The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

After all, no matter what, Mei Raiden would never allow the sacrifice of Alicia and these heroes... to be in vain.

But the moment she stepped into the space gate, the scene that appeared in front of Mei Raiden made her stunned as if her eyes were taken away.

Even the surprise and confusion that should have occurred when seeing the unexpected scene disappeared. At this moment, Raiden Mei's thoughts fell into a complete blank.

Behind the space door was a flawless and pure white space, and in this space, the heroes whom she had thought she would never see again in her lifetime were standing in a circle, seemingly discussing something.

Did they realize that there was a visitor suddenly visiting this space? The heroes stopped talking, and then turned their faces one by one, casting either calm or guilty gazes at Raiden Mei who had stepped into this space.

At this moment, a white thing like slime crawled in front of Raiden Mei.

Seeing the memories of the heroes standing in front of her intact, Mei Raiden's consciousness went blank. She shuddered all over and almost chopped out the knife in her hand out of fright.

But after the white thing that was wriggling under her eyelids turned over, the blankness that was even greater than before suddenly occupied her entire mind.

"Wuwuwu...Mei..." The white thing raised its face, its clear blue eyes sparkling with tears, and its expression looked extremely aggrieved.

"Ki-ki-ki-ki... Kiana?!!" After hearing that extremely familiar voice and finally confirming that the white thing was Kiana's hair, Mei Raiden was completely dumbfounded, "Why are you here?! No, compared to that kind of thing...!"

She finally reacted halfway through her words and shifted her gaze from Kiana's face to the heroes: "...What's going on with you? Are we still in the paradise of the past? Alicia...she failed? No...even if she failed, I should have escaped from the paradise. Could it be..."

The extremely confused thoughts made Mei Raiden speak incoherently for the first time in a long time. In the end, Kevin's calm voice mixed with a hint of helplessness interrupted Mei Raiden's slightly messy words.

"Calm down for a moment, Raiden Mei." Kevin said, "This is not the interior of the Paradise of the Past, and the Herrscher of Corrosion no longer poses any threat to us."

Indeed, before thinking about these things that she couldn't understand at all, she should calm down first. Mei Raiden took a deep breath, then followed Kevin's voice and moved her gaze towards him: "Okay... then..."

Just as she was about to say "Can someone help me explain the current situation?", her mouth stopped suddenly when Raiden Mei saw two Kevins appear in her field of vision.

She was silent for a moment, feeling completely powerless: "Anyway, can you explain to me what happened? If this place is not a paradise in the past, then why can I see the memories of these... heroes? And... why..."

She turned her head and glanced at Kiana hanging on her shoulder. After hesitating for a moment, she still couldn't make up her mind to get her off her body: "...Kiana is here?"

To be honest, the first moment she realized that the white thing was Kiana, Raiden Mei almost thought that her consciousness had been eroded by the Herrscher of Corrosion without her noticing, and everything she saw was just a dream.

But she thought again, even if she was really corroded, as the Ruler of Thunder, it was impossible for her to fall into such an illusion in such a short time where she could not distinguish the truth from the false.

Kiana has been thinking about Raiden Mei, and Raiden Mei has also been thinking about Kiana. She is very sure that the Kiana in front of her is definitely not an illusion or something like that, but Kiana herself, and since that is Kiana herself... After meeting each other after a long time, Raiden Mei is not against letting her act a little bit coquettishly.

Perhaps she herself did not even realize that after experiencing those times in paradise, during the time she spent with Alicia, Raiden Mei's personality was more or less influenced by her.

"Regarding these two questions..." Kevin, who should be the real person, showed a troubled expression that Mei Raiden had never seen before, which was extremely rare. "...The person who can answer your questions in detail is not here yet."

"…What do you mean?" Although she was a little surprised by Kevin's reaction, Mei Raiden did not give up the idea of ​​finding the answer.

"You don't need to be so anxious. He will be back here soon after he sorts out their issues," Kevin said.

"He...?" Just as Mei Raiden frowned and was about to continue asking, the sounds of three footsteps suddenly rang in her ears.

"He's back." Kevin shifted his gaze towards the three people who suddenly appeared in this pure white space, and then gestured to Raiden Mei, "Ask the man for the details."

Mei Raiden moved her face and was stunned again.

"Ms. Yulandel? Class monitor? And..."

"Hello, Miss Mei." Yulandel nodded politely.

"Hey, long time no see, Mei!" A happy smile appeared on the face of the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"..." Although Yulandel is indeed Yulandel, Fu Hua... does not seem to be the Fu Hua she knows.

However, Mei Raiden reacted quickly. Judging from her appearance... she should be the Herrscher of Consciousness who once occupied Fu Hua's body, right?

