The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"Well..." The Herrscher of Firefire weakly raised his arm and tentatively suggested, "How about letting me try to open the passage between here and the world?"

After the words fell, everyone stared at the face of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame with subtle eyes. Although he did not speak, he could still clearly feel the resentment in the hearts of the others present.

“Forget it.” Tianyuan Qiying stared at the face of the Herrscher of Fire for half a minute, and finally looked away and shook his head. “Without the coordinates, you can’t guarantee that the channel you open is connected to the world where the captain is.”

The implication is - my lovely sister, you better be a good girl and stop causing trouble. If something unexpected happens and makes things even more troublesome...

"About this..." To everyone's surprise, facing the people in trouble, the first person to propose a substantial plan to improve the current situation was Kevin: "Maybe... I have a way."

"What's the solution?" Perhaps because he knew that he had really screwed everyone over, and didn't want to drag the others back any further, the Herrscher of Fire and Fire asked hastily, "Do you need to use my power of the void?"

Looking at the expectant expression of this Herrscher who had the same hair color and eyes as himself, Kevin was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "No need, in fact... even if you didn't come to me today, I should be able to leave this place on my own in the near future."

Can I leave this place by myself? Hearing Kevin's calm words, everyone was stunned, and after a moment, they suddenly came back to their senses.

Oh, yes, speaking of Kevin, shouldn’t he have returned to the Eigenworld in three years and become the Lord of the World Snake?

And his means of returning to the real world...

"That means, Kevin, have you contacted Xier now?" asked the Herrscher of Thunder.

"If you mean the girl whose entire body was transformed into a quantum state and fell into the quantum sea a few months ago for unknown reasons." Kevin nodded, "Yes, that's her."

"Originally, I reached a cooperative relationship with that girl on the condition that I would help her return from the unobservable quantum state to the normal material state and let her return to the real world." Kevin said calmly, "And the moment she successfully returns to the real world, the beacon of the real world will naturally appear in front of me."

Chapter 4 Li Shubai: Chao!! Theresa, you plotted against me! (k)

Quantum Sea Hyperion.

Conference Hall A3.

It is no surprise that right now is probably the time when the entire Hyperion is the most depleted in terms of personnel since the captain disappeared one hundred and forty-eight days ago.

The conference room, which should have been packed with people, now only has a few scattered people.

But even so, even now that most of the combat power has been temporarily transferred away, the people present can still form an extremely considerable force.

"Sister Bronya." In the conference room, a cute girl with short dark blue hair that reached her shoulders asked Bronya [Hersher of Reason] beside her nervously, "Sister Mei and the others... shouldn't be in any trouble, right?"

Needless to say, this lovely girl with a gentle face and soft voice is the girl who once lived with Bronya in the Cocolia Orphanage, Seele Freya [The Twins from the Other Shore].

However, after Seele asked this question with a worried look on her face, the first person to answer her was not the Herrscher of Reason, nor even one of the other two Bronyas present, but another one, [Nightmare Star Abyss], who had the same face as Seele, but with long flowing hair, a cold expression, and also had the name Seele.

"Hmph, instead of worrying about them, you might as well worry about yourself." Nightmare Xingyuan, who had already put on the star armor when the main combat members of the Hyperion left the ship to fight Kevin, sneered. She spread her hands and said in a nonchalant tone, "Even if something happens on our side, it's impossible for anything to happen on their side."

"Woo..." It seemed that they were unable to cope with Xi'er who had the same face as themselves. After hearing Yan Ye Xingyuan's meaningless words with a hint of sarcasm, the twins on the other side could not help but shrink their necks, "But... the enemy this time is that 'Snake'. If Xi'er can help us when we encounter such a dangerous enemy..."

"Don't pay too much attention to her words, Xi'er. This guy is just dissatisfied because he was not selected as a combatant." At this time, the Secondary Silver Wing, who had been silent, suddenly spoke. She glanced at the cold and cruel expression of Nightmare Star Abyss, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said in a happy tone, "After all, after knowing the opponent this time, you should have been looking forward to seeking justice for Xi'er for a long time."

"Ah?" The twins on the other side were stunned. She did not choose to ask Nightmare Star Abyss the first time, but secretly called out from the depths of her heart: "Is that so? Do you think so too? The other me?"

