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

Mebius pressed his eyebrows, threw these random thoughts aside, waved his hand to Hen and said, "Alright, alright, leave quickly if you want to. Be careful not to die and implicate Grayshu."

"Uh..." Hen was a little speechless, but he was used to Mebius's extreme double standards. Anyway, he could get into trouble, but Blanca and Grayshu couldn't...

Of course, as a husband and father, he would never let anything happen to them.

As for where they are now...I came here according to the procedure to go through the handover process with Mebius, and they went to say goodbye to Zhu Yufeng and others.

Chapter 258: Who did Grayshu learn this from?

"Yeah... People in Mu Continent should have been suspicious of the Fire Moths a long time ago. This is what humans are like..." Zhu Yufeng said thoughtfully after listening to Blanca's explanation with a wry smile that their family was about to leave.

"Don't be so blunt... Although what you said is true..." Blanca shook her head helplessly and turned her gaze to the two children, Gresh and Astaroth. "We didn't expect the transfer order to come so soon. It seems that they don't plan to give us much time to say goodbye."

Blanca then said with a sigh: "Little Grayshu has made friends here and is more familiar with this place. Her friendship with your sister has just begun... In this case, I am afraid that in the future..."

"It's hard to have a chance to meet again, right?" Zhu Yufeng also turned his gaze to the two children. This was probably the first time that Grace had seen Astaroth after the quarrel. Before, because of the unstable ability of Astaroth, for the sake of Grace's safety, neither he nor the Hen couple let them meet. It was not until Weiwei invented a special ability inhibitor and after several days of observation and confirmation that the two children were allowed to meet.

Before this, everyone thought it would take a long time. Even Zhu Yufeng, who had long anticipated the day when Mu Continent would break up with the Fire Moth, did not expect it to come so early.

It has not even been a month since the Eighth Herrscher incident ended, and Mu Continent has already prepared to break with the Fire Moth and start anew.

After Grayshu's family returned to Mu Continent, they certainly lost contact in public, but secretly... it was also difficult to contact them. After all, the reason why Mu Continent broke up with the Fire Moth was because the World Serpent was gradually eroding it, making it nervous. It's better to be safe than sorry. Once the secret contact is discovered, even if it's just a video call with Grayshu, it will stimulate those people's "fragile" hearts, and then implicate the Hen family. This is the situation that Zhu Yufeng least wants to see.

He had promised Grayshu that he would definitely keep her parents this time.

Although Lilith did remind him that Grayxiu's mental age was no longer the eight years old she appeared to be, but considering Grayxiu's current personality of not being very close to strangers, Zhu Yufeng was also deeply worried about Grayxiu's problem of making friends after returning to Mu Continent...

"Here, this is a painting for you." Grayshu gave Astaroth a painting she had drawn. The painting showed a young elf sleeping under black wings, surrounded by dancing butterflies. The elf was sleeping peacefully with a storybook in his hand. On the other side of the black wings was a ray of morning light.

As for the source of these black wings, one can only see the outline of a knight's partial armor. If combined with Grayshure's unfinished painting, it is not difficult to determine that this is the Knight of the Dawn.

This painting was also a gift that Grayshut gave to Astaroth in her previous life. Before deciding to meet Astaroth, she thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to restore the painting in her memory as a parting gift this time.

No matter what, Sister Astaroth has always been her best friend.

Astaroth took the painting, looked at it, then glanced at Zhu Yufeng who was communicating with Blanca, smiled gently, and said: "Really... It's a very good painting, I like it very much, thank you, Sister Grayshu... I'm sorry, you gave me such a good gift, but I have nothing to give you... I'm sorry..."

"It doesn't matter." Grayshu said, "Because no one is ready to face such a quick separation."

Zhu Yufeng, who was chatting with Blanca, glanced over here. Sure enough...Gresh was actually growing up quietly...

Blanca also looked at Grayshu in surprise. She felt that her daughter's tone and words were not suitable for her age.

"But... even if we part, we will definitely meet again, right?" Astralote stroked the scroll in her hand with her fingers and said softly, "So, the next time we meet, I will definitely prepare a return gift..."

Grayshu looked at Astaroth, hesitated for a moment and then said, "Sister Alicia said that even if there is no good gift in return for the time being, a hug can be a response to a heartfelt gesture."

