The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Siegfried Kaslana.

Cecilia Shaniat.

Bianca Artagina.

“???” Li Shubai looked confused and glanced in Bianca’s direction. Bianca nodded at him quickly, her beautiful and smart eyes bright and clear, and she looked very happy for some reason.

Looking carefully, it was not just the Siegfried family. When Li Shubai's eyes gradually adjusted to the strong light around him, he realized that there were a lot of people standing densely around him. Some were familiar, and some were relatively unfamiliar. However, basically everyone had a very distinctive feature, that is, the men were handsome and unrestrained, and the women were beautiful and charming, with their proud curves wrapped in various textures unscrupulously displayed, and their slender and round long legs wrapped in black and white leather pants and long boots made Li Shubai not even know where to put the lady's eyes for a moment.

What's even more ridiculous is that among these people, he even saw Cocolia with an embarrassed face and Walter Yang wearing glasses.

"Hey, what's going on?" This strange scene really confused Li Shubai. He looked strange, "I remember I just fell asleep. Am I still dreaming?"

"There's nothing wrong with calling it a dream." At this time, an elegant and calm male voice sounded. In that voice that was enough to drive a woman crazy, Li Shubai's expression was blank and he felt like the world was collapsing.

The blond man came to the side of Siegfried's family. He looked into Li Shubai's eyes with a smile on his face. "This place is a space of consciousness that belongs only to you. In a sense, it's not a problem to regard it as your own dream."

"...Then can you explain to me why I have a headache when I dream?" Li Shubai stared at the elegant man with a smile on his face, "My dear Bishop Otto."

Siegfried, Cecilia, and Bianca, who was actually Kiana, it was incredible enough that these three people could stand in the same space with Bishop Otto, but what was even more incredible was that they did not fight.

What happened? Did I travel through time again while sleeping in the dormitory? In this world, Otto is a qualified and kind bishop. He has a good relationship with Siegfried's family - they are quite tall, right? Although they didn't fight, Li Shubai clearly saw that Siegfried's family changed their faces when Bishop Otto walked towards them. Their originally friendly facial expressions instantly became as if they had eaten a cockroach.

But they actually refrained from attacking Otto?! Even Siegfried, who had a relatively bad temper, was the same.

"It seems that what I did in the Eigenworld has indeed left a deep impression on you." After hearing Li Shubai's question, Otto's face, which had always been quite calm, showed a helpless smile for the first time. He shook his head and said helplessly: "But please rest assured, at least in this space, I, the captain, have no hostility towards any of you. After all..."

As he spoke, Otto raised his arm and pointed in a certain direction.

Li Shubai looked in the direction Otto's finger was pointing, and when he saw the figure Otto was pointing at, his mouth widened so much that his chin almost dropped to the ground.

Karen Kaslana.

"As you can see, now that Kallen has been taken into this holy scar space by you, Otto Apokalis cannot have any bad thoughts towards anyone." A gentle smile appeared on Otto's face. "I believe that with your understanding of me, I should be able to gain your trust by saying this, right, my old friend, Captain Li Shubai?"

Chapter 37 Thinking, Summary, and Planning

The sunlight coming in through the window gradually made Li Shubai regain consciousness.

The time on the wall clock pointed to five forty. The sun rises late in winter and it is still dark outside. Peeping out the window from the bed, the sky cannot see the sun yet. It looks like a dark blue color painted with paintbrushes.

In the quiet morning, only the sound of my own breathing can be heard.

Li Shubai patted his face and quickly sat up from the bed in order not to lose to the warmth inside the quilt.

Let's check the current situation first.

This is the dormitory building three in the west area of ​​St. Freya's College, and my roommates are temporarily set to be Bronya and Yulandel.

There was nothing wrong with his body. The fatigue and sleepiness accumulated after a day's trek in Changkong City and his physical strength that had dropped to the bottom were basically recovered as Li Shubai got enough sleep.

Although there is still some soreness in joints such as the elbows and knees, it is probably the sequelae of the too intense exercise yesterday. However, this degree of soreness will not have much impact on normal movements today.

Last night, when I fell asleep, I had an unexplained dream. According to the testimony provided by Otto, who I saw in the dream, that white world where only consciousness existed should be some kind of existence similar to the stigmata space.

Stigmata Space - Li Shubai didn't quite understand why he entered that place in his dream. He also couldn't understand why he had traveled to this world for more than 140 days and only entered the Stigmata Space in his dream last night. But since it had already happened, Li Shubai accepted this gift, whose principle he couldn't understand, with a grateful attitude.

After all, compared to the trivial matter of why he entered the Holy Scar Space, there are a lot of bigger problems in front of Li Shubai.

He walked to the desk by the window, pulled out a chair and sat down, then took out a notebook and a pen from the drawer of the desk. Taking advantage of the relatively flexible mind just after waking up in the early morning, he conducted an in-depth review of the current situation, what might happen in the future, and what he could use.

