The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Theresa suddenly shut her mouth.

Theresa was not the only one who fell into silence. Everyone present, except Yulandel, fell into a brief state of daze and astonishment at this moment.

Because, after receiving Theresa's instruction to "move freely", Yulandel nodded, then turned around and came to Li Shubai's side, stood up half a step behind him, then lowered her head, as if thinking about something.

His upright posture is like that of a dedicated bodyguard.

Anyone with eyesight could tell from her calm and confident look and extremely smooth and skilled footsteps that this was not the first time Yulandel had done that.

By the way, Li Shubai also understood the basic principle of courtesy to ladies, so before entering the room, he consciously lagged behind Kiana and Raiden Mei, letting the two ladies enter the room first. The direct result of this behavior was that at this moment, Yulandel stood side by side with Shubai, filling up the not-so-spacious space at the door, leaving no room for anyone else.

"Hmm?" After a long silence, Youlan Daier belatedly realized that the atmosphere was strange. She raised her eyes, her blue pupils filled with confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like this?"

"...I let you move freely, why are you standing there?" Theresa looked at Li Shubai on the left and Yulandel on the right, somewhat incredulous, "Could it be...you know each other?"

"Ah, this..." After hearing Theresa's words, Yulandel once again realized how stupid her behavior was and her body stiffened. At this moment, she suddenly felt an extremely strong gaze fixed on her.

She turned her gaze and saw that the owner of that gaze was Kiana who was not far in front of her. At this moment, Kiana was staring at her pupils, and the inquiring look in her eyes was beyond words.

"Could it be..." Kiana raised her arm, pointed at Yulandel, then pointed at Li Shubai, and said, "You are also his crew member like the previous Bronya?"

Chapter 34: Detained Yulandel

"Crew? What crew?" Theresa tilted her head, her eyes full of question marks, "And who is Bronya?"

"That's it..." Kiana suddenly paused, slapped her head and laughed, "Oh, it's the good friend who played games with me before!"

Hahaha, Kiana laughed exaggeratedly, took a step forward, stretched out her arm and hooked it around Li Shubai's neck, "Before the collapse happened, we already knew each other for a long time, right, Shubai?"

"...Uh, that's right." Li Shubai felt the warmth from Kiana's arm on his neck. After weighing whether his neck could withstand the strange power of the Kaslana clan, he nodded with difficulty under the tyranny of the white-haired ball. "It's just a good friend from Changkong City. As for the crew... that's the terminology in the game. You know, I'm just an ordinary student. How can I have my own ship?"

"..." It seemed to make sense. Theresa seemed to be convinced and her expression gradually relaxed.

Yulandel, who was desperately winking at Kiana, quietly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off her face deep in her heart, while Raiden Mei had a strange look on her face and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

You have known each other for a long time? How come I didn't know?

"Forget it..." Since she couldn't come to a proper conclusion, Theresa was too lazy to continue asking questions. She shook her hands helplessly and said, "The Hyperion will soon return to St. Freya's College, which is where you will be for a long time. I see that you are exhausted. If you don't have any other opinions, go find a room and rest."

"By the way, Kiana, please stay for a moment." As if she suddenly thought of something, Theresa suddenly turned her gaze to Kiana who was about to leave, and called her, "I have something to talk to you about."

January 2014, 1, 2 noon Vienna time.

Destiny Headquarters, floating islands, main classroom.

Bishop Otto sat among a bunch of virtual screens surrounding him. With a slight wave of his hand, the virtual screens around him would rapidly alternate. After reviewing and approving a document and giving instructions, the next document would follow immediately, and this cycle would repeat without an end.

Suddenly, with a sound of crisp footsteps, the door of the main classroom was opened.

"My Lord Bishop." Amber's calm voice echoed softly in Otto's ears, "Lord Yulandel has arrived in Changkong City, but..."

Otto knew his personal secretary very well. She rarely seemed to be hesitant to speak. In most cases, whether it was bad news or good news, Amber would conscientiously complete her reports in the most concise and clear way, although they were not interesting, they were indeed very concise and easy to understand.

