The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

What should I do? Aponya murmured softly, gently covering the side of her face.

Aponya would stubbornly stick to his own ideas, not out of selfish desires.

Just as Fu Hua had said before, the ultimate goal of their action this time was to separate the world of the previous civilization era under the premise that the planet reset by the [Cocoon] was completely consistent with the [starting point] of the current civilization era.

As the only hero among all the Valkyries on the Hyperion who has experience in the [Avatar World] besides Misterine [Weaver Dream Banner], Aponia's mission is to use the threads of fate that are controlled by the [Cocoon] above the heads of all humans to connect those threads of fate to the [Artificial Earth] jointly constructed by several people who possess the Law of Reason.

In the final analysis, for most people in this world, the so-called [thread of fate] is not necessarily a completely bad thing. Even if the so-called [thread of fate] is lost, it does not mean that human beings have gained true freedom.

In other words, as long as humans live in human society, they must abide by the laws that govern the operation of this society.

In essence, the [thread of fate] is just a physical law that is difficult to violate. It has no concept of good and evil, nor does it have the so-called distinction between good and bad. It simply determines [what path a person will take].

But to be fair, even without the [Thread of Fate], the vast majority of humans still have a predetermined lifespan. As the saying goes, everyone is mortal one day, some are heavier than Mount Tai, some are lighter than a feather. After separating the entire world before the civilization era, they will not be disturbed by the collapse, and of course they have lost the way to be exempted from the limit of their lifespan through the power of the collapse.

[Cocoon] can control the fate of mankind through its unique means. Li Shubai, Kiana, and Kevin, who have been deprived of all the power of [Cocoon], of course also have similar abilities.

After the pre-civilization era is completely separated, let it become a world without collapse and without any special power - this is Li Shubai's decision, and it is also a decision passed unanimously by Kevin, Su, and the rest of the heroes. When this great task is completely completed, Kevin and the rest of the heroes can travel freely between Hyperion and that world. After all, for them, the new [pre-civilization era] will be [their original world].

Therefore, Aponia could not agree with the insistence of the Ruler of Consciousness.

How could the Herrscher of Knowledge not know what Aponya knew? Her expression changed several times. Although she wanted to teach that little antique a lesson from the bottom of her heart, she knew that, unlike the other heroes on the Hyperion, even if she used consciousness mapping to teach that young little antique a lesson, it would probably not have much impact on the two Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] and [Valkyrie·Xun Yu] on the Hyperion.

But if I give in now, who will pay for the injustice I suffered the past two days? The Herrscher of Knowledge closed his eyes, thinking with a tangled heart.

At this time, Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather] suddenly put her slightly red face close to the ear of the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Perhaps because she was too entangled, the Herrscher of Consciousness did not keep her power of consciousness activated at this moment. So, after hearing Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather]'s whisper, she first showed an incredible expression, and then in the next second, the incredible expression instantly turned into ecstasy.

The Herrscher of Consciousness secretly glanced at the other Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] present, and then imitated the posture of Fu Hua [Valkyrie · Xun Yu] a second ago, and quietly put her mouth close to Fu Hua [Valkyrie · Xun Yu]'s ear. After getting the other party's affirmative answer, she raised her arm and stretched out her index finger, pointing at the slightly red tip of Fu Hua [Valkyrie · Xun Yu]'s nose, as if she was afraid that the other party would go back on her word.

"You said it, old antique!" The Herrscher of Knowledge said sternly, "You are not allowed to regret it! And you are not allowed to make excuses!"

"When have I ever lied to you?" Fu Hua [Female Martial Goddess Xun Yu] sighed.

“Hmph, that’s hard to say.” The Herrscher of Knowledge put his hands on his hips, raised his nose high, and put on a proud expression as if he had won. “However, I am a magnanimous person, so I will not pursue the bad things you did in the parallel world!”

Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] frowned slightly. For some reason, when her other self [Valkyrie Swift Feather] was whispering with the Herrscher of Knowledge, a chill suddenly ran up her spine as if someone had ambushed her.

She rolled up her sleeves and spoke in her usual elegant voice: "What are you two talking about?"

