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

Theresa knew that Otto was closely watching her, and now the Shanyat family had also focused their attention on her. Angelica Shanyat had already enrolled in school, and according to the Shanyat family's request, Angelica was assigned to the fifth Valkyrie team to fight together with Kiana and the others.

Although this matter violated the regulations on the organization of the Valkyrie team, the Shanyat family requested it. In addition, Angelica herself had an A-level Valkyrie rating and could move freely like Fu Hua, so in the end Theresa also incorporated Angelica into the fifth team according to the Shanyat family's request.

Angelia's purpose of coming to Saint Freya is obvious. The reason given by the Shaniyat family is to "protect" Kiana. The rest are unwilling to tell Theresa more. What is the identity of Kiana now? Would the Shaniyat family not know? But after they learned about Kiana's news, they just chose to place a Shaniyat member next to Kiana...

What does Kiana mean to them?

Theresa wanted to find out some of the inside story, but after this incident, she lost her original trust in the Shaniyatt family as Maria said. Cecilia's father Leopold no longer had any contact with her, and Desdobia at the Mission headquarters also apologized to her for not being able to provide her with more information about the Shaniyatt family.

By sorting out the currently known information, Theresa could only come to one conclusion, that is, the current Kiana was extremely important to the Shanyiat family, because Angelica, who they designated to "protect" Kiana, was only an A-level Valkyrie in name in Theresa's view.

Taking her true strength into consideration, Angelica is very likely to be an S-rank Valkyrie, but her only flaw is that she lacks emotions extremely seriously and her ability to express herself is also insufficient. Theresa observed Angelica several times after she entered school and found that she had no vitality like her peers should have, just like an exquisite rag doll.

Perhaps it is because of this that the Shaniyat family assigned her to monitor and ensure Kiana's safety. She can only mechanically execute orders, and other than that, she hardly behaves like a normal human being at this age.

If Theresa hadn't noticed that Angelica would smile at the butterfly resting on her finger when she was alone, she would have suspected that Angelica was a robot.

Then came Maria... After being brought back to the Shanyiat family, there was no news from her. The official news from the Tianming headquarters was that she was ill and temporarily unable to perform her original job, and was replaced by Cheng Lixue.

Anti-Entropy might have known something. During the attack on Saint Freya, Theresa repeatedly observed the video footage from the undamaged cameras in the academy and discovered that Anti-Entropy was also trying to take Kiana away, and they had never discussed this with her!

The losses caused by the attack by Anti-Entropy also made her very sad, not because of the lost buildings and equipment of Saint Freya, but because of those innocent students. In Theresa's eyes, nothing was more important than the students in the academy. In this attack, a total of 27 Valkyries were injured, of which 4 were disabled for life and forced to lose their status as Valkyries.

Theresa's original purpose of leaving the headquarters and founding Saint Freya was to allow these children who became Valkyries to enjoy their youth at an age when they should be free, rather than being trained and consumed like weapons. However, after this incident, what was supposed to be just an assessment ended up with four girls becoming disabled...

If it was a mission, Theresa wouldn't have said anything, but this was just an ordinary assessment...

Theresa thought that Anti-Entropy needed to give her a reasonable explanation. If Anti-Entropy could not give her such an explanation, then even if she continued to have a quarrel with her grandfather, she would not continue to cooperate with Anti-Entropy.

With this thought in mind, Theresa activated the secret device.

After waiting for a while, Einstein's voice came from the other end of the device: "Ms. Theresa, after a period of silence, you finally chose to contact us."

"I have to contact you. I think I need to know something." Theresa said in a deep voice, "For example, regarding the anti-entropy attack on Saint Freya this time, I still hope you won't tell me that it was Cocolia's doing. The Titan that tried to approach Kiana was remotely controlled by Siegfried, right?"

Einstein was silent for a while, then he said, "Yes."

"What on earth was he thinking?! What on earth were you thinking?!" Theresa's emotions seemed to explode at this moment. "You kept talking about cooperation, but you attacked Saint Freya at that moment. I don't care about the damage to the buildings and equipment, but why did you attack those children! Especially Siegfried, is he with you? Let him come over! Let him explain to me why he gave Kiana such a name! Why did he tell her about the past that didn't belong to her!"

After Theresa calmed down a little, Einstein spoke again: "Ms. Theresa, we will take responsibility for this attack. We do not deny the mistakes we made... But there are some things I think I really need to let you know."

"What's the matter?" Theresa frowned. "Why did you attack Saint Freya?"

