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

"These children will be settled by the Shaniyat family in the future. This is what Alicia said. You should be able to rest assured now, Raven." Kiana looked at Raven and said.

"I really have to thank Lord Alysia for at least remembering me." Raven said helplessly. If it was Lord Alysia who came forward, then there would be no need to worry about the children's future placement issues. If it was Lord Lucifer... forget it, except for Kiana, no one else probably has the qualifications to ask Lord Lucifer to come forward.

While talking to Raven, Kiana also took a quick look at Night Owl who was planning the next battle route. Before coming here, Mia had repeatedly told her that she must pay attention to whether Night Owl had any bad intentions. If she found out, she only needed to mention it to Mia and the others and they would kill Night Owl immediately.

The other members of the Shaniyat family would occasionally glance at the Night Owl with some caution.

Kiana had also heard about Night Owl, but...

Is it really impossible that this guy simply likes Anna?

Kiana thought so, and then turned her gaze in the direction of Senba Academy. That was where she and Mei met for the first time. And according to Feng, in that same place, she would officially obtain the authority of the Herrscher of Thunder through the imaginary singularity.

She was ready.

At the same time, a team also entered Changkong City.

Chapter 103 When the Rain is About to Fall

"According to Anti-Entropy's monitoring of the recent actions of the Mandate of Heaven, as well as the detection of Benares' movements, this is the place where all this will finally come to an end." Einstein placed his finger on a place in the far east of the map, "Changkong City."

"Changkong City?" Theresa crossed her arms and looked at the city on the map. She couldn't help but realize that this was the place where Jizi brought Kiana and the other two back to Saint Freya, and the place where the third Herrscher was born.

"Changkong City is a bit weird," Tesla said with a frown. "Even though the Third Herrscher has been born, Changkong City's Honkai energy shows no signs of dissipating and is still slowly rising. As a result, it is impossible for humans to survive there now."

The energy level of the Honkai caused by the Berlin Collapse that gave birth to the First Herrscher was even higher than that of the Changkong City Collapse. However, after the birth of the First Herrscher Walter Joyce, the concentration of Honkai energy in the Berlin area began to decline significantly. With the help of Destiny, Berlin is still the capital of Germany today and has regained its former prosperity.

The collapse of Changkong City was not as big as the collapse of Berlin in terms of the scope and energy level of the collapse, but the concentration of collapse energy in the area where it is located has never decreased, and has even increased.

Therefore, after the collapse of Changkong City, under the operation of the former Tianming Far East Branch, the original people of Changkong City were gradually moved out of Changkong City and went to new homes.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Changkong City today is a dead city.

It was precisely because of the abnormal phenomenon in Changkong City that the former Tianming Far East Branch, with the approval of the branch chief Theresa, established an outpost near Changkong City to keep a close eye on the situation in Changkong City.

"The rising Honkai energy in Changkong City can indeed play a certain role in Benares' recovery from his injuries. Moreover, since Changkong City has already completed the evacuation of its personnel, there is no need to worry too much about Tianming's formal execution of Benares in Changkong City." Walter said, "For further information about Changkong City, we may have to rely on Ms. Theresa."

Theresa glanced at Walter and said, "There is no more information about this in Saint Freya. The outpost was established only to monitor the situation in Changkong City at any time to avoid being caught off guard in the event of a crisis."

"Ms. Theresa, I hope you can share any information you have on this point with us," said Einstein.

"I've told you what I know. The information about Changkong City from Saint Freya is right in front of you." Theresa said calmly, "The Far East branch doesn't have enough manpower to begin with, and has never been valued by the Mandate Headquarters. So after the people were relocated from Changkong City, the exploration and investigation of Changkong City was terminated not long after, leaving only the outpost for monitoring. Speaking of this, doesn't Anti-Entropy also have executors in the Far East? In terms of understanding Changkong City, I think Anti-Entropy, which caused the collapse of Changkong City, should know more than an outsider like me, right?"

