The civilization before the collapse, heroes and heroes are reborn with me

After watching the children leave, Aponya took Zhu Yufeng and the others to a room, then looked at Zhu Yufeng and explained: "In a place like Dusk Street, children always have to learn some ways to protect themselves."

"I understand." Zhu Yufeng said, "By the way, what was the name of the kid who first shouted... to notify you?"

"He is Kona. Speaking of familiarity, Qianjie should also know him, right?" Aponiya looked at Qianjie and said.

“…How could I possibly remember something that happened so long ago?” Qianjie turned his face away, but his tone became unusually weaker, which only meant that anyone with eyes could see that Qianjie did know the child.

"Kona is a very good child." Seeing that Qianjie was unwilling to speak, Aponiya began to explain, "When Qianjie came to the nursing home and temporarily worked as a porter, he always helped Qianjie."

"Don't mention the past anymore!" Qianjie said viciously, "You two didn't come to Aponya to talk about this, did you? Don't waste your time here!"

"Qianjie..." Aponiya looked at Qianjie, sighed softly, and did not continue talking. Instead, he changed the subject, "So what brought you here this time?"

"Just like Padu said, I passed by here on the way and came to take a look." Zhu Yufeng looked at Abonya and said, "The children here should be living better than before, right?"

If the child named Kona had not been killed by Sakura in the end, he should have died before that due to the erosion of Honkai. However, judging by his current symptoms, he should have lived until the Twilight Street incident under normal circumstances. However, Qianjie seemed quite reluctant to mention it... Was it because something happened that promoted the erosion of Honkai, and was that incident related to Qianjie?

Chapter 180: Honest Aponia

"Indeed." Aponia nodded. "Even if most of the funds given by Eden were donated to the church, the remaining funds would be enough to ensure that the children here would not lack food and clothing."

"Why don't you think about expanding or renovating the nursing home?" Zhu Yufeng asked, "In this way, you should be able to help more people, right?"

"Then, will there be any change in their final fate?" Aponiya asked back.

Zhu Yufeng was silent. He didn't know how to answer this question. Judging from the children Aponya had taken in who were eroded by the Honkai and forced to wander around, even if she expanded the sanatorium to take in more children, management would be a problem. Another problem was how to deal with the Dusk Street incident.

The outbreak of Honkai is unstoppable, and once it happens, it will be difficult for Aponia's sanatorium to escape the detection of the Fire Moths. Think about the reason why the Fire Moths imprisoned Aponia in the first place: taking in a large number of children who were corrupted by Honkai without any reason, which is suspected to be related to the occurrence of Honkai.

Of course, this is also because Abonya’s own confession is too easy to make people think too much.

She admitted that she knew the collapse would happen, but she denied that she had anything to do with it, and said that everything was already predetermined. If this doesn't make people think too much, what else can make people think too much?

But now, the World Serpent has been established, and the snake shadow is gradually spreading among the Fire Moths. It is not impossible to save those children at that time, but we also have to consider whether it makes sense.

"Hmph, you keep talking about these boring things every day." Qianjie became angry when he heard Abonya say these things. When he first came to the sanatorium this time, Abonya told him that Zhu Yufeng would still be the same as before, and now he said these things again!

Qianjie was about to explode, Aponiya looked at Qianjie, then looked at Padu, and said, "Phyllis, and Qianjie, I have something to talk to Feng alone, can you please go and take a look at the children?"

"Huh? You want me to help you take care of those little ghosts?" Qianjie looked at Zhu Yufeng and said, "You think too much! I'm not that guy. I don't have that much energy to play with little ghosts!"

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

He only occasionally takes care of Gray and Ling... Well, there is also Jaina. Lilith seems to like to pull him to Jaina's side now...

Because of the sentence "Is it the kind of relationship between mom and dad?", she was directly put on Lilith's whitelist. The little sister tried her best to save herself!

“Qianjie…” Aponiya looked at Qianjie.

"Tsk..." Qianjie turned around and was about to leave the room, "I'm not in the mood to take care of those little brats! If you want to talk alone, then talk alone!"

Qianjie opened the door and several children rushed in. Qianjie glanced at them, then looked at the other children surrounding the door, snorted, and walked out.

