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

"Although I don't know why you have such requirements for the doll's appearance, this specially made armed doll, considering the characteristics of the Herrscher of Corrosion in the previous life, can lock her in without any problem." Mobius said, "It is also equipped with a system to target the Herrscher of Corrosion. If the Herrscher of Corrosion invades, it can also perish with her. Now, Velvet and Mostima may not have the time to manage the network, so leaving it to the armed doll is indeed a solution."

"Feng... that..." Danzhu walked in cautiously, looked at Zhu Yufeng and said, "Lord Lionel wants to see you about something. He seems very angry and looks like he's about to explode..."

She didn't even dare to think that was the expression Lionel would have. She really didn't know what Lord Beffinger had said to Lionel. Anyway, Lionel's expression was almost distorted...

Mebius looked at Zhu Yufeng: "Did you ask Beffinger to say that?"

Zhu Yufeng nodded: "Anyway, he will know sooner or later."

Mebius retracted his gaze and said, "Indeed, Mei should have been informed. There is not much time left for humans. If we tell her this now, she will have no time to think about other things."

"Do you think Mei's blood pressure will rise?" Zhu Yufeng suddenly asked. He didn't mean anything else. He just wanted to know if Mei would be angry, because in his impression, Mei almost never smiled and never had an angry or aggrieved expression.

"I don't know if Mei's blood pressure will rise, but Lionel's blood pressure must be about to explode." Mebius rolled his eyes and said, "What happened between you and Alicia is something that will cause high blood pressure for anyone."

Zhu Yufeng looked away feeling somewhat guilty.

Danzhu blinked. What? Did Lionel know about Feng and Alicia's affair? No wonder...

"Then I'll go over first." Zhu Yufeng said.

Zhu Yufeng went straight to Lionel's office. Before he entered the door, he saw Beffinger standing aside. He glanced at Beffinger, who shrugged and said, "This matter...you still have to talk to Leon alone, but after the initial loss of composure, he probably won't say anything more now. You guys talk next, I'm off work."

Zhu Yufeng nodded, pushed the door and walked in.

Lionel sat on the chair, tapping his fingers on the table. Seeing Zhu Yufeng coming in, Lionel looked up at Zhu Yufeng and said, "You should know what I'm going to say, right?"

Zhu Yufeng nodded.

"I thought you were a rational person. You have proven yourself to be rational in many past events..." Lionel said, "But... this is the only thing I find hard to understand, Feng. It's not something you would do. Neither would Alicia. Neither of you would do such a thing..."

"But it just happened." Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes, "Sir Lionel, I think I may not be as rational as you think."

"Why?" Lionel asked.

"Before I became a so-called savior hero, I was first a selfish person." Zhu Yufeng answered very calmly, "I have always been an extremely selfish person."

"Selfish...you?" Lionel seemed to be a little amused. "So this is the reason you gave? At this critical moment of fighting the Honkai, with more than half a year before the end, you let Alicia get pregnant?! And you kept it a secret for several months! Even if Alicia can give birth to the child before the final battle with the end, will it take enough time? Is this enough time for her to recover her body?! You are kidding the future of mankind! Feng, answer me, what on earth are you thinking?!"

Zhu Yufeng stared at the young man in front of him who had a rare hysterical expression. His answer was still calm: "Because I want her to live."

Lionel stared at Zhu Yufeng without saying a word. He had thought of all the reasons Zhu Yufeng could come up with, but this was the one he hadn't thought of. However, when Zhu Yufeng said that, it made sense if he thought about it carefully. It was impossible for Alicia to participate in the End War until her body recovered. The Herrscher of the End was the strongest Herrscher, and her strength might be beyond anyone's imagination.

After a long time, Lionel spoke in a hoarse voice: "Have you ever thought about what would happen if you just don't have Alicia's power to defeat the End?"

"I can't afford the gamble." Zhu Yufeng said, "I said, I am a very selfish person. I don't want her to die. I would rather... I am the one who dies at that time."

"Your behavior is quite selfish to humans, and it's also very selfish to Alicia." Lionel stared at Zhu Yufeng and said, "You are not only betting on the future of mankind, but also on Alicia... She is willing to entrust herself to you, which is enough to prove that she loves you enough, but you are betting on your own life... Feng, you are really selfish."

Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes.

Lionel let out a long sigh.

"Leonard." Zhu Yufeng said, "I have a question for you."

"Go ahead."

