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

After Himeko and Mei left, Kiana activated the Honkai energy-inducing device and stared at the numbers on the console, lost in thought.

[Ha, you are really brave. I just asked you to come over and try, but I didn't tell you to come over and risk your life, right? ]

The long-lost voice in my head sounded.

"That's a pity. I don't like to give up halfway when I can accomplish something. Besides, even if I absorb the Houkai energy here, my body will not be unable to withstand it. At most, my consciousness will be slightly impacted."

[Aren’t you afraid that your consciousness will be disconnected if you transfer your EOS account? ]

"Don't we have you? You've been watching the show for so long, can't I ask you to do a little work?"

[…I really can’t do anything about you. Forget it, just do it. However, after this operation, you have to increase your training volume. Is that okay?]

"What new training intensity can you come up with for me?"

[You will know when Kevin comes back. ]

"what?"

Chapter 82: What the Heart Asks

The outer area of ​​Shencheng Medicine.

Tesla, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Mei and Himeko coming out and immediately said, "Mei, Himeko, you finally came out... Eh? Where's Kiana? Didn't she come out with you?"

"Kiana..." Mei lowered her eyes, "She..."

"Like Rita and the others, Kiana was also infected with that special serum gas. Now she is preparing to forcibly absorb the large amount of Honkai energy induced by the Honkai energy inducing device. Based on this, she will use the authority of the Herrscher of the Void to teleport the EOS, which is about to detonate, to a higher place." Jizi interjected.

"What? Is she crazy? Absorbing the Honkai energy induced by the Honkai Energy Inducing Device... Wait, let me calculate..." Tesla immediately operated the device on his arm, "This... Let's not talk about whether this large dose of Honkai energy will have any effect on her consciousness, her body will also suffer strong side effects? Didn't you stop her?"

Ji Zi lowered her head and said after a while: "She has made up her mind..."

Considering the degree of depletion of Honkai energy in Kiana's body at that time, if she and Mei wanted to take Kiana away by force, it could be done, but she knew very well that if she did that, Kiana would feel guilty for the rest of her life because of everything that might happen afterwards, leaving her with irreparable regrets.

She knew very well that it was Kiana's own choice. She just didn't understand why things had come to this point.

Rita, who was resting nearby, heard what Tesla said, just raised her eyes slightly, and then turned her gaze to Mia and other Shaniyat family members who came to meet them.

These Shanyiat family members should not ignore such a risky thing, but now although some of them showed anxiety on their faces, Mia, as the deputy captain, looked calm. In Kiana's absence, Mia was their leader.

So...is there some hidden story behind this?

While Rita was trying to figure out Shaniyate's thoughts, Tesla couldn't help but ask Mia, "Hey, Shaniyate over there, your captain is doing something dangerous now, are you going to ignore it?"

"Lady Kiana can do it, that's all." Mia said coldly.

"Not... just because of this? What are you thinking?" Tesla looked at Mia in disbelief and said, "Do you know how much risk there is? She is not just..."

"Lady Kiana is the child being watched by Lord Lucifer, so she can do it." Mia's tone remained flat.

Jizi crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Mia with a serious gaze. Sure enough, everything was almost the same as she thought. Kiana's confidence in doing this, and Mia and other Shaniyat family members' indifference to this, basically proved that this was an instruction from Lucifer. No matter whether Kiana could succeed in the end, Lucifer would come to put an end to it.

Just like it was at the Destiny Airport.

So the question is, why did Lucifer do this?

Using the lives of a city of people as a test for a child? The consequences of Kiana's failure are self-evident. Even if she succeeds, what will happen? Why would Kiana take on such a heavy task?

Also, even with Lucifer's support, all the damage Kiana suffered during this mission was borne by Kiana herself, whether it was the previous fight with the Scarlet Reaper, or the impact of Honkai energy that she had to resist with willpower now... Isn't this really too early for a child of her age?

At the same time, she also felt the powerlessness that came from her inability to do anything about all this. If they, the adults, could do it, if they could stop the Jackal's plan, then Kiana wouldn't have to bear all of this alone now.

"Don't you think... that Lucifer's arrangement is reasonable?" Jizi looked at Mia and said.

Lucifer is a legendary hero, why did he make such a decision?

