The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

He recalled the few extremely painful memories before he traveled through time. Among these things he didn't want to recall again was the experience of accompanying his mother to a clothing store.

Li Shubai, who has no interest in fashion, neither understands trends nor knows how to evaluate women's clothing.

...And now, he needs to accompany four girls! They even moved to a new address and needed to buy clothes from scratch. These four girls chose the clothes they wanted to wear together.

If this continued, Li Shubai felt that he had seen a future where he would not be able to finish shopping and return to the dormitory until midnight.

no! Gotta think of a way!

If we can't get out at this rate, everything will be over once we've completely entered this devil's land called the Ladies' Clothing Store.

However, there is no time to think slowly now. Li Shubai watched Kiana, Yulandel, Raiden Mei and Bronya slowly raising their feet. The thinking speed in his brain reached an unprecedented level and he easily broke through the limit.

After turning back to the extreme of thinking, and quickly going through all the possible things that might happen and the countermeasures that he would need to take, he came up with the only way to survival and the future -

——Run! Now! Immediately! Immediately! ! ! !

Li Shubai raised his hand quickly, a stiff smile on his face, and spoke as fast as a machine gun firing: "In that case, you guys go shopping first, I'll go downstairs to see if there's anything else to buy, and then we'll all meet at the gate together!"

After saying that, he turned around, raised his foot, and ran back to the elevator, his movements smooth and seamless.

...if you ignore the four white and soft hands grabbing Li Shubai's arms.

"What are you talking about?" Kiana blinked, her blue eyes full of innocence. "Didn't we agree to go shopping together? How can we leave you alone?"

No, I'm not alone at all, Miss, please let go, I can live well on my own! Of course, Li Shubai couldn't say these words in front of Kiana, so he looked at Raiden Meiyi for help, thinking to himself, "Quickly take care of your bestie. Sister Meiyi, you don't want to go back to the dormitory at night without buying anything except clothes, right?"

"Yes, Li." Under Li Shubai's eyes that were a mixture of confusion, despair and betrayal, Raiden Mei smiled unusually brightly. She had always been extremely reliable and gentle in Li Shubai's mind, but she seemed to have eaten something bad. She stretched out her hand abnormally with the other three and tightly grasped Li Shubai's arm. "Accompanying the ladies and choosing suitable clothes for them is the basic obligation of a gentleman."

"Ahem." Yulandel blushed slightly and turned her gaze away. "Rita is not around, and she usually helps me pick out the clothes I wear. As for how to choose clothes... I don't really know, so... thank you for your help, Captain."

No, I don't understand either! I don't understand anything except praising mhy's art design. And since you called me captain, can you honestly carry out the mission of the Valkyrie? Your captain is in trouble now, can you not stand on their side? Come and help me out of trouble? Li Shubai thought desperately.

Finally, Bronya's flat and unmoving voice dealt the final blow to Li Shubai, who was already in despair: "Without everyone's help, Li Shubai alone will not be able to buy all the things he needs. Bronya believes that surrendering here and giving up the meaningless resistance is the most efficient option."

"..." Li Shubai was helpless.

Chapter 42: The Maid's Surprise Attack

Time passed extremely slowly until dusk.

"Shubai, are you okay?" Kiana asked worriedly.

Li Shubai collapsed on a bench used for rest in the department store, a cloud of white mist floated out of his mouth, and his voice was hoarse and weak: "It's... It's okay..."

"You don't look like you're fine at all..." Perhaps because she knew the reason why Li Shubai became like this, Kiana muttered in a low voice with a guilty conscience.

After shopping in a clothing mall with four girls for about eight hours, Li Shubai felt that there seemed to be no part of his body that was not protesting against his brain. It was as if all his body organs had started a revolution against their masters and they were completely in a state of weakness almost like a strike.

...Li Shubai had no idea whether he had used up his physical strength or his spiritual energy. In any case, he ended up in this miserable state with his important energy sources completely drained away.

Needless to say, Li Shubai ended up in his current situation because of his carelessness at the beginning.

In addition, it is because he ignored the common characteristics of all women, that is, the extremely firm obsession with their own appearance.

"Well, this one is nice."

"Yeah, that one's nice too."

"Who's prettier? I think you both look good."

...By the time Li Shubai, whose brain was empty and only his mouth was functioning normally, realized that the atmosphere was wrong, it was already too late.

Kiana, Yulandel, Bronya, and Raiden Mei, four girls whose faces were becoming increasingly worse, almost stubbornly sought advice from Li Shubai that received no response, again and again.

As a result, Li Shubai, who gave a perfunctory evaluation in order to pass the time as quickly as possible, and the four women who hoped to be evaluated seriously, all ended up shopping in the clothing store from morning to afternoon because they were unable to achieve their goals.

Honestly speaking, watching four beautiful girls changing into various fashionable clothes is not torture at all, it can even be said to be extremely pleasing to the eye.

But if Li Shubai were to pick out the best one among them, or even choose the one with the best appearance among the four... that would really cost him his life.

The former is easy to deal with, it's just a difficult choice, but the latter is directly related to his personal safety. Even if it is the most gentle and considerate Raiden Mei, if he treats her as a sacrifice and puts her behind in this issue...

