The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"What's the matter?" The Spring Elf asked in a calm tone.

"That is..." Kiana clasped her hands together and asked sincerely, "Can you lend me your power?"

"My power?" The Spring Elf's ears twitched slightly, and a hidden color flashed in his golden eyes. "Are you like her, unable to control your own power?"

"Ah?" Kiana was stunned. "She?"

"My useless sister." The Spring Elf said succinctly, "Although I don't understand who you are, and I don't understand what the world bubble and the intrinsic world you are talking about are, but even so I can understand... you and that person named Yulandel should have an extraordinary relationship with us elf sisters, right?"

"Elf sisters?" Kiana touched her head, feeling a little unsure of what to say for a moment.

"What do you want me to do for you?" The Fountain Elf lightly skipped over the topic and turned his gaze back to Kiana. "Be thankful. I don't mind providing you with help within my ability."

Although her personality to outsiders is as cold and arrogant as Sirin, as a warrior who once fought to the end for her own world, the Spring Elf is actually very open-minded and sees many things more clearly than Kiana and other school-age girls.

She is aware of her embarrassing situation in this world, and understands the objective reality that her proud strength is not worth mentioning in this world; but at the same time, the Spring Elf can also see that... these people who are not at the same level as her in terms of strength are trying their best to show kindness to her.

Therefore, she accepted the help from the Hyperion without much hesitation, and obediently followed the arrangement made by the silver-haired dwarf, temporarily settling in the dormitory of St. Freya College.

Compared to wandering alone in the Quantum Sea, the Spring Elf is not dissatisfied with her current situation. Rather, after accepting these electronic devices that are beyond her original era, the Spring Elf can be said to have quickly adapted to her current life.

But even so, she couldn't say she had no regrets.

At least, deep in the heart of the Spring Elf, he still cannot forget his two former family members.

Because of this, after seeing that Kiana had exactly the same appearance and personality as her own sister, the Spring Elf almost instinctively overlapped the other's face with that of her own relatives.

It was also for the same reason that, in response to Kiana's request, the Fountain Elf was not prepared to make things too difficult for this girl who was extremely similar to her sister.

"Really?" Kiana's eyes lit up, and she almost jumped up in excitement, "Great!"

Although the kindness of the Spring Elf was recorded in the Hyperion's logbook, before they actually got to know each other, Kiana, who thought that her personality might be similar to Sirin's, was actually mentally prepared to be rejected by the Elf lady.

“Don’t be too happy too soon.” Seeing Kiana’s joyful posture like a husky on the loose, the Spring Elf, who felt more and more that this girl was her own sister, couldn’t help but frowned. “Let me make it clear in advance that the help I can provide is limited. You’d better not expect me to use much power now.”

This is indeed a truth.

Before being drawn into the Quantum Sea, the Spring Spirit had actually already fallen into a weak state of extreme lack of vitality due to excessive use of its own power.

If she had not been so weak that she could not sense the danger, she would not have collided head-on with Walter Yang, Kevin and others who were in a standoff without feeling anything.

Of course, after joining the Hyperion, the Spring Elf also received treatment from the Hyperion as it should have, but she was not a real human after all, but an elf born from spring water. Faced with the Spring Elf, a life form that is a special life form, even the treatment that the Hyperion can provide can only allow the Spring Elf's condition to slowly improve in the process of recuperation.

Hearing the Fountain Elf's words that could almost be described as a sign of weakness, Kiana was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at the Fountain Elf seriously.

When the Spring Elf began to feel uncomfortable under Kiana's careful gaze, Kiana looked away with an unpleasant expression.

"...Hiss, that guy didn't tell me that your condition would be so bad?" Kiana whispered to herself, bending down and trying her best to put her apology into her tone, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you are..."

[Stupid! Wouldn't it be okay if you lent her our core?]

Suddenly, Sirin's voice sounded again in the depths of Kiana's consciousness.

[Although she is only an incomplete version of me, she is much stronger than you, a fool who has not yet fully accepted the core and power. This guy's power is originally the same as that of the Herrscher of the Void. She simply lacks a true Herrscher core.]

[As long as we lend her the core temporarily, this guy will be able to fully exert the full power of the Herrscher of the Void, and she can also use the power of the core to heal her body. Do I need to remind you of this two-birds-at-one thing?]

