The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"Don't thank me so early." Li Shubai turned his head and glanced at Yu Duchen's consciousness projection. "I just gave you a chance. As for whether you can seize this opportunity..."

"That's enough." Kevin interrupted Li Shubai and took a deep look. "No matter what, I have to thank you for giving me this opportunity."

Although, I may not be able to use this opportunity...

"..." Li Shubai glanced at Kevin, suddenly stretched out his hand, patted his shoulder, and then quickly retracted his hand.

"?" Kevin glanced at his shoulder in confusion.

"A brand." Li Shubai breathed on his palm that was almost frozen by Kevin, and said to Kevin, "I can roughly guess your ending, so in order to prevent you from doing stupid things, I put a brand on your body in advance."

"In this way, when you are on the verge of death... I can sense your specific condition through the mark of this [temporary crew member] and observe the events that happened around that time." After his palms were almost warm, Li Shubai raised his head and looked at Kevin's expressionless face seriously. "And at that time, I will come to your side in the same way as now, and use the zeroth rated power of Yu Duchen to bind your consciousness to Yu Duchen, and then bring you to my ship that can travel through time and space."

"Wait." Hearing Li Shubai's words, Kiana suddenly widened her eyes, "Kevin... will this guy die?"

"It's just my guess..." Li Shubai glanced at Kevin, who had fallen silent, and said calmly, "But judging from his expression, it seems that his guess is pretty close."

"Why?" Although Kevin is now the Lord of the World Serpent, he is undoubtedly in a hostile position to Kiana. He even kidnapped Raiden Mei, but even so, Kiana can't understand why Li Shubai said that Kevin is likely to die soon.

Moreover, seeing Kevin's silence... and even revealing a hint of helplessness on his face, Kiana could tell at a glance that Li Shubai's judgment was correct.

There is a high possibility that Kevin will die...and not only Li Shubai, but even Kevin himself does not deny this fact.

"Is it so hard to understand?" Li Shubai glanced at Kiana's confused expression and said lightly, "Have you forgotten what Kevin's last name is in this civilized era?"

"Last name." Kiana was stunned, her pupils shrank slightly, "Kevin Kaslana..."

"That's it." Li Shubai shrugged. "Although you may not understand his actions, you should also know that the goal of the World Snake and Kevin is to eliminate the collapse of this world."

"As a member of the Kaslana clan, and also recognized by Siegfried as 'Kiana Kaslana', you are also well aware of one thing in your heart." Li Shubai, "You, the Kaslana clan, are all a bunch of idiots who are willing to risk your life for others. This is not just true for you... Kevin is the same."

"..." Kiana was silent.

"If you still don't believe it..." Li Shubai pointed at the consciousness screen, "Just keep watching and you'll know."

Before Kiana could turn her head, a voice that they were all very familiar with suddenly rang out.

In an extremely awkward tone, awkward enough to make everyone feel embarrassed.

"Dear Ai Li Xi Ya——"

Kiana: "..."

Kevin: "..."

Li Shubai: “…”

Lawyer of Knowledge: "..."

Yulandel: "..."

The person who spoke... was Raiden Mei.

After hearing what Mei Raiden said, everyone in the consciousness space fell silent at once.

"Uh..." Li Shubai covered his face with his hands, "That's not what I meant."

"..." Kiana was silent for a moment, with a very stiff smile on her lips, "I... I know..."

Yes, during the conversation between Li Shubai and Kevin, the time in the Eternal Paradise did not stop.

And now, it happened to be the time when Mei Raiden followed Alicia into the Paradise Archives.

Wait, although Kevin was silent for a moment because of Raiden Mei's extremely stiff words "Dear Alicia", he suddenly came to his senses after realizing that they had entered the Paradise Archives Room.

Mei Raiden and Alicia...what are they doing there?

Although even Kevin was not aware of the existence of the Eternal Paradise, nor did he know that the Archives Management Office was actually in the Eternal Paradise, but for the time being... Kevin still knew what that printer was.

To put it nicely, that thing is a reproduction of history and a record of the past, but to put it another way...that thing is almost no different from a voyeur camera.

Just when Kiana and Kevin were quietly focusing their attention on the consciousness projection that Li Shubai had unfolded using Yu Duchen, Li Shubai did something that neither of them had expected.

He snapped his fingers, controlled his Yu Duchen, moved the consciousness light screen in front of Kiana, and then waved to Kevin, "You two look at this first, we have already reviewed everything on it."

After saying that, Li Shubai didn't even look at the two people who were confused, and walked to the side of the Herrscher of Knowledge: "Xiao Shi, switch the screen to Alicia."

“Okay!” The Herrscher of Knowledge’s eyes lit up, and he imitated Li Shubai, raising his arms high in an exaggerated manner, and then snapped his fingers.

In the blink of an eye, the scene on the consciousness screen in front of the Herrscher of Consciousness turned into a thick pink fog that was quietly floating inside the Eternal Paradise.

...Well, without a doubt.

That ball of pink mist was exactly what Alicia turned into after she used the [Power of Corrosion].

