The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

“What…what are you doing!” Kiana’s face instantly turned red, but she did not resist. Instead, she turned her head slightly under Theresa’s dull gaze, adjusted herself to a more comfortable position, and muttered in a low voice: “You treat me like a child again…”

Looking at this scene, Youlandel laughed silently and shook her head, but she didn't know why she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest and subconsciously looked away.

"More than I know...what do you mean?" Theresa looked at her niece eagerly, who was almost about to tie herself up and send her to Li Shubai, and quickly interrupted the two of them, "Is there anything else about Kiana that I don't know?"

"You should know that she was born from Otto's cloning experiment." Li Shubai retracted his hand in front of Kiana's regretful gaze, "And her genetic prototype is Yulandel, the biological daughter of Ms. Cecilia and Mr. Siegfried."

"...Yes, I know that." Theresa glanced at Kiana, who remained calm, and nodded hesitantly.

"So, what about the fact that Kiana is also the Herrscher of the Void?" Li Shubai asked, "Did Siegfried tell you about this?"

Theresa was silent for a long time, and finally shook her head with difficulty: "... Although I had a rough guess about Kiana's identity after seeing the Herrscher of the Void who looked exactly like Kiana, Siegfried had never told me about this before today. From your tone, it seems that he knew it from the beginning?"

"So, now you don't know the full picture of Xilin's plan?" Li Shubai asked.

"The Sirin Project..." Theresa pondered for a moment, took a deep look at Li Shubai, lowered her head in frustration, and sighed deeply: "Grandpa... Bishop Otto did tell me that Destiny is conducting some research on the ability of the Second Herrscher, and also told me that Destiny is currently conducting an experiment called the Sirin Project, but..."

"But you didn't associate it with Kiana." Li Shubai said softly.

Theresa closed her eyes, smiled self-deprecatingly, then nodded, affirming Li Shubai's words.

The air in the room suddenly fell silent.

The silence lasted for an unknown amount of time. At a certain point, Li Shubai's voice suddenly broke the silence: "I think that compared to my affairs, the affairs of Kiana and Yulandel are more important to you now."

"..." Theresa did not speak, but opened her eyes again, looked at Kiana and Yulandel seriously, and finally looked at Li Shubai's calm expression, and nodded vigorously at him, "You are right, compared to pursuing your own affairs, the more important issue now is Kiana and Yulandel's affairs."

"Oh, right." Suddenly, Theresa's mind flashed with the golden-eyed woman who looked exactly like Kiana, and the scene where she used the power of space to direct the bitter melon juice she sprayed into the space crack. "I almost forgot, if Kiana is the second Herrscher's body, then what about the Herrscher who looks exactly like Kiana? The power she uses should be the same as Sirin's, the power of space."

"Her." Li Shubai couldn't help but feel a headache when he mentioned Xilin. He rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, "How should I put it? Just as you thought, she is indeed the Herrscher of the Void, but I think it's better for you not to regard her as a normal Herrscher."

"You mean, we don't need to treat her as an ordinary Herrscher and be hostile to her?" Theresa nodded solemnly. "That's fine. Since she has no hostility towards humans, I certainly can't push a Herrscher into a position of being hostile to humans."

"...Although what you said is true, that's not what I meant." Li Shubai said, "I mean, you'd better not treat her as the Xilin deep in Kiana's consciousness."

"Why?" Theresa was a little confused.

"Well, it may be a bit confusing to explain. By the way." Li Shubai suddenly had an idea and raised his index finger. "Before, the long-haired woman who prepared dinner for us with Rita, haven't you always been curious about who she is?"

Theresa was stunned: "I am a little curious, but what does the current topic have to do with her?"

"As long as you know the truth, you will know the relationship between her and what we are discussing now." Li Shubai said, "The long-haired woman, her real identity is Rita Rossweisse."

"?" What does this mean? Theresa looked at Li Shubai blankly.