Compared to the two of them——

"You are..." She cast her gaze towards the strange young man standing between Yulandel and the Herrscher of Knowledge, but was choked up when she saw his extremely strange posture.

"Li Shubai, an ordinary captain." The young man who was hugging two pink fairy ladies, who looked exactly the same in their dress and appearance, had a dark face. After briefly introducing himself to Raiden Mei, he glanced left and right at his waist.

He looked at the two Alicias, whose faces were covered in dust and whose eyes had turned into two mosquito coils due to their loss of consciousness, and was somewhat exasperated: "These two stupid goblins... can really start a fight for no apparent reason!"

Knowing that Alicia would delete all the data in the paradise, Mei Raiden had already left the paradise of the past before she fought the Herrscher of Corrosion.

Therefore, after sending Mei Raiden out of the paradise, what they needed to do was actually completed.

This is where the problem lies. No one knows what Alicia and her memory are thinking. After Li Shubai sent the memories of Raiden Mei and Yingjie out of the Paradise of the Past one after another, the two Alicias, who were supposed to delete all the data of the Paradise of the Past as planned... suddenly started fighting without any warning.

Looking at the crystal arrows and energy torrents raging in the paradise, Li Shubai was stunned.

No, I think this is not the Type-Moon world, and the weapons you two are using are not things like the Yin-Yang Swords, so why did you suddenly start fighting with another self after everyone else left?

But no matter how shocked he was, he couldn't just watch the two Alicias fight until the road was wiped out. In desperation, he joined forces with Yulandel and the Herrscher of Consciousness. When the two Alicias gradually lost consciousness due to exhaustion of their physical strength, he took down the two fairy ladies one by one.

Mei Raiden looked at the two unconscious Alicias and took a deep breath.

She resisted the urge to draw her sword and chop at Alicia, who was covered in pink mist. She pressed her brows, which were beginning to feel a headache, and slightly closed her eyes: "So, Mr. Li Shubai, why did you give the Herrscher of Corrosion to..."

"Herrscher of Corrosion?" Li Shubai was stunned for a moment, then glanced at one of the Alicias and suddenly realized, "Oh, I forgot to take back that core."

As Mei Raiden's eyelids twitched, he took out a red and black katana and gently touched the "Hersher of Corrosion" with the back of the blade.

In an instant, the thick pink mist enveloping the "Herrserker of Corrosion" was absorbed into the sword.

Although the power of erosion in the current civilization era was temporarily transferred to Alicia by Li Shubai, from the very beginning, when Ksitigarbha Soul completely eroded the Ruler of Erosion in the current civilization era, the actual control over the power of erosion had been seized by Ksitigarbha Soul.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the power of erosion used by Alicia is actually an existence similar to an avatar controlled by Jizo's soul.

Naturally, Li Shubai can also easily take back the power of erosion after Alicia loses consciousness.

Mei Raiden was stunned. She watched as the "Hersher of Corrosion" who was wreaking havoc in the paradise like a big devil lost the pink mist that wrapped around his body.

But even so, even if it lost the power of erosion, the "Herrser of Erosion" still maintained the appearance of Alicia.

Chapter 4 Raiden Mei: Come again? (k)

Mei Raiden's mind is a little confused.

In her understanding, there were two reasons why the Herrscher of Corrosion appeared before her in the form of Alicia.

In order to gain control over [Kevian Armed Model 666], the Herrscher of Corrosion had no choice but to disguise herself as Alicia; and in the data space of the Paradise of the Past, her ability to reproduce data made her request possible.

Therefore, since this is not the range of the Paradise of the Past, [Weaponized Kevin Model 666] cannot work; and since this is not a data space, the Herrscher of Corrosion's ability to control data is completely ineffective. Logically speaking, whether from the perspective of [purpose] or from the perspective of [whether it can be done], the Herrscher of Corrosion should have no need and no ability to appear again in the form of Alicia.

In particular, Li Shubai, in front of everyone, put the pink mist on the "Herrserker of Corrosion" into a red and black sword.

Thus, in the eyes of Mei Raiden, a [Hersherrser who disguised himself as Alicia and whose power was taken away] was born in such a magnificent way.

Was it because they were not really hurt? Just as Li Shubai used the Ksitigarbha Soul to take back the power of the erosion of the current civilization era, the two Alicias he placed on the ground moved their eyelids at the same time, and then slowly opened their confused and dazed pink eyes.

The "Herser of Corrosion" whose power of erosion had just been taken away by Li Shubai, opened her eyes, first gently raised her head and looked around, then when she saw Li Shubai touching her arm with the back of Jizo's soul, she chuckled a few times, and then, her pink lips opened and closed slightly, as if she was saying something.