As soon as these words were spoken, Mia and the other Shaniyat looked at Himeko with unfriendly eyes. They would not allow anyone to openly disrespect their ancestors. Some Shaniyat had already put their hands on their weapons, but Mia still reached out to stop her. Kiana was their captain, and Kiana had told them before that they must not hurt Himeko and others.

It is the subordinates' duty to obey orders.

Mia looked at Jizi and said expressionlessly: "Then do you think it is impossible for Lady Kiana to do these things?"

"Even if there is, it's too much for Kiana..."

Before Mei finished speaking, Mia turned her gaze to Mei: "It's possible. Being in danger is not uncommon for the Shaniyat family. It's just because we can do it. We are the only ones who can do this, so we will go."

Mei was stunned.

"If Lady Kiana doesn't step forward this time, if Lady Kiana chooses to lead us to retreat, then who do you think can save all the lives in this city?" Mia asked back, "If the people who can do it, the people who can stand up in times of crisis don't step forward, will human history still be here today?"

Mei and others were silent.

"For Shaniyat, 12 years old is the age when we step into the frontal battlefield against Honkai." Mia turned her gaze to the direction where Kiana was. "For other people, at this age, they should still be in school and enjoy their youth, but for us, from the age of 12, we have to shoulder the future of mankind."

Mei pursed her lips. She recalled the conversation she had with her father, Raiden Ryoma, before she came here. Raiden Ryoma's evaluation of Shaniyat was as follows: "Of course you can think that Shaniyat is crazy, but no one can deny that it is such a group of crazy people who have been protecting mankind from thousands of years ago until now, fighting against the Honkai and protecting the human civilization we see now."

"I have heard of Saint Freya's teaching principles. I have no right to comment on Theresa Apokalis's educational philosophy. She may have her own ideas." Mia's eyes fell back on Jizi. "Saint Freya has her own ideas, and Shaniyat has its own ideas. Muliangta Jizi, you are Saint Freya's teacher, and you have also taught Lady Kiana. I can understand your ideas, but you have to understand..."

Mia paused, and then said as if with a warning: "Ms. Kiana is now a member of the Shanyat family. She chose the Shanyat family. Saint Freya has no right to interfere in our affairs."

"Did she choose Shaniyat, or was it because Lucifer designated her to be Shaniyat?" Ji Zi did not retreat, but stepped forward and asked back.

"Since you can assume that Lady Kiana did this because Lucifer ordered her to do so, why can't you assume that this was Lady Kiana's own choice?" Mia crossed her arms. "To put it bluntly, do you really understand Lady Kiana? Do you know what Lady Kiana has been through during this period? If you don't know, how can you make such a rash judgment?"

Ji Zi was speechless.

While the few people were talking, the device in Tesla's hand suddenly sounded an alarm, indicating that a lawyer had responded.

The people who had already evacuated to the outside world looked up at the place where the Herrscher's reaction appeared, and saw a ray of light in the sky, flying towards the EOS in the air like a reverse-flying meteor.

Suddenly, Jizi heard Mia speaking again not far away: "Murata Jizi... Not everyone can live the same life as ordinary people. We stepped onto the battlefield at the age of 12 so that other ordinary people can sit in the classroom safely at this age without being harmed by Honkai."

The Shaniyat family is descended from gods, with the blood of gods flowing in our veins. We are naturally nobler than others, but we also have the responsibility to protect others.

Because our ancestors were once just ordinary people among millions of people, but in order to protect, they embarked on the long ladder to become gods.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, are these sacrifices made day after day really meaningful?"

The blond bishop did not answer her question directly, but took the young girl to a classroom. In another space separated by a wall, the sound of reading aloud could be heard.

He took her to the school's high platform and asked her to observe her peers playing freely in the playground during break.

Finally, he said: "It is precisely because of these sacrifices that they can play here without worries and sit in the classroom without worrying about the invasion of the collapse at any time."

"Do you think this scene is beautiful? You see, they will be happy, sad, or angry because of a small thing... This is the life of ordinary people like them, but the collapse will not stop because of this. If there were no sacrifices, everything you see would no longer exist."

The girl seemed to understand this, but every time she came back from a mission on the battlefield, she would go to a nearby school and watch the lives of her peers. She had also longed for such a life, but she didn't know since when, when she saw that such a life still existed in the eyes of others, her heart would be filled with joy.

On the other side, in the Jackal's laboratory.

