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

Watching the girl's fight, Beffinger stroked his chin and said, "Although she is a little young, but... well, she is indeed a good seedling..."

"That's why I don't want my future hopes to end here." Lionel glanced at the surgery schedule he had arranged. "I hope Kosmo and the others can persuade this child to at least wait for a while. There's no need to rush the surgery. She's already good enough now. Let's go and meet the other three surgeons."

The other three surgeons were naturally Aponia, Esmodesma and Beelzebub. Among them, Aponia volunteered, Esmodesma and Beelzebub were qualified, but both of them did not seem to be mentally normal. Esmodesma was better, at least she had normal moments and communication was smooth, but Beelzebub... a madman who just wanted to fight.

The top management agreed to have the two of them operated on. They were both serious criminals anyway, and if they died during the operation, there would be no loss. If it was successful, wouldn't Feng and Kevin still be there? It wouldn't cause any trouble.

Lionel felt that he still needed to confirm it again. Even though Esmodesma and Beelzebub both had guarantee agreements signed by Zhu Yufeng and Lilith, he preferred to judge with his own eyes and cognition.

In the training ground.

Another round of simulation training ended, and Seele was about to take a break before starting the next round. At this time, Desdobia's voice rang beside him: "Seele, although training is important, you should also be careful not to overdo it. What's the saying, a balance between work and rest? At worst, you should also consider Senior Padu beside you?"

"Huh?" Seele glanced at Desdobia and Kosmo who were walking over, and then at Padu who was lying on the ground and didn't want to move. She actually felt that it would be the same if she started another round of training alone, so she simply said: "If she wants to rest, let her rest. It's the same if I train myself."

"Well...how about this, Amo and I will come and practice with you?" Desdobia suggested. Pado is a senior, and she is also a senior. There is certainly nothing wrong with her helping and giving some advice to the juniors, right?

Kosmo's eyes were complicated. Practicing with the Sixth Herrscher? This experience was really... Even though the Herrscher core had been taken out, Seele was still a Herrscher body after all, and his quality was similar to that of Feng and Alicia...

"I don't care." Seele said, "By the way, what are you two doing here? I remember that today is the day when Gray Xiu's father has surgery? After all, he is your former captain and current teammate, why don't you go and take a look?"

I think his name is Hen, I'm not sure, I just know he's Gray Xiu's father. In my previous life, I spent too much time with Dead Wood, so I started to learn from him and forget people's names in this life...

It’s Mr. Hen, another me. You’d better remember the other people’s names, right?

It's so annoying. Wouldn't it be the same if you remembered it? Besides, that idiot didn't remember other people's names, so why should I remember them?

"Well... there's nothing much to say..." Desdobia said helplessly, "The operation actually takes quite a long time. Senior Hen told us about it a few days ago. Today, he seemed to have something to say to Feng, so we didn't have anything else to do, so we came over to take a look."

Seele glanced at Kosmo. If she remembered correctly, Kosmo should have completed the fusion warrior surgery soon, right? Anyway, he must have completed the surgery before the Eighth Herrscher incident, but why did she remember that Kosmo simply did not sign up for the surgery this time?

"As you have been fighting against Honkai alongside that guy since the Third Herrscher incident, you also have the qualifications to become Fusion Warriors, right? Aren't you going to sign up?" Seele asked, crossing his arms.

Desdobia was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Kosmo. In fact, she was also a little surprised. With Amo's personality, she would definitely sign up, but Amo didn't. Moreover, Amo didn't want her to sign up, and the reason was very sufficient: the success rate was too low.

Although it was a bit strange, she didn't want Ah Mo to take the risk, so she didn't sign up.

"Let's wait and see." Daisy Dobia said, "For now, Feng and Kevin can still hold on, right? They don't really need me and Amo."

"Really?" Seele didn't ask any more questions. She probably saw that Kosmo had some other ideas. She looked at Kosmo, and Kosmo shifted his gaze to the side.

(Wait a little longer... As long as the Eighth Herrscher incident is over... everything will be fine...)

Chapter 221: Conversation with Kosmo

Kosmo stood alone on the rooftop of the Fire Moth headquarters base, holding the railing with both hands and gazing at the starry sky in the distance.

