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

After all, he had signed a relevant contract with Mebius.

Speaking of which, there was one thing that Zhu Yufeng had always been concerned about, that is, were he and Alicia really the only ones who had been reborn? On the way to the laboratory, he asked Klein indirectly, and Klein said that Mobius had been slacking off in his experiments recently, and in his impression, Mobius was not a scientific research madman, but at least a scientific maniac.

Slack off? Is that really possible?

He had more or less fought against the collapse in his previous life, so he still had the most basic logical thinking ability. Lilith was his think tank, but he did not treat Lilith as an external brain.

But it seems like Kevin really does whatever Mei tells him to do?

Lying among a pile of experimental instruments, Zhu Yufeng closed his eyes and wondered why the reborn Mobius was unwilling to tell him the news of her rebirth. With Mobius's intelligence, she should know that she was also reborn, right?

On the other side, Mebius stared at the data appearing on the screen with wide eyes. She couldn't help but exclaimed: "How is this possible?!"

Zhu Yufeng opened his eyes: "What's wrong, Doctor?"

"Hey! It's okay... your... Honkai resistance is one of the highest among the current Fire Moth Warriors. It seems that it was a right decision to bring you back." Mebius was still staring at the data.

"Is that so..." Zhu Yufeng was thoughtful. One of the best? He knew very well that the one with the highest Honkai resistance was Alicia, because she was a natural Herrscher. As for himself... Although his Honkai resistance was also high, he couldn't be ranked in the same rank as Alicia and counted as "one of the best", right? According to Mobius's previous style of speaking, it should be "second only to Alicia, the best", and Mobius was indeed shocked...

Could it be that... he thought of a possibility.

The same thought also appeared in Mebius's mind. She stared at Zhu Yufeng's data. On the screen, Zhu Yufeng's resistance to Honkai energy was almost exactly the same as Alicia's, which was far beyond the reach of ordinary people, if Kevin was not counted.

If that were all, it wouldn't shock her. What shocked her was that the data was completely different from that of her previous life.

In her previous life, in order to fight against the Seventh Herrscher, she and Mei teamed up to carry out the Fusion Warrior Plan. Kevin, as the warrior with the highest resistance to Honkai energy, volunteered to participate in the experiment, and Zhu Yufeng, who got the news from somewhere, also took the initiative to ask to participate in the experiment.

The Honkai beast that Kevin fused was Pavanti, while the Honkai beast that Zhu Yufeng fused was Agni.

The side effect of Kevin's fusion with Pavanti is years of extremely low body temperature, and the side effect of Agni bringing to Zhu Yufeng is the pain of burning body all the time.

But there is another strange thing, that is, Zhu Yufeng's resistance to Honkai energy has also been improved to a certain extent, which also laid the groundwork for his subsequent implementation of the Chimera Plan.

Back to the topic, regarding Zhu Yufeng's current outrageous resistance to Honkai, Mobius thought of Zhu Yufeng who became a Herrscher at the end of the war.

It was not a choice made by Honkai, but a Herrscher who became one by human will. He still retained a certain humanity, but in the end, none of them knew what the power of that Herrscher was.

Now that I think about it, could it be that his power is related to the time sequence? But even if that's the case, why doesn't he know about it? Or, can this power only be activated after he dies?

Mebius did not dare to jump to conclusions, and immediately called Alicia over for a physical examination after finishing all the examinations, while Zhu Yufeng went to training according to the original schedule.

"Mobius, why do you want to check me all of a sudden? You should know my data, right?" Alicia asked curiously while lying in the middle of the instrument, "Is there something wrong with Feng's physical examination?"

"That's a big question." Mobius lowered his head and operated the machine. "I suspect he has become a natural Herrscher like you."

"!

Alicia's eyes widened. She had heard from Velvi that Feng became a Herrscher, but Mobius said that Feng is still a Herrscher now?

