The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"Sigh..." Looking at the Herrscher of Consciousness running around like a Husky with its reins released, Li Shubai covered his face and began to seriously consider whether he had lost his mind or his consciousness had been modified by the Herrscher of Consciousness for choosing to let the Herrscher of Consciousness act with him.

Chapter 4 Touching the corners.jpg (k)

Looking at the figure of the Herrscher of Consciousness leaping in the air and disappearing into the entrance of the Paradise of the Afterlife, Li Shubai shrugged and made an expression of unbearable pain.

"Really... He didn't even check if his power was effective." He complained, shaking his head, then looked around at the surrounding scene.

There was no one in the exhibition stand where the Dish of Remembrance was displayed, the lounge with a starry sky decoration hanging from the ceiling, or the intelligence room where the virtual earth was displayed in the air. There was no breath at all in the steel gate on the lower floor and the workshop on the upper floor. After confirming that there was no trace of other people nearby, Li Shubai did not immediately follow the footsteps of the Herrscher of Knowledge to the data space of the Paradise of the Last World. Instead, he walked to the side of Raiden Mei, touched his chin, and looked up and down at her slender body lying on the ground.

His gaze followed the Queen of Thunder's body all the way to the top of her head, and finally stopped at her forehead.

There was nothing in that place except——

"..." Gulp, Li Shubai swallowed quietly and looked around carefully again.

Well, although Kiana and the others should be able to see the scene here through the petal of Yuduchen that I lent them, but...

"Hmm... umm... no wonder Alicia would have that kind of sigh, it's indeed a very subtle touch." Li Shubai squatted down, touched the pointed corner of Raiden Mei's forehead, and nodded seriously.

How should I put it, the feel... Although it looks like a very sharp corner, when you touch it, you will unexpectedly feel a layer of soft leather wrapped around the outside of the corner, and even the sharp blade does not feel very sharp.

...To use an analogy, it's like holding the handlebars of a motorcycle that is wrapped in a rubber outer layer.

After playing with Mei Raiden's horns to his satisfaction, Li Shubai released his hands, then walked around her body to Mei Raiden's feet and kicked her high heels.

"Hey, stop pretending. I know you're awake." Li Shubai said, "You're the Herrscher of Thunder, who holds the power of conquest, but you had your consciousness invaded by the Herrscher of Knowledge in a single encounter. Only foolish Herrschers like Xiao Shi and Kiana would believe this."

"..."

"..."

After silence lasted for a moment, a voice filled with shame and indignation suddenly echoed in the empty hall of Xianletu.

"You knew I was awake...and you still did this to me?"

Raiden Mei, who was lying on the ground, slowly raised her head, then supported herself with her hands, and sat up straight, looking a little tired. She turned her head and stared at Li Shubai, who was smiling, with cold eyes. Her beautiful face with a stern temperament was filled with a blush that was not sure whether it was anger or shyness.

"After all, you have no ability to resist now." Li Shu smiled. "Although Xiao Shi's power has not fully taken effect and has not been able to completely take away your consciousness, your physical energy consumption is real. In addition, the burden caused by the mental connection with Su just now. Even if I called you just now, you should not be able to move or make any reaction."

As he was talking, Li Shubai couldn't help but sigh. He raised his arm, and with a slightly helpless look, he spread out his five fingers to support his forehead, his face heavy with sorrow: "We are all Herrs, why are the ones in my family so unreliable?"

"That's obviously because you're not very reliable either." Raiden Mei gently closed her eyes and retorted with a little fatigue: "I don't think a man who takes advantage of a girl's unconsciousness to do this kind of thing to her has the right to complain to others about being unreliable."

"...Are you angry?" Li Shubai smiled.

After a moment of silence, Mei Raiden shook her head and denied it firmly: "No."

"Then can you let go of your sword first?" Li Shubai glanced at Raiden Mei's palm, "You are not angry and you are still holding the handle of the Herrscher Armor so tightly. It's not convincing at all."

"..." Mei Raiden sighed tiredly. She didn't know why. Although she didn't know this man who looked a generation younger than her, she always felt that her mood and right to speak were firmly controlled by him.

In order to prevent her own judgment from being disrupted and to accurately grasp the current situation, Mei Raiden decided not to pursue the offense of this strange man for the time being, and at the same time tried to turn the current topic back to the main business.

