The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Earlier, before intervening in future events, in the Situation Room of the Hyperion.

"Do we need to capture Kiana from that world first?" After hearing what Li Shubai said, Yulandel couldn't help but repeat his words, "...Can you tell us why?"

"...If possible, I don't want to have too much contact with Kiana from that world." Li Shubai said helplessly, "Unfortunately... Unfortunately, although the Hyperion can control the power of the Second Herrscher to a certain extent after undergoing the transformation based on the Second Herrscher core, because the transformation direction is different from that of the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle, the Hyperion's use of the Herrscher power is more focused on efficiency and strength than the ordinary Key of God. In contrast, the degree of freedom is greatly restricted."

"For example." Li Shubai raised a finger and explained to Alicia, Yulandel and the Herrscher of Knowledge who were all puzzled: "Suppose we time-jump now and go to the future world. Then, the place we will arrive at is neither the paradise of the past located at the headquarters of the World Serpent, nor the place next to the Herrscher of Corrosion in the real world that Raven and Gray Snake found, but the Hyperion in that world, which is the same as this place."

"In other words, due to the restrictions on the use of the power of the sky, we can't freely choose the place and location to arrive in that world when we go to that world?" Yulandel pondered for a moment and quickly understood Li Shubai's intention. "And in order to move quickly in that world, the orthodox power of the sky that Kiana possesses is also necessary for us."

"That's the truth." Li Shubai said, "To be honest, if conditions permit, in order to deal with the Herrscher of Corrosion as quickly as possible, the place I most want to choose is the time when Raiden Mei and the so-called 'Will of Honkai' meet each other in that world."

"Although it is still unknown whether that thing is the real Will of Honkai." As he spoke, Li Shubai intentionally or unintentionally turned his gaze in the direction of Alicia.

"?" Noticing Li Shubai's gaze, Alysia tilted her head and put on an innocent expression: "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

"..." Although he felt that Alicia, as a Herrscher, should know the truth about the so-called "Honkai Will", he did not raise the question in his mind at this time, but sighed, "Anyway, since the place where the Herrscher of Corrosion was born was the 'Space of Nothingness' where Raiden Mei and the Honkai Will met each other. Then, the best way, of course, is to subdue it on the spot the next moment after it was born."

Yes - if the teleportation location can be chosen freely, the only problem for Li Shubai is to grasp the timing.

There are dangers both too early and too late.

If they had gone to that world before the Herrscher of Corrosion descended... under the influence of these outsiders, the Herrscher of Corrosion might not have been born in that place.

But if it is too late, it will be easy for the Herrschers of Erosion, who have begun to develop self-awareness, to sense the danger and actively avoid them.

Therefore, after the Herrscher of Corrosion is born... one tenth of a second later, before its self-awareness is formed, he must use his Ksitigarbha Soul to forcibly erode and seize its power.

"Unfortunately, since we can't control the place we arrive at at will, we can only choose another option that is a little risky." Li Shubai said, "That is, after the Herrscher of Erosion enters the Paradise of the Past, we use the backup in the real world to hack into its 'real body'."

Unlike the Thousand Herrschers, although the Herrscher of Corrosion takes the form of an infinitely multiplying ultimate virus, its consciousness... is only one from beginning to end.

In other words, no matter how many copies of "itself" it makes or how much it erodes, the Ruler of Erosion will never become the majority.

In order to find the location of the Ruler of Corrosion as quickly as possible, he must use his "corrosion" power to connect to the network of that world immediately after traveling through time.

Therefore, once they arrived at the Hyperion, they were bound to be exposed.

"But if that's the case, doesn't it contradict what you just said?" Yulandel frowned, "You just said that we should try not to affect the 'original script', but if we catch Kiana..."

"Ah, don't worry about that." Li Shubai smiled, "Anyway... after this is over, Kiana won't be able to remember everything that happened to her."

"Do you want to use the power of consciousness to erase Kiana's memory?" asked the Herrscher of Consciousness.

"Not just Kiana... After everything is over, I will also erase Raiden Mei's memory." Li Shubai raised his palm and put his index finger and thumb together to form a circle. "Of course, only a little bit."

"But you should also know that the people on the Hyperion will not let us take Kiana away so easily." Yulandel thought for a moment, "Also, in terms of time, I should have known my life experience in that world. If my sister was taken away by someone else... I think she would definitely not ignore it."

"Of course I know this." Li Shubai smiled, "So, what we need to do... is to let Kiana come to us on her own."

主线剧情世界，2017年10月23日，上午9：50分。

“I’m sorry… Yulandel.” Kiana twisted her well-proportioned body unwillingly on a giant sword flying in the sky, while speaking apologetically to Yulandel behind her, “If I hadn’t been so reckless, we wouldn’t have lost to them so easily.”

