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

"I'm just reminding you not to do anything stupid again." Raven crossed his arms and said speechlessly, "I was the one who introduced you to the World Serpent. If you do anything stupid, I will also be implicated. The Jackal just came to trouble me about your conversation with the Shaniyat in Sky City."

"Heh... I'm just chatting with you. Didn't I just help her stop the enemy? Anyway, no matter what, how can the outcome of Sky City change?" Night Owl said indifferently, "Since the Valkyrie of the Shaniyat family is ready to stop the Jackal, the Jackal's plan will definitely fail."

He is not the Jackal's subordinate. In terms of status, they are all cadres of the World Serpent and no one is nobler than the other. At most, the Jackal is a researcher and he, as a combatant, has to give in to her a little. But this does not mean that the Jackal can order him around at will.

Raven was stunned by Night Owl's mysterious confidence in the Shaniyat family. Although the result was indeed similar to what Night Owl said, wasn't it too easy for Night Owl to say it?

She knew exactly what kind of pain the second young lady of Shaniyat had endured. Even the Jackal had to praise the second young lady for withstanding the impact of a large dose of Honkai energy and using the serum gas to eliminate the debuff of Honkai energy in her body and teleport the EOS out of the atmosphere.

This kid Ye Xiao is usually a very smart guy, so why does he give her a feeling of being stupid now?

"Since you have such confidence in the Shanyati family, you should also know that the Shanyati family Valkyrie who saved you at the beginning, her position in the Shanyati family is definitely not simple." Raven said coldly, "Although the holy blood of the Shanyati family does have the effect of suppressing the Honkai energy and intimidating the Honkai beasts, the effects of the holy blood of different ethnic groups are also different. The Shanyati Valkyrie you met, the purity of the Shanyati holy blood in her body is definitely not low. You know what this means."

Night Owl clenched his hands slightly, but his tone was still lazy: "Of course I know it, there is no need for you to remind me."

"You'd better really understand. I don't want to be found by Shaniyat from the World Serpent anytime soon." Raven said with disdain, "Just don't splatter your blood on me."

After Raven had explained these things, he left, and Night Owl's gaze fell on his own gloved hand.

How could he not know this clearly?

Anna...is not an ordinary member of the Shanyiat branch. Before and after joining the World Serpent, she had been trying to investigate matters related to the Shanyiat family.

During the long history of the Shaniyat family, they mostly either intermarried within the family or between the three major families within the Mandate. For example, the mother of the current Bishop of the Mandate, Otto Apokalis, was from the Shaniyat family. They rarely intermarried with outsiders, and ordinary people had no access to that ancient family that seemed isolated from the world but always stood at the forefront of the fight against the collapse.

The purity of Anna's holy blood is not low, and his own Honkai resistance is very poor. If it weren't for the protection of Anna's holy blood, he estimated that more than 99% of the parts on his body would have to be replaced with mechanical ones. But even so, his body has become what it is now...

Night Owl gradually clenched his hands.

Although what the raven said was unpleasant to hear, it was true.

There is no doubt that he fell in love with Anna at first sight, who saved him and his sister that day. But...regardless of whether Anna still remembers that she once used the holy blood to protect someone like him, it would be really strange if the Shanyiat family agreed. The rules of such ancient families are generally very strict, and the Shanyiat family might even be able to compete for the first place among them.

After all, in the three thousand years since the family was founded, the number of records of intermarriage between non-remote collateral branches that can be found can be counted on one hand.

Among the other two major families of Tianming, the Kaslana family, which has the best relationship with the Shanyatid family, has more frequent intermarriage with the Shanyatid family. Although the two families broke up and stopped communicating with each other after the Siegfried incident, this did not affect their good relationship before.

How did I fall in love with the Shaniyat family Valkyrie? Was it because she saved me from the siege of Honkai beasts? Or was it because she saved me and my sister when the entire Valkyrie team had lost contact and she was the only one who persisted on the battlefield?

Or was it her back that was left behind when she let him escape with the rescued survivors, while she herself went alone to buy time to face the Emperor-level Honkai Beast that appeared?

Not to mention that he didn't know what an emperor-level Honkai beast was at that time. After joining the World Serpent and reading more information about Honkai, he knew very well what a terrifying existence an emperor-level Honkai beast was. Even if it was a wounded emperor-level Honkai beast, it would not be a problem to destroy an ordinary human army.