"You heard it right, but she is not the Rita you know, but a visitor from another world." Li Shubai said softly: "That is the so-called parallel world isotope."

"Parallel world isotope?" Theresa was stunned. Although she was not familiar with this term, she was not completely unfamiliar with it. "That is to say, she is indeed Rita, but she is not the Rita of our world... Then, the Herrscher of the Void who has no hostility towards humans is the same. Although she is Sirin, she is not the Sirin of our world."

"That's right. So, you can't assume that the Xilin in Kiana's deep consciousness is not hostile to us just because Xilin is harmless." Li Shubai nodded. "Even if it is the same person, after experiencing different things, they will become completely different people. This principle... I think you should feel it more than me."

Hearing Li Shubai's words, Theresa couldn't help but remain silent. Cruel scenes that spanned decades of time and space suddenly reappeared before her eyes.

Exactly the same genes, exactly the same appearance, exactly the same clones, the touch of warm blood, the miserable wails of the dying, and... the ending where you are left alone in the end.

"Indeed, even if we know that Xilin is harmless to us, we can't just take the problem with Kiana lightly." Theresa sighed, "Thank you for your advice, I will keep it in mind."

"There's no need to be so serious." Looking at Theresa's determined look, Li Shubai scratched his head in embarrassment. "With Yulandel on our side, there's nothing that Xilin in the depths of Kiana's consciousness can do if she wants to do evil. Besides, she probably won't dare to take over Kiana's body again in the short term."

As he spoke, Li Shubai couldn't help but add a hint of sympathy in his tone, "After all, within a short period of less than a week, my power was taken away by the Herrscher of the Firewood Flame, and not long after, I was inexplicably replaced by another self through the mapping of consciousness. This kind of wonderful experience is not something that can be experienced casually."

"I won't ask what the so-called consciousness mapping is for now. I feel like it will take a lot of time to explain. But...from your tone, I feel like you seem to know a lot of Herrschers." Theresa counted on her fingers speechlessly: "I won't talk about the Herrscher of Void and the Herrscher of Consciousness. Now there's this Herrscher of Fire and Flame..."

"Ah!" Kiana suddenly raised her hand. The white-haired girl was so excited to hear that name. She shouted excitedly, interrupting Theresa's words: "That's me! That's me!"

"Wha...what?" Theresa tilted her head, her face full of confusion. "What do you mean it was you?"

Kiana's eyes sparkled, like a child who had scored a perfect score on an exam and was proudly showing off to his parents: "It's the Herrscher of Fire!"

"I'm telling you, Auntie, this Herrscher of Fire is amazing! She's handsome and powerful! And most importantly..." Kiana became more and more excited as she spoke: "...she is me! Another Kiana Kaslana from the future!"

Theresa opened her mouth slightly, her young face full of surprise: "Aren't you the Herrscher of the Void? How did you become the Herrscher of the Firewood Flame?"

"I can testify to that." At this moment, Yulandel raised her hand, "I have seen that Herrscher of the Firewood Flame. Although his personality is completely different from the current Kiana, there is no doubt that the Herrscher of the Firewood Flame is indeed Kiana."

"Have you seen her?" Theresa was increasingly confused. "Where did you see her?"

"Hyperion. However, it's not the Hyperion of the Far East Branch, but another Hyperion that travels through the Quantum Sea." Yulandel paused halfway through her speech. She looked at Li Shubai and asked cautiously, "Well, I think you can tell me about this."

"It has come to this point. What difference does it make whether I tell her or not?" Li Shubai shrugged. "Theresa will know it sooner or later anyway."

"What are you talking about?" For some reason, Theresa suddenly had a bad feeling, as if she was about to reveal a shocking truth. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva with a dry mouth, "What do you mean I will know it sooner or later?"

