The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

In the quiet atmosphere, the memory of Alicia, who had a strange misunderstanding, showed an understanding smile to her original body who thought that there would not be another Alicia on board. She felt the things surging in her memory, nodded, and then gently closed her eyes, carefully confirming what this extra knowledge and memory was.

——This is the method to enter the hyperspace ship called Hyperion, and... the method to use the [crew] authority?

Yes, although neither Alicia, Yulandel nor the Herrscher of Knowledge... even the captain Li Shubai himself, believed that Alicia's memory would become a member of the Hyperion, but at the moment when Li Shubai and Alicia's memories recognized each other and let down their guard, the other... or should we say the Alicia in this world line, the past... just so naturally, without anyone knowing, quietly crossed time and space, transcended life and death, and walked into the reception room of the Hyperion far away in another time and space with curiosity.

"Hmm~? It really is... a gift that is hard to simply ignore." After opening her eyes, Alicia's memory, which had completed the memory update, also completely understood the current situation.

Obviously, at that moment just now, the captain named Li Shubai successfully used some unknown means to rescue [Alicia] who should have sacrificed her life in the past... and successfully made her join Hyperion as a crew member.

Although it seems a bit strange that there are two Alicias on the same ship at the same time, it doesn't seem so strange when you think that Li Shubai is a time traveler who travels through different time and space.

However, Alicia's memory was not prepared to reveal all this at this time.

Although in terms of identity, she and Alicia over there are still the same person, but from the beginning, her true body... is no longer that Alicia.

As a memory, it is natural for her to give advice to her main body. For the sake of her own main body, should she keep this matter to herself for now? Alicia's memory thought happily.

Contrary to the happy mood felt in the memory of Alicia in the consciousness space, in the Eternal Paradise, Mei Raiden, who was stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate herself, only felt that her mood was terrible.

Although she never gave complete trust to Velvi, after successively infiltrating the memory of Padofils who followed them all the way and was caught, and the memory of Hua who ran around to convey the [death news] of Mebius, Mei Raiden inevitably relaxed her vigilance against the so-called consciousness collection device.

After entering Weiwei's consciousness space, he stepped into the trap carefully set by this top mechanical engineer 50,000 years ago.

To be honest, Mei Raiden was not very angry about the conspiracy against her.

She didn't completely trust Vilvi, so it was something Mei Raiden had expected Vilvi to set a trap for her. She just didn't guess the form of the trap.

If the enemy comes, we will fight back; if the water comes, we will block it with earth. If Wei Liwei really has evil intentions towards me, it’s no big deal. I just need to find a way to defeat my opponent.

That’s right, she originally had such a simple idea.

However, Mei Raiden, who had full confidence in her own abilities and believed that she could break any conspiracy or tricks Velvi had, failed to prevent Padofelice from disappearing.

Obviously... I was just following the original plan and carefully checking her memory in order to find out whether Vilvi was the culprit of this incident, but... Raiden Mei could not have imagined that even the matter of [her exploration of her memory] was completely calculated by Vilvi, and used it as part of a trap.

Mei Raiden did successfully conduct an in-depth investigation into Velvet's memories, but what she saw were the memories that Velvet had prepared to show her from the beginning... Most of them were memories of Velvet 50,000 years ago where she was in danger - for example, facing her power in the barrier constructed by the Ruler of Constraint; or, being imprisoned - such as the experience of being restrained and interrogated with harsh means before joining the Fire Moths.

In the process of investigating these memories, all of these memories were perfectly transformed by Velvi into tools to weaken Raiden Mei's attention and strength. If it weren't for Padofelice's immediate warning at the moment of being attacked, perhaps Raiden Mei would not have been able to detect Velvi's methods until her strength was completely exhausted.

The humiliation of being unable to do anything about the disappearance of Padufils and the hatred for her own incompetence dominated Mei Raiden's mind.

But she knew that she must not lose her mind at this time.

His strength had already been weakened, and if even his judgment ability became impaired due to his uncontrolled emotions, then he would really... be completely trapped here by Vivi.

Although I am very unwilling...but there is no other way, I can only do this for now.

Before the figure of Velvi who attacked Padufils appeared through the mirror whose chains were untied, Raiden Mei gathered all her strength, turned into a sharp ray of lightning, and instantly disappeared from the spot.

"Hmm..." Wei Wei, who emerged from the mirror, touched her hat and was a little dazed. "She ran so fast? I remember that in the future that Captain Shu Bai showed me...wasn't she supposed to have a little quarrel with [Evil]?"