I only understood this after I joined the World Serpent. Anna, who was already the Valkyrie of Destiny at that time, could not have been unaware of this, but she still decisively chose to cover the rear.

"After I get out, I will immediately find other Valkyries to help you! Before that, you must hold on!"

"Don't worry, I'm the Valkyrie of the Shanyat family, and I'm different from ordinary Valkyries. But... I have something I want you to keep for me. If I don't come back... please help me pass it on to other Shanyat family members."

As she spoke, she placed a necklace in her hand.

"This is my most important necklace. You must take good care of it for me. Of course, you must also protect yourself, Chen."

In the end, Anna successfully survived, killed the injured emperor-level Honkai beast, and took the necklace back from her hands.

Even though she was brought back by other Valkyries who came to support her, she still said with a soothing smile when she came in front of him: "Look, I told you, I am the Valkyrie of the Shaniyat family, different from other ordinary Valkyries."

In fact, when he was leading the other survivors to retreat to the gathering point, he wanted to say to Anna, if she could come back and he brought the other survivors back to the gathering point safely, could she go on a date with him?

But in the end he couldn't say it.

If there were only two of them present, he would definitely say so, but there were more than just the two of them present, there were other survivors watching as well. Even if he didn't care about his face, Anna would have to save face too.

Night Owl put one hand on his forehead and muttered to himself as if asking someone a question: "Why... are you Shanyiat? Anna... Why, it has to be Shanyiat..."

On the other side, inside the Shaniyat Castle.

Feng fell silent as he looked at Kaslana's latest personnel changes and arrangements.

That Leonie was the reserve for the head of Kaslana family and was now in the Snow Lotus Squad, but why did he seem to remember... that the Snow Lotus Squad was wiped out after Anna became the Herrscher of Ice?

Although it had been so long that he couldn't remember some things, he still remembered the plot that was so abstract that it couldn't be more abstract, the Herrscher of Ice and the Herrscher of Stone... their birth and death were like a joke...

"Speaking of which, can Mei still knock Kiana out in Changkong City later?"

Given the current situation, it’s a good thing that she wasn’t knocked unconscious by Kiana.

Regardless, it will be a lot of fun, and I'll have to bring some popcorn and find the best seats to watch it.

Chapter 92: Destiny and the Past

Destiny Airport.

"So that's how it is... Has five hundred years passed already..." Kallen, who had been transferred from the treatment cabin to the hospital bed, was holding the hot porridge in her hand, a little absent-minded.

Unexpectedly, when he woke up again, five hundred years had passed since the incident. During these five hundred years, all the old friends except Otto were no longer alive. Even some things in the past remained in the past forever with the passage of time.

Moreover, they had clearly agreed that he would slowly answer her questions when she woke up next time, but until now, she had not even seen Otto's figure. All she saw was his secretary. Every time she asked what Otto was doing, the secretary named Amber always replied, "Please forgive me, Lady Kallen. The affairs of Tianming are complicated recently, and the Bishop is working overtime."

But it’s understandable. After all, Otto is now the Bishop of Destiny and is in charge of all Destiny affairs. It’s normal for him to be busy. It’s just that Amber... why does it feel like her appearance under the eye mask is similar to mine?

Karen finished her porridge, put the bowl aside, and began to daydream again.

When she was rushed to the execution ground, or even before that, she had already given up the will and hope to survive, because she found that she could not do the so-called saving the world, she could not challenge the darkness of the world, or... it should be that she could not accept the dark world for her, and could not accept the other side of her childhood friend.

"Karen, I begged my father. As long as you complete your engagement with me, he will find a way to exonerate you, and you will be fine! Karen, there is still hope!"

In the dungeon, he looked at her earnestly and sincerely.

"It's just the death of some fools, Kallen. Now is the best opportunity. Come with me. I have planned a route. Let's escape from here together!"

On the execution ground, he released the Honkai beasts to attack civilians indiscriminately. In the rioting crowd, his occasional glance at the people was so cold.

Two completely different faces, but both belong to the man named Otto Apokalis.

She thought of another old friend, Eleanor Chaniat, and the argument she had with her that evening before she rebelled against her destiny.

"Eleanor, you...already knew that Otto was doing these things, right?"

"……I know."

"Why? Don't the Shaniyat family and the Kaslana family take it as their responsibility to protect the people? Why are you doing this?"

"...Karen, some things are not as simple as you think."

"That's the lives of dozens of children! How many people died from this before?"

"..."

