The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Then Kevin and Li Shubai closed their mouths at the same time.

They all turned their gazes in Su's direction.

Seeing his best friend and the captain looking at him with strange eyes, Su couldn't help but feel ashamed: "...Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Li Shubai's expression changed for a long time. Finally, he shook his head gently: "No, this is indeed a question worth discussing. Hiss - I completely forgot about this."

Kevin's eyes widened, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly: "You, are you really going to make us all go through... that..."

"Well, I know you're anxious, but don't worry, let me worry first." Li Shubai was sweating profusely. Because of Su's reminder, he suddenly realized some very fucking problems. "Compared to you 'natives' who were born in this era and can always find a solution, why don't you help me think about how to make the appearance of Alicia and the fall of Qianjie more normal?"

Kevin and Sue opened their mouths but couldn't utter a word.

Although they were all experienced heroes with countless experiences, Su had taken a completely different path in scientific research from Mebius, Vilvi and the others, but...forgive their ignorance, they really didn't know how to answer Li Shubai's question.

In a society without collapse, how to make the appearance of Alicia and Qianjie seem normal... Let alone Kevin and Su, even if Alicia and Qianjie came by themselves, they would probably feel confused.

"How about..." After hesitating for a long time, perhaps because he couldn't bear to continue looking at Li Shubai's embarrassed expression, Su made a decision that went against his conscience and moral standards for the first time in a long time, "Let Aponiya and I...control the consciousness of the people who met Qianjie and Alicia in that world as little as possible to affect their lives?"

"...Maybe this is the only way." Li Shubai rubbed his brows and smiled bitterly. "As for your problems, it's easy to solve. If it really doesn't work, I can just postpone the time of 'planet rewriting' a little bit."

"There is still about a month left before Alicia's birth, and Alicia... is a Herrscher who escaped from the control of the 'Cocoon'. In a sense, she can't even be considered a 'Herscher' in the narrow sense."

"Normal Herrschers are Honkai Apostles born from humans as carriers. Compared to ordinary Herrschers, she and the 'Herrscher of Corrosion' of the next era are more like 'entities directly condensed from power itself'."

"As for Qianjie, well... let me think about it..." Li Shubai pondered for a long time, "How about I find a way to intercept him first?"

Chapter 4: Consciousness Transfer (k)

"...Have you asked Qianjie about his wishes?" Su asked softly.

“No.” Li Shubai shook his head. “However, his will itself is not important. To put it bluntly, before falling to the earth, Qianjie himself had no way to control the trajectory of his body through the universe.”

"And to be honest, whether that guy simply flew to Earth from space... this matter itself should be questioned."

Li Shubai is not interested in snooping into other people's memories, but due to his characteristic of being a "bystander" for a long time watching this story, and the ability of Hyperion to spy on various "different possibilities from the future", Li Shubai still knows many things that are regarded as "privacy" and "secrets" by others.

Those things, of course, also included Qianjie's memory, whose underwear was completely seen through during the Herrscher of Corrosion incident.

According to what the Ruler of Corrosion said in a certain world line, Qianjie is not actually a human being in the true sense - or at least, he cannot be considered a human being born on Earth.

Before arriving on Earth, Qianjie had been wandering in the universe, and eventually, due to a number of coincidences, he fell into a village that was nearly massacred by Honkai beasts.

Although those ignorant villagers inflicted many inhuman abuses on Qianjie, Qianjie did not resist their atrocities.

Of course, this time, Li Shubai would not allow Qianjie to suffer such unfair treatment again.

However, before deciding on Qianjie's identity in the "new world", Li Shubai had to take Qianjie's special characteristics into consideration in the plan.

According to the data observed by Su using the Second God's Key's event horizon inversion, the world dominated by the "Cocoon of the End" has a specific range that far exceeds the Earth-Moon system, but it cannot reach other planets - that is to say, if the so-called "planet" is the anchor point of space, then the boundary of this world centered on the Earth is probably at the center point of the Earth and Venus.

Of course, although the boundary of the world dominated by the cocoon is the center point of the Earth and Venus, it does not mean that they have no power to cross the edge of the world.

From the satellite data of Tianming and the observation results of Hyperion, Li Shubai already knew that the universe was filled with imaginary space that was difficult to cross.

The imaginary space is filled with mysterious imaginary forces, which isolate one galaxy after another.

If the concentration of power reaches a certain limit, not to mention matter, even light will find it difficult to move freely in the imaginary space.

It is difficult for light to move in the imaginary space, which means that from the perspective of the earth, they cannot even observe most things in the universe normally.

But at the same time, humans in this world can normally see the twinkling stars in the sky at night.

Based on the two opposite phenomena that "light is difficult to travel in the imaginary space" and "humans on the ground can see the starry sky normally", Li Shubai once speculated that the so-called "edge of the world" is not a "surface" in the true sense, but refers to the maximum distance that matter can move in the imaginary space.

Similarly, although the imaginary space has the property of isolating light, this property is not insurmountable.

To use a metaphor, the imaginary space is probably like a piece of frosted glass that gradually changes from clear to blurred. Although it does block most things from the universe, there is still a considerable amount of light emitted by stars that successfully passes through the barrier of the imaginary space and reaches the range that can be observed by humans on Earth with the naked eye.