"Huh?! How is that possible?!" As Bronya's other self in the other twin's heart tried her best to deny her words, in the conference room, the little emotion in her heart was unexpectedly exposed. Yan Ye Xingyuan, who was a little embarrassed, suddenly had a dark expression and argued hesitantly: "Who... who wants to seek justice for that guy? I, I just felt depressed for too long, so I wanted to go out and get some fresh air! That's all!"

Don't get me wrong! Nightmare Star Abyss stared at the twins on the other side and said so with an extremely decisive attitude.

Seeing Yan Ye Xing Yuan's look as if she was trying to hide something, the twins from the other side could tell what she was really thinking.

“Hehehe.” As Yan Ye Xingyuan’s face became increasingly red, the cute faces of the twins on the other side showed a knowing smile, but in order to save the face of her other self, she still pretended that she had heard Yan Ye Xingyuan’s explanation and nodded gently, “Yes! Xier got it!”

"Woo..."

Lost... and was controlled again. Looking at the cute smiles of the twins on the other side that were filled with awakening and excitement, Yan Ye Xingyuan closed his mouth painfully and shifted his panicked gaze away.

The interaction between the two Xiers, one black and one white, made everyone present couldn't help but smile subtly, and the conference room was filled with a happy atmosphere.

"Hmm?" At this moment, among all the people present, Sky Ranger, who had the keenest perception of space, suddenly became serious. She subconsciously raised her arm and aimed the Herrscher weapon in her hand towards the air above the quasi-conference room, but in the next moment she seemed to feel something and breathed a sigh of relief, and put the weapon down again.

A crack in space appeared, and an embarrassed-looking red and white figure jumped out of it.

Without giving others a chance to ask questions, after arriving at the meeting room, the Herrscher of Fire immediately turned his gaze to the two Xiers present.

She flashed and instantly appeared in front of the two Xiers, then stretched out her hands at an extremely fast speed, trying to hold the palms of the two Xiers, one on the left and one on the right.

"Hey? Sister Kiana?" The twins on the other side asked cute questions in confusion, but she had no intention of resisting at all, and let the Herrscher of Fire hold her hand.

But the other side is not that simple.

"What do you want to do?" Almost at the same second when the Herrscher of Fire and Flame appeared in front of him, Nightmare Xingyuan, with sirens blaring in his chest, retracted his arm as if he had been electrocuted, causing the Herrscher of Fire and Flame's outstretched hand to miss without any surprise. "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't get physical right away!"

"More!" At the same time, Yan Ye Xing Yuan turned his head and scolded the innocent-looking Hierar Twins beside him, "Don't be so submissive to this guy! You just hold her hand out? Are you her pet?"

The twins on the other side tilted their heads and said in a dazed tone: "But, Sister Kiana won't hurt us."

Looking at the unreserved trust that the twins on the other side had in him, not only did Nightmare Xingyuan show an expression of exhaustion, even the Herrscher of Fire and Flame could not help but scratch his head guiltily.

“Ahahaha.” The Herrscher of Firewood laughed dryly a few times, and suddenly clasped his hands together, “Sorry, Xier, I need your help!”

"I understand, Sister Kiana." The twins on the other side nodded without hesitation.

"So what's going on? You'd better at least explain it clearly first!" Yan Ye Xingyuan said with disgust on his face.

"Uh... that is to say..." The Herrscher of Fire organized his words for a while, "Captain Xi'er in that world may need some of our help, so..."

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Not wanting to listen to the subsequent words of the Herrscher of Fire Flame, after realizing that the other party was calling him to help another Xier, Yan Ye Xingyuan interrupted her words without hesitation, and took the initiative to reach out and grab her hand.

After grabbing the other party's hand, Nightmare Star Abyss glared at the Herrscher of Fire and Flame and urged him: "Why are you staying here? Hurry up and leave!"

The Herrscher of Firewood laughed awkwardly, nodded hastily, and looked at the two Xi'ers with his azure eyes full of flattery: "Right away, right away, Xi'er, hold on tight!"

Far Eastern Time January 2014, 1

5:40 PM.

The day's classes are over and it's time to go home at St. Freya's College.

The sun sets very early in winter. Soon after the bell representing liberation echoed in the teaching area of ​​St. Freya College, the darkness after the loss of sunlight quickly permeated the clear sky.

"Mei! Let's go back to the dormitory together!" After the teacher of the last class left the classroom, Kiana immediately jumped up from the desk and rushed to the side of Raiden Mei, "And... eh?"

