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

"If it was Olivia or Elias... things might have been worse." Ivar thought of the faces of his two colleagues, who had suffered from the symptoms of Honkai Impact due to direct contact with the Serenity Gem. They looked a little helpless. "They... are still a little too young."

"After all, among the four Cherubim of the Black Abyss, you are not known for your martial arts, but you are the most rational and good at thinking. Many things are left to you. Angelica... she is still a little too young." Otto said, "Oh, by the way, Ivar, before you go to the treatment cabin for treatment, I would like to ask you, who was born in the Black Abyss, how does the current Yulandel compare to the two Seraphim?"

"If it's Mistelin and Sariel, Bianca is still far behind them. However, if it's Ludwig, she should be able to fight him on equal terms if Ludwig doesn't use artificial collapse." Ivar said, "She still has a lot of room for growth."

"Misterine and Sariel..." Otto thought for a moment, "Those two are indeed a little different. The difference between Ludwig and them is like the difference between an ordinary person like Rita becoming an S-class Valkyrie and Bianca becoming an S-class Valkyrie."

Moreover, those two seraphim were actually not under his command, and the only seraphim he could command was Ludwig.

"By the way, you should have seen Siegfried during the operation in Singapore this time, right?"

"I'm sorry I couldn't bring you this traitor's head."

"Haha, it's okay, I won't mind this kind of thing. After all, Siegfried was an S-class Valkyrie in his prime. The only one that the Shanyat family can send out to compete with him, besides Cecilia, is Ludwig, who is a seraph. And you are not known for your martial arts, Ivar. It's better to say that Siegfried's strength has really declined a lot over the years..."

"Speaking of which, are you planning to train Theresa as your successor?" Ivar asked. "To this day, the opinion of Lady Theresa within the Mandate of Heaven is still low, even though she is now the head of Apokalis. The Shaniyat family... is not very optimistic about her either."

"She needs to grow up, and needs a suitable opportunity to grow up." Otto's eyes became a little vague, "And soon, this opportunity for growth will come. She is different from me. Destiny will not need a bishop like me in the future... Moreover, when that time comes, she will not have the command of [Black Abyss] in her hands like me."

Seeing that Otto had no intention of continuing to speak after saying this, Ivar bowed slightly and left.

After Ivar left, Otto took another sip of wine and said to himself, "So, Ivar is the only one of the four Cherubim who is capable of taking on this important task... If Olivia were here, she would definitely keep asking questions to the end..."

The four cherubim of this generation of [Black Abyss] are better than the previous generations, but the only one who can be trusted to do things is Ivar...

The remaining three cherubim...

Olivia Shaniat speaks without thinking and has a hot-tempered and impulsive personality. She is like half Kaslana, easily sold out by others and counting the money for them.

Elias Shaniat is more reliable than Olivia, but because of his social phobia, he is like a person who cannot speak. When he stands there, he is no different from a sculpture.

Angelica Shaniat is the strongest among the four Cherubim and is the same age as K423. After all, she has been training her since she was a child, but because of the experiments, she is somewhat naive.

Overall, the most reliable person in his position to deal with the dark side is Ivar.

Although Ludwig is reliable, as a Seraph he cannot be deployed casually. It is not easy to expose all his cards in the face of Anti-Entropy. When necessary, this can serve as a complete winning blow to Anti-Entropy.

That's right, Otto is confident that he can defeat Anti-Entropy now, but Destiny will pay a heavy price, which is what he and "them" in the dark don't want to see. Moreover, even if he defeats Anti-Entropy at all costs, the Anti-Entropy group will have plenty of opportunities to rebuild Anti-Entropy.

Therefore, Otto would not easily take action against Anti-Entropy without the certainty of completely annihilating Anti-Entropy. Over the years, the Shaniyat family's revenge against Anti-Entropy was nothing more than a small fight that was restrained by Otto.

In addition, the existence of anti-entropy can also help him in some ways, such as...

Give Theresa enough time and opportunity to grow.

The command of [Black Abyss] in his hands was given to him by Eleanor before she passed away. That was why he had enough say in the Shanyatid family. However... just because he could command [Black Abyss] did not mean that Theresa could. After all, the command of [Black Abyss] in his hands was essentially given to him by the head of the Shanyatid family in Eleanor's generation, and he did not have the power to pass it on to Theresa.