Let us assume such a possibility -

Since the "boundary of the world" is not a "surface" in the pure sense, but a space that gradually solidifies from sparse and eventually becomes a space that does not allow any material to cross.

So, suppose two planets gradually approach each other in the vast universe, what will happen?

Since planets are anchor points that anchor space, as long as the distance between two planets approaches a certain limit, the so-called "boundary" will of course gradually change from the original "completely insurmountable" to the category of "although still somewhat difficult, but not completely unreachable".

——In fact, it was for this reason that Su, who was implementing the Hengsha plan, met the "woman with the same identity as him" by coincidence.

The One Thousand Worlds is the Divine Key created from the core of the Herrscher of the Void, and the power of the Herrscher of the Void is the shadow cast by the "Cocoon" into the real world.

All powers controlled by the "cocoon" cannot take effect when out of the "cocoon". Therefore, no matter how many "parallel worlds" the Hengsha Project observes, those parallel worlds are, without exception, all products created by the original world "Earth".

In other words, through the Thousand Worlds and One Vehicle, the only world Su can see is "the earth itself."

——But in these parallel worlds, only the "himself with a female posture" observed by Su is an exception.

When the orbits of Venus and the Earth reached their closest position, Su, who was carrying out the Hengsha Plan, touched the boundary of the world dominated by Venus through the power of the Second God's Key.

...Under normal circumstances, this kind of unilateral "spying" actually has no possibility of being noticed by others.

In addition to manipulating space, the Second God's Key also has the ability to "accelerate time". That's why Su was able to witness "fifty thousand years" in countless parallel worlds in the Second God's Key.

But what a coincidence.

At the same moment when Su used the power of the Second God Key to pass through the weak boundary of the world that could be barely touched by the power—

——The "Su" from Venus happened to use the power of the Second God's Key and touched the "world border" on the Venus side.

Because of this brief contact, the worlds respectively ruled by Venus and the Earth established a connection for a very short time.

Taking the "world link" at that moment as an opportunity, the woman with the same identity as Su crossed the gap that would have been difficult to cross even with the Second God's Key.

She captured Su's location and hunted him for a long time.

But in the end, as an "outsider", she was still defeated by Suna's deeper understanding of the earth.

——Even the two "Su" who also wield the Second God's Key can barely cross the imaginary space only under such a coincidence. Why can the thousand disasters falling from the sky fall all the way from outside the world boundary to the earth?

Although Qianjie, as an outsider, is different from Kevin and other locals, he is not controlled by the "cocoon" and can exert his own strength outside the world. However, although Qianjie's physical strength is very strong, it should not be strong enough to move freely in the imaginary space.

While he was thinking, a bright and strong light suddenly flashed outside the window. The three men standing outside the meeting room looked at each other and walked to the edge of the window at the same time.

"Aponia, it has already started." Li Shubai raised his head and looked at the golden lines behind the clouds from afar.

As the earth was surrounded by several spells shaped like a magic cube, an incomparable spiritual force, in an extremely brutal manner, forcefully intervened in the consciousness of all human beings in the world.

At the same time that Li Shubai, Kevin and others were modifying the memories of everyone in the world who knew about the collapse, the Hyperion, located in low-Earth orbit, was also setting up a comprehensive network similar to the "Stigmata Project" on the Earth.

"Is that the spiritual mark of Aponya?" Kevin's ice-blue eyes revealed a trace of surprise, which was very rare. "Can she actually do this?"

"Of course, she can't do it alone." Li Shubai looked at the golden lines behind the clouds expressionlessly. "So, while modifying the memories of these people, I also put a considerable amount of Yudu dust into their consciousness. They will serve as a "net" to connect the consciousness of all mankind, and provide support and assistance for Aponya's ongoing consciousness transfer."

"Of course...Aponia is not the only one waiting in the Hyperion in low-Earth orbit."

——Low Earth Orbit, Hyperion.

Aponia knelt on the cold ground of the bridge, crossed her fingers on her chest, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly under the strong light.

She had a pious expression, her eyes closed, and her graceful figure, dressed in revealing nun clothes, was shrouded in a sacred aura like that of a god.

"[Please], come into my arms."

As her soft, thin lips opened and closed, the words that sounded like an oracle allowed Aponia's "commandments" to pass through the global consciousness network and directly enter the deep consciousness of all souls in the world without any hindrance.

The window in front of the bridge shows the earth wrapped in golden lines. Standing at the entrance of the bridge, Rita [Lost Rosemary] holds up a lantern that attracts souls. She silently looks at Aponia, who imposes "commandments" on all humans in the world. A solemn and nervous expression flashes across her charming and seductive face.

After Li Shubai cleared everyone's knowledge of "Honkai Impact" in the world, and Eden and Mobius eliminated or transferred all traces of mankind on the planet, the "consciousness transfer" led by Aponia and Rita [Lost Rosemary] also began simultaneously.