"Senior Theresa, I told you that the reason why I left the Sky Mandate Headquarters and formed a superior-subordinate relationship with Captain Li Shubai was because I knew what Bishop Otto did to our family. At the same time, it was also because I needed the power of Captain Li Shubai." Yulandel said seriously, "After becoming Captain Li Shubai's Valkyrie, I entered his Hyperion and got to know the current members of the Hyperion."

"Among the members of Hyperion... there are two of me, Yulandel, who are from a parallel universe and from the future." Yulandel calmly explained under Theresa's stunned expression: "At the same time, there are also several Ritas, several Miss Kianas, and so on. Most of the crew members on the Hyperion belonging to Captain Li Shubai are people similar to these parallel world isotopes... and among these crew members, there is also you, Senior Theresa."

"..." Gulp, Theresa swallowed, raised her arm tremblingly, and pointed at her stunned face, "Even... even I'm here?"

"Yes." Yulandel glanced at Li Shubai with an inexplicable look, "Moreover, after the captain left his Hyperion, both the acting captain and the girl named Guanxing who looks like you seem to be your parallel world counterparts."

"So, if possible, I think you can also become Captain Li Shubai's Valkyrie like me." Yulandel said, "Although I became a crew member of the Hyperion for my own purpose, but in the final analysis, the opportunity for me to become Captain Li Shubai's Valkyrie is because my future self used consciousness mapping to convey some facts that I don't know now."

Theresa finally reacted. She stared at Youlandel blankly, and suddenly felt like laughing or crying: "Are you helping Li Shubai to poach people from the Far East Branch?"

Yulandel scratched her hair awkwardly: "It's fine if you want to understand it that way, I just..."

"I want one too!" At this moment, Kiana suddenly came in front of Li Shubai.

She stretched out her hands and pressed Li Shubai's thighs, and put her face very close to him: "Since my sister has become your Valkyrie, and you have so many Kiana on your ship, it should be no problem to add one more me!"

"Uh..." Li Shubai leaned back subconsciously, "I... I don't have any problem, but before making such an important choice, are you sure you have thought it through?"

"Of course I have thought about it!" Kiana's face moved closer, and Li Shubai could almost feel the warm and moist breath of the white-haired girl on his face. "Whether it's for my own sake or to prevent Xilin in my consciousness from occupying my body, relying on your strength and help is the best choice."

"And, from my personal point of view... I also..." As she spoke, Kiana's voice became softer and softer, and a hint of pink blush appeared on her cute face, "I also... really want to stay with you."

After hearing Kiana's words, Theresa also fell silent.

She gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind: "If...if you can really help us solve the problem with Kiana, I...I can also become your Valkyrie!"

Chapter 4: A sudden super straight ball (K)

After listening to Theresa's trembling request, Li Shubai touched his chin and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Why...why don't you say anything?" Seeing Li Shubai's silent look, Theresa clenched her fists nervously, and her palms were full of sweat. "Do you agree or disagree? At least give me an answer. Or do you actually have no intention of hiring people? Does our request cause you trouble?"

Hearing Theresa's words, Kiana's eyes dimmed slightly.

Indeed, on Li Shubai's ship, even his future self and Yulandel, who was much stronger than himself, had joined.

Perhaps, for him who has no lack of power, a Herrscher like himself who cannot control his power is probably just a time bomb that can bring threats.

"Hmm? Ah... That's not the case. I was just thinking about something else." Li Shubai didn't realize Kiana's dimmed gaze. After being questioned by Theresa, he quickly came to his senses. "I agree to your application to board the ship. However, there are some things in the future that may require you to cooperate with me in the experiment."

"Experiment...?" Hearing these two words, Theresa's back instinctively went cold. She secretly glanced at Kiana, who was in a daze and didn't seem to hear what Li Shubai said, and then glanced at Yulandel, who frowned slightly, and her nerves subconsciously tensed up.

"If you need to do an experiment, I can help you, but you can't involve Kiana, okay?" After a brief silence, Theresa spoke softly in an inaudible voice, "Or do you need her to help with your experiment because she is a Herrscher?"