Theresa was telling the truth. Even with the extra support from Grandpa Otto, the Far East Branch was the least valued among all the branches of Tianming. Tianming's normal funding was less than that of other branches. The extra support funds provided by Otto were all subsidized by Theresa in the name of pocket money.

Therefore, it can be said that a large part of St. Freya's previous educational resources came from Theresa's subsidies with her own pocket money, and another part was Otto's preference for Theresa, and Theresa's previous face in the Shanyiat family, which made the Shanyiat family give preferential treatment to St. Freya. Of course, Eden's investment among the school directors also accounted for a large proportion.

But now, the Far East Branch has announced its independence from the Mandate of Heaven. All of the above except for Eden's investment are gone, so naturally they have to be thrifty. They don't have that much time to stay in Changkong City. In the end, the outpost was able to be preserved, which was the result of Theresa's best efforts to adjust.

Even so, the original number of outposts has been reduced by two-thirds and maintained at a low level, which can only be said to be able to barely serve the purpose of disaster warning.

After hearing what Theresa said, Einstein also sighed. This can really be regarded as the black history of Anti-Entropy. Cocolia used internal strife and frame-up to make the conservative representative in the Far East, Thunder Ryuma, lose control of the Far East region, and then launched the collapse of Changkong City. Later, because Theresa set up an outpost on the edge of Changkong City, and she was busy dealing with the civil war phantom Cocolia first, and the Anti-Entropy organization in the Far East region at that time was actually controlled by Cocolia, the Anti-Entropy conservatives only maintained a minimum level of monitoring of Changkong City.

Although there is another executor of the Far East Branch, that executor is not in charge of anything at all, and it seems that that executor was also involved in the collapse of Changkong City...

"In any case, if we want to understand what Tianming really wants to do, it will be difficult to make a decision without an on-site inspection." Walter coughed and said, "I want to form a team to sneak into Changkong City and wait and see what happens."

There is nothing more to talk about if we continue with the previous topic.

"I have no objection. If we can find out the reason why the collapse energy in Changkong City has been rising, that would be good." Theresa did not want to continue the previous topic. "However, Mr. Walter, what do you think about the selection of the infiltration team?"

“Hmm…” Walter thought for a moment, then said the person in his mind.

First of all, Theresa needs to stay in Saint Freya and retain the most basic combat power, so she naturally cannot be dispatched casually. Therefore, Walter decided to lead the team to Changkong City himself. In this way, with him there, based on the trust established during the Second Great Collapse, Theresa naturally does not have to worry about the safety of Wendy and others.

As for Jizi... Considering the problem of Honkai energy concentration, Walter decided to arrange Jizi and Tesla to be responsible for the support outside Changkong City, and Einstein and Theresa would be responsible for the overall observation and dispatch.

The candidates for the team are naturally Wendy, Bronya and Mei. Originally, Walter considered Xing, Rosaria and Lilia, but Xing's personality is prone to being irritable and impulsive, and Rosaria and Lilia are too young, so Walter just thought about it and crossed out the names of these three.

Theresa frowned slightly after listening to Walter's arrangement. To be honest, there was nothing wrong with Walter's arrangement. The most experienced Valkyries who could act in Saint Freya now were Wendy, Bronya and Mei, besides herself and Himeko. But Su had told her before that Mei's body did not allow her to continue fighting at such a high intensity.

Thinking of this, Theresa couldn't help but feel a little speechless about the selection of Anti-Entropy. Although Walter was the most powerful and experienced member of the action team, Anti-Entropy could only provide one Walter. For an action like this, Anti-Entropy, which had put all its technological points on Titan, naturally had no other choice.

No matter how advanced the machine is, it is not as flexible as an experienced soldier.

Raiden Ryuma is okay, but at this stage he also has his own missions to perform, and Siegfried... forget it, just pretend that this person doesn't exist.

After sighing, Theresa said, "Regarding Meiyi's matter, I think you should also know about it, Mr. Walter. Even if she is one of the few suitable candidates at present, I hope to reduce her fighting as much as possible after entering Changkong City."

