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

"I'm not just worried about the tragedy of Constraint." Zhu Yufeng said, "Admittedly, the tragedy of Constraint is indeed a hurdle in my heart, and it still becomes a nightmare to me until now, but... I am also worried that I will not be able to save you in the end, Alysia. If what has happened refers to the tragedy of Constraint, and what has happened refers to [The Last Banquet], these two things... I don't want them to happen again."

"Feng, I..." Alicia's eyes moved. She wanted to say something, but suddenly she didn't know what to say.

"Although what you said is very good and worthy of praise, don't you have to consider that I am still here?" Lilith raised her eyebrows.

Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment, then said: "No matter who it is, I don't want to lose, so..."

"We don't want to lose you either, Feng," said Alicia.

Lilith spread her hands: "I don't care. If that day really comes, I will die with Feng. After all, I have no attachment to this world except Feng."

Alicia & Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Very good, this is very Lilith.

Zhu Yufeng rubbed his brows and said, "Anyway, this can probably be seen as a declaration of war from the Cocoon of the End. From beginning to end, I didn't feel like I gained anything from the Cocoon of the End. Even though I now have six powers, it still feels very strange... I feel like I just had a conversation with the Cocoon of the End, that's all."

In other words, his power didn't seem to be given by the Cocoon of the End, but rather seemed to have been there in the first place. It seemed that the Cocoon of the End only served to open a lock?

Alicia remembered something that Mebius had told her before. The theory of the Cocoon of the End was based on the fact that a certain advanced civilization forcibly intervened in the process of the Collapse, which led to the current Collapse. In other words, the Herrscher of the End must exist, but it is not necessarily related to the Cocoon of the End.

The existence of the Cocoon of the End is more like restraining the concept of the end, turning the end that should have destroyed civilization into a machine for executing reincarnation. Therefore, the end born in the Cocoon of the End, to some extent, cannot be regarded as the end that will be born by the collapse itself.

But as Mobius said, even though Zhu Yufeng's experience proved the existence of the Cocoon of the End, some things in it were still unknown, so Mobius could not easily determine what kind of relationship existed between Zhu Yufeng, the Cocoon of the End, and the Herrscher of the End.

"Since we can't explain these things clearly at this stage, why don't we just stop thinking about them?" Lilith still had an indifferent attitude. "It's useless for you to care about these things anyway. You don't understand them, so why bother thinking too much about them? It's better to focus on the present, and wait for the results of Mebius and Velvet for the rest, right?"

Zhu Yufeng smiled helplessly: "In this regard, you seem to have always been very open-minded."

"Why not?" Lilith said nonchalantly, "I'm not like some of you who love humans and are willing to fight to protect human civilization and the beauty that this civilization has created. I'm also not like some of you who want to protect all the people you care about, even at the cost of your own life. For me, as long as I'm with you, Feng, every day, it's enough. If there is a day when we have to part... Don't worry, I will definitely die before you, or at least die with you."

"You really said the most horrible words carelessly..." Zhu Yufeng shook his head gently, "But, yes, if it were you, you would definitely do that."

"After all, I only have eyes for you~" Lilith stuck out her tongue and said with a smile, "Hey, considering my sincerity, how about going on a date with me next time?"

Alicia crossed her arms and said with a hollow look in her eyes: "I'm still here... and you... really haven't changed at all."

But although she said this, in her heart Alicia was somewhat envious of Lilith for being able to be so relaxed. As long as she was with Feng, it was enough for her and she didn't bother to care about anything else... But she couldn't do what Lilith did and just give up on humans.

"So... Alicia, have you changed since you said this?" Lilith asked with a slightly deeper smile.

"I..." Alicia was stunned, then lowered her eyes and said softly, "If you say I haven't changed, then I have indeed changed. If you say I have changed, I have not changed."

"Have you chosen to be a riddler?" Lilith shrugged, "It's up to you~"

Alicia glanced at Zhu Yufeng, and then fell into deep thought.

Has she changed? Of course she has changed. She has found someone she loves and has experienced unforgettable loss. But she has not changed either. She has always been the Alicia who loves humanity.