"You don't need to apologize to me. This is not your fault." Behind Kiana, Yulandel, who was tied to her back with several golden chains, said in a flat voice, "No one could have predicted that after Senior Theresa's Oath of Judas was completely destroyed and the Bishop... also left this world, there would actually be another holder of the Key of Constraint in this world."

"..." Although she knew there was nothing wrong with Yulandel's words, Kiana still pursed her lips somewhat unnaturally.

By now, she had almost grasped the situation she was facing. Although she didn't know the specific purpose of these invaders, there was no doubt that -

——I was kidnapped by them.

Faced with the golden cross that suddenly unfolded before their eyes, both Kiana and Yulandel had their abilities and most of their strength taken away without much resistance.

Having said that, after capturing the two of them, the invaders did not seem to have any intention of harming them. They simply tied them together back to back and threw them onto a broadsword flying in the wind.

After struggling to no avail, Kiana lowered her head somewhat resignedly, pursed her lips, and suddenly turned her head as if she had made up her mind, raising her voice as high as possible: "Hey! You guys!"

In Kiana's sight, the person who looked like Yulandel, the Herrscher of Knowledge, and the pink-haired fairy all turned their gazes to the only boy among the four invaders at the same time. The boy, who looked a little younger than her, raised his eyebrows and acted as if he had finally noticed her. "Hmm? Are you calling me?"

After learning from the reactions of the Herrschers of Knowledge and the others that this boy was probably their leader, Kiana nodded and said, "You took so much trouble to lure me and Yulandel out and capture us, it shouldn't be to take us for a ride like you are doing now."

"Um, so what?"

Seeing the boy's indifferent expression, Kiana's eyebrows jumped: "You kidnapped me and Yulandel, and Destiny and Anti-Entropy will definitely be wanted by the whole world. I think this is probably not what you want to see."

"Well, that's very smart. So what?" the boy said in a tone as if he was coaxing a child.

Hearing this tone that sounded like praising a child, Kiana couldn't help but feel a vein popping out on her forehead.

This person is so annoying! ! Although she was roaring like this in her heart, Kiana still suppressed her anger and made her voice sound as friendly and gentle as possible: "So, why don't you tell me first, what exactly do you want us to do? The atmosphere has been stagnant here, which is probably not good for your purpose."

After thinking for a while, Kiana added: "Don't worry, if it is a reasonable request, both me and Yulandel are happy to lend our power to you, don't you think so, Yulandel?"

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

Originally, Kiana's original intention of saying this was to let Yulandel, who was tied to her, cooperate with her temporarily, but she didn't react at once, and there was more than one "Yulandel" present.

So, when the other Yulandel standing next to the boy and the Yulandel behind her made puzzled sounds at the same time, Kiana couldn't help but choke up.

"I, I mean the Yulandel that you and I are tied together with." At this moment, angering the other party is definitely not a rational choice. Kiana had no choice but to endure the strange feeling in her heart and gritted her teeth and smiled at the Yulandel standing next to the boy: "Of course, I didn't mean to say that you are not Yulandel, it's just..."

"You don't have to explain." The Yulandel standing next to the boy smiled, "I know what you mean. As the one who took the initiative to arrive in your world, I naturally know that both me and her are the real 'Yulandel', not clones or fakes. After the battle with me, she should also be clear about this fact, am I right?"

"...Hmm." Knowing that the last words of "Yulandel" were directed at him, the Yulandel of this world nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be from three years ago... but I don't know how you completed the stigmata awakening in advance and became 'another Yulandel'."

"That's right." Yulandel, who was standing next to the boy, smiled softly. "So, it's because you saw through this that you didn't resist too fiercely, right?"

"That's indeed the reason." Yulandel, who was tied up with Kiana, said helplessly, "But the more important reason is that the restraint key used by that man is too difficult to deal with."

"..." Kiana was stunned.

She was silent for a moment, lowered her voice, and carefully asked Yulandel, who was tied to her, "So, you actually saw a long time ago that they had no ill will towards us, so you just let yourself be tied up like this?"

"I can't say I saw it a long time ago. It's just a reasonable guess based on the facts." Yulandel, who was tied to Kiana, said, "Since we are all warriors against Honkai, and the Herrscher who looks like Senior Fu Hua doesn't seem to have any intention of harming humans, then, at least in the general direction, our goals should be the same as theirs, and they certainly have no reason to hurt us."

"...but I still don't understand." Knowing that most people present had a grasp of the basic situation, and only she was completely kept in the dark, Kiana first closed herself off for a moment, then gave up and relaxed her whole body strength, unwillingly asking the question she had always wanted to ask: "Since you have no ill will towards us, why did you go to so much trouble to lure us out and kidnap us!"

