The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

So, when Mei Raiden was experiencing the memories she had once experienced as Vilvi, after hearing the sudden call from the outside world, Mei Raiden broke free from Vilvi's memory in an instant.

“…Hu…Hu…Hu…Hu.” She broke free from Wei Erwei’s memory and suddenly opened her eyes. Like a drowning person who had been holding his breath in the water for a long time and finally got some air, she gasped for air. “Hu…where is this…?”

Maybe it was because she almost fell into Vilvi's consciousness. Although she managed to regain her own individual consciousness, Raiden Mei still felt dizzy.

Not only can she not see the surrounding environment clearly, but her sense of time is also extremely weak. If anyone has ever experienced being knocked unconscious by anesthetics and then being forcibly woken up by others, they will probably understand how Mei Raiden feels at this moment.

This feeling was really terrible. Her brain, tortured by confusion and sleepiness, made her consciousness and thinking, which had just awakened, become fragmented.

Feeling terrible, Mei Raiden desperately urged her body to move. While trying to support herself with her hands, she used her remaining thinking ability to understand her current situation.

Why did she lose consciousness? She could still vaguely recall the scene of herself falling in the theater before her consciousness suddenly fell into darkness.

So, is this the result of being sealed deep in the consciousness by Weiwei using her ability to cut consciousness?

She was forever immersed in her past memories, and even found it difficult to recall the fact that she was not Weiwei.

If someone hadn't tried to wake me up from that situation, my consciousness would probably have remained lost in Vivi's memories.

Fortunately, things developed successfully in the direction I had guessed.

After struggling to stand up, Mei Raiden lowered her head. She endured her still somewhat tired consciousness and suppressed the urge to close her eyes again. She carefully observed her body, using this behavior to completely draw the line between reality and dreams.

She is still here. Although her physical strength and consciousness are at the limit, she can still be said to be safe and sound.

After roughly confirming her physical condition, Mei Raiden then devoted a little energy to looking at the surrounding environment.

It is different from the spaces that have been transformed into domination theaters that she has seen before. Even though she knows that this is still Vilvi's consciousness space, the appearance of this area is still human. It is difficult for Mei Raiden to imagine that the place where she is now and the domination theater she saw before are actually from the same place.

This is a very simple study room, surrounded by transparent windows on all sides and bookshelves that are as tall as the ceiling.

Although it is far less spacious than the Domination Theater, the entire space is probably only the size of a hall, but whether it is the frosted glass with a soft halo, the neatly arranged stacks of books on the bookshelf, or the scent of paper at the tip of her nose, all make Mei Raiden clearly feel that everything here is so transparent and natural.

...It seems that compared to the depressing scene that was transformed into a dominant theater, this study room, which is not very big, is the mental landscape that belongs to Weiwei herself.

"Well, do you like this place more than outside?" Did the voice that had awakened her speak in a gentle tone, seeing what Raiden Mei was thinking at the moment?

"I think that any normal human being would find the atmosphere here more suitable." Raiden Mei nodded, and then locked her sight on the figure sitting on the sofa. "So, just as I thought, the Vivi who is hostile to me was locked in the mirror that was unlocked by Padu because she was sealed by other Vivi."

"...Hmm, have you guessed it all?" Wei Wei, who was sitting on the sofa with a book on her lap, showed a helpless expression, "This is why you are not surprised to see me in this place."

Although they were all Velvet, and their appearances and figures were no different, compared to all the other Velvets that Raiden Mei had seen before, only she... this Velvet sitting on the sofa gave Raiden Mei a feeling similar to [shy].

"It's not difficult to guess this." Raiden Mei looked at the calm-looking Wilvi with a calm gaze, "After all, no matter how many personalities you are divided into, you are still separate individuals. Of course... there will also be someone who swung the first blow against you."

"It's too scary to say that you were the first to strike at me." After hearing Raiden Mei's calm yet extremely violent words, Wilvi's expression seemed to become a little embarrassed. "I always feel that you have a very bad opinion of me? Uh... maybe this sentence should not be said in a questioning tone?"

"It's good for you to know it yourself." Raiden Mei crossed her arms across her chest with a cold expression.