But if...

What if the human beings she loved pointed their guns at the people she loved?

"Hey, Feng, do you think we should consider organizing an outing or something?" Lilith has already started to change the subject. "After all, the company of parents is very important for a child's growth, isn't it?"

Alicia: "..."

It's this topic again that she has no say in! Once again, she criticizes Mu Dalu harshly in her heart! ╭(╯^╰)╮

And speaking of kids…

Zhu Yufeng sighed deeply and turned his attention back to Lilith's education: "Although Lilith is just an artificial person, she does need to be well trained in character building... You all spoil her too much..."

Not to mention Davion who always brings a lot of food every time he comes, and then there are Nahemah, Abaddon, Astaroth, and those people who simply respond to Lilim's every request... Even Kevin stopped cooking noodles for the first time in his life. I can actually see Kevin cooking other dishes in my lifetime...

Before this, I had only heard from Su that Kevin could cook, but that was just hearsay.

After all, every time I go out to eat with Kevin, we end up eating noodles, and the team-building activities organized by Kevin don't have anything else except noodles... It's easy to forget that Kevin can cook and not just noodles.

Speaking of which, Kevin seems to have finally learned how to control the extreme coldness in his body. He had been trying to do this before, and finally got it under control recently. He will no longer frostbite ordinary people who approach him.

Zhu Yufeng had complained about this a long time ago. It was obvious that the side effects should have been avoided as much as possible during the fusion warrior surgery this time. However, Kevin's extremely low body temperature was still the same as in the previous life.

Facts have proved that side effects are indeed an influencing factor. Another factor is... Kevin is too strong. He became even stronger after the fusion warrior surgery. Then his own overly powerful Honkai energy interacted with the super-mutation factor, and finally turned into his extremely low body temperature that could freeze people to death.

Although Kevin's body temperature is still lower than that of a normal person, at least he can hug Mei without scruples again. Except that he still unconsciously releases cold air when he is emotionally unstable, there are no major problems in other aspects.

"Really? I don't dote on Lilith too much, do I?" Lilith spread her hands. "Ah, isn't it because you don't want to spend more time with me on Lilith and need someone else to help take care of her? As a father, you should reflect deeply on your actions."

"As a mother, shouldn't you reflect on what you've done?" Zhu Yufeng retorted. Although he didn't spend enough time taking care of Lilith, he definitely didn't ignore her. He would always keep Lilith by his side whenever he had time, but Lilith was really too lazy to care about her...

"So when are we going to get the certificate or something?"

Zhu Yufeng: “???”

Lilith spread her hands: "You said that as a mother I need to reflect on my actions. You are also the child's father. As a parent, shouldn't you give your child a complete childhood?"

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

Lilith had set a trap for her! And it happened right in front of Alicia. It seemed that Lilith had always been very interested in challenging Alicia's nerves.

Hmm? Alicia?

Zhu Yufeng looked at Alicia and found that she looked normal, as if nothing had changed. She exuded an emotion of "got used to it, and have become indifferent to it" from the inside out.

Well, Alicia has found the best way to deal with Lilith. It seems that Lilith's stimulation to Alicia only lasts for the first few days, and then Alicia's reaction to it gradually begins to decrease.

To put it bluntly, it's just a rotten thing.

Lilith looked at Alicia's indifferent expression and showed a thoughtful face. In her opinion, Alicia was not just not caring about what she had just said... After all, according to her plan, after she told Alicia the meaning of the name "Mavis", Alicia would definitely have some ideas, and she had used Lilith to provoke Alicia during this period of time.

Alas, even if I can sleep with Feng now, I still have Lilim sleeping in between. I can't do anything I want to do. Isn't that the same as having nothing? It's even worse than having nothing. I can only watch but can't do anything.

Moreover, this kind of thing will only happen once. Now he can't run any further because of Lilith, and he can't do anything to Feng because of Lilith, so this matter can only be left to Alicia to start.

Of course, if Alicia is really completely exhausted, she still has backup plans, such as Mobius, Velvet, etc.