"Of course, I will bring everyone back safely, Principal Theresa, I promise you."

Theresa's eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly thought of something, that is, is it possible that Kiana will also enter Changkong City later? After all, from the information obtained from the Sky City incident, it can be judged that the World Snake faction to which Kiana belongs and the Jackal's faction are in a hostile relationship. If Tianming really cooperates with the World Snake faction to which the Jackal belongs, then in order to stop the Jackal's plot, will Kiana also appear?

Theresa naturally expressed her speculation.

Einstein was silent for a moment, then confirmed: "Ms. Theresa's words make sense. Similarly, in addition to Kiana, Seele, who left with Lucifer before, may also appear. And these two children also have a close relationship with Mei and Bronya respectively. If they meet at that time..."

"I understand. I will keep an eye on them both." Walter said.

Fast forward to now.

"I haven't been back here for a long time. I didn't expect Changkong City to become like this." Mei said as she walked on an abandoned building and looked down at the sea water that had flooded many areas.

The gloomy weather and drizzle made her already bad mood even worse. She met Kiana here, and her life was redeemed because of Kiana. When they left here, they left together, but now when she returned here, only she and Bronya were left.

"Kiana...will you come here too?" Mei said in a low voice.

Under the leadership of Walter, several people placed the detection device according to the instructions of Einstein and Tesla. After everything was arranged, Mei suddenly asked Walter to go to Senba Academy to take a look. After a moment of silence, Walter nodded to indicate his agreement.

Mei always feels that there is something at Senyu Academy, vaguely calling her. At the same time, Senyu Academy is indeed a place with considerable memories for her. She doesn't know if she will have the chance to return to Changkong City next time, and she doesn't know if the ruins of Senyu Academy will still be there when she returns to Changkong City next time.

But after Mei left, Walter winked at Bronya and Wendy, and they quietly followed Mei.

After returning to Changkong City, Mei was immersed in some memories of the past along the way. In addition, Wendy used her authority to conceal her aura, so Mei did not notice that there were three people following her.

After a long journey, Mei arrived at the place where Chiba Academy was in her memory. She subconsciously looked towards the top floor of the teaching building where Kiana reached out and grabbed her, and the next moment, she opened her eyes slightly.

At this moment, on the top floor of the teaching building, stood a familiar white-haired figure.

As if she noticed his gaze, she also shifted her gaze over.

"Kiana!" Mei didn't think about what he was doing and went to the top floor of the teaching building as fast as she could.

Pushing open the door to the rooftop, Mei saw an old friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

Kiana was still standing there. After she noticed Mei coming, she did not move, as if she was waiting for Mei to come here.

"You guys are here after all, Mei." Kiana said with her arms folded across her chest, "...Long time no see."

"Kiana, are you here to stop the cooperation between Sentient and Jackal?" Mei asked.

"Otto did reach a deal with the Jackal, but for now, I don't have enough reasons to stop this action." Kiana turned her gaze to the ruined scene below the teaching building, "My purpose here has nothing to do with Tianming's actions."

"Then why did you come here..."

"In order to completely solve the problem of the rising Houkai energy in Changkong City." Kiana said calmly, "As for you, just like the last time in Tiankong City, this place will become very dangerous in the future. It's better for you to leave quickly."

It's better to leave...

Mei looked at Kiana in a daze. It was the same sentence again. She had heard this sentence from Kiana too many times. Every time there was a dangerous situation, Kiana would say this sentence, but she would stay alone in the danger zone to face the danger.

It was like this every time, and every time she was almost powerless to do anything about it.

From the beginning to the end, she was just passively accepting protection from Kiana, and she had never been able to truly help Kiana...

Just as Teacher Himeko told her when she came back after the Sky City incident, Kiana was ready to bear all the responsibilities alone in order to take over the qualification to protect the world from Lucifer.

only……

Kiana suddenly raised her hand, and a pistol that Mei didn't recognize appeared in her hand. The next moment, Kiana pulled the trigger without hesitation. Flames gushed out of the muzzle of the gun, passed by Mei and hit an object behind her.