Originally, in history, the head of the Shaniyat family could command both [Black Abyss] and [White Flower] at the same time. In Eleanor's generation, she gave the command of [Black Abyss] to herself, and [Black Abyss] and [White Flower] were thus commanded by different people.

In fact, the generations of Shanyat family heads after Eleanor were not very capable. Coupled with the turmoil brought about by the Herrscher of Erosion, the Shanyat family fell into decline during that period. The Black Abyss at least kept the Shanyat family going during that period in his hands.

Up to now, although Leopold, the current head of the Shaniyat family, can command the [Black Abyss], he cannot actually command the members of the [Black Abyss] whose ranks are above Cherubim. However, he has the power to share the intelligence of the [Black Abyss], and the [Black Abyss] also respects him as the head of the family.

Ivar... because he was taken care of by Cecilia when he was a child, he was more or less respectful to Leopold. The other three were just doing their job.

As for the [Black Abyss] members of the Seraph level, generally speaking, it would be difficult for even the ancient head of the Shaniyat family to command them, because the members of that level are truly qualified by at least one fallen angel.

Therefore, there are cherubim in every generation, but not seraphim in every generation.

The test of the fallen angels is never that simple...

In this generation of [Black Abyss], only Ludwig is a normal Seraph, while Sariel and Misterine are purely accidental products...

Among the current Valkyries of Destiny, Rita is actually a good subordinate. You can be assured of handing many things over to Rita, but there are some things that only Ivar, the [Black Abyss], can handle.

"Maybe it's because I'm old. Sometimes I always think back to some things in the past..." Otto pressed his brows and said self-deprecatingly, "After all, I am now just an empty shell with only obsessions left."

He remembered that Eleanor had once asked him if she had met him before Kallen, would the situation be different? Otto had thought about this question, and the answer was that it would not happen.

In order to make herself become what [they] planned, every encounter between herself and Kallen was watched by [them]. Eleanor... was destined to have no chance of meeting herself earlier than Kallen.

Ivar once asked him the question of what he would do after resurrecting Kallen?

Fulfill that five hundred year engagement?

No, Otto no longer had any expectations for the engagement, or in fact, he no longer thought about whether Kallen would like him or not, and no longer cared about what he was like in Kallen's eyes. He just wanted to atone for his sins. Kallen's death was caused by his own stupidity. He clearly had countless ways to save Kallen, but he chose the stupidest one.

After resurrecting Kallen...

It seemed that he had nothing to be attached to this world. Even if he was not killed by Kallen who knew what he had done, he should have handed over the position of Bishop of Destiny to Theresa.

But Theresa doesn't have enough ability to take over the burden in her hands now, especially without the help of [Black Abyss]. Some things will be difficult for her to do, so it is necessary for her to pave the way for her.

Even if she would hate herself for it.

For Otto, there are only two important people, Kallen and Theresa. Although Theresa is far less important in his heart than Kallen, she is at least far more important than others.

So Otto would at least consider the situation for Theresa.

"Karen..."

In fact, there was one thing that Otto had never figured out. When he even saw Lucifer's afterimage in that place, he couldn't help but ask him why he lost...

How did that pink fox accomplish what he hadn't done in more than a decade in just one year? And this was done without [their] interference from beginning to end, which once made the young Otto feel frustrated.

As for Otto now?

He has come to terms with it and doesn't care anymore. At most he will try to stuff some of his own personal stuff into the "Karen Fantasy" series of games.

"But, speaking of it, in all the Karin fantasies so far, no one has ever played out that hidden ending... Did I design it too difficult?" Otto thought casually, then took out the game console.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, your work for the day is not over yet. Now is not the time to play games."

"Amber? When did you get here?"

"After Lord Ivar left."

Chapter 14: Delusional Speculations

North America, Anti-Entropy Base.

"Mr. Siegfried... Judging from the current examination results, your current physical condition is not very good. If you were treated with the medicine we prepared for you, your condition would not have worsened as long as you did not use the power of artificial collapse again... What happened in Singapore?" Liesel Einstein, one of the founders and executors of Anti-Entropy, asked Siegfried while holding his test report.