Therefore, after hearing Amber suddenly stop reporting, Otto's hand, which was constantly moving in front of him, couldn't help but pause slightly.

"…For some reason, Lady Yulandel did not send back her mission report to the Destiny Headquarters. She only uploaded a voice message to the command center."

Obviously, Amber was quite confused at the moment, which affected her work state. But when Otto heard Amber's statement, he couldn't help but reveal a slightly confused expression.

Arrived at the mission but didn't send back the mission report? Who?

Yulandel?

Upon hearing the news, Otto's first reaction was - is there a second Valkyrie named Yulandel appearing in destiny in some corner that he doesn't know about?

Then the second reaction was - that's not right. According to the recent mission instructions issued by the command room, there should be only one Valkyrie, Yulandel, arriving in Changkong City.

"Play that voice message?" Otto asked in confusion, while Amber silently clicked the play button on the tablet in her hand.

"Grandpa!" A clear, tender and pleasant voice came from the loudspeaker, with a willful and overbearing tone, "Kiana is already Saint Freya's. Even if you ask Yulandel to ask for her, I will never give her to her! Just give up on this idea!"

"Also, don't bully the girl because of this incident! I'll protect Youlandel. Anyway, she will spend this period of time at St. Freya's College! You should also give her a good vacation. That's it!"

With a click, the call ended.

After listening to this voice which sounded just like a child acting cute to his parents, Otto was confused. Although Theresa's tone was not unfamiliar to him, and he could even say that no one was more familiar with it than him, Theresa was indeed the kind of person who would say such words to him in such a somewhat presumptuous tone, and there was nothing wrong with that.

But the question is - why was this voice message uploaded by Yulandel?

Did Theresa force Yulandel to take her communication terminal away? This was not impossible. Although Otto did not think Theresa was Yulandel's opponent, if Theresa really tore off her face to snatch it, due to the difference in status between the senior and the junior, and considering Theresa's status as his granddaughter, based on Otto's understanding of Yulandel, her straightforward and kind character should not resist too fiercely.

In other words, this voice uploaded to the command room had nothing to do with Yulandel. It was just Theresa's nonsense from beginning to end, right? Otto touched his chin and felt that there was nothing wrong with this speculation, so he was not surprised.

But... Saint Freya...

"Amber, please help me take a look." Otto suddenly turned his head and asked Amber in a steady voice, "How many Honkai incidents are there waiting to be dealt with around the world now?"

Amber operated the tablet in her hand for a few times, and then answered in a calm voice: "Three incidents, the energy level of the source of collapse is below 200hw."

"Then let the nearest Valkyrie team handle it." Otto said, "A normal Valkyrie team should be able to handle a Honkai incident below 200hw easily."

"I understand. Let the command center issue an annihilation mission to the nearest branch." Amber nodded. "My Lord Bishop, as for Youlandel..."

"Don't worry about Yulandel's affairs. I will grant her a week's vacation." Otto showed a calm and gentle smile on his face. "Theresa is right about what she said. I should let Yulandel have a good rest for a while."

Amber was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "...Yes, I understand."

"Oh, there's one more thing." Otto raised his head and looked at Amber's eyes which were covered by the tactical eyepiece. "Please help me call Rita over."

"What do you want to do...?" Extremely rarely, Amber did not immediately follow Otto's instructions. Instead, she was slightly stunned and made a confused sound.

"You should also know that a few years ago, Yulandel also participated in the enrollment plan of St. Freya College, but did not enroll. She observed the teaching methods of St. Freya and thought that Theresa's teaching approach was not suitable for her." Otto was not annoyed. He smiled and said meaningfully: "Therefore, for Yulandel, she is not used to the environment of St. Freya. Since Yulandel was given a week's vacation in order to let her relax, of course, the child cannot be left alone in St. Freya. So, let her best friend accompany her during the vacation. Isn't it what I, a dedicated teacher, should do?"

Chapter 35 Big Duck's Request

It was late at night and the room was still. Li Shubai kept the door open and stared at the brightly lit dormitory.

