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

"Kevin, you're lying. You've never been good at lying. I heard from them... before he left, he and Mobius conducted one last experiment, participated in Velvet's magic for the last time, counted the stars with Grayshut, listened to Kosmo tell the heroic story he longed for, had a serious fight with Qianjie, had noodles with you for the last time, listened to Eden's performance for the last time, accepted Aponia's prayer for him, paid homage to Ling's grave with Ying, and took a lazy nap with Phyllis for the last time. He entrusted his message for the future to Su and encouraged Hua to walk his own path..." Alicia said softly, "If he really gave up everything just so that I could see this era, then... he would definitely leave something for me."

Kevin remained silent.

"Think about it carefully. I was the first one to know him...but why, in the end, I am the only one with nothing?" Alicia's gaze passed over Kevin, as if looking at a figure that had already left in the past.

Kevin finally spoke: "Alicia, if you want to ask him why he did this, I can tell you. He said that you are a girl who is afraid of loneliness. You left behind the world and best friends you loved and returned to Honkai alone. But you will never be able to see the world you opened up and hoped for. That is too cruel for you. Your ending should not be like this. Your future should continue to extend... The end of a tragedy is the beginning of another hope. He is not afraid of loneliness. He is used to loneliness. He does not love the world either. Therefore, he wants to press his life into the barrel of the gun in exchange for your second life. His story was written by you at the beginning, and it should also end for you. He is also tired and needs to rest..."

Alicia was startled.

"He will take despair and darkness to the other side, and light and hope will be extended to the future because of you." Kevin lowered his eyes, "He did leave something for you, but I don't think you have the ability to take it now."

"Kevin!" Alicia stared into Kevin's eyes, "He gave it to me!"

"But he entrusted it to me." Kevin said calmly, "Alicia, he gave me all the decision-making power. If I think it is not suitable to hand it over to you, then I also have the power to let it remain in the past forever."

Alicia looked at Kevin and saw that Kevin's attitude was very firm. She could only ask in a low voice: "...Why?"

Kevin didn't answer.

Alicia turned and left. Kevin watched her disappear from his sight. Kosmo, who had been silent as a background, spoke up: "...If I'm not mistaken, Feng left Alicia a recording pen, right?"

Kevin glanced at Kosmo and said nothing.

"Why not give it to Alicia?"

"I don't know what Feng will say in there, but if Alicia is obsessed with finding the him of the past, then no matter what Feng says in there, she may not be able to sort out her mentality and accept... this world where she can no longer see him except memories." Kevin said.

"She's not the type to dwell on the past," Kosmo said. "I think she'll treasure everything as a memory and move on with Feng's wishes."

Kevin looked at Kosmo and said, "If it was the old Alicia, I would certainly like to think so, but have you ever thought that Alicia has other special feelings for Feng?"

Kosmo was stunned.

Kevin didn't say anything else, but chose to continue sleeping in the depths of the quantum sea.

After returning to the World Snake, Alicia went straight to the Paradise of the Past. She knew that Feng left his memories in the Paradise, but when she arrived in front of the Paradise of the Past, she hesitated again.

Even if it was his memory, even if fifty thousand years had passed...

"If you're wondering if he'll see you, I can tell you that you in Paradise have already met him a long time ago." Mebius said behind her, "If you want to say something to him, I've already told him in there, and you'll see him."

Alicia was silent, then put on the connection device and entered the paradise of the afterlife.

After a brief feeling of dizziness passed, the entrance to the paradise in her memory appeared in front of Alicia. She walked in. In the virtual hall, the man in her memory was standing by the bar, wiping a valuable wine glass. Next to him, there was another wine glass, as if he had been drinking with someone here not long ago.

"Feng..." she called.

The young man turned around and looked at her. After a while, he nodded and said, "Alicea."

Alicia walked over and subconsciously wanted to hug him, but she stopped. She stopped a few steps in front of the young man.

"How is the world outside?" the young man asked. "Although it has not been long since Mebius told me this news, Eden and the others must have given you a brief account of the current world, right?"

