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

Walter was very disgusted with the act of killing his master by the Seven Swordsmen of Taixu, but the reason he chose to kill his master in the first place was because of his desire for life and his fear that he might be killed by his master in the future because of being possessed by the devil.

They still remembered the little details of practicing swords on Mount Taixu when they were young, but after growing up, they chose to be rebellious for their own selfish reasons, and in the end they still could not escape the death they wanted to escape from in the first place...

Afterwards, he came to a completely new illusion, in which even Walter could not avoid being affected by the authority of consciousness and forgot the reason why he came here in the first place.

Not until he saw Walter Joyce did he suddenly come to his senses and free himself from the illusion's hold on his memory.

"Walter... eh... This name... is great, right? So... from now on, you are Walter."

"The core of the Herrscher... and the mission to protect this world..."

"I'll leave it to you, Walter."

This was the mission Joyce entrusted to him before his death. It was also the path he found when he went out alone in order to find the meaning of protecting the world.

He always thought that if there was such an opportunity, when he saw Joyce again, he would be able to tell him frankly that he understood and accepted his mission, and had found the next candidate who was more suitable for the core of the Ruler of Reason.

"Joachim, you are very tired." Joyce's voice came from behind Walter who was about to leave.

Walter stopped and remained silent.

Yes, he had to admit that Joyce was right, he was indeed very tired. In the first few decades of Anti-Entropy, he had to appear as Joyce as the first acting Herrscher, and at the same time, he took every opportunity to learn and get used to the use of the Herrscher's authority. Then, when he finally no longer had to appear as Joyce, he began to lose his way and the future of Anti-Entropy.

Walter expressed his understanding of Bronya's idea of ​​going to the World Serpent, but at the same time, he inevitably thought about the way forward against entropy again.

Anti-Entropy... This is not just an organization that is independent of and opposed to the Mandate of Heaven. It also contains the countless efforts of the veterans who once established Anti-Entropy, such as Joyce's will and Nancy's sacrifice... In addition, there is also a blood debt with the Mandate of Heaven and Otto.

In order to kill anti-entropy and eliminate Joyce who disagreed with him, Otto used all despicable means, including killing his father, tampering with the Dead Sea Scrolls to plot against Schrödinger, and forcing Leanna, Joyce and Nancy to death...

Then, there was the backstab in the second collapse.

With so much blood debt, even if Otto really intends to fight against Honkai with all his heart, Anti-Entropy will never trust Otto again.

However, the current destiny, or the energy behind Otto, is completely beyond the reach of Anti-Entropy...

"Since you are tired, why don't you stop?" Joyce asked.

Walter was silent for a moment, then said: "I inherited the name of 'World' from you, and the core of the Herrscher who defeated Honkai with human will... I will never stop until Honkai is completely defeated."

"Thank you for your hard work, Joachim."

As soon as Joyce finished speaking, the illusion around him seemed to be blown away by the wind, and Walter came to a chaotic world. In this chaotic world, there were a large number of light balls around.

Walter looked at the light balls around him. He guessed that these light balls should correspond to an illusion, but... there should be only five people who climbed to the top of the mountain: himself, Kiana, Otto, Li Sushang and Mei. Why are there so many illusions here?

After thinking for a while, Walter walked casually to the side of a ball of light, reached out and touched the edge of the ball of light, and the next moment, he saw the contents of the ball of light.

He knew the owner of the illusion, or at least had met her, and the other people from Anti-Entropy had dealt with her several times.

Kiana's deputy, Mia Shaniat.

At this moment, she was quite different from the image of the capable and efficient deputy in people's impression. In the illusion, Mia was just a student, sitting in the classroom and listening to the lecture quietly.

Walter had to admit that he might have had some preconceived impressions about the Shaniyat family. After all, every Shaniyat family member he had seen was as fearless as a demon when fighting against the Honkai, and was even more crazy about it. So he subconsciously tended to preconceive that the illusions faced by the Shaniyat family would also be related to fighting against the Honkai.

According to the illusions that I have experienced, the illusions here will reflect a person's truest inner desires and make people sink into them.

The elite of the Shaniyat family...her only wish is to attend classes as an ordinary student?

"It seems that our great anti-entropy leader also has prejudices against people sometimes..." Otto's playful voice sounded behind Walter.