"But there is one thing you can rest assured about. I haven't detected any trace of the Herrscher Core in his body. In other words, he is now like a human with a Herrscher body but without a Herrscher Core." Mobius completed the comparison between Alicia's data and Zhu Yufeng's data. Sure enough, just as she thought, except for the lack of a Herrscher Core, the other data is almost completely consistent with Alicia, a natural Herrscher.

Alicia sat up from the pile of instruments, walked to Mobius, looked at the lines of data and said, "Vilvi told me one thing. When Feng became the Herrscher and fought against the End, he briefly distorted time and space. Maybe his power is really time." What about her power? What is her power?

Mebius was silent for a while, and she began to recall the brutal battle. In the end, Kevin was the only one among them who could intervene.

Distorting time and space...is that the time?

"Alishia, you succeeded." said Mebius.

"Ok?"

Mobius said unhappily, "You guessed your power correctly. He is the first Herrscher born after you released your power to fight for humanity. He is the true Thirteenth Herrscher."

Alicia's pupils shrank.

"Although this conclusion is a little hard to believe, I think it is the only reasonable conclusion at the moment. He released all his powers without even knowing it, allowing us to be reborn. A more vivid way to describe him now is that he is a Herrscher who has not yet awakened." said Mobius.

Alicia's body trembled slightly. She took several deep breaths to calm herself down. She then asked, "So, as the true thirteenth Herrscher, Feng's awakening must wait until all twelve Herrschers descend?"

"That's the theory," Mebius replied. "Alicia, where are you going?"

The only answer she got was the sound of the laboratory door closing.

Mebius was silent for a while, dropped what she was holding and rushed out. She told Alicia that this was not the time for her to rush out!

Mobius, who hadn't exercised for a long time, caught up with Alicia breathlessly. Seeing Alicia standing at the door of the training room as if petrified, she came to the door with some surprise, saw the scene inside, and was instantly petrified.

In the training room, Zhu Yufeng pushed Ying to the corner and pressed one hand against the wall. Ying, who was under him, had a red face and lowered her head, looking weak and helpless.

What on earth happened?!

Time goes back to when Zhu Yufeng left the laboratory and came to the training room. Ying was already standing there waiting for him to start today's training.

Rather than training, he now has a question that must be answered. On the one hand, he has a conjecture that needs this answer to prove, and on the other hand... if the conjecture is correct, he needs to confirm Weiwei's mental state.

He wanted to ask Alicia, but Alicia was called by Mobius for a physical examination, so could he wait for a while? However, he met Velvet on the way to the training room. For a moment, Velvet's eyes became scary... That feeling, not predation, but a feeling that he was always locked up in a small dark room.

There's no time to lose! Sakura is an honest kid anyway, so it's the same if you ask her!

So the first thing he said when he saw Sakura was: "Sakura, can you answer me seriously? You and Mebius and the others were all reborn, right?"

Ying's hand on the hilt froze, but Ying, who was more honest than Hua, still wanted to hide it from Zhu Yufeng. Because she was an assassin, she had received good training and could lie without changing her expression. "What do you mean by rebirth? Dr. Mobius and I haven't known each other for long. Feng, what are you... talking about?"

In the paradise of the past, Ying was able to hide the fact that she had already discovered the truth from other heroes for tens of thousands of years, which shows that her disguise was almost flawless.

almost.

"Really?" Zhu Yufeng didn't believe it. He knew that Ying had a strong ability to disguise herself. If Ying didn't want to tell the truth, it would be difficult for him to do so... He remembered that Lilith had said that eyes would not deceive people. If they did, it was definitely because they were not close enough.

"Then look into my eyes, you really don't know anything?" Zhu Yufeng said, staring into Ying's eyes.

Ying had also been trained to stare into people's eyes and tell false information, so she looked at Zhu Yufeng in the same way.

Zhu Yufeng narrowed his eyes. It seemed like he was still not close enough...

He took another step forward, and Ying subconsciously took a step back, until they were forced to the wall, the distance between the two getting closer and closer...