"Why...are you doing this?" asked Alicia.

The young man lowered his head and continued to wipe the wine glass, and said calmly: "I just feel that you should see this world more than me... I am different from you. A few days before the [Last Banquet], you were still preparing a birthday present for Kevin and looking forward to the clothes that Eden made for you... You always have expectations for the future. But I have never thought about what I need for my future, and I don’t have the courage to face a future that is unfamiliar to me, so I decided to be willful one last time. This is what I know now that I am in the paradise."

Alicia lowered her eyes and said, "What did you leave for me in the end? You gave it to Kevin, but Kevin didn't want to give it to me."

The young man was stunned for a moment, then put down the wine glass in his hand, turned around and looked at Alicia. He looked into her eyes and said after a while: "I didn't synchronize the relevant memories. At least, 12 hours before the end woke up, I didn't give Kevin anything for you. Maybe it was my impromptu idea."

"In other words, at the beginning, you... really didn't prepare anything for me?" Alicia asked again.

The young man looked at Alicia's expression and said thoughtfully: "So... is that the case? After all, at that time, I never thought that you... had that kind of feelings for me."

"I never thought I would have that kind of feeling...but when I understood everything, I couldn't see you again." Alicia said sadly, "I want to dance with you one last time, just like we did at the beginning. I want to watch the fireworks with you again. I haven't received the gift you promised me that is better than Eden..."

"The me in the paradise is not the real me after all. I am just the echo of the person named Zhu Yufeng left in this world." The young man lowered his eyes, "So I have no way to tell you what I was thinking when the end was approaching, and I have no way to answer all your questions now."

Alicia was silent.

"Alisa, I have a question." The young man said, "What does the thing I left for you mean to you? In your heart now, has it become a hindrance to your future? If so, then I can't give you any more answers."

"I just want to... just want to... reconcile with him and go back to yesterday. I have always just... wanted this."

"But yesterday is called yesterday because it has passed and has become the footprints we have walked through." The young man said, "Only by letting go of yesterday can we better welcome the future, right? Alicia will be sad and confused, but for her, this is just a temporary setback. She will always pack everything up and then continue to greet every upcoming tomorrow with a smile, right?"

"Because she has never loved someone so deeply..." Alicia said softly, "That person will always indulge her, always believe in her, and give up everything for her... Maybe earlier, before she even noticed, she had gotten used to his existence. Even if he didn't want to see her again in the end, at least he still existed in this world, and she could still hear his stories from other people, instead of like now, where he is forever in the past and the stories she heard will never have a new side..."

"Alicia, I don't want you to be like this now." The young man said, "What happened in the past is over."

"I just... am unwilling to accept it..." Alicia's eyes fell on the badge on the young man's chest. "I remember this badge was put on you by me personally when you first joined my team and became a formal soldier of the Fire Moth Headquarters, right?"

The young man was silent.

"But where is this badge in reality now?" Alicia said as if talking to herself, "They all received your final gift, but I am left with only memories of you... I can embrace the world again, but I can't embrace you again."

The young man looked at Alicia for a long time before he said, "Perhaps, the last gift I leave for you is that in a brand new era, you can still see your old friends and still have a home to return to."

Alicia smiled bitterly and said, "Indeed... it is a very romantic gift... but, it sounds very romantic, why... I want something that belongs to you? Even if it is just a bracelet or a necklace... let me know that there was no one involved in our encounter and acquaintance... let me know that I once had..."

Alicia said, then looked at the wine glass next to the young man and whispered: "Not afraid of loneliness, not loving the world... He was such a person, obviously such a person, he chose to watch the dawn in the darkness, he once fought against the whole world for me, and gave up everything for me... In the end, he said that he was tired, he wanted to leave and rest... Until the end, I didn't tell him the original answer, and I didn't convey my feelings to him. Why did he do this?"

"Because... you deserve it." said the young man.

"But no one would take it for granted that he did all this."