"Kosmo." Zhu Yufeng's voice sounded from behind him.

Kosmo turned around, and Zhu Yufeng walked up to him, leaned on the railing, looked at him and said, "Want to chat?"

"……Um."

Zhu Yufeng looked up at the starry sky above his head and said, "Daisy Dobia felt that something was wrong with you during this period, but she didn't know exactly what was wrong, so she asked me to come here. I heard from her that you might come here, so I came here."

Kosmo was silent.

(So, my recent state has become so abnormal? I shouldn’t be afraid. Even when I faced the end, I never flinched. But this time… how can I watch Destobia leave for the second time? Feng tried everything, even the seventh Herrscher Uriel appeared, but in the end Himiko still… what can I do?)

"I heard from Aponya that you once asked her if fate was really unchangeable, and that you were more afraid that after you gave everything, fate would still not change at all." Zhu Yufeng continued, "She suggested that you come to talk to me, but in my impression, you didn't even hesitate to speak."

"...Feng, to this day, do you still dream about the tragedy of restraint?" Kosmo looked at Zhu Yufeng, "Aren't you afraid of repeating the same mistake?"

Zhu Yufeng was silent for a while, and then he said: "It is undeniable that even to this day, when I occasionally have nightmares, I still dream about the scene at that time."

Every time he woke up from such a dream, he would break out in a cold sweat and then find it difficult to fall asleep in the second half of the night. It was impossible for him to forget the tragedy of restraint, nor could he turn a blind eye to the fate that was coming. However, he also did not think that the problem could be solved by giving up like Kosmo did. Only by making himself stronger could he be qualified to challenge fate and make fate bow to him.

He has always thought so, doing his best to reverse the predetermined fate. He has proved that fate is not unchangeable, and he is willing to pay the price for it.

"...Me too." Kosmo looked down at the base in the twilight below the rooftop. "Before the Seventh Herrscher incident, I only had dreams like that occasionally. But with the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Herrscher incidents, I still believed that we could defeat fate and save the people we love and those who love us... But, the Seventh Herrscher incident... Until now, I have had dreams like that almost every day..."

"Then why don't you want to believe that the Seventh Herrscher incident was just an accident?" Zhu Yufeng glanced at Kosmo, "The real Seventh Herrscher is Uriel, and Himiko is just a vessel that Uriel thinks is more suitable to be the Seventh Herrscher. Both Mobius and Mei think this is very likely. In our previous life, we had no way of knowing this because Uriel's plan had already succeeded. Therefore... we were unable to respond in time this time."

"Then why can't there be any accidents with the Eighth Herrscher?" Kosmo said, "We all know that the Eighth Herrscher has no physical form. When the Herrscher's core is finally recovered, it is recovered in the imaginary world through imaginary renormalization, not in our real world... The Seventh Herrscher can be Uriel, so isn't it possible that the Eighth Herrscher is someone who has abandoned his own physical form?"

But the treasure of the current civilization is indeed just a consciousness, although she did occupy Hua's body at the beginning... She is essentially just a child less than one year old.

"It is true that this possibility cannot be ruled out, but what does this have to do with your current state of tanking?" Zhu Yufeng said, "You saw that Himiko still sacrificed herself, which is a pity for us. However, you also know that Australia was not completely burned this time. Compared with the situation of mankind in the previous life, we have changed a lot."

"Yes, we have changed a lot..." Kosmo lowered his eyes, "but... Feng, what I saw was the inevitable departure of the people around us... We can change a lot, but we may not even be able to change the fate of the people around us. You will say that this time, you changed Seele's fate, but Seele... We have no intersection with her, even you yourself, when Seele was still a human, you didn't have much intersection, right? And Himiko... I saw that in this life, she was still Hua's best friend and Hua's life mentor, but in the end... she still left as fate had determined..."

"So... if you are afraid and want to escape, why don't you retire, sign a confidentiality agreement directly, take Desdobia to be a teacher in a kindergarten or elementary school, and live a peaceful life?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

"I don't want to escape, and I have never thought of escaping." Kosmo turned to look at Zhu Yufeng, "I have never thought of being a coward, and I don't lack the courage to fight against Honkai. I just... don't want to see Desdobia leave again and I am powerless to do anything..."