Although Mei Raiden was indeed awakened by this Vilvi, and for this reason she felt a little grateful to Vilvi in ​​front of her, but one thing is for sure, Vilvi had put her in this situation in the first place, so how could it be so easy for her to change her feelings towards Vilvi?

"Well, it seems that we have indeed caused you a lot of trouble." Weiwei closed the book on her lap and blended the apology into her voice: "I'm sorry... If I apologize sincerely, would you be willing to accept it?"

"Compared to that kind of thing, the more important thing is..." Raiden Mei looked at Velvet's face with a scrutinizing gaze, "Can I trust you? [Trickster]?"

"Uh..." Wei Wei hesitated for a moment, "Although I don't seem to be qualified to say this... But I still hope that you can lend me your trust for a while."

Yes, just a temporary loan.

After hearing Vilvi's question, Mei Raiden, who thought she was also seeking help from her and was unable to understand the meaning behind the words, remained silent for a long time.

In Mei Raiden's guess, since the [Vilvi] who killed Padofilius was sealed in the mirror by other Velvi, then when other Velvi realize that Mei Raiden has been separated from her consciousness by that [Vilvi], they should try to find her.

Of course, in the worst case scenario... maybe the other Vilvies would have been killed long ago, and she would have been completely sealed deep in Vilvie's consciousness, but out of trust in the abilities of the Thirteen Heroes, Mei Raiden still didn't think that Vilvie would be so easily brought down by someone who was essentially her own person.

Therefore, when she decided not to resist the division of consciousness, Mei Raiden was ready to seek help from other Velvets, and of course she had no reason to reject the Velvet in front of her.

"It was indeed you who saved me from that Vilvi." Raiden Mei said concisely.

"In other words, even though you can't trust me, you're willing to form a temporary cooperative relationship with me?" Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief. "That's really great."

Since you can't believe what I say, I should be able to continue to defraud you, right?

"... Let's not talk about that Wei Erwei for now. Before we take action, I have one more important thing to ask you." Still unable to understand Wei Erwei's implication, it was hard to imagine that [self] Wei Erwei was still playing tricks on her in such a "dangerous" situation. Mei Lei Dian took a deep breath and said, "Heavenly Fire Holy Judge and Yu Duchen... Did you borrow them from Hua and Kevin? If it weren't for these two Herrscher powers, I wouldn't have been defeated so thoroughly by her."

“Although you asked this question, you should have already guessed the answer.” [Self] Wei Weiwei shook her head. “The Holy Judge of Skyfire and Yu Duchen in the Paradise of the Past are still in the hands of their owners. I haven’t borrowed them. And… I’m not Kevin. Of course, I can’t use the [destructive] power of the Holy Judge of Skyfire so freely.”

"So, the power used by that Wilvi is... indeed the power of erosion." Raiden Mei lowered her eyelids and closed her eyes in some pain. "Fifty thousand years ago, the last civilization era, until the end, failed to complete the twelfth divine key. Therefore, the paradise of the past life formed by the memories of the thirteen heroes could not have the twelfth divine key. Then, the power of erosion that Wilvi possessed... could only be the twelfth herrscher of this civilization era."

And in this paradise of the past, there is only one person who could be at risk of coming into contact with the Ruler of Corrosion and bring it in without knowing it.

That is, Mei Raiden herself, who once faced off against something that was suspected to be the [Will of Honkai] in that pure white alien space, and then returned to the paradise of the afterlife.

"……"After hearing Mei Raiden's speculation, [Self] Velvet showed a constipated expression for a moment.

Even though she was an expert at lying, she almost couldn't help but reveal the truth after seeing Raiden Mei's expression which was a mixture of self-blame and regret.

I have to say that Mei Raiden's thinking and analytical abilities are indeed top-notch. With just so little information, she can infer a conclusion that is almost the same as the facts.

But in this matter, no matter which hero it is, no one would think that Raiden Mei did anything wrong.

Not to mention that this was purely an unintentional mistake, they are the Thirteen Heroes, and they are all people who have fought against the Collapse until the last moment.

If the humans of this era can defeat the Ruler of Corrosion, the so-called sacrifice will be nothing big for these memories.