"Consciousness transfer" - a huge plan based on the stigmata plan that Mistrine had implemented on Li Shubai, and improved by the Herrscher of Knowledge, Aponia, Su, and several Fu Hua.

In fact, the actual operation process of this plan is much simpler than the Stigma Plan.

However, compared to the Stigmata Project, whose ultimate goal is to "capture the end", the power that can be mobilized at the beginning of this plan's design is much greater.

At the moment when the golden lines enveloped the blue planet, deep blue rays of light rose from the surface.

From the perspective of the three people standing on the edge of the corridor of the Mu Continent Capitol, when Aponia unfolded the giant net to capture consciousness, the people walking on the street suddenly all stopped in place.

Blue rays of light appeared above their heads.

Those lights representing the soul, like a swarm of insects that smelled the scent of honey, rushed towards the giant golden net in the sky, and then hid in the gaps in the golden light and disappeared completely.

At the same time, Aponia opened her clenched fingers.

The common will of the world's seven billion people has immersed the entire Hyperion in a deep soul light.

The next second, the light of the soul-guiding lantern shone brightly, and the souls scattered in the air rushed into the lantern that Rita [Lost Rosemary] held high in the air.

Although there are several "ether singularities" filling the soul-guiding lanterns, the products from the world bubble are ultimately unable to fully accommodate all the population of the original world.

Accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, a glaring crack appeared on the surface of the lantern.

"…Back off, Rita."

——Fortunately, before the plan started, Captain Li Shubai had already predicted this situation.

Therefore, for the Hyperion, even if the lantern that holds the souls has reached its limit, it is still far from being helpless.

"Leave the rest of the work to me."

Rita [Lost Rosemary] turned around and bowed slightly to the visitor with a calm expression. She did not choose to continue to show off alone, but handed the work in her hands to the other party very neatly: "Thank you for your trouble, Master Fu Hua."

"You don't need to call me sir. You have worked so hard for our era. It is only right for me to express my gratitude to you." Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] shook her head gently, then shifted her gaze to the lantern in Rita [Lost Rosemary]'s hand. Her elegant expression suddenly flashed with a hint of deep reminiscence.

If it is this time, then... my father should also be...

In less than a millisecond, Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin] immediately put away the weak feelings that emerged in her chest. She raised her bare hands lightly, and the gorgeous rainbow feathers slowly fell between her palms.

Before arriving at this era fifty thousand years ago, Li Shubai had already used more than half of the "Ether Singularity" to transform the soul-guiding lantern held by Rita [Lost Rosemary].

Although the container from the world bubble is still unable to fully accommodate the entire population of the original world.

But - if Yu Duchen, who is directly supplied with energy by the "cocoon", is added, the situation will naturally be very different.

A layer of fine sweat gradually covered Aponya's fair face.

She bit her tooth crown lightly and slightly opened her eyes which seemed to be squinting.

Although with the assistance of the Hyperion's massive power, the "commandments" she issued to seven billion people have undoubtedly taken effect.

But even so, her own mental power, which served as the fuel driving this plan, burned at an extremely fast rate as it led to the shift in consciousness of the global population.

However, Aponia's face, which was full of ascetic temperament, did not show any sign of retreat or fatigue.

Even though she was sweating profusely, her expression was still one of great relief.

This is the captain's wish, and also...my wish.

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to make a choice.

No, under the captain's leadership, the future has long been a very clear thing.

Therefore, all Abonya had to do was to work hard.

Work hard to realize your dreams and make up for all unfinished regrets.

Work hard to make sure that all the efforts made by the captain are rewarded with the results he deserves.

Chapter 4 Golden Courtyard (k)

Kevin woke up from his dream, sat up straight in his office chair, and stared blankly at the cold inorganic fluorescence on the computer screen.

It was a cloudless night outside the window, and the cold wind from the central air-conditioning made the air, which was so silent and almost frozen, start to flow.

Kevin couldn't help but shiver slightly.

For him who could control ice and snow, it was too incredible to feel cold just because of the cold air from the air conditioner. But at this moment, he had no spare brain capacity to think about why he became like this.

He stared blankly at the bottom of the computer screen.

In the dim light, a literary girl who looked a little shy sat in front of the open-air coffee table.

She stared straight at the person in front of the camera, her dark eyes full of wisdom. She was not as cold and emotionless as Kevin had imagined. Instead, she looked more like an ordinary little girl who was much smarter than ordinary people.

The previous second, he was standing at the door of the conference room in the Capitol, gazing at the huge project built by Aponia and waiting for the captain to give him instructions on the next course of action; but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly woke up in a dim office. Apart from the familiar yet unfamiliar photo of his girlfriend, there was even a pool of drool with a little warmth left on the edge of the desk.

Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going?

Just as Kevin's paramecium-like blank mind was completely filled with the three philosophical questions, memories and perceptions of his whole body flooded in like a tide.

The feeling of his arms being numbed by the edge of the desk; the marks of sleeve wrinkles remaining on his cheeks; and his weak perception ability, which was no different from that of ordinary humans, and he couldn't even feel the presence of breath upstairs or downstairs... This feeling of dreams and reality being replaced in an instant made Kevin even have the illusion that "everything should be this way" at the first moment.