Zhu Yufeng looked into Kosmo's eyes and said after a while, "Let me think about it. If Desdobia had not completed the Fusion Warrior surgery during the Eighth Herrscher incident, she would not have participated in the positioning of the Eighth Herrscher as a psychic Fusion Warrior, and she would not have fallen into the Eighth Herrscher's dream and fallen asleep forever. In order to prevent Desdobia from becoming a Fusion Warrior, you even refused the Fusion Warrior surgery yourself, in order to complete a psychological hint to Desdobia, so that she would at least give up the Fusion Warrior surgery on the surface. Am I right?"

"As long as the Eighth Herrscher incident is over..." Kosmo held the railing tightly with both hands, "I will still choose Vishnu as the subject of the operation... This is all I can think of and do."

"But if fate is still stubborn as you thought, you can use this to prevent Desdobia from participating in the positioning plan of the Eighth Herrscher. However, what if Desdobia sees the text information contaminated by the Eighth Herrscher's memetic weapon?" Zhu Yufeng asked, "If she undergoes the fusion warrior surgery, she will not be without room for counterattack. Isn't Desdobia more mature and reliable now than the one you knew in your last life? Don't you understand each other better?"

He had asked Lilith before how she escaped from the Eighth Herrscher's dream with her own will. He only knew that Lilith discovered her feelings for him in the Eighth Herrscher's dream. Lilith's answer made Alicia, who was standing next to her at the time, turn half black in an instant.

"Oh, this, rather than dreaming, I want to get you in reality. No matter how sweet the dream is, it is still an unrealistic illusion. Only the real you standing in front of me is meaningful to me. In other words, I woke up because I kept talking about you. Do you feel very touched? Or should you give me a kiss or something? Hmm?"

cough cough...

This is also part of his daily life now, just get used to it, just get used to it...

Kosmo was silent for a long time before he said, "...Yes, Desdobia and I do understand each other better, so...I understand more than before that Desdobia longs for a world without Honkai. She hopes more than anyone else that this war, which seems to have no end in sight, will end soon. She is looking forward to the arrival of an era in which Honkai disappears or humans and Honkai coexist in harmony...As long as she does not participate in the positioning of the Eighth Herrscher and is only causing meme contamination, there is still a way..."

Instead, he could do nothing when Desdobia was involved in the positioning.

"Well...it is indeed a solution. I can rest assured for now." Zhu Yufeng said.

"Eh?"

"At least through this conversation, I know that you are not running away. You just want to protect Desdobia in your own way. How could I blame you for such a thing?" Zhu Yufeng shrugged. It's not that he couldn't understand Kosmo's thoughts. It was more reassuring to rely on one's own hands than to rely on others. It's just... Kosmo's current state didn't mean that he was ready for the battle. Instead, it seemed... he was afraid of the inevitable failure.

After all, he only has this one chance, and if he misses it, it will be a second farewell that he is not ready for.

What Zhu Yufeng was worried about was that after this failure, Kosmo would fall into the same severe depression that Kevin had fallen into before... and it was possible that his condition would be even more unsolvable than Kevin's.

All the feelings from the previous life had not yet been expressed, and the loss and recovery in this life made the relationship between them closer, but also made it more difficult for him to bear the other person's departure.

So I'm not a spiritual mentor, I really can't do this kind of work... Zhu Yufeng complained in his heart, but considering that the only people who can make Kosmo open up and talk are himself and Kevin, can we ask Gray Xiu to come? Kevin... I just feel that he can't say anything, so I pushed myself over.

How about... go find Su and try? After all, Su is now facing a similar problem as Kosmo. His mentor, Dr. Spasi, also died during the Eighth Herrscher incident to protect Su who was locating the Eighth Herrscher...

However, it seems that saving Dr. Spasi is a little easier than saving Desdobia...

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yufeng said, "I won't interfere with your choice, but you should pay attention to your recent low pressure atmosphere and don't let Desdobia worry about it. She also knows that even if she asks you, you won't be willing to tell her, not to mention that you can't even open your mouth to ask."