"Although... Alicia's original words were not like this, and the context in which she used them seemed wrong..." Zhu Yufeng complained in his heart, because this was what Alicia said to him on Valentine's Day this year, and Alicia said "a loving hug", so it was hard for the Order of Grey to decisively cross out the prefix after hesitating for a moment.

Grayshu has indeed grown up, and she is slowly learning everything about this world... Alas, children must grow up after all. As someone who can barely be considered to have watched Grayshu grow up to this day, Zhu Yufeng still feels a little emotional.

But... the most regrettable thing is that she was born in the previous civilization and entered their story as a hero.

But this time, he can definitely change something, or rather, he must change something.

Astaroth looked into Gresh's eyes, and just as she was about to reach out her hand, she put it down again, and said uncomfortably, "I'm sorry, I think... I may not be able to do it. I'm afraid I might hurt you."

Zhu Yufeng's eyes moved, and then he lowered them. In the previous life, Astaroth had always been bothered by the fact that she had hurt Grayshu. Although she eventually learned to perfectly control her abilities, she always kept a certain distance when she came into contact with Grayshu...

She just didn't want to hurt Grayshu once again, because she knew very well that she was the monster that everyone outside was talking about.

But she didn't expect that even if she lost the memory of her previous life, she still remembered this incident in her subconscious impression... Just like from the beginning of their communication until now, Astaroth has always subconsciously kept a distance between herself and Grayshu.

That's right. Although Astaroth is a nobody in most cases, she will become quite sensitive to the things she has poured her feelings into. After the Ninth Herrscher incident where Grayshu was injured, although no one blamed her, she was still afraid to see Grayshu, afraid to see Mobius who performed surgery on Grayshu to save her life under pressure. She even didn't dare to see him for a while, thinking that she had failed his expectations of her...

In the end, he had to ask Lilith to work with him to persuade her.

“Because we have never had it, we cherish it even more. Because we cherish it even more, we are afraid of losing it. We are afraid of losing friends and relatives.”

This is what Lilith said.

Blanca, who had no memories, looked at Astaroth with a complicated look. To be honest, when she brought Grayshut to meet Zhu Yufeng and Astaroth, she was a little nervous. Even when she was talking to Feng, her eyes would occasionally shift to the two children.

When Astaroth said these words, Blanca suddenly realized that even though she had been Dr. Mobius' assistant, she would still worry about the possible impact of her abilities when she knew that Astaroth's current safety was guaranteed. What would other people think?

She glanced at Zhu Yufeng again, who was keeping silent with his eyes downcast. At least, this child was unfortunate but also lucky to have met such a brother.

"It doesn't matter. You won't hurt me." Grayshu said, "Because we are friends, right? Even if we weren't friends before, we can start from now."

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

He looked at Blanca and said, "Why don't you two pay more attention and spend more time with Grayshu. It seems that Alicia has had a great influence on her..."

Blanca's expression became more complicated. "Actually, this is the first time I've seen little Grace take the initiative to make friends. Before, little Grace had always been indifferent to other students in her class..."

She had thought that it was the influence of Dr. Mobius... Now it seems that Alicia also has an influence. That's right, when Hen asked him to take care of the child, he threw it to Feng. Whenever Feng took care of the child, Alicia or Lilith would always be with him. Every time this happened, Blanca would sigh at Dr. Mobius for not fighting for it. She hoped he could at least fight for it...

Wait, since Dr. Mobius, Alicia, and Lilith all have a certain influence on little Grace, and Kaede is the one who has spent the longest time with her, could it be that little Grace has a double standard attitude towards different people?

Feng——The fire-chasing moth is famous for its double standards.jpg.

Speaking of double standards, Kevin is also a guy with double standards to the extreme, just like Feng. Both of them act like elite warriors who are taciturn and quick to make decisions in front of other people, but when they are with people they know, they talk more than the other...

According to Klein's observation, Feng is a black-bellied person in daily life, while Kevin is a fool.

Noticing Blanca's strange look, Zhu Yufeng couldn't help but look up at the ceiling. This... he felt that it had nothing to do with him. Astaroth and Grayshu knew each other, so how could this be called Grayshu's double standard? Grayshu obviously wouldn't actively approach any stranger, so how could it be called double standard?

He has always been very careful about his image in front of Grayshu, right? If you exclude the period of "no emotion" in the previous life, and even during that period, he tried to keep his tone light when talking to Grayshu, so as not to be like Kevin and Qianjie, especially Qianjie, who could scare away children directly when he opened his mouth - although Qianjie himself had almost no ill intentions, or... maybe he actually liked children very much?

