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

Leonie's body stiffened, and she gritted her teeth secretly. She had to admit that Night Owl was right. Kaslana had just returned to Heaven's Fate. If she did that, and Night Owl exaggerated the matter after returning to World Serpent, it would be tantamount to destroying the cooperative relationship between Heaven's Fate and World Serpent. In that case, those tribesmen who finally had the chance to realize their ideals again on the battlefield against Honkai would...

I never expected that Ye Xiao would come up with such an excuse to pressure me in the end.

However, she had already considered what Night Owl said. It is true that Kaslana has fallen now and does not have enough say in Destiny, but Shaniyat is still there. Even if the bishop wants to cooperate with the World Serpent, Anna, as a member of the Shaniyat clan, will never be easily handed over to the World Serpent. After all, the bishop will also care about Anna's identity.

Thinking of the Shaniyat family's willingness to do anything to fight against Honkai, Leonie became a little unsure. Kiana was called by Raven as the person who could represent the Shaniyat family, but she had no way of seeing what Kiana's attitude was towards Anna's future fate.

All she could see was that Kiana wanted to make the least sacrifice in exchange for the greatest survival.

Now Ye Xiao brought this matter up again to remind her, which really made her feel helpless.

Without waiting for Leonie to speak, Night Owl continued, "If I hadn't said that at the time, what do you think is the probability that Kiana would agree to delay the time by half an hour and give us another half an hour? At this point, I think we can at least reach a consensus, that is, we don't actually want Anna to die like this."

Leonie installed the last heating device, stood up, and looked at Night Owl: "I heard from Kiana that you seemed to have a history with Anna, but as the vice-captain of the Snow Lotus Team, I have never heard Anna mention someone like you."

She didn't know Night Owl's real name, but considering Night Owl's lazy appearance and the clothes he wore to cover his half-transformed body, it was impossible for Anna to have never mentioned it once.

"Never mentioned it?... That's right. After all, I am very clear about my position. The relationship between Anna and I is that I may be just a casual acquaintance to her, but she is my lifesaver." Ye Xiao was quite direct and neat in telling the story of his relationship with Anna. The main reason was that there was nothing worth hiding.

It is true that love can lower one's intelligence, but his intelligence is not so lowered that he even forgets the Shanyiat family's vigilance against him. It can be seen that Kiana has never been very confident in him, and the fact that he seems to have other intentions towards the Shanyiat family is probably not a secret to those Shanyiat family active in the dark.

In this situation where the other party has long been wary of him, Ye Xiao is also very clear that there is a limit to what he can do. Instead of continuing to hide it here, it is better to find allies for cooperation as much as possible.

If he wants to backstab someone, he has to do it when they are not paying attention. There is no point in backstabbing someone if they are always on guard against him. If Kiana's strength is comparable to Anna's, then he might still have a chance, but the strength gap between Kiana and Anna is really too big, not to mention that his "good teammate" Raven is also on guard against him. The Seven Thunders of Purification are in Raven's hands, and he can't get any benefit at all.

"Life-saving grace?" Leonie looked at Night Owl. "So your way of repaying Anna... is this to tarnish her efforts and her honor?"

"If it were possible, how could I agree to Anna becoming a test subject... But if I don't give this reason, can you find any other reason to convince Kiana to give her this half-hour chance?" Night Owl crossed his arms and said, "You and I know it very well, don't we?"

Leonie groaned and said, "So, what is your purpose in telling me this?"

"What I mean is, you don't have to keep such a close eye on me. Even though there are quite a few people watching me now, you wouldn't make a difference. Besides, maybe you and I can still cooperate, right?" said Ye Xiao.

"Cooperation? The premise of cooperation is the foundation of trust between both parties. No matter how nice your words are now, it cannot prove that this is your true inner thought." Leonie said coldly.

She would not be foolish enough to believe Ye Xiao just because of a few words from him.

Night Owl sighed inwardly. It seemed that he had underestimated the Kaslana in front of him. Why did this Leonie look different from other Kaslanas? She was not so easy to deceive...