Zhu Yufeng reached out and patted Kosmo's shoulder. After thinking for a while, he could only say, "Come on."

Apart from that, there was nothing else he could say. He could understand Kosmo's feelings, but they were not the same individual after all, so it was natural that they would have different ideas on some things.

Anyway, the problem has been found. If his brain is not enough, then he can use the external brain Lilith...

On the other side, Kevin was talking to Su on the phone: "Su, according to your speculation, Kosmo was hesitant because of Desdobia's matter, so you...about Dr. Spasi's matter..."

"Cause and effect are determined, but fate is unpredictable." Su's voice was calm, sounding very soothing. "We did what we could. Even if fate cannot be changed in the end, what we did will not be meaningless. We tried our best, but failed, which is better than never trying and just accepting fate. Do your best and leave the rest to fate, that's all..."

Kevin was silent. Could he understand that Su had already been enlightened? He originally thought that Feng's emotional intelligence might not be enough to persuade Kosmo, so he wanted to try to see if his good brother Su could enlighten Kosmo. But now it seems that even if the enlightenment is successful, Kosmo...it's almost time for him to become a monk...

Hmm... it's still a little hard to imagine what it will be like...

Zhu Yufeng came to Mobius' laboratory. At this time, Hen's fusion warrior technique should be almost finished, right?

"Feng, are you coming to see Hen too?" Blanca said while holding Grace's hand. "The operation has gone smoothly so far. Dr. Mebius said there won't be any problems at all. This guy is always worrying..."

Zhu Yufeng looked at Greyshut again. Little Greyshut seemed not to want to pay attention to him and went back to paint.

Zhu Yufeng tilted his head. It seemed like he didn't do anything. Why didn't little Grayxiu want to pay attention to him recently? He thought of Hen pulling him aside with a serious expression before the operation. He thought he was going to say something, but it turned out that he was going to ask himself and Alicia to take care of Grayxiu and Blanca if he was gone.

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

Just... you pulled me aside so seriously, just to say this? You will never forget to leave a will to support CP until you die, right? You are worthy of being the Pope of the Maple Party...

Seeing Zhu Yufeng's indescribable expression, Hen smiled and touched his head: "Isn't it because Grayshu is relatively close to you... You yourself are quite popular with children. Speaking of this, the Astaroth you brought back recently... Although you agreed to take over the custody of Astaroth in the name of a brother, you should not neglect little Grayshu..."

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

He has always treated Astaroth as his own sister. Although he didn't have a sister before he traveled through time, who can refuse a sister with white hair, red eyes and obedience? So it's okay for him to have a sister? At the beginning, he also treated Padu as a sister.

Hen sighed softly. As Gray Xiu's biological father, could he not see his daughter's mood? It was like the older brother next door who took special care of her suddenly found a younger sister from outside and took less care of her. Of course, a child would feel lost and even competitive.

Plus, Feng would go to Sakura to help Ling with her homework, and Lilith seemed to have a younger sister. The addition of Astaroth meant that little Grayshus had more competitors... Originally, little Grayshus should have been the child that Feng cared for the most, but now Astaroth had taken the lead?

Let him sort it out. It seems that Feng has too many tracks around him. Alicia and Lilith are fighting for one track, Kevin and the recently joined Nahaima and Abaddon are fighting for one track, and little Gresh is fighting for another track with Astaroth and Ling...

Alas... there are really few of his descendants who give him peace of mind.

Chapter 222: The Eighth Herrscher Appears

"Well……"

Zhu Yufeng opened his eyes, touched his head and sat up from the bed. Just when he was still a little confused, Alicia's lazy voice came from beside him: "...Feng?"

Alicia?!

Zhu Yufeng woke up instantly with a start. He looked to his side and saw Alicia rubbing her eyes and sitting up. She yawned and said, "You wake up early like before. You always leave quietly when I'm not up. I caught you this time..."

It seems that my actions disturbed Alicia... Wait, so why is Alicia in my bed?

No... He clearly remembered that he was reading a story book with Astaroth before, but his consciousness was blurred for a moment...

So that's how it is. Since he and Astaroth read the book together this time, did he also fall for it? Is this the so-called dreamlike world that fulfills all human wishes?

