K424 of the Collapse World

Unknown time

In another distant space, in the very center of an unknown territory...

This is the gap between countless parallel spaces, a world bubble created by observers from the Lost Era.

Under the lush and tall tree, the gray-haired man leaned against the thick trunk, squinting at the lush green leaves above his head.

"How long has it been since a leaf fell?"

He muttered to himself and slowly stood up.

"Has the observation system of the Hengsha Project been accidentally interfered with, or... can the plan of that world really succeed?"

Walking on the soft grass, the man slowly walked towards the pond not far from the giant tree. He seemed to have some kind of determination, and each of his seemingly light and frivolous steps seemed extremely heavy.

"It's crazy to actively disrupt the balance of parallel worlds. But maybe, this will really find a way to end the collapse... But can she bear the fate of all human beings in the world and bear the cost of disrupting everything?"

In the calm lake, the reflection of the cherry trees flashed by, and the light from the quantum sea was reflected in the man's eyes, evoking his past memories.

"My dear friend, perhaps only you can make the judgment?"

682 Return to the Lost Realm

The fragments of the world are scattered in the chaotic and disordered space.

The construction of the mental world originates from the owner's understanding of the world. Not only memories, but all the unintentional perceptions and thoughts are stored in the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness and preserved forever.

Even though Fu Hua had lost most of her past memories, her 50,000 years of life had left too many traces in her spiritual world. No one could understand this world more deeply than she did.

However, no matter how sophisticated the construction was, it only perfectly restored a tiny part of the world. In the blind spot of her memory and knowledge, it was just like an illusory and blurry mirage, completely unlike what reality should be like.

After the complete space was destroyed by the aftermath of their battle, these phantom-like scenes inevitably appeared before their eyes.

But even if they were illusions, these scenes, which were exactly the same as Fu Hua's self-perception, naturally could not stop the crazy girl from stopping.

"Who are you to be able to do this?"

In the chaotic space of black and white, the figure of the girl Fu Hua floated in the air. She frowned and looked at the gray-haired girl who was looking at her from a distance, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

She thought that as long as she attacked seriously, she could easily defeat the gray-haired girl, but she crushed her offensive again and again, keeping the situation at the initial stage forever.

At first, Fu Hua just tried to modify her own physical laws to achieve the invincible power of shattering stars with one punch, and then used her extremely strengthened body to fight Bronya in close combat. But what she didn't expect was that no matter how much she strengthened her ability, Bronya would always be able to reach the same level as her immediately, keeping the battle completely at a 50-50 stage.

As her control over the mental world improved, Fu Hua gradually realized that her ability to "make her mind come true" was not limited to this level. So, she began to use the knowledge she had unlocked to create physical phenomena of natural disaster level to launch attacks. Infinitely spreading cosmic storms and supernova explosions that were enough to sweep across the entire galaxy appeared one after another, and indiscriminate extremely high energy stagnated around her.

If Fu Hua had not had a deeper understanding of the collapse and annihilation of advanced physics, I'm afraid this force field of high-concentration energy and rapid compression would have been enough to create dark matter...

But even so, her ability could not hurt a hair of Bronya. The gray-haired girl, who was in the same space as her, seemed to be outside the laws of the world and could not be touched by anything in this world.

In the final stage of the battle, Fu Hua no longer adhered to science and directly controlled the origin of the mental world, ordering "all life in the universe to disappear" and "the world to be rebuilt".

However, the result was just as she expected. Even though Fu Hua turned the universe of her mental world into a void, the figure of the gray-haired girl was always standing in front of her.

Fu Hua was now certain that her power could not interfere with the existence of the gray-haired girl. Comparing her power to the control system of a computer, Bronya was like a sticker stuck on the computer screen. Fu Hua, who had control over the computer, could not do anything to that small sticker even if she shredded all the files, cleared all the icons on the desktop, and even deleted the wallpaper.

It was as if it existed in a different dimension, and she could never reach it with her current means. However, although it was clearly impossible for the laws of the world to interfere, the petite girl was able to touch her world and even interfere with herself...

After all, the gray-haired girl seemed calm from beginning to end. She could either take his attack head-on or do nothing and let the attack from the other dimension pass through her shadowy body. Judging from the form of existence, it seemed that she was also more advanced than himself.

"The control of the world is clearly in my hands.qun: 3... But you can actually touch the essence of this world? Could it be that you are a higher-level god from another world, and you came to my world for the purpose of invading it?"

Calming down from her frantic attack, Fu Hua stared at Bronya with hostile eyes. Although she had to negotiate after her attack failed, she continued to think about the next countermeasures...

"Ah...are you finally willing to have a good conversation?"

Seeing that Fu Hua was finally willing to stop, Bronya first breathed a sigh of relief, but then was made to laugh and cry by the other party's speculation.

