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

Although that village had always been unkind to Qianjie, Qianjie also took that village very seriously as his "home". He fought against the Honkai beasts that appeared for the village, and even though he was able to resist, he allowed the villagers to tie him to a pillar and bleed him.

According to Kevin's investigation report and his understanding of Qianjie, the battle between Qianjie and the Fifth Herrscher was simply a replica of the Twilight Street incident. The Fifth Herrscher froze the entire village the moment it was born. The weather within a thousand miles was abnormal, and the central area was covered with frost. All living things were turned into ice sculptures. The Fifth Herrscher, like Sakura, thought that there were no living things and was about to leave. As a result, Qianjie, who had turned into an ice sculpture and was still tied to a pillar, suddenly woke up, broke free from the shackles, rushed towards the Fifth Herrscher and tore her hands off.

As for arriving at the village in advance and waiting before the Fifth Collapse, forget it. Apart from Qianjie, I'm afraid no one can withstand the frost that will erupt the moment the Fifth Herrscher is born.

That being said... we still have to go to the village to investigate, because the Fifth Herrscher was born in the village, so it's not impossible to collect some data before the Fifth Herrscher was born.

In the previous life, some people from the Fire Moths had come to the village to investigate, and they had seen Qianjie being tied to a pillar and bleeding, but they were only there to investigate, not to resolve a civil dispute or anything, so they didn't ask too many questions, and they just left after a simple observation.

However, this investigation seems to be different from their expectations.

"Tsk, this place is still in this shabby state." Qianjie snorted coldly, crossing his chest.

"Uh... Brother Jie, are you from this village?" Padu looked around and looked around again, and felt that it was not quite the same as she had imagined. Before coming here, Brother Yufeng told her about Brother Jie and this village, but... isn't this village a little too desolate?

"The butterfly effect after Qianjie's rebirth." Zhu Yufeng looked around the village and said, "Before the incident with the fifth Herrscher, although Qianjie was tied to a pillar and bled, when a Houkai beast invaded the village, he would still tear the Houkai beast apart with his bare hands."

After Qianjie was reborn this time, he went straight to Dusk Street to find Aponia. Without Qianjie's protection, it was a miracle that this village could survive until now under the occasional invasion of Honkai beasts.

After all, the place is remote, and the Honkai beasts that appear are few and weak, so the Fire Moths can't control them.

"Eh?" Paduo looked at Qianjie in surprise, "Brother Jie, you... they all treated you like that?"

Qianjie glared at Zhu Yufeng behind the mask, then turned his back and said nothing.

Although he had lost his affection for the village, he still remembered the sweet potato that a young child handed to him when he first came here, and the old house where he had lived briefly before being tied to a pillar...

But after his rebirth, the first thing he thought of was the last fight with a certain guy, his deputy who always wanted to kill him, so he ran all the way to Dusk Street to find Aponia. At that time, he also had a plan. If Aponia could not give him the answer he wanted, he would return to the village the same way.

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Qianjie. Although Qianjie spoke harshly, the more nice you were to him, the lower his tolerance for you would be. The prerequisite was that this Qianjie was the Qianjie who had not found a home.

"Don't underestimate humans. There are only one or two Honkai beasts. Even if they are afraid and dare not fight them at first, if people are forced into a desperate situation, they may make a final stand and find that they can still kill the Honkai beasts." Lilith said with a smile.

Some of the remaining people in the village still remembered Qianjie, but the evil of human nature was reflected here. Instead of thanking Qianjie for his previous protection of the village and tolerance of their behavior, they accused Qianjie of leaving alone and causing the village to suffer losses. A large number of people gathered around.

"Hey, you guys..." Paduo wanted to say a few fair words for Qianjie, but Zhu Yufeng reached out to stop her.

The leader of a fallen angel took out a gun and pointed it at the leader: "We are here to investigate, please pay attention to your behavior and tone."

"Hmph, you are just putting on airs. If you have the guts, shoot me. Do you think I've never seen that? Do you dare?" The leader said with some disdain, "Come on, shoot me. Shoot here if you dare! I will stand here and shoot if you dare!"

Lilith looked at Padu, smiled and said softly: "Alicia is not here today~"

Sister Ellie is not here? What does that have to do with the current situation? Paduo didn't react for a moment.

"boom."

The man fell down.

"Okay, who else has this need?" Zhu Yufeng looked at everyone else.