She just looked at Kiana flying towards the EOS on the screen, and then looked at the data she was collecting. She thought that her plan this time might have failed. Judging from the current data, Kiana could indeed transfer the entire EOS to a higher level, but she was not too disappointed.

Because the data she wanted to collect was already in hand, this plan could be stopped by Kiana, but what about the next time? If Shencheng Medicine was stopped, there would be another Shencheng Medicine, and there would be another Tianqiong City selected as a suitable test site.

After this operation, Shencheng Pharmaceutical may be thoroughly investigated by Tianming after it obtains the evidence, but... the World Snake has always done a good job of cleaning up its mess, and there is said to be a cadre inside Tianming. So far, there has been no information from Tianming that it will take action against Shencheng Pharmaceutical.

Therefore, in this incident, Tianming would at most cut off the hand that Shencheng Medicine extended, but it would not cause any serious damage.

The plan that had been prepared for a long time failed. It would be a lie to say that I was not disappointed, but I did get some compensation. This was rare on-site combat data of a Herrscher who was in the process of becoming a Herrscher.

At this time, the raven who escaped from the EOS leaned against the wall, looked up at the sky, and after a long while, he smiled helplessly: "Sure enough, those who can be valued by the Lord are not easy to deal with."

Above Tianqiong City.

While resisting the impact of absorbing a large amount of Honkai energy on her consciousness at one time, Kiana used the power of the Herrscher of the Void that she had deconstructed to expand the range of the Sub-Void Gate to a position that could transfer the EOS outside the atmosphere, thereby minimizing the damage caused by its explosion at one time.

After doing all this, the time was just right. Kiana raised her head and looked at the "fireworks" caused by the explosion in the sky. Her vision gradually began to blur. At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, announcing that dawn was approaching. She looked at the Sky City below, and everything seemed to be the same as before.

"Haha... I can do it after all. Now... I'll leave it to you..."

Thinking of this, because of the impact of the previous Honkai energy on her consciousness and the near exhaustion of the Honkai energy in her body, she slowly closed her eyes and fell straight down from a high altitude.

"Kiana!" The pupils of the people on the ground couldn't help but shrink when they saw this scene, and everyone started running towards the direction where Kiana fell.

At this moment, Kiana, who was halfway down, suddenly opened her eyes again. Her pupils had turned silver. She looked at the sky and sighed, "This is really..."

"She" adjusted her position, and the Honkai energy that should have been exhausted began to fill up her body again. She used this to slow down her falling speed, and finally stood firmly on the ground.

"Well done." "She" said.

Then, "she" looked at the first person who arrived here.

"Murata Himeko." "She" looked at the person who came and said her name. It was Himeko. "She" was not very surprised. After all, Mia and others were affected by the serum gas, and their speed could not be as fast as Himeko who was wearing the repaired God Killer Armor.

"Lucifer Shaniyat?" Himeko looked at "her" and confirmed.

“She” nodded in acknowledgement, then crossed her arms and said, “You seem to have something to say to me?”

Jizi nodded, she looked into Lucifer's eyes and said word by word: "I want to get the answer to a question from you."

"Why do you think I need to tell you this?" Lucifer tilted his head.

Ji Zi was silent for a moment, then tightened her grip on the sword in her hand: "Then I can only use my own way... to gain the qualification to ask you questions."

"Oh?" Lucifer seemed to find the behavior of the person in front of him a little funny. "Murata Himeko, do you know who you are pointing your sword at?"

Chapter 83 Answer

Wuliangta Jizi, do you know who you are pointing your sword at?

Of course she knew, how could she not know? After Lucifer Shaniat was resurrected and his existence was confirmed, Anti-Entropy and Saint Freya never gave up on piecing together the exact image of Lucifer from the only legends.

"The hero of the dawn, the ancestor of Shaniyat, the first Herrscher of civilization... Of course I know it, very well." Ji Zi said softly.

When Lucifer appeared, both Tesla and Einstein had confirmed that a completely new wave of Herrscher appeared with him. Combined with the legend that Lucifer stepped onto the long steps to the gods and was crowned as a god, it can basically be considered that Lucifer is the first Herrscher of the current civilization, and most likely the last Herrscher of the previous civilization.

Moreover, not long after he was revived, he summoned a Honkai beast beyond the Judgment level through Kiana's body, directly resetting the damage caused by the entire Destiny War.

To be an enemy of such an existence, to raise a sword against such a legend...what's the difference between that and committing suicide?