"My whereabouts were leaked to the hounds of the Shanyat family by the female vixen Cocolia." Siegfried pressed his forehead weakly and said, "Moreover, the Titan troops were mobilized to encircle and suppress those hounds."

"What?! How dare that female vixen?!" Frederica Nikola Tesla, another Anti-Entropy executor and one of the founders, said angrily, "She knew that the Shanyatids hated you to death, so she would go crazy as soon as she knew your whereabouts! And she even used Titans to encircle and suppress them? What on earth was she thinking! Did she think that the Shanyatids were not targeting us harshly enough?"

Einstein put his hand on his chin, thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that Cocolia wants to use the catalytic collapse to destroy the Shaniyat hounds that are chasing Mr. Siegfried. After all, as long as the Shaniyat family focuses their attention on Mr. Siegfried, they may not be able to pay attention to her plot."

"Ivar Shaniat... at least the hound that came this time didn't lose his mind because of me." Siegfried said, "He really wanted to kill me, and even used artificial collapse at all costs, but in the end he chose to put the overall situation first..."

"Man-made collapse?" Tesla frowned. "Can the hound of the Shaniyat family... actually do this?"

"After all, the ancestor of the Shanyati family is Lucifer. Although the legend of Lucifer is so magical that it seems fake, the Shanyati family has always been the leader of the three major families of destiny in history." Einstein sighed and said, "Even though Anti-Entropy has actively or passively fought with the Shanyati family so many times, we have never been able to see the details of this mysterious family."

"Speaking of this, isn't Cecilia your wife? After all, she is the saint of the Shaniyat family. Don't you even know how and where those hounds came from?" Tesla asked puzzledly.

"It has always been said that there is a dark organization in the Shanyatid family. My battle with Ivar also confirmed that such an organization does exist." Thinking of his wife, Siegfried's expression became a little depressed. "Cecilia... She should know about this, but she doesn't want me to explore it too much. In some places, the Shanyatid family... is really too exclusive."

"Perhaps this is also the reason why the Shanyat family is still so important in the world today." Einstein thought, "Their xenophobia may lead to some of their secrets that even Otto may not know. Similarly, even though Otto is the Bishop of Heaven's Mandate, he cannot arbitrarily order the head of the Shanyat family."

"But now we are completely at odds with the Shanyatid family. We are trying to find ways to ease the relationship, but Cocolia is still adding fuel to the fire! Is it fun to be completely opposed to those crazy people in the Shanyatid family?!" Tesla gritted his teeth and said, "The conflicts between Anti-Entropy and the Shanyatid family over the years have not made her realize this. Does she think she can fight against both the Shanyatids and the Destiny at the same time?"

In the eyes of Einstein and Tesla, although Shaniyat is one of the three major families of Destiny, they can exist independently from Destiny. It is more appropriate to say that their relationship with the current Destiny is cooperation rather than one of unity, because Destiny is an organization that fights against Honkai, and Shaniyat is a family whose mission is to eliminate Honkai. Cooperation can enable both parties to achieve a win-win situation.

But because of what happened 8 years ago, the Shaniyat family and Anti-Entropy became complete enemies.

Einstein and Tesla were not stupid. They exchanged information with Siegfried when he lost an arm due to the reawakening of the Herrscher of the Void and had to agree to cooperate with them again. They did not think that if Otto were to experiment on the real Kiana, Siegfried would have a chance to discover it.

The only possible explanation is that Otto let Siegfried find out on purpose.

Then everything can be connected.

Otto has always regarded Anti-Entropy as a thorn in his side. During the Second Collapse, he plotted against Walter Young several times. If Siegfried had not arrived in time the first time, he would have almost killed him. Later, he forced Walter to go to the moon to die. Although these plans ultimately failed, Walter's body has not recovered until now.

The Shaniyat family has always maintained a neutral attitude towards Anti-Entropy. They will not interfere excessively in the struggle between Destiny and Anti-Entropy. In the Second Collapse, Cecilia also represented the Shaniyat family and reached a brief cooperation with Anti-Entropy.