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Li Shubai asked.

"???" Kiana was dumbfounded. Is there any need to ask this? Of course she wanted to hear the truth! But then she thought about it again. This boy had firmly grasped her heart since he appeared on the Hyperion, and had been playing tricks on her all the way. So she couldn't help but feel entangled.

She pondered for a moment and asked tentatively, "What is a lie?"

"Because that was not my original plan, but due to time constraints, I couldn't explain too much about us, so I had to resort to this last resort." Li Shubai said.

This reason sounds quite legitimate, Kiana thought. If the situation was urgent, she could accept this helpless choice.

...Wait, he said this was a lie? Feeling a little uneasy, Kiana thought about it and couldn't help but ask what she wanted to ask: "What about the truth?"

"Of course it's because Kiana is fun to bully." Li Shubai smiled.

Kiana: "?"

Chapter 4: The Herrscher of Corrosion: Danger (k)

Am I fun to bully?

What does that mean? Kiana raised her head and stared blankly at Li Shubai's happy and comfortable smile. She frowned, thought for three seconds, and understood.

"You... know me?" Kiana was not simply angered by Li Shubai's words. She first glanced at Yulandel who was standing next to Li Shubai, and then said in a flat tone, "If Yulandel's speculation just now is correct, the person standing next to you is also Yulandel, then you will know a Kiana Kaslana like me... It doesn't seem to be something difficult to accept."

"Hmm?" This time, Li Shubai was really surprised. "You guessed the general situation just by this? It seems that I still underestimated you."

"Although I always feel like you are calling me stupid... However, if the Kiana Kaslana you know is the same as Yulandel over there, and is from three years ago..." Kiana showed an expression that was difficult to speak of, and sighed in self-abandonment, "I don't seem to have anything to refute..."

"Are you so self-aware?" Li Shubai touched his chin and suddenly felt bored.

Although he didn't think Kiana was really a fool, but... to be honest, he originally thought that Kiana, who didn't know him, would resist more fiercely.

After all, the attitudes of the other two Kiana Kaslanas that Li Shubai currently knows towards him are a little...hard to describe.

Let’s not talk about the killing by patting the head. I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Li Shubai always feels that if he finds a chance to ask Kiana and the Herrscher of the Fire in the Equivalent World if they are willing to give birth to a litter of little Kianas for him, it seems that he will not be rejected...

Compared to the other two, the resistance that Kiana, who didn't know him, would show when he teased her should be very cute and funny, at least that's what he originally thought.

As a result, it didn't take long for the other party to see through her to this extent. Not only did his original plan to tease her fail, but Li Shubai, thinking about another thing, couldn't help but feel heartbroken deep in his heart.

Kiana, who used to get angry when teased, has now matured and knows how to control her emotions... When Li Shubai thought about the reason why Kiana became like this, he couldn't help but lose interest, and at the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little irritated.

Originally, his purpose of coming to this world was to secretly change the material of the knife into sugar. How come before he even started the action, he was stabbed by Kiana instead?

Of course, although he was annoyed, Li Shubai was not the kind of person who would take his anger out on others.

Since the purpose of teasing Kiana has failed, there is no point in continuing to tie them up... With this thought in mind, after regaining his depressed mood, Li Shubai raised his arms and said in a cold tone: "I will loosen you first and temporarily remove the power to restrain you. I advise you not to have any crooked ideas. Since I can tie you up once, I can naturally tie you up a second time."

With the sound of crisp finger snaps, the golden chains wrapped around Kiana and Yulandel gradually returned to the golden cross amid the sound of metal colliding.

Kiana and Yulandel stood up, twisted their wrists in similar movements, looked at each other, and suddenly attacked at the same time!

Yulandel first raised her fist without hesitation and struck the golden cross hard, trying to knock the Oath of Judas away. Kiana, who knew that she and Yulandel were probably no match for Li Shubai and his group, immediately opened a space crack and tried to call for help from her companions on the Hyperion.

Although they speculated that Li Shubai should not be their enemy, they also knew very well that this was just their speculation based on what Li Shubai and his group showed them under the current circumstances.

Speculation never means certainty, and what they see is not necessarily the complete fact.

Therefore, since they were unexpectedly deprived of their power by the restraining authority and kidnapped without any resistance, Kiana and Yulandel have been cooperating with each other, trying to reduce Li Shubai's vigilance against them.

Although their kind and upright natures made them not very good at lying, and also made them instinctively feel a little sorry for Li Shubai who trusted them, but as qualified and mature fighters, in such extreme situations of emergencies, both Kiana and Yulandel could easily suppress their personal emotions and choose the safest method rationally.

As long as they find a way to control these four invaders first...even if it is later confirmed that Li Shubai and his group are not their enemies, it would not be a big deal to apologize to them at that time.

