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

"...Since this is the choice you made yourself, Mei, and Kiana may be just as you thought, then Bronya can't say much." Bronya sighed softly, "Then... let's talk about something else?"

"Anything else?" Mei looked at Bronya.

"Sister Mei, what did you think when you first arrived at World Snake? Were you... scared? Or did you feel lonely?" Bronya asked.

Mei was stunned for a moment. She came to World Snake just for Kiana. As long as Kiana was there, she didn't care about anything else. At that time, she was determined to catch up with Kiana. She basically didn't communicate with other people in World Snake. Except for Seele and Kiana who would take care of her, she was alone at other times.

As for loneliness... Mei has long been accustomed to loneliness.

After hearing Bronya's question today, Mei suddenly realized that she had never integrated into the World Snake from the beginning to the end, while Kiana had been a member of the World Snake for a long time. When she was still a loner in the World Snake, Kiana not only accepted trials in the paradise, but also participated in the affairs of the Shaniyat family outside.

However, in her eyes at that time, nominally speaking, other things besides Kiana were not within her scope of concern, but what about her in reality? Did she really care about what Kiana did?

No, she didn't. She only cared about whether she could catch up with Kiana. Her eyes only focused on the path Kiana had walked before. As for what Kiana was doing now, what she was thinking... she never tried to understand...

Seeing that Mei didn't say anything, Bronya continued to talk to herself: "I will... Mei, sister, I'm a little scared now..."

"Fear?"

"I'm wondering, can I shoulder the responsibility of anti-entropy, and even the future of mankind? Am I qualified to truly possess the Herrscher's Core of Reason? I don't know... I don't know all of this. If the Herrscher's belief is the concept of anti-entropy, then what if I recognize the World Serpent's concept among the World Serpents? If the path I finally choose runs counter to the path that Senior Joyce originally chose, am I still qualified to be a Herrscher of Reason?"

"Bronya..."

"To be honest, the reason I came to World Serpent is to find an answer, an answer that can answer the question about the future of mankind." Bronya lowered her eyes and said, "I am the third acting Herrscher and the next leader of Anti-Entropy. I am highly expected... But in the current situation, I can't see the future of Anti-Entropy, nor do I know how Anti-Entropy will move forward. And... in the face of collapse, what can I do..."

Mei was silent.

“I admit that one of the reasons why I came to World Snake was to see Seele again, but I was really afraid that Seele would no longer be the same as I remembered her…” Bronya said, “Sister Mei, you said you wanted to fight alongside Kiana, so how could I not be looking forward to meeting Seele again? But just as the gap between you and Kiana is getting bigger and bigger, the gap between Seele and me is also… no, it should be earlier. I knew a long time ago that Seele was too far away from me…”

Both of them were silent for a long time.

Bronya then asked: "Sister Mei, what exactly does it mean to fight for humanity?"

Mei looked at Bronya, then looked away: "...I don't know the answer. I have never thought about the future of mankind, because I don't care about these things. I just want to...be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Kiana, that's all. She chose to fight against Honkai, so I will do the same. Why fight Honkai, what is fighting for humanity, where is the future of humanity, these are not what I care about...

"Because... I have always been just a coward, a coward who needs to rely on Kiana to survive..."

"There's no need to describe myself like that..." Bronya smiled bitterly.

"No, this is the truth." Mei said calmly, "Bronya, just think of it as me suddenly coming to my senses... My life should have ended when the Sky City erupted, but it was at that time that I met Kiana. She saved me and brought me out of the abyss. From then on, from joining Saint Freya to become a Valkyrie, to the Battle of Destiny, to becoming the Herrscher of Thunder again... I never had any plans for my future. All I thought was that I would be wherever Kiana was..."

"…So, Mei-sister, what are your plans for the future? Or, what are your plans for the days ahead?"

"……still none."

Bronya: "..."

So sister Mei, have you figured it out or not?

"Don't look at me like that, Bronya... I'm different from you and Kiana." Mei showed a self-deprecating smile on her face, "As you said, you are carrying this anti-entropy future, carrying the expectations of Mr. Walter and others for you, and Kiana is the same. She is the second daughter of the Shaniyat family, the person that Lucifer is watching, and she is carrying the future of mankind... But I, no one needs me to do anything, or expects me to do something or become something..."

"…Mr. Ryoma?"