After calling out Raiden Mei, Kiana shifted her gaze towards Li Shubai's seat, only to find that it had been empty for some time.

"If you want to know where Li Shubai went." Just when Kiana was confused, Bronya's inorganic voice sounded faintly beside her ear, "Ten minutes ago, when the last class was about to end, he was called away by Teacher Jizi who suddenly visited the classroom."

"Huh? Is that true?" Kiana was stunned.

"At that time, Kiana's mind was probably still wandering." Raiden Mei shook her head helplessly, "Anyway, if we go back to the dormitory first, we will eventually meet her later."

On the other side, the office of St. Freya College.

Li Shubai leaned against the wall, turned his face slightly, and stared silently at the hand that passed over his shoulder and mercilessly pressed him against the wall.

"I say, Mr. Jizi..." His eyes twitched, and he asked in a somewhat stiff voice, "Do you know what you are doing now?"

As soon as Li Shubai was brought into the office, Ji Zi ruthlessly pushed him against the wall with a meaningful smile.

"What am I doing?" Ji Zi smiled. "You don't need to remind me of this, but you... There is no one else in the office now, so it's time to show your hand."

"Show your cards?" Li Shubai's face was filled with confusion that didn't seem fake. "Show what cards?"

"...Pretend, keep pretending. If you don't tell me what happened last night, I will let you go." Ji Zi sneered, "Also, you are quite capable. You managed to win over That girl Theresa without making any noise."

Ji Zi's sarcastic words made Li Shubai stunned for a moment.

He was silent for a moment, and asked with some difficulty: "...How much did Theresa tell you?"

"It's not a good habit to answer questions with questions." Ji Zi pressed on, "If you want to know how much Theresa has said to me, tell me first, what did you do to me last night?"

"Didn't I tell you this this morning? I clearly didn't do anything last night." Li Shubai felt a little guilty, not knowing what Theresa had said to Ji Zi. "Besides, this world values ​​evidence, okay? Since you are so sure that I did something bad to you, shouldn't you show evidence first?"

"First of all, I'm not a police officer, but a Valkyrie. I don't need evidence to arrest people, I just need to guess. Have you ever heard of a Valkyrie that would only go out when there is evidence?" Ji Zi said confidently, "Secondly, don't try to mislead me. I admit that you are an excellent genius, but don't underestimate my IQ. I never said from beginning to end that you did anything bad to me."

“……”Li Shubai was at a loss.

Since he knew it was impossible for him to fool him this time, Li Shubai gave up struggling.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you what I am saying." He shrugged, "It's no big deal. I just helped you awaken the Natural Stigma last night."

"The awakening of natural stigmata?" Ji Zi narrowed her eyes slightly.

Although she knew from the physical examination at noon that her resistance to Honkai energy had increased dramatically, but... Jiko was still unaware that the natural stigmata had been awakened in her body.

However, if she had awakened the natural stigmata, then it would be understandable that her Honkai resistance had suddenly increased.

But Ji Zi obviously wanted a more ambiguous answer. After getting Li Shubai's answer, she further asked: "What method did you use to help me awaken the natural stigma?"

"Is that question important?" Suddenly, Li Shubai's tone became tough. He raised his eyes, looked directly into Ji Zi's eyes with a cold gaze, and said, "Teacher Ji Zi, don't be so ungrateful. You just need to know that you owe me a life, and that's enough."

Li Shubai said calmly: "As for the other questions, since Theresa didn't give you an answer, then you should know that this is not what you need to know now."

Looking at Li Shubai's calm yet slightly cold expression, Ji Zi did not feel much anger in her chest.

Earlier, Theresa told her that although Li Shubai liked every Valkyrie, at the same time, his way of thinking about feelings made Li Shubai deliberately keep a distance between him and the Valkyries.

If that's the case...

Ji Zi thought about it and decisively betrayed Theresa: "That Theresa girl told me... you seem to like me?"

"......Ah?" Li Shubai was confused.

Seeing Li Shubai's unexpected reaction, Ji Zi, who knew that Theresa was probably not lying, raised her eyebrows with a subtle smile on her lips.

Li Shubai was stunned for a moment. He looked at Ji Zi's upturned mouth and suddenly recalled the judgment he made when he entered the Stigmata Space in the first class.

"You know all this? Theresa is really open with you about everything." He shrugged, "Yes, I just like you. I helped you awaken the stigma because I wanted your body."