After Aponia joined the Fire Moth, the children originally adopted on Dusk Street were also transferred to the Fire Moth. Sometimes, when Qianjie finished a mission, he seemed to pass by there inexplicably, and then his adjutant Raphael would "naturally" ask him to help with something while saying "so annoying".

By the way, Yimer was recently assigned to Qianjie's side. This time, the purpose was no longer to assassinate Qianjie, but Qianjie used various methods to provoke Yimer to kill him...

Imer and Qianjie both have some crazy traits, which really makes it difficult for Raphael... I just don't know, in the near future, when Raphael, Imer, and Klein beside Mebius will all become Thousand Herrschers... will they be able to change anything?

Seeing that Astaroth seemed to be still a little hesitant, Grayshut simply gave her a hug and said, "Next time we meet, you have to return the hug."

This familiar tone of Alysia...

Hiss... Is Grayshu going to grow up to be the leader of the new generation of Le Tu female ketones?

"Speaking of which, where did Lilith and Alicia go today? There are times when they are not with you?" Blanca looked at Zhu Yufeng and said.

"Don't say that they will be nearby as soon as I show up. They also have their own things to deal with." Zhu Yufeng said with empty eyes. He knew where the two people were going. Although the transfer order this time was too hasty, Alicia still thought it was necessary to hold a farewell ceremony for Hen's family. Then she pulled other people over to make arrangements, preparing to give Hen's family a surprise.

Lilith was not interested in going at first, but was dragged away by Alicia. After all, Alicia was really worried about Lilith being alone with him, especially since both of them knew that Lilith had the power of the eighth Herrscher... I told Lilith about this after the team building, and Lilith said that she would be careful and she just wanted to try out her power...

So, it should be... no problem...

Alicia also talked to Lilith, but she didn't seem to want to tell him what the conversation was about. But... the reality was that Alicia would not give Lilith too many opportunities to be alone with her.

Look, Alicia, who has always been defeated, actually has a day when she can drag Lilith away.

Just as Zhu Yufeng was thinking about this, he suddenly noticed that Gray Xiu was blinking and looking up at him: "What's the matter, Gray Xiu?"

Grayshue extended her hand: "Let's hug each other as a temporary farewell, okay?"

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

This is not just the influence of Alicia, with Lilith here, the influence is doubled...

"The child has finally stopped being stubborn." Blanca smiled helplessly, "This should be considered a hug for you to make peace with each other, right?"

"Yes...indeed." Zhu Yufeng nodded in agreement, then squatted down and gently hugged Grayxiu, "After you go to Mu Continent, I hope you can be safe and everything goes well."

"Then I will accept the blessing of the strongest fusion warrior of Fire Moth together with Grayshu." Blanca said with a smile.

Chapter 259 Lionel

"Welcome back to Mu Continent. It's been a while since we last met, Mr. Hen, Ms. Blanca, and little Grayxiu."

After getting off the plane back to Mu Continent, the Hen family was greeted by the long-awaited Lionel.

"I didn't expect that you, Lord Lionel, would come to greet me personally." Hen was a little surprised. No one had told him about this before he came...

"If you need help from others, of course you have to do the necessary work." Lionel smiled helplessly.

Hen looked at Lionel. The current Lionel had changed out of the standard military uniform of Mu Continent that he usually wore in Fire Moth and put on a brand new set of clothes. This probably also represents his current status in the court of Mu Continent. After all, before he came, he knew that Lionel had been confirmed to take over the Mu Continent Anti-Honkai Research Center and was the highest person in charge of the Mu Continent's anti-Honkai organization.

Judging from the position, Lionel's current position is much higher than when he was in the Fire Moth. Fighting against Honkai has become the mainstream task of mankind. Mu Continent is ready to break away from the Fire Moth and work alone. As the highest person in charge of Mu Continent's anti-Honkai organization, Lionel's scope of authority is quite large.

At least that's the theory.

It’s just…it’s only been a few days since we last met, and even though Lionel disguised himself very well, Hen could still keenly notice that Lionel looked a little tired.

Considering what Lionel had said before about needing help from others, Hen immediately realized what Lionel meant. Based on his understanding of Lionel, Lionel seldom asked for help from others, or in other words, in most cases he did not need to ask for help from anyone at all. The order transferring him to Mu Continent was also very clear, that is, to serve as Lionel's deputy.

