The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

In the Eigenworld, "something" specifically refers to the Cocoon of the End.

Perhaps in another world, a more powerful civilization will discover a way to cross the boundary between real and imaginary numbers, but at least for the "clone earth" without Honkai energy and the world itself confined to the stigmata space, the human civilization of this world has completely lost the channel to communicate with imaginary numbers.

No matter how sophisticated Kiana and Bronya's control over the power of the Herrscher is, they cannot change the fact that Honkai energy itself is still a toxin.

No one knows what the consequences of using power will be in this world without Honkai energy, and Kiana and the others are certainly unwilling to take such unknown risks.

"So, Kiana and Mei, after all, can't be without Bronya." Bronya sighed softly and suddenly snapped her fingers.

In an instant, a huge machine appeared out of thin air.

Seeing Bronya recklessly using her special ability, Kiana couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Wait, didn't you say that I can't use power? Then why——"

"Have you forgotten how this planet was cloned?" Bronya said quietly.

Kiana opened her mouth, a little confused: "It was... copied by you using the power of reason..."

"It's good that you still remember." Bronya said calmly, "Except for the few spiritual perception systems that maintain the stigmata space, Bronya is the real 'god' on this planet. From a certain perspective, the land we stand on and the ocean over there are all products of the power of the Ruler of Reason."

"Borrow a little bit of the materials native to the clone planet... and turn them into what Bronya wants. In this process, no additional Houkai energy will be involved, so as long as the planet is not consumed, Bronya can use her power freely."

After that, Bronya controlled the huge machine to unfold the projection, and whispered: "Let Bronya see where the captain is now..."

Following Bronya's gaze, Kiana and Raiden Mei turned their eyes to the virtual screen in mid-air.

After a moment of flash, the virtual screen displayed Li Shubai and the surrounding scene.

Looking at the scene displayed on the virtual screen and listening to the sound emitted by the external speaker module of the huge machine, the three Herrschers were stunned for a moment at the same time.

Bronya turned off the projection screen at lightning speed.

"Well... Bronya won't go to look for the captain anymore." She blushed, forced herself to remain calm, turned around, and walked stiffly towards the sea again, "You, you guys can do whatever you want."

"..."

"..."

Kiana and Raiden Mei looked away at the same time, stars in their eyes.

"Wait...!!" Suddenly, Mei Raiden's eyes widened as if she realized something dangerous, with a horrified expression, "The Vivi in ​​this world is just an ordinary person!!"

"Ordinary people?" Kiana was stunned for a moment, "Then what about what they just did——"

——It’s so crazy...

"Oh no!" Why did they meet? Why did the captain suddenly vent his anger on Velvet? Although it was not clear what happened, after seeing the scene on the projection screen, Velvet was begging for mercy and crying, but she was rolling her eyes happily. Raiden Mei felt something was wrong and rushed to Bronya's direction and grabbed her wrist, "Bronya, where did you find the captain just now?"

"Eh?" Bronya blushed, thought for half a second, and answered hesitantly, "In the bathroom at the construction site."

At the same time, Eden's private plane was flying quickly over the Pacific Ocean.

"Hmm..." The bright light outside the porthole made Kevin slowly open his eyes, "...Is it noon already?"

"To be exact, only about two and a half hours had passed." A calm and even voice came from the seat next to him.

Perhaps because there were other passengers sleeping, MEI spoke in a low voice: "Maybe you can sleep a little longer. We still need at least two and a half hours to reach the Aloha State."

"Forget it. I won't want to go back to sleep after I wake up." Kevin yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. "Come to think of it, this seems to be our first time traveling together."

"Indeed, although I have always said that before the wedding, I must go on a trip with my lover, but at that time, both travel and wedding were too far away for us." MEI said softly, "And in my second life in this world, because of the special nature of this world, I have been wasting time on scientific research."

"Uh..." Kevin didn't know how to respond to MEI's words, so he could only scratch his silver hair awkwardly.

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of ungrateful person, I'm just sighing meaninglessly." MEI saw Kevin's embarrassment and smiled silently, "However, this kind of group trip with everyone doesn't seem to be considered a couple's trip. After the matter between the captain and Wei Wei is cleared up, you have to accompany me well, just the two of us."

“……”For some reason, Kevin’s expression became even more embarrassed.

Is it about the captain and Vivi?

As the one who received the favor, Kevin was naturally grateful for Li Shubai's feelings.

If Li Shubai needs anything, Kevin is willing to do anything for the captain who saved an era.

But when it comes to the matter of feelings, even someone like Kevin doesn't dare to save him.

Chapter 4: The Smoke of War (k)

In Kevin's 50,000-year life, most of the time, he was a hero who was willing to risk his own life in the face of danger.

