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

This trick has already been used by the group of idiots led by Nahaima...

So, it was Hen who was peeking at that time, right?

Even though he knew someone was watching, but at that time... the atmosphere was right. His current body was that of a young man who had just reached adulthood and he hadn't even had the fusion warrior surgery, so sometimes it was easy for him to... get carried away.

On the way back, he and Alicia didn't dare to look at each other. Yes, even Alicia didn't think that she would take the initiative...

Looking at Zhu Yufeng's speechless expression, Hen knew that this guy had begun to return to his original state of not talking much and not expressing much emotion. However, no matter how mature he behaved, he was still a young man under 20 years old after all... To be honest, he was shocked at that time. He thought it would be Alicia who took the initiative, but it turned out to be Zhu Yufeng?

But looking at the way these two people looked when they came back, I didn't expect that they would actually feel embarrassed. One is an overly extroverted social phobic, and the other is an overly indifferent social indifferent. It is really not easy for both of them to have such expressions.

Hen wanted to send the photos taken at that time to the Aifeng Party group chat, but he was just thinking about it and had no intention of taking any action. After all, such behavior was wrong and might cause some unnecessary trouble to the parties involved.

Hen looked at Alicia again. To him, Alicia had always been his most trusted junior. Although her personality was a little eccentric and her mission reports were always a headache, she was undoubtedly a reliable junior.

He even suspected that he was almost treating Alicia as another daughter. After discovering that Alicia liked Zhu Yufeng, he immediately looked at this boy with a sizing eye. In the end, the boy did not disappoint him, whether in terms of performance, character, or reliability. Except... this boy had provoked too many girls...

Hen suddenly felt a little emotional. The little girl had come to this point now. He remembered that the first time he had met Alicia was when he was investigating Vostok-51. A few years later, the little girl joined the Fire Moth and became a reliable warrior...

Zhu Yufeng and Alicia both looked at Hen who had an emotional look on his face.

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

Here it comes again, that father-in-law’s gaze…

Alicia: "..."

Although I've seen Hen look at me and Feng like this before, this time the situation is a little different. I still feel a little embarrassed...

"Feng." Kevin came over, "Do you have time now?"

Hen immediately came back to his senses from his sigh, and looked at this junior in his team with some caution. He was also reliable and capable, but unfortunately he had a different stance. He never expected that Kevin was actually a Fengli fan who was hiding very deeply! If Lilith hadn't joined the Fire Moth, this guy would have been pushing Fengli alone when he talked about this topic in the Fire Moth. He didn't know there was such a strong opponent.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Feng, the junior. Did he really save the world in his previous life? There are so many girls who like him, including Alysia, the childhood sweetheart Lilith, the younger Padofelice, the older Sakura, and even Velvet and Mebius, who are only a fine line between genius and madness...

This makes people want to complain whether this guy has gathered all kinds of girls around him...

"Yes, there is..." Zhu Yufeng was pulled away by Kevin before he could finish his words.

Alicia looked at the figure of Zhu Yufeng being dragged away. She wanted to stop him, but when she thought of the previous scene, she felt that she might need a little time to adapt... So this time, let Kevin go for the time being. Anyone can see at a glance what Kevin, a stubborn single-celled organism, wants to do.

It seems that the people present at the time, besides Hen, there was also Kevin...

"Let's talk too, Alicia." Hen looked at Alicia and said.

Alicia looked at Hen with some doubt, but still nodded in agreement.

This is Zhu Yufeng's side.

Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin helplessly and said, "Kevin, you were watching at that time before, right?"

Kevin looked at me with such a serious expression, and when I thought about Hen, I could tell what this male version of Paramecium was thinking.

"When did you... and Alicia progress to this point?" Kevin asked. He was puzzled. He had been paying attention to it in the Fire Moth, and the situation was normal before that. Could it be the time when he went to Australia? As expected, he would have to stay with Feng more in the future and help Lilith with assists. Lilith alone could not beat Alicia!

And as for Australia, Eden was there too...

Alas, this stupid guy always makes people worry.

Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin with empty eyes: "I said that the atmosphere was right, the feelings were right, and everything happened naturally. Do you believe it?"

Kevin: "..."

He actually wanted to say that he didn't believe it, because Mei had never taken the initiative... As for kissing, he only remembered that one time, and that was before the fusion warrior surgery when he took the initiative. Mei neither objected nor agreed. But later on, considering the side effects, she gave up the idea. As for hugging, it wasn't until after the Final Battle, when he and Mei hugged for the last time at the end of their lives, that he saw Mei's true feelings.