For some reason, Ying suddenly didn't dare to look into Zhu Yufeng's eyes, and her cheeks felt inexplicably hot, so she lowered her head involuntarily.

And then... there was the sound of the training room door opening.

Chapter 11: A Story That Exists Because of You

"This is the cause and process of the incident. So, now that I have explained it, do you have anything else you want to explain to me?" Zhu Yufeng said to Alicia and Mebius.

He straightened up a little. He didn't feel guilty. He didn't feel guilty as long as he hadn't done anything wrong. Absolutely not.

Mebius opened his mouth slightly. What's going on? It's obvious that Yufeng is the one who is in the wrong. Why is she feeling guilty? Glancing at Ying, who was covering her face like a little girl, she knew that she probably couldn't count on her.

She had no choice but to speak: "It's not that we want to hide it from you, but... Yufeng, now that you know that almost all of the Fourteen Heroes have been reborn, then tell me, what do you think?"

"Since we are all reborn, shouldn't we work together to find a way to fight the collapse so as not to repeat the mistakes of the previous life?" Zhu Yufeng wondered, "We are now almost equivalent to the prophets of this era. Since we know when the disaster will happen, isn't it natural for us to find a way to prevent or reduce the losses?"

Mobius looked at Zhu Yufeng: "Yufeng, is this really what you think? Even if we know the fate of the future now, how can we change it?"

Zhu Yufeng was silent. What could he say? He felt that this era was hopeless no matter what he did, but he still wanted to give it a try.

This era may not be worth it, but Alicia is worth it, and those comrades who once chased fire with him are worth it.

He has already struggled once as a "prophet", and he also knows how difficult it is to change fate. Sometimes, some things cannot be changed or avoided just by knowing them.

For example, the third great collapse that is about to happen, they all know that it will break out in Changkong City, but how to convince the top leaders, and how to arrange for the evacuation of the people? What if the third great collapse does not happen in Changkong City because the people are evacuated?

So… he concluded that they had no choice but to wait for it to break out in Changkong City.

"Or, just like Mei's Stigma Plan, connecting everyone's dreams into one..."

"I will never allow that to happen. Even if the Stigmata Plan has the highest success rate, I will not allow it to be implemented!" Zhu Yufeng said firmly, "Civilization should be defined by humans, not by civilization."

He knew about the Stigmata Project, and he could never accept the Stigmata Project's redefinition of civilization.

Everyone stays in their own dreams, living the life they want in their dreams. What is the difference between that and being dead? What they talk to and what they live in are all delusions.

In Zhu Yufeng's eyes, the Stigmata Project is like Zigela's pollen. If Mebius decides to promote the Stigmata Project this time, he will definitely stand against Mebius.

If the Stigmata Project was what it appeared to be, a comprehensive screening of humans, he had no objection, as survival of the fittest was an immutable law of nature. As for "evolving" humans into that kind of integrated consciousness... sorry, he really couldn't admit that that was the evolution of humans.

He would rather fight to death than die in the form and as a human being.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Mobius stared at Zhu Yufeng and asked.

Zhu Yufeng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Chimera Project..."

"No!" This time it was Mobius' turn to deny it firmly. "Do you want to be like in your last life? Like in your last life, let us watch you save the world alone, and we can't do anything... countless sleepless days and nights, do you want to experience it again?"

“That’s a necessary trade-off…”

"That's not a necessary choice at all!" Mobius said sternly, "Zhu Yufeng, do you think that this world will be helpless without you? Will this world perish without you? Don't be so self-righteous!"

Zhu Yufeng pursed his lips and did not answer.

Indeed, it makes no difference whether he is there or not, since no one can defeat the End anyway and they can only stay in the dormancy of all things and wait for the next era.

Alicia wanted to say something, but Mobius glared at her. Now was not the time for her to speak. Since the cards had been revealed, Zhu Yufeng should be hit like this, otherwise... otherwise he could only watch him...

She didn't want to experience that feeling a second time.

Screw saving the world, now she just wants to save the boy in front of her!