Hearing Otto's voice, Walter subconsciously tensed up his nerves, and his right hand was ready to simulate the Star of Eden to send Otto off at any time.

"Hey, after all, we are partners in this action, don't always look so hostile." Otto, who suddenly appeared behind Walter, shrugged and said calmly, "Come to think of it, I have dealt with you a lot. The time you came out of the illusion is about the same as I originally expected."

"Otto..." Walter stared at Otto closely. The other party appeared here and spoke in such a tone. This guy might have escaped from the illusion a long time ago. However, this was not beyond Walter's expectations, because he felt that for a person like Otto, no so-called "beautiful dream" could trap him.

Otto didn't care about Walter's hostile attitude at all, but instead focused his attention on Mia: "After fighting against destiny for so long, the fact that the Shaniyat people have to embark on the battlefield against Honkai since the age of 12 should not be considered confidential information, right?"

"Indeed, but after all, 12 years old is..."

"Too crazy?" Otto shook his head with amusement. "But, is there a possibility that 12 years old is the latest age for the Shanyat family to go to the battlefield... At the earliest, they may have stood on the front line against the Honkai at the age of 8."

"But at their age, they should be sitting in the classroom and studying as students!" Walter stared at Otto and said. He understood Shaniyate's nobleness, but he did not approve of Shaniyate's crazy way of fighting against Honkai...

Fighting disasters and shouldering the future of mankind should be the responsibility of adults like them...

Otto chuckled, then said calmly, "But you can see the situation clearly. Even though Mia had already joined the battlefield when others were still sitting in the classroom dreaming about the future, and even though she was always willing to sacrifice her life for Shaniyat's beliefs, her deepest desire was just to be a student and attend classes in the classroom."

Walter was silent for a long while before he said, "Indeed, maybe it's not just me. For most people, the Shaniyat family has been at the forefront of the fight against the Honkai for too long, so long that... maybe everyone has forgotten that they are actually 'people' like us, with their own wishes and pursuits."

"But in the face of collapse, they all chose to shoulder the future of the world without exception." Otto spread his hands and said, "Anti-Entropy Leader, answer me, if there were no Shaniyat and Kaslana's people, what would the world be like today? You think that for the Shaniyat, they were too young to step onto the battlefield, but have you ever thought... someone has to take on these responsibilities?"

"The Shaniyat and Kaslana families of Tianming are both worthy of respect, but you, Otto, are not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with these two families." Walter said coldly.

"Yes, compared to their bloody battles for their ideals, I am just a selfish fool." Otto said nonchalantly, "My every move is full of my personal desires... But so what? I am still the bishop of destiny."

"You're not here just to chat with me, are you? Or do you think there's enough time now?" Walter didn't want to waste any more words with Otto. Instead of wasting time here, it would be better to talk about how to deal with the current situation.

Although I don’t know what’s happening outside, judging from the fact that more people are being drawn into the illusion, the situation may have escalated further. We can’t delay any longer.

"Of course not. I was just a little surprised to see that you were surprised by the dream of a Shaniyat." Otto said with a smile, "After all, Anti-Entropy, which has always advocated justice and respect for humans, would have a day when their leader would judge people based on prejudice. This scene is rare."

"If you really have so much time, I think you might as well care about the Saint of Destiny whom you have been thinking about for five hundred years." Walter said coldly, "If even Shaniyat stationed outside Taixu Mountain has been hit, then Kallen Kaslana who is inside Taixu Mountain should not be able to escape either, right?"

"It's a hit that hits the point." Otto's tone was still unhurried. "But you don't have to worry about it. Since you are so anxious, I will tell you the truth. For now, in order to break the consciousness attack on everyone, we need to start from two aspects at the same time, reach the true location of absurdism, close the expanding imaginary singularity, and defeat the eighth Herrscher of Consciousness at the same time."

"Just tell me what your plan is." Walter said with a frown, thinking in his heart. From the currently known information, the virtual tree god skeleton that appeared in Taixu Mountain seems to be hostile to the Herrscher, but it is also a threat to humans like the Honkai. From the perspective of strength alone, Walter is not very confident that he can win against the Eighth Herrscher.

After all, he is only the First Herrscher, and he cannot maximize the utilization of the Herrscher Core. Facing the Eighth Herrscher with a higher Honkai energy level, his disadvantage is still obvious.