It can be seen that the other party's vigilance against him has not decreased at all. Instead, it seems that he has begun to consider his various purposes. The key is that Night Owl really has other purposes.

For example, pushing Leonie out to block the bullet at a critical moment.

Although that plan would only be adopted when it was really a last resort, after all, the relationship between the other party and Anna was not simple. It was said that there had been a rift between Kaslana and Shaniyat for more than ten years, and it had not been long since their relationship was restored. However, Leonie's obsession with Anna was not an acting act for the sake of showing off to others.

Not to mention, most of the Kaslana family members are relatively... uh, straightforward in their relationships, so acting is really too difficult for them.

Ye Xiao is really planning to fall in love very seriously. No matter whether it will work out or not, he should at least give it a try, right?

It was obvious that Leonie was Anna's best friend. If he could save Anna, his image in Leonie's eyes would not be too bad.

Of course, if Anna cannot be saved, Night Owl will only prioritize how to save Anna at all costs.

If Leonie knew what Night Owl was thinking at the moment, she would probably kick Night Owl to death on the spot. You are still thinking about my best friend at this time, right?! If it was Mia or other Shaniyat, then apart from beating Night Owl up, there wouldn't be many surprises.

Because a certain "World Snake Elite Agent" and "Gray Snake's Top Ten Intelligence Gathering Employees" could really ask such an outrageous question in such a tense confrontation atmosphere during the Sky City incident.

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At the same time, on Fu Hua's side.

After the contact with Kiana ended, Fu Hua used Yu Duchen's power to follow Siegfried's consciousness and dived into the depths of Kaslana's stigma.

"This is?!"

Hua was a little surprised at the scene before him. It seemed that Kevin was indeed planning something, and this thing... the skeleton of the virtual tree god?

"Hua... I didn't expect you could investigate here." Kevin's voice sounded behind Fu Hua.

Fu Hua turned around quickly, looking at Kevin who appeared in front of her with vigilance: "Kevin, is this your plan? Is that thing what you are going to do next?"

"There is more than one version of the Stigmata Project. Just choose the one that is more suitable and useful." Kevin's tone was calm. "However, I didn't expect that you would come here... If you didn't use Siegfried, I might not have noticed it so quickly."

The main thing is that I have no other choice besides him?

Fu Hua said in her heart that Siegfried had connected with Kevin once before through the power of the stigmata. After being expelled from the Kaslana family, he should no longer be within Kevin's focus. It just so happens that he is very easy to guide. Who else can she choose besides Siegfried?

"Although I really want to say that I will just leave now and not care too much, but..." Kevin lowered his eyes, "Hua, Yu Duchen will always be a threat in your hands."

It didn't matter if Fu Hua was let go. He was afraid that Fu Hua would continue to investigate. He could stop her this time and in time, but what about the next time? If he didn't notice it next time and Fu Hua found the person who cooperated with him in the stigmata space, how could he carry out his plan if he couldn't hold Feng captive next time?

The person who cooperated with her was someone Feng would never have expected, and she was the only one who could really stab Feng in the back at the critical moment.

Chapter 118: Breaking the Ice

The air around her gradually became colder, and every breath made her feel a sharp pain in her chest. She looked at the girl in front of her, who just stared at her without saying a word.

"Sally..."

She called the girl's name and wanted to walk forward, to hold her hand again, to hug this friend who had lost her life because of her momentary cowardice, but she suddenly found that she could not move forward. She didn't know when, but her feet were firmly frozen by the ice extending from the ground.

She tried to struggle hard, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not free her frozen feet from the ice. Moreover, the ice that froze her feet also showed a tendency to gradually spread upwards.

It seems that it won't be long before he will be swallowed by the ice.

Is this my fate? I abandoned my family's honor and pride, succumbed to my own fear and failed to protect my comrades. It is only natural that I should face such an ending...

She had always been strong and optimistic but she was showing it to others. The real regret and guilt always existed in the deepest part of her heart. Every night she would think of that day, her cowardice, and the past that she dared not face.

The speed at which the ice spread across her body gradually accelerated, and after a while, her entire lower body was frozen.