"Hmm? Feng, did you not sleep well last night?" Alicia looked at Zhu Yufeng with some confusion and said, "You don't look too well... Did you have a nightmare?"

Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment, then stood up: "Nothing, I'll go wash up first, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Well... as long as Feng made it himself, I would like it~" Alicia said with a smile.

"I understand. You should sleep a little longer." Zhu Yufeng said and walked out of the bedroom. Before leaving the bedroom, he looked back at the bedroom layout, then went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror.

Zhu Yufeng looked at himself in the mirror, then at his pink pajamas. He remembered that the bedroom was also decorated in a very girly way, with pink crystal flowers everywhere. Suddenly, he was speechless... He knew with his knees that this was Alicia's taste, but...

He wanted to know why the Eighth Herrscher had dreamed for him that he and Alicia were together. Could it be that he was subconsciously leaning towards Alicia?

"Hey, you're still waking up on time like usual." Lilith's voice rang out in the living room. "I guess you're going to prepare breakfast for Alicia? It's okay, I've prepared your breakfast."

"Lilith?"

Zhu Yufeng looked over in the direction of the voice. Lilith was sitting with her legs crossed and reading a newspaper. Seeing his expression, she said jokingly, "What's wrong? Why do you look so surprised? Did you forget everything after sleeping with Alicia all night? That really makes me sad..."

"Will you really be sad?" Zhu Yufeng said casually.

"If you need me to, I can also be sad~" Lilith said with a smile, and then she covered her mouth with her hands as if she had thought of something and said in surprise, "Um... You don't want to come to my place tonight, do you? Do you need me to cry?"

Zhu Yufeng looked at Lilith and said, "No need."

This is not Lilith. Lilith will be sad, but she will hide her emotions deeper than anyone else. However, this Lilith, although very similar to everyday Lilith, is only very similar. In other words, this is Lilith in the eyes of others.

If the Eighth Herrscher really built this world according to his own memories and wishes, then... the Lilith she simulated should not give him such a strange feeling. After all, he and Lilith have been working together for so long, he must know whether it is the real Lilith.

Then he looked at the breakfast on the table. Lilith seemed to have eaten. Alicia's breakfast was for him to prepare, and Lilith also left him a portion of breakfast... Why was there an extra portion for one person? Moreover, it didn't seem to be enough for an adult. Was it a child's breakfast?

What?

Is the Eighth Herrscher so powerful? Can a child create one out of thin air?

Let him think about it. According to Lilith, in this world, he probably took turns to share the room with two people...

"Lilith, who's this other breakfast for?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

He was a little curious now, whose child was it, Lilith or Alicia? It shouldn't be, anyway, one for each of them... Hmm... His thoughts seemed to be getting more and more dangerous, so he should stop thinking about it for now and not think too much about it.

What he needed to know now was, if this was a dream created by the Eighth Herrscher, then why did he see through it at first sight? If he remembered correctly, even Spashie, after falling into the dream of the Eighth Herrscher, it took him a while to wake up and realize that this was a dream, but he was different... He was only conscious for a moment, and then he realized that he was dragged into the dream by the Eighth Herrscher.

According to Lilith, and based on his vague impression of the Honkai manga, the key for Spashie and Lilith to break through the dreams of the Eighth Herrscher lies in breaking the life they desire.

Lilith killed "herself" in her dream, and Spasi killed his "wife and children".

So if I want to break this dream... I have to kill "Alisa" and "Lilith" myself, as well as the "child" I have never met?

First of all, suicide is definitely ineffective. In the previous life, when the Fire Moth gathered all the psychic fusion warriors to try to locate the coordinates of the Eighth Herrscher, Aponia once saw someone in the spiritual world who found himself in the dream of the Eighth Herrscher, but was unwilling to hurt even an illusory "lover", so he chose to commit suicide. After that, he also died in reality.

"It's easy to say when I haven't been tricked, but when it happens to me... it's really a headache..." Zhu Yufeng thought with a wry smile. But for him, it's just a headache. As long as he finds out who is the center of this world, he can take action even if it is the phantom of Alicia and Lilith.