A higher god... Indeed, the Ruler of the Heart, who can invade and manipulate the mental world of others at will, can indeed be called the Supreme God in the realm of consciousness. However, it is impossible to admit it, and Bronya does not want to make the misunderstanding worse.

Things did not go as expected. Bronya originally planned to use the power of the Herrscher to defeat Fu Hua, but in order not to damage this fragile temporary mental space, she had to hold back. To make matters worse, the unexpected situation also lifted the time acceleration of the illusion, causing misunderstandings among the medical staff.

In order to deal with matters in the mental world with peace of mind, she had to expend a large amount of mental energy, split her main consciousness, and manipulate her external entity to explain the situation.

First came the nurse on duty to check on the situation, followed by the doctors and managers who came after hearing the news, and finally even Hill and Diana and their group came to join in the fun, wasting more than ten minutes of her time.

However, when she came back online, Fu Hua had already stopped on her own initiative, which saved her some trouble.

"Well... Even if you are a higher-ranking god, it's not that easy to kill me! Besides, we don't interfere with each other, so why do you have to invade my world? If you are willing to take a step back and rule this world with me, I will be happy to share the power with you. After all, if all things in the world are just ants, they will get lonely after a long time, and it's not a bad thing to have an equal god as a partner..."

682 Return to the Lost Realm>>

Faced with the olive branch thrown by Fu Hua, Bronya could only smile bitterly and shake her head.

"Bronya just talked about this. This world is just an illusion simulated by the spiritual sea to temporarily protect your damaged consciousness."

"..."

"Bronya, I know this is hard to understand, but since you are willing to be a partner with Bronya, why can't you try to trust Bronya once? What's more, in the real world, you are an important partner of Bronya."

Trying to make her tone as sincere as possible, Bronya looked at Fu Hua expectantly. If this temporary mental space was forcibly broken by external force, it would likely cause secondary damage to Fu Hua's consciousness, but if Fu Hua took the initiative to leave, the risk would be greatly reduced.

But the prerequisite is that she must convince this middle school class leader, and she cannot use any tricks yet. The Herrscher of the Heart's mental control ability, in the final analysis, is to defeat the opponent's consciousness and remotely control the opponent's body like a puppeteer. It is impossible to directly control the spirit to take action.

"But... I still don't understand the outside world. Can I roughly understand that you want me to give up this world and go with you to the world that belongs to you?"

"That's basically it... But that's not Bronya's world. We are all ordinary and equal humans, messengers who rebel against God in a broken world. Just like the fire moths in this world..."

"In that case, I think it's better to stay here. Since you can enjoy the treatment of gods in this world, why do you have to return to the so-called 'real world' and endure suffering?"

"Please don't think like that. Maybe that world is not perfect, but it is our only real world among the infinite parallel worlds!"

"But......"

"No matter how beautiful this mental world is, it is incomplete. I'm sure you realize this, right?

A world that you weave completely at will, you will never be able to fill in the missing plates and loopholes in the rules, because your essence is human, and you can only rely on your original memory to perfect the details of the world. But humans do not have the imagination of gods, and can never create a real world, but can only wander in memories. Is this the future you desire?"

As Bronya's sonorous voice resounded in Fu Hua's ears, the pupils of this lost girl suddenly shrank. Faintly, she seemed to see the era destroyed by the advent of the Herrscher of the End, the endless wasteland and broken earth after the disaster; the human civilization that began to develop again in the new era, and the will of collapse continued to wait in the shadows...

"Is this... the future of the mental world?"

"No, that's just your memory. Everything you see right now is a fact that has already happened! And you, the pioneer who inherited the will of your predecessors, the guardian of the Shenzhou Continent, do you still want to escape in your daydreams?"

"I......"

Fu Hua bit her lip as a strange burning sensation continued to spread in her chest. As wisps of light feathers floated around her, Fu Hua began to feel something more distant and profound appearing in her mind.

It turns out that the "world" is far from being that simple. This world that she regards as a treasure is like a dream, which will completely collapse and disappear the moment she wakes up...

What would I become if I accepted these feathers? Would my current consciousness and thoughts be completely reversed or even disappear?

But that's the real me...

Under Bronya's nervous gaze, the girl's lips slightly opened.

"What to do..."

"what?"

"What should I do to escape from this illusion and return to the real world?"

"..."

Looking directly into Bronya's eyes, although there was still a hint of uneasiness and hesitation in the girl Fu Hua's eyes, she had already made her decision.

Bronya smiled with relief.

"It's very simple, just eliminate all of this!"

"Eh? But didn't we just..."

"What you just eliminated was just the simulated matter in the illusion. What Bronya meant by elimination is to eliminate the entire world, including the essence of the illusion!"

"this......"

"You are the master of your mental world. As long as you are willing, you can do it."