"If you had a gun in your hand during the final battle, you could point it at me and shoot me, and you could save most people. But you would face... you should know what it is, right?" Zhu Yufeng stared into Lionel's eyes and said, "Perhaps that would be the only chance for human survival."

"What do you mean?" Lionel also looked into Zhu Yufeng's eyes, "What do you want to do?"

"I said, I'm a very selfish person, but... I want to defeat the End more than anyone else. But before that, Alicia is my bottom line, so I made this choice. But the strength of the End is unimaginable to any of you. It's a battle that is almost certain to end in death. I can't take this risk." Zhu Yufeng said, "But I can make such a choice, a choice about the fate of mankind. Lionel, tell me, what is your answer."

"How can you be sure that the power of the End is beyond the imagination of all of us?"

"Just think of it as my intuition, or you will know in the near future," Zhu Yufeng said.

Lionel was silent for a long time before he said, "...What should I do?"

Zhu Yufeng took something out of his pocket and placed it in front of Lionel. Lionel looked at what Zhu Yufeng placed on the table, his pupils shrank: "This is..."

"The core key of the Sky Thunder Arceus. With this key, you can activate its self-destruction power." Zhu Yufeng looked at Lionel and said, "If that time really comes, point all its firepower at me."

Lionel looked at the core key given by Zhu Yufeng, and after a long while, he accepted it: "Feng, you really... don't have to be so pessimistic."

"I'm not pessimistic, I'm just taking the last step to protect myself," Zhu Yufeng said. "The price is not just my death... But this price may be difficult for Kevin and the others to accept."

"So, you chose me." Lionel looked at the core key in his hand, "But I also hope that one day I will be able to return it to you."

"I hope so."

Outside the door, Ying, who came to see Zhu Yufeng because of Ling, listened silently, then lowered her head and left.

Chapter 327: Cocoon of the End: It doesn’t matter, I don’t admit it

Zhu Yufeng was walking in a sea of ​​stars. He had been here once before. The last time was here. The Cocoon of the End inexplicably gave him the authority of other Herrschers. He also had a fight with his past self and inexplicably got in touch with Vita in the Quantum Sea.

Zhu Yufeng had no idea what this Cocoon of the End was thinking.

Mei believed that the Cocoon of the End was a creation of a higher civilization, used to reincarnate civilizations to find similar ones. But if it was a creation of civilization, how could the Cocoon of the End have the idea of ​​"giving itself special treatment"? In addition, Mei's theory also conflicted with Michael's words. Zhu Yufeng himself was not sure who to believe.

"I wonder what tricks the Cocoon of the End is planning this time..." Zhu Yufeng thought to himself.

He walked in front of the Cocoon of the End. The patterns on the Cocoon of the End were glowing, like an eye staring at him, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

There was a buzzing sound in his ears. It was not any language, but the meaning that the Cocoon of the End wanted to convey was transmitted directly into his mind.

It is asking itself whether it knows why it became a Herrscher.

Why did I become a Herr...

Zhu Yufeng stared at the Cocoon of the End. Mobius and the others still had no final conclusion on this issue. First of all, the basic theory of the Ascension Plan that Admiral and Mobius had completed together in their previous life was correct. Through the Chimera Project, he had the conditions to become a Herrscher, but what happened afterwards...

Theoretically, he should have usurped some of the power of the Herrscher of the End and thus became the Herrscher of Time. But why could he possess even more outrageous power than the Herrscher of the End, reversing the flow of time for the entire world, and why did he, who should have been dead, become a natural Herrscher after his rebirth?

Mebius has not yet thoroughly studied these issues. He has also served as a guinea pig for many experiments. Although some theories have been verified, the key points are still somewhat unclear.

Moreover, what was the purpose of The Cocoon of the End calling himself here at this time?

The buzzing sound started again.

This time, the images of Alicia and Lilith appeared in front of Zhu Yufeng. He looked at the images of the two Herrschers of the Origin, and a black abyss and white flower appeared in his hand. He raised the gun in one hand and pointed the tip of the gun at the Cocoon of the End.

"What exactly do you want to say?"

The buzzing sound in his ears continued, and Zhu Yufeng's expression became more and more solemn. The Cocoon of the End gave the official explanation of why he became a Herrscher.

The recognition of the two original Herrschers, the flawless favor of his true self and the eternal companionship of his false self... this is the most fundamental reason why he was able to obtain the authority of the Herrscher.

It was because of his recognition of the origin of good and evil that he was crowned with the tree of imaginary numbers.

