The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

As for the fact that they fell in love with the captain, all the Valkyries had no regrets from beginning to end. Even if they had regrets, they would only regret why they did not meet and fall in love with the captain earlier and confess their feelings immediately like Yulandel in the Eigenworld after he realized his feelings. God knows how much the other Valkyries present regretted the moment Yulandel in the Eigenworld confidently called herself "the captain's girlfriend"... They regretted it to the point that their hearts were bleeding.

And Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] also believes that as long as Kiana in this world spends some time with the captain, she will inevitably become the same as herself.

Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] is not the kind of person who is good at taking the moral high ground. Her eloquence is not that good and her thinking circuits are quite straight. She understands that forcibly cutting off the opportunity for the captain and Kiana of this world to get to know each other is in a sense no different from forcibly breaking up a pair of lovers... However, she really doesn't want the captain to continue to get to know more Kiana.

This is a very complicated idea. It is certainly a good thing that the captain likes Kiana. After all, the captain's love for Kiana comes from the heart. The captain likes Kiana, which also means that the captain likes herself [Herser of the Fire]. After knowing the captain's attitude towards herself, Kiana [Herser of the Fire] has laughed at this fact in her heart more than once.

But when that [Kiana] was not himself, even if he knew that the other person was the same person as himself, Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] still couldn't laugh at all.

Himself, the Herrscher of the End, the Sky Ranger, and Kiana from the Original World... Originally, the fact that there were so many Kianas on Hyperion was enough to give Kiana [Herscher of the Fire] a headache, and now the captain had to get to know more Kianas...

Damn! Absolutely Damn! When she thought that the captain might hold "Kiana" who was not herself but had the same appearance and identity as herself in his arms and do something to her at some point without her knowing, Kiana [Herser of the Fire] felt her heart suddenly twitch, as if something was broken inside, and streams of water mixed with bitterness and pain flowed out.

But it is obvious that Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] did not tell Theresa all the facts in order to conceal the fact that Kiana [Hersher of the End] was solving the Honkai Impact in the Original World from Li Shubai. So Theresa would not simply give up and let them go back to Saint Freya with her just because of Kiana [Hersher of the Fire]'s resistance.

Knowing that she was not as powerful as the other party, Theresa understood that she could not force them and could only use words to make them make the decision to come to Saint Freya.

Therefore, the most crucial thing undoubtedly becomes the boy’s own attitude.

Regardless of his true identity, Kiana [Herser of Fire] and Raiden Mei [Herser of Thunder] are not pretending to care about and love the boy. Even though the specific relationship between the three of them has not been figured out yet, Theresa can still feel that both Kiana [Herser of Fire] and Raiden Mei [Herser of Thunder] seem to obey the boy's instructions.

So, after failing to persuade Kiana [Hersher of the Fire], Theresa turned her attention to the boy.

"We've been talking for so long, but we haven't asked her what she thinks." Theresa glanced at Kiana [Hersher of the Fire], then quickly walked up to the boy and said, "Excuse me, I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My name is Theresa. Even though I look about the same age as you, I'm Kiana's aunt and the current dean of St. Freya's College."

"Uh..." The boy hesitated for a moment, "My name is Li Shubai. According to what they said, I seem to be their direct superior."

"It seems?" Theresa asked

"Yeah." The boy who claimed to be Li Shubai nodded, then raised his hand and pointed at his temple. "You may have noticed that I... am not as young as I look, and even my memory is not complete. According to them, it seems that I need about half a year to recover my memory and regain my original appearance."

"So, you yourself are not very sure of your true situation?" Theresa asked.

"As for the latter, I can feel that they are not lying." Li Shubai said, "About half a year, it seems that it will take me to gradually recover, but as for the former..."

"Although they probably didn't lie to me, to be honest, I can't be completely sure whether they really told me all the truth."

Chapter 4: Grandparents on the Moon's Surface (k)

The intrinsic world.

January 2014, 1, 13 a.m. Far Eastern Time.

Kiana [Hersher of the End] stood in the desolate and lonely desert, gazing at the blue planet surrounded by stars from afar. On both sides of her were dilapidated cliffs. Huge rocks covered with building remains stood between the circular mountains, like two huge tombs, silently blocking the twinkling stars in the sky from Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s sight.

The curtain of light created by the stars enveloped the body of Kiana [Hersher of the End], stretching her shadow very long behind her and immersing the desert near her in a crystal clear silver.

"It's so late, why are you still in a place like this?" Someone said behind her, "Completely ending the Honkai Impact is not a goal that can be achieved by meaningless recklessness. It should still be midnight at the Far Eastern Time on Earth."

"I've already become the Herrscher of the End. No matter how I think about it, there shouldn't be any problem staying up all night." Kiana [Herscher of the End] said in a relaxed tone.