She opened her eyes again, hiding her shyness and anger, and looked directly at Li Shubai, who looked frivolous, with a calm and serious gaze. She asked directly what she had wanted to ask since the beginning: "Who are you? The abnormal changes in the paradise... are you responsible?"

"Although I really want to answer your question, but..." Li Shubai spread his hands and said with regret: "I'm sorry, no matter which question you ask, I can't answer it."

"Do you know Alicia?" asked Mei Raiden.

"I can't answer this question either... although I want to say so." Li Shubai stroked his chin with his palm, "But looking at your expression, even if I say I don't know him, you won't believe me."

"..." Raiden Mei was silent for a moment, staring into Li Shubai's eyes wordlessly.

That expression was like saying: You knew that too?

"It's no use looking at me with that unyielding expression. I suggest you don't ask me too many questions." Li Shubai showed a helpless expression. He raised his arm and snapped his fingers lightly. "After all, whether I tell you or not, you won't remember what happened now."

As the crisp sound of finger snaps that continued to echo in the Paradise Hall quietly fell, in Raiden Mei's sight with her pupils slightly shrunken, a golden cross appeared out of thin air next to Li Shubai.

The bond of binding—the oath of Judah.

"Your power of conquest is indeed a rather troublesome thing. If you are not careful, even other Herrschers cannot guarantee or even detect whether their abilities have been successfully effective on you." Li Shubai said calmly: "Except for the power of restraint."

"You..." Realizing something was wrong, Mei Raiden tried to stand up from the ground, but the next moment, the feeling of emptiness as if her strength had been drained away all at once and the fatigue accumulated inside her body and consciousness suddenly invaded her body.

The feeling of not being able to exert any strength at all was as if every drop of blood and flesh in the body was filled with lead, making Raiden Mei's body unable to move.

——Although the power of the Herrscher of Consciousness failed to completely deprive Mei Raiden of her consciousness under the protection of the authority of conquest, this does not mean that Mei Raiden's consciousness was completely unaffected by the power of consciousness.

The power of conquest is, in its essence, a power to fight force with force. Even though Mei Raiden did not completely lose consciousness, the power she consumed in the confrontation with power and the impact that could not be completely offset still remained in her body and deep in her consciousness.

This is also the reason why, even though her consciousness did not fall into a coma, Mei Raiden's body was still forced to shut down her movements, so that she was unable to resist when Li Shubai touched her horn, and she has only barely recovered until now.

"What... do you want to do..." Mei Raiden's forehead was sweating uncontrollably, "Why... is Principal Theresa's Oath of Judas... in your hands...?"

Could it be that the Hyperion... and Kiana and the others have been taken over by this strange man...

When she thought of this, her worry and anxiety about her past partners drove her consciousness to desperately whip her body, trying to make herself move.

But under the dual influence of the suppression of restrained power from without and the encumbrance of her body that had not fully recovered from within, the largest movement she could make was to slowly raise her head in a slow arc.

But when she raised her head, what she saw was a very familiar feather.

The beautiful and simple rainbow feather, the key to consciousness - one of the pieces of Yu Duchen.

This time, under the control of "restraint", Mei Raiden, who had lost the power of conquest, finally completely lost the ability to forcibly fight against the power of other Herrschers. Mei Raiden's eyelids were fighting uncontrollably, and the picture she saw before her eyes completely closed was the calm expression of the man.

"Don't get me wrong, your companions were not hurt, and these divine keys are not the ones in their hands." Looking at Raiden Mei's trembling and about to close eyelids, with a look of regret and unwillingness because she could not fight against the enemy who might have hurt her companions, Li Shubai's eyes flashed with a trace of pity, and he said in the softest tone possible: "When everything is over, all the confusion you have now will be answered. As for now-"

"——Go to sleep first, and treat all this as a dream for now."

"..." Such inexplicable words... How could I possibly accept them...

Damn it, am I just going to be fooled by others like this...

If I had the chance, I would...

Although she still felt a strong sense of unwillingness, after receiving the answer that Kiana and the others were not hurt, Mei Raiden couldn't control her emotions.

The slightly relaxed thoughts completely broke Raiden Mei's last resistance, and her consciousness fell into complete darkness.

After cleaning up the mess of the Herrscher of Consciousness who was unaware that his power had not fully taken effect, and temporarily sealing Raiden Mei's recent memories, Li Shubai took back his Judas and Yu Duchen, and then suddenly raised his head.

He heard a sound similar to splashing water suddenly in the air.

That is the entrance to the paradise of the past.