"We don't need to worry about the Eighth Herrscher and Absurdism, because Kiana is here, and Su Chang has gone to help her." Otto shrugged and said, "All we have to do is to stop Absurdism from continuing to erode reality and prevent it from seizing the Eighth Herrscher's authority. If we find the core of all the illusions here, we can effectively cut off the release of Absurdism's authority. Of course, the strength of just the two of us is not enough, so why not wait a little longer and get some more help."

"You're not planning something in the gutter again, are you?"

"Oh, what you said is really sad. This time I want to fight against Honkai with all my heart." Otto showed an innocent look, which made Walter feel a chill.

At least for now, I will not let the collapse destroy human civilization.

Otto thought so and recalled the illusion he saw after defeating Mafeima. That was indeed his deepest wish at the moment. However, he had always been able to distinguish clearly between dreams and reality.

Although it did take longer than he had initially expected, fortunately he had finished what he needed to deal with before Kiana succeeded.

Even though he knew that he was only facing an illusion and that what he said could not reach the ears of the real person, out of his self-deceptive emotion, he spent a little more time saying some insignificant words to an illusion.

As for now...

Otto's gaze shifted towards the numerous balls of light.

He had already collected almost all the things he wanted to know and the data he wanted to collect. If he wanted to continue his research, he would have to wait until the next Herrscher appeared. The data provided by the current Eighth Herrscher and its corresponding Absurdism was still not enough.

As for the illusion that Walter mentioned about Karen, Otto had actually gone there to confirm it a long time ago. Although he had expected it, he was still a little surprised when he saw it...

Is this what Karen is thinking and wishing now? Moreover, she should have known that it was an illusion...

Speaking of illusions, Li Suchang was the first one to break free from the illusion among everyone. For her, she had already become indifferent to the secular world and there was not much to worry about. Moreover, she had already met the people she wanted to see before entering the second illusion, so this illusion had no effect on her at all.

After breaking free from the illusion, she also deliberately pointed out the truth that she had also broken free from the illusion a long time ago but would still need to stay for a while...

Just as he was thinking this, several other balls of light began to move strangely. Then, as the balls of light disappeared, several figures appeared - this meant that they had also broken free from the illusion.

Otto and Walter shifted their gazes over there, and the people who broke free from the illusion one after another were Kallen, Bronya, and Wendy.

“Sure enough, the problem faced by the Herrscher of Thunder is quite big. Although the Herrscher can resist the authority of the Herrscher, and the illusion’s control over the Herrscher is not that strong, but... she is too trapped in her obsession.” Otto thought so, and then his eyes fell on the illusionary light balls where the other Shaniyats were.

Not long after, the other members of the Shaniyat team brought by Kiana also broke free from the illusion one after another.

Well, it's time to bring this change to a close.

Chapter 146: The Herr of Consciousness: You are cheating!

In the imaginary space created by absurdism.

"I won't fight you anymore, you're cheating!" After being teleported back to the starting position again, the Herrscher of Consciousness was finally so angry that his defense broke.

Some time ago, because Kiana denied the identity of the Herrscher of Consciousness and told her that she was actually a Herrscher, the furious Herrscher of Consciousness used all her authority to attack, and then Kiana was hit by her "Grasp of the Void" and her figure disappeared. This made the Herrscher of Consciousness wonder whether Kiana escaped through the authority of the Herrscher of the Void.

Because she was sure that she didn't want to kill Kiana, she just wanted to teach Kiana a lesson.

As a result, as soon as Kiana disappeared, Li Suchang came over and called her "the villain who pretended to be our master", which made the Herrscher of Consciousness so angry that he didn't care that he had just fought with a group of virtual tree users and Kiana, and forgot where Kiana had gone, and started fighting with Li Suchang without saying a word.

Unfortunately, due to being denied by Kiana and Li Suchang one after another, and due to the fact that his authority was further eroded by absurdism due to the previous rage, the power of consciousness was blocked, and he was unable to defeat them as easily as before. The Herrscher of Consciousness's state of mind began to become unstable, and facing Li Suchang, who was always able to remain calm, he even tied with the other party for a while.