But... after all, that was Mei, a unique girlfriend in a way...

After a moment of silence, Kevin spoke again: "What do you think of Lilith and Alicia?"

Zhu Yufeng thought for a moment, then said: "They...are like two opposites, at least that's how I see it."

"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Kevin said speechlessly. Besides...are Lilith and Alicia two opposites? How could he not see that? At most, Lilith's feelings might be more selfish than Alicia's. Can this also be considered an opposite?

At least he resonates with Lilith's ideas. It doesn't matter what the world is like. It's just because Mei needs him to do this, so he wants to defeat the Honkai and achieve the goal of "saving the world". Lilith is the same. Regardless of the survival of mankind, she will only unconditionally support Feng's choice.

Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin, thought for a while and then said, "Kevin, do you have any misunderstandings about Lilith?"

Lilith seemed to have always been highly regarded by Kevin, but it was understandable. After all, Lilith did play a positive role in promoting the relationship between Kevin and May, although her ultimate goal was to make May and Kevin lean towards her when it came to their spouses...

"Maybe." Kevin said, "Lilith and I don't have that many interactions, after all. I can't know Lilith as well as you do, because she is your deputy and someone who has always stood by you. But no matter what... she helped Mei and me after all. From my perspective, from my perspective in my previous life, why you are still having trouble making a decision now... I really don't understand it."

"Indeed, you are right..." Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes, "In your opinion... No, in fact, I did fail Lilith. She was the first one to confess to me, and she was the one who always supported me through those difficult times... So, I don't deny that Lilith is as special to me as Alicia."

So, have you really let go of the tragedy of restraint?

Kevin wanted to ask Zhu Yufeng this, but he chose to remain silent in the end. He knew very well that Zhu Yufeng was a sentimental person, and it was really difficult for Zhu Yufeng to completely let go of the tragedy of restraint given his personality. It was also because of this incident that he felt that if Zhu Yufeng and Alicia could not overcome this hurdle, they might as well live with Lilith. If there was a rift between the two from beginning to end, problems would eventually be exposed in the future.

But he remained silent. The tragedy of the restraint was not only the rift between Zhu Yufeng and Alysia, but also the thing that Zhu Yufeng cared about the most. There was no need to mention it...

"Are you thinking about the tragedy of restraint?" Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin, and the expression on his face gradually faded.

Kevin expressed his attitude with silence.

"How could I forget what happened at that time? Even now, when I occasionally have nightmares at night, I still dream about the scenes at that time." Zhu Yufeng said softly, "I almost lost everything in that incident... Perhaps, this is indeed an inevitable problem that Alicia and I will face in the end... But from the perspective of both sides, who is wrong?"

Kevin was stunned. Who was wrong? No one was wrong. Zhu Yufeng didn't want to consume the high-end combat power of the fusion warriors and wanted to preserve his strength. Alicia didn't want to sacrifice the lives of innocent people to gamble on a theoretically possible success.

"This is one of the reasons why I stopped seeing Alicia after that, or maybe the main reason." Zhu Yufeng recalled, "Do I hate her? From my personal emotional point of view, of course. But from a realistic point of view, is it possible that she would not make such a choice? Rather than hating her, I hate myself more. I hate why I don't have enough power to change everything, and why I am still a step late. Although I don't hate her after that, and I understand her position, but... it doesn't mean I can forgive her..."

So, it’s better not to meet again.

Zhu Yufeng raised his eyes and continued, "You also acquiesced to her plan. Do you want me to hate you too? Qianjie Kosmo and others also participated in the battle. Do I have to hate them too?"

"That's certainly not what I meant," Kevin said.

"Let me tell you one more thing. It only takes less than a second for an ordinary person to die after entering the Divine Grace Boundary. The number of people calculated by Weiwei is only the standard number of people that can temporarily ineffectively render the Divine Grace Boundary ineffective. The number of people actually needed calculated after Luo Fukou's correction is much more than this." Zhu Yufeng turned his gaze to the window. "That number may be about half of the number of surviving humans, and this is not an unexpected situation. In this case, do you think I am right, or is Alicia right?"

Using half of the human survivors as a bet, they bet on the theoretical possibility that the Ruler of Constraint's Divine Grace Barrier would fail...

Kevin fell silent again. This was something he didn't know. If he were to make the decision...