"Perhaps you accidentally used too much force and took away too much of her power." Suddenly, another Wei Wei walked out of another mirror. She looked at the shadow of Raiden Mei that turned into lightning and disappeared into the sky. Her expression was calm, and her voice was as cold and rational as inorganic matter. "This was originally our consciousness space, and we also used the Yu Duchen borrowed from Captain Shu Bai to further solidify it. Compared to the unwise choice of fighting against us in our home ground... finding a way to escape to the real world first is indeed the only feasible solution."

“Hey! Why are you still holding me back? Didn’t you agree that I should be the one to beat the Herrscher? It’s time for me to take the field!” But just as the [Expert] was objectively evaluating Raiden Mei’s actions, another person named Vivi, who was filled with a kind of madness, suddenly squeezed her head out of the mirror opposite the expert and roared in frustration: “It was agreed that I could come out for some fresh air after a long absence, and I could also severely humiliate the Herrscher born in the current civilization era... Vivi will not lie to Vivi! You can’t be so dishonest!!”

"Hey, please stop spitting insults at me." As [Evil]'s body moved a little further out of the mirror, [Great Magician] walked out of the mirror with [Evil] on his shoulders, putting on an expression as if he had suffered a great injustice. "We are just showing the most spectacular real-life magic to our lovely audience. How can there be any humiliation in this process?"

"Although in most cases, the magician's remarks are rather fantastic, but this time, I agree with her statement." The Conductor, who held down the other shoulder of the Evil, had a worried look on his face. "Although we did plan to let you fight against Ms. Mei at the beginning, we did not expect that Captain Shubai's move would be so powerful. Hmm... If Ms. Mei were to fight against you who mastered the five God Keys, she would probably be sealed forever in this barren consciousness space."

Chapter 4 I and the Key of God Kill Together (k)

Although she decisively escaped from the hall full of memory mirrors, Mei Raiden was also very clear that she was still far from being in a situation that could be called safe.

Of course, as the Herrscher of Lightning who possesses the fastest speed among all the Herrschers, Mei Raiden does not think that Velvet can find her so quickly, at least in the short term.

Velvi used the memories she had seen in Mei Raiden's mind and transformed her consciousness space into this mental landscape similar to the one that dominates the theater. For Mei Raiden now, this is both good news and bad news.

Mei Raiden was not unfamiliar with the Domination Theater. In the past, when she was fighting against the Rulers of the current civilization era, Mei Raiden had visited this alien world jointly constructed by all the Rulers of the Herrschers several times. And since it was something she had already faced once, if she faced it for the second time, she could of course use her past experience to find a way to fight it faster.

At least, from the moment Mei Raiden walked out of the hall full of mirrors, the scenery along the way and the route ahead were not much different from the road Mei Raiden had taken once when she was fighting against the Ruler of Rule.

It's all the same... eerie, depressing and sickening!

At a certain moment, Mei Raiden, who had transformed into lightning, appeared at a corner of the endless corridor. She leaned against the single-sided stone wall, adjusting her breathing while desperately thinking of countermeasures.

Although he had once had the experience of entering the Domination Theater, but... first of all, this place was just a consciousness space constructed by Weiwei based on the Domination Theater. In other words, no matter how similar it looked on the outside, this place was not the Domination Theater he had faced before.

Secondly, even last time, Mei Raiden did not find a way to break through the Domination Theater [by herself].

She is the Herrscher of Thunder, not the Herrscher of Void, and she does not possess the spatial cognition ability based on the world bubble construction like Seele. Even when she faced the Herrscher of Domination last time, Raiden Mei had to rely on the space-tearing device built by the Jackal to forcibly enter the Domination Theater.

And this time, what method should I use to break through the current situation?

"Huh..." She closed her eyes slightly, and used the vision between her eyes to observe the opposite side. The endless corridor dominating the theater had only one side of the wall, like a letter "L" that extended endlessly, and the other side was completely exposed in a void full of chaotic colors, making it difficult to discern how huge this space was.

In the end, was there no other way but to defeat Vilvi's consciousness? After coming up with the only countermeasure, Raiden Mei bit her thumb anxiously.

Although she is confident in her own strength, confidence does not mean arrogance. Mei Raiden does not think that she has much chance of winning against the master of this space in her weak state.

It was when she realized this that Mei Raiden suddenly recalled something very strange.

In order to preserve as much life force as possible and to avoid fighting a battle with no chance of winning in a weak state, the moment before a certain personality of Vilvi emerged from the mirror that was unchained, Raiden Mei chose to escape from the memory hall without hesitation, which seemed to be a rather cowardly act.

It was not until now that Mei Raiden suddenly noticed why that personality appeared from the mirror that was firmly locked by chains?