"It's nothing, she just promised me a condition, so I was magnanimous and decided to take a step back." The Herrscher of Knowledge said confidently with an unwavering tone, "Do a good job! Aponya! Don't let us down!"

"What did you... promise her?" Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] ignored the Herrscher of Knowledge and decisively turned her gaze to her other self [Valkyrie Swift Feather], whose face was slightly red. "If this naughty child acts naughty again, why not let's discipline her together?"

The Herr of Knowledge was furious: "Bah! You are the naughty child, your whole family is naughty children!"

"Nothing, you misunderstood." Fu Hua [Valkyrie Swift Feather] let out a breath, and the blush on her face faded away. Although her expression was not as elegant as [Yun Mo Dan Xin]'s, she had returned to her usual serious and rigid state. "I just gave Xiao Shi a chance. As for whether she can seize this opportunity, that is Xiao Shi's own concern. It has nothing to do with me."

“Is that so?” Although she still instinctively felt that something was wrong, compared to the Herrscher of Consciousness, Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] was obviously more willing to believe in this other self [Valkyrie·Swift Feather] who came from the future and whose character was even better than her own, so she nodded without any doubt, “If that’s the case, then it couldn’t be better.”

"Hmm... Let me remind you that Kevin and the captain are probably still waiting for us to do the mapping work." At this time, seeing that the dispute between the Herrscher of Knowledge and Aponia had been successfully settled, Sakura [Divine Suit: Forgetfulness] couldn't help but raise her hand, "Vilvi has asked Miss Kiana who is following behind her to send us the time and space coordinates. If we don't start quickly, the power that Kevin and the captain use to maintain the time and space rift will probably be lost in vain..."

Although the consciousness mapping system can indeed ignore the barriers of time and space to a certain extent, no matter how it ignores time and space, it is difficult to immediately project their consciousness onto "themselves" from 50,000 years ago relying solely on consciousness mapping.

Therefore, while the consciousness mapping continues, as a bridge between the two times, several Herrschers who have usurped the power of [The End] must constantly use the time power sealed in [Cocoon] to maintain the space-time rift between the present era and fifty thousand years ago.

Compared to other heroes including Kevin, Sakura [Godly Costume·Forget] is probably the most enthusiastic and anxious person. Even though she already has Feiyumaru, which can be regarded as finding her sister, Ling, Feiyumaru is ultimately an invisible creature that has lost its physical body.

If, for the other heroes except Kevin, this action is and is only a great feat to change the fate of the world, then for Sakura [Godly Suit·Don't Forget], this action is a redemption for herself and her family.

Chapter 4 Record Coverage (k)

——In the pre-civilization era, the key of stagnation, the hibernation of all things, was activated one hour and twenty minutes ago.

In the steel house that was so cold that there was no trace of human touch, Kevin slowly looked around.

He frowned, and suddenly turned his gaze towards the long-haired girl who was packing something, and asked expressionlessly: "Danzhu, have you seen Mebius and the others?"

Danzhu, who was wearing a white coat, was obviously startled when his name was suddenly called without any psychological preparation.

She raised her young-looking face and looked into Kevin's emotionless ice-blue eyes. She couldn't help shrinking her neck and shook her head cautiously: "I... I didn't see Dr. Mebius either. Maybe... he... went outside?"

"...?"

Went outside? At this time? Kevin frowned even more after getting the answer.

He first nodded and thanked Danzhu for answering his question. Then he raised his foot without hesitation and strode towards the gate of the underground base.

The world outside the base is a desolate desert. The wreckage of buildings is sunken in the sand. The sky is full of stars, and a crescent moon hangs high on the edge of the Milky Way.

The moment they walked out of the door, a sudden wave of Honkai energy that was enough to kill ordinary people instantly hit. Although the fate mechanism named [End] had not yet entered the operating state, the Honkai energy fluctuations that completely enveloped this blue planet just by activating the preparations had already turned the earth into a hell where no life was allowed to exist.

Even if these fusion warriors were exposed to this concentration of Honkai energy without any protection, they would probably only last less than half an hour. Why, under such circumstances, would Mebius... and even Eden and Hua, inexplicably leave the underground base?

