The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Very good, the first step was successful.

Of course he knew where this place was.

This is the military intelligence room of the Hyperion, and it is also the studio where he, as the captain, deploys and dispatches the Valkyries.

To describe it in gaming terms - this place is the room where he teams up.

There are a maximum of three optional members for the attack. Considering that the next place we are entering is the paradise of the past, in addition to Yulandel who has already made a promise, it is better to choose the remaining two people who are also members of the Yingjie crew.

Just as Li Shubai was thinking this and casually spread out the list of all the members of the Hyperion in front of him, he suddenly frowned.

The portraits of Eden, Sakura, Aponia, Mebius, and Padofilis were all blocked by several stripes like cordons. In addition, Yulandel - [Gengen Knight], Rita Rossweisse [Dizzy Starthorn], Kiana Kaslana - [Herser of Fire], Raiden Mei - [Herser of Thunder], and even Theresa Apokalis [Twilight Knight·Moon Brilliance] and Fu Hua [Valkyrie·Swift Feather] were unable to be dispatched.

What's going on? After a little thought, Li Shubai quickly came up with the answer.

Could it be that... these Valkyries and the main storyline currently observed by this phone are from the same world, or even from a later point in the future, so they cannot interfere with what they have already experienced?

On the evening after completing the South China Sea mission, Li Shubai had almost figured out some of the unshakable rules of this world.

First, there are things that [must] happen in every world.

Due to Li Shubai's own uniqueness, he can interfere with the occurrence and development of events to a certain extent, but the only thing that [must] happen is what Li Shubai in the past cannot change no matter what.

For example, the death of Guanxing, the death of Ji Zi, the tragedy of a petite vampire who looked exactly like Theresa, and Xier [Nightmare Star Abyss] who left Xier... and so on.

Even though he used his power as the captain of the Hyperion to bring Guanxing, the dying Jizi, and Xier [Nightmare Star Abyss] to the ship and saved their lives, but to their respective [worlds] and Xier who had been desperately searching for [Nightmare Star Abyss] in the Quantum Sea, Guanxing and Jizi were undoubtedly in a state of death.

Even if [death] was changed, the former Li Shubai could not change [the inevitable fact].

And now, having successfully transformed himself into the character standing on the chessboard, Li Shubai has become part of the [facts].

——The only thing that can reverse the inevitable is the equally inevitable [fact].

Theoretically, he can now personally change the impending tragedy.

Secondly, in the same world, what happened in the past cannot be changed by the future of this world.

This is not only known to Li Shubai, who has been sailing in the quantum sea, but also confirmed by Otto Apokalis's behavior in the plot he saw before crossing.

A few years in the future, he used Kaslana's stigma to search for the coordinates of Kallen Kaslana engraved on the timeline, and went back to the past, creating a possibility for Kallen Kaslana to survive.

——But even so, the death of Kallen Kaslana at the time when Otto was originally there could not be changed.

So, Tianyuan Qiying, Liaoluan Xingthorn, Herrscher of Fire, Herrscher of Thunder, Aponia, Eden, Sakura, Padofilius, Mebius, Twilight Knight and Valkyrie Swift Feather, these people are not only from the world of the main storyline he has seen, but also from a point in the future of that world?

He could roughly understand why several heroes could not be dispatched, because all the heroes on the Hyperion had physical memories, not the heroes themselves. Otherwise, Padofelius, who had never raised a cat in his life, should not have had a cat named Can by his side.

Therefore, from the perspective of the timeline, the memories of these heroes should all come from the more distant future.

But if that's the case, why can Alicia go out normally? Li Shubai touched his chin, a little confused.

But no matter what, since there was a hero to choose from... he first chose Yulandel from the Equivalent World, whom he had just recruited onto the Hyperion, and then chose Alicia. As for the final candidate, Li Shubai chose Fu Hua [The Herrscher of Consciousness] without much hesitation.