Although based on my own observations, it should be Paduo who is only focused on playing badly who has made the fastest progress... because Paduo is also playing badly, and she will not compete if she feels she cannot win. She will learn as much as she can in other areas such as cooking, and will also help take care of the children. In addition, Paduo's basic favorability with Feng was enough in the previous life, and Feng even prepared the Fallen Angel uniform for her when she wanted it, so...

Pado, a cat who is just playing rotten, has made faster progress in the strategy than others. It is really that he has to compete if he doesn't fight.

However, because Paduo was so arrogant, Lilith felt that she could not encourage her to do anything to Feng, and given Paduo's personality, she didn't dare to do so.

As for Vilvi, Feng has enough favorability towards Evil Vilvi, but unfortunately the favorability of the eight Vilvi is calculated as an average, and Evil cannot lead the other seven, especially since I often have Steam Girl online.

Alas, I am really worried about this.

Well, have I overlooked anyone?

Sakura? Sakura is just as bad as Padu. As for Seele and Michael, one is Mobius's proud and arrogant disciple, and the other has no intention of making any moves...

Mostima currently has a high liking for Feng, just like in her previous life, but if asked to do anything, she will definitely be the first to run away.

Alas, there is no one who can fight.

Zhu Yufeng sneezed for no reason, and he had an inexplicable bad or very bad premonition in his heart. He looked at Lilith who seemed to be in a good mood. His intuition and the tacit understanding after working together for so long told him that Lilith was definitely planning something again.

"By the way, although you didn't say it before, something must have happened between you and Vita, right?" Lilith suddenly said, "You looked a little unnatural before, and it doesn't look like it was just because you saw a female Su, right?"

Zhu Yufeng was silent, and then said helplessly: "It's really nothing... maybe it's a prank of the Cocoon of the End. Before everything was over, Vita suddenly said something like "see you again in billions of years" and then kissed me. Even if it's true, Vita's kiss was in vain, right? I haven't known her for long, it must be a trick of the Cocoon of the End!"

Alicia's eyes seemed to become deeper.

Lilith narrowed her eyes. Based on Zhu Yufeng's previous description of some of the things Vita had done, Vita might not have given it to him for free. It was more likely that Vita simply wanted to have fun and play a trick on Zhu Yufeng.

He is a scumbag who is similar to me, but his rank is still a little lower...

Chapter 285: Rumors Spread

"Have you heard? There is a Herrscher lurking among us, the Fire Moth!"

"Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding. The Ninth Herrscher, the one who destroyed Mu Continent, do you know her? I heard that she was a senior officer of Mu Continent! If she hadn't been lurking in Mu Continent for so long and knew the battle force of Mu Continent like the back of her hand, how could Mu Continent sink!"

"hearsay!"

"Hey! Hearsay... Rumors don't come without a trace! Why did the Fire Moth speak vaguely about the Ninth Herrscher incident? Why didn't it want to disclose the details of the Ninth Herrscher crusade... Don't we have the right to think more?"

"Tsk..."

"I have a friend who escaped from Mu Continent. He heard it with his own ears. The Ninth Herrscher identified Feng as the Herrscher!"

"Stop talking nonsense, Feng can't be the Herrscher. If Feng was the Herrscher, we would have been finished long ago!"

"Hehe... How can you be sure that he is not? Who would think that they are a Herrscher before they are discovered? The first fusion warrior, the survivor of a collapse..."

……

"Where did these rumors circulating among the soldiers come from?" Lionel frowned as he looked at the briefing in his hand.

Beffinger chuckled, walked to the window, and said slowly: "Our people are still tracking, but we can confirm that the main person who spread this information is the survivor from Mu Continent, and there are also soldiers you led, Leon."

Lionel took a deep breath, put down the briefing, rubbed his brows and said: "The sinking of Mu Continent is indeed a huge change that is difficult for the survivors to bear... We used to be the most powerful country in the world and led the direction of the world, but now... heh..."

"A stray dog, right?" Beffinger said jokingly.