"What are you dawdling for, Captain?" In the film-like entrance, the Herrscher of Consciousness suddenly poked his head out and shouted at Li Shubai, "Come on, hurry up! Without me to lead the way, you won't be able to reach the shabby place where those two weirdos are now."

"...a shabby place?"

"The Deep Place, the Deep Place!" The Herrscher of Knowledge repeated the names of both Deep Places in dissatisfaction. "Don't you want to find Su and Aponia, two psychic perception fusion warriors who are good at fighting, and ask them to teach you the surgical procedures of S0-1129?"

"You still remember?" Li Shubai looked at the half of the Herrscher of Knowledge sticking out of the entrance to the Paradise of the Past with a surprised look on his face. He added, "Also, I have to remind you that you are the Herrscher of Knowledge. In a sense, you are also one of those 'psychic perception fusion warriors who are weird and good at making moves' that you mentioned."

“…I’ll beat you up!” The Herrscher of Knowledge’s face darkened. “Also, don’t confuse the spiritual perception system with the power of knowledge—I’m much stronger than them!”

"Even more weird than them?"

"You're looking for trouble, aren't you?!"

"Hehe, just a joke." Li Shubai shrugged, then jumped up and flew towards the entrance of the paradise of the afterlife.

"Tsk - come here!" The Herrscher of Consciousness glared at Li Shubai, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him mercilessly into the paradise of the past.

——Outside the paradise, the pure white space of consciousness.

"He did it for Mei's own good. He did it for Mei's own good. He did it for Mei's own good. He did it for Mei's own good..."

Listening to the constant chattering in their ears, Kevin and Yulandel raised their palms in a similar manner and slapped them on their foreheads, while Sakura stared meaningfully at the memory of Alicia, who was smiling and making an innocent expression.

Ever since the consciousness image displayed by Yu Duchen, whom Li Shubai lent them, showed the scene in which Li Shubai secretly touched the corner of Raiden Mei's clothes, Kiana has become like this.

Her eyes were dazed, and her lips were moving at a very fast speed. Her face, which was cute yet mature and determined, was gradually changing into a screaming expression that was completely different from her current temperament: "——Ahhh why did he touch Mei's!!! I obviously didn't even touch Mei's corners! I obviously didn't even touch Mei's corners ahhhh!!!"

Kevin glanced at the hesitant girl with the same hair and eye color as himself with sympathy and reluctance, and suddenly turned his head to look at Yulandel, saying in a flat tone: "Hey, offspring, has she always been like this?"

After clearly seeing the two hopes from Li Shubai: [being able to cross the end using methods other than the Stigmata Plan] and [going back to the past to save Dr. Mei's life], Kevin more or less regained some of his original character.

Although because of Li Shubai's request, he will still maintain that icy face and unapproachable appearance when facing the people of this world in the future, but at least when communicating with those insiders... Kevin is also trying to let go of his airs little by little.

Chapter 4 I thought I was acting, but I was actually the one being acted? (k)

After all, even Kevin couldn't want Dr. Mei to have to put on a sour face as if everyone owed him tens of thousands of dollars when they met one day in the future.

Descendant? Hearing Kevin's address to Yulandel, the memory of Alicia, who was stroking the furry tail of Hiyumaru with great interest, and Sakura, who was looking at the memory of Alicia with reluctance, were both stunned.

They all turned their dazed gazes towards Yulandel at the same time, their thoughts becoming a little stuck.

Wait...it turns out that Kevin and Dr. Mei have already had offspring?

Although they knew that Dr. Mei and Kevin had a deep bond called love, for Alicia and Sakura, who were memories, it was not until now that they finally realized that Kevin in reality... in a sense, could also be called an ancestor.

Wait, Sakura and Alicia looked at each other, and both realized a serious problem at that moment.

We know that Kevin is the ancestor of the blonde girl, and we also know that they are from the same generation as Kevin, so the question is -

In a sense, are they also the elders of these young people?

Originally, Alicia and Sakura naively thought that they, the Thirteen Heroes, and the new generation of children like Raiden Mei and Yulandel were just pioneers and successors. Even they did not expect that among these successors, there would be Kevin's descendants.

So, if that’s the case, the relationship between Youlandel and them should be similar to that between [descendants of a colleague] and [colleague of an ancestor], right?

Wait, if that's the case, then isn't Mei Raiden, who knows both Yulandel and Kiana, also... Alicia's thoughts were wandering wildly, and suddenly she shook her head fiercely.