"Evelyn, eavesdropping is not a good behavior." Aponiya looked at the leading child and said, her tone remained gentle and calm, "I told you, they are not bad people, they are all friends I know."

"I'm sorry, Mother Aponya..." The children all chose to admit their mistakes.

Aponia looked at Paddo again: "So, Phyllis, can you please help me take care of them?"

"Of course there is no problem..." Padu looked at the children, then at Abonya. Although she felt that Sister Nia would not have any thoughts about Brother Yufeng, the amount of information she got this time was too explosive. She also learned that so many people liked Brother Yufeng, which made her a little uncertain again...

However, at least Ahua and Sister Eden don’t seem to have such thoughts, so... we should be able to rest assured, right?

The main reason is that Sister Nia’s words are too easy to be misunderstood... If I want to talk to Brother Yufeng alone...

After thinking about it, Padu took the children out of the room and went outside, closing the door before leaving.

"What's the matter? Why do you have to tell me alone?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

Aponia looked towards the door, walked over to make sure that no one was around, then she looked at Zhu Yufeng and said, "It's about you. If Qianjie and Phyllis were here, it might have some bad effects."

"About me?" Zhu Yufeng tilted his head.

"After this rebirth, I can no longer see the thread of fate hanging over the heads of all living beings, just like when Ellie sacrificed herself." Aponia said softly.

"Isn't that a good thing? At least this time humans are no longer puppets in the so-called gods' stage play." Zhu Yufeng said, and at the same time he began to guess what Alicia's power was, what the so-called gods were, and why all of this was related to him...

"But it's possible, it's just that my eyes are covered, right?" Aponya said with a faint smile.

"No, she did it, and then she also became a Herrscher. I, who have humanity, am the best proof, isn't I?" Zhu Yufeng said.

Abonya looked at Zhu Yufeng's still immature face, and his thoughts drifted back to the time before his rebirth. At that time, he...

Aponya withdrew his thoughts and just asked: "Did you really have humanity at that time?"

Zhu Yufeng frowned.

"I know, and everyone knows, that you protected us and fought the End until the very last moment. But at that time, did your obsession with defeating Honkai overwhelm your instinct as a Herrscher, or did your humanity prevail?" Aponia said slowly, "You didn't care about the future of humanity, you didn't care about your own destiny, you risked everything just to defeat the End. How much humanity did you have left at that time?"

Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment, then said: "Indeed, at that time, or after the tragedy of the restraint, except for the people I was familiar with, I cared less and less about everything around me. I only knew that regardless of human thoughts, I could not let Lilith and the others' sacrifice become worthless. But this does not mean that I had no humanity left at that time. I still remember what happened at that time and what I thought at that time. Even if I were to repeat the End War now, my choice would not change at all."

"Yes, so now, your choice has not changed, right?" Abonia asked again.

"Of course, this time we are reborn, it's not just you and me who have memories. Alicia, Kevin and the others all have memories too." Zhu Yufeng said, "We can have more time to prepare."

"You know, Feng..." Aponiya looked into Zhu Yufeng's eyes and said, "I know that my eyes are not blinded. The thread of fate of all living beings has indeed been erased by Ai Li, but do you know how I am sure of this?"

"Is this what you said at the beginning, something about me that shouldn't be known to Qianjie and Paduo?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

Aponia nodded gently, then looked at Zhu Yufeng with somewhat sad eyes and said: "I can no longer see the fate of others, but this time, I saw your fate even though I never saw your fate."

She saw the fall of [Divine Shadow] and the disappearance of [Dawn]. She once thought that everything was just an illusion or a dream. But today, when she met the fallen angel again, she had to admit that it was not an illusion or a dream.

She shouldn't have said this to him, but she felt that she had to say it, because she believed that the fate she saw was not unchangeable, as long as he no longer chose that path...

However, precisely because he would not change his choice, his fate would not change either...

She looked into the eyes of the fallen angel, wanting to see something from his eyes, surprise, sadness or anger? But the other party's eyes were only calm, and her news did not seem to cause any ripples in him.

He just kept silent for a while, then he laughed bitterly and said, "So... does this mean that I have really integrated into this world? That's right, as a Herrscher, it's not strange for me to belong to the system of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers..."