You really think he will tolerate it, don't you? At worst, you can explain to the higher-ups that it's "obstructing the investigation, resisting execution" and get away with it. Anyway, the Fifth Herrscher was born in this village, and in the end, the higher-ups will think that it was the villagers who resisted the investigation that prevented them from finding the Fifth Herrscher in time.

The most important thing is that Alicia is not here, so he will not spoil her.

Now everyone else was obedient. They were not stupid. This unreasonable guy would really shoot.

"Since everyone is behaving themselves, let's call everyone in the village over and do a simple inspection," said Zhu Yufeng.

Padu: "..."

Brother Yufeng has been too honest during this period, she almost forgot that Brother Yufeng was like this...

During the inspection, Lilith noticed a mute girl. She heard from other villagers that this girl came to the village not long ago and couldn't speak. Anyway, she didn't affect everyone's life, so they let her do whatever she wanted. Also, the number of appearances of Honkai beasts has increased in recent times. Although they have not invaded the village, it has made it difficult for the villagers to go up the mountain.

Maybe this girl is the Herrscher's body of the Fifth Herrscher, but it could also be a coincidence.

At least that's what Zhu Yufeng thought, but he didn't plan to provoke this girl for the time being. It would be fun if he brought her back to the base for further investigation and found out that a Herrscher awakened.

After hearing this, Lilith looked at the girl thoughtfully, and then made an excuse to go into the mountains with her. Zhu Yufeng tried to stop her, but Lilith said that she knew her limits and there was no need to worry. So although Zhu Yufeng was a little worried, he still chose to believe Lilith. After all, Lilith would not really seek death.

Zhu Yufeng was still checking other villagers when suddenly the instrument started to alarm and a law enforcer responded.

Zhu Yufeng: “!”

Isn't the location of this signal...

Chapter 185: Just for One Person

Why did Lilith and the girl leave in the direction exactly where the Herrscher appeared? Why did the Herrscher appear in advance... This is completely different from my memory...

While Zhu Yufeng was thinking about this problem, he had already rushed to the place where the Herrscher appeared as quickly as possible. Of course, before that, he asked Pado to first notify the village at the stronghold of the investigation situation and wait for further instructions, and then he went directly with Qianjie.

This was quite irrational behavior. Even though he was a Herrscher now, he was still a Herrscher whose body had not yet awakened. Even if he was immune to some of the effects of temperature changes, his chances of winning against the Fifth Herrscher were slim. The best he could do was to avoid death and retreat.

but……

In terms of physical fitness, Zhu Yufeng and Qianjie are still not on the same level, so Qianjie is one step faster than him.

On the mountain road, the surface of nearby plants was covered with a layer of white frost, and the temperature of the surrounding air also dropped suddenly. This, together with the gloomy weather, reminded Zhu Yufeng of the time that he least wanted to think about but could not forget the most...

When they reached the center of the Herrscher's reaction, the temperature dropped further. He saw Qianjie stopped and stood silently. Zhu Yufeng followed Qianjie's gaze and saw the silver-haired girl standing with her back to them. There was a little white frost mixed in her hair, which was once as bright as the Milky Way on a summer night.

Zhu Yufeng had to admit that at that moment, his heart almost skipped a beat.

After a silence that seemed like a century, the girl turned around, her pale face revealing her usual playful smile: "Sorry, Feng, Qianjie, you are late. I have already dealt with the Fifth Herrscher."

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

Your words "you're late" almost scared me to death, okay?

Wait, what was solved?

Lilith stretched out her hand, and a Herrscher Core quietly floated in her hand. The Herrscher Core of the Fifth Herrscher appeared in Lilith's hand, proving that the Fifth Herrscher was dead.

In other words... Lilith killed the Fifth Herrscher alone? !

We are all Herrschers, why are you so outrageous?

Zhu Yufeng put aside all these random thoughts, walked quickly to Lilith's side, reached out and held Lilith's hand. It was very cold and there was a slight tremor. Her face was also a little pale, which was a symptom of hypothermia.

Lilith whispered, "Next, I'll have to ask you to take me back..."

Zhu Yufeng nodded.

When hypothermia occurs, the human body will have difficulty moving, with obvious symptoms of muscle incoordination, and will be unable to complete complex movements. So is this also the reason why Lilith stood still at the beginning? It was not that she didn't want to move, but that she really couldn't move.