No, no, I can't keep thinking about this.

Miss Fairy is forever young! I don't want to be someone's grandmother in this life!

On the other side, after hearing Kevin's somewhat strange words, Yulandel couldn't help but glance at the old ancestor who suddenly spoke to her with a somewhat subtle look. After a moment of silence, she decisively chose to stand up for her sister: "You don't seem to be any better. Moreover, if we want to trace the origin, the Kaslana blood in Kiana and me, and the Kaslana spirit that Kiana carries, didn't they all come from you in the beginning?"

"Huh?" In less than half a second, after hearing Yulandel's complaint, Kiana's expression suddenly froze.

Finally, not only Sakura and Alicia, but even she, who had been at a loss because of Raiden Mei's matter, finally reacted completely.

What did she just say?

[The blood of Kaslana in me and Kiana?]

Wait... before that, Kevin seemed to have called Yulandel "descendant", right?

"Wait, wait! Yulandel, what are you talking about!" Kiana, who felt as if she had accidentally heard a shocking secret, turned around, swallowed her saliva, and said with a dry mouth: "What...what do you mean by the blood of Kaslana in you and me?"

This time, it was Youlandel who was stunned.

"Hmm?" Kevin glanced at Kiana, then at Yulandel, "Have they not yet understood your situation?"

"...I'm not sure either." Yulandel scratched her blonde hair awkwardly. "After all, I'm not the Yulandel of this world. I don't know if she revealed her true identity to Theresa-senpai and Kiana after she regained the power of Kaslana's stigma like me."

“However, now it seems that, judging from Kiana’s behavior, although it is not clear why.” Yulandel hesitated for a moment, “Perhaps because of concerns, [I] in this world should not have chosen to reveal my identity to you.”

"..." Kiana opened her mouth slightly, staring blankly at Yulandel's face, "You have taken back the power of the stigma of the Kaslana clan... In other words, you and I are actually related by blood? Are you also from the Kaslana clan?"

"To be precise..." Yulandel thought for a moment. After this, Li Shubai would delete Kiana's recent memories anyway, so she didn't bother to hide this matter for herself in this world. "...I am the biological daughter of Cecilia and Mr. Siegfried, so I should be considered your sister."

Kiana was stunned.

At the same moment when Kiana was in confusion and chaos because of the shocking facts, Li Shubai, under the guidance of the Herrscher of Consciousness, came to the deepest part of the paradise of the past life.

As a Herrscher born from Fu Hua's body, the Herrscher of Consciousness naturally inherited all the memories that Fu Hua possessed, which included not only the specific location of the World Serpent Headquarters, but also the use and operation of the Paradise of the Past.

In a sense, the World Snake is a legacy left over from the last civilization era. Although Kevin is the nominal lord, and the leaders that the current World Snake cadres directly contact are all Kevin, the fact is that the World Snake is the common asset of these pioneers, so in addition to Kevin, Fu Hua also has the authority to use the paradise of the past at will.

Entering the deepest place, which is forbidden for successors, is a piece of cake for the Herrscher of Knowledge.

When the Herrscher of Consciousness brought Li Shubai to the cloud where Aponia was, all the Thirteen Heroes who knew that the real Alicia was still alive also gathered here.

Kevin, Aponia, Eden and Su stood on the majestic floating platform, silently watching Li Shubai and the Herrscher of Consciousness who set foot in this area.

Before they and Li Shubai could react, the Herrscher of Consciousness rushed in front of the four heroes.

"Hi! Long time no see! My comrades!" Hahaha, the Herrscher of Knowledge laughed happily. She stuck out her poor little chest and acted like a leader going to the countryside. She raised her arm and patted the shoulders of several heroes one by one. Her words were full of encouragement, "You have worked hard in the past 50,000 years! After we defeat the End, let's get together at my Taixu Mountain. Hiss, that's not right... Isn't Taixu Mountain a little too desolate now?"

Seeing the Herrscher of Consciousness greeting them and being entangled in the Taixu Mountain affairs, the four heroes were silent for a moment, and then looked at each other in silence.

This was a Herrscher - they could understand this fact just by looking at her, and the Herrscher of Knowledge had no intention of hiding his identity.

But - is this Herrscher who looks exactly like Hua really Hua? A big question mark appeared above the four people's heads.

If she is really Hua...what on earth did that young yet steady junior experience in the future to become so eccentric?