Chapter 4: Crowds from all directions (k)

Lend her our core?

Kiana almost thought she had heard it wrongly. She was stunned for a long time, and subconsciously asked in the depths of her mind: "The Herrscher Core... can it be voluntarily loaned out?"

[Under normal circumstances, of course, they will die. Separating the Herrscher Core from their bodies and transferring it to others is of no benefit to either the Herrscher or the person who received it.]

"Then you still..."

[However, we and that woman are exceptions.]

Xilin chuckled.

[That woman is an incomplete me, and a shadow of our bodies reflected in the "sea". Although I don't know why she doesn't contain another will in her body, just like your consciousness can be temporarily replaced by "Kiana Kaslana" from another different time and space through the consciousness mapping system on that ship, even if we originally did not belong to the same time and space, we can also be considered the same individual.]

[That is to say, after we transfer the core to her, that woman can use the power of the Herrscher core to easily restore herself to a perfect state, and we can also use her power to leave this world. It's a win-win approach, isn't it?]

"Well……"

This plan does sound good, Kiana thought.

[To be frank, if you, a fool, hadn't been unable to fully master my power until now, why would we have to lend our power to that woman?]

Suddenly, Xilin's tone became a little disgusted.

[I really can’t stand it. I’m clearly no longer competing with you for my body, and the will that connects us to the “God” has long been severed by that woman from 50,000 years ago. Why can’t you master that power until now…]

"Uh..." Hearing Sirin's blunt complaint, Kiana, knowing she was in the wrong, couldn't help but feel ashamed. Although she would go to the training room arranged by Theresa every night to train in the power of the Herrscher of the Void, as Sirin said, even if she accepted the power, she was unable to make this power her own like the original [Herscher of the Void], which was an indisputable fact.

"What should we do?" Kiana asked cautiously in her heart.

One has to admit that whether it is her understanding of the Herrscher or her control of power, in these two aspects, she is indeed not as good as Xilin.

Sometimes Kiana herself felt ashamed. It was obvious that both of their souls were born from the original [Sirin]. They just had different personalities and ways of doing things. Why couldn't she wield the power of the Herrscher of the Void as easily as Sirin did?

[Do you still remember what happened fourteen years ago?]

"Fourteen years ago... the second collapse?" Kiana frowned. "Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden?"

[What’s important is not the second collapse, but a certain case we saw during that collapse.] In a calm tone that seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with her, Xilin coldly reminded, [Don’t tell me you have completely forgotten what that traitor… the First Ruler once did.]

"What did Teacher Yang do?" Kiana blinked and began to carefully recall the information she had read in the Hyperion. After hesitating for a moment, she replied, "You mean... he transferred his consciousness into the Herrscher core... and then the core was swallowed by Sirin at that time?"

[Transfer your consciousness to the Herrscher's core... As Herrschers, what that betrayer can do, there is no reason why we can't do the same.] Xilin said, [Swallowing a Herrscher's core that does not belong to you is the Herrscher's instinct and one of his original desires. Fourteen years ago, that guy took advantage of this and secretly hid his consciousness in Xilin's body at that time. Similarly, as long as you do the same as me and temporarily escape your consciousness into the core, the two of us can use this woman's body to leave this world.]

At the same time, on the other side.

2015 3 Month 24 Day.

Vienna time, 6:35 am.

Austria - Schwechat International Airport (Flughafen Wien-Schwechat).

Under the rising sun, the first flight from the Far East to the local area landed steadily on the 4,000-meter-long take-off and landing strip in the still somewhat cold spring breeze.

"Is this the city where the headquarters of the Destiny is located?" After passing through the D21 gate impatiently, Kiana walked down the sky bridge and ran to the window of the lobby. "It doesn't look like there's anything unusual here."

"Don't run around! Kiana!" Theresa's voice came from far away in the direction of the sky bridge.

The flight they took was a special charter flight, or in other words, all flights landing at the international airport were booked by Tianming only during these three days.

Although Destiny did not hide its existence from the world, and Otto also made a bold statement during the live broadcast that he welcomed people from all walks of life to watch the coronation ceremony of the new bishop, Destiny's floating island was not a place that anyone could enter casually. Therefore, during these three days, all flights arriving in Vienna were controlled by Destiny.