Although Theresa said that she would take good care of them, because Yulandel almost smashed through the Hyperion, they could only temporarily wait in the airspace of Changkong City for support from the Far East Branch Ship Repair Team. By the time the Hyperion was repaired and they were sent to Saint Freya, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

At night, St. Freya College was completely silent. Street lamps illuminated the streets without a single person in sight. Most of the lights in the teaching buildings and student dormitories were off. Like Qianyu College, St. Freya College was in the winter break, so most of the students had gone home. Only a few students who had lost their families due to the collapse and were recruited by Theresa or other teachers at St. Freya remained in the dormitories.

Theresa arranged Li Shubai's dormitory in Building 3 in the West District. As the only higher education institution in the world that trains Valkyries, St. Freya College has very superior accommodation conditions. All dormitories are three-story villa-style buildings with European retro decoration style and complete supporting facilities.

But Li Shubai was indeed a little tired. Thinking about the whole day, since the outbreak of Honkai, he had either been on the road or on the run. He also had a fight with the newly born Third Herrscher and the anti-entropy mecha group. His emotions had also been ups and downs. At night, the feeling of sleepiness immediately washed away his mixed mood, and naturally he had no intention of carefully observing the accommodation environment. Li Shubai thought that the desire for sleep was indeed one of the three major desires of human beings.

As a result, as soon as he opened the door, the scene that came into his sight immediately made Li Shubai shudder and wake up.

The petite girl was kneeling in the living room with her back to him. Her delicate calves and feet wrapped in velvet white silk were on the outside of her thighs. Her open fur coat trembled as her owner kept pressing the buttons on the handle. The exposed neck skin was white and flawless.

As if she heard the sound of the door opening behind her, the little girl with her silver-gray hair tied into two spiral ponytails turned her face and looked at Li Shubai with a calm expression. She said in a milky voice, "Welcome back."

"..." My already tired brain developed a headache after seeing this scene.

Although the girl in front of him was very cute, and her cool and sharp posture when playing games was particularly to his liking, before that, there was a more important question: "Why are you in this dormitory...? Dean Theresa told me that this dormitory is a temporary dormitory that is unused, and there should be no one else here."

"This dormitory is indeed uninhabited, but that was half an hour ago." The little girl's tone was flat as always. She turned her face back and continued to focus on the game screen on the TV. She explained to Li Shubai slowly: "Bronya hacked into the student database of St. Freya's College and arranged her own data and files into it. From tonight, Bronya will be your roommate. Please give her your guidance."

Li Shubai really wanted to run back and ask Theresa whether the Destiny system was a sieve, but looking at Bronya who was concentrating on the game and didn't care about her own violation at all, he suddenly felt a little powerless.

So Li Shubai couldn't help but sigh: "Forget it... I'm going back to my room to rest first, you... take care of yourself."

"Thank you for your concern. Bronya will keep Li Shubai's advice in mind." Bronya said.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door that Li Shubai had just closed.

"..." Tsk, why are there still people visiting at this time? Didn't most of the students go home?

Could it be Mei Raiden and Kiana who were assigned to another dormitory? Li Shubai reluctantly walked to the door, stretched out his hand to grasp the door handle, and asked while opening the door: "Who is it?"

The two looked at each other, and Yulandel's pupils, which were as gorgeous and flawless as sapphires, were full of seriousness and earnestness. She glanced at Li Shubai, closed the door as she entered the room, and then walked around Li Shubai's body into the living room. Then she suddenly stood at attention, stood straight, and did a standard backward turn. The plump heart tightly wrapped in the black military uniform was slightly shaken: "Valkyrie Yulandel, report to the captain, waiting for instructions."

"Oh my..." Bronya turned her gaze again. After taking a look at Yulandel who was standing at attention and Li Shubai who looked dazed, she simply paused the game, then stood up and took a step back. Her expressionless little face was filled with the words "eating spectators and watching the show".

While watching the show, Bronya was also muttering to herself in her heart.

So this is the style he likes? Didn't my future self say that the captain likes girls who can play games with him? If I had known, I wouldn't have found an opportunity to change into private clothes before coming here...

Li Shubai looked at Yulandel with a serious face, and his headache became more severe.