What a joke... Although both sides have some elements of letting Kevin win, and Kevin is not even in his prime, Shibao is after all a rare person who can fight with Kevin. In addition, she is the only one besides Aponia who has the spiritual perception system, and she is also a Herrscher. In terms of the ability to control consciousness alone, she is even stronger than Fu Hua [Yun Mo Dan Xin]. Who else can we choose if not her?

And look at the other two people, Yulandel who has awakened the power of the holy mark, and Miss Pink Fairy. How could such a team not have a treasure hunter?

Otherwise, who can we rely on to be vulnerable?

While thinking about these random things, Li Shubai completed the team building to enter the main line.

At the same moment when Li Shubai completed the team formation, several figures standing on the bridge of the Hyperion, which was rapidly shuttling through the gap in space and would arrive at St. Freya's Academy in the next second, were stunned.

Twilight Knight, Stargazer, Valkyrie Swift Feather, Yunmo Danxin, Herrscher of Consciousness and Alicia, the six people who filled the bridge couldn't help but stare at the announcement on the bridge in a daze.

"Attack order?" Acting Captain Twilight Knight was a little surprised when he saw the mission announcement on the virtual broadcast screen of the bridge. "Why, why so suddenly? We are about to meet up with the captain!"

"Maybe it's because... they found people who need to be rescued by the Hyperion just like us." Guanxing raised the feather fan in his hand, trying to hide the dissatisfaction and jealousy on his face as much as possible, "It seems that the playboy is going to add another great achievement to his own achievements.

The Valkyrie Xunyu sighed. She looked at her other self [Yun Mo Dan Xin], raised her finger and pressed the frame of the glasses on her nose slightly, and said helplessly: "So, who are the members who will attack?"

"Of course it's the lovely fairy lady!" Alicia showed a very bright smile, she raised her arms and said happily: "I wonder what mission I will carry out with the captain next? Oh! Could it be that he wants to invite me to date him? If so, what should I do? So troubled, so troubled~~"

"What are you worrying about!" Looking at the smug look of Alicia, the Herrscher of Knowledge couldn't help but make a cross on her forehead. She raised her hand quickly and tried to hit Alicia's head hard, but the nimble and slippery fairy lady dodged it easily.

"Ah, my dear Hua, why are you so rude to a beautiful girl? This is not a good habit worth learning." After dodging the sudden attack of the Herrscher of Knowledge, the Fairy stuck out her tongue and laughed: "Could it be that you are jealous of the Fairy?"

“Ha…hahahahaha…me? Jealous?” The Herrscher of Knowledge spread out his five fingers and pressed his smug smile, “Why should I be jealous? You’re not the only one who got the order to attack!”

The expressions of the two Fu Huas froze at the same time, and Alyssia couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Thump, thump, thump!" The Herrscher of Knowledge arrogantly stepped on the guardrail of the bridge, with an exaggerated smile on his face: "That's right! I also got the captain's order to attack, hahahaha!"

Before the conflict on the field could escalate further, two sharp rays of light suddenly appeared out of nowhere and enveloped the bodies of Alicia and the Herrscher of Consciousness.

Everyone squinted their eyes subconsciously, and when they opened their eyes again, the bodies of Alicia and the Herrscher of Knowledge had disappeared.

Seeing Alicia and the Herrscher of Knowledge disappear, the remaining four people all had a frustrated look on their faces, as if they had eaten a rat.

After feeling depressed for a while, Guanxing walked into the elevator of the bridge without saying a word.

Watching Stargazer walk into the elevator, Twilight Knight pressed the door and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the military intelligence room." Guanxing covered his face with a feather fan and said coldly, "By the way, go and question the captain. Why did he go on an attack with Alicia and the Herrscher of Knowledge when he had already returned to the Hyperion?"

"...Then why do we have to go to the Military Affairs Room?" Twilight Knight's expression was not very good, but she still tried her best to maintain her rationality and communicate with Guanxing, "You and I both know that the flow of time in the Military Affairs Room is completely different from that in the outside world. In addition, this mission involves time travel. By the time we get to the Military Affairs Room, they will probably have completed the mission and returned."

