The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"…" She was lying, and Eden could tell at a glance.

But at the same time, she did not go out of her way to hide the fact that she was lying.

As a fusion warrior with spiritual perception, even if he was in a daze, with Aponya's physical perception that was completely different from that of ordinary people, it was impossible for him to be approached to this extent without any defense by someone who didn't even hide his whereabouts.

Both Aponia and Eden were well aware of this fact.

But looking at Aponya's face, Eden nodded and lightly let go of the matter: "Since nothing else happened... I understand."

After a moment of silence, Aponya asked, "Aren't you going to ask why I lied to you?"

The corners of Eden's mouth slightly raised up into an elegant and noble smile: "Because... what happened to you is a good thing for you, right? I haven't seen you in the deepest place for a long time... But even so, I can still see that you are happier now, Aponya, than ever before."

"Is it that obvious?" Aponya was stunned. She raised her flawless white fingers and stroked her face along Eden's gentle and smiling gaze. After realizing that her face was uncontrollably revealing joy, the disciplined Yingjie couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression, "It seems that I still lack the ability to control my emotions."

"Although you don't seem to be willing to share with me why you are so happy, but since it's a good thing, I won't interfere anymore." Eden smiled, "Wait until the day when you are willing to take the initiative - ah!!!"

As a result, he was halfway through his words when his vision suddenly turned black and he felt a cold sensation in his eyes. Eden, who was totally unprepared for all this, let out a very cute cry of surprise.

"Guess who I am?" At the same time, a naughty and pleasant voice, accompanied by a moist and warm breath, sounded in Eden's ears as if tickling his ears.

"Ai... Ai Li?" After recognizing that it was the voice of a friend he was very familiar with, Eden was stunned for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. His arms, which were originally so tense that he almost took out his two guns, drooped weakly as their owner relaxed. "Hmm... Really, you still like to play tricks on me like before."

"Hmm~" Behind Eden, the person who covered her eyes made a naughty tone, "Don't you like this, my good Eden."

“You can’t say I don’t like it.” Seeing that his best friend didn’t seem to have any intention of loosening his grip, Eden raised his arm helplessly and gently peeled off the five fingers covering his eyes. “It’s just that it would be better if you could warn me before doing this kind of thing… After all, for most people, being frightened is not a pleasant experience.”

After playing with the soft white fingers, Eden's noble, elegant and beautiful face was once again covered with a gentle and calm smile. She turned her body and looked directly at the person behind her.

But when that person's figure came into view, the peaceful smile on Eden's face suddenly froze.

"Hmm?" Was it because he realized that Eden had suddenly gone into a daze? The man tilted his head and touched his face innocently, "Why are you suddenly staring at my face with such a passionate gaze? Although Miss Fairy doesn't mind showing off her charming face, but - come back to your senses! My dear Eden!"

"Ah..." Eden woke up suddenly when his name was called.

But in the next moment, Eden, whose consciousness was awakened, couldn't help but become dazed again.

——Different from myself.

——No, it’s not just different from me.

It should be said that the Alicia in front of him who had just played a prank on him... was different from every hero in the paradise of the past.

She is definitely not Alicia.

At least——it was definitely not the memory of Alicia in the paradise of the past.

but……

"Ai... Ai Li..." After realizing a "fact" that was absolutely impossible but appeared before her eyes for some reason, Eden immediately held Alicia's hand, staring at her infatuatedly as if she couldn't get enough of the fairy lady's flawless and beautiful face. She slowly raised her other hand and touched the face of the person in front of her as if to confirm whether it was an illusion, "Are you...are you the real Ai Li?"

The moment Eden's hand touched Alicia's face, the fairy lady showed a beautiful smile that was a mixture of joy and nostalgia.

"Yes, although I have kept you waiting for a long time, Eden." Alicia said with a smile: "I am back!"

"..." Hearing Alicia's lively voice as always, Eden was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Ah, yes."

"It's really... I've waited for a long time." Eden said, "But... I still welcome your return, my dear friend, Alicia."

Aponia silently looked at the beautiful scene of her good friends reuniting. When Alicia and Eden gradually calmed down, she spoke: "Now, you should know why I was so happy that I lost my composure."

"Of course." Eden nodded. "It's understandable that it would be difficult to control your emotions to know that your best friend who was supposed to be gone is still alive and standing in front of you."

"But... Ai Li." As he spoke, Eden suddenly frowned, turned his head, and looked up and down at Ai Lishia's clothes. "Why does the color of your clothes... become so unsuitable for you? The color of your cosmetic contact lenses is not as beautiful as the original color."

"Oh, don't mention it! You also think this color combination is far less beautiful than the original one, right?" It would have been fine if Eden didn't say this. Once it was mentioned, even with Alicia's personality, she felt a little angry. "If you want me to be the boss, I will accept it, but that unromantic man actually asked me to change my clothes! Not only that, even the color of my eyes and hair must become the same as that guy! The cute fairy lady should be the most dazzling even if she appears as an enemy! My good Eden, you also think that the color combination of this dress is not as good as the previous one, right!"

