonderful touches of these Valkyries. Considering the number of people who have experienced it, it is not surprising that he is called the King of the Sea.

But it's funny that, as a man, he is always the passive one in most cases. In this somewhat strange emotional experience, although he has become half a Sea King, the basic skills of a Sea King, such as pleasing girls, are still unknown knowledge in Li Shubai's mind.

Of course, before traveling through time, he was a company executive wandering in the workplace, and he was not a socially anxious person. By summarizing information about each person's personality, style of doing things and so on, Li Shubai has his own set of mature communication logic.

What kind of person to meet and what to say, during the communication process, Li Shubai can usually prepare all of this properly and ensure that the communication between both parties can proceed smoothly.

But unfortunately... this is a communication habit developed in the workplace after all. This communication logic built on intelligence analysis does not apply to Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] in front of Li Shubai.

The reason is also very simple.

"Well, I really know I was wrong." Li Shubai said carefully, "Can't we just put this matter aside for now?"

"How can that be possible?" Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] still had a smile on her face. "As our supreme commander, how could our Captain Shubai make a wrong judgment?"

Even Li Shubai, who knew nothing about relationships, knew that it was impossible to expect girls to speak properly when they were furious.

Moreover, the more important thing is——

"Ms. Kiana, please allow Rita to interrupt for a moment."

Next to Kiana [Hersher of the Fire], there stood a bunch of think tanks with the same unhappy expressions.

"Rather than forcing the Captain to give an answer here, the more important thing should be to get the Captain back to the Hyperion as soon as possible."

They were supposed to be their own Valkyries, but at this moment, everyone present stood beside Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] at the same time.

"Rita is right." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] said calmly, "Compared to the captain's behavior of leaving without saying goodbye, it is more important to get the captain back to the Hyperion as soon as possible."

"Captain, if Rita remembers correctly, before you set out to look for Kevin, you should have promised Rita that after completing the mission in this world, you would immediately return to the Hyperion and personally apologize to everyone on the Hyperion, right?" Rita [Blue Knight·Moon Soul] smiled sweetly and stared into Li Shubai's eyes. "We, the Valkyries under the Captain, can freely travel between the Hyperion and the world we originally came from. The Captain should also have similar authority as us, right? How about returning to the Hyperion right now, right under everyone's noses?"

"Well, but I haven't put the end yet-"

"Do you want to go to the moon again?!"

With a sharp sound of metal deformation, Kiana [Hersher of the Fire]'s armrest was deeply embedded in her fingers.

"You want to go to the moon again? Fine, but this time, I want to go with the captain!"

“No!” Li Shubai rejected Kiana’s [Hersler of Fire] proposal in one second without even thinking, “No… Kiana, don’t get me wrong, I really don’t look down on your abilities, nor do I mean to distrust you, it’s just…”

"...You don't want to see us get hurt, do you?" Kiana [Herser of the Fire] took a deep breath, her blue pupils flowing with blazing anger, "But Captain, have you ever thought that you are forcing us to do something that you can't even do yourself? You are worried about us, but don't we worry about you?"

"That's different, Kiana." Li Shubai said earnestly.

"What's the difference?" Kiana [Hersler of the Fire] stared at her captain stubbornly, "Is it because you are stronger than me? Then why are you willing to let Kevin and Bronya follow you!"

"Because, if we consider the worst-case scenario, the price we need to pay is not on the same level at all." Li Shubai gently closed his eyes and sighed.

"Bronya told me a long time ago that I'll just be alone on the moon. Do you think I can't stand it?" Kiana [Hersker of Fire] glared at Li Shubai and retorted, "You won't die, and your humanity won't be taken away by the Honkai consciousness. Under special circumstances, you can even have the opportunity to meet everyone. It's just a price to defeat Honkai. What's there for the captain to disagree with? Compared with the captain's situation, the price I paid is obviously much smaller!!"

Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] took a breath and lowered her voice, which had unconsciously become louder, "I know you like me very much, Captain. I... including Mei, Bronya, Yulandel... and everyone on the Hyperion also likes you very much."

"I can also clearly realize that the captain has been doing his best for our affairs, but it is precisely because of this, Captain Shubai, that you should understand that we who have been helped by you also hope to stand by your side with dignity."

"Even if - you might kill everyone, including Raiden Mei, Bronya, Theresa, Himeko... and many other people?"

--Sudden.

At the moment when Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] finished speaking, Li Shubai said this in a bone-chilling voice.

"..." All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the entire conference room became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Captain...what did you say?" After being stunned for a long while, Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] spoke with difficulty, "You...don't scare me! What do you mean I will..."

"Bronya is from the future after Honkai was defeated. You should all know this." Li Shubai said calmly, "But I don't think I ever said that the way that world was able to defeat Honkai is applicable to all parallel worlds, and the price that Kiana in that world paid... is the heaviest, right?"

Bronya [Secondary Silver Wings] frowned deeply, her pupils shrank slightly: "Could it be that..."