"Do I need you to tell me that? Of course I know that the speed of time in the military intelligence room is different from that in the outside world." Stargazing glanced at the Twilight Knight and shook his head in disappointment. "So, what I said was questioning, not stopping."

Twilight Knight finally understood: "So you're going to block someone?"

"What?" Guanxing raised her eyebrows, narrowed her eyes, and said in a dangerous tone: "You want to stop me?"

"No." Twilight Knight moved his smaller hand away and stepped into the elevator, "Take me with you."

"..." The two Fu Hua looked at each other, nodded, and walked into the elevator without saying a word.

"I didn't stop you from following me. Follow me if you want. Also, use your authority as acting captain to quickly gather all the members of the Hyperion." Guanxing's face darkened. "If my guess is correct, we may be in serious trouble next."

Chapter 4 Next is the fairy lady's performance time! (k)

——Hyperion, Military Affairs Room.

Just as Twilight Knight said, before Li Shubai lost his memory, this military intelligence room, which he had always used for intelligence analysis and personnel dispatch, was a room with special properties that was transformed by utilizing the characteristics of the Herrscher of the Void core.

In a sense, time and space are inextricably linked.

In most cases, the way humans name Herrschers is based on the conclusions drawn from analyzing and describing the powers that each Herrscher possesses. But in fact, even the Herrschers themselves find it difficult to fully understand and skillfully use their own abilities, so how can humans name Herrschers accurately?

Therefore, although most humans, even Kiana and Sirin themselves, all regard their own power as the second Herrscher to control space, they also consider themselves to be the Herrscher of the Void.

However, whether it is Li Shubai, who used the core of the Herrscher of the Void to transform the Hyperion before losing his memory, allowing it to travel through time and space; or Su, who used the Second God's Key for 50,000 years to accelerate the flow of time in each world when observing parallel worlds, they can all clearly realize that the ability to interfere with time has long been included in the power of the Second Herrscher.

Accelerating the flow of time in the parallel world that one observes, reversing the flow of time within a limited range... these abilities are part of the power possessed by the Second Herrscher.

Since Su can use the power of the Second God's Key to speed up his observation of parallel worlds, then with the same ability, Li Shubai can certainly transform the Hyperion's military intelligence room into a space with a completely different flow of time inside and outside.

Limited to this room, even if you stand here and do nothing for a month, the time in the outside world will only flow for about half a minute.

"So, Shu... Captain, you said before that you wanted to borrow my power, which means in this room..." Like Alicia and the Herrscher of Knowledge, Yulandel was summoned to the military intelligence room in a burst of white light. She looked around with a somewhat dazed expression, and then asked hesitantly: "... Let me play games?"

"Playing games is not our ultimate goal. It's just to let you have a more intuitive understanding of what we are going to face next. After you have completed the main storyline, what we are going to do next is the highlight." Li Shubai dropped out of the game interface of Honkai Impact 3rd and asked casually: "Speaking of which, when you came to the Hyperion and used the power of your other self and Kiana to awaken the stigmata, how much did you know about what would happen in the future?"

"Well... I have a rough idea of ​​it, but... because I have been in the Stigmata space most of the time, I haven't had time to ask my other self about what will happen in the future." Yulandel thought for a while, "Plus, the future I have to face now should be quite different from that of the two Yulandels on the Hyperion, so... even if I know what will happen in the future, it shouldn't be of much significance. That's what I think."

"Indeed, after awakening the stigmata and recognizing Kiana, you can ignore most of the things that were originally going to happen in the future." Li Shubai said, "But even so, I still suggest that you go through the entire main storyline of the game carefully. Even if the things that happened have changed, but... no matter what, that was what was originally going to happen in the future. As long as you have a good mindset and don't treat it as something that is bound to happen, you can always find information that we can use."

Youlan Daier hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then picked up the handle that Li Shubai handed to him: "...I understand, I will complete the task well."