But Siegfried's defection eight years ago completely put the Shaniyat family in opposition to Anti-Entropy.

Einstein and Tesla did not believe the claim that Otto was not behind this. Their years of experience in fighting against Otto told them that this was the truth.

But there are more questions. Did no one in the Shanyat family see Otto's conspiracy? In addition, why did the Shanyat family, who agreed to Otto's experiment on Kiana, go crazy because of Kiana's accident?

Siegfried believed that the Shanyat family wanted to transform Kiana into a machine to fight the Honkai. Although considering the history of the Shanyat family, it was possible that those lunatics could do such a thing to fight the Honkai, but Einstein still felt that something was wrong, or that there was information that they did not know.

Einstein's intuition told him that the current madness of the Shaniyat family and their strange attitude towards Kiana were most likely because Kiana was involved in one of their core secrets.

Just like Cecilia did.

But intuition is just intuition after all. Einstein had no evidence to prove what he thought. He could only say that this was one of the situations that could reasonably explain those doubts.

"Really? Some people in Anti-Entropy are still traumatized by the Shanyat family crest. Over the years, the Shanyat family has really been unscrupulous. Before the complete confrontation, who would have thought that the crazy family could be so crazy!" Tesla scratched his hair and said irritably, "Even I still find it difficult to connect Cecilia with that crazy family."

"The family crest of the Shaniat family..." Siegfried heard this word and suddenly remembered something crucial, "Family crest... yes, that's the family crest!"

"Ah? What family crest? Is there any mystery behind the Shanyiat family crest?" Tesla looked at Siegfried and asked.

"I remember Cecilia told me that the Shanyat family crest symbolizes the pure white flower among the black abyss white flowers. The white flower symbolizes resisting destruction and healing wounds." Siegfried said, "I didn't think much about it at the time, but... if the dark side of the Shanyat family really exists, then does their crest symbolize the [Black Abyss] of death?"

"【Black Abyss】... Indeed, according to what you said, there is indeed such a possibility. No, I should say that it may be like this." Einstein nodded and said.

"But what use is there to us knowing this now? Apart from telling us that we have offended not only [White Flower] but also [Black Abyss], what use is there to us?" Tesla said with a sneer.

"That's true... Whether the [Black Abyss] really exists or not is not important at all. After all, the dark side of the Shanyat family does exist, and it doesn't matter what the dark side is called..." Siegfried said with a wry smile.

"[Black Abyss] and [White Flower]..." Einstein frowned tightly. "I remember that someone from Anti-Entropy also studied the beliefs of the Shanyatid family. For the Shanyatid family, Alysia is the one who controls life. They came to this world because of Alysia's blessing. She is the origin of everything. Lucifer is the one who controls death. After their death, their souls will return to Lucifer's temple. It is the end of everything. Finally, a reincarnation is completed..."

"The story of Lucifer is a myth, right?" Tesla said speechlessly. "Chicken Cot Head, you have to know that even Kaslana's ancestor Kevin Kaslana is close to a legend to us. If we hadn't found the remains of the previous civilization that recorded Kevin's existence, who would believe that he really existed? Let alone Lucifer. In our search of the remains of the previous civilization, we have not found any records of Lucifer."

"Just because we haven't found it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, does it?" Einstein said. "The Shaniyat family's belief, which has lasted for thousands of years, is not necessarily groundless."

"So where is the omniscient and omnipotent Lucifer in the myth?" Tesla spread his hands. "Reversing time, changing cause and effect, omniscient and omnipotent... Do you believe that this guy is from the same era as Kevin and the others? Do you believe what you said? Chicken Coop Head, even if you are just guessing, can you at least use some science?"

“Indeed, the current legend of Lucifer is indeed a bit exaggerated, and perhaps there is an element of exaggeration, but if Lucifer really exists…” Einstein felt that he was about to connect some things together, “Dr. Tesla, do you remember what was recorded in the incomplete stone tablet we discovered in the Mesopotamian civilization before? The Son of the Dawn will eventually return…”

"And then? I remember that the stone slab was finally bought by the family of Miss Eden, who is currently working at Saint Freya, but...wait, you mean..."