Just as Li Shubai said, from the moment they chose to intervene in the Herrscher of Corrosion incident, the so-called [Hersherers of Corrosion] could no longer pose a real problem.

After the Herrscher of Erosion in the outside world was reversely eroded by him using the Ksitigarbha Soul, Li Shubai first controlled the external erosion forces and aggregated them into a Herrscher core. Then, he let Alicia devour the Herrscher core in the outside world, and forged the illusion that the Herrscher of Erosion in the Eternal Paradise was still slowly expanding.

Thus, even after witnessing the battle between Raiden Mei and Senjie, the Herrscher of Corrosion was not completely aroused to riot in his desire to survive.

So, after getting help from Aponia——

——With the help of her nearly omnipotent control over the Paradise of the Past, the [Herrser of Corrosion] who possessed the power of [Corrosion]—Alicia, corroded and devoured the [Herrser of Corrosion] who was hiding in the Paradise of the Eternal World and knew nothing—with almost no effort.

As a being with the power of erosion at its core, it uses the infinite proliferation of virus individuals to form an uncontrolled, crazy ecosystem, turning all living and dead things into [its] own Herrscher of Erosion. If left alone, it will soon... evolve into [One of the Ultimates] that will bring the world to an end and control everything.

At that time, everything on the surface of this planet will no longer be what it originally was, and only the concept of [Rule of Erosion] will remain in the world forever.

——This is how the Ruler of Corrosion destroys the world.

For the Ruler of Erosion, eroding other things and turning them into a part of [himself] is not a manifestation of [evil] from the very beginning.

For those who govern the law of erosion, so-called [erosion] is an objective necessity for survival, just like humans need to drink water and eat food in order to survive and absorb nutrients and water. It is an irresistible survival instinct.

Can eating and drinking be considered evil? Of course not, so for them, the Herrscher of Corrosion is indeed an existence that cannot coexist with them, a different species from humans in terms of basic physiological mechanisms.

Even with the commandments of Apolonia, it is impossible to restrain the Ruler of Corrosion with human morality and ethics.

So, after finding the Herrscher of Corrosion, Alicia devoured it without much mercy.

...Perhaps, for an existence like the [Rosterer of Corrosion] that corrodes other things and turns them into [itself].

Being corroded by other [Herringers of Corrosion] might not be an unacceptable outcome.

At least, according to Alicia's perception, after she successfully used the power of erosion to erode the [Herrserker of Erosion] in the paradise, let alone resistance, she even felt a kind of emotion similar to relief.

This kind of abnormal emotion and self is still too distorted for human beings.

However, after dealing with the Ruler of Corrosion... thinking about what she would have to face next, Alicia, who had turned into a ball of pink mist, began to have a headache again.

What means should I use to get other heroes to play this drama with me?

No matter! The pink fog drifted towards the Quasi Paradise Archives.

Let’s first follow the original script and “delete” one of the characters [Alishia] in the paradise of the past.

When the Yingjies are in chaos and about to fall apart, I will think of ways to defeat them one by one!

Chapter 4: Sakura and Alicia's memory capture plan (k)

By evening, the buildings in the Eternal Paradise were coated with a warm and bright glow by the dim sky.

In the air filled with the fragrance of flowers, Alicia transformed into a pink mist and quietly moved between the buildings. If she appeared in the world as a human now, she would probably be so ashamed of her thief-like behavior that she would cover her face tightly.

Such sneaky behavior is really not like a fairy lady at all.

As the sky gradually darkened, the street lights along the path lit up one by one. The residential area, which was a little noisy during the day, began to become quiet, and people on the street returned to their homes one after another.

Although this place is a mental space composed of Alicia's memories, and most of the residents here are people Alicia once got along with, this place is not a real world after all, and these residents are not memories like the Thirteen Heroes. What the afterimages of these residents can do... is just repeating what is in Alicia's memory, and they do not have true self-awareness.

Having said that, after seeing this scene, Alicia's original shyness and resistance involuntarily calmed down.

Well, there is really no way. She sighed quietly in her heart and hid in the dark archive room of Paradise.

Although she felt a little sorry for Ying and herself as a memory, but... she really knew Shisan Yingjie too well.

If there were no other Thirteen Heroes to help her act... even if she obtained the power of erosion, Alicia did not think that she could hide it from everyone else and prevent the general direction of the situation from deviating too much.

Although she is not stupid, she is not a genius like Mebius and Velvet, nor does she have the abnormal thinking based on mental perception like Su and Aponia.

Even in the last era of civilization, Alysia was undoubtedly just a fighter and a leader at most.

It is impossible for her to deceive all the heroes with her acting skills alone.

So, something like complicity... is undoubtedly necessary in this big drama surrounding Mei Raiden.

Aponia and Eden have been successfully persuaded by her. Although Eden believes that Mei Raiden will definitely be angry afterwards, for Eden, what Alicia did was not unreasonable.

If it is to help the current civilization era defeat the end more smoothly...

Miss Mei, I'm sorry.

After dealing with Aponia and Eden, Alicia's second target was Sakura and [Alisa] who was a memory.