I understand her position, but that doesn't mean I forgive her.

That's why Feng didn't want to see Alicia.

Zhu Yufeng was thinking at this moment, if he still had to make a choice this time, he would definitely choose the first option unswervingly, because he didn't care about the fate of the world, and this had never changed. He just wanted the people he cared about to survive.

This is Alicia.

"Unconsciously, so much time has passed..." Hen said with some emotion, "The little girl back then has grown up now and has someone she loves..."

"It's indeed been a long time." Alicia was thinking about her past life.

"Feng... this kid is a little expressionless, but he is always nice to the people he cares about. This may be his shortcoming..." Hen smiled helplessly, "He cares too much about the people he cares about, and he doesn't care about other people."

Because he is not from our world. The original reason he came to our world was because of me, because of the story of the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire. But until now, he seems to have no feelings for this world...

Alicia smiled helplessly in her heart.

"Maybe you two actually complement each other quite well?" Hen shrugged.

Alicia looked in a certain direction, and Lilith raised the cup in her hand towards her, as if inviting her to come over and have a drink.

Hen also saw Lilith, and he was wondering in his heart, maybe Lilith was there at that time?

"It seems that I may have to go talk to Lilith first." Alicia said with a smile.

"You...ah, your relationship is indeed somewhat strange..." Hen pulled the corner of his mouth, it was very strange, Lilith and Alicia were clearly rivals in love, but when they met, there was almost no tense atmosphere between them...

"Then I'll go over first." said Alicia.

"Go ahead, you guys probably do need to talk." Hen nodded, "Anyway, that's all I have to say. In short, come on, Alicia, I believe you can definitely take down Feng!"

Alicia walked up to Lilith and sat down. Before she could speak, Lilith smiled and said, "Congratulations. I didn't expect Feng to take the initiative."

"I didn't expect that..." said Alicia.

"I'm going to do something next. After all, I won't give up so easily." Lilith smiled.

"If you weren't so outrageous, maybe... you might have succeeded a long time ago." Alicia said softly.

"No, if I don't do that, I may really have no other way to get close to him and leave a mark of myself in his heart." Lilith said.

Chapter 184 The Fifth Great Collapse

“I never thought that the person facing the Herrscher of Ice this time would not be Qianjie, but me…” Lilith looked at the layer of frost gradually covering her hands and smiled helplessly, “You want to freeze me here? But, in this case, you can’t hide any longer, right?”

The Herrscher in front of her looked at her coldly. In the eyes of the Herrscher, Lilith seemed to have given up struggling. Moreover, even if she was not fully awakened, the Herrscher believed that she had no need to be afraid of an ordinary human being. Therefore, the Herrscher did not mind Lilith saying a few more words.

Although the Herrscher had no emotions, she was curious about the fact that the girl in front of her revealed her identity when they were alone together. She thought the girl was very smart, so she couldn't understand why the girl would reveal her identity when she knew that she would be alone with someone like her.

Although even if those people were present, it would still not be enough evidence, except for the masked human.

She still knew what kind of existence she was. How could a few humans possibly compete with her? Although the guy in the mask didn't know why she felt a little weak...

"This is really strange. Previously, Herrschers were born directly, but I didn't expect that it started with the fifth Herrscher. Before the Collapse, the Herrschers lay dormant in the form of humans." Lilith spread her hands.

The Herrscher just looked at Lilith. She could understand human language but could not express herself yet, and therefore was considered dumb by those stupid ants.

"Are you thinking that I clearly know your identity and understand that Feng and I cannot defeat you with our strength alone, so I should not have revealed your identity, but should have taken them away as soon as possible." Lilith continued, "What I did was nothing more than hindering you from continuing to absorb Honkai energy and waiting for your complete cocoon. But even if you haven't fully awakened, you can easily kill us now."

The Herrscher did not speak, but that was why she thought the girl was smart. That was what she thought. In her opinion, there was absolutely no need for the girl to sacrifice herself and die here with her lover.

"So, in fact, you are not completely like machines. You just can't understand the human mind." Lilith said with her arms crossed. "Just like the Eighth Herrscher that will appear after this, it can think and even weave a dream that humans cannot refuse based on the deepest desires in their hearts. But... it can't understand why some people would refuse this dream and face the cruel reality."

The Eighth Herrscher? What Herrscher is that?

The Herrscher was a little confused, she felt that the girl started to talk nonsense.