"Eleanor...answer me, why is this happening?"

The brown-haired girl in front of her was silent for a long time before she told her seriously: "Karen, the development of drugs requires experiments and tests. The spread of the Black Death is too violent and rapid. If we don't do this, more people will die. We have no choice."

"What else is there? Is Tianming...really studying the Black Death? Doesn't the source of the Black Death come from within Tianming?"

Eleanor sighed deeply, she looked at Kallen, and said slowly and calmly: "Kallen, you have to understand that Otto is not omnipotent. He asked me to help you cover up the Purple Kite Thief incident, but his father still has bargaining chips that forced him to compromise.

"Karen, we are no longer teenagers. The world is not as simple as we thought when we were young. On the contrary, it is very complicated. Although Otto hopes that you can live according to your own ideas, but... I am more inclined to believe that you should understand these things earlier."

"…Isn't there a better way to deal with it? Otto is a great inventor. He is so smart. He…"

"He is not a god, he is a human. Even a sage has his limits. There are things that humans cannot do, Kallen. It's time to wake up from your childhood dream. You see that Otto can help you handle all the things, but have you ever realized his awkward position in the Apokalis family? Maybe every time he helps you finish the work, it is another compromise and deal between him and the Apokalis family. Have you ever thought about it?"

"..."

"Karen, I hope you can think about these things carefully. At least... don't make his life so tiring. He really cares about you, and he is willing to compromise on any conditions for you."

He is not a god, he is a human being, and as a human being there are things that humans cannot do.

Eleanor's words had a great impact on her heart at that time, because in her memory, there was nothing that Otto could not do, and he could always arrange everything perfectly. But Eleanor told her that it was a compromise and transaction between Otto and the Apocalis family again and again.

"Why... he didn't want to tell me... why did you have to tell me only now?"

"Because he doesn't want you to see his dirty side. He wants to keep the image of the omnipotent 'great inventor' in your heart. He doesn't want you to be disappointed in him."

"..."

"…But now you are still disappointed in him, right?"

"I……"

"I tell you this just to tell you that he really, really cares about you and is afraid that you will be disappointed in him and leave him because of this, so he hides this from you, and he asks me to hide this from you, but he is too tired to live like this, don't you think, Kallen?"

At that time, she never understood why Otto kept it from her, and when did it all start? She didn't understand, but she didn't dare to ask Eleanor when it started, because she knew she really didn't notice anything, and she was afraid that Eleanor would tell her that it started a long time ago.

If the world is not filled with only darkness, in order to keep himself in the light, he hid half of himself in the darkness to block the darkness for himself. However, he did not do this alone.

"Hehe, from now on we will be a three-person team that saves the world together!"

I still remember Otto, who didn't dare to speak loudly when he was a child, and Eleanor, who came over reluctantly but half-heartedly, and they said out loud their wishes under the shooting stars in the night sky.

But in the end, among the so-called "Three Heroes of Destiny" praised by the world, it seemed that he was the only one who was so naive that he knew nothing. I don't know when it started, but the three of them began to gradually separate. Eleanor has been fighting against Honkai in the northern region with her family for many years, and Otto has gradually begun to have more experiments to do.

In addition to preventing Destiny from applying the contents of the black box to civilians, how many other reasons did she have for her defection? Was it because she wanted to prove to Eleanor and Otto what she could do on her own? She also wanted to tell Otto by escaping that he didn't need to live for her.

"Karen."

Suddenly, Otto's voice from the door interrupted Kallen's thoughts. Kallen looked over and saw Otto appear at the door. He glanced at the bowl she had placed aside and said, "Sorry, Kallen, I wanted to see you as soon as possible, but like Amber told you, Tianming has a lot of things to deal with recently and I can't get away for the time being."

Karen looked at Otto. She had only woken up briefly before, so her mind was still a little fuzzy. Now she saw Otto again and looked at him carefully. Although he was said to work overtime every day, there was no sign of overtime in Otto in front of her. He was neatly dressed and well-groomed, which was very different from the appearance in her memory before she died.

When we met in the dungeon, he was in such a miserable state. When we met again on the execution ground, he was in a dishevel with disheveled hair.

And now he is just like before, handsome, but with more calmness and confidence. Still like before, it seems that the man in front of her can do everything, but she knows that there are things he cannot do.

"After all, you are now the bishop of destiny, so it's normal to have more things to do... So, can you answer my questions now?" Kallen asked Otto.