Then he took off his coat and put it on Lilith. After all, he was now a Herrscher, so the low temperature would not have a big impact on him. Then he threw the Herrscher core to Qianjie: "Qianjie, help me take it. We will return to the base immediately."

Qianjie caught the Herrscher core and looked at Lilith in surprise. It seemed that the person who could become that guy's deputy must be very capable. Even if this Herrscher was very weak, killing a Herrscher alone could prove Lilith's current strength.

Qianjie is not afraid of the Fifth Herrscher because Qianjie himself is more restrained against the Fifth Herrscher. After all, both sides are inhuman creatures. For normal people, when fighting against the Fifth Herrscher, the most important thing to consider is the hypothermia caused by the ultra-low temperature environment... Even for the Herrscher of the current civilization, whose strength is not as strong as that of the previous civilization in the plot, when the Fifth Herrscher of the current civilization was born, if you want to enter the central area, you must either be a modified cyborg like Night Owl or a fusion warrior like Raven. And Night Owl can't even hold on for too long because the machine will also be frozen.

This shows how powerful the Herrscher's body is. Look at what Mei is wearing in Herrscher form, and then look at how tightly Raven and Owl are dressed. They are not on the same level.

"Please carry me on your back~" Lilith's voice was very low, but her tone was still that of a nonchalant joking. Not to mention being angry, Zhu Yufeng had never even seen Lilith get anxious.

Zhu Yufeng squatted down, carried Lilith on his back, and started to go down the mountain.

Although his communicator kept ringing during this period, Zhu Yufeng had no time to answer it.

"In fact, if you think normally, you shouldn't have come here. Generally speaking, you wouldn't have come here." Lilith lay on Zhu Yufeng's back and whispered in his ear, "But you still came here. I'm very happy..."

Zhu Yufeng was silent.

"This reminds me of that time when you heard that Alicia had carried out the second plan ahead of schedule. It was the same thing. She shouldn't have gone, but she went anyway..." Lilith continued, "Now, do I count as... having experienced it once?"

"You should try to speak less. I'm afraid the support won't arrive so soon..." Zhu Yufeng said, "You can tell me what you want to say after we get back..."

Lilith smiled faintly and hugged Zhu Yufeng tightly.

She doesn't really like taking risky moves. She prefers to plan her actions carefully. However, for only one person, she is willing to put her life on the gambling table as a chip. It was like this in her last life, and it is still like this in this life.

Just as she said in her conversation with Vivi that holiday.

"It has nothing to do with the fate of the world, it has nothing to do with the future of mankind, I put my life into the barrel of a gun, just for one person."

The support actually came very quickly. The moment the Herrscher responded, the stronghold responded. Originally, they were telling Zhu Yufeng and the others to retreat quickly if they could. However, the contact from Pado was that this guy thought that Lilith might have already run over to the Herrscher's side with Qianjie, which made Hen very angry.

Feng is usually quite rational...

Before Hen could start making arrangements, Ailishia, who couldn't contact Zhu Yufeng, ran away again...

mark:"……"

Why are these juniors so troublesome? Fortunately, Kevin and his friends... huh?

Kevin and his friends also ran away...

This... Never mind. At least even though there was a reaction from the Herrscher, strangely enough, no Honkai occurred. So if they go through, as long as they don't enter the central area, there won't be any big problems.

As soon as they arrived at the nearby support, Lilith was sent for treatment, and Hen called Zhu Yufeng to his side. He couldn't bear to scold Alisha, and Alisha ran away because Zhu Yufeng didn't answer the call. In the final analysis, it was this guy's fault!

Without waiting for orders, he went straight into the central area where the Herrscher was born and confronted her head-on. This matter can be exaggerated or underestimated, depending on how serious the final result is... But Zhu Yufeng will definitely not be able to escape a ten-thousand-word self-criticism. If he didn't have a record of battles in the past, he could have said that it was his intuition or something, otherwise he could have been put in solitary confinement.

Fortunately, this guy at least left a message to Pado to communicate with them and explain the situation.

Also, he had basically established a relationship with Alicia before, but now he ran in without caring about his own safety just because Lilith was near the area where the Herrscher was born. What's going on?

The most important thing is that Hen really values ​​this junior and doesn't want anything to happen to him.

After scolding Zhu Yufeng, Hen took a breath and said, "Before we came, the Herrscher's reaction disappeared again. Did you find anything?"

Zhu Yufeng, who had been silently being criticized, finally spoke up: "When I arrived, she had already been conquered by Lilith."