A person's destiny is their character, and although Alicia has always maintained that the Thirteen Heroes were only forced into this position, in the end... each of them possesses a spirit of self-sacrifice that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

But the problem is... this Herrscher of Corrosion incident was directed and acted out by them from beginning to end!

The Herrscher of Corrosion did exist briefly in the Paradise of the Past, but before it could do anything that posed a real threat, its power was devoured by Alicia.

"Don't blame yourself." After struggling for a moment, Weiwei still carefully considered her words, trying to make Raiden Mei feel a little better. "Even without you, it would still find this place in the end. If it had been that way, the situation would have been much more tragic than it is now... From another perspective, if you hadn't immediately joined the paradise after meeting it that time, [reality] would probably have been a mess a long time ago."

"...I understand." Mei Raiden opened her eyes again and pursed her lips. The depression in her eyes was not relieved much by Weiwei's comfort.

Of course she could understand what Weiwei said, but as a person who set extremely high standards for herself, it was impossible for Mei Raiden to excuse her mistakes so easily because of this kind of comfort.

Even though she didn't actually do anything wrong, she was the one who caused everything to happen.

Huh, Mei Raiden let out a breath, trying to use rational thinking to cover up the annoyance in her chest: "So, what are you going to do next? If your opponent is yourself, you should have a basic countermeasure."

Chapter 4: Padufilis: Sister Mei, I'm sorry! (k)

Weiwei's memory space, in a spiral hall with interlaced mirrors.

"Well, well, well... Sister Weiwei?" Feeling as if she knew something she shouldn't know, Padofilis's survival instinct surged from the depths of her heart, causing all the hairs on her body, including her long cat tail, to stand up. Her voice, which usually sounded full of Shi Jing's aura, trembled uncontrollably due to excessive fear and panic: "You, you, you... what exactly are you going to do to Sister Mei? And, am I not already dead?"

While retreating in panic, Padufilis asked questions stutteringly in a voice mixed with confusion, but her retreating steps were uncontrollably stopped because a hand firmly grasped her shoulder.

"My lovely little Padu... I have already identified you as my assistant for this performance. Even if you want to run away now, it's too late." [Great Magician] Wei Wei's face was full of mischievous but extremely confident smile: "Besides, do you think I will let you go so easily?"

"..." Padofelice's neck began to click like a rusty mechanical component. She swallowed, glanced at the face of the [Great Magician] who was standing not far behind her on the right, then slowly turned her head and glanced at a piece of glass beside her with a twitching eye. Her face was immediately filled with tears.

——And in that piece of glass, the scene of Raiden Mei and [Self] Velvet's meeting and conversation was displayed in great detail.

Honestly speaking, when she saw her body gradually turning into ashes, Padufils really thought she was going to die, so her words to Raiden Mei, “Sister Mei… I… don’t want to die,” were undoubtedly filled with a considerable degree of sincerity.

But when Mei Raiden's power was weakened so badly that she was forced to flee the spiral hall surrounded by mirrors before Velvet appeared in order to avoid a head-on battle with her, Padofilius, who thought he was dead, realized that... his body was actually turned transparent by someone using unknown means. Not only was he not dead, but the entity itself still existed.

If Mei Raiden, whose vision and senses had been deceived, had maintained the posture of holding her horizontally for a little longer, she would probably have noticed something was wrong immediately.

To be honest, the moment she realized she was still alive, Mei Raiden let go of her hands without mercy. Before she could react, she fell on the hard and cold ground with a thud. Until now, Padufilis still felt that her tailbone seemed to be aching slightly, and she almost shed tears...

But before Padufils could shed tears because of the heavy fall, the images of Velvet that appeared one after another in the mirrors around her made her shudder all over, and she had to hold back the tears that were about to fall.

As a remarkable woman who had carved out a small world for herself in the chaotic and disorderly Dusk Street 50,000 years ago, Padufils's IQ was definitely not low, and she was able to clearly recognize her own strengths. She was also extremely good at maximizing her cleverness and talents in order to gain more personal benefits.

But even so, after experiencing everything just now, the cat still felt that his brain was not enough.