The young man looked at Ai Lishiya for a long time, then turned and walked towards the entrance deep into the paradise. Before leaving, he turned back and said softly, "Ailishiya, Kevin may not give you the last gift because of his considerations. The heroes in our paradise are not without help. But before that, you who are obsessed with the past need to accept the test of the fourteen heroes like other visitors and get our affirmation. I will also give you my recognition, and then take it to see Kevin. At that time, he will definitely give it to you."

Before disappearing, the young man said, "Regarding your birthday present, I have actually prepared one... As for what it is, I will tell you after you pass all the trials."

Part4

"We will meet again, on the other side of the imaginary world, in the abode of the soul... Even if you have already forgotten everything, even if 50,000 years have wiped out our past, I will hold your hand again and hug you again..."

……

"Alisa, a new game is released today. Mei, Bronya and I are going to queue up together. Are you coming too?" Kiana waved to the pink-haired girl. "You can watch me show off my skills later. I won't lose to Bronya this time!"

"Stupid Kiana, the only one who can compete with Bronya is Sister Alicia." Bronya said expressionlessly, "So far, stupid Kiana has lost to Bronya 137 times."

"Oh, it's always hard to refuse an invitation from a beautiful girl~" Alicia said with a smile, "But, I already have an appointment today, so I can only wait until next time~"

"Wow, you have an appointment?" Kiana thought for a moment, then glanced at Mei beside her, pounded her fist and said, "Did you meet a girl as beautiful as Mei? Or has Teacher Eden prepared something good for you? I also want to..."

"Kiana..." Mei put her hand on Kiana's shoulder with a kind look on her face, "Alisa has her own business, we can't interfere, understand?"

"I know, I know..."

Alicia watched the three girls leave playing and fighting, the smile on her face gradually faded. She sighed softly and returned to her residence.

She went to the dressing table and took out a recorder from the drawer. In the end, Kevin handed it to her.

"He... may not have disappeared." Wei Wei's voice echoed in his mind. "But, if he really did what you did before on your behalf, then he has now... returned to the collapsed world on your behalf. Even if he is still here, he may not be able to retain his independent personality. And 50,000 years is enough to erase all his memories... In other words, we can still see him, but the him in our memories may never come back."

Alicia pressed the recorder, and the voice from 50,000 years ago came out:

"Well... it looks like it's working normally, so... let's get started. Ai Lishia... As expected, if I really want to say it, I really don't know how to tell you. We haven't seen each other since the tragedy of Constraint. I don't hate you, because that is indeed the choice you would make. You are prepared to die, and you fight against the Ruler of Constraint together with others. No one can blame you... I am the same. But, I really can't forget the way they looked when they passed away. No one's life can be sacrificed. Should Lilith and the others... be sacrificed?

"I believe in what Aponya calls fate, but I won't accept it. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to blame you, I just can't let it go... I don't know what I'm going to say to you when we meet again, and I don't want to see your guilty expression... Maybe, after the Sixth Herrscher incident, the two of us really parted ways... But I really don't regret meeting you. It was you who let me see this world. I've always remembered the light shining in the ruins, and the hand that reached out to me at that time. I'm very lucky that you appeared by my side when I was lost.

"There is one thing I have never told anyone. I... am not actually from this world. I am just an outsider. I have no concerns... I am sorry. In the end, I still did not like this world as much as you did. I only liked you. Long before we met, I already knew all the stories and your determination that had not changed in countless worlds. You loved everyone and everything in this world. But in the end, when everything was reborn, when flowers, birds and love bloomed on the withered land, when the era of your dreams arrived, you who laid the foundation for it could no longer see it... It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this...

"I tried hard, and I was willing to fall into eternal damnation, just to keep you alive in the end, but I still failed, and you still made that choice... But I also proved that fate is not invincible. I have protected all the heroes. When you return to this world again, there will be people who love you and say to you: 'Welcome back, Alicia.'

"Now, there is only one last thing I have to do. I want to take you back. For this, I will give up everything. I always remember the promise we made. I said that I would become a hero like Kevin, but... I couldn't even protect you... I don't know what I will face next, but death is almost inevitable. It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid. The reason why death is frightening is that no one has ever returned from the other side. I am not afraid either, because I am about to do something that all the people who were moved by you in the world I came from wanted to do.