Although Kiana had guessed earlier in the Hyperion that this Yulandel should be a member of his ship, the Hyperion, just like the Herrscher of the Fire and the grown-up Bronya, but honestly speaking, until now, he still couldn't figure out how to get along with these Valkyries who claimed to be his crew members.

It would definitely be a lie to say that they were very familiar with each other, but if he said that they were completely strangers, then Li Shubai really couldn't do it in the game. Judging from the few words revealed by the Herrscher of Fire and the grown-up Bronya during the time they were with him, these Valkyries who claimed to be his crew members were indeed quite familiar with him, otherwise they wouldn't have said things that made him want to die.

As if she had seen through Li Shubai's thoughts and that he was being tortured by fatigue and confusion, Youlandel's serious and even somewhat rigid expression softened in an instant. She relaxed her body slightly, making her upright figure look less imposing than before. Her clear and stern voice also became much softer: "At this time, I really shouldn't treat you with the attitude of work. It's getting late, and it's time to rest."

"… Sorry." Li Shubai yawned, sounding quite sleepy. "If there is anything, let's find time to discuss it tomorrow. If we discuss it now, the efficiency is really too low."

With the end of the conversation, the day ends.

Yulandel watched Li Shubai return to the room, then turned her head and nodded gently to Bronya who was watching the show, then naturally opened the door of the room next to Li Shubai and walked in.

"..." Bronya did not respond to Yulandel's signal. After the two of them walked into the room, she turned off the game console without hesitation and took out a stack of neatly folded papers from her pocket. A look of confusion appeared on her face, which should have been expressionless because of the loss of the emotional module.

There were a few large, undisguised words written on it.

——《Captain's Development Strategy Notes [Bold] Information from the Future, and Suggestions [Small Characters]》

PS. Please make sure to capture the captain successfully. This is very important to Bronya! Please, my past self.

Chapter 36: Dream, Stigmata Space

With a click.

The sound of a piece falling.

A crisp and pleasant sound rang not far from my ear.

It looks like someone is playing chess.

The surrounding environment was blurry and the entire vision was hazy as if covered by frosted glass.

"Are you serious?" someone asked.

The man's voice was crisp and childish. In a trance, Li Shubai felt as if he had just heard this voice not long ago.

——That seemed to be Theresa’s voice.

However, although they had the same voice, the tone of the person in front of her was calmer and more indifferent than Theresa's. It was obvious that even from the tone of voice alone, it could be heard that the IQ levels of the two were completely on a different level.

"..."

Just now... it seemed like he heard another person's voice, but what was the other person saying? It was as if the signal was blocked, and the words were full of noise, so vague that Li Shubai couldn't hear it clearly at all.

Ta--another sound of a piece falling.

"If you do this, won't you..." The childish and clear voice trembled a little.

"..." The other voice was still unclear.

Silence fell.

"...Even so, you still decided to do this." After a long silence, the clear voice calmed down, as if it understood the other party's determination.

"..."

It's like this again... Why can't I hear another person's voice clearly? Li Shubai couldn't help but feel a little irritated.

Conversation is about listening to what both people are saying to know what they are talking about. This kind of conversation where you can only hear half of it is just like the fragments of a chapter written by an unscrupulous author, which keeps people on edge.

But before he could express his protest, all sounds, including the sound of the chess pieces falling, suddenly stopped.

The vision was in chaos. If it was like looking at a hazy picture through frosted glass just now, then the scene now could only be described as a broken paint can.

Just like that, in the chaos, Li Shubai didn't know how much time had passed.

At a certain moment, the chaos before my eyes suddenly began to disperse, and the gradually condensed colors began to reveal the outlines of things.

The outline looked like three people leaning towards him.

Two silver-haired adults and a blonde little girl.

"He's awake! Mom! Look! He's awake!" The blonde girl's voice was full of energy, and the silver-haired woman standing next to her said softly in a gentle and warm tone: "Shh, be a little quieter, it looks like he hasn't woken up yet, he must be very tired, let him rest for a while."

In the bright white light, Li Shubai slowly opened his eyes.

He raised his head slightly, looked around blankly, and finally focused his attention on the family in front of him.