"Father... Ha, actually I still don't know what my father needs me to do. From childhood to adulthood, I have only received standard training as a young lady, or I have to swing the sword according to my father's requirements. But what is the meaning of swinging the sword? No one told me, and I have never thought about it. The only thing I thought about was... whether my father would be satisfied." Mei lowered her eyes, "Until now, the relationship between my father and I is still..."

She didn't know what to say next.

Although she would contact Raiden Ryoma every once in a while when she was in Saint Freya, the content of their conversations was always boring. They had not had a normal conversation as father and daughter for a long, long time.

Raiden Ryoma was always busy with the work of ME Club, and he rarely communicated with her in daily life. After being imprisoned and rescued by the anti-entropy conservatives, he was busy collecting various intelligence for Dr. Einstein and others and carrying out some secret reconnaissance missions...

Mei knew that her father cared about her, but... Raiden Ryoma couldn't give her the answer she needed, or perhaps he didn't know how to communicate with his daughter.

Bronya looked at Mei and then withdrew her gaze after a while: "So, our previous generations all had their own problems... Speaking of this, I should also apologize to you for Mr. Ryoma's imprisonment, because the person who led this matter was Cocolia... my adoptive mother."

After hearing what Mei said, Bronya suddenly felt that the previous generations of the three of them, including Kiana, seemed a little...

Mr. Siegfried had to leave Kiana when she was 12 because of the Herrscher of the Sky, which directly led to Kiana starting to be self-reliant at the age of 12, wandering all the way from Europe to the Far East, and even able to pass the exam for Senba Academy. What's even more outrageous is that Mr. Siegfried actually didn't contact Kiana at all in the past few years...

Besides, even Kiana's name...

Just thinking about it, Bronya felt that Kiana had a hard time...

As for Mr. Raiden Ryoma… Although she didn’t have much interaction with him, after all, when Changkong City collapsed, Bronya was ordered by Cocolia to go to the center of the collapse to collect first-hand data on the Herrscher of Lightning, and to capture the newly born Herrscher of Lightning, that is, Meiyi, as much as possible—although she ended up being knocked unconscious by Kiana’s sword. Before the mission began, Cocolia didn’t hide the information that Bronya should know. The conquest gem in Meiyi’s body… was implanted by her father, Raiden Ryoma, who personally led the experiment.

For this reason, Cocolia set her sights on Mei, who became the carrier of the Conquest Gem, and had already begun planning to cause the collapse of Changkong City before framing Raiden Ryoma and putting him in jail.

At the same time, after Raiden Ryoma implanted the Gem of Conquest into Mei's body, he did embezzle public funds from ME to build a weapon. It is said that it was specifically used to deal with Mei after she went berserk and became a Herrscher. Mei herself was unaware of all this.

She was implanted with the Gem of Conquest without her knowledge, and her father was unaware that he had already prepared measures to deal with her when she went berserk. After reading all the information, Bronya had only one thought - Mr. Ryoma, is Mei really your biological daughter?

However, what Bronya didn't know was that Raiden Ryoma did have his own reasons for doing this, but at that time, Cocolia did not give all the information to Bronya in order to eliminate the possibility that Bronya would have inappropriate sympathy.

Although Raiden Ryoma has his own difficulties in implanting the Conquest Gem, the gap between him and his daughter is real.

As for Cocolia... there is even less to say. Bronya can only say that death is the greatest thing, and it is difficult to comment on anything else.

To sum up, none of the three people’s ancestors were from ordinary families... Is this the reason why they were able to meet and be together in the end?

"Apology?... There's nothing to apologize for... Before my father went to jail, what I feared most was returning home, because the so-called [home] couldn't give me any warmth. I never heard any praise from my father. In my memory, my father at that time always looked serious..." Mei whispered, "So, at that time I wanted to stay in school 24 hours a day, because there were my [friends] there. However, it was not until my father went to jail that I realized that everything was false. They approached me only because I was the eldest daughter of the Raiden family... Ah... I fell into the cold reality again, and it was at that time that I met Kiana..."

Bronya looked at Mei with a complicated expression.

The last time she talked to Kiana about Mr. Siegfried, Kiana's reaction was much colder than she expected. Now it seems that Meiyi is also acting in a similar way? Bronya felt that if she told Meiyi that Raiden Ryoma was missing, Meiyi would have the same reaction as Kiana.

"Oh, I'll look into it later when I have time."

Then, Bronya asked herself and found out...she seemed to be of similar quality.