The Herrscher of the End is a conceptual Herrscher. He can be born out of thin air from the cocoon of the End due to the gathering of Honkai energy, a reincarnation civilization, or he can become a god among humans because of the recognition of the origin of good and evil.

However, the Origin of Good and Evil is too pure. The Origin of the [True Self] deeply loves humans and is willing to dedicate everything she has to humans. It is difficult for her to favor a single individual. The Origin of the [False Self] despises humans, disdains to walk with them, is rebellious and perverse, and it is impossible for her to recognize a human being.

This result has been verified in countless time and space.

However, a strange variable like myself appeared.

The essence of the power of Origin can indeed be understood as [making a wish]. In the previous life, when everything was heading towards the end, Alicia made a wish for a future with abundant flowers and bright stars, and at the same time, she also made a wish to meet him again. Lilith entrusted everything to him. At the time of the decisive battle with the End, he actually relied on Lilith's Origin power to usurp the authority of the End to become the Ruler of the Law.

The reason why he initially became an incomplete Herrscher without a Herrscher core and without any power was that he only got recognition from Lilith at that time. But after that, after he confessed everything and walked side by side with her again, Alicia also gave him her recognition...

Only then did he become a true Herrscher of the End.

Zhu Yufeng stared at the Cocoon of the End. The question of how he became a Herrscher was solved, but the question of why all time went backwards was still not solved. According to the Cocoon of the End, it was only after he was reborn and moved forward with Alicia that he gained the recognition of the Origin of his True Self and became a complete Herrscher of the End. Then before that, as an incomplete Herrscher, how did he reset time and space?

And where did Yuga come from?

The buzzing sound sounded again, and the answer given by the Cocoon of the End directly caused Zhu Yufeng's brain to enter a brief state of shutdown.

They are all the trunks of imaginary numbers...

No, could an existence of that level really be so bored? For the Imaginary Number Tree, a supreme existence that theoretically belongs to the origin of the world, it doesn't care about the extinction of mankind, so how could it care about itself, who is just an ordinary human being?

The Cocoon of the End affirmed that, yes, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers could be so boring.

At the same time, the Cocoon of the End was speechless about him. How could he, who was recognized by two origins with completely opposite ideas, say that he was an ordinary person? Moreover, he was obviously not an alien from the Imaginary Number Tree system and the Quantum Ocean system at the same time.

Zhu Yufeng looked at the Cocoon of the End in silence. It was the Tree of Imaginary Numbers that reset time and space. This solved the case. Because of him, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers reset time and space so casually?

Otto went to great lengths to deceive the Imaginary Number Tree and wipe out his own existence in exchange for a little hope that Kallen could start over in another world, and then... the Imaginary Number Tree just casually reset the time and space here...

All of this was so magical that Zhu Yufeng felt that the Cocoon of the End was playing a joke on him.

"So what is your purpose in calling me here?" Zhu Yufeng frowned. The situation against Honkai was getting more and more tense all over the world. Michael had repeatedly emphasized that this civilization was doomed to be destroyed. The one who contacted Michael at that time was most likely the Cocoon of the End. If he was the End, the real End, then he should have the final say on the survival of this civilization.

The patterns on the Cocoon of the End became brighter, and the answer it gave made Zhu Yufeng's face darken.

The Cocoon of the End said: It doesn't matter, I don't admit it.jpg

Then, a figure gradually formed between Zhu Yufeng and the Cocoon of the End. Zhu Yufeng narrowed his eyes. This guy... Although he hadn't seen her for nearly ten years, they had become close friends. Of course, it was impossible for him to forget what she looked like.

The Herrscher of the End, or rather, the Herrscher of the End who was born from the Cocoon of the End during the War of the End and fought with himself, Kevin and the others.

If I am the real end, then this end...

The Cocoon of the End began to buzz again. Zhu Yufeng looked up at the eye-like lines on the Cocoon of the End and chuckled, "So, are you really determined to let her destroy this civilization? Does this count as going against the will of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers?"

Cocoon of the End: It doesn’t matter, the tree of imaginary numbers doesn’t care.

Zhu Yufeng: “…”

Suddenly I am no longer able to figure out what the Imaginary Numbers Tree is. Judging from what The Cocoon of the End said, Collapse is indeed the screening mechanism of the Imaginary Numbers Tree for civilizations. Worlds that fail the test will wither like leaves and fall into the quantum sea. However, the act of The Cocoon of the End resetting civilization and locking this world from withering is also condoned by the Imaginary Numbers Tree.