So... actually everything is under Sister Weierwei's control? She looked around tremblingly at the large group of Weierwei who surrounded her tightly. Although there were a few people like [Experts] and [Scholars] among these Weierwei who seemed to have little interest in what was happening in the mirror, even they were watching the scene in the mirror silently with either a calm or smiling expression. "

Padofelice was silent for a moment, and once again couldn't help swallowing because of her stress instinct of wailing continuously. She thought to herself that anyway, it didn't look like Sister Vivi would really hurt Sister Mei, so at this time... there was nothing wrong in letting her obey her desire to survive, right?

So, she raised her arms tremblingly and asked tentatively in an extremely cautious tone: "Um...so our work is done, right?"

"Why, is our little Padu so unwilling to be a spectator of the performance?" The [Great Magician] raised a finger. "But, I'm sorry, although your work has indeed been completed, for the sake of our most grand performance, I can't let you go for the time being."

"Then...then at least..." Padufilis rolled her eyes twice. After confirming that she had no chance of escaping from Vivi's hands, she mustered up her courage and said the only thing she absolutely could not compromise on: "At least give me a little more compensation!"

"...You are just as uninterested as before." Faced with Padofelius's remarks and principles that made people wonder how to comment, even the [Great Magician] couldn't help but slightly widen her eyes in surprise, but she quickly nodded to Padofelius's request, "Okay, after the matter is done, I will not give you less than a penny of the reward I should give you. What do you want? Everything that Paradise Nevelvi has...including the assets of the scholars, just take it."

"Huh?" Such a generous reward made Padufils stunned for a moment. She touched her chin, looked at the smiling face of the [Great Magician] with suspicion, and hesitated for a moment.

Although she still instinctively felt that something was wrong, she eventually succumbed to the temptation of this huge fortune: "This... this is what you said! Don't regret it!"

"Of course!" The [Great Magician] nodded heavily. She raised her arm and pointed at all the Wei Wei present. "When have I ever lied to you? The experts are here too. Do they have any objections to the reward I proposed?"

"Ah... ahahaha." Padufilis scratched his head with a wry smile. "Aren't we worried that Sister Weiwei will suffer too much? Although it's true that there's no gain without pain, we are businessmen with principles!"

Although most of the time, Padofilis would only believe half of the words of the [Great Magician]... no, maybe even less, but seeing that [Expert] and [Baifa] were also silent, as if they had no objection to the [Great Magician's] decision, Padofilis could not help but begin to doubt himself.

Could it be that...there was nothing wrong? Was it just that I was overthinking?

Hey, if her store really got all of Sister Velvet's assets in Paradise, then I'm sure I'll be able to sell them all for a good price later. Thinking of her happy future filled with unlimited gold coins, Padofilice couldn't help but feel elated, with little red flowers of joy flying above her moving cat ears.

Several of the Velvets looked intently at Padofelice, who was already beginning to enjoy his future, then looked at each other, then turned their gazes away, struggling to hold back their laughter.

She really did not intend to deceive Padofelius. After this incident was over, if Padofelius wanted, she would be free to take away all of Velvet's assets in Paradise at any time.

——If at that time, the paradise of the afterlife still existed.

Putting aside the transaction between Padofelice and Velvet that was full of the stench of money and conspiracy, on the other hand, the communication between [Self] Velvet and Raiden Mei is almost coming to an end.

Regarding the matter of [Vilvi] who showed hostility and was suspected of using the power of erosion, [Self] Velvi and Raiden Mei continued to discuss for about twenty minutes, and finally Raiden Mei, who was still in the speculation stage, completely understood the current situation.

——Of course, this is the current situation that [Self] Velvet wants her to know.

"So, in fact, neither Paddo nor Kevin... nor Mobius, have really disappeared..." Raiden Mei clenched her fists tightly, "Only Alicia... has really..."

"I don't want to believe it either... but the Herrscher seems to have deleted all her data." [Self] Velvet said in a somewhat erratic tone.

Wasn't that all deleted? The whole person, along with the memory and data, was packed up and thrown into the outside world. Now she is probably still in the consciousness space constructed by Captain Li Shubai, watching the show. And the person who packed up Alicia's memory and threw it out of the paradise... was indeed the Ruler of Corrosion.