"...I will reluctantly not refute your words." Lionel lowered his eyes. "After all, even I am just living under someone else's roof now, and I don't have the position to criticize this... Our country was not destroyed by the Herrscher, but by our arrogance... If we can put aside our prejudices against each other, if we can reach a cooperation instead of fighting alone, how can we end up in such a situation in the end?"

"Hmph..." Beffinger chuckled, "Leon, you have always underestimated the ugliness of human nature. For the people of Mu Continent, the sinking of Mu Continent, no matter how many mistakes Mu Continent made, it has already sunk. What's more, doesn't the Fire Chaser Moth have any responsibility? If they could send support earlier, if Feng could act faster, or even if Feng was hit by Mu Continent's Honkai interference bomb, why couldn't he die together with the Ninth Herrscher? Haha... Even if most people don't have this idea, for the self-centered and arrogant people of Mu Continent, isn't it normal to think so? Leon, you are also a typical representative of Mu Continent, you should have experienced it, right? Or, have you really never thought about it?"

Beffinger looked into Lionel's eyes. Lionel did not avoid Beffinger's gaze, but chose to admit it frankly: "Why not? Of course I have thought about it. I wonder if Feng and the others could support earlier, if more people participated in the operation, would it be different? But, Beffinger, I know very well that we were wrong this time, and it was Mu Dalu who was wrong. Instead of putting the blame on others, why can't we look for the reasons from ourselves? If I could have discovered His Majesty's distrust of me earlier, if I could have stopped the rift between the two sides from widening earlier, would there have been changes?"

"You've changed, Leon." Beffinger looked away, put his hands behind his back and walked to the back of Lionel and said, "You know, until now, the more experienced warriors of the Fire Moth still remember what you said to them after the sinking of Atlantis."

Lionel was silent.

"Let me think about what that girl named Desdobia said..." Beffinger tapped his head with his fingers and said in the tone of Desdobia and Lionel, "'As an organization dedicated to fighting the collapse, you didn't even notice the occurrence of the underwater collapse, and lacked corresponding measures after the collapse. It's really hard for people to be reassured about your level. Mayor Candela has already protested to His Majesty the King. I hope you can learn from this and improve your skills in the future.'"

Lionel lowered his eyes. If it was the little girl Desdobia who said that, then he would not be surprised. After all... Desdobia had been dissatisfied with him for a long time.

"And more, let me think about it..." Beffinger continued as if he was digging up Lionel's dark history, "'We have a lot of things to study on Mu Continent, not just Honkai. You, the Fire Moth, are an organization that specializes in Honkai. Do you still want us to teach you how to do things?' Oh, at that time, you had the same thoughts as most people on Mu Continent, if not every person on Mu Continent, right?"

Lionel remained silent.

"Anyway, we are the world's leader, the boss of the boss of the Fire Moth, and the beacon of human civilization. We can't be wrong no matter how many mistakes we make." Beffinger spread his hands. "If we are wrong, then others must be more wrong, right?"

Lionel held his forehead and sighed deeply. After a long while, he said, "I know, I know... Excessive arrogance is also a kind of ignorance. Under the glory of our country, ignorance has spread to everyone... I know. Since it is a problem of Mu Continent, it must be solved by the people of Mu Continent. If they continue like this, the already shamed glory of Mu Continent will only continue to be tarnished."

"What are you going to do?" asked Beffinger.

Lionel stood up, walked to the window of his office, and said, "I am very grateful to the Fire Chaser for not revealing too much about the crusade against the Ninth Herrscher in order to preserve the reputation of Mu Continent and the royal family... But this has become a fig leaf that keeps many surviving people in Mu Continent from fantasizing. So, we have no choice but to tear it apart."

"Hey, hey, hey, Fire Moth is not that kind. The main reason is that what Mu Continent did is too absurd. Once it is disclosed, it will not only destroy the fantasy of the surviving people of Mu Continent about Mu Continent, but also the trust of other ordinary people in our official institutions." Beffinger put away his casual expression and said seriously, "Think about it, even Mu Continent has conducted cloning experiments and created artificial Law Makers, will Fire Moth do it? Mu Continent can develop Honkai energy interference bombs that are specially used to kill fusion warriors. Will Fire Moth study something similar?"