"So...are you going to abandon your family's honor once again, abandon your comrades once again, and succumb to the fear in your heart once again?" The girl standing opposite suddenly spoke.

"Sally, I..."

"Tell me, what is your name?"

"My...my name is Anna...Anna Shaniat." She murmured.

It’s so strange, why, why when I think of my last name, my memory seems to stop for a moment?

"So, what is the Shaniyat family motto? And why are you here? Answer me, Anna Shaniyat."

"Ancestral teachings... and why am I here?"

She repeated the girl's question in confusion. Yes, the family motto, and why she was here. It was so strange, why couldn't she remember it?

wrong……

A fleeting memory flashed through her mind. She felt as if she was about to remember it, but also felt that she was really slowly forgetting something.

No, there is only one thing that must not be forgotten...

"Why are you here? Why do you want to sink into depravity?" The girl pressed on. "You feel that you have abandoned us, you feel that you have failed the name of Shanyati, but if you continue to sink into depravity here, wouldn't you be failing the name of Shanyati for the second time? You are so afraid of failing the honor of your family, why do you choose to give up here again? Anna Shanyati."

I……

The ice had spread to her chest. She stared at the girl in front of her in a daze. Suddenly, she was horrified to find that her memory of the girl was also beginning to be forcibly stripped away by someone. She wanted to call the girl's name again, but when she opened her mouth, she didn't know how to address her.

She clearly still remembered the memories of fighting together with him, and she had clearly called his name once before. Why, why did she forget all this?

It was as if his memories of the girl were being rapidly stripped away, and ice began to appear on the girl in front of him, and her figure gradually became transparent.

The girl still stood there, no longer speaking, just staring at her quietly.

"Family motto...Family motto is..."

the other side.

Kiana took a few steps back and looked at the Herrscher of Ice in front of her. She couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I really didn't expect that we just fought briefly in reality, and now I have to fight you again in this space of consciousness. However, you are the only one who can use your full strength. It's a bit too unfair..."

In Anna's consciousness space, the Herrscher of Ice and Anna were fighting for control of the body, but now it seemed that Anna was completely at a disadvantage. Otherwise, after she came here, the Herrscher of Ice would not be able to devote her energy to dealing with her, and she could not fully exert her power in the space of consciousness.

After all, he was not a Herrscher who controlled consciousness. The only thing that could help him was a piece of Feather Dust given to him by his squad leader. With the authority of consciousness carried by this feather, it was indeed a bit too difficult for him to fight against the Ice Herrscher in his home court.

If it were in reality, Kiana felt that she could still defeat the Herrscher of Ice even without the Skyfire. It was just the difference between killing him in one move and killing him in several moves. However, confrontation on the level of consciousness was not her strong point.

Although she also learned the Taixu Sword God from the squad leader and received guidance from Senior Li Suchang when she was in Paradise, but...how to say it, she still can't release the Taixu Sword God now, unless she ignites the Yu Duchen given to her by the squad leader. But if she does this, on the one hand, she will never be able to enter Anna's consciousness space again, and on the other hand, she doesn't know whether a Taixu Sword God will destroy both Anna and the Ice Herrscher's consciousness.

With the help of the feather in her hand, she could feel that the consciousness of the Ice Ruler and Anna's consciousness were in a state of mutual entanglement. Unless Anna herself had a way, she could not completely separate the consciousness of the Ice Ruler and Anna's consciousness.

However, after entering Anna's consciousness space, she discovered something else.

Now he could barely hold back the consciousness of the Ice Ruler so that it could not continue to devour Anna's consciousness. As for the situation on Anna's side, it would depend on whether this last straw was the one that a drowning man could grasp or the one that broke the camel's back.

If it is the latter, then even if Kiana wants to save Anna, she will be powerless.

If she also had the authority of consciousness, she wouldn't be having such a hard time fighting the Ice Ruler's consciousness here.

The Herrscher of Ice raised his hand, and ice cones appeared like stars on the dark sky in the space of consciousness, and then fell like meteors.