But what surprised her was that Sakura actually spoke: "The world...it is true that there can be no maple, but I only know that I can't live without him. In the last life, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have had the chance to understand Ling, or even I would have the opportunity to be a competent sister... If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't even have the chance to say goodbye to Ling... For the world, maybe with him or without him, the difference is that more people die, more people die War is more troublesome, but for me, without him... I can't imagine what kind of hopeless future I will have..."

Mebius: "..."

Are you attacking him or confessing to him?

Alicia: "..."

This...isn't this situation right? No, she has to think about it, otherwise her Feng will be taken away.

Zhu Yufeng lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before he looked up at Mebius and said, "You are right, Doctor. This world is the same with or without me. I have no way to save it, and it... is not worthy of being saved by me."

"Then what exactly are you..."

"Because...to be honest, this world is not worth it, but you are worth it, all of you, worthy of me doing this." Zhu Yufeng looked up at the ceiling, as if gazing at the starry sky above.

"They lived so proudly, all the way through."

“Visitors, please continue to move forward as witnesses of the Thirteen Heroes! Follow the footsteps under your feet to witness this journey of chasing fire. Finally, cross the final tombs of the deceased and create the future that we have not yet welcomed!”

After so many years, he still hadn't forgotten the emotion and regret he felt at that time... Perhaps it was because he was so self-righteous that he thought he was qualified to save the thirteen fire chasers...

Before traveling through time, as an individual named "Zhu Yufeng", he might have been just an ordinary person throughout his life, just one of the countless players who were moved by the stories of the Thirteen Fire Chasers. But now... since he has come to this world, shouldn't he leave his own mark?

He had no relatives or friends, and all he had were the stories of the thirteen Fire Chasers.

Of course, he could choose to live, but what would be the point? Would he live to the next era and once again be helpless in watching the stories of the past paradise?

"I'm sorry, I also have a secret, a secret that... maybe you will never know. Because compared to you, that secret is insignificant." Zhu Yufeng smiled, "But there is only one thing I can tell you clearly, I will not give up fighting against Honkai, I will not give up confronting fate. Even if everything I do is meaningless in your eyes."

He picked up the training spear: "I have witnessed what despair is, and I have faced and understood this cruel fate. I cannot guarantee that what I do will succeed, but at least I have tried for it. I may still get nothing, but at least, I will leave a trace of my presence."

"you!"

Mobius stared at Zhu Yufeng, his hands clenched into fists, his nails digging into the flesh. Why... why did he still do this even after I said so... Not for the world, but for us... Yufeng, Yufeng, do you know that the more you carry everything on your shoulders, the more it hurts me, and the more I can't face the future that you are about to face.

Zhu Yufeng looked at Mobius calmly. This was his awareness, but it was just... the self-righteous awareness of a self-righteous guy.

At this time, Alicia said: "Then please at least let us go on this journey with you and let us experience this story with you."

She walked up to Zhu Yufeng and hugged him: "You are not in vain. You will always be my favorite and most beloved person, so... this time, please let me be by your side to witness your story and experience your struggle... Even if you still don't change anything in the end, no one will be able to laugh at you."

"...Whatever you want!" Mebius turned away so that no one could see her expression.

Sakura said nothing, or perhaps her hand on the hilt of the knife was her answer.

In the unfinished spiral workshop, Weiwei put down the eavesdropping device and leaned back in the chair.

"So, I have always been nothing more than a fool, unable to even save a single person..."

Chapter 12: Is this something I can see?

Although there were some minor incidents, many things will always be simpler if they are made clear.

"So, my guess is this. Your power to become a Herrscher is likely related to the concept of time, which is irreversible according to common sense." Mobius briefly stated his guess and looked at Alicia with empty eyes. "So, Alicia, how long are you going to hold Yufeng?"

"Hmm..." Alicia, who was holding Zhu Yufeng's hand, thought seriously for a while, "But I don't want to let go~ After all, Feng is the first Herrscher born after I liberated my power to fight for humanity~"