Seeing Alicia's fierce protest, Eden, who originally had some difficulty in agreeing with her taste, was a little embarrassed. She raised her palm and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead: "Since you don't want to wear this, then I will sew you a new combat uniform? But...what's the matter with letting you be the boss?"

"About that matter, Eden." After hearing Eden's question, Aponia walked in front of her and raised her hand. "Close your eyes. I need to temporarily close your five senses. During this time, I will show you everything that Alicia showed me just now, in detail."

"Hmm?" After hearing Aponia's instructions, Eden was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes without any suspicion.

In an instant, countless scenes flashed before her eyes, what would happen in the future, the reason why Alicia wore clothes of this color, and her plans... everything was displayed in front of Eden.

After digesting all the images for about ten minutes, Eden pondered for a moment and opened his eyes again: "So... the Herrscher of Corrosion that we, the memories, had tried our best to successfully eliminate has actually been devoured by this Alicia from the Hyperion and is no longer a threat. In order to prevent the captain from being affected when observing the future... when the end comes, Ali, you need us to perform a scene in front of Miss Mei... am I understanding correctly?"

"You are worthy of being a great dramatist. My good Eden is the one who understands me the best!" Alicia clapped her hands.

"...Ms. Mei will be angry." Eden said helplessly.

"..." These irrefutable words made Alicia choke.

"... Miss Mei will really be angry." Eden rubbed his forehead with a headache, "And... the other Yingjies, Ai Li, how are you going to explain?"

"Hmm..." Alicia was silent for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "How about not telling them first?"

“……” Eden looked at Alicia in silence.

"Uh... okay, I get it." Alicia dropped her arms helplessly, "I'll find a way to let Kevin and Weierwei know about this."

"No, I'm not referring to them." Eden said helplessly, "I won't talk about the other heroes for now, but what are you going to do with those two kids? From the future you showed us, Kosmo and Grayshu, those two kids, didn't even meet the Herrscher of Corrosion, and in order to delay time and not increase the opponent's abilities, they destroyed their own data."

"Well, I am prepared for Kosmo and Grayshu." Alicia said, "I am not bragging. Although we are both Herrschers of Corrosion, I am much more powerful than the original Herrscher in his infancy. I will find Aponia as soon as possible and borrow all the authority of the Eternal Paradise from her temporarily...but."

Alicia was silent for a moment, then said, "If I'm not mistaken, when I gained the authority to the Eternal Paradise, it seemed that Wei Wei had already noticed it."

Chapter 4 Kevin's Questioning, Kiana's Expectations (k)

In fact, Alicia's understanding of the facts was not accurate.

If you want to ask why——

"..." In the pure white space, Li Shubai covered his face with his hands, looking unbearable, "Hasn't this been discovered by most people... Is Alicia not prepared to act properly?"

"Hey! Move aside a bit! I can't see anything!" Suddenly, Kiana's clear voice rang out. She pressed her face tightly against Li Shubai's profile... No, it's better to say that she was trying to push Li Shubai aside. "Can you turn the screen away first? I'm a little worried about Mei's situation."

In reality, even though this man and woman struck such an ambiguous pose, neither Li Shubai nor Kiana...even Yulandel and the Herrscher of Consciousness who were present seemed to be unfazed by the poses they struck.

“Why don’t you go to Xiaozhi’s side? Why do you have to squeeze over to my side?” Li Shubai even squeezed back towards Kiana, not wanting to be outdone. He rolled his eyes and pouted in the direction of the Herrscher of Consciousness, “The power of consciousness is not only possessed by Yu Duchen... uh..."

Halfway through his speech, he realized why Kiana had to squeeze over here.

Compared to this side, although there was no quarrel on the side of the Herrscher of Consciousness, when Li Shubai saw the situation over there, she realized that the situation over there... seemed to be more tragic than her own side.

Needless to say, the Herrscher of Consciousness himself occupies most of the space, and Yulandel doesn't seem to have much desire to compete for the spotlight.

The key is Kevin... Although that guy had a cold face, as if everyone in the world owed him tens of thousands of dollars, he didn't do anything too outrageous. On this basis, he approached the Herrscher of Knowledge cautiously, but didn't want others to notice his actions...

How can I put it? After seeing Kevin's expression, not to mention herself, even Yulandel put on a half-smile expression.

"Kevin Kaslana, I originally thought he was a scary and unreasonable person..." Perhaps realizing that Li Shubai's gaze had also noticed Kevin's awkward look, Kiana stared at the direction of Herrscher of Knowledge, Yulandel, and Kevin, lowered her voice, and said with some surprise, "I really didn't expect... that he would actually do such an interesting thing?"

"After all, in a sense, he is the male version of you." Li Shubai said lightly.

"Hmm... um?" Kiana nodded subconsciously, but suddenly froze and said in confusion, "Ah? What did you say? The male version of me?"

Who? Kevin, the one with a cold face all day?

Is he the male version of me?

"How did you come to such an outrageous conclusion?" Kiana looked back at Li Shubai's nonchalant expression in astonishment and couldn't help but protest.

"When you see what the legendary Dr. Mei looks like, you will know why I said that." Li Shubai twitched his lips, "The relationship between you two is not as simple as it seems on the surface."