"Then you should also know the gap between you and me, and you should cherish your hard-earned new life." Lucifer said in Kiana's voice, and no emotion could be heard in his tone.

Yes, it was a hard-earned new life... Because of Lucifer's power, after the Battle of Destiny, all the injuries she had suffered in her early years were repaired, and she no longer needed to drink to relieve the pain.

Since He could give her a new life as easily as a gift, He could also kill her as easily as breathing.

"Yes, I am very grateful that you saved me at that time... I feel ashamed to point my sword at you now, but I am also a teacher and I must protect my students." Jizi slowly took a fighting stance. At this time, there was no sign of any Honkai energy flowing around Lucifer, but just standing there without any movement made Jizi feel a great sense of oppression.

"She is definitely not anyone's container, and she deserves to have her own life." Ji Zi said through gritting her teeth.

Lucifer looked at the warrior in front of him, as if he wanted to read something from her eyes. After a while, he closed his eyes and whispered softly: "...Indeed."

The next moment, he opened his eyes again, and the air around him seemed to solidify at this moment, losing its original fluidity, and Ji Zi also felt the pain of suffocation. She could not move, and even tried her best to breathe.

"However, not everyone has the freedom to choose their own future at will, and the world is never a fairy tale." Lucifer looked at Jizi and said, "I think that whether it is Kiana, Mia or other Shaniyat, they should have told you that this is Kiana's own choice, and it is also the path she must embark on."

Jizi couldn't speak, but she still looked at Lucifer intently, and her hand holding the big sword showed no sign of relaxing.

"What you are asking for is just for Kiana to go back, or in other words, you hope that Kiana can go back to the days when you lived together, but... don't you think that your idea is a little too naive?" Lucifer said slowly, "Kiana... she is different from all of you."

The suffocation dissipated at this moment, Ji Zi gained the freedom to move, and the air began to flow again. She gasped for breath, looked up at Lucifer and said: "I only have one question... Why does she have to bear all this?"

"Why don't you ask yourself this question?" Lucifer said coldly, "If you can help her share the burden, if you can take the responsibility for her, does she still need to do this? Before asking this question, why don't you think about why Kaslana and Shaniyat have been at the forefront for thousands of years? What would have happened if they hadn't stood up? Besides, I've made it very clear, she is different from you."

"So...what about you?" Ji Zi asked.

"Is this your era or my era?" Lucifer asked back.

Ji Zi was silent.

"Murata Jizi, this is the last time I will answer you." Lucifer said, "You have never truly experienced the cruelty of the collapse, and you don't know what kind of struggle the civilization once went through, and how it was destroyed in the end. The world you live in and the history you hold are built with the blood of the Red Kite, Kaslana and Shaniyat. If you think that as a legend and a revered hero, I should save this world, then I can tell you that I will fight the collapse in the way of the Jackal."

Ji Zi's pupils shrank.

"It's very simple from beginning to end. If Kiana doesn't step forward, and if you pin your hopes on me to save the world, then don't criticize the plan I choose to implement. Just hide in the safe house and wait for my screening and my rescue."

"It was Kiana who wanted to prove to me that she was qualified to take over the world from my hands and to carry the weight of the world. And you, you know nothing and you don't have the ability to go with her."

Lucifer said, and then walked past Himeko, who was standing silently like a statue.

"The operation is over, Mia, you lead all the team members back first." Lucifer said to Mia on the other end of the communicator in Kiana's voice.

"...As you command, Lord Lucifer."

After walking a few steps, Lucifer turned his head and looked to the side: "Bianca, how long are you going to watch?"

"As expected, I can't hide it from your eyes, Ancestor Lucifer." Yulandel walked out from behind a building. She had actually arrived a long time ago. When she heard Rita's message that her sister might be in danger, she immediately took the Black Abyss White Flower and rushed over to prepare for the end. In the end...

Originally, she wanted to catch Kiana who was falling from the sky, but when Kiana was halfway down, she found that Ancestor Lucifer had started to log in. No wonder this girl dared to be so reckless. She must teach Kiana a lesson later. She can't always take risks by relying on the fact that she is the [container] of Ancestor Lucifer.

Wait...if I'm not mistaken, did Kiana already know that Lucifer's ancestor would come out to cover her?

Thinking of this, Yulandel's eyes suddenly became strange. Is it not good for Kiana to do this?