With this question in mind, Kevin began to scan the surrounding desert and quickly locked onto the target of his trip.

"You three, what are you doing?"

For some reason, Mebius, Eden and Hua, who had gathered together, turned their faces at the same time and faced Kevin.

Kevin was suddenly stunned. Although it was quite rare to see these three Yingjies with completely different personalities and ideas standing together to discuss something, compared to the "easement" and "peace" he saw in their eyes that had not appeared for a long time, the former, although rare, was not completely impossible.

His eyes suddenly turned cold. As members of the Thirteen Heroes, Kevin naturally regarded the three of them as his companions. But at the same time, he had to admit that the abnormal performance and behavior of these three companions were so unfamiliar to him.

"I'll ask you again, what are you three doing?"

Kevin scanned the pupils of Mebius, Eden and Hua in turn. When he looked at Hua, his gaze couldn't help but pause slightly.

Unlike Mobius and Eden, who he had never been able to see through, among these three heroes, only the younger generation Hua... could be said to be quite familiar to Kevin.

But for some reason, even Hua's eyes seemed to Kevin to be unfamiliar and unfathomable, not to mention Mebius and Eden.

For a long time in the past, Hua was a relatively confused person. Although he, who had always been following behind MEI, was not much better, compared with him, Hua, who could almost be said to have no opinion of his own, was even more excessive.

However, the Hua standing in front of him had swept away all the confusion of the past, and instead, was replaced by a kind of carefreeness that was almost detached, and as solid as a rock.

...That unfathomable feeling was as if Hua had inexplicably lived hundreds or even thousands of years longer in just half a day.

"Ask us what we are doing? Haha." Mobius lazily lay on the suitcase suspended in the air, his vertical snake pupils flashing a hint of undisguised mockery, "Of course it is to preserve the flame of civilization. As a fellow hero, you will not forget our mission, will you?"

"If you want to preserve the spark of civilization, the most important thing to do is to return to the underground base and enter a stagnant state with the hibernation chamber." Kevin said calmly, "Although it will take some time for the end to be fully activated, you should know that this planet is being cleansed by 'collapse' and every inch of land has been occupied by radiation that is enough to kill fusion fighters. Even you and I, just standing on the surface, are constantly losing our lives."

"Well, let me ask you, MEI's little follower." Mebius smiled, "In your opinion, the lives of the three of us... have we already started to count down?"

Kevin didn't answer.

He was not blind, so of course he could tell at a glance that the three men were in very good mental condition. He could also clearly sense that these three heroes... did not seem to be affected much by the collapsed energy floating in the air.

He raised his arms, hugged his chest, and took a deep breath: "Are you guys not going to enter the hibernation chamber?"

"No." Mebius shrugged, "Let's not talk about Eden for now. At least... Hua will return to the hibernation chamber with you after we finish what we need to do."

"It's just that... before letting her enter the hibernation chamber with you, the three of us have a special task to complete."

"Special mission?" Kevin frowned slightly, and the air around him suddenly became cold as if it had frozen. "Why don't you explain it more clearly? In addition to the 'Stigmata', 'Fire' and 'Eternal Sands', what other missions did MEI entrust to you?"

"Heh, Kevin, did you misunderstand something?" Mebius snorted coldly, "When did I say that the mission we are carrying out was assigned to us by MEI?"

"You know that's not the point I want to ask." The cold air surrounding Kevin became stronger and stronger, and the cold air almost froze the cheeks of the three people. "Tell me, what are you doing?"

"..." Mobius let out a long breath. She supported her forehead and rubbed it gently twice, as if she was quite disappointed with Kevin's reaction. "Compared to what we are doing, shouldn't you, a semi-illiterate who doesn't even have a bachelor's degree, first ask 'what consequences will we cause by doing this'?"

Sharp ice spikes instantly formed around Mebius, but just as Kevin was about to use more direct means to force Mebius to tell the truth, several tortuous chain-like energies, carrying a huge amount of pressure, instantly crushed the thorns condensed by Kevin.