"Hmm?" Li Shubai tilted his head, a big question mark appeared on his head, and leaned down, "What are you talking about?"

At this moment, the fairy lady, who still had a dazed expression on her face as if she had just woken up, suddenly raised her upper body unexpectedly, stretched out her arms, grabbed Li Shubai's neck, and then lay back down.

"Hey! Danger...!" Li Shubai, who was suddenly attacked by the fairy lady and still holding the Jizo Soul in his hand, could only throw it as far as possible to prevent the sword from hurting himself and Alicia. He was a little angry and asked, "What are you doing?"

Ying rushed to the two of them quickly and grabbed the handle of the sword thrown by Li Shubai. After carefully observing whether Jizo's soul was damaged, she first breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but glanced at Alicia who was making trouble and Li Shubai who threw Jizo's soul out with a complaining look.

"Hey, hey, hey..." As if she didn't hear Li Shubai's scolding, Alysia's face, which looked like she hadn't woken up yet, showed a silly smile. She kept her arm around Li Shubai's neck while lying on the ground, shaking her head and whispering, "Miss Fairy has completed the mission perfectly, Captain, praise me, praise me~"

"..." Li Shubai was silent for a moment. He struggled a little and found that although this guy's posture looked weak, he didn't hold back at all. If he tried to break free, both of them might get hurt, and he would be embarrassed. So he straightened his face and put on an angry expression, "Let's talk about it after we go back first."

"No~ I just want to hear you praise me now." Alicia narrowed her eyes, with a lazy expression of great enjoyment, "Okay~"

"..."

Now, not only Li Shubai, but even Yulandel and the Herrscher of Consciousness felt that they could no longer hold back.

But just as Herrscher of Consciousness and Yulandel were about to do something with gloomy faces, another voice that was no different from Alicia's suddenly rang out.

"Ah~~" A meaningful sound was made. Alicia's memory half-sat up her upper body at some point. She turned her face, bent her knees upwards, put her elbows on her knees, and supported her face with her palms. She stared at the other self and Li Shubai lying on the ground with a pair of big eyes full of "I'm interested", and said excitedly: "Although I had a hunch before, it turns out that you really have this kind of relationship. If this is the case, as your memory, should I also act like a spoiled child to the captain?"

"Go, go, go~" Upon hearing her memory's incendiary voice, Alicia made a sound like she was chasing away a pet dog. She retracted her arms, and pulled the distance from the other person's neck into a position that was almost a hug, and muttered in a low voice, "I will not let my memory take the captain away, you traitor~"

“Oh my, how can you say I’m a traitor?” Alicia’s memory shook its head and said in a sad tone that sounded very fake: “Even if it’s my own body, being said like this really makes Miss Fairy very sad. Cry~”

Suddenly, a thunderous sound like an explosion rang in everyone's ears.

The two Alicias and Li Shubai froze at the same time. They turned their heads intermittently like puppets, and as expected, they saw Raiden Mei, who was surrounded by bright arcs of electricity and exuded an extremely cold aura, making people wonder if she was possessed by Kevin.

She lowered her eyes, and the shadow of her bangs sank Raiden Mei's expression into an unfathomable darkness, making it impossible to see her expression clearly.

"Before you continue to act crazy, can you explain to me...what is going on?" As she spoke, Mei Raiden raised her eyes.

She had a blank expression on her face, and there was no sign of life on her face. But from the extremely cold voice and the unprecedentedly bright lightning that enveloped her body, if she couldn't give a satisfactory answer, perhaps this Herrscher, whose name was thunder and whose power was conquest, would let this space be completely dominated by lightning and thunder.

"Ugh..." Feeling the murderous intent coming towards him, Li Shubai broke out in a cold sweat. Humans are always so reckless, always making similar mistakes. Although it was fun to see Raiden Mei's expression of wanting to cry when acting, he also anticipated that if it was exposed later, there would definitely be quite serious consequences. But just like a student who will never do his summer homework until the last day, before the last night of the last day, his thoughts occupied by happiness and joy will make him completely forget what he needs to pay and face if he wants to achieve a miracle at that critical moment...

Under Raiden Mei's cold gaze, Li Shubai glanced at the two Alicias, then at the Thirteen Heroes who were indifferent to the matter, pondered for a moment, and answered dryly: "Just as you saw?"

"..." Hearing Li Shubai's dry response, the two Kevins looked at each other and the corners of their mouths twitched at the same time.

Mei Raiden, who had already suffered from PTSD due to similar riddles in the paradise of the past, almost chopped off the sword in her hand, and the dazzling arc of electricity became brighter and more dangerous.