...Li Shubai felt that in the next second, an extremely strong bolt of lightning would reach the top of his head.

Even if it was a beautiful scene of a beautiful woman changing her clothes, if people could not take their eyes off it for eight hours...

He didn’t know what would happen to others, but Li Shubai felt that he was about to become a useless person.

Probably the only thing that made Li Shubai feel fortunate was that this large department store also provided delivery service.

It was probably a blessing in disguise that I didn't end up with nothing but a bunch of women's clothing.

Just as Li Shubai was secretly rejoicing, feeling his face covered with warmth, a dignified and somewhat apologetic voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Here." The person who spoke was Youlan Dai'er. She handed over a bottle of warm drink and put it on Li Shubai's face. She looked a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry, we should have bought the necessities of life together, but we ended up wasting the whole day in the clothing store."

"..." Alas, Li Shubai sighed, took the hot drink, and shook his head: "Forget it, a strong desire to win is not a disadvantage in itself. It is better to say that for you, it should be regarded as an advantage that others cannot match. Don't take it to heart."

Although it is just going out to buy things together, which is not important or a big deal, the experience of five people going out shopping together like today seems to gradually turn into an unforgettable memory as time goes by.

...On the other hand, precisely because of this, every minute and every second of this peaceful and stable time is precious.

Unlike when they came, facing the gradually darkening dusk, the five people who had completed a day's shopping did not choose to take the bus, but chose to walk, slowly walking back to St. Freya Academy.

But when they returned to St. Freya's College, walked into the dormitory area, and came to the door of the house where Li Shubai lived, everyone was stunned.

The brightly lit windows looked particularly vivid in the dark night.

But Li Shubai clearly remembered that he had locked the door carefully before he went out.

Were we robbed? Li Shubai raised his eyebrows, feeling absurd. Theft in the Valkyrie Training Academy?

Thinking of this, Li Shubai looked around himself.

Yulandel, the most powerful Valkyrie of destiny.

The second Herrscher's body, Kiana Kaslana.

The third Herrscher is Raiden Mei.

The Silver Wolf of the Ural Mountains, Bronya Zajicek.

Whether it was a thief or something else, it shouldn't be something to worry about.

Just as Li Shubai took it for granted and calmly walked to the door, about to open it——

——Click, the door was opened from the inside, and the sound of high heels hitting the ground was crisp and pleasant.

"Lord Yulandel, and several beautiful ladies, welcome back."

The dignified and charming maid with short burgundy hair, as if she had been standing at the door waiting for a long time, gently bowed to everyone outside the door.

"Dinner is ready, please..." The female voice, as calm and elegant as a clear spring, had just been said halfway when it paused at an extremely inopportune time.

Rita, who had the words "etiquette" and "humility" deeply engraved in her behavior and instincts, couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Li Shubai's face full of astonishment.

boy?

How come she remembered that St. Freya's College was a school that specialized in training Valkyries?

However, this daze only lasted for a short time. After a moment of silence, she pursed her attractive red lips and showed a polite and apologetic smile: "Excuse me, sir, I forgot that there might be men in the Valkyrie Academy. It was Rita's negligence. Please forgive me."

“…” Li Shubai always felt that Rita was mocking him, but he had no evidence.

However, Rita did not mean to mock Li Shubai. Since Li Shubai appeared in this dormitory, it meant that Theresa chose to recruit him as a student of Saint Freya. Although Saint Freya was a high-level institution for training female warriors, strictly speaking, it was only because most of the warriors with Honkai resistance in this world were female. Therefore, as long as they also had Honkai resistance, even if they were male, Saint Freya would not reject them.

In this case, in Rita's eyes, Li Shubai's identity would be revealed.

I see…Are you a survivor of the Third Collapse?

Just when Li Shubai and Rita were thinking about this for a moment, Youlan Daier suddenly spoke: "Rita... why are you here?"

The questioning voice was puzzled and puzzled. Rita instinctively sensed that something was amiss. She turned her gaze to Yulandel, and her beautiful face showed a smile as usual, bright and moving: "Your communicator has not responded to Bishop Otto's instructions. I guess it has been temporarily detained by Lady Theresa."

"Uh..." Yulandel nodded awkwardly, "Yes, but I stayed in St. Freya College not because I was forced by Senior Theresa, but because of my own choice. If possible, I hope you can tell the bishop to try not to embarrass Senior Theresa. If there is any punishment, I will go to the bishop to apologize."

Anyway, after tomorrow night, when the consciousness mapping reaches the safety limit of seventy-two hours and naturally ends, the original "I" will definitely choose to return directly to the Destiny Headquarters in order to find out all the truth.

At that time, after all the facts were revealed before her eyes, Yulandel naturally believed that her original self in the timeline would definitely choose to face Otto Apokalis directly.

Of course, as to whether he was going to plead guilty or to "plead" guilty... let Yulandel keep it a secret for now.

She wasn't lying anyway, was she?

Chapter 1: The Lament of Stargazing (10/)

Quantum Sea Hyperion.

The Herrscher of Fire stood on the bridge in a daze, bored.