Otto walked in front of her, pulled a chair over and sat down, and said calmly: "Well, I told you, when you wake up, I will slowly answer your questions. Don't worry, Kallen, I have plenty of time for you."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have simply worked overtime to solve all the problems at once, and Amber and Ivar could handle the rest without him having to worry about them.

Kallen pursed her lips. She was thinking about where to start. She had too many questions in her mind. After waking up these few days, she had been recalling some things that happened in the past, and reading the history of destiny that she borrowed from Amber after asking.

Although she had always been prone to falling asleep when reading since she was a child, especially boring history books without any legendary stories, and she had to ask Otto and Eleanor to tutor her every time, but this time... she still read a lot slowly.

Knowing that Otto was exiled by his sister after his death, he soon raised an army from a remote area to fight against the Old Mandate of Heaven. During this period, Eleanor also led the Shaniat family to intervene, and finally overthrew the Old Mandate of Heaven and established the New Mandate of Heaven.

What concerned her were the decisions made by Otto after he became bishop. He hanged his sister and nephew, convicted and exiled his brother, and almost wiped out all the direct descendants of the Apocalips family.

This was completely different from what the Otto she knew would do, but before long, she felt relieved. She had never understood Otto well enough, and had always only seen the side of him that Otto showed her.

"...Can you tell me what happened after I died?" Kallen asked.

Otto's eyes moved towards the history of the Mandate of Heaven on the bedside, but he quickly retracted his gaze and replied, "Just as it says in the history books, I led the people who could not bear the oppression of the old Mandate of Heaven to launch a rebellion, overthrew the corrupt old Mandate of Heaven, and established the current Mandate of Heaven."

"Otto, are you really fighting for those who can't bear the oppression?" Karen asked, looking into Otto's eyes.

“Heh.” Otto did not avoid Kallen’s gaze as he did in the past. Instead, he looked at Kallen calmly and said, “Of course not, Kallen. When you were on your way to the execution ground, I was the one who released the Honkai beasts to trample on the civilians so that you could escape. How could I lead those people whom I despise to overthrow the old destiny for them?”

For Otto, those fools were also the driving force behind Kallen's death, so he couldn't possibly care about them.

Kallen clenched her hands slightly and continued to ask: "So... Otto, you are still doing this for me, right?"

"Because you were not treated fairly. Destiny did not give you the evaluation you deserved. They falsely accused you and made arbitrary judgments on you." Otto said calmly, as if he was speaking of something that was a matter of course. "And you fought for those fools your whole life, but when you faced judgment, they stood by and watched, and they added insult to injury. It was not until you passed away that they began to use your name to overthrow Destiny."

Kallen bowed her head in silence.

"During the days of exile, I also spent my days in a negative way. I thought countless times about dying to find you... But I finally gave up, because I knew that if I died, I would never be able to do anything again." Recalling the past, Otto's eyes gradually became colder. "In the beginning, my wish was always simple. I just wanted you to live according to your own ideas, but... fate does not allow you..."

I am willing to give up everything for you, but... your existence itself is a threat to those people. I was too naive at that time, thinking that if I voluntarily gave up my right to inherit the position of bishop, they would let you go...

Ah……

Otto thought of his sister and nephew, and the despair on their faces when he sent them to the gallows. Even today he still felt that it was not enough, and just hanging them was not enough.

It was really ridiculous to see the sister who had once been so high and mighty and had made deals with him, kneeling on the ground and begging him to spare them when the old destiny was overthrown.

He just asked back then: "Then why were you unwilling to let Karen go at that time?"

At that time, he had already figured it out. His good sister agreed to give him the key to the cage that imprisoned the Honkai beast and let him release the Honkai beast. In essence, it was to kill Kallen and himself at the same time. Kallen would not watch civilians being killed by Honkai beasts. He only had eyes for Kallen.

Eleanor, the only one who could help him and Kallen at the time, was stationed in the north to fight against the Honkai and could not come back at all.

If he had written to Eleanor at that time, would Eleanor come back? Otto thought about it many times. He thought that Eleanor might come back, but he could not write that letter, and he was not qualified to write that letter.

Because... I almost killed Eleanor with the disguise of the Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire.

Chapter 93: Current Situation of Anti-Entropy

Anti-Entropy, North American headquarters.

“Ahhh! This is so annoying!”

Tesla scratched his hair anxiously: "Those members of Congress are really endless lately... It would be great if Anti-Entropy could be like Destiny someday."