Mr. Siegfried was only missing and his life or death was unknown, but her adoptive mother Cocolia was really dead. However, she felt calm as ever when she thought about it now. Even when she learned of her death, she was only slightly surprised, then sighed, and together with her friends in the orphanage, she built a cenotaph for Cocolia.

There is nothing else.

Sad? Yes, but not a lot.

Just as Bronya and Mei fell into silence, the door of the reception room was pushed open.

"Mei, and Bronya, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Kiana walked in and said, "I was delayed a little bit."

"Not really. Mei and I haven't seen each other for a long time, so we just happened to chat for a while." Bronya said, "So... have you finished your business?"

"I think it's done... By the way, I didn't come here alone. I just happened to run into Xi'er when I got here."

Kiana turned sideways, and Seele, who was standing behind Kiana, smiled at Bronya and waved gently: "Long time no see, Sister Bronya."

“Seele…” Bronya stood up and looked at Seele carefully. Compared with her impression of Seele, except that the clothes on her body were different, Seele seemed to be as gentle as before.

"When Kiana told me that Sister Bronya was here too, I was a little surprised." Seele said softly, "However, this may indeed be a suitable choice for you. I also heard from Kiana about the reason why you came here."

"This is what I think in my heart. After all, I inherited the core of the Herrscher of Reason, so I naturally have to do what I should do." Bronya said, "Besides, I just wanted to come here to tell you about the current situation of everyone in the orphanage."

"Everyone from the orphanage...it's indeed been a long time since we last met." Xier said with her eyes lowered.

She was thinking, should she tell Bronya that she might know more about the situation of everyone in the orphanage than Bronya, including the current status of Rosaria and Lilia, and what Xing is doing now... The World Snake would regularly hand over their information to her, and the doctor who was responsible for monitoring Rosaria and Lilia's physical condition was assigned by her from the World Snake...

But forget it.

It seems that Sister Bronya also has a lot to say to me. After meeting each other after a long time, I can't let her be speechless, right? It's just right. I can listen to Sister Bronya's current troubles. Maybe I can help a little.

Chapter 152 Purpose in the Mist

"...So, Mr. Gray, what about you?"

"I choose to believe in Brother Yufeng's plan, so... I will help you, Kiana."

"Help me? Why?"

"You...actually have other ideas of your own, right?"

"..."

"You can lie to me. After all, I don't have Sister Hua's Yu Duchen. But I can see the color on you, and your color... won't lie."

“…Even if you can tell my color, so what?”

"I'm just proposing a plan. It's up to you whether you need my help or not. I can help you in many ways, but there are limits to what you can do on your own. Of course, if you don't plan to do anything, then just pretend I never said these words. As you think, cooperation is not unconditional. In essence, it's just about each taking what they need."

"..."

"If you have made up your mind, just come to my studio and tell me."

Teacher Gray Shu...what was her purpose in cooperating with me? However, one thing was basically certain, what Teacher Gray Shu said about her and Feng being on the same side was undoubtedly true.

During the Destiny War, it was Teacher Grayshu who secretly operated and assisted Alicia and Velvet to interfere with Mobius's plan, and ultimately prevented herself from being exchanged as a "sacrifice" to the desert of that time. Although in essence, the reason why Teacher Grayshu did this was because it was Maple's own wish...

Well, from Feng's own wishes, Teacher Grayshu should be as trustworthy as Su at that time, but... he still felt that something was wrong.

Teacher Grayshu told me my color directly. Although Teacher Grayshu did not say it explicitly, both I and she knew it very well. Maybe it was because of this that I had some distance between me and Teacher Grayshu.

At that time, Otto also mentioned this matter intentionally or unintentionally...

However, compared to Otto, Teacher Grace might be easier to trust.

After all, there was no reason for the barriers between him and Teacher Grayshu. Strictly speaking, Teacher Grayshu had never done anything to wrong him...if the fact that he had trapped his consciousness and awakened the Herrscher of the Void, forcing the monitor to take him back to Sentence to carry out the next plan, was not counted.

In the final analysis, perhaps for Teacher Gray Shu, compared to whether she can carry the banner of saving the world, she values ​​Feng more...

Wait, if I think this way, then Ms. Grace wouldn’t…

"Kiana, are you worried about something?" A gentle voice interrupted Kiana's thoughts, "You seem to be in a bad mood?"

Kiana came back to her senses from her thoughts: "Xi'er? Why are you here?"