Before sorting out the current situation, first of all, you need to clarify your purpose.

What kind of goal will I take next? Li Shubai thought, if I don't figure this out first, I will just be running around like a headless fly.

There is no point in considering a goal that is too far in the future, but in the short term, at least in the next few days, the goal that I must achieve is -

"I should first find a way to pass St. Freya's entrance exam..." Li Shubai rubbed his forehead and felt that his head, which had just woken up, began to hurt again like last night.

A famous materialist philosopher once said: knowledge can shape a person's personality; another great man also asserted: arm yourself with the scientific and cultural knowledge of all mankind as much as possible. Therefore, for the entrance examination of St. Freya College, Li Shubai neither planned to avoid nor cheat. Since he had made up his mind to face everything in front of him, it would definitely not work to just rely on his past half-baked cognitive model of "Honkai Impact" in the game.

Now that the next goal has been decided, the second point is what should we do?

There are about six days left until the end of winter vacation, and the entrance examination of St. Freya College is divided into a theoretical examination and a practical exercise examination.

Li Shubai pondered for a moment and heavily underlined the practical exercise test.

The test of theoretical knowledge... Li Shubai was not worried at all. Although St. Freya's Academy was a school dedicated to training Valkyries, even here, most of the students who enrolled were ordinary people who did not know about Honkai before entering St. Freya's Academy. Many students were discovered and taken in by Dean Theresa or other teachers of St. Freya's Academy only after experiencing various tragedies caused by Honkai.

Therefore, the theoretical knowledge required for the entrance examination to St. Freya College should not be considered particularly difficult.

Moreover, before crossing over, Li Shubai was also the financial director of a large enterprise. Unlike other majors that do not require further systematic study after graduating from university and joining the workforce, Li Shubai needs to thoroughly understand the financial tax policies and market trends that change every moment even after entering the workplace. In addition, St. Freya College is just a college after all. Even if he needs to relearn new knowledge before the entrance examination, Li Shubai, who has a certain degree of confidence in his learning ability, does not think that such a problem will be difficult for him.

He was not worried about the theoretical knowledge test, but the other test was a big problem.

——Practical assessment.

In this world, whether or not a human body has a blessing from the power of Honkai, similar to the stigmata, is a completely different concept. Li Shubai's well-trained body is already quite good among ordinary people, but even if he got an extremely sharp sword and tried his best, he still couldn't completely cut through the bones of the dead man that were strengthened by Honkai. On the other hand, Kiana, holding Li Shubai and Raiden Meiyi, burst out at a speed of about 100 meters and 5 seconds in an instant to slip away from the fist of the Titan mecha, without even taking a few more breaths. And looking at her relaxed appearance, if she was not afraid that the sudden acceleration would break Li Shubai and Raiden Meiyi's waists, she would probably be able to burst out at a faster speed.

After experiencing the third collapse of Changkong City, his body was strengthened to a certain extent as he gradually turned into a dead soldier. When he was on the verge of death, the emergency treatment from the emergency resuscitation needle pulled his life back from the brink of death and successfully suppressed the dead soldier transformation of his body. But on the other hand, after changing from a dead soldier back to a human body, in addition to feeling that his five senses and thinking became more acute for some reason, not only did his movements return to the normal level of his original human period, but even his healing ability and physical strength returned to the state before he turned into a dead soldier.

Although the entrance examination of St. Freya's College will most likely not set the difficulty of the actual combat drills very high, after all, as mentioned before, most of the students are just ordinary people before entering the school. Li Shubai's current situation is actually the same as those students who were taken in by Theresa because of the tragedy of Honkai. Theresa is not likely to make things difficult for him in the entrance examination.

But Li Shubai could not accept this. After Kiana awakened his desire for life and expectations for the future in Changkong City, Li Shubai's mentality returned to normal and he was also stimulated by the desire to win from deep in his heart.

He wants to win, and he wants to give a beautiful answer to Principal Theresa. Li Shubai has a deep understanding of how outstanding and evil-level characters Kiana, Raiden Mei and Bronya are. Kiana has been looking for her father since she was a child, and she has been wandering from Siberia to the Far East following the news of her father. She is born with extraordinary strength and is the essence of the Second Herrscher; Raiden Mei was the top student of Qianyu Academy before entering St. Freya Academy, and she almost surpassed her father in the way of kendo and reached the end of Menkyo Kaiden; Bronya is not only a game master, but also a top hacker ranked in the world. When she was a child, she even went through the almost inhuman training and torture of the Boy Scouts.

When all the settings in the game turned into real situations and were displayed in front of him, even if he didn't want to admit it, Li Shubai could still clearly realize that whether it was learning ability, physical ability, even social experience, or innate genetic factors, these abilities were not as good as those of the selected girls.