"Oh, she's been... eh?!" Hen looked at Zhu Yufeng with wide eyes. What the hell? The time between the Herrscher's reaction and disappearance was not long. According to Feng's statement, doesn't it mean that Lilith was the fifth Herrscher who killed alone? !

"I'll let Qianjie take the Herrscher's Core for now." Zhu Yufeng said.

It wasn't that Zhu Yufeng didn't report it immediately, but he went straight to the village right after he came down the mountain, hoping to find some hot water to relieve Lilith's hypothermia. As a result, he found Hen and others who came to support him as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village. Lilith was sent for treatment, and before he could say anything, Hen pulled him over and scolded him...

"Wait, let me take a break..." Hen raised a hand and sorted out Zhu Yufeng's words, "You said... Lilith had already killed the fifth Herrscher alone before you arrived, and had already obtained the Herrscher core?"

"Yes." Zhu Yufeng nodded.

Hen looked at Zhu Yufeng in a strange way. This guy... should know that the second Herrscher was defeated by Alicia alone, right? But he also knew that Zhu Yufeng had no need and was too lazy to lie about such a thing. In other words, Lilith did defeat the fifth Herrscher alone...

The girls around this boy are really not simple...

"After Lilith recovers, I will ask her for details." Hen nodded and said, "You... forget it, just do what you have to do. There won't be a next time for something like this. Don't treat your life as a joke, do you understand, Feng!"

Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes.

His own life... he actually stopped caring about it a long time ago.

Hen caught a glimpse of pink from the corner of his eye, sighed in his heart, and let Zhu Yufeng leave.

These outstanding descendants of Fire Moth, although reliable, seem to be bound by emotions... No, they are just like this, and that's fine too. It's not wrong to value feelings, as long as it doesn't affect the overall situation, it's even worthy of praise.

Hen recalled the transfer order he had received before, which actually asked him to go to the moon to supervise the construction of a lunar base...

I was really a little worried. During my absence, would little Gray feel lonely without her father? And would these troublesome younger generations cause trouble again?

Originally, he thought Feng was quite reliable, even though he was sometimes cold and indifferent. But this time, he also saw that Feng really cared about the people around him, which was not a bad thing...

"Feng, are you... okay?" Alicia asked hesitantly.

"It's okay. The battle was over before I arrived." Zhu Yufeng said, "Lilith killed the Fifth Herrscher alone."

"I know..." Alicia looked at Zhu Yufeng. She wanted to say something, but she hesitated.

After learning that Lilith might be in danger and Zhu Yufeng was heading towards the center of danger, Alicia immediately tried to contact Zhu Yufeng to find out the situation. However, Zhu Yufeng was in a hurry at the time, and all he could think about was the tragedy of the restraint, so he didn't answer the call. This action reminded Alicia of that time.

When Zhu Yufeng brought Lilith to the village entrance and was busy asking medical personnel to take Lilith for treatment, it reminded Alicia of the situation at that time. At that time, he held Lilith and left without saying a word, never looking back, and after that, the two of them almost broke up.

The sky at that time was also as gloomy as it is now...

Zhu Yufeng and Ailixia both seemed a little ptsd about the tragedy of restraint...

"It's just like that time..." Zhu Yufeng said softly while looking at the gloomy sky, "It's just about to rain..."

"Yeah..." Alicia had a complicated expression. "I asked the medical staff. Lilith does have hypothermia, but it's not too serious. Just do a blood rewarming and make sure she drinks more hot soup. Basically, she'll be fine."

"Sorry for making you worry..." Zhu Yufeng said.

"It's okay, you're like this anyway... Was the reason you came back the same as this time?" asked Alicia.

"Not exactly... At that time, I probably thought, a life for a life..." Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes. When the tragedy happened, the reason he returned was that if anything happened to Alicia, the current civilization would be destroyed. But to be honest... he went with the idea of ​​a life for a life. Alicia saved his life, so he would use his own life to ensure her safety.

"Really..." Alicia lowered her eyes. That was right. At that time, Zhu Yufeng and her relationship became distant because of Lilith's confession after the Ninth Herrscher incident. Both sides were avoiding each other...

So... this time, in terms of purpose, Lilith won...

"But now, whether it's you or Lilith, I don't want to see anything happen to you." Zhu Yufeng walked towards the makeshift tent where Lilith was, "I would rather that person be me..."