After fighting with Li Suchang for a while, Kiana appeared again. She told the Herrscher of Knowledge very calmly: "There is no need to fight anymore. Have you really not realized that your use of Yu Duchen, or your own Herrscher authority, has reached the point of exhaustion? The more you want to use the Herrscher authority, the more you will be eroded by absurdism. Now absurdism has swallowed up most of your authority, seriously threatening the lives and safety of everyone in Taixu Mountain, even yourself. Moreover, if you really think you are Hua, then... you should not fight us now."

"Stop blackmailing me with morals!" The Herrscher of Knowledge was furious. "You were the first to say that I was not from Hua, that I was a Herrscher! Well, I am a Herrscher, I am the enemy of mankind, and what I want to do is my own business! What does this ridiculous threat to human safety have to do with me, a Herrscher?!"

"Kiana...are you really not saying this just to provoke her?" Li Suchang also felt that what Kiana said was inappropriate. Although it was true, but...but the Herrscher of Consciousness on the opposite side seemed to be about to cry out of anger?

While she was talking to Kiana, Herrscher of Consciousness had already rushed in front of the two people. Li Suchang subconsciously prepared to fight back, but Kiana just stretched out a hand to signal Li Suchang not to worry. The next second, before Herrscher of Consciousness's attack fell on them, Herrscher of Consciousness's figure was suddenly transferred to where she was at the beginning, and even her posture was the same as at the beginning.

The Herrscher of Consciousness and Li Sushang were both stunned.

At this time, Li Suchang discovered that Kiana's hair, which was usually tied into a ponytail, had let down her hair, the color of her pupils had turned silver, and silver lines appeared on half of her face.

"What are you doing again!" For some reason, when the Herrscher of Consciousness sensed that there was something wrong with the aura around Kiana, he instinctively became more hostile. In addition, he was already so angry that he was about to lose his mind. Without thinking too much, the Herrscher of Consciousness attacked Kiana once again.

Kiana didn't look at the Herrscher of Consciousness, but looked at Li Sushang and began to explain why she said that in the beginning: "It's not that I meant to anger her, but she is now in doubt and confusion about her own identity. As you and I can see, although she occupied the monitor's body, she did protect the villagers of Taixu Mountain before we arrived. But the fact is the fact, the monitor's body will eventually belong to the monitor, and she must acknowledge her identity as a Herrscher."

"So...when you told her that, it actually meant..."

"In her state, no matter what I say or what I say, it's useless." Kiana said in a flat tone, "So it's better to further irritate her and make her fight with all her strength. When she's tired, the problem will be solved naturally."

Li Suchang was silent. She watched as Herrscher of Consciousness was reset to the starting point by Kiana again and again, and attacked from all directions again and again in defiance of evil. For some reason... she actually wanted to mourn for Herrscher of Consciousness in silence.

And... why does Kiana's behavior make it seem like she is just letting a child throw a tantrum and then talking to her about reason when she's tired?

At the same time, Li Sushang looked at Kiana with a strange look in her eyes. Kiana's ability was too outrageous, wasn't it? Was she still playable? No matter how hard she tried, she would be reset to the starting point? This... was just like the cheaters in the game. It was totally unreasonable.

If I fight with Kiana now...

Li Suchang had already begun to think about how to admit defeat gracefully. There was no point in fighting. All attacks were ineffective. If he wanted to retreat, he would probably be reset to the starting point. He could neither fight nor run away.

Play with a hammer.

As if she understood what was in Li Suchang's eyes, Kiana showed a bit of embarrassment on her face. She said, "This power does not belong to me. Feng temporarily lent it to me through the holy marks on my back... If this was not the imaginary space created by Absurdism, and Absurdism itself was the embodiment of Feng's uncontrolled authority, I would not have been able to carry his power for so long."

The last person who took on this power was Cecilia... She directly reset Siberia's Honkai energy distribution, restoring it to the level before the Honkai occurred. The price she paid... was that she could not bear this power and the rejection of Feng's power by the original world eventually led to the inevitable collapse of her body.

Mebius was really impressed by this, and commented that "one dares to give and the other dares to take"...

"Feng?" Li Sushang frowned, then pounded his fist as if he suddenly realized something, "Oh, you are talking about Lucifer, the ancestor of your Shaniyat!"

Because of the interference of the Cocoon of the End, Li Sushang could not use the Void Treasures to resist the power of the cocoon like Otto, so when she left the paradise, she would inevitably be forced to forget everything about Feng. However, as her understanding of the Taixu Sword God deepened, she could resist the power of the cocoon to a certain extent and would not forget everything.