They pre-screened the identities of all passengers, and all the passengers who arrived in Vienna during these three days were, without exception, people who knew about Honkai. After those invited to attend the coronation ceremony arrived in Vienna, the floating islands of Destiny would land their transport ships at the international airport, opening a green channel between the floating islands and Vienna International Airport.

In fact, with Theresa's identity, they didn't need to take a civilian flight like other outsiders. The Far East Branch already had an internal route directly to the Mission Headquarters. In theory, they could take the Far East Branch's transport ship directly to the floating islands of the Mission Headquarters.

But no one knew what Otto was thinking. After Theresa sent a request for a direct line to the headquarters, it was immediately rejected by the headquarters. The reason for the rejection was stated clearly - in order to alleviate the transportation pressure during special periods, the headquarters temporarily closed the green channels between the branches and the Tianming Airport, and the helipad would not allow the branch's transport ships to take off and land.

In order to reduce the pressure of transportation, the unused channel was closed? The moment she saw this reason, Theresa felt that her intelligence was insulted. However, the coronation ceremony of the new bishop was arranged very tightly. Instead of worrying whether the headquarters was making fun of her intelligence, it would be better to take action immediately and go to the Sky Islands of Destiny according to the normal procedures. So Theresa immediately selected the candidates for the ceremony, and temporarily handed over all the affairs of Saint Freya to Ji Zi, who was probably overwhelmed by now, and personally led Kiana and her group to the international airport in Schwechat.

Now, the entire passenger hall was full of people. Theresa chased Kiana who had rushed out of the gate to the edge of the hall and grabbed her ear: "Come here!"

"Ouch! That hurts! Why are you pulling my ears, Auntie?"

"If you don't run around, would I pull your ears?! You still have the leisure to run around after such a big thing happened? Are you a husky?!" Theresa pulled Kiana's ears and walked towards the lobby door angrily. "The transport ship sent by the floating island will arrive at noon. Before that, let's discuss what to do next!"

"I know! I know! So please let go first!!!"

Behind the two of them, Fu Hua, Raiden Mei, and Bronya looked at each other in silence and sighed at the same time.

Ten minutes later, Austrian Airlines, VIP lounge.

In the noisy environment, five distinguished guests from the Far East Branch sat around a round table. During the three days when Tianming completed the live broadcast, this international airport undoubtedly became a gathering place for the most elite class in today's human society.

In addition to members from other different branches, well-known figures from all walks of life can be seen everywhere.

But the moment Theresa and her group stepped into the lounge, almost everyone turned their eyes to Kiana, who was being dragged away by her ears.

In the live broadcast three days ago, in addition to the new bishop Yulandel who was about to take office, Otto also showed the world another new face who was about to become the archbishop - the new saint who had never appeared in the destiny before: Qiana Shaniyat.

Although Shaniyat is also a surname that has been included in history textbooks, compared to Yulandel, who has always stood on the front line of the battlefield and helped countless Valkyrie troops, and thus gained corresponding respect and fame, almost no one has seen this so-called Holy Maiden of Destiny.

Compared with Kiana Shaniyat, another person with the same surname, Anna Shaniyat, is more famous.

Feeling those different looks, Kiana couldn't help but feel a little creepy. Before this, she was just a small B-rank Valkyrie. Even if she was famous in Saint Freya, her reputation was basically something like "idiot", which was not a very good one.

Kiana had indeed never thought that her name and appearance would suddenly become famous because of such a ridiculous thing.

Perhaps because she sensed Kiana's discomfort, Theresa narrowed her eyes slightly and looked around with a cold gaze.

Then, everyone's gaze that was looking over here turned away slightly in embarrassment.

As the current head of the Apokalis Family and an S-rank Valkyrie who has not yet received an honor, Theresa's name still carries a certain weight in destiny. After all, she is a senior who has been active on the front line for more than 30 years. If she really gets serious, ordinary people will simply not be able to remain calm and composed under her cold aura.

The suddenly relaxed atmosphere made Kiana couldn't help but let out a long breath, and she lay weakly on the round table in front of her.