No, the fact that [Vilvi's personality walked out of the personality mirror] itself is not strange. What Raiden Mei feels strange is... who locked up the mirror? And why did the person who locked Velvi's personality in the mirror do such a thing?

The answer to the first question is not difficult to guess. Even if it looks no different from the Domination Theater, this place is still Velvi's consciousness space. And since it is Velvi's consciousness space, before himself and Padofils arrived, the only person who could interfere with and modify this piece was of course Velvi herself.

In other words, even Weiwei herself had her reasons for sealing that [Weiwei].

So...if we follow this line of thought, we can speculate.

Before Mei Raiden could figure out the result, the sudden abnormal phenomenon in the nearby space made her open her eyes suddenly, and her sight was as sharp as a sword.

"You ran away too fast—"

Space is distorting.

Red rainbow feathers appeared out of thin air in the distorted space.

"——The Herrisher of Thunder."

"…This is, Yu Duchen?!" Raiden Mei's pupils shrank slightly. She couldn't believe that she would see the key to consciousness in this place. She wanted to close her eyes immediately and block Yu Duchen's interference in her consciousness as much as possible by closing her vision.

But it's too slow.

Even though her vision had turned completely dark because her eyelids completely blocked it, Weiwei's figure still appeared before her eyes in an extremely exaggerated and unreasonable manner.

At the same time, a violent shock came from under her feet without warning, forcing Mei Raiden, who almost lost her balance, to open her eyes.

As soon as she opened her eyes and her vision was restored, she was able to distinguish the difference between the Vivi in ​​front of her and the surrounding environment. Raiden Mei immediately realized that this [Vilvi] who seemed somewhat translucent in the endless corridors that dominated the theater was not here in person, but was just an illusion that appeared in this place with the help of Yu Duchen.

Then in the next second, after locking her eyes on the source of the vibration, Raiden Mei's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.

The corridor that was supposed to stretch endlessly into the void was rapidly cracking at a terrifying speed.

"Although you did successfully avoid a direct conflict with me at the first opportunity, but, have you forgotten that this place still belongs to my consciousness space after all?" The phantom of [Wei Weiwei] laughed very wantonly, "At this time, what kind of words should I say to express my welcome to the audience?"

"——Welcome to your own grave?" [Vilvi] said in an exaggerated tone.

"I'm sorry, but I don't intend to use this kind of place as my grave." Raiden Mei said in a cold voice, accompanied by a sudden burst of lightning. "And you don't have the qualifications to bury me here. I haven't settled the score with you for what happened to Padu... Padu Felice."

"Oh~~?" The phantom of [Vilvi] showed a subtle smile, "It seems that you care more about little Padu than I thought?"

"Little Padu...?" Raiden Mei took a deep breath. "Since you call Padu Felice so affectionately, why did you do such a thing to her? She can't hinder what you want to do. She has always tried to clear your suspicion in front of me, but you... killed her?!"

"Why is this so unacceptable?" The phantom of [Vilvi] tilted its head, showing an expression of confusion. "The good ones can sacrifice the lives of the villains without any burden in order to survive. Why do you react so strongly when the other side does? It's better to say that compared to me, you, as a Herrscher, are more like the villain, right?"

With a thud, while [Vilvi] was speaking, an unimaginable pressure suddenly came from all directions, starting from the cross section where Raiden Mei's feet touched the ground, and the cracks on the spider web suit spread rapidly from the inside out.

“Villain…?” Despite bearing the enormous weight that could instantly break an average person’s knees, Mei Raiden straightened her waist. “Since you think I’m the villain, then you should be prepared… to face the villain’s wrath!”

"Oh my, I'm so scared." [Wei Weiwei] exaggeratedly put on a frightened expression, and there was no concealment of the ease and mockery in her tone. "However, compared to my problem, I think you should think of a way... how to escape from this place."

"——If you don't want to be imprisoned in this consciousness forever."

This time, Mei Raiden did not give Vilvi the opportunity to continue to use words to stir up her emotions.

Before Weiwei finished her words, her figure once again turned into a streak of lightning, disappeared from the crumbling and falling corridor, and flashed to another corridor in the next moment.

There was less than one third of her strength left. Although she had avoided a head-on fight with Vilvi and escaped from the gradually collapsing area, the situation was still not optimistic for Mei Raiden.

"Is this the method she uses to divide her consciousness?"

Every time she flashed to a corridor, the surrounding space would immediately begin to collapse. Although Raiden Mei could escape from it before the space completely disappeared, if this continued, the energy that had already been depleted would be dissipated bit by bit in the process of escape.