"Ah... um..." Kiana nodded, and then began to think about whether Feng was her ancestor. In terms of seniority, she should be of the same generation as Feng? But she had no memory of the end...

As for the routine for dealing with the Herrscher of Consciousness, it was Feng who suggested it. After all, strictly speaking, the other party was a child who was less than a month old. There was no need to be too fussy about a child. Let her vent her anger on her own.

Kiana: "..."

There's no need to argue with a child. Do you mean to use the power of time to play tricks on her?

Although if Feng didn't tell her that she could do this, she might have done the same. After all, she could see that the Herrscher of Knowledge was not a bad person by nature. What if she accidentally hit the child too hard and made him cry after borrowing Feng's power?

It’s just that Feng told her exactly how to use this power, otherwise, she might try to avoid fighting and waste time with the Herrscher of Consciousness.

"So... Kiana, do you mean to say that you plan to bring the Herrscher of Knowledge back to the World Serpent as well?" Li Sushang said, "She is like this now, she really won't..."

"Don't worry, Senior Suchang. You see, although the Herrscher of Consciousness has lost her mind and is venting her anger, she has never used the authority of her consciousness." Kiana said, "This is also a proof that she listened to what I said before. She also knows that if she continues to use her authority, it will only make absurdism stronger... She is just venting her anger because her identity has been denied. It will be fine once she calms down."

"According to the Luosha people, she regarded herself as the Grand Master from the beginning, and has always used this as her code of conduct, taking it as her responsibility to slay demons and monsters..." Li Suchang lowered her eyes and said, "But now, she has to accept that the identity she thought she had at the beginning was fake, and her true identity is actually the [Demon] she hates the most. It is indeed a difficult thing to accept."

After hearing what Kiana said, Li Suchang felt that the Herrscher of Consciousness now looked more like a child throwing a tantrum. Although this tantrum was a bit too severe and most people couldn't handle it... but there was a much more powerful "adult" standing behind Kiana. In comparison, the Herrscher of Consciousness was just a child in every aspect.

"So what should we do next? Just wait here for the Herrscher of Consciousness to calm down?" Li Sushang turned his gaze towards the absurdist giant body that appeared in the imaginary space, "That thing doesn't look easy to deal with..."

The moment Kiana appeared in this space, Li Suchang felt the hostility emanating from Absurdism. While the Herrscher of Consciousness continued to attack Kiana, Absurdism did not make any move. This was very strange, and Li Suchang couldn't help but wonder if Absurdism was holding back a big one.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem." Kiana said, "Didn't Otto tell you his specific plan? Even if we defeat Absurdism here, since it also possesses at least half of the authority of consciousness, we can't completely eliminate it, so we have to wait for Otto to cut off the path of Absurdism's erosion of the authority of the Herrscher of Consciousness. Since it doesn't want to attack actively, we should save as much effort as possible now."

Li Suchang was silent for a moment. It seemed that this Rakshasa really didn't tell her anything. However, thinking that she might not understand what he said, she didn't say anything more. After all, with Rakshasa's personality, it was impossible for him to tell his entire plan to one person at once. Instead, he would tell the corresponding people what to do in each step of the plan.

He was the one who told me to come and support Kiana.

But now it seems that Kiana doesn't seem to need her support much?

I'm afraid the Rakshasa people didn't expect that the person behind Kiana would help...

Kiana also turned her gaze towards Absurdism and continued, "I am the enemy that all Absurdism must destroy, but the power in me comes from Feng and is the same as its source, so even though it has an instinctive hostility towards me, it will not take any action until it thoroughly identifies and confirms my identity."

If Feng's power was not used as a disguise, Absurdism would concentrate all its firepower on himself at all costs. For example, the intermittent consciousness attacks and authority blockages he had been subjected to since entering Taixu Mountain were all caused by Absurdism's interference with himself.

Thinking of this, Kiana looked at her hands again. Come to think of it, this was the first time she consciously used the power from Feng...

"I'm not going to fight you anymore, you're cheating!" After seeing that she couldn't even touch Kiana despite trying her best, and Kiana was still chatting with Li Suchang as if nothing had happened, as if she didn't take her seriously at all, the Herrscher of Consciousness finally broke down.