Mei turned around and saw something that looked like a mechanical creation gradually turning into ashes in the flames.

"Mr. Walter, you don't have to hide anymore. The unrest in Changkong City has already begun, and it won't be peaceful here from now on." Kiana said calmly, and then she fired a shot behind her without even looking, and a monster that seemed to have pounced out from the void turned into ashes.

After being pointed out by Kiana, Walter and the others had no choice but to walk out from behind the door of the rooftop. Walter looked at the double guns in Kiana's hands with a complicated expression. He must have recognized them. Those double guns were the Holy Fire Judgement that Lucifer had taken from Siegfried before.

Unexpectedly, the power of this most destructive divine key has now been controlled by Kiana, and she can manipulate its power so accurately and casually...

"These things that just appeared are..."

"Imaginary Corpse, just an appetizer." Kiana's expression remained calm. "They will gradually increase their frequency of appearance. For your safety, you'd better evacuate here as soon as possible and stay away from Qianyu Academy."

After all, this is where the imaginary singularity is, and Feng has already opened it.

With the appearance of the Imaginary Skeleton, a more powerful Imaginary God Skeleton will probably appear soon. According to Feng, there may be more than one Imaginary God Skeleton appearing by then.

"Nihilism is bound to appear, but perhaps absurdism will also appear. It would be fine if it were just nihilism, but absurdism is the most dangerous, so we must be careful."

That’s what Feng said.

Her mission is to defeat the imaginary god's skeleton, seize the power of thunder contained in the imaginary singularity, and block it.

Chapter 104 When Thunder Rumbles Across the Sky

"Feng, about the virtual tree god skeleton you mentioned to Kiana before, if I remember correctly, we have been conducting research on the virtual tree god skeleton from the past civilization to the present civilization. Mobius explained that we named the virtual tree god skeleton that humans have observed so far according to the three forms of existence of matter in the world, from non-existence to existence and then to unknowability, which are nihilism, existentialism and mysticism respectively. But now, you have given the virtual tree god skeleton that you named absurdism?" Alicia looked at Feng and said, "Do you have any explanation for this?"

"Absurdism... Matter does exist in the intrinsic world in three forms: non-existence, existence, and unknowability, but absurdism does not appear based on the existence of matter." Feng said calmly, "Absurdism is a creation of consciousness, and the Void Tree God Skeleton appears when consciousness determines matter."

"Material existence determined by consciousness... What kind of consciousness created this mutated virtual tree skeleton, or is this another interference from the Cocoon of the End?" Alicia frowned slightly, but she felt that the Cocoon of the End should not be able to interfere with the creation of the Imaginary Tree. After all, He had to use tricks to even scheme for Feng's authority.

Moreover, Feng said that this was an imaginary creation determined by consciousness, so it should have nothing to do with the Cocoon of the End...

"Oh, this indeed has nothing to do with the Cocoon of the End. Theoretically, it should be considered that it was created because of me." Feng said expressionlessly that the blame should be on him.

Alicia was stunned: "The Void Tree God Skeleton was born because of you?"

“Simply put, the essence of absurdism is the waste of memory produced by my exile into the desert of time over the past 50,000 years.”

Alicia: "..."

The memory waste brought about by fifty thousand years of exile... Is that really something Kiana can solve?

"Don't worry, Ellie, even if absurdism appears in the imaginary singularity of Changkong City, it will not be its true form." When Feng said this, a dull thunder sound was faintly heard in the sky outside the umbrellas above their heads.

He looked up at the sky, and then continued, "The imaginary singularity in Changkong City is not enough to allow this virtual tree skeleton determined by consciousness to fully manifest itself, but even if it is not complete, its power is much more difficult than nihilism. You see, part of it has already manifested."

Alicia followed Feng's gaze and saw a huge slate-like object that gradually became transparent in the rain. In the center of the slate, a purple core was shining like a heart, and from it extended blood vessel-like lines to the entire slate. With each flash of light, the appearance of the huge slate became clearer.