As the leader of the Thirteen Heroes of Zhu, and the man who bears the name of savior, Kevin rarely shows negative emotions such as fear and cowardice even when facing the real end of the world.

But even so, Kevin absolutely did not want to put himself in danger by interfering in the emotional relationship between his colleague and his benefactor.

Now he doesn't want to die for such unclear reasons at all - it is better to say that even in that depressing period when he could ignore his own life and death, Kevin was not the kind of person who truly ignored life.

Today, the destroyed civilization has been successfully restored. Although the existence of this world is very different from the Earth where they originally lived at that time, Kevin will not be entangled with profound concepts such as "human beings" and "civilization" like Mebius and Dr. MEI.

For Kevin, what’s important is that the people and things he cherishes have returned to him, and that’s enough.

Although... those companions that I was very familiar with seemed to have developed various unclear relationships with a certain arsonist.

As the image of the "captain" gradually emerged in his mind, Kevin couldn't help but turn his head and look at several other seats in the private plane.

Because the flight took off late at night, almost all the passengers except Kevin and MEI were dozing with their eyes closed. Only Eden opened a dressing mirror and quietly maintained the elegant makeup on her face, which was still noble and breathtaking even without any modification.

Perhaps noticing Kevin's gaze, Eden turned around and smiled gently.

"..." He was clearly the leader of the Thirteen Heroes, but for some reason, when facing the face of the "fourth" who was filled with calmness and grace, Kevin could not help but cough and snorted, and looked away with a little embarrassment.

Seeing Kevin's big boy-like reaction, MEI's expression couldn't help but soften a little.

To be honest, when MEI first learned the truth, I was actually quite worried about Kevin's mental state.

MEI knew her lover too well. Even though she died in the pre-civilization era and was unable to continue walking with Kevin 50,000 years later, with MEI's intelligence, she didn't even need to guess, she could clearly know what Kevin's life would be like in the future.

Deep down, MEI felt quite a bit of guilt and insecurity towards Kevin.

The relationship between her and Kevin was unequal from the beginning.

Although in that desperate civilization era, equality was a luxury, and MEI did not have the physical conditions to become a fusion warrior, so Kevin, whose life span was far beyond that of an ordinary person, was destined to go on alone. But even so, MEI did not think that this was a reason for him to feel at ease and leave Kevin alone in the second civilization era.

If she could hold out a little longer under the erosion of the collapse, then, at least during the period after the hibernation chamber was opened, MEI would be able to use more time to adjust Kevin's outlook on life and self-concept to a more open-minded level and to a level that could better integrate into the Second Civilization Era within a few decades.

After all, if he had not died from the collapse, but had been defeated by the natural life span of humans, then Kevin should also be able to...

Thinking of this, MEI couldn't help but shake his head and throw these meaningless imaginations out of his mind.

"MEI, what's wrong with you?" Feeling the movement coming from the seat next to him, Kevin turned his head and looked at MEI with some concern, "Did you not sleep well?"

"You misunderstood." Mei shook her head. She looked out the window, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised a gentle arc. "It's just that after those memories that don't belong here gradually revived, I felt that there was some irrational fat deep in my heart."

"Extra fat? Do you mean you've gained some weight?" Kevin glanced at the belly of Mei wrapped in a white coat, was silent for a while, and nodded seriously, "It seems that there is indeed a little, Mei, you seem to have neglected physical exercise. After returning to the Golden Courtyard this time, do you want to go with me to get a gym membership card?"

The corners of MEI's mouth that were raised froze instantly.

She turned her neck like a rusty doll, with a gentle but cold smile on her face: "Are you dissatisfied with your girlfriend's figure?"

“…Uh.” Kevin, realizing he had stepped on a landmine, looked at Mei’s expression and began sweating all of a sudden. He argued in a panic, “No, no, no! That’s not what I meant!”

MEI wasn't really angry. She put away her cold smile, put on a distressed expression, and gently pinched the white fat that was slightly exposed above the belt.

To be honest, in that desperate era, MEI's physical fitness was not bad.

Although he can't compare with a fusion warrior like Kevin, with the stimulation and assistance of various drugs, as well as the experience of traveling around various cities all year round, MEI's physical fitness and reaction speed are even better than most ordinary people.

It is also for this reason that during the Thousand Herrscher incident in the pre-civilization era, MEI was even able to use the power of the Blank Key to annihilate the Thousand Herrschers, many of whom were warriors in the human era.

Although her body suffered irreversible damage after the incident of the Thousand Herrscher, the fact that she can use the Blank Key itself means that MEI has the adaptability to use the Blank Key.

For ordinary people, using the Blank Key that links to the Herrscher's Core is no different from suicide.

However, so-called human beings are creatures that can only fully realize their potential in the most dangerous moments.

Even a rational monster like MEI is not immune to this.