"Can't sleep?" the visitor asked again.

It would have been fine if he didn't ask this. As soon as he asked this, Kiana [Herser of the End] got angry: "Humph, the person who can sleep is not here again."

The visitor was choked by Kiana [Hersher of the End] and was speechless. He lowered his head subconsciously, thinking that if the so-called moral integrity could be transformed into a physical entity, he would probably be able to see that thing being scattered all over the ground by the girl in front of him.

"You don't need to meddle in my affairs. In comparison, what about your own affairs?" Kiana [Hersher of the End] turned her head and looked back at the cold young man behind her who had silver hair and blue eyes like herself.

"You are a Herrscher, and you can ignore the burden of lack of sleep on your body to a certain extent. As a fusion warrior, I can naturally do the same." The visitor replied calmly.

"You don't need to remind me of this kind of thing. It's not the first day I've known you." Kiana [Hersher of the End] said, "But compared to me, you shouldn't have any need to come to the moon at this time. Or, even though Alicia and your former comrades gave you a warning, you still want to let the World Serpent start the Stigmata Project?"

After saying this, Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s eyes narrowed dangerously.

To be honest, she still didn't quite understand what the so-called Stigmata Plan was. In the world she originally lived in, the moment Kevin launched the Stigmata Plan, Li Shubai, who had already taken control of the Stigmata Headquarters in a practical sense, launched the corresponding [Island Plan] without hesitation, and included all the Valkyries belonging to him under the protection of his own island plan.

Unfortunately, at that point in time, Kiana, who had not yet fully mastered the power of the Herrscher of the Void, was not qualified to participate in the Final Battle, which was one of the direct reasons why she and her captain were forced to separate.

But even if she didn't understand the specific content of the stigmata, Kiana knew two facts: the place where the Last War broke out and the final destination of the Stigmata Project were not the Earth.

Under the sharp gaze of Kiana [Hershers of the End], Kevin looked back at her with a calm gaze that showed no emotion at all, and shook his head: "You misunderstood. Even if I want to launch the Stigmata Plan on Earth immediately, during this period when most of the Herrschers have not yet descended and the Herrscher of the End of this world has not awakened, it is not one of the two windows in which I should implement the Stigmata Plan."

"So the Stigma Project requires all Herrschers except the End to arrive before it can be launched?"

"Yeah." Kevin nodded.

"Then why do you let the Jackal carry out those disgusting human experiments? The sacrifices caused by those experiments should be unnecessary and avoidable for the World Serpent, right?" Kiana [Hersher of the End] frowned. "I have seen your memories in the Paradise of the Past. Although you are also a very cold person, I have to admit that as a savior, you have indeed done the limit of what you can do in your time."

Kevin has never been good at lying or evading others, so in the face of Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s sharp questioning, he gave his answer quite calmly: "On the one hand, this is a disguise and paralysis of this era. On the other hand..."

Halfway through his speech, Kevin sighed softly: "Perhaps, you are right. I have indeed waited too long for that moment, so long that I have lost my basic judgment of time and the sacrifices of others."

Kevin did not deny the fact that the sacrifice caused by the World Serpent could have been avoided, nor was he prepared to deny that it was a sin that he should bear.

For Kevin, his goal is to save the world from the hands of Honkai, not the kind of sophistry [justice] that ignores identity and good and evil based on numbers alone, and can arbitrarily use himself as a scale to arbitrarily decide the life and death of others when it is unnecessary. However, even this kind of sophistry justice has long become an unattainable luxury in Kevin's heart.

Kiana [Hersher of the End] stared at Kevin, and Kevin looked back at her with the same cold eyes, as if the person being questioned was not himself, but someone else who had nothing to do with him.

"Okay... although I still find it difficult to agree with your current state and views, but after reading the records of your civilization in the paradise of the past with Mei, even if I can't agree with it, I can still understand it after all." Kiana [Hersher of the End] retracted her gaze with a complicated tone.

"..." Kevin was silent for a moment and did not respond to the other party's words.

"Come to think of it, this seems to be the first time I have a calm chat with you." Kiana [Hersher of the End] suddenly said.

This topic seemed to become a little friendlier to Kevin. He was stunned for a moment and asked back, "In the world you originally lived in, the relationship between you and 'me' in that world didn't seem to be contradictory to the point of being irreconcilable?"

"That's because, apart from the memories of the paradise of the past, I didn't have the chance to face the real you at that time." Kiana [Hersher of the End] showed a somewhat unhappy expression, "By the time I knew that the captain had been exiled from the world, you in our world had also completely disappeared along with the captain."

Kevin was silent for a long time, then nodded: "...I understand."

"Understand what?" Kiana [Hersher of the End] curled her lips, "Don't tell me that not only the concept of good and evil, but also the concept of life and death has been distorted?"