Although Theresa's voice was very soft, Yulandel and Li Shubai still heard it clearly. Even Kiana, who was feeling a little depressed, came back to her senses because of Theresa's words.

However, she did not have any emotional fluctuations because of Theresa's words. She just looked at Li Shubai with some doubts. She believed that Li Shubai was definitely not someone like Otto who would casually treat other people as experimental subjects.

"What are you thinking about?" As expected, after Theresa asked that question, Li Shubai quickly responded. He looked at Theresa with a strange expression on his face, "I just want you to cooperate with the experiment, not to become my experimental subjects... Forget it, I'd better explain it clearly."

He took a deep breath and said calmly, "To put it simply, I conducted an experiment on myself in the past, and I still don't know whether the experiment was successful or not. So, I may need a little help from you two and Yulandel."

"You did an experiment on yourself?" Theresa was stunned. "You... regarded yourself as a test subject?"

Kiana was also stunned. She looked at Yulandel who was sitting next to her, but suddenly saw a hint of helplessness and admiration in her eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, Kiana asked, "Sister, do you know the experiments Shubai did on himself?"

Kiana's words made Theresa and Li Shubai turn their gazes to Yulandel at the same time.

"Did you tell you this while you were observing the stars on the Hyperion?" Li Shubai asked.

"... Well, that's about right." Yulandel nodded. She raised her head, and her beautiful and clear eyes stared straight into Li Shubai's eyes. "According to the stargazer who looks exactly like Senior Theresa, Captain Li Shubai in the past could intervene in parallel worlds and world bubbles, and could interfere with the development of events to a certain extent... However, there are always some things and tragedies that are bound to happen, which he cannot change no matter how hard he tries."

"...Go on." Li Shubai looked at Yulandel's beautiful and decent face seriously, and listened attentively to the information Yulandel was saying, which even he himself was not very clear about.

"After experiencing countless failures, the former Captain Li Shubai used his consciousness and power to materialize the Hyperion, which is sailing in the quantum sea. He used the power of Hyperion to find a way to save the lives of others." It was unknown what she thought of. Yulandel glanced at Kiana's face with an extremely obscure gaze. "He used the characteristics of the Hyperion to invite the person who was destined to die to his ship. Because the essence of the Hyperion is the consciousness and power of Captain Li Shubai, this means that the ship also has the characteristics of Captain Li Shubai."

"Captain Li Shubai cannot change what is bound to happen, which is usually defined as fate... and similarly, the interference of fate will not have any effect on Captain Li Shubai himself." Yulandel stared at Li Shubai and said calmly: "So, the moment those who were originally destined to die are welcomed onto the Hyperion, they will escape from their original fate of death."

Listening to Youlandel's words, Li Shubai gradually reacted. Soon, he deduced the dilemma he had encountered in the past: "However, the space and power of the Hyperion are limited, and besides that... the construction of the Hyperion cannot be completed overnight."

"So, before the Hyperion was completed, the tragedy and death I encountered in the past... I couldn't even find another way to take them away from that world." Li Shubai whispered, "I see..."

With this said, Li Shubai roughly understood the motivation behind his past self's behavior.

He also knew that with his own personality, after repeated failures, he would become dissatisfied with the status quo and actively seek ways out of the dilemma. It was only a matter of time.

After knowing that the so-called "experiment" mentioned by Li Shubai was completely different from what she imagined, Theresa spoke without hesitation: "So, how do you want us to assist you in your experiment?"

"And me, and me!" Kiana quickly raised her hand and stated her attitude with confidence, "I can help you, too!"

"Why are you more anxious than me?" Li Shubai glanced at the two of them in confusion and waved his hand casually. "In the short term, I don't need your help yet. I told you that I need your assistance just to prepare you mentally."

Theresa and Kiana looked at each other and asked cautiously, "Then, about the two of us getting on board..."