Although this time, the order to stand guard on the bridge was issued by her herself, after about half a day, her excitement, which had been a little heated because she was the first person to meet the captain again, had cooled down. Not long ago, the Secondary Silver Wing had a second consciousness mapping, and successfully returned to her body in Hyperion not long after. Kiana, the Herrscher of the Fire, the Firefly, Kaslana, then belatedly realized a very serious problem -

Hypothesis, just hypothesis?

If the captain never replaces the staff on duty on the bridge.

So do I have to stay here forever?

In other words, even if I wait until the future, when the target object of consciousness mapping of the other self in the parallel world can finally receive a second consciousness mapping... will I, who have to stand guard on the bridge all the time, still not be able to get to the captain?

After thinking about this, the Herrscher of Fire and Flame just felt a little bit unwell.

Could it be... Could it be that I can only watch others and the captain on the bridge from now on...

Don’t do that kind of thing! !

Could it be that this wave directly killed all my own people?

Just when the Herrscher of Fire and Fire was falling into self-doubt and her mood was getting low, there was a sudden mechanical sound of metal friction behind her, and the door opened automatically.

The Herrscher of Fire and Flame quickly put away his depressed expression and turned around quickly.

"Aunt? No...you are..."

"Stargazing." The visitor frowned her pretty eyebrows, her young and serious face full of dissatisfaction, "It's been so long, why haven't you realized that I'm not Theresa?"

"You two are really so alike..." The Herrscher of Fire and Flame shrank his neck and muttered softly.

Seeing the humble appearance of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame, Guanxing's expression softened a little. She gently fanned the feather fan in her hand and said calmly: "...I don't deny the similarity in appearance, but, whether it is the style of doing things or the way of speaking, Theresa and I should have decisive differences that are enough for people to immediately identify. Please be careful in the future. No matter what the reason is, it is very impolite to misjudge someone. I hope you can remember this."

"What? Why are you nagging like an aunt..." The Herrscher of Firewood muttered, "I'm already grown up."

Guanxing paused slightly in fanning herself, her eyes wandering, as if she had thought of something through the low-pitched complaining of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame.

In a trance, she seemed to have returned to the former Huang Empire. At that time, she would always be unable to resist giving advice to the Second Prince Kiana, just like now. However, the Second Prince Kiana always accepted the advice without changing, which made her and Prime Minister Rita helpless... Thinking of this, Guanxing sighed and shook her head: "Indeed, forcing others to do something that you can't do yourself is an arrogant and rude approach. In this way, I really don't blame you for your position."

"Ah?" The Herrscher of Firewood was stunned. Although she didn't know why Guanxing suddenly said that, she almost subconsciously thought that it was her words that angered the other party. She quickly shook her head and began to admit her mistake very skillfully: "No, no, no, no, it's true that I was too rude. Guanxing, you are right, it's my fault!"

"Let's get this over with for now, otherwise it will be endless. I don't really care about it." Guanxing shook his head, raised the feather fan in his hand, and pointed to the entrance of the bridge. "For the next period of time, you should go back to Hyperion and wait for orders. Leave this to me."

"Ah?" The Herrscher of Firefire was stunned. She hesitated, "But..."

"The duty schedule for the guards was not ordered by the captain himself, but someone else used the captain's terminal to issue instructions without authorization." Guanxing narrowed his eyes and looked at the Herrscher of Fire with a meaningful look. "Since it was not the captain's order, then naturally, there is no need for us to insist on executing it."

"..." The Herrscher of Fire and Flame was speechless for a moment and lowered his head in embarrassment.

"The Hyperion is under the charge of your aunt and your commander. My duties have ended so far," Guanxing said. "As for consciousness mapping, let's not talk about Theresa being excluded from the list of consciousness mapping. I have said before that I am not Theresa's parallel world counterpart. In my world, the country called Huang Empire, there is another human being named Theresa."

After saying that, Guan Xing waved the feather fan in his hand at the Herrscher of Fire and Flame, as if he was the master here, and ordered him to leave: "So, you go back, leave this place to me for the time being."

"..."For some reason, Guanxing's words made the Herrscher of Fire and Flame sound a little lonely.

But since she has already ordered me to leave, it means that Guanxing probably doesn't want me to stay here any longer.

The Herrscher of Fire pursed his lips and nodded: "Okay, I understand."

She raised her feet and moved towards the entrance of the bridge.

When passing by Guanxing, the Herrscher of Fire suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" asked Guanxing.

"Um..." The Herrscher of Fire and Fire hesitated for a moment, "If you encounter any difficulties, I hope you can discuss it with all of us. After all, no matter what our backgrounds are, everyone on this Hyperion has become a companion, and companions should rely on and help each other."

“Oh…?” Guanxing tilted his head and chuckled, “Are you too perceptive, or is my expression too obvious? However, since you have already noticed it, I will not deny it.”

"So...?" There was a hint of expectation in the eyes of the Herrscher of the Fire.

"Don't worry." Guanxing walked to the bridge, turned around, and looked at the Herrscher of Fire and Flame. "If that time really comes, I will borrow your power without hesitation."