In the chaotic and crazy lightning, Raiden Mei gasped for a moment like a patient with respiratory disease. After taking a few deep breaths, she finally resisted the urge to draw her sword.

She adjusted her disordered breathing, slightly restrained the lightning that was about to burst out uncontrollably around her, then put away the Herrscher's armor in her hand and said in a deep voice: "The Herrscher of Corrosion... is indeed an existence that I should bring into the Paradise of the Past. Did you defeat it before it threatened the Paradise of the Past?"

"Ahem, that's right! That's it!" Alicia's real body hurriedly loosened the arm that was hugging Li Shubai, then waved her hand at Raiden Mei and laughed dryly: "Hey, Mei, your thinking ability is still so trustworthy. It's really a big help that you can understand the current situation so quickly."

"It's not difficult to analyze this point." Raiden Mei, who had managed to calm down, said in a low voice, "After all, apart from me, no one can allow the Herrscher of Corrosion to quietly invade the Paradise of the Past without being corroded by it."

"...You have successfully contained the threat of the Herrscher of Corrosion, so that the Thirteen Heroes and the Paradise of the Past would not be destroyed by the Herrscher of Corrosion. I am very grateful to you." Raiden Mei's voice became lower and lower, like an angry lioness, "But one thing is for sure, since you have successfully defeated the Herrscher of Corrosion before it posed a threat to the Paradise of the Past, why did you do this to me?"

"..." Li Shubai was silent for a moment, "Sorry... I..."

"I accept your apology." In the surprised eyes of everyone, Raiden Mei did not continue to dwell on this issue. She interrupted Li Shubai's words, accepted his apology decisively, and then raised her eyes, "But in addition to the apology, I hope you can give me an explanation that is convincing enough for me."

Although at the beginning, Mei Raiden was so furious that she almost lost her mind because she was tricked and deceived emotionally, after calming down a little, Mei Raiden suddenly realized an obvious fact.

——That is, apart from his own emotions being deceived, in the entire process of the Herrscher of Corrosion incident, no one was actually hurt, including himself and the memories of the Thirteen Heroes.

All the memories were preserved intact, and Alicia had never disappeared from the beginning.

After realizing this, although she still had some resentment, most of Raiden Mei's anger had already disappeared.

After the anger subsided, even greater doubts occupied her mind.

why?

Why would they do this to themselves?

Judging from the results, the young man who claimed to be the mastermind had no ill will towards him. And since Kevin's real body and the Thirteen Heroes were in this place, it meant that... except for himself, everyone else could be identified as a participant in this incident. At the very least... they were insiders.

Mei Raiden can ignore the others, but among the Thirteen Heroes, there are at least three people whose opinions Mei Raiden cannot easily ignore.

Ai Lishia, Su, and Hua.

Since they not only approved of the boy's behavior but also cooperated with it, that means that the boy must have used some more important "reason" than "their feelings were deceived" to successfully convince them.

So, what is that [reason]?

In response to this question that went straight to the point, Li Shubai hesitated for a moment, feeling somewhat surprised at Raiden Mei's rationality and maturity, but he finally answered, "Two reasons."

"First, although the hardships you experienced were fake, everything you saw about the Thirteen Heroes... and Alicia in the incident of the Herrscher of Corrosion was also real." Li Shubai said.

"...So Alicia is indeed the first Herrscher, and the thirteenth Herrscher is indeed a lie." Raiden Mei took a look at Alicia's true form, "Then...what about her? The Alicia in the Paradise of the Past said that you are her true form, but in the memories I saw, the real Alicia should have..."

"That's the second reason." Li Shubai pointed at himself. "To put it simply - I am not a human being from your time and space. Although it may not be the case in my opinion, from your perspective, I should be able to modify your history to a certain extent... and even interfere with your future."

"Not a human from our time and space?" Raiden Mei was stunned.

"That's right." Li Shubai nodded. "And the deeper reason from the second reason to the first reason... You can understand it this way. Before I came to this world, I could see what was going to happen to you in some way."

"Seeing what is about to happen to us..." Raiden Mei pondered for a moment, her eyes flickering slightly: "Could it be that everything I have experienced... is what you have seen before coming to this world?"

"Although the details are different, the general direction is indeed similar." Under Alicia's reluctant gaze, Li Shubai gently broke away from her arms, "In order to prevent my observation of the future from being biased, at least at this point in time when the incident is over, I need to make sure that your state is not too different from the state I originally predicted."

So, Raiden Mei fell silent.

"Are you going to use Yu Du Chen on me again?"

Chapter 4 Raiden Mei: It's just acting, but you act like you can do it (k)

"Are you going to use Yu Du Chen on me again?"

After saying this, Raiden Mei herself was stunned.

Huh?