——In other words, the situation, which was already extremely critical, fell into an even deeper bottomless swamp.

No, rather than calling it a swamp, it would be better to say... it is... bone-eating and soul-burning magma.

after all--

“Hahaha, run, keep running! I want to see if your speed can outrun the burning fire.” Following Wei Wei’s command, endless flames fell from the sky, “Heavenly Fire—Purge All Impurities!!”

——A normal swamp wouldn’t have this kind of damn firestorm.

"Tsk, damn it." Looking at the huge flames that obscured the sky and vision and almost burned the entire consciousness space, Raiden Mei couldn't help but smack her lips, "Why is it not just Hua, but also Kevin..."

Although no one knew why Kevin and Hua lent their God's Keys to Velvi for use, and no one knew why Velvi could so easily release the power of the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire that would burn even the holder to ashes, even though she did not have the super-mutation factor of the Kaslana clan that originated from Pavanti, but at this moment, Raiden Mei still confirmed the fact that Velvi did have the Key of Destruction in her hands.

etc--

At this moment, Mei Raiden suddenly stopped moving forward.

If Kevin's Holy Fire Judgment could be explained as him being dead, so it was natural for the creator, Vivi, to find it.

Before coming to the consciousness space, they clearly saw Hua running around in the paradise, trying to tell all the other heroes about the [death] of Mebius?

Faced with such an emergency, there would be no reason for Hua to simply hand over his Yu Duchen.

Could it be that the reason why Velvi was able to use these divine keys was because of the help of a third party that they were unaware of?

No matter what form it takes, this place is ultimately just a data space. In other words, in theory, as long as the data itself can be modified directly, it is limited to the interior of the paradise of the past life, and anything can happen.

If the data itself can be modified at will, then whether it is Velvi suddenly becoming able to control the Holy Judge of Skyfire and Yu Duchen so freely; or the silent deletion of the first two of the Thirteen Heroes, Alicia and Kevin, and the owner of the Paradise of the Past, Mebius; or - Padofils turned into ashes in his arms without any warning, all these things that Mei Raiden found difficult to accept and understand can be answered.

And the one who could modify the data in the paradise at will and assisted Weiwei——

——Could it be, the power of erosion? !

The ground beneath her feet was constantly crumbling, and in the sky was a raging firestorm that could burn her to ashes in an instant. In this attack and defense that lasted less than half a second, Raiden Mei's mind was racing and she made a quick judgment.

A head-on confrontation won't work.

If it was really as she thought, then if the fire storm touched her, everything would be over.

Therefore, I can only follow this guy's wishes... and collapse into the depths of consciousness along with this space of consciousness divided by Weiwei?

"There's no other way..." Although Mei Raiden was extremely unhappy about having to voluntarily hand over her fate to others, this was the only chance of survival she could get at the moment.

After making up her mind, Mei Raiden stopped dodging the shattered rocks on the ground, and her body fell into a large hole.

On the other side, in the hall of consciousness mirror.

“Great! I won!!!” Looking at the scene in the mirror, where Mei Ai Raiden allowed herself to fall into the hole, [Extremely Evil] Wilvi waved her hands fiercely, “Did you see that? I defeated the Herrscher of Thunder! Did you see that?!”

"... After borrowing the captain's divine key, it's still unclear whether we have defeated her." Seeing [Evil] almost jumping for joy, [Baifa] ruthlessly poured a bucket of cold water on her, "It's better to say that even after borrowing so many divine keys, if we still can't control Miss Mei... then we might as well stop being the Thirteen Heroes."

Chapter 4: [Self] Fraud (k)

After being cut off from her consciousness by Velvet and then falling into the depths of consciousness, Mei Raiden fell into deep darkness.

In this boundless darkness, Weiwei's consciousness and memories gradually flowed into her mind.

Washing away her cognition and impacting her memory.

If Mei Raiden, who is still awake, were asked to describe this special and unique experience herself, she would probably think that the process of peeking into other people's memories is quite similar to dreaming.

People who enter dreams rarely have doubts about things that go beyond common sense. Therefore, even if she becomes a completely different person from herself, Mei Raiden should not notice anything wrong in her dream.

However, for Mei Raiden, who fell from the Domination Theater and was sealed deep in her consciousness due to Velvet's special ability of [Consciousness Cutting], it is extremely difficult for her to break free from this bondage on her own.

When you are dreaming, it is difficult to tell that it is a dream.

Therefore, she could only let her consciousness wander in Weiwei's memory and could not do anything else.

But at the same time, the so-called dream is also something that can be easily broken by others.

"Um... there's not enough time. I'm sorry, but... could you please wake up soon?"