Seeing this, he turned his gaze towards Eden. On her right hand, which was covered with a black and gold glove, was floating a black sphere covered with metal patterns. Her graceful features were as lazy as ever, and she said slowly in a soothing and peaceful tone: "Don't be too anxious, Kevin. You should know that neither I nor Hua... and of course Dr. Mobius, would have any ill will towards you. And what we want to do will not have any impact on you."

"You, Hua, and Su will all become the forerunners of the next era as originally planned, and each of you will carry out the plan assigned to you by Dr. MEI. However, before that, we need to completely replicate 'everything' at 'this moment' on this planet. That's all."

"Reprint?" Kevin frowned.

"Still don't understand?" Mobius sneered. "For me, Eden, and Hua, this world that is about to be reset by [The End] actually comes from the history of 50,000 years ago. In order to prevent the 'future' from being deviated by what we are doing, and to be able to cut our era from the long river of time into another cloned world, we must record the two moments of this planet before the advent of [Hershers of the Origin] and after the advent of [Hershers of the End] in a one-to-one ratio."

At the moment when Mebius finished speaking, a crack in space suddenly appeared in mid-air.

With a low roar, a huge God's Key in the shape of a locomotive drove out from the crack. Su stood on the roof of the second God's Key, his beautiful face showing obvious fatigue. He lowered his face slightly, and after seeing the dead man in confrontation, his eyes couldn't help but open slightly.

"Wait! Kevin! Don't do anything yet!"

Su jumped down from the roof of the Second God's Key without hesitation. He landed right in the middle of Kevin and the three women. Facing Kevin's direction, he spoke with a rare hint of anxiety in his tone: "I can testify that they are not 'Mobius', 'Eden', and 'Hua' from our time. The reason they are standing here is to help the era that belongs to us."

Seeing Su's anxious look, Kevin's expression could not help but ease a little, but he did not retreat, nor did he leave because of Su's words. Instead, he cleared the surrounding environment and continued to ask: "I need a reason."

"Hahaha, isn't the explanation just now clear enough?" Mobius couldn't help laughing. "I've already said that we plan to cut out our era from the history recorded by the 'cocoon'. Ah, I forgot, you probably don't know what the so-called 'cocoon' is now, right?"

“…” Kevin ignored Mobius who was mocking him, and just looked at Su silently.

"Mobius, please say less." Su shook his head gently. He sighed, took out a Bodhi leaf that stored a lot of information, turned around and handed the leaf to Mobius. "The Second God's Key has successfully recorded all the states of the Earth at this moment. I'll trouble you with the next thing. If possible, please..."

"There's no need to be so polite between heroes and heroes." Eden smiled slightly. "If it was Ellie, she probably wouldn't want to see us become so unfamiliar."

"...Yeah." Su took a few deep breaths, but just as he was about to return to the Second God's Key, Hua suddenly stopped him.

"Wait, Sue."

"……? Anything else?"

"If possible, can you go back with us to the time before Alicia was born?" Hua said briefly, "In addition to recording [this moment], I hope to gather as many heroes as possible to help us."

Su hesitated for a moment: "But, according to your plan, shouldn't I have been carrying out the Hengsha Plan in the Second God's Key?"

"It doesn't matter. At the moment when 'history' is replicated, whether it's me, Mobius, or you and Kevin, we will all return to our original state according to the [records] read by the [cocoon] and follow the law of time." Hua Yan said concisely, "However, unlike this [moment] when most lives have died, the [moment] when Alicia was born was still in a fairly prosperous state. In addition to the one-to-one replica of the Earth, we also need to record all the population of that world in the Stigmata space. Only in this way can we maintain history while transferring everything in [that moment] to the Earth we cloned."

"Kevin in our timeline is working with two other Herrschers who have obtained the power of [End] to keep the time rift open. Su...is temporarily unable to move because he used [Horizon Inversion] to detect the entire world at super power." Hua scratched his head and said awkwardly, "So, in addition to recording [this moment] when the planet is about to enter the reset state, the reason we came here is to ask for your help."

"What do you need me to do?" Before Su opened his mouth to respond, Kevin's calm voice sounded first, "Also, you don't need to ask me for this kind of thing."