"Well, during the time when Yulandel was carrying out the main storyline, Alicia and..." After arranging Yulandel's tasks, Li Shubai turned his head and glanced at Alicia and the Herrscher of Knowledge who were looking at him expectantly, and hesitated for a moment: "Xiao Shi?"

“What the hell is Xiaoshi?!” The Herrscher of Consciousness’ face turned dark.

"Why is Hua called a pet name, but I am called by my full name?" Alicia puffed up her cheeks and pouted in dissatisfaction: "A biased captain will never please others!"

"Then... Pink Fatty..." Seeing Alysia's suddenly gloomy face, Li Shubai quickly changed his words and forced back the word "fat woman", "Miss Fairy and... Fu Hua...?"

"How can you call a beautiful girl a fat woman?" Alicia said angrily, "Captain, you are really going too far! Miss Fairy is going to be angry!"

"Didn't I just say that?" Li Shubai scratched his head and looked away guiltily.

To be honest, Alicia's figure is obviously not fat at all, but for some reason, after seeing her waist that you can tell at a glance that it would be very comfortable to hug, the word "fat woman" almost came out of my mouth.

"Do you think I don't know what you want to say? And if you don't say it out loud, isn't it what you want to say anyway?!" Alicia glared and put her hands on her hips, cursing and complaining, "I have wanted to question the captain for a long time. You gave everyone else such cute nicknames, such as Qibao, Dai'e, Xiaoshi, and even Mobius, who was nicknamed as cute and intimate as Sheshe... Why am I the only fat woman! Do you know how much damage this will cause to the heart of a beautiful girl?! Too much! It's really too much!"

Even with Alicia's personality as brilliant as flying flowers, she said two "too much" in a row at this time in anger. It seems that she has been resentful of Li Shubai's calling her "pink fat woman" for a long time... Even Yulandel, who was about to open the main storyline, stopped what she was doing. The Herrscher of Consciousness, who was still a little resentful about Li Shubai's name, also stopped talking.

Both of them looked at Li Shubai with inexplicable eyes. Although neither the Herrscher of Consciousness nor Yulandel said anything, Li Shubai could clearly feel that the gazes of the two people locked on him were quite piercing.

Feeling the piercing gazes of the three people, Li Shubai broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. He thought to himself, can I say that it was because of your fat woman that I didn't expect that I would really run into you one day?

But now that she was right in front of him, Li Shubai knew that this answer would most likely not satisfy Alicia, so he thought about it and answered honestly: "Because your waist... does look a bit plump... chubby..."

"???" Alicia's face darkened. Even though he was Ying Jie, who was carrying the mark of his true self, he was also an existence called the Ruler of Man. However, she still could not expect Li Shubai to say at this time, "Your waist is indeed very fat." This is a statement that would make any girl faint from anger.

But before Alicia could utter a word of complaint with a look of resentment on her face, Li Shubai's second sentence suddenly made her stunned.

"I feel like if I hug you and touch you, it should be soft and comfortable..." Li Shubai said this with a resolute expression as if he was ready to die, "...so I couldn't help but call you that, hug... sorry."

"..." Alicia stared blankly at Li Shubai's expression. At this moment, her ability as a hero of her true self loyally projected Li Shubai's [true self] into her mind.

It was precisely because of this ability that Alicia understood effortlessly... Li Shubai's words at this moment were the truth, and they were his [true self] revealed at this moment.

"I... I look... very comfortable to hug? Just, even if it's for this reason..." The fairy lady's pupils, as bright and clear as gems, became a mess like the lines of a cat being teased.

A bright red glow started from her ethereal and cute cheeks, and extended all the way from her pointed elf ears to her flawless white ears. Alicia raised her hands, holding her face that was as dazed as a red apple, and her beautiful red lips gently opened and closed: "As expected... As expected, we can't underestimate the captain. How can I get angry with such a statement? It's too unfair..."