Hearing this, Fu Hua lowered her head and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, the hesitation in her blue pupils began to dissipate, and the determination that Bronya was familiar with appeared in her eyes.

"I understand... Well then, Ms. Bronya, I'll leave first. I look forward to seeing you again in the real world..."

"Yeah, but Bronya should be faster~"

As soon as the words fell, the cracks quietly opened up, emitting a dazzling light, and then returned to darkness in an instant...

The illusion was shattered.

683 Interference from Observers

When Bronya regained consciousness, the first thing she saw was the familiar ceiling.

Well, there seems to be no need to mention this joke. There are only a few types of ceiling architectural designs in the Far East Branch of Tianming, so it is normal to encounter similar ones.

But from the looks of it, I seem to have been moved to the bed...

After briefly recalling what happened before, the girl quickly connected the development of the events in her mind.

From her entering Fu Hua's mental world, helping the Fire Moth Organization in the illusion to fight against the collapse, to meeting Fu Hua's consciousness, accidentally triggering the girl's mental rampage, the two sides started a confrontation in the illusion...

But now, it's all over.

After getting up from the bed, Bronya could easily find that this was still Fu Hua's ICU. The other party's bed was placed next to hers. Various unknown large medical instruments were also operating continuously, displaying the girl's various physical functions on the screen...

The "bed" under Bronya was not a real bed, but a medical transport stretcher, which was covered with soft cushions to make a soft bed. After all, there was no second built-in bed in the single room of this ICU.

"Hmm? This is..."

As she gradually regained consciousness, Bronya noticed something wrong with the back of her hand. She then realized that she had an IV drip in her hand, with a small medicine bag hanging from the buckle above her head.

Only a little bit of the potion in the bag went down, as if it had just been hung up.

"Really? He was only unconscious for five or six minutes, and these people are making such a fuss..."

Gently pulling out the drip that was suspected to be the nutrient solution, Bronya turned over and jumped off the stretcher, coming to Fu Hua's side.

Looking at the girl who was still sleeping, she couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. Although the journey to find the consciousness body was not long and she didn't encounter much trouble, she did save Fu Hua.

, and did what only she could do.

"I just don't know when you will wake up."

Lying in front of Fu Hua's bed, Bronya muttered to herself absentmindedly, gently lifted the corner of the quilt, and held Fu Hua's right hand.

The mental world was actively eliminated by the girl Fu Hua, and there was nothing that could hinder her revival of consciousness. Now, she seemed to be in a deep sleep. Even if she couldn't wake up immediately, she would open her eyes in a few hours.

But the next moment, as if to deliberately slap Bronya's guess in the face, as she touched her, the girl with long blue-gray hair suddenly opened her eyes.

When their eyes met, the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

"Actually, I woke up two minutes ago."

"Uh! Monitor..."

Bronya hastily pulled her hand away, her cheeks flushed, and she looked back at Fu Hua with some anxiety. Although she also hoped that the monitor would wake up soon, this was a bit too fast. Bronya was not even mentally prepared to meet this monitor again...

What should she do? A few minutes ago, she was "tease" the girl in front of her on the Fire Moth battleship, and left a lot of blushing and heart-pounding hints.

Not to mention that Fu Hua is not a normal person, even with the memory efficiency of an ordinary conscious being, it is impossible for him to forget what happened just now so quickly. Even if it is a shattered dream, there should be a few fragments left after waking up.

Although she is the Herrscher of the Heart, Fu Hua also has Yu Duchen's Divine Key ability, so it is still possible for her to slightly resist the power of the Herrscher of the Heart.

So, how about trying physical amnesia? Then say hello normally...

"Thank you so much, Bronya."

"Monitor, do you still remember your experience in the mental world?"

"Of course I won't forget it. Although I can only recall the part where the illusion reappeared, that was my first experience of living as an ordinary person, and also my last."

Having said this, she hesitated for a moment, and a rare blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Um... Bronya, I'm so sorry."

"what?"

"I hope you can forgive me for my foolish behavior, Bronya, for showing you such a childish side."

"Uh...it's okay. The monitor was in an uncontrollable state of mind at the time, and it didn't cause any more trouble. Besides, the monitor was actually quite cute when he looked like that..."

Bronya's expression was somewhat confused. Although she tried to remain calm, her violently fluctuating eyes revealed her nervousness.

"Alas, it's just the immaturity of youth. Without the accumulation of willpower over the years, no one can escape the temptation of desire."

With a wry smile and a sigh, Fu Hua seemed to have noticed Bronya's embarrassment. After a brief silence, she dropped the topic and refused to mention the bunch of things in the illusion that could not be evaluated.

Bronya did not immediately ask about the Red Kite Immortal. Now, the two had just returned from the world of mind images, and they needed some time to absorb the experience just now.

"What day is today?"