"Okay..." Raiden Mei sighed deeply, "If that's the case, I've basically figured out the whole story."

"Yes." [I] Wei Wei nodded slightly, "And there are only two things left for us to do."

"Defeat [Vilvi] who joined the Herrscher of Corrosion because the conductor chose to [destroy] her and thus gained some of its power." Raiden Mei said softly, "And defeat the Herrscher of Corrosion...right?"

"Well, and, although this request may be a bit excessive..." [I] Wei Wei hesitated for a moment, "However, I still hope that you can accomplish another additional thing on the basis of achieving these two things..."

"You might as well explain it more clearly." Raiden Mei said concisely.

"Well, this is just my personal request." [I] Velvet said, "I hope that you can achieve it as much as possible, and it will be the [best] ending for everyone."

"As much as possible...the best?" Mei Raiden showed a somewhat confused expression.

"Yes." [I] Velvet nodded, "Just think of it as... a promise I made to Alicia."

"..." Raiden Mei was silent for a moment, then nodded, "I understand."

"Thank you." [I] Weiwei lowered her eyelids: "And... I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Raiden Mei said softly in a long-lost gentle tone, "Since I brought it into this world, I have to bear the responsibility and do my best."

"..." [I] Wilvi raised her head and looked directly at Raiden Mei's expression, which seemed to have made up her mind. She sighed softly in her heart, "Forget it, let's go."

That's not what I mean... But, I can't tell you about this right now, [Self] Weiwei thought helplessly in the depths of her heart.

After walking out of the room that [I] had taken them to, the two once again stepped into the [Domination Theater] where the entire surrounding scenery was enveloped by the chaotic night scene.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of two hard high heels hitting the smooth ground, Raiden Mei, who had completely freed herself from the Herrscher's armor, and [Self] Velvet, who was equipped with all the equipment belonging to Yingjie, followed the stairs all the way up and once again reached the spiral hall surrounded by countless mirrors.

The hall swallowed by boundless silence and the endless corridors filled with gloom and oppression are the perfect battlefields for Mei Raiden, Velvet of [Self], and [Evil] that occupies nearly half of Velvet's personality to fight against each other and die.

"Hmph, you're later than I thought, Herrscher of Thunder." Did he hear the footsteps and judge that the visitor was coming? Before [I] Velvet and Raiden Mei stepped onto the high platform, [Evil]'s wild and expectant voice came out first, "And... you?"

Amid the echo of footsteps, Mei Raiden narrowed her eyes slightly and stepped onto the platform where only [Evil] was standing with a calm step: "I think, out of respect, you should at least remember my name... Hmm?"

As a result, she had only said half of her words when she suddenly opened her eyes, turned her head, and stared at a mirror in front of her on the right in a daze.

Naturally, there was no one there, just a void with nothing in it.

But for some reason, even though she didn't see anything, Mei Raiden still noticed that the place... seemed to have been occupied by a group of people not long ago.

It was clearly a dead silent space, but there was still a hint of warmth and life left - just like in a classroom on a snowy winter day, which was slightly warmer than the outdoors because of the body heat emitted by the students gathered inside. Even when all the students had left, there would still be a feeling of a little warmth remaining inside for a short period of time.

Chapter 4 Raiden Mei: I can't do anything! (k)

Just as Mei Raiden's gaze was wandering, [Evil] Velvet and [Self] Velvet, who realized that the shrewd and wise Queen of Thunder might have noticed something unusual, both felt a pang in their hearts.

Although... in this space of consciousness belonging to Velvi, none of them who had borrowed a large number of God's Keys from Li Shubai would be weaker than Raiden Mei, but both the [Self] who was originally calm and composed, and the [Evil] who was released after a long absence to have a good time, felt guilty for deceiving other people's feelings. In other words... it would be fine if they hadn't discovered it, but if Raiden Mei really discovered the truth... probably, no matter which Velvi it ​​was, they wouldn't be able to muster much resistance.

Hey, [I] Wei Wei secretly winked at [Evil] Wei Wei, what's going on over there? Did the others come back to the mirror because of the deadline that brought Ms. Mei and I to this place?