"Generally speaking, you can understand that... in order to defeat Honkai, some sacrifices are necessary. The sacrifice of a few people, in exchange for the exposure of a slowly developing Herrscher, reduces the damage caused when she fully awakens. For all mankind, this is the right choice." Lilith said.

The Herrscher made a sound for the first time. The doubt in her heart was so strong that she learned the human language from her memory and asked this question awkwardly: "...Why?"

"For the future of mankind." Lilith said solemnly, and then laughed again, "Hahaha, if it were those guys like Hen, they would definitely say that, but I'm not interested in fighting for the future of mankind."

The temperature around her suddenly dropped a lot, and the Herrscher began to get a little angry. She felt that she had been fooled.

"If it weren't for this reason, I would still have made a choice that is no different from committing suicide in your eyes. Does this mean that I have enough confidence to kill you?" Lilith's smile gradually became weird.

The temperature around me dropped again, and ice began to spread on the surrounding plants.

“A Herrscher or something… is that something great?” Lilith seemed to have no reaction to the frost and snow on her body. She just said softly, “Really… How could Alicia not mind if she and Feng were to that extent… After all, I’m also a girl…”

She looked at the Herrscher, smiled gently, and raised one of her hands, as if inviting the Herrscher to dance with her. She said, "Please enjoy, the opening of Purgatory..."

The sky seemed to be burning, and the frosty ground beneath my feet turned into a rippling, crimson ocean.

Time goes back to a period of time ago.

The Fifth Great Collapse, in Zhu Yufeng's memory, was the first crusade against Herrscher that he participated in after joining Alicia's team. Although the Fifth Herrscher, Herrscher of Ice, was torn apart by Qianjie in an instant shortly after his birth, his main job was to build a line of defense to resist the large number of alien Honkai beasts that were attacking the nearest city like a beast tide.

As for Kevin, he led his team to the place where the fifth Herrscher was born as soon as the Herrscher signal appeared. However, when he arrived at the scene, Qianjie had already left. He only recovered one Herrscher core, leaving behind an unsolved mystery that was not solved until Qianjie joined the Fire Moth.

Afterwards, Kevin defeated Pavanti, an emperor-level Honkai beast who was in charge of ice and snow and had a deep connection with him.

As for himself, at that time he was still fighting back and forth with the Temple-level Honkai Beasts together with others, and if he met the Honkai Emperor, he basically had to run away.

Compared with Kevin, Zhu Yufeng kept wondering during that time, why is the gap between people so big?

Thinking back, I trained in the Fire Moth branch for more than a year before I could defeat a tank-level Honkai beast alone. Kevin was a student before he joined the Fire Moth and could smash a tank...

If other people knew what Zhu Yufeng was thinking at the time, they would probably think that he was being too arrogant. He was also a student, and it was outrageous that he could defeat a tank-level Honkai beast alone after only receiving training for more than a year, right?

It's just that someone made a mistake in comparing himself to someone else.

And the people around someone can easily influence his judgment, such as Alicia who always asks him to write mission reports...

Compared to the Fourth Collapse, the Fifth Collapse did not cause such a large scale of destruction. At most, it destroyed a remote and backward village and wiped out nearby creatures. If it were not for the confirmation of the recovery of the Fifth Herrscher's core, it might not even be considered a Great Collapse.

Because the Fifth Herrscher was torn apart by Qianjie's bare hands, and everyone knows Qianjie's fighting power, so it cannot be said that the Fifth Herrscher was disgraceful.

Originally, Zhu Yufeng thought that Qianjie was the one who fought against the Fifth Herrscher and had some impression of the Fifth Herrscher's Herrscher's body. But when he asked Qianjie about this, Qianjie's reaction was: "Fifth Herrscher? Which one?"

"It's the Herrscher you killed before you arrived at Dusk Street." Zhu Yufeng explained.

Qianjie thought for a moment, then said in a straightforward tone: "I don't remember."

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

That's right, Qianjie in Paradise didn't even remember whether he had torn the fourth or fifth Herrscher apart with his own hands. He only remembered that the Herrscher died too quickly and he didn't have a good fight. Of course, this doesn't mean that the fifth Herrscher was weak. Although the battle was over in an instant, the injuries Brother Jie suffered were not light.

So, he had originally planned to keep an eye on the Fifth Herrscher's body, but because the only witness and the killer, Qianjie, couldn't remember what she looked like, he had to give up.