"Judging from your tone, Ms. Theresa, we actually came to this conclusion when we were reviewing and summarizing the incident after it happened. That is, it was not you who initially informed us of the Shanyat family's movements, but a conspiracy by Otto." Einstein said slowly.

"Is it possible that your Anti-Entropy's secret communication channel has not been hacked by Grandpa?" Theresa said, "If that were the case, Grandpa would have heard my communication with you now."

"That was indeed our oversight. To ensure safety, Anti-Entropy has a number of secret communication channels, and one of them has been deciphered by Destiny but has never been monitored, resulting in it slipping through Anti-Entropy's screening net." Einstein said, "But you can rest assured that the channel we communicated on this time was monitored by Anti-Entropy throughout the process and would not be discovered by Destiny."

Theresa was silent for a while. Based on her understanding of her grandfather, what Einstein said was indeed something her grandfather would do. If she thought divergently based on this, it would not be difficult to find out what her grandfather's intention was. However, this was ultimately just speculation. What if she knew that it was her grandfather who did it?

Does she have evidence? Or does Anti-Entropy have evidence?

No.

Then a rift is created, and she will always be distrustful and wary of Anti-Entropy, and in the subsequent cooperation, the existence of this rift will also make the communication between the two sides difficult.

No matter what, regardless of whether Anti-Entropy was used by Grandpa, the fact on the table is that Anti-Entropy's mecha attacked Saint Freya, causing considerable casualties and property losses.

As if he knew what Theresa was thinking, Einstein continued, "Of course, we can understand your distrust of us, Ms. Theresa. After all, the cause of the negligence in this operation was also due to our concealment of the truth from you. Based on this, we sincerely assure you that the next Anti-Entropy operation will complete two-way information communication with Saint Freya to ensure that the same tragedy will not happen again."

"But you also know very well that this kind of thing can never happen again." Theresa said coldly, "In addition, you need to complete the information exchange with Saint Freya, but as for Saint Freya, I'm sorry, I think I can't share some information with you."

"That's understandable." Einstein seemed to smile bitterly.

"Of course, this matter is not over yet. I want to know why the target of Anti-Entropy's operation this time is Kiana." Theresa continued, "Instead of Raiden Mei who was targeted by you before. Do you know some special relationship between Kiana and the Shaniyat family?"

"In that regard, indeed, we also think we should share this news with you." Einstein said calmly, "Although there may be factors in Otto's deliberate misleading of us, but from the information we know, the Shaniyat family seems to want to use Kiana to revive their ancestor, the legendary hero, Lucifer Shaniyat."

"What did you say?" Theresa frowned. "Lucifer Shaniyate? Dr. Einstein, I think there should be a limit even if you are joking. Lucifer Shaniyate only exists in legends. There is no evidence to prove his existence. Whether it is any ancient civilization relics discovered so far or other historical records, there is no written evidence to prove that Lucifer Shaniyate really existed."

"I know and understand that when we first came to such a conclusion, it was also extremely unbelievable." Einstein said, "But if we substitute such a conclusion into the current actions of the Shaniyat family, can we get a good explanation for all the ins and outs?"

Theresa's pupils shrank. At this moment, she thought of Angelica Shanyat, who could only mechanically execute orders. After being silent for a long time, she spoke again: "Indeed, this can explain some of the Shanyat family's actions, but in the final analysis, this is just an inference. You have no solid evidence to prove that this is the ultimate goal of the Shanyat family. It should not be the reason for your attack on Saint Freya this time!"

Einstein at the other end of the communicator sighed deeply and said, "I think Mr. Siegfried should explain this to you in detail."

Then, there was silence on the other end of the communicator for a long time before a somewhat depressed and tired voice rang out: "Theresa..."

“Siegfried!” Theresa’s eyes seemed to be spitting fire when she heard this voice. “It’s the same again! First it was Kiana of Destiny, and now it’s Saint Freya. How many times do you have to mess things up before you can change your self-righteous habit?!”

After Einstein said that, she immediately understood that there was a high probability that Siegfried was behind this anti-entropy action.

Siegfried was silent for a moment, then he said weakly: "I know... but I can't do anything..."

"Your only solution is to let everyone get hurt, right?" Theresa laughed in anger, "Do you know that the original Kiana is still in Tianming, under the control of Grandpa? You also gave her name to the current Kiana. Have you ever thought about what it will be like when they meet?!"

"Kiana... is she still alive? Theresa, how is she doing now? What happened to Otto..."