"If necessary, I don't mind extending my life in this era."

"So what you mean is, if we can really solve everything, after that..." Kiana [Hersher of the End] said.

Kevin was silent again.

"Okay, okay, I'm not saying I have to convince you or anything." Kiana [Hersher of the End] shrugged. "I've seen the pain you've gone through, and I understand your current mental state, so I'll naturally respect your choice. However, let me be frank. My respect doesn't mean I'll tolerate it without a bottom line. We now have the capital to find a way to completely eradicate Honkai, so don't do anything like expecting us to surpass you. If you want to do this thankless job, we won't indulge you and play around with you."

"... Nonsense, is this how you view me now?"

“Isn’t that so?” Kiana [Hersher of the End] curled her lips, and resentment appeared uncontrollably in her blue eyes: “If you had teamed up with the captain from the beginning, Mei and I wouldn’t have…”

"what?"

"Nothing!" Perhaps she felt embarrassed to talk about this matter, Kiana [Hersher of the End] raised her voice suddenly, and then quickly changed the subject: "I came to the moon to search for the remains of the end left by the previous civilization era. You haven't told me why you are here?!"

Although in her original world, Kiana [Hersher of the End], who had been staying on the surface of the moon searching for the captain's traces, already knew every bit of sand and the structure of every position on the moon, but because the cocoon of the end in her world was forcibly brought from the imaginary space to the real world by Li Shubai and its connection with the imaginary space was cut off, the moon in Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s world had actually lost all elements related to the end except herself.

"Are you looking for traces of the End left on the moon?"

"If you have time, can you come and help me look for it?" said Kiana [Hersher of the End].

"...Are you really the Herrscher of the End?" Kevin was speechless for a moment and asked back.

"?"

"Who else knows the true power of the Herrscher of the End better than you?"

"Uh..." Kiana [Hersher of the End] pondered for a moment, "Time that keeps repeating?"

"If you know, just follow me." Kevin took a step forward and looked away from the stupid-looking offspring. "Although our reasons are different, our destination happens to be the same place."

Passing through the endless ruins, Kevin brought Kiana [Hersher of the End] to a huge crater.

The bottomless pit was surrounded by an irregular cliff on one side and a building made of square stones on the other side. It seemed as if it was because of its age, but the platform that occupied nearly half of the size of the pit was embedded between the stones, and it looked as if it had been damaged and motionless.

"I remember this place is also a relic from your era?"

"To be precise, it is the landing site of the Herrscher of the End, the remains left after we artificially lured her to the moon." Kevin said calmly, "Before she returned to Earth, we had a huge battle with her here... Of course, judging from the remains we found when we first landed on the moon, apart from some minor differences in details, every human civilization born on Earth may have made the same choice when the end was approaching."

"So that's how it is..." Kiana [Hersher of the End] muttered to herself.

Kevin looked around and suddenly turned around as if he realized something: "Have you absorbed all the Honkai energy left around here?"

"Yes..." Kiana [Herser of the End] laughed awkwardly, scratching her silver hair a little embarrassedly, as if she also understood that she had accidentally done something stupid. "When I came to the moon, I had already cleaned up all the Honkai energy on the surface of the moon, because the existence of these impurities really affected my perception. It's just that I didn't expect that... some of the Honkai energy I absorbed is closely related to the end."

"..." Kevin ignored Kiana [Hersher of the End] who was laughing continuously. He stared deeply into the bottomless crater of the End, sighed, and then jumped into it without hesitation.

"Hey! Wait for me for a moment!"

Inside the End Crater, after this grandfather and grandson, who had spanned 50,000 years of time, visited the tragic remains of a battle, a bright flame suddenly lit up the desolate and quiet ruins.

"This place... seems to be the moon of my world. I've been here before." Kiana [Hersher of the End] looked around and immediately noticed something was wrong. "Those black things on the ground, are they the Keys of God?"

"Yes, it is the real Key of God."

The Judgment of Heavenly Fire... The Oath of Judah... The Xuan-Yuan Sword, and so on. Most of the divine keys that can be used in battle stand lifeless in the post-war ruins, like tombstones standing here.

"Are these God's Keys... the afterimages left after time has cycled?"

"You can understand it as an afterimage." Kevin said calmly, "After all, after the battle, the original Key of God was recovered by us in the shelter under the earth. From your perspective... or from the perspective of your 'Captain', the Key of God that appeared here is just like you Valkyries who are in different timelines but have come to the same world. They are two completely different individuals with the same identity."

"Can we use these God's Keys?"

"Why don't you just give it a try?" Kevin said, "You are the Ruler of the End of Time. You should be able to operate things frozen in time freely."