Just as Feng said, the Void Tree God Skeleton·Absurdism is gradually appearing in the Eigenworld through the transition from non-existence to existence.

"Will it still deform?" Alicia suddenly asked.

"If you let it continue to develop, you might be able to see it deform." Feng crossed his arms across his chest, not seeming nervous at all. "However, the imaginary singularity is so small that no matter how much it deforms, it will never fully manifest."

Alicia looked at the huge stone slab that appeared in the ruins of the city. It was much larger than the Nihilism that was expected to appear. No wonder Feng asked Kiana to learn how to unsheathe the skyfire before coming. She was still thinking that the scope of unsheathe the skyfire could not only destroy one Nihilism, but now it seems...

It turns out that Feng wanted Kiana to use Skyfire to smash Absurdism.

"If absurdism is born out of the scraps of your memory, then Feng, can you control it?" asked Alicia.

"Unfortunately, no." Feng gave his answer very straightforwardly, "They are all scraps of my memory, which are essentially things I don't want. These scraps have been strengthened by the Imaginary Number Tree, and the Cocoon of the End controls the path of the Imaginary Number Tree in the intrinsic world, so it can play a role in absurdism to some extent."

However, apart from the absurdist tree god skeleton that he didn't want, there was indeed a tree god skeleton that he could control...

After all, just as the three forms of existence of matter in the intrinsic world give rise to three kinds of virtual tree god bones, there are also three virtual tree god bones whose existence is determined by consciousness.

Absurdism was born out of too many useless and redundant memories, romanticism was born out of all the good wishes in the world, and idealism was born out of the gathering of thousands of ideals to record the rise and fall of civilizations.

It is true that the essence of the birth of absurdism is indeed the waste of one's own memory, but in the process of its formation, because it itself is also the end crowned by imaginary numbers and is in a mutually confrontational relationship with the Cocoon of the End, it also possesses some of the authority of the End, integrating the countless redundant thoughts in the destroyed civilization recorded by the Cocoon of the End.

Its uncertainty and destructiveness are the strongest among the six types of virtual tree divine skeletons.

At least in the face of complete absurdism, no, it should be said that even in the incomplete form of absurdism, bullying a nihilism is not a big problem.

If the imaginary singularity of Changkong City is not closed, the ultimate consequence will not only be the rise of Honkai energy that will eventually destroy Changkong City and affect the entire Far East, but absurdism will also gradually erode reality.

Well... to sum it up in one sentence, it seems that because of my own reasons, the things that modern civilization has to face are much more dangerous than what I imagined.

After all, absurdism is something that was not seen in previous civilizations.

But Feng didn't really care about the impact of absurdism on reality. After all, no matter how powerful this thing was, its upper limit was actually there. It only possessed some of the authority of the End. If you had to say, it was probably at the level of the End of Dharma? Anyway, it was still far behind the End of Dharma itself.

Not to mention, the absurdism that has appeared now is nothing more than a defective product that has appeared in the world with the help of the remaining authority of the Ruler of Thunder.

But for the current civilization, absurdism is indeed the strongest enemy they have encountered so far, except for the Herrscher, right?

the other side.

Kiana merged the two Skyfire Holy Judges together to form a Skyfire Greatsword. She looked at the Absurdism that was much taller than the floor not far away, and her eyes twitched. Feng only told her that Absurdism was difficult to deal with, but didn't tell her that Absurdism was so big? No wonder she was asked to learn Skyfire Unsheath first before coming over.

She took a deep breath and gave orders to the Shaniyat team that was on standby nearby: "Begin the operation. Avoid contact with absurdism before determining the specific situation."

Although Feng did not tell her that absurdism is so large, he still told her the other key points. Absurdism is a virtual tree skeleton whose existence is determined by consciousness. Before it fully forms a real existence, what stands there is only its shadow, and it is not in the intrinsic world. At this stage, the means of the intrinsic world cannot harm absurdism.