"Are you okay, Kiana?" Raiden Mei asked worriedly.

"I'm fine. Of course I'm fine." Kiana straightened her upper body and said with a forced smile, "What can happen to me? It's just that I've attracted a little attention!"

Bronya silently glanced at Kiana's smile, did not speak, but shook her head gently.

Like any other girl, Kiana is of course a little vain. If she relies on her own strength to gain the attention of others... especially Mei Raiden, she would probably be quite contented and calmly accept all the attention and gazes, and maybe even laugh happily a few times.

Yes, if you rely on your own strength.

On the other hand, if Kiana suddenly became the center of attention without any preparation because someone with the same name and similar appearance suddenly appeared...

Well, it would probably be quite appropriate to use the four words "sitting on pins and needles" to describe Kiana's mood at the moment.

Theresa could see that Kiana was uncomfortable, and so could Mei Raiden and Bronya. However, compared to Theresa, who could use her strong aura to force others to pay attention not to Kiana, all they could do was to stay by Kiana's side and help her share some of the pressure from the outside world.

"Kiana Shaniat...Siegfried never told me this name before the live broadcast." Theresa frowned and bit her thumb. "However, if we just look at her appearance, almost everyone can conclude that the person is Kiana's sister."

"Kiana, before this, has your father ever told you that you have a sister?" Fu Hua gently adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose and asked lightly.

"..." Kiana was silent for a moment and shook her head.

To be honest, Kiana could have always guessed that the name "Kiana" originally belonged to someone else.

After all, before Siegfried named himself "Kiana", every time Kiana had her birthday, Siegfried would get drunk and collapse on the ground, repeating the names "Kiana" and "Cecilia" to himself.

She didn't know who the original "Kiana" was to Siegfried. Maybe... she was a very important person to Siegfried? But in any case, since Siegfried was willing to give her this name, Kiana was of course willing to accept this, which was the best gift for her.

"..." Looking at Kiana's silence, Fu Hua couldn't help but frowned imperceptibly.

During these three days, the shock she, a spy assigned to the Far East branch by Otto himself, received was no less than that received by Kiana and Theresa.

Otto...what on earth are you thinking about?

Chapter 4: I suddenly met the teacher during the holiday, and I haven’t done my homework yet (k)

As one of the few people who knew Kiana's true identity and part of the "Sirin Project", Fu Hua really couldn't understand Otto's sudden and strange behavior.

That guy, doesn't he worry at all that Kiana might suddenly lose control?

Suddenly, steady footsteps were heard from the entrance of the lounge, and an unremarkable middle-aged man with brown hair and brown eyes walked into the VIP lounge. He had a black folder tucked between his arms and was wearing a standard grey vest. He looked like an ordinary person on a business trip.

Fu Hua and Theresa looked up at the person who came, then quickly looked away. On the surface, they didn't seem to have any emotions because of the person who came, but deep down they were all angry.

Walter Young, leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance?

Theresa swallowed, tried to remain calm, picked up the coffee cup on the table, took a sip of black coffee without any sugar, and cold sweat broke out on her head.

How did he get here?

Could it be that, as Einstein said three days ago, he accepted the invitation and came to negotiate with grandfather?

"Huh? Teacher Yang?"

Just when a thousand alpacas were galloping in Theresa's heart, Kiana suddenly became alert.

"Why are you here too?"

Walter Yang turned his gaze to Kiana, and secretly glanced at Theresa who was sweating profusely. A gentle smile appeared on his upright face.

"As your history teacher, is it strange that I want to witness the historical moment of the replacement of the bishop?" Walter Yang walked straight to the table of the group, smiling, but his eyes suddenly became stern when he looked at Kiana. "If I remember correctly, at the end of last semester, Kiana's history score seemed to be in the single digits as usual."

“Waaaaaaaa! Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden?!” Kiana covered her face with her hands and buried her head in her arms. “Besides, didn’t I already take the make-up exam during the spring break after that?”

"Yes, you barely scored 60 points out of 100 on the test. If it weren't for the fact that the dean allowed Class Leader Fu Hua and Mei to tutor you one-on-one during the make-up exam, you might not be able to stay in the same class with Mei and Bronya this semester."