Zhu Yufeng looked at Aponia. It was the first time he saw surprise in the eyes of this nun who always had a compassionate face. He smiled and said, "Why, do you want me to have some other reaction? Unwilling, angry? Haha... maybe, a little... After all, you were told that you would die so suddenly, you would still have some thoughts..."

His fate was ultimately destruction. If it were him before, it wouldn't matter because he had already prepared for it. The road to fighting against the collapse cannot be without sacrifice. Having truly fought against the End, he had a deep understanding of this. No matter what means were used, there was no way to kill the End. At that time, he tried everything he could, but in the end he could only bring the End down for 72 hours.

In addition, he actually felt that he seemed to have forgotten something. Although he still remembered the process of the Final Battle, he still felt that he had forgotten something...

Besides, he wanted to say that it was just a second death, but he hesitated again, because this time, he knew that many people cared about him, that there were people who loved him deeply and cared about him...

If I die this time, what will happen to Alicia and the others?

But he soon felt relieved. Even though he would die one day, at least he would not be without accomplishment. He thought of Greshuin's painting again, the Knight Who Did Not See the Dawn. It was just that the knight did not see the dawn, but the world still saw the dawn.

He is not a noble person. He just wants the people he cares about to live well. That is the "dawn" he expects.

He now felt that it was a good thing that Aponia sent Qianjie away. It was hard to say what Pado said, but if Qianjie heard what she said, he might go into a state of rage and might have to tear down half of the sanatorium before he could calm down.

Aponya really needs to change her way of speaking. At least, she shouldn't be so blunt when telling people "You're going to die next"...

"At least I won't be alone this time," he said.

Aponia just looked at him quietly for a long time before saying, "Have you become a Herrscher now?"

"Oh, this." Zhu Yufeng thought for a moment and said, "Mobius said that I am now a natural Herrscher like Alicia, although she hasn't found my Herrscher core... She doesn't know the specific reason, but when you said you saw my destiny or something, I seem to understand it all of a sudden."

"Does it mean that you have integrated into this world?" asked Aponya.

Zhu Yufeng nodded: "Yeah, speaking of this matter, Qianjie should be the only one who doesn't know about it now... Given his personality, it's better not to tell him until I have the ability to avoid having my legs broken by him."

"Qianjie is indeed a kind child, although sometimes his ideas are too straightforward." Aponya said, "But his starting point is good. So, can you tell me in detail about your integration into this world?"

"Well... it may take some time to explain in detail, so let me just tell you the result first." Zhu Yufeng said, "I am not from this world, or rather, I come from another world."

Abonya was thoughtful. No wonder she couldn't see the silk thread on Feng's body at the beginning. When she could see it later, it was Feng who took the silk thread from others into her hands...

"In my world, the story of the Thirteen Fire Chasing Heroes is known to many people, and I am just an ordinary part of it." Zhu Yufeng continued, "You seem a little confused? Without me, wouldn't it be the Thirteen Fire Chasing Heroes? As for the final fate of everyone, Aponiya, you know it yourself, right?"

Abonya was silent. She knew for sure, because she could see, so she was curious about Zhu Yufeng. She couldn't see Zhu Yufeng's fate, but she could see that he changed the fate of others...

“In my opinion, the ending of this story may not be perfect. Everyone made the right choice, but civilization still went to destruction. The story of Zhuhuo Yingjie was buried in time. It was not until 50,000 years later, when the next generation of human rulers entered the paradise of the past, that it saw the light of day again,” said Zhu Yufeng.

"The Herrscher of the next generation..."

"Yes, that's why I'm sure I had humanity at that time. The next generation of Herrschers will fight for humanity. There will be at least four of them, right..."

"..."

"But Alicia, who facilitated all this, couldn't see any of this..." Zhu Yufeng looked up, "So, maybe it's because of this that I came to this world, to turn this regrettable story into what everyone expected."

Although it seems that if he died again, it would still leave regrets...

"You know the fate of everyone better than I do..."

"That's not the case, because my understanding of you basically comes from the stories I know. Of course, the stories don't record everyone, but only the stories of the main characters. For example, as for the tragedy of Constraint, all I know is that all the fusion warriors except the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire were wiped out."

"But you still chose to fight against fate, even though you failed countless times."