As for himself, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers probably glanced at him a little longer because the two Origins had a dispute with him, and then he didn't care about the others as they were supposed to be.

There have always been only two kinds of law-givers: the Origin and the End. Only these two kinds of law-givers are directly connected to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and generate power from it.

The authority of these two Herrschers comes directly from the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, the end of time, and the origin of the wish...

Zhu Yufeng looked at the End of the Cocoon of the End again. If he was really the End who was crowned by the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, then the one in front of him was undoubtedly the real usurper.

but……

Zhu Yufeng raised his eyes and looked at the Cocoon of the End. The Cocoon of the End’s attitude was very clear.

"So, this is also... one of the reasons why you are determined to destroy this civilization?"

the next day.

Zhu Yufeng found Mobius.

"The Cocoon of the End called you over again?" Mobius's expression became a little strange. "Are you really not the illegitimate child of the Cocoon of the End? Why did they call you over for no reason?"

Mei, who had been informed by Mobius and others about the world reset, pushed up her glasses. She looked at Zhu Yufeng with a scrutinizing gaze and said, "Cocoon of the End... If you are the Herrscher of the End, the final Herrscher, then the final enemy of civilization... is you?"

"It would be great if it was really as you thought." Zhu Yufeng shrugged, "But unfortunately, the Cocoon of the End is unwilling to acknowledge my identity as the Herrscher of the End. In the end, our enemy is still the Herrscher of the End that we fought in the last life."

"It doesn't admit it? What does that mean?" Mebius frowned.

Zhu Yufeng recounted the general content of his conversation with the Cocoon of the End, but he decided to hide some things.

"The recognition of the two Origins has made you the End... Your authority was granted by the Tree of Imaginary Numbers itself, and the Cocoon of the End does not recognize you as the Herrscher of the End?" Mobius frowned, "Does it have the qualifications to deny it?"

"Because the Tree of Imaginary Numbers only gives power, and after that it doesn't care anymore." Zhu Yufeng spread his hands, "The Cocoon of the End has clearly told me that it denies this civilization. Even if I, as a true Herrscher of the End, decide to fight for this civilization, my opponent will not only be the Herrscher of the End."

"There is also the Cocoon of the End, right?" Mobius whispered, "In other words, the Cocoon of the End is preparing to take action personally?"

"You can understand it that way." Zhu Yufeng said.

Mebius uttered a "tsk", obviously unhappy with the attitude of the Cocoon of the End. Mebius thought: "If what you said is true, we will face an existence of a higher level than we can imagine in the end, and it will be very difficult for civilization to survive. However, there is still a glimmer of hope."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

"If collapse is the mechanism of the Imaginary Number Tree, the Cocoon of the End can reincarnate civilization, but it must be within the scope allowed by the Imaginary Number Tree. Otherwise, it can completely reverse time and space and reset civilization. But obviously, it can only let the End reincarnate the environment of the earth, and cannot turn back time." Mei said, "This means that there are things it can't do. Although this time the Cocoon of the End said that it would personally take action, it should not be able to appear directly. If it can do it, there is no need to let the End perform the reincarnation, it can do it itself."

"So, what you mean is that what it can do is to provide maximum support to the End's authority, right?" Zhu Yufeng said.

"Yes, I'm afraid... what we'll be facing at that time will probably be the strongest End in history." Mei's glasses began to reflect light. "If you think about it this way, the safest plan now should be to abandon all current measures to fight the Honkai, immediately start building shelters on a large scale, and wait for the beginning of the next civilization."

Mobius looked at Zhu Yufeng, who then shook his head gently and said, "This... is indeed the safest option. However, if we just give up resistance like this, even in the next civilization or the next civilization, humans will never be able to defeat Honkai."

"what do you mean?"

"If we want to usher in the dawn of civilization, someone must bear the sins of this world." Zhu Yufeng crossed his arms and said, "To put it bluntly, one of me and Alicia must die in order to bring hope of victory to the next civilization."

Mebius's expression changed, and Mebius lowered his eyes to think for a moment, then said, "So, what do you think?"

"I will fight the End myself. As for the Cocoon of the End, I'll have to trouble you to find a way. According to your guess, Mei, in the end, as long as the connection between the Cocoon of the End and the End is cut off, I just need to defeat the End, and everything will be over." Zhu Yufeng said.

"But what if we fail?" Mebius whispered.