So, what Lionel said about "asking for help"...

"Sir Lionel, my wife has been away from work for several years, and little Grayshu also needs someone to take care of her." When Hen thought of this, he refused directly without waiting for Lionel to continue speaking.

Lionel was startled, then smiled bitterly and said, "You are indeed Hen Qing. You always look careless and unfocused, but your observation skills have been praised by His Majesty the King more than once."

He was not surprised. If Hen did not have this ability, how could he be selected as the supervisor of Mu Continent when the Fire Chaser was first established? How could he be ordered to go to the moon to establish a lunar base when Yuga was hovering between the earth and the moon?

There is no doubt about Hen's ability, and his character is enough to gain the trust of both the king and Lionel. Moreover, as an old man of the Fire Moth and a veteran in the fight against Honkai, Hen knows many things about the fight against Honkai like the back of his hand, and is very familiar with them.

Not to mention Blanca. Although she has apparently resigned from all her positions, how could Lionel, who has been in the Fire Moth for so long, not know this? Even if she has taken a break for a few years, Blanca's knowledge and experience will not disappear. Moreover, many experiments at the Mobius Laboratory are not intended to be hidden from Blanca. Basically, Blanca will know and be able to get involved when she goes there.

According to Mebius, whenever Blanca feels like kicking Hen out, she can go back anytime.

Therefore, in the case of severe shortage of manpower, Lionel intends to make the best use of everyone.

It’s not that Mu Continent doesn’t have enough talent, but that Lionel doesn’t have enough people he can trust. In addition, when it comes to fighting Honkai, the people on Mu Continent don’t have enough actual experience… Although Mu Continent also carries out missions like exterminating Honkai beasts, except for the Judgment-level Varuna crusade that he participated in commanding, the strongest Honkai beast that Mu Continent has ever conquered is even just a Honkai Emperor that Feng and Kevin can easily kill…

After all, above the Honkai Emperor are the Emperor-level Honkai Beasts. Before the official split, the Fire-Chasing Moths were responsible for conquering them. Because no matter what, if the Emperor-level Honkai Beasts also need to be conquered by Mu Continent, then as an organization specifically designed to fight against Honkai, what is the role of the Fire-Chasing Moths?

Moreover, even if it was the Emperor of Honkai, according to Lionel's research in the past few days, Mu Continent had only conquered him once, and that time was because they misjudged the energy level and scope of the Honkai. In most cases, Mu Continent's army was only responsible for clearing out lower-level clusters of Honkai beasts such as the tank-level and assault-level ones.

Although judging from the military equipment of the Mu Continent that Lionel has inspected, dealing with the Judgment-level Honkai Beasts is not a big problem, the soldiers' psychological quality and lack of combat experience will indeed become a problem.

During these few days, in order to complete the task given to him by the king, he had looked in detail at various ongoing projects and plans in Mu Continent, past battle records, and existing technologies to combat the collapse, so that at least he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

It's not that he wants to do everything himself, he also knows that it is inefficient. But after he was appointed as the top person in charge of the organization against Honkai, there are always people coming to him for "help" in a roundabout way. Sometimes this experimental project needs funding, and sometimes the team over there needs equipment funds... Behind this are the interests of all parties in the Mu Continent court.

It turned out that all these existed in the Fire Moth, but after the World Serpent gradually began to control the Fire Moth, the benefits they could gain began to decrease. Now, Mu Continent has separated from the Fire Moth and worked on its own, and the share they can get has increased, so they have become like the early days of the Fire Moth...

That would be fine, but the intrigues and entanglements between the various factions in the palace gave Lionel, who wanted to concentrate his energy on fighting the Honkai, a lot of headaches. His family would put pressure on him at any time... For a moment, Lionel seemed to understand why Beffinger ran away so decisively.

But Beffinger could run, but he couldn't run, he had to stand here because he knew why the king chose him to stand in the center of this storm.

In addition, Lionel has some other considerations of his own...

In short, he had to let Blanca and Hen work for him together. He had already decided that Blanca would be the deputy director of the laboratory and work as Dr. Einstein's assistant. The questions were just polite. Hen had no choice, even if he clearly refused.

"That's indeed what you would say, Hen Qing. However, before coming here, I have already reported to His Majesty the King, and the appointment letter is here." Lionel took out the appointment letter that he had prepared long ago.