"But I did succeed in making my fate deviate a little bit, didn't I?" Zhu Yufeng smiled and said, "I also said these words to Alicia."

Although I was kissed forcefully afterwards.

But if it's Aponia, then there's definitely no problem.

How could Mother Aponya have such an idea?

Chapter 181: The Noisy Fallen Angel

“Sister Paduo, is that man named Yufeng really a good person?” Evelyn said as she sat on the steps of the nursing home and looked at the other children playing in the yard.

"Brother Yufeng is really a good person, at least that's what we think." Paduo said helplessly. Evelyn had asked her several times, so how could Brother Yufeng be suspected like this?

"Because the sister in the church said that the more handsome a man is, the more likely he is to lie. Sister Paduo, when you left here before, Mother Abonya said that you and Uncle Qianjie went to look for someone. Is the person you are looking for Yu Feng?" Evelyn said while supporting her chin with both hands while looking at Paduo.

"Yeah, that's right." Paduo said, "Let me tell you, Brother Yufeng saved our lives."

"Oh~" Evelyn stretched out her tone as if she had suddenly realized something. "For saving my life. I remember the story I read said that a life-saving grace should be rewarded with one's body. So Sister Paduo, you are not going to marry that guy, right?"

No wonder I keep speaking well of that guy.

“Eh… Eh?! We, we…” Padu was confused by Evelin’s words, “No, I’m not marrying Brother Yufeng… At least not now…”

"So it will happen in the future? Are you in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship now?" Evelyn seemed to find Padre very interesting, so she continued to ask.

"Oh, why does a kid ask so many questions?" Paddy patted Evelyn's head.

"I just don't want Sister Padu to be deceived." Evelyn said with empty eyes, "Of course, Mother Aponya doesn't either."

"Don't worry, Evelyn. I taught you all those little tricks. I'm not that easy to be fooled." Padu said, and added in her heart that although she had been fooled by magician Sister Weiwei many times...

“But, isn’t it said that girls in love have an IQ of zero?” Evelin said, tilting her head.

Padu's eye twitched: "What books have you read?"

"I occasionally go to the church to help out. Sometimes the sister there will read storybooks to us. If she is not free, I will read by myself~" Evelyn said, "She will also teach us to read like Abonya's mother."

"I've been hearing you talk about the sister in the church. What's her name?" Padu asked casually.

"It's Sister Esmodes." Evelyn replied.

Sister Ess?

Pado was stunned. Esmodes, the fallen angel of noise... Although she was a nun like Aponia, but... she was far more dangerous than Aponia. After Pado joined the Fire Moths, when Zhu Yufeng helped her adapt to the life of the Fire Moths, Zhu Yufeng also told Pado to be careful of Esmodes, especially when she came back from the battlefield.

In Padu's impression, Esmodes was apparently easy to get along with. She didn't know why other fallen angels would become a little strange when they mentioned Esmodes, and then tell her to try not to agree to go on a mission with Esmodes, even if Esmodes took the initiative to invite her, and even if Esmodes looked so normal at that time.

Inside the room of the nursing home.

"Actually, I came here this time because Lilith reminded me of something." Zhu Yufeng looked at Aponia and said, "Although I think you should have some preparations..."

"Are you going to talk about Esmodesma?" Aponia asked.

"Yes, it's Esmodes. I only remember that she was also a nun in the church on Dusk Street. But before I came here, Lilith told me the reason why Esmodes was imprisoned in the Deepest Place as a serious criminal..." Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes and said, "She killed everyone in the church one day before the Seventh Herrscher incident, including all the children who were in the church at the time. She was brutally killed... She should have been sentenced to death directly, but later someone determined that she was mentally ill. It happened that the Fire Moth noticed this and took her in to the Deepest Place."

Later, it was detected that Esmodes' brain had symptoms of Honkai erosion, which was why the Fire Moth began to suspect that someone in Dusk Street was using Honkai to conduct some kind of experiment. After the Seventh Herrscher incident, Aponia was involved...

However, according to what Esmodes herself said later, she was infected with the Honkai on her own initiative. But as to why the Honkai invaded her brain, Admiral racked his brains but still could not figure it out. In the end, he could only explain that the differences between people led to this result.