Li Shubai has not forgotten that Kevin Kaslana was not a pioneer from 3 years ago. In another world, this guy claimed to be Kiana Kaslana from a parallel world. Although Li Shubai knew that the game settings could not be simply applied to reality, and there was no such character setting in Honkai Impact rd, Li Shubai still felt that there was a close connection between Kevin and Kiana.

"You have read a lot of detailed information about us. I know this." At this moment, a steady and emotionless voice suddenly sounded, "But this is not a basis for you to make up other people's identities without any basis."

The moment that voice sounded, the air in the entire consciousness space suddenly turned cold.

"I thought you were going to keep putting ice cubes in there until the end." But Li Shubai didn't waver at all. He turned around and glanced at Kevin in surprise. "You become like a robot when Alicia is not around. Is it necessary? Except for Kiana, everyone here knows what kind of person you are. Everyone knows that you are actually very worried about these memories. Wouldn't it be better to be honest about your feelings?"

"..." Kevin, who felt that it would be even more embarrassing to continue talking, closed his mouth silently. He regretted letting these people in without permission.

"What do you mean except me?" Kiana poked Li Shubai's side with her elbow in dissatisfaction, "You speak as if I am the only idiot."

“…” Li Shubai glanced at Kiana silently.

The look in his eyes that seemed to be saying "So you knew that too" made Kiana couldn't help but make a cross on her forehead.

She couldn't do it. If she did, it would mean that she couldn't win the argument with him. She had to admit his evaluation of her. She took a deep breath, suppressed her restless thoughts, and tried to divert the topic and her attention. "But I really didn't expect that guy to let us into the World Serpent Headquarters so easily... Alicia, she must be a very important person to him, right?"

About twenty minutes ago.

When Kiana used her ability of space transfer to transfer herself, Li Shubai and the other three to the coordinate location provided by the Herrscher of Consciousness.

The man she saw gave her a fright and she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

When Kiana saw Kevin standing in the middle of the narrow and dark corridor with the Holy Fire Judgement in the form of a big sword in his hand, she was so frightened that she almost took out her Fire Flame King Sword and chopped him down directly.

She still remembered the fear she felt when she was captured by Yulandel and brought to the Destiny North African Laboratory and ran into Kevin who suddenly appeared in front of her on the way to escape.

Although she is no longer the same as she was before, she still doesn't think she can defeat this man.

But before she could take any countermeasures against Kevin who was standing there motionless, Alicia behind her spoke in a very happy voice.

"Hi! Kevin!" The guy came over her shoulder and stood in front of her. He faced Kevin head-on, waved his hand, and said to Kevin in a joyful voice, "I came to see you. Hmm... it's a bit cold. Why are you staying in such a gloomy place alone? Do you want to carry out your cold-faced handsome attribute to the end?"

Only then did Kiana recall... As fusion warriors, Alicia, Kevin and Fu Hua... Herrscher of Consciousness, they should have been comrades who had been together for a long time 50,000 years ago.

While breathing a sigh of relief, Kiana, who felt that she might not be able to fight anymore, suddenly realized that something was wrong.

It wasn’t himself, not Alicia, nor Li Shubai and the others, but... Kevin.

She looked at Kevin's motionless yet powerful posture, and suddenly tilted her head in confusion.

I don’t know why…I was the one who was frightened when I saw Kevin, but looking at Kevin’s motionless and expressionless face, I always felt that Kevin seemed to be more frightened than me.

No, no ...

How could I have such an illusion that had no basis or reason at all? Kiana shook her head and thought to herself with some self-mockery.

...Although, she did think so at first.

"Would you mind letting us in first? Don't you realize you're in the way, Kevin?"

"Ah."

"Hmmmm, the Golden Garden still looks the same as before? Ah, it should be called the Land of the Afterlife now, right?"

"Correct."

"Kevin, can you give me the Skyfire Sword first? I'm afraid the flames on it will burn us."

"it is good."

"You should have noticed something strange about the Paradise of the Past, right?"

"Correct."

"Clang clang clang! Look! Surprising or not? Unexpected or not! It's the power of erosion of this era!"

"Accident."

"Aren't you curious about how I became the Herrscher of Corrosion?"

"Not curious."

"...You are too boring, aren't you? Forget it. We need your help anyway, so... leave the matter of the Herrscher of Corrosion to us first?"

"can."

"The right to use the Paradise of the Past Life will be temporarily requisitioned by me?"

"can."

"During this period of time, shall we suspend the World Serpent's actions outside for a while?"

"can."

"After I enter the paradise, their safety will be in your hands!"

"it is good."

"The captain and Xiaozhi will take all of you into a consciousness space later. Kevin, you must behave yourself and don't resist."

"it is good."

...However, when Kiana saw that Alicia used only her mouth to persuade Kevin, who in her opinion did not know how to reason at all, to repeat a series of "yes", she was completely stunned.

Then she finally understood everything... the unnatural feeling she had when she first saw Kevin... was not just her illusion.

So Kevin was really frightened by them... no, should I say, by Alicia? !