Although he looked cold on the surface, only Kevin himself knew how turbulent the storm was in his heart at that moment.

Rather than saying something a bit bland like "You don't need to ask me for this kind of thing", he actually wanted to say to Hua - if you want to do this kind of thing, why didn't you tell me earlier! Tell me what I should do! What do I need to pay? !

"Hmph." Mebius snorted lightly, but she did not continue to mock Kevin. Instead, she played with her hair and said in a light tone: "Follow me."

After saying this, without waiting for anyone else's response, she slowly floated away in a certain direction in the desert.

Chapter 4: Information Overlay, Unchanged "History" (k)

Under the shining moonlight and the starry sky, the world was drenched in a beautiful yet lifeless silver-gray color, with no visible edge.

The dead silent desert began to flow before the eyes of the five heroes. A metal gate pushed away the nearby sand and gravel, and then opened automatically.

Sue and Kevin's eyebrows twitched at the same time. They looked at each other and saw a little surprise in each other's eyes.

"What is this?" Kevin asked.

"Don't ask too much. You won't understand anyway." Mebius answered with a contemptuous tone.

After the clear and childish voice fell, Mebius floated into the gate.

This is a narrow underground passage, with no light source around it, and the deep passage is only wide enough for one person to pass through. Seeing Hua and Eden following Mebius without hesitation, Kevin was silent for a moment, but finally took his own steps and walked into this underground passage that he was completely unaware of with Su.

The sound of the heroes' soles colliding with the steel tunnel echoed continuously in the pitch-dark underground space.

From the day when the Ninth Herrscher completely destroyed the "Mu Continent", the world's economic and technological center and the "former headquarters" of the Fire Moth, to the day when the Herrscher of the End descended on the moon, the actual time was not even more than three years.

The Ninth Herrscher destroyed the social structure of mankind, the Tenth Herrscher destroyed more than half of the major cities, and the Eleventh Herrscher slaughtered human civilization to only three cities left... After the complete destruction of the former headquarters of the Fire Moth, because the industrial efficiency was greatly reduced, the newly built bases actually only had simple defensive capabilities.

Apart from the underground diving chamber where the Key of Stasis and the Hibernation of All Things were buried, Kevin had the impression that the Fire Moth should not have set up any other underground bases.

The floor of the corridor was covered with a thin layer of dust, and the metal cracks all around made people wonder if it would fall apart in the next second. But just as Kevin frowned slightly, their eyes suddenly lit up.

It is hard to imagine that the Fire Moths dug out such a huge space under this newly built base. Although the base itself has gradually collapsed when [The End] began to be activated, and even the corridor above this underground space is in danger, this underground space itself is the only one that still retains everything intact.

Countless circuit lines extended from the main unit in the center to the various interfaces on the wall. The moment the five heroes set foot in this underground space, bright blue beams shot out from all directions. They intertwined in mid-air and projected a virtual image of a puppet girl.

The moment she opened her eyes and saw the five heroes standing in front of her, the expressionless doll girl fell into an obvious daze.

——No, because it is artificial intelligence, perhaps it would be more accurate to describe it as "downtime".

Born from code, she could not understand why the only five heroes left in the world would inexplicably appear before her eyes with less than two hours before [The End] was about to start running.

After a long delay, the puppet girl spoke in an inorganic voice: "Hello, heroes, I am No. 17. Although it is a pleasant surprise to see you all here, from a rational point of view, I don't understand why you appeared here before entering the hibernation chamber. This should be a meaningless thing."

"—Wait, Dr. Mebius, what are you doing?"

Hearing Prometheus' voice that suddenly carried a hint of surprise and confusion, Kevin and Su simultaneously turned their gazes to the bottom of the virtual image - the location of the host computer that stored the artificial intelligence "Prometheus".

She first inserted a memory card into the interface of the host running Prometheus, then took out the Bodhi leaf that Su had just handed her and placed it on top of the host.

The next moment, Prometheus's virtual image suddenly flickered as if it was affected by electromagnetic interference.

——Then, without any warning, he fell from mid-air.

"well??"