"Lucifer is the god who brings the dawn in legends, so there is nothing wrong with calling him the Son of the Dawn. Moreover, the details recorded on the stone tablet are similar to the legends of the Shaniyat family." Einstein said, "Although the historical community attributes the contents of the stone tablet to the hymns of the ancestors, and the stories recorded in it are their fantasies and pursuits of love, what would happen if the contents on it were combined with the legends and history of the Shaniyat family?"

"'Their descendants paved the bridge connecting the world and the underworld. The Son of the Dawn who fell into it will eventually step onto this blood-stained bridge and meet the Daughter of God who fell to the earth'... No, although what you said does make some sense, it's a bit too crazy, isn't it?" Tesla said with his eyes wide open, "Lucifer is the only one recorded as dead in the legend. Even Kevin didn't explain his whereabouts in the end, but Lucifer was already recorded as dead when civilization was born. After all, resurrecting the dead is too... too..."

"Isn't the bishop of Destiny doing the same thing?" Einstein said, spreading his hands. "The Shaniyats just extended the time by more than ten times. With their belief in Lucifer, it's not surprising that they would do such a thing, right?"

A long-cherished wish spanning more than 5,000 years...

"How can this be the same? Lucifer must have been killed without a complete body, right?" Tesla still couldn't believe it. "During the time when I was targeted by the Shaniyat family, I also read a lot of legends about their ancestors. No matter which version of the story, Lucifer eventually dissipated in the light without leaving anything behind. Moreover, the preservation of the body for five thousand years is also a problem... Wait, the body... Could it be that the Shaniyat family..."

"They want Kiana as the vessel for Lucifer's resurrection?!" Siegfried said this before Tesla, and he was also shocked by his own idea.

"Yes, this may explain why the Shanyat family has such a strange attitude towards Kiana and is close to madness after the defection." Einstein said in a deep voice, "Mr. Siegfried, don't forget that the body is the container of consciousness. The fact that you were almost taken over by Kevin during the Second Collapse is an example. Otto's abandonment of his human body and use of a soul steel body is also an example. If Lucifer's body only perishes and his consciousness is sealed somewhere - we can temporarily compare this place to Hades, He cannot be 'resurrected' in the way Kevin or Otto do, so..."

"Did they choose Kiana as the vessel for Lucifer's resurrection?" Siegfried gritted his teeth.

"That's not right. If that's the case, then I think the Shanyat family is not crazy enough about anti-entropy." Tesla questioned, "Wouldn't it be a big deal for them to destroy their thousands of years of long-cherished wish? Forget about anti-entropy, Otto can't escape either, right?"

"That's right. So, I suspect that the real Kiana might still be alive." Einstein lowered his eyes. "Although this is really hard to believe... Never mind. Let's just regard what I said today as my unfounded delusion. But at least it is certain that the Shaniyat family is very likely trying to achieve some important goal through Kiana."

"Then Moonlight Throne...are we still going to carry out that plan?"

"Let's continue with the original plan. This is the first step in our cooperation with Theresa... As for Cocolia, we'll ask her to give an explanation at the next executor meeting."

Chapter 15 The Dust-Forgotten Past in Dreams

Bianca found herself trapped.

She couldn't move here. She wanted to make a sound, but her throat seemed to be blocked. She struggled to break free from the invisible restraints, but found that she had no strength at all.

After the initial attempts, Bianca calmed down and looked at the scene in front of her with a blank expression.

What appeared before her seemed to be a family of three, with a gentle mother, a careless father, and a lively daughter, but their faces were blurry and she couldn't hear what they were saying.

She only knew that the family in front of her was very happy.

But these joys have nothing to do with her, because she has no past...

In an instant, the scene in front of me was shattered. The mother of the family of three was nowhere to be found. The father picked up another girl and left in the fire, leaving the original daughter lying under the rubble. The daughter tried hard to reach out to her father who was leaving, but the father never looked back.

Bianca remained silent.

Finally, she found she could speak, so she said, "What are you up to?"

The scene in front of her disappeared in an instant and turned into a door wrapped with countless chains. A girl with no clear image seemed to be sitting on the door with her legs crossed. Although her face was blurry, it was obvious that she was looking down at Bianca with a condescending attitude.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Bianca frowned.