"?" Looking at Alicia's face that was turning red quickly, Li Shubai, who had prepared himself for social death, was confused.

Is Alicia such an easy woman to deal with? With full of doubts, he turned his head to look at Yulandel and the Herrscher of Knowledge, but suddenly found that they were both touching their bellies, with unwilling expressions on their faces, and seemed to be muttering something, "So there is this trick" and "Is it to maintain a figure... It's a bit too much of a loss" and so on.

As if noticing Li Shubai's gaze, Yulandel and Herrscher of Knowledge quickly removed their hands from their abdomens. The former coughed and snorted, pretending to be completely oblivious to the conversation between Alicia and Li Shubai, and began his first main game storyline with a serious face; the latter walked to Li Shubai's side and patted his shoulder as if nothing had happened.

"Alright, alright, don't worry about such trivial matters for now." The Herrscher of Knowledge said generously, completely ignoring the fact that he had complained about the nickname Li Shubai had given him a few minutes ago, just like Alicia, "You didn't call us here to carry out the main storyline with Youlandel, did you? Everyone is almost tired of seeing that thing. Tell me, what is the mission of this attack?"

"Yeah." Li Shubai nodded, "Anyway, let's take a look at this first."

Alicia glanced at Li Shubai with resentment on her face, then took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

Although she felt dissatisfied in various ways with this bad man who had seduced her into complete confusion in just a few words, Alicia was not a woman who did not know the seriousness of the matter. The reason why he had called her and the Herrscher of Consciousness here was more important than the title that Li Shubai had basically fooled her with.

Thinking of this, after calming down, Alicia and the Herrscher of Knowledge looked at the screen floating in the air together.

The image displayed on the screen is a pure black chat website. The white pupils and the pure black deep background give people an extremely ominous feeling.

[Anonymous: I don’t want to die.

Anonymous: I don’t want to… just disappear like this.

Anonymous: I want to live on and leave more traces of myself...

…………]

Seeing this scrolling chat interface, Alicia, the Herrscher of Knowledge, and even Li Shubai couldn't help but reveal a bewildered expression.

"Hey, explain it." The Herrscher of Knowledge touched Li Shubai's waist with his elbow and asked.

"No... This is the first time I've seen this either." Li Shubai said, "So I don't really know what happened."

"You're seeing this for the first time too?" Alysia raised her eyebrows. "That means the captain doesn't know what this picture represents?"

"You know?" Li Shubai was stunned. "Yes, in terms of time, you and Eden should all be from a future that is farther away than what I have observed, so you should know what will happen next... Otherwise, we should stop watching and go out directly?"

"You misunderstood me. I can only guess what will happen next. After all..." Alicia smiled, "I and Eden and the others whom the captain recruited back to the Hyperion are completely different in some ways."

"I don't quite understand..." Li Shubai was a little confused, "Are you different from them? Are you not from the memory of the paradise of the past?"

"Let me keep this matter a secret for now." Alicia blinked, with a happy and straightforward smile on her face. "After all, even a cute fairy lady has a temper. It's understandable that she would want to take a little revenge after being given such an excessive nickname... Captain, you should forgive the fairy lady's temper, right?"

At the end of her speech, Alicia put on a pitiful expression, raised her hand, and wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes with exaggerated movements.

"Uh..." Li Shubai said with some embarrassment, "So... you don't know what will happen next?"

"I can only guess the general direction of the story." Alicia smiled. "After all, even if I don't know what happened in detail, no one knows the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire better than me."

After hearing what Alicia said, Yulandel and Li Shubai couldn't help but reveal somewhat surprised expressions. On the contrary, the Herrscher of Knowledge, who should have been a little arrogant, fell into silence without any reaction, as if he completely agreed with Alicia's evaluation of herself.

"Friendly reminder, Captain, you can sit in my arms." Alicia smiled, "Of course, I also allow you to act like a spoiled child to me. After all, a lovely fairy lady is always tolerant of the captain!"

Chapter 4: Witnessing the Future That Has Not Changed (k)