But he also won't ignore the resources he has.

Last night, when he entered the stigmata space in his dream, he talked with Otto for a long time.

From the origin of the stigmata space, to why Otto and the others' consciousness appeared there, to what effect the stigmata space could produce... Li Shubai basically came to conclusions about these things in his conversations with Otto.

The so-called Holy Mark Space, in essence, is just some residue of the imaginary space. Li Shubai originally thought that he would enter that Holy Mark Space because it existed in his consciousness, but Otto gave a completely different answer.

That holy scar space is not a product attached to someone's consciousness, but an independent space with its own unique structure and origin.

Originally, in the ordinary world, spirits or wills must be attached to entities to appear and survive, just like Yu Duchen to Fu Hua and the core of the Ruler of Reason to Walter Yang. However, because of the special structure of the holy scar space that Li Shubai entered, the independent existence of will and soul became possible.

Analyzing from this function, the Holy Mark Space was, from the very beginning, an independent space created by someone to accommodate souls that had lost their bodies.

The reason why Li Shubai was able to enter that space was not because that space was within his body, but the other way around - his individual consciousness, when he fell into a deep sleep, came to the inside of that space for a reason that even Otto was unclear about and could not explain in detail.

"All the wills active in this space can unreservedly give their power to you. After all, my old friend, this holy scar space is something you created."

Was that holy scar space something I created? Li Shubai frowned. Although he had repeatedly asked about this matter last night, Otto only showed his attitude of knowing but not being able to reveal the details in this matter.

"If you still can't recall the memory of how you created this space, it only means that the time is not yet ripe." When he asked himself, Otto shook his head helplessly, "Forgive me, my old friend, I want to help you from the bottom of my heart, but even I can't do anything about this matter."

Then Li Shubai could only helplessly give up asking about this matter and instead ask himself how he should use the power of the stigma.

Otto's answer to this is -

"All the wills that exist in this stigmata space can give their power to you without reservation, but this stigmata space belongs to you, and none of us have the ability to actively entrust our power to others."

——As a result, although he entered the Stigmata Space by accident, it was of no help to him now.

No, that’s not the case... Li Shubai shook his head.

If I can still enter the stigmata space tonight, then at least, even if I cannot obtain the power of the stigmata's will, I can still make use of the experience and knowledge possessed by those stigmata.

After all... the so-called power in Otto's words "everyone can give you their strength without reservation" is far more than just military assistance.

Chapter 38 boom!

Pushing a shopping cart, Li Shubai's figure walking between the shelves looked a little desolate and helpless.

“The juice locked in the skin…mmmm…is so delicious…mmmm…so warm and comfortable.” Ahmm, ahmm—Kiana made such sounds while chewing something in her mouth, her puffed cheeks shaking up and down as she spoke, her expression full of happiness.

Looking at the white-haired girl standing next to her, Mei Raiden's face was full of helplessness. She shook her head and said, "Kiana, finish the meat bun in your mouth before you talk."

With a click, Bronya tiptoed lightly, took a dozen cans of food from the shelf, and silently threw them into the shopping cart that Li Shubai was slowly pushing.

Yulandel crossed one hand over her chest, and with her other hand resting on her arm, she was touching her chin. She looked at the shelf with a confused and puzzled look: "What's the difference between these brands of shampoo...?"

Li Shubai looked around himself, his eyes sweeping over the four people surrounding him, Kiana, Raiden Mei, Bronya and Yulandel. His already helpless gaze suddenly evolved into a look of despair.

Now, Li Shubai is facing a very serious problem.

According to the conventional definition of human society, shopping in a mall with a girl is usually called dating.

So, what about with four girls?

Li Shubai knew very well that the answer was definitely not some forbidden quadruple date, but rather - coolie.

Why did things turn out like this... Li Shubai thought to himself, I was clearly planning to study hard and exercise since this morning, so how could I be forced to come out to buy things by these four "weak women" who could beat four hundred of me?

He recalled that early this morning, he had just finished sorting out the intelligence and opened the door of the dormitory to greet the beautiful morning sunshine. As a result, when he was halfway through washing his face in the bathroom, he heard knocks on the door from the direction of the entrance.

"...?"

When he just walked out of the dormitory, he accidentally saw a black military uniform hanging in the room next door with the door wide open. There was no one in the room, so Yulandel who lived in it might have gone out for morning exercise before he got up. But Yulandel obviously wouldn't knock on the door so hard, so with full of doubts and a slight bad premonition, Li Shubai wiped his face with a towel in one hand, walked to the entrance, grabbed the door handle with the other hand, and opened the door: "Who is it?"

The first thing that came into view was a pair of hot pants that were wrapped in an orange tight T-shirt and exposed a pair of slender and beautiful white legs that were about to bloom. Then came the white arm that was swung up and almost hit his face. Seeing the movements of the white-haired ball in front of him who was wearing an outfit that was extremely out of season, Li Shubai couldn't help but gasp. Without saying a word, he threw away the towel in his hand and covered his ears with his hands.