The specific manifestation is that if we put aside the two external interferences, the Honkai disease and the erosion caused by the Blank Key, in this world far away from the threat of extinction and the collapse, MEI's physical fitness... is actually worse than when she lived in the First Civilization era.

Well, a little fatter too.

Before his memory was fully restored, MEI had been in the world's highest research institution, exploring the nature of this world with other researchers.

Because of the special nature of this world that is completely isolated by the Holy Mark Space, MEI was actually a little desperate for a long time.

During the time when MEI joined the First Research Institute of Mu Continent, they launched a large number of exploration satellites into outer space, but all returned empty-handed.

Even if they focus their gaze from outer space to the Earth where they have always lived, MEI and other researchers from the First Institute find it difficult to find traces of "time" on this planet.

——No, although there are quite a lot of fossils and ancient civilization relics on this planet, for some reason, the past before a certain point in time seems to have been erased by something.

Although there is no collapse and no threat of world destruction, the results inferred from the various phenomena they have explored all indicate that this seemingly peaceful world is actually just a huge "cage".

Moreover, due to the absolute power gap, let alone figuring out what exactly imprisoned this world, they couldn't even find the possibility of leaving the planet.

All along, MEI has devoted her whole body and mind to the study of the nature of the world, so even after the threat of civilization extinction has disappeared, MEI's level of business is not much better than she was in the First Civilization era.

It is also because of this kind of futile exploration that MEI has inevitably neglected many things after the threat of civilization extinction has been eliminated.

For example, the relationship between her and Kevin, her daily routine, her diet, her physical exercise, and her weight that was gradually starting to get out of control.

Feeling the soft touch of her fingertips, MEI's face, which was always full of rationality and wisdom, flashed a somewhat aggrieved expression for the first time.

As a normal woman, it is natural for her to feel angry after being called "fat" by her boyfriend.

But she was the MEI who was known for her rationality after all. After a brief moment of anger, her rationality regained control of her brain, forcing her to admit that Kevin's accusation was not groundless and without any evidence.

"Ah." She sighed quietly, "It seems that I really need to find some time to exercise properly."

Most of the time, human fear comes from the unknown.

So after getting all the truth from Kevin, Dr. MEI no longer feels despair about the current state of the world.

After all, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive it is, the world has become like this because of my boyfriend's efforts.

Since the original intention of the "captain" was to allow these people, who should have died long ago, to live happily, then as the side whose life and death were reversed, Dr. MEI naturally had no other thoughts except to thank the other party for his precious kindness.

"Well, there will be an opportunity soon." Before Dr. MEI could get rid of his sigh, Kevin suddenly stretched his upper body behind the seat.

"?" MEI turned her head and looked at Kevin with a puzzled look on her face. Kevin seemed to be looking for something. After a while, the latter untied a cloth bag tied behind the back of the seat.

He unzipped the bag, took out a pair of goggles, put them on her in front of her confused gaze, and then put on a pair of pure black goggles himself. He spoke quickly: "MEI, do you still remember how to skydive?"

"Huh?" Mei blinked in confusion, not understanding. "Skydiving? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Answer me, yes or no?" Kevin turned and stared at her wordlessly through his eyes behind black goggles.

At this moment, Kevin seemed to have returned to the time when he was a heroic savior.

The serious and unquestionable aura made MEI's heart skip a beat. She nodded subconsciously and tied the umbrella bag that Kevin handed to her on her body.

"But... I still remember how to dance..."

"Well, get ready--"

"Eh? Ready?"

"three two--"

"one!!"

moment.

With an extremely violent kick, in front of MEI's stunned gaze, Kevin raised his leg high and kicked through the porthole beside him.

The moment the porthole broke, the huge airflow mercilessly swept Dr. MEI and Kevin to a height of thousands of meters.

“Ah ...

"Don't be afraid! I'm here to protect you!"

"Is this a question of you protecting me? Why do you suddenly want to--"

Before he finished speaking, accompanied by an extremely strong sonic boom, several fast-flying missiles suddenly pierced the cloudless sun. Then, amid intense fire and explosions, Eden's private plane was easily destroyed.

"..." MEI opened his mouth and suddenly understood, "Is that the missile launched by Wei Weiwei?"

"Yes." Although his eyes were covered by black goggles, through the distressed tone, Mei seemed to see her boyfriend's expression as if he had eaten a bitter melon. "It's really scary, the war between women."

Mei was stunned: "Women, a war between women? What do you mean by that?"

"Haha, of course it means literally." Kevin smiled bitterly and turned his head back with some difficulty.

Just as he had guessed, facing Velvi's sudden missile attack, all the passengers on the private plane, whether it was Su and Aponia who were dozing off, or Eden who was putting on makeup, did not show the slightest panic.