He thought about it, and in order to ensure that he would never be accepted on the basis of the original, he added: "I also like Theresa, I like Kiana, Kiana, Bronya and Yulandel, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Chapter 4 The Encounter of the Three Xiers (k)

Although she had heard similar words from Theresa at noon, when she heard Li Shubai's declaration of love without any burden in her heart, Ji Zi was still stunned for the first time.

She maintained the posture of pinning Li Shubai against the wall, lowering her head slightly, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her bright face, which was mature yet sharp.

Although she always talked about finding a good man to solve her single problem, she knew that she had a high chance of not living long, so she was only talking about her relationship problems and never took any real action. Otherwise, with her appearance and personal conditions, it would not be a problem for her to find a love partner.

And now, the biggest problem that has troubled her - the short lifespan of her body - has been properly solved.

In other words, she now has the basic conditions to truly solve her single problem.

For a woman who truly wants to solve her relationship problems, Li Shubai's DD declaration just now is undoubtedly walking on a minefield. Even for Ji Zi, who is quite... yearning for relationship issues, she would not be so desperate as to choose such a [philanthropic] man as her love partner.

Although Li Shubai's healing of her body was a great favor, she had told Theresa at noon that if Li Shubai proposed to be with her, she would accept his proposal.

But at the same time, Ji Zi had no intention of distorting her personal will for this reason.

If you like someone, you like him. If you don't like someone, you don't like him. If Li Shubai really wants to repay a favor, then, for the sake of interests and her own life, Ji Zi doesn't mind exchanging her body. On the other hand, the relationship between them will only be a relationship based on the exchange of interests.

But is this kid really the kind of person who would repay a favor?

Under Li Shubai's inexplicable gaze, Ji Zi was silent for a moment, then gently raised her other hand, stretched out her white fingertips to hook Li Shubai's chin, and then put her lips close to Li Shubai's lips who was leaning against the wall.

But the lips that moved forward did not kiss Li Shubai's lips, but instead touched the palm of his hand, which was slightly sweaty due to fright.

"Hey!?" Li Shubai's eyelids jumped up and he raised his palm to cover Ji Zi's lips. "This is an office! What do you want to do by suddenly putting your face close to me!?"

Hmm? This reaction... Jizi raised her eyebrows. After forming a basic judgment deep in her heart, she suddenly felt relaxed and said in a frivolous and teasing tone: "Didn't you say it yourself? 'You helped me awaken the stigma because you wanted my body'. I am just helping you realize your words."

"I..." Li Shubai shot himself in the foot and said in embarrassment: "I said so, but I shouldn't just say that in the office..."

"Ah?" Ji Zi raised a hint of joy at the corner of her mouth. "I thought that for young people like you, this place should be more exciting for you?"

"What kind of young boy is that with a head full of pornographic garbage?" Li Shubai was dumbfounded. He raised his hands and placed them on Ji Zi's shoulders, trying to push her body away. "Anyway...anyway, if you are okay, let me go back!"

However, before Li Shubai could exert force on his arm, his hand on Ji Zi's shoulder was easily caught by Ji Zi.

"That won't do." Ji Zi grabbed Li Shubai's wrists and licked her lips. "You've already forced me to live longer. In other words, I owe you this life. Since you're after my body, I'll feel guilty if I don't let you achieve your goal."

"I've already told you that I don't want to do that with you right now!" Damn, how could this woman be so strong? ! Is it because she has awakened the natural stigmata? Li Shubai struggled and exerted force on his wrist, "Let go!"

"Oh? So you don't want to do that with me right now?" Ji Zi's face was full of a calm smile, "Then why do you say you want my body?"

"I am greedy for your body!" Li Shubai argued, "but I have mysophobia and I don't want to do that kind of thing in a place like this!"

"Not now, which means it will be possible in the evening, right?" Ji Zi smiled.

"Why do I feel that you are more hungry and thirsty than me?" Li Shubai was dumbfounded.

"That's not true," Ji Zi admitted decisively, "After all, I'm not as popular as Xiao Shubai."

"..." No, I can't win against this woman, Li Shubai felt powerless.

"Okay, we've had enough fun, it's time to speak frankly." Ji Zi put on a triumphant expression, and smiled as she loosened her grip on Li Shubai's wrist. "You don't act like you're greedy for my body at all."

"......?" Li Shubai was stunned. "Are you doing this to confirm my true thoughts?"