"...Do you think you have the right to ask me this?" Theresa's mood suddenly became very calm at this moment. "Siegfried, let me tell you, I don't know how Kiana is doing now, but I know she is still alive. But all this has nothing to do with you, understand? Now you only need to answer me one question. Is this attack on Saint Freya by Anti-Entropy the result of your impulsive thinking again?"

"I can't watch the Shanyat family continue to do to Kiana what they did to her back then." Siegfried said in a hoarse voice, "Back then they conducted experiments on Kiana many times before they created the Kiana we have today. Even Leopold knows about this. I can't watch them continue to treat my and Cecilia's daughter like this..."

Theresa was silent for a moment before she spoke: "Is this the reason why you attacked Saint Freya?"

"Anti-Entropy has never intended to hurt anyone. From the beginning, Titan has adopted the 'suppression' order." Siegfried said somewhat weakly, "But we didn't expect that the Shanyiat family cracked the core program of Titan and changed the 'suppression' order to 'annihilation'... In this incident, Ludwig was the one who led this matter... The Shanyiat family has gone completely crazy, Theresa, they can't be believed at all..."

"Then how much capital do you think you have to be trusted?" Theresa asked back, and at the same time she began to think about what happened that day. Indeed, after the Anti-Entropy attack was defeated, the Shanyat family came to deal with the matter a little too quickly. Ivar was the one who communicated with her, and it was indeed Ludwig who took Maria away.

But this is also groundless talk. Can Siegfried provide evidence to prove that the Shaniat family directed and acted in this drama themselves?

What's more, Siegfried's credit with her was no different from being bankrupt. It was purely for the sake of the other two anti-entropy executors that she was willing to give Siegfried the minimum trust.

In fact, rather than saying that the Shaniyat family changed "suppression" to "annihilation", it is more credible to say that Cocolia is making small moves. After all, Cocolia's research on Titan technology has always been at the forefront of Anti-Entropy, and Cocolia is also a staunch advocate of war among Anti-Entropy, and she is eager for Anti-Entropy to go to war with Destiny.

"I know...but you've seen Maria's character..."

"Okay, Siegfried, you don't have to say anything more. That's it. I just hope you will get involved less or not at all in these things in the future." Theresa suddenly felt tired. "After that, let Dr. Einstein tell me what to do next."

Chapter 29: Longing for Gems

Shortly after the Valkyrie Exam incident, Theresa called Kiana and the others to the principal's office and explained to them a mission they were about to perform.

"As you can see, the decoding of the database on the Moonlight Throne has been completed. In order to activate the Moonlight Throne, we must collect the corresponding four gems." Theresa showed the decoding results of the Moonlight Throne to the three members of the fifth team. "I don't think I need to explain these four gems. In fact, they are the four parts of the Herrscher core of the Second Herrscher who caused the entire collapse during the Second Great Collapse. The Conquest Gem in your body is also one of them."

"But, Principal, it's not easy to take out the Conqueror Gem from Mei-sister, right?" Bronya asked.

"That's right. It's been a long time since Mei was implanted with the Conquest Gem. The compatibility between the Conquest Gem and Mei's body is also increasing. In the short term, if we want to remove the Conquest Gem from Mei's body... at least Saint Freya doesn't have the technology to do so at the moment." Theresa operated on the keyboard at hand for a few times, and the screen in front of Kiana and the others changed again. "But this time I called you here not for anything else, but because of one of the gems. I'm eager for news about the gem."

"The Gem of Desire?" Kiana, Mei and Bronya looked at each other and thought about it at the same time. She still remembered that the Gem of Serenity she had seen in Singapore, and the Gem of Conquest in Mei's body. So this time it was the Gem of Desire...

"This place... is the Oceania branch of Skyrim?" Bronya recognized the map that Theresa showed on the screen.

"That's right. Not long ago, a collapse occurred in the Skymandate Oceania branch, causing the entire branch to be paralyzed. The Desire Gem was also in a laboratory in the Oceania branch, but when the branch's Valkyrie arrived, the Desire Gem had disappeared. The headquarters blocked the relevant news, and Anti-Entropy didn't learn about the situation so quickly." Theresa said with her hands on her chin, "According to the requirements of the headquarters, each nearby branch should provide a team to assist in dealing with this collapse. Saint Freya has just been attacked by Anti-Entropy, and your fifth team is the only team with rich combat experience. The Desire Gem is also our target, so I want you to go to the Oceania branch and recover the Desire Gem."

"But Principal, how can we guarantee that we can find the Desire Gem before others?" Mei asked, "Do we have to rely on the Conquer Gem in my body?"