"Hello!! I'm here to see you! Shubai!!" The lively and agile high-pitched voice almost numbed Li Shubai's ears - he had been in an atmosphere of silence without a single sound since he woke up. It was still winter, and even the sound of insects and birds could not be heard early in the morning. If he had not reacted successfully and covered his ears the moment he saw the enemy waving, Li Shubai would not have had any hope that his eardrums could withstand such a cheerful and sharp sound wave attack.

"Well, what's your reaction?" Looking at Li Shubai's decisive action, Kiana pouted and wrinkled her delicate little nose. A dissatisfied expression appeared on her face that was too cute to be real. "It's a pity that I didn't even have breakfast so early in the morning and came with Mei to find you to go out together."

It was then that Li Shubai realized that Raiden Mei was standing next to Kiana. She had a helpless look on her face and didn't say a word. When she saw Li Shubai moving his gaze towards her, she showed an awkward but polite smile. I think she was expressing that I'm really sorry that I couldn't hold her back because Kiana's strength was too great... Looking at Raiden Mei's expression, Li Shubai couldn't help but feel completely powerless. He nodded to Raiden Mei to indicate that I understand that you have tried your best.

"I won't ask you what the relationship is between not having breakfast and coming to me so early in the morning..." Li Shubai squatted down, picked up the towel, and folded it up in a few seconds. "What's the matter? Even you got up from the bed so early, I think you have something important to talk to me about. You can't just come here to say hello?"

"What do you mean even you got out of bed so early?! Too much!" Kiana glared at Li Shubai with her hands on her hips, but she didn't dwell on this topic for too long. It was obvious that she felt a little guilty. "Of course it's something important! Otherwise, why would I come to see you so early?"

"So what's the matter?" Li Shubai asked with a blank expression, holding on to the last glimmer of hope that Kiana might still be reliable.

"Of course, I'm going shopping." Kiana answered as a matter of course.

"?" How did she connect the words "important" and "shopping" together? Li Shubai felt as if he was in a fog, and once again realized that he could not understand Kiana's thinking circuit at all.

No... Actually, if you insist, shopping is indeed very important, but this kind of thing can be done by one person, so there should be no need to call me along, right?

Just as Li Shubai and Qiyana were staring at each other, Yulandel, who had been running for two hours, came back.

She was wearing a pure white sports tube top and sports shorts, which were extremely out of season, just like Kiana, showing off her curvy figure to the fullest. She was jogging in a pair of thick-soled sneakers. Her fluffy and smooth blonde hair was neatly tied into a ponytail with a black tie, and a hairpin was pinned on her flowing bangs. Her hair and a certain full and soft part of her hair trembled with her owner's footsteps.

Yulandel trotted to the door of the dormitory, nodded to Kiana, Raiden Mei and Li Shubai who were standing at the door as a greeting, and then went into the room, leaving behind the dull and astonished looks of Kiana and Raiden Mei as if nothing had happened.

"..."Gu, Li Shubai couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and tremblingly shifted his gaze to Kiana and Raiden Mei whose faces turned black in an instant.

Oh shit, it's over.

Chapter 39 Communication between the inner ghosts

“Why, why, why did that guy walk in here so naturally?! ”Wow! Kiana roared with overwhelming force.

Li Shubai threw the towel on the ground again and covered his ears: "Wait - wait, calm down a little! Such a loud noise will disturb the neighbors!"

"Don't fool me! It's winter break now! There are no other students around here! Who can be disturbed?!" Kiana glared at Li Shubai who covered his ears. Her reasoning was sufficient and clear, which made Li Shubai speechless. "Auntie told me that you should live alone. I was afraid that you would be lonely, so I ran out to find you early in the morning. But you...you actually..."

"..."

How to do.

Although she was yelling, Li Shubai couldn't help but feel a little touched when he heard Kiana blurt out that she was worried that he would be lonely living alone.

Moreover, why is it that only at times like this, Kiana's intuition and intelligence are so terrifyingly sharp?

Before Li Shubai could think of the words to explain, there was a sudden sound of rustling in the room.

Li Shubai was stunned.

What is this sound?

He lowered his head slightly, listened attentively, thought for a moment, and then suddenly widened his eyes.

That splashing sound...why does it sound so much like the sound of water in a shower?

"Uh..." Although Li Shubai thought that it shouldn't happen, the most powerful Valkyrie would not do this when he was blocked by Kiana at the door... Realizing this, he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

As expected, Kiana, who was originally furious, froze in anger, and even Raiden Mei's face blushed.

Obviously, they had all heard the sound, and they reacted the moment they heard it. There was someone taking a shower in the room.