Hen looked at the appointment letter in Lionel's hand silently, his face becoming solemn. It seemed that Lionel's determination was quite obvious, and he did not intend to give him any chance to refuse.

How deep the water is on the Mu Continent? This is much more intense than the power struggle on the Fire Moth side. After all, the Fire Moth is just a subsidiary of the United Nations, and the Mu Continent is currently the center of the world!

He just couldn't figure it out. Was Mu Continent so short of people? He was Lionel's assistant, and his wife was transferred to Dr. Einstein, the number one person in Mu Continent's anti-Honkai research institute, as deputy director. You have to know that although Lionel is the general manager, he is actually mainly in charge of anti-Honkai, and the head of research is Dr. Einstein.

This is a very dangerous move in Mu Continent. He can see it clearly, and so can others. Lionel is preparing to directly seize the right to speak on the Honkai in Mu Continent, clearly challenging the interests of others. In this way, not only will Lionel be at the center of the storm, but he, his wife, and even Grayshu may face various risks...

"Don't worry. Maybe my qualifications may not be enough to suppress those old guys, but they are also unlikely to challenge the majesty of His Majesty the King." Lionel said lightly, "The Anti-Honkai Organization is an organization directly under His Majesty the King. Moreover, I will not have only one assistant. Dr. Einstein is in charge of several laboratories. Don't worry that I will put you on the fire."

Hen glanced at Blanca, and Blanca looked at Grayshure who was holding his hand with some hesitation. Even if Lionel said so, one less high-level position would be taken, people's hearts were unpredictable, and Grayshure was their weak spot. Besides, if they all held high positions, who would take care of Grayshure?

"No one can hurt Greyshudder. I guarantee it with my personality. As for taking care of her, I have made corresponding arrangements." Lionel lowered his head and looked at Greyshudder. His eyes seemed to be looking at other people through Greyshudder. After all, besides him, there were other people watching Greyshudder and protecting Greyshudder. As long as those people were not too stupid, they would not be able to harm Greyshudder.

He can handle those who can do it, but he doesn't dare to do it to those who have the ability to do it but he can't stop them.

Not many people knew about the existence of the World Serpent, but those who knew it definitely knew about it, and Mobius almost had the words "World Serpent High-ranking" written on his face. Everyone knew how much Mobius loved Grayshu. In addition, there was Feng...

What's more, he did not swallow up all the benefits at once. With the power of his family, not many people would object to him taking these positions. And Hen was well-known in the court for his self-protection. Those old guys would not go against such a person who was basically neutral, not to mention offending themselves and the family behind him, as well as the possible revenge of Mebius by any means necessary.

Based on the above reasons, Lionel made this decision.

"Why does it have to be us?" Hen frowned and asked, "Sir Lionel, don't you have anyone useful around you? Isn't Sir Beffinger okay?"

Beffinger... Lionel rolled his eyes in his heart. That guy had directly led to the expansion of the World Serpent because he had supported Mebius to take the throne. He also told him that he had defected and fled. Transferring Beffinger back? Can he be transferred back? After he is transferred back, will the king trust him? Moreover, Beffinger was the king who opposed the court. He had almost opposed everyone in the court. Letting Beffinger take the throne when the king did not support him...

What Hen said was actually not wrong. It's not that Lionel has no one available, but all the available ones have been arranged to places he can arrange. It's also not that he doesn't trust the people who want to be squeezed in from other families or forces. After all, the king is watching from above, so if you want to get in, you have to have at least some ability.

However, how many of them... don't put the interests of the people behind them first, how many of them can see the current situation of humanity clearly? In the past few days, Lionel has deeply understood those people's shallow understanding of the threat of Honkai to humanity... It's not that they don't know the harm brought by Honkai, but they just think that so far, humanity is still in a state of "the advantage is in me" in the fight against Honkai...

I still have the advantage...

In addition, he also needed a balance point... a balance point between Mu Continent and the World Serpent.

Regardless of whether the Hen family knew about the existence of the World Serpent or not, it would be enough as long as they could serve as hostages to Mebius and others who were high-ranking members of the World Serpent.

As long as the Hen family is under his control, the World Snake will not dare to act rashly against Mu Continent, and the situation on Mu Continent is also within his control. This will ensure that the friction between the World Snake and Mu Continent is minimized. He can guarantee that as long as he is alive, Mu Continent will never take extreme measures against the World Snake, but he has no way of knowing the attitude of the World Snake, so the role of the Hen family is also very obvious.