But at least now - neither Kiana nor Yulandel can give complete trust to these people whom they don't know very well.

Perhaps because of the experience of cooperation in the battle against Otto, the cooperation between Kiana and Yulandel was seamless. Even Li Shubai and the other four would probably be caught off guard by Kiana's sudden attack if they were completely unprepared.

Yes--

——Only when Li Shubai and others failed to predict it successfully.

"——" Just as Kiana poked her head out from the space crack, opened her mouth, and was about to shout for help to her companions——

——The scene that came into her sight made her stunned for a moment.

This was not any place on the Hyperion that she was familiar with. As far as Kiana could remember, she should never have been to such a place.

Although... this place is not special, nor is it very unfamiliar, Kiana still racked her brains and couldn't understand why the space-time rift that should have connected to the interior of the Hyperion would lead to a laboratory that she should have never been to?

In fact, judging from the dim space, the scattered metal parts and the amount of dust in every corner, this laboratory must have been abandoned for quite some time.

Before Kiana could come to her senses, she suddenly felt as if her hair was being patted gently by someone.

"Yeah, you did a great job." The boy who claimed that "Kiana is fun to bully" first praised Kiana in a tone of praise, then gently poked his head out of the space crack next to Kiana's face and scanned the area in the same way as she did: "That's right, it's our destination, Xiaozhi, Alicia, Yulandel, we found our destination."

Knowing that she was under complete control again, Kiana's face turned pale. She opened her mouth and subconsciously wanted to ask Li Shubai what he had done to her. But before she could finish the question, she felt a sudden weight on her head, which forced her half-open mouth shut with a click, and she almost bit her tongue.

"So this is where that thing was born?" The Herrscher of Knowledge rested his chin on Kiana's head and poked his head out from above the silver hair. "Why is it an abandoned laboratory?"

Feeling the weight and touch of the chin on top of her head, Kiana couldn't help but have a vein pop out on her forehead.

"Hey! You guys--" But Kiana couldn't curse as she wished because her body was squeezed by someone.

The person who squeezed over was Yulandel, but it was obvious that this Yulandel was not the one that Kiana was familiar with, but the one who stood on the same side as these invaders.

Yulandel, who squeezed next to Kiana, turned her head and asked in a serious tone that Kiana was very familiar with: "So, what is our specific goal?"

...I can bear it! Suppressing her anger and a little grievance, Kiana took a long, deep breath and said, "I'm telling you, can you explain to me first..."

"Let me see..." Alicia, who squeezed to the other side of Kiana, continued to interrupt her unfinished words. She put her palm on her forehead and looked around: "Ah! I see it! It should be the guiding robot!"

"..." Kiana rolled her eyes and gave up struggling like a salted fish, allowing her body to be squeezed under the space crack by the three Herrschers of Consciousness like a hamster surrounded by cats, her face full of tears.

Just like that, about three minutes later...

"Huh?" After the four intruders who had played a trick on Kiana and made the little girl doubt her life swaggered into the abandoned laboratory, Li Shubai turned around and looked at the sad-looking Kiana with a teasing look on his face: "Why did you follow me? Didn't I lift the restrictions on you and Yulandel?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't said this. As soon as he said this, Kiana had the urge to go crazy: "Then why don't you explain to me why my power is out of control!? How can I dare to use my own ability if it goes on like this!?"

Although she had already asked Yulandel on her side to find a way to fly back to the Hyperion to report the situation, after weighing the pros and cons, Kiana still held her nose and endured the unhappiness and grievance of being tricked, and chose to follow Li Shubai and the other three for the time being.

She had to keep up. This ability to forcibly change the powers of other Herrschers was too dangerous. If she and Yulandel left the side of these four invaders, who knew what they could do. In addition, at this point, Kiana did not feel much malice from them, and she also had to figure out why her power suddenly went out of control.

So, at least if she is watching, they shouldn't do anything too bad...right? Kiana thought with some lack of confidence.

"Ah, you don't need to worry about that." Looking at Kiana's angry look, Li Shubai suppressed his laughter, "I just asked Xiaozhi to use Yu Duchen's ability to deceive your perception. Although you have a certain mental resistance, it is impossible to resist the double consciousness power. After you use the power of the void once, the consciousness deception will be invalid, so..."

He extended his hand and gestured with a smile: "You...please do as you please from now on."

Kiana stared with dead eyes and said resentfully: "Do you think I will still believe you?"

After getting Li Shubai's explanation, Kiana already understood why she lost control of her power, but as for the second half of his sentence "the consciousness deception has failed"... Kiana just wanted to laugh.

It's ineffective? Even though it's ineffective, you still encourage me to continue using the power of the void?

Do you really think I'm a fool? Kiana cursed in her heart.