"I heard that Sister Bronya is here too. It just so happens that I haven't seen Sister Bronya for a long time, so I wanted to come over and talk to Sister Bronya." Seele smiled and said, "Did you...just finish talking to Sister Alicia?"

"Um……"

"I have also heard about what happened to Brother Yufeng. I can also understand what Sister Alicia did and why she did it." Xier said.

[After all, if she doesn't make the first move, we might be the ones to make the move, right? ]

(There’s no need to say it so bluntly…)

[What's so bad about saying it? Anyway, you and I are the only ones who can hear it, so you don't have to feel embarrassed, right, Xi'er? ]

(...)

Kiana looked at Seele with some confusion as her expression suddenly became a little strange, wondering if she was talking to another "her" again. Kiana knew about the Herrscher of Death of the previous civilization, but why did Seele look a little embarrassed?

Seele coughed lightly, and her expression returned to normal: "Sister Bronya was able to come to World Serpent. How did she convince you, Kiana?"

Kiana repeated what Bronya had said to her at Taixu Mountain and briefly explained the situation.

"Sister Bronya... Sure enough, there was a reason why she was able to pass the test at that time..." Seele said thoughtfully, "Mr. Walter was willing to trust Sister Bronya and let her come here as the next leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance. He also let Sister Bronya bring the Herrscher Core of the Herrscher of Reason. He was also very courageous... However, he may have a lot of trouble in the future."

Although Bronya never told Kiana that she had the Herrscher Core, Kiana, as a Herrscher, could still feel the frequency fluctuations of the Herrscher Core.

She was also surprised by Walter's decision, but Bronya didn't say anything, so she pretended not to know.

Anti-Entropy's current top combat power is entirely supported by Walter, and Walter has now handed over the Herrscher Core of Reason to Bronya and asked her to take it to the World Serpent. Not to mention how Anti-Entropy will react to Walter in the future, Anti-Entropy, which has lost the power of Herrscher of Reason, will be in a much more difficult situation.

Although Anti-Entropy now has Theresa's help, and can use Theresa and Wendy to hold the fort when necessary, Saint Freya has ultimately only reached a cooperative relationship with Anti-Entropy, and the relationship is not too close. Unless it is something particularly important, Theresa will most likely not get involved.

After all... the previous attack on St. Freya has always been on Theresa's mind.

Speaking of the attack on St. Freya, Kiana couldn't help but think of another person involved, Siegfried...

Now Siegfried's whereabouts have been confirmed. He is imprisoned in Kaslana's stigmata space, but he is more inclined to Shaniyat after all. The power of the Herrscher and the power of the stigmata are mutually exclusive, but because of the special nature of Shaniyat's ancestors, Shaniyat's stigmata are very compatible with the Herrscher, so he can also use the power of Shaniyat's stigmata.

The essence of the stigmata ultimately comes from genes, and Feng, Alicia, and Lilith are all Herrschers. It is no surprise that the stigmata of the Shaniyat family, which were born based on their genes, are highly compatible with Herrschers.

Under this influence, Shaniyat's stigmata were able to directly manifest into the world, but this did not happen with the other family stigmata, Kaslana's stigmata.

That was why he was unable to awaken Kaslana's stigmata and enter Kaslana's stigmata space to save Siegfried.

Therefore, since Otto said he could help me in this regard, I had no choice but to trust Otto. As for how Otto would help me, that was not within my concern at the moment.

At least, one thing Kiana is very clear about now is that she doesn't want to confront Kevin directly because of this.

"Is that so... Well, Kiana, what do you think of him?"

In front of Kaslana's mansion, Yulandel once asked herself this question.

"He was kind to you? Does he mean that he didn't allow you to receive a formal education before you were 12? Does he mean that he left you on your 12th birthday and left you to survive on your own? Lucifer taught you all your knowledge and fighting skills, Kiana. Does he mean that he was just taking up the title of "father" for nothing?"

Otto asked himself the same question when he was at Taixu Mountain.

Kiana lowered her eyes, and all her thoughts finally turned into a sigh.

"Kiana, you are sighing again. If there is something that makes you unhappy, why not just say it out loud?" Xier said, "If you don't want to tell anyone, you can also write it in your diary. Xier has such a diary."

"Write it in a diary? It's indeed a good choice... Thank you for your suggestion, Xier, I will consider it later." Kiana said with a smile.

As for whether I would find a diary to write these things down... of course it's impossible. I can just think about these things in my mind. If I write them down in a diary, they will be discovered one day.

That kind of thing doesn't bring any sense of security.