"No problem, I agree." Li Shubai stretched out his hand, "Welcome to join Hyperion, happy cooperation."

Kiana and Theresa both breathed a sigh of relief, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

The two followed Li Shubai's example and stretched out their hands, shaking his hands one after the other, and then released them: "Happy cooperation."

As soon as the words fell, a faint light suddenly burst out from Kiana and Theresa's bodies.

Theresa raised her hand, a little confused: "This light, is..."

"A sign of being teleported to the ship." Li Shubai waved his hands expressionlessly at Kiana and Theresa. "I wish you a pleasant journey. Bye."

"Huh?" Before Theresa could express her opinion, a strong light instantly engulfed the bodies of Kiana and Theresa.

When the strong light faded, only Youlandel and Li Shubai were left in the room.

"Huh..." Li Shubai stood up, took a long breath, and stretched, "Finally solved."

Yulandel scratched her head and said, "I'm sorry that the matter between Theresa and Kiana took up a lot of your time."

"It's okay, it's okay. It's better to solve the problem than anything else. Now..." Li Shubai waved his hand, then raised his head and glanced at the wall clock, "...It's almost twelve o'clock. I wonder if Teacher Jizi has fallen asleep."

"You just awakened the stigma not long ago, I won't disturb you." Li Shubai glanced at Youlan Dai'er, "Have a good sleep."

After saying that, he lifted his feet and walked towards the door.

As a result, just after taking a step, Li Shubai suddenly felt someone grabbing his sleeve.

Li Shubai turned around and looked at Youlan Dai'er who suddenly grabbed his sleeve with a confused look on his face. He asked in a confused tone: "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

Yulandel lowered her head, not daring to look directly into Li Shubai's somewhat puzzled gaze.

Her expression changed for a while, she pursed her lips, and finally mustered up the courage to ask carefully: "Um... can you stay with me for a little longer?"

Li Shubai was silent for a moment, then asked his question directly: "Reason?"

"That's right. Seniors Kiana and Theresa are not here now. Some questions...may only be asked when we are alone." As she said this, Yulandel loosened her fair fingers that were holding Li Shubai's sleeves. "If you don't want to, then forget it."

Alas, Li Shubai sighed and turned around, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"..." Under Li Shubai's eyes, Youlandel's gaze shifted away from him, and her dignified and beautiful face turned indescribably red.

Seeing Youlan Dai'er's suddenly red face, Li Shubai became more and more confused. He rubbed his hair and said helplessly, "No, if you have something to say, just tell me. You blushing without saying anything makes me feel a little embarrassed."

"...Huh, indeed, neither of us is the type to beat around the bush." ​​Yulandel let out a long breath, as if she had made a great decision, and refocused her gaze on Li Shubai's face: "Then I'll ask directly, before Rita and I entered the Hyperion, didn't Rita ask you a question before?"

"What question did Rita ask me?" What was that? Li Shubai tilted his head and recalled for a moment, then suddenly froze.

"She asked you, that is... that... me..." Yulandel asked hesitantly, "... am I beautiful?"

"...Yeah." Li Shubai covered his red face, nodded, and then turned his face to avoid Yulandel's direct gaze. "Yes, she did ask this question, and didn't I answer it on the spot? There shouldn't be any blind man who thinks you are not beautiful."

After hearing Li Shubai's answer, Youlandel's face turned even redder. Her fair fingers were intertwined uneasily because of shyness, and her breathing became a little unstable.

But this time, she did not move her eyes away, but stared straight at Li Shubai's face and said softly: "So, personally, what do you think of me?"

"...Very good." Under the oppressive and straightforward gaze, Li Shubai took a step back and nodded repeatedly in a panic: "Look, you are the strongest Valkyrie in the history of Tianming, you are serious and hardworking, and you are also so beautiful. You are so popular among the Valkyries of Tianming. I can't think of anything bad about you."