Calculating the time, the original Herrscher of Corrosion deleted his memory on this night...

Therefore, even if I ignore other factors, I must meet with Alicia and Sakura, who are memories, tonight.

And that’s not all…

Before entering the eternal paradise, Li Shubai also transferred the right to use the Ksitigarbha Soul to her.

Although the little fox who lives comfortably in the small village inside Jizo's Soul has no memories of her time as a human, but... she and Ling are the same person after all from the perspective of the soul.

If Sakura could be allowed to meet the little fox, for Sakura who thought her sister was no longer in this world, perhaps... it could be a kind of redemption that was originally not allowed.

Just as Alicia was thinking this, the sound of a door opening suddenly echoed from inside the Paradise Archives Room.

Here they come... Alicia turned into a ball of pink mist and disappeared into the shadow of the archive room. Deep in her heart, she held her breath quietly, staring motionlessly at the two figures who walked into the door.

"Hmm?" The first person to step into the Paradise Archives Room was Ying, who had the Seven Thunders of Purification hung around her waist again.

After entering the archive room, she frowned slightly and looked around the dark archive room carefully.

"What's wrong, Sakura?" Seeing the person in front of her suddenly stop, Alicia, who was following Sakura, asked.

Not long ago, after Sakura took back the Seven Thunders of Purification that she had repaired from Velvet, she met Alicia on the way to the Paradise Archives.

Sakura did not hide her purpose and whereabouts from Alicia, and Alicia's heart skipped a beat when she saw Sakura retrieve the Seven Thunders of Purification.

Out of kindness towards Sakura, she took the initiative to come to Sakura's side and walk with her, and tried to stop Sakura from pursuing the truth about the 12th Herrscher of the previous civilization, but she didn't expect that... a long time ago, Sakura, who everyone thought knew nothing about the 12th Herrscher, knew the truth by chance.

He learned the truth that his own sister was killed by the soldiers of the Fire Moth.

The truth she wanted to find out from the printer in the Paradise Archives was indeed the whole picture of the Twelfth Herrscher incident, but it was not just about the Twelfth Herrscher.

What she wanted to know was whether she, Ling's biological sister, had made the right decision at the end of the Twelfth Herrscher incident, which was also the end of her own life.

So, accompanied by Alicia, Sakura came to the Paradise Archives and used the printer to learn the truth about the Herrscher of Corrosion incident.

However, after entering this dim room, Sakura suddenly stopped moving forward due to a feeling as if she was being gored by a poisonous snake.

As a member of the killer organization Poison Pupa, Sakura has an intuition about her surroundings that is even comparable to that of psychic perception.

After integrating the super-mutation factor of [Yaksha], this extraordinary intuition was further expanded.

Rather than calling it intuition, Sakura's current ability to perceive the environment and atmosphere is better described as a supernatural power...which is more in line with the actual situation.

Even though there was nothing abnormal with her vision, hearing, smell and touch, the moment she entered the Paradise Archives, Sakura still used her special ability to realize that she and Alicia were being spied on by a third party.

After a moment of silence, Ying shook her head, raised her legs again and took two steps forward to make way for the door. She then calmly said to Alicia who was blocked outside the door by her, "It must be my illusion."

Ying did not pursue the sudden unusual feeling in her chest further. After all, she was one of the Thirteen Heroes and had a considerable degree of confidence in her abilities.

If there is something that can defeat both him and Alicia at the same time while he remains alert, then even other heroes including Kevin will not be a match for this thing.

And if the being with such power was their enemy, there would be no need for him to hide from Alicia and himself.

So, Ying chose to hide her feelings from Alicia for the time being, and Alicia naturally did not doubt her at all, and said with some concern: "Ying...has it been too hard for you to hide it from us all this time?"

Although she was touched that Alicia cared so much about her affairs, but...how should she explain to Alicia in this situation? Because she didn't want to alarm the "third party" who was peeping at her, Sakura was extremely conflicted.

Fortunately, as if seeing through Sakura's complicated mood, Alicia did not dwell on this issue for long. She followed Sakura's footsteps into the Paradise Archives, came to the printer that could print facts of the past and present, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Sakura.

After using the printer's ability to obtain the full picture of the 12th Herrscher incident, the two people who had good intentions towards each other talked for a long time. Although they still paid some attention to their surroundings, for Sakura, multitasking was undoubtedly a basic operation.

So, when Sakura and Alishia, who was a memory, opened their hearts to each other and spoke freely, the Herrscher of Corrosion lurking in the dark - Alishia, could not help but fall into some kind of tangled emotions.

Oh no, the Herrscher of Corrosion in that video deleted me as a memory without any warning... Why was it that when it was me, Sakura noticed it instead?

Seeing through Sakura's vigilance against her, Alicia was puzzled. Logically speaking, whether it was the ability to control the power of erosion or the scale of Honkai energy that could be controlled... as a dual-core Herrscher, she should be much stronger than the new Herrscher of Erosion in this civilized era.

But why...can't I do what the Ruler of Erosion did?

Could it be that it was just a coincidence that the new Herrscher of Corrosion met him and Sakura?