"That's not necessary." Theresa replied, "The Moonlight Throne has been moved to Hyperion. According to the Moonlight Throne's detector, we can locate the exact location of the Desire Gem and get ahead of others."

"I see..." The three of them seemed to be thinking about something.

"Okay, all of you go get ready first. Kiana, you stay here." Theresa said, "By the way, Mei, go inform Angelica. After all, she is now a teammate with you. She must participate in this operation as well."

"I understand, Principal." Mei nodded, but she still had some doubts in her heart. Angelica was from the Shanyat family. If Theresa wanted to avoid the headquarters and accept the Desire Gem first, she should also avoid the Shanyat family, which belonged to the headquarters faction, right? Or did Theresa have other arrangements?

After Mei and Bronya left, Kiana looked at Theresa and said, "Principal, why did you leave me alone? Is there something wrong?"

"You're more patient than I thought." Theresa looked at Kiana helplessly, "I thought you would come to see me, but I didn't expect you to be quiet during this period of time, and you kept running to Teacher Grayshu. Siegfried...he talked to you during the test, right?"

"Hmm..." Kiana nodded, "So, Principal, have you finally decided to tell me where my father is?"

"You've already guessed it, right?" Theresa rolled her eyes. "Yes, your father Siegfried... He is now in Anti-Entropy. He defected from the headquarters with you, who is extremely important to the Shanyatid family. That's why the Shanyatid family has been hunting him down until now."

"So, Angelica is the person arranged by the Shaniyat family to be by my side to 'protect' and 'monitor' me?" Kiana asked.

"That's right." Theresa nodded. "But I don't know why the Shanyati family has a contradictory attitude towards you and why you are so important to the Shanyati family. This is all I know at this stage."

Then she looked at Kiana with empty eyes and said, "Come to think of it, Kiana, before the Valkyrie exam, I always thought that you were just like a single-celled organism in most cases, but now I can only say that you are very talented in role-playing."

"Is it possible that excellence is just a kind of role-playing for me, and what I showed before is my true self?" Kiana said with a smile.

"Heh... Anyway, congratulations on officially becoming an A-rank Valkyrie." Theresa paused for a moment, then continued, "Don't worry about your father Siegfried's affairs. I will help you deal with them. When the time is right, I think you will have a chance to have a real face-to-face conversation."

"So what kind of time is ripe when it comes to this?" Kiana asked with her eyes lowered.

"When the time is right, it is right. You will meet naturally. Okay, get ready. The Hyperion will set sail for the Oceania branch soon. Time waits for no one." Theresa waved her hand and said, "Kiana, I still say the same thing. There is no need to worry about Siegfried and the Shanyat family. As long as I am here, I will help you deal with it while I can still control the situation..."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, aunt." Kiana smiled, waved goodbye to Theresa, and left the principal's office.

After Kiana closed the door, Theresa sat in her seat in silence for a long time before she said faintly, "Is the time ripe... But I think that this time may never be ripe, and it's better not to be ripe."

After all, when Siegfried shows up, nothing good happens...

"Hey, I forgot to tell Kiana and the others about Wendy." Theresa suddenly slapped her head and said to herself, "Wendy...how are you doing in the Oceania branch now...forget it, I'll tell Kiana and the others on the way."

As she spoke, she operated a few times on the keyboard at hand, and the information of a black-haired girl appeared on the screen.

Wendy, an A-rank Valkyrie, is Theresa's student from Saint Freya, and is also a volunteer for experiments related to the Gem of Desire. Skydestiny has been conducting research on the three gems in her hands. The Gem of Disease is being studied by the Holheim Laboratory, but the specific content is unknown. The Gem of Tranquility and the Gem of Desire are both being used for experiments that require volunteers.

The goal of the experiment is to make the Valkyrie gain a stronger combat power similar to that of a Herrscher, but Theresa herself doesn't really believe in these things. This kind of experiment cannot be without risks, and the risk is likely to be very high.

So she doesn't really support her students to participate in this kind of experiment.

It was unknown where Wendy got the news from, but she decided to participate in the experiment on the Desire Gem. After asking about her wishes, Theresa finally chose to respect Wendy's choice and wrote a letter of recommendation for her to the headquarters. She hoped that the headquarters would take care of Wendy a little bit because of her status as the head of the Apokalis family.

After Wendy went to participate in the experiment of the Desire Gem, she still contacted Theresa at first to let her know that Wendy was doing well there, but later, the contact between the two sides was directly cut off. Theresa didn't know what happened to Wendy in the Oceania branch. She wanted to ask, but her grandfather didn't have any intention of telling her the inside story, and just asked her to read the volunteer regulations again by herself.