This fig leaf is not what the Fire Moths want to put on Mu Dalu. If possible, they would even like to throw all the dirty water on Mu Dalu, and it would be best if they could directly step on Mu Dalu, who is a traitor to his teammates, into the mud. But they cannot do that.

The glory of Mu Continent is not just for the people of Mu Continent to see. Many ordinary people in countries around the world also have a mysterious trust in Mu Continent because of its former glory. Just like there are always people who like the green card of the Eagle Sauce, they think that the moon in Mu Continent is rounder and brighter, and even the toilets in Mu Continent smell good.

Perhaps no one knows this better than Mostima, who surfs the Internet intensively every day. Now she is overwhelmed by the rumors that are spreading online, and has to cooperate with the network security department of Fire Moth to carry out network control and locate the starting point of the rumors.

"There's an old saying in Shenzhou, 'Three people make a tiger.' The rumor was first spread by people from Mu Continent, and then further spread by people from other countries who blindly worship Mu Continent. The rumor... just started like that." Beffinger walked up to Lionel and said, "Also, although there have been similar rumors spread before, they were not as widespread as they are now. Even when we first discovered it, its roots had already spread to who knows where."

After the sinking of Mu Continent, the Fire Moths have been using all the forces they can to control public opinion, including but not limited to: Eden's propaganda, Nahaima's family propaganda, and other business figures represented by Davion participating in public opinion control, but... all of this seemed to have broken out suddenly, and although there were various rumors and it seemed that there was more than one source, the purpose was quite obvious.

Whether it's a conspiracy theory or something else, it will eventually come back to one person.

Zhu Yufeng.

No matter which rumor it was, Zhu Yufeng was the one who was suspected. Some said that he did not work hard, some said that he deliberately left Mu Continent alone and wanted it to sink, and some said that he was a Herrscher and would definitely betray humanity in the future.

Beffinger had to admit that even though he liked to have fun, he couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw these rumors. When he saw that most of the rumor spreaders who had been verified were survivors of Mu Continent, Beffinger's mood was also quite complicated. As a Mu Continent native, it was impossible for him to have no feelings for his motherland, although in fact he didn't have much, but...

He also thought that it would be better to just get rid of it all once and for all and deal with it all secretly.

Beffinger is not only a doctor of law, he is also an expert in psychology. He knows very well what consequences these rumors will lead to. After all, there are so many rumors for the public. Even if most or all of them are false, why do all the rumors more or less involve Zhu Yufeng?

Why him?

Once the seed of doubt is planted, it is difficult to kill it. It may lie dormant for a short time, but it will definitely take root and sprout at some point in the future.

Zhu Yufeng himself doesn't seem to care much about these things, which doesn't surprise Beffinger. After all... apart from the fact that he has a few more billion CPs, no one is as obsessed as him when it comes to fighting against Honkai.

Therefore, Beffinger suspected that a new Herrscher had appeared, but what Herrscher would be related to the rumors? What power was this? Where was this Herrscher hiding?

If this Herrscher, or the tenth Great Collapse, appeared mainly in the form of malicious rumors, could it be that there was more than one Herrscher this time? After all, rumors, although somewhat absurd and irrational as a power, still need people as soil for the spread of rumors. The explosive appearance of rumors this time was obviously not the work of a single individual...

Assuming that there are many Herrschers, are there also Herrschers lurking inside the Fire Moth? Then, how many people can be trusted?

"Come to think of it, it seems like Feng has been targeted by Honkai for a while..." Beffinger complained in his heart, somewhat helplessly, "Since the Seventh Herrscher tried to self-destruct and die with him, the Eighth Herrscher tried everything to trap him in a dream, and the Ninth Herrscher wanted to frame him from the beginning... Is there some deep hatred between him and Honkai?"

"The human heart is hard to predict..." Lionel frowned. He was already thinking about whether he should take drastic measures to kill the source of the rumor directly, but it was obvious that blocking is worse than easing. This act of gagging would only make the rumor more real to ordinary people.