Chapter 4: A Critical Moment (k)

Kiana [Hersher of the End] thought for a moment and nodded, thinking that Kevin's suggestion made sense, so she strode into the interior of the End Crater and approached the God's Keys whose surfaces were covered with a layer of black and gray shadows.

Kevin himself, who gave the suggestion, did not take any action.

He simply glanced at Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s back, and then sat down on the dilapidated building at the edge of the crater, with his head lowered, his expression expressionless, still without any emotion.

Kiana [Hersher of the End] came to the center of the End Crater. She first set her sights on one of the Xuanyuan Swords, grasped the hilt with one hand, and then exerted force on her arm.

However, although it was not inserted very deeply into the ground, the Xuanyuan Sword, which was dyed pure black, remained motionless.

Kiana [Hersher of the End] frowned, then took a deep breath and exerted further strength on her arm, which had already exerted considerable force.

But, it still failed.

Not to mention being pulled out of the ground, the pure black Xuanyuan Sword didn't even tremble.

Seeing this, Kiana [Hersher of the End] loosened her five fingers without hesitation. As a member of the Kaslana clan, she had no doubt about her physical strength. The reason why she couldn't pull out the Key of God standing on the ground was not a problem of physics and strength, but because the Key of God itself was bound here by some higher law.

After understanding this, she closed her eyes and used her sense of touch and the sense of Honkai to observe the surrounding environment and space.

In an instant, an extremely complex scene emerged in the mind of Kiana [Hersher of the End]. Everything that happened fifty thousand years ago crossed time and space and was violently filled into her mind, causing her brain to flash with intense pain.

These weapons...are from 50,000 years ago? Kiana [Herrser of the End] whispered to herself in her heart.

They are not like the existing divine keys that have been preserved from 50,000 years ago to the present, but they span 50,000 years, allowing us today to see the scene 50,000 years ago.

If that is the case, use the power of time... to unseal this time that has been frozen by "another end".

As soon as the thought came to her mind, Kiana [Hersher of the End]'s expression suddenly turned ugly.

As long as one is a Herrscher, he or she will be restricted by the "output power" itself. If it is quantified into a unit of measurement, the amount of Honkai energy that Kiana [Herscher of the End] can mobilize in an instant is about 300,000 HW.

For humans, this is an extremely terrifying number. Three hundred thousand HW means that no matter what kind of power she uses, Kiana [Hersher of the End] can destroy a country in an instant, and the accompanying disasters can even make the environment of the entire earth return to a state that does not allow life to exist within a few minutes.

But if she used all these 300,000 hw to operate time, she would not be able to turn back the time on Earth by 50,000 years.

Clearing civilization, resetting time - this is the power of the end, but it is not something that can be done simply by relying on the ability of the Herrscher of the End. If Kiana [Herscher of the End] wants to go back to 50,000 years ago, she must call upon all the power from [Cocoon].

Honkai energy is originally a kind of energy that comes from imaginary numbers, not born on Earth. Therefore, while resetting civilization, each [Hersher of the End] will also exhaust the power of [Cocoon] at the same time, and then slowly recover over a period of 50,000 years, forming a double cycle with a time limit of 50,000 years.

But in this world, Kiana [Hersher of the End] is completely unable to call upon the power of the Cocoon of the End.

Because they came from different worlds, they could not use the power of the cocoon without permission - this matter itself was not difficult to understand. What Kiana was more concerned about was that the Herrscher of the End from the previous era had clearly reset the world, but why was he able to freeze those God's Keys from 50,000 years ago here until now?

Logically speaking, the moment she reset the Earth's time and fell into sleep, the power she left behind should have dissipated.

The Herrscher of the End 50,000 years ago... is still alive? After realizing this terrifying question, Kiana [Herscher of the End] instinctively turned back, wanting to get the answer from Kevin, but after pondering for a moment, she shook her head and rejected this conclusion.

The corpse of the Herrscher of the End was still lying outside. If the Herrscher of the End from fifty thousand years ago was still alive in this world, then it would be impossible for her to be completely unaware of it.

However, since this frozen time originated from the Herrscher of the End of this world in the previous era—

——As long as she follows this frozen time and traces back to the source of [power], Kiana [Hersher of the End] will be able to find the imaginary coordinates of this world's [cocoon].

Although she found an important clue, Kiana [Hersher of the End] did not choose to act immediately, but a slight embarrassment flashed in her eyes.

How to use the power of the Herrscher left in the real world to trace back to its source coordinates in the imaginary world. This technology is indeed recorded in the Hyperion, and the person who can use it is indeed [Kiana Kaslana].

...But it is not her, the [Herser of the End].

Although she is the Herrscher of the End and possesses all the powers of a Herrscher, with her incomparable strength, the scale of each power she can mobilize is indeed far beyond all those Herrschers with a single power who have only received part of the power.