It seemed that the "straw" over there had worked. The Herrscher of Ice even began to try his best to deal with his side first before continuing the battle with Anna.

"Ha... You don't think you're the only one hiding your strength just now, do you?" Kiana breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. While cheering for Anna, she pushed the Yu Duchen in her hand to its limit. "I'm really sorry. Even if you can only exert less than half of your strength here, it's not that easy for you to leave me!"

A big red sword appeared in her hand.

"Xinyan, draw your sword!"

It was like a raging fire that swallowed up all the ice falling from the sky before it even hit the ground.

The Herrscher of Ice seemed to be surprised by Kiana's sudden outburst. Having just been born and not very intelligent, it finally figured out that the reason why Kiana was forced to retreat again and again was just to delay time. In order not to delay the suppression of Anna, it did not use its full strength, and Kiana also left room for her.

But it thought that the girl in front of it would be quickly defeated if it used its full strength.

The Herrscher, who could not yet speak, screamed. He began to feel the anger of being teased by the other party, as well as a trace of fear for the girl in front of him that seemed to have been engraved in his heart since his birth.

It could clearly feel that the power in the girl came from the same source as its own, and it could clearly feel that the girl was of the same kind as it... No, not the same kind, it was as if she was born with a spiritual suppression on it.

A storm mixed with ice arrows began to blow in the consciousness space, and the temperature kept dropping. Driven by the two most primitive emotions of anger and fear, the Herrscher began to focus his attention on Kiana at all costs.

"That's right... Then let's have a good touch!"

Kiana clenched the King Sword of Fire in her hands, and the flames wrapped around the sword. She split the ice storm surrounding her and rushed straight towards the Herrscher of Ice.

The perspective shifts back to Anna.

"Shaniat is the descendant of the dawn. He fell from the sky and came from the outer space. They left the seeds of hope for the world, waiting to sprout in the darkness. Before the dawn comes, we are the watchmen of mankind on earth and the swords that protect mankind in the Garden of Eden."

"But... no matter how sharp a sword is, it will eventually break..."

"So what? If the blade is broken, just reforge it."

A single failure is not terrible. What is terrible is that you are knocked down by this failure and are no longer willing to face it again and are unwilling to face the facts that have already occurred.

The dead cannot be brought back, but the future can still be advised.

So, back to the original question, Anna Shaniat, what brings you here?

"Leonie, take everyone and go... quickly... you... take full command of the Snow Lotus Squad... take everyone... and go!"

At that time, she held her own hands and grabbed herself tightly, showing the strong unwillingness in the owner's heart.

"...Everyone, evacuate immediately and return to the Coral Island base!"

Her voice was resolute and full of pain as she made this decision.

Before she completely froze herself in the end, she, who was the last of the team, looked back at me, and told me with her eyes that she would definitely come back and take me away.

what……

Kaslana... As expected, she has always been the same Kaslana, and has never changed...

Even she didn't give up on taking me back, but I almost planned to sink here...

It's really embarrassing...

The girl, who was about to be completely swallowed by the ice, focused her scattered gaze again, and she tried her best to break free from the ice coffin.

"Click"

This was the sound of the first crack, followed by more and more cracks, and she finally broke free from the ice. Although her memory was still a little fuzzy, and some memories were probably completely forgotten, she still remembered who she was and what she had to do.

that's enough.

Anna walked up to her old friend who had also been freed from the ice surrounding her body. Although freed from the ice, her old friend's body was still somewhat illusory, as if it would disappear at any time. She reached out and hugged her old friend: "I'm sorry... I still forgot your name, but I haven't forgotten the memory of our common battles, so... can you tell me your name again?"

"Ha... Sally, Sally Emmett, if you forget again next time, I'm going to pinch your face into a puppy's shape!"

She also reached out and gently hugged Anna.

"Okay, let's forget about reminiscing about the past. I also have to thank that beautiful girl with white hair. If it weren't for her, I'm afraid I wouldn't even have the chance to speak. She is from your Shanyiat family, right? To some extent, your Shanyiat is really full of talented people... You must thank her later."

"Well, I will."

"Then stop wasting time here and go help them!"