"I finally remembered that I was just one of the countless people who were moved by you... Maybe everything was just my self-touching, but... As long as you can come back, everything will be worth it. Oh, by the way. I have actually prepared a birthday present for your last birthday, but I have never had the courage to give it to you. I put it in a time capsule together with Padu's treasure. If you don't mind, you can open it and take a look. Of course, the premise is that it has not been reset by the end. Also, Weiwei and I have designed a new magic trick, and she will show it to you alone. Oh, by the way, Eden... Although it seems a bit self-righteous to say this, I also participated in the creation of the ballad she gave you. I still feel a little embarrassed when I think about it...

"Ah, I accidentally said so many nonsense words... Sorry... That's the end. As a warrior who was given the name of Hero by you, I still want to say here: 'Welcome back, Alicia.'"

Alicia put down the recorder and whispered, "We will meet again, for sure. When the time comes, I will be the one to say those words... It doesn't matter if you forget me. We can get to know each other again in the new world..."

Part5

"Now, we have enough time to witness the future of mankind and our future together."

……

He was restrained here.

As a mortal, he tried to transcend fate. He trampled on the majesty of the gods and toppled the throne of the gods. Therefore, he paid his price.

This was a space without time. There was no one and no sound except him. Even he himself almost forgot his own existence. He didn't know how much time had passed, because time could not be counted and had no meaning here, but he didn't care, because he had done what he had to do.

She finally got to see the new world and witness the infinite future of mankind.

That's enough.

However, although he had already chosen to sink, it seemed that there was someone in the dark reminding him not to forget himself.

Therefore, he woke up countless times and fell asleep countless times.

Suddenly, something pierced through the space and directly entered his mind.

"This is Kiana, the Herrscher of the new era. Let me tell you a secret. She has mastered the powers of both the Herrscher of the Void and the Herrscher of the Flame. She is the strongest Herrscher of this era. She is also the first Herrscher of this era to be sublimated by human will. Isn't she cute?"

...Did the Paramecium turn into a firefly?

"This is Mei, the Herrscher of Thunder of the new era. She is so gentle. 'I will fall into darkness so that you can return to the light', so romantic, just like you~"

...I'm different from her.

"This is Bronya, the third generation of the Herrscher of Reason, born from the unification of the wills of 300,000 people. The first acting Herrscher, Walter Joyce, was the first Herrscher born in this era, and the first Herrscher to fight for humanity and struggle to the end. I envy the power of the Herrscher of Reason to create whatever he thinks of."

…Except for being repeatedly humiliated, Li Lu is indeed omnipotent.

"And these..."

"I saw everything you wanted me to see~"

……so good.

"I only have one last wish now. I want to witness the future of this era with you."

"I want to tell you the answer to the question that I didn't answer at the beginning."

"I love you."

… … ???

"I really love you. I want to hug you again, dance with you again, and do many, many things with you."

...Aliceia?

"You gave up the world for me, so I am willing to give up the world for you again. Even if there is only a one in a billion chance, I will not give up, because I love you."

……what?

"Alisa, in countless worlds, she has loved everyone and never changed her mind. However, the only one who has fallen in love with you is me, Alisa."

…………

Memories of the past began to flash through his mind, and his originally chaotic vision gradually became hazy. He saw a pink figure running towards him.

She has been running, but the distance between me and her has never changed.

He struggled and stretched out his hand.

At that moment, the distance that should have been infinitely far was suddenly shortened to infinity. The fingers of the outstretched hand and the other person's hand were interlocked, and then he was held in the other person's arms.

He called her name in a hoarse voice: "...Alicea."

"Welcome back, Feng."

"...Well, I'm...back."

Gender: Female

Position: Chaos Neutral

Identity and title:

The Silent Fallen Angel;

A demon woman who threatens humanity;

Chimera Project Executor

Fusion of the Honkai Beast:

Mitra (Imperial Class)

Varuna (Imperial Class)