Theresa had a bad feeling about the collapse of the Oceania branch of the Sky Mandate this time, but she still had some hope that Wendy might be alive. She wondered if Wendy was okay now...

However, this time, in addition to Kiana, who has always been very reliable, Angelica arranged by the Shanyiat family is also a force that cannot be underestimated. With the two of them here, there should be no accidents.

To be on the safe side, I have to secretly tell Kiana to be more careful. The news that Einstein from Anti-Entropy passed on said that Cocolia seemed to be doing something in the Far East recently.

The anti-entropy executors are independent of each other, so it is normal that Einstein and the others don't know what Cocolia is doing. However, he has already agreed with Einstein that they will not interfere in this incident, at least not interfere with his recovery of the Desire Gem, but he has to be on guard against Cocolia.

Cocolia has an almost crazy hatred for the Shanyiat family. In this operation, there are a total of two members of the Shanyiat family, including Kiana. It is not impossible that the madman Cocolia will do something outrageous.

Kiana here.

"The Moonlight Throne... According to my aunt, my dad is indeed fighting against entropy now. It was also said on the Moonlight Throne that it was a birthday present for me, so, is this a gift from my dad?" Kiana asked in her heart.

[Maybe, but I don't think Siegfried alone can have such great power. Just like this time he was able to invade Saint Freya with so many anti-entropy mechas to take you away, he at least has a cooperative relationship with the anti-entropy executives at the level of the anti-entropy executors.]

"That's true... But what exactly is that Moonlight Throne? It requires four gems to activate it, so it sounds very powerful. Feng, do you know anything about it?"

Kiana asked the question in her heart, but immediately felt that her question was stupid. Although Feng always acted omnipotent, like a Stigmata A-Mon, he has been dead for quite some time, and Teacher Grayshu has grown up. He might not know about the emerging technology like the Moonlight Throne.

So she immediately changed the topic and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot that you had already..."

[The Moonlight Throne is a weapon specifically designed to target Herrscher and Honkai energy. 】

"Eh?!"

[It's nothing. Destiny and Anti-Entropy have already discovered some records about the Moonlight Throne. This technology is not developed by Anti-Entropy alone, but a pre-civilization technology.]

"Pre-civilization technology?"

[That's right, but it seems that Anti-Entropy Innate Fate completed the analysis of the Moonlight Throne in one step... In short, the Moonlight Throne can greatly disintegrate the Honkai energy and has a strong effect of restraining the Herrscher.]

"It would definitely hurt if it hits you..."

【…】

"No, there shouldn't be even any ash left... No wonder it needs four gems to activate it. It's really amazing. But you're also amazing. You even know this. Is there anything else you don't know?"

[There are many things I don't know, for example, I don't even remember that the Moonlight Throne requires Desire Gems to activate. Perhaps the anti-entropy technology was not fully reproduced when it was reproduced, resulting in some defects in the current Moonlight Throne technology, which requires four gems to activate. ]

"I suddenly became curious about the previous civilization. It seems that many of the advanced technologies of Destiny and Anti-Entropy are left behind by the previous civilization... For example, the Throne of the Gods weapon that the principal gave me not long ago was also said to be the result of Destiny's research on the technology of the previous civilization?"

[You will have plenty of opportunities to learn more about this in the future. As far as the facts are concerned, the data analysis of some Herrschers' abilities by Destiny and Anti-Entropy also comes from the records of previous civilizations, and thus the Herrschers were named such as the Herrscher of Reason, the Herrscher of Void, and the Herrscher of Thunder.]

"That previous civilization..."

[It has been destroyed, turned into a pile of dust, and buried in the long river of time. What is left to the modern civilization is only their technology, not their stories...]

"..."

Kiana was silent for a long time. She recalled what she saw when she was a child, the helplessness of the people under the Honkai, and the battles against Honkai after she became a Valkyrie. It was not until she boarded Hyperion that she said in her heart: "I will definitely not let this happen, at least as long as I am alive."

[Heh... Kiana, don't you think your words are a bit too arrogant? Why do you think you can be the one who can stop all this? Don't forget, even if the sky falls, there is someone taller than you, Yulandel.]

"What are you talking about? Regardless of whether this is arrogant or not, for the Shaniyat family and the Kaslana family, isn't it the mission of the two families to protect humanity from the hands of Honkai? After all, I am a person with bloodlines from both sides, right?"

A certain spirit behind the scenes chuckled.

[…Well said.]