Collapse, survive

It's clear she's capable of it.

Provoked by Mei, this girl, who was previously able to communicate, became completely irritable. Even though she woke up again not in Schicksal's testing ground, but in her usual school... the disappearance of 'God' still made her fragile and sensitive.

In the cold winter, my whole body is covered in thorns...

Fang Jie never intended to kill Xilin, but he was indeed somewhat angry.

"You shouldn't have said those things."

After all, although she was a fool, she was very good at persuading people, and despair, pain, and hatred of humanity were all justified.

but.

"See you next time, and I love you too."

Instead of brutally shattering the Herrscher's soul with three punches, this Herrscher of the Void, unlike the Herrscher of Reason, is not afraid of pain. She lives in pain and needs revenge.

Fang Jie kissed her again.

Even Honkai energy of the level of the Conqueror Gem would be purified upon his touch, comparable to the release of Holy Blood, which is a basic function of 'artificial Stigmata'.

Kiana's golden eyes closed tightly, and unlike Raiden Mei, she fell into a deep sleep.

Himeko had already approached, looking at Fang Jie with an anxious expression.

"What happened? Kiana, and Mei..."

Theresa hesitated, refusing to tell the truth that she was still on vacation and only an A-rank student. Then Himeko received news of Fang Jie's return and saw him bullying her student.

She rushed over, looking at the unconscious Kiana and the terrified Raiden Mei, her expression quite unpleasant.

Did you bully them?

No, it's just that I remembered you died.

Fang Jie stared at Ji Zi, and her gaze puzzled her. "I'm not dead yet. I'm in great shape now. I have no flaws except for being weak."

"Hey! Talk to me."

The hot-tempered Himeko was not polite at all; there was no need to be polite, just look at how he was still holding his student.

"It's nothing, just some past events that need more time to make up for."

Fang Jie shook his head, released Raiden Mei, still holding Kiana, and turned to walk back to the dormitory.

This was not the end. He could vaguely see countless reflections. Among the countless golden-eyed reflections of 'Kiana', some had gloomy faces, some had cold eyes, some were crazy, some were dejected, some were indifferent, and some... were looking up at him.

She was the one who captured his gaze, touching the most fundamental impulses and desires flowing deep within his destiny.

This is inevitable. Just as the Herrscher of Thunder can acquire skills from the 'Counterforce System', the Herrscher of Void can also use Imaginary Renormalization to extract what she can understand.

With the version upgrade, the Herrscher's powers are attached to him, who occupies the end of the 'cocoon'. That's why the Herrscher of the Void is so irritable, because she can no longer sense 'God'. Instead, she feels something that likes Kiana.

Not only Kiana, but Fang Jie also loves her, so he allows her to seize power without bias.

……

……

Impulsive, reckless, ignorant, confused.

He experienced life and death separations, walked alone, suffered betrayal and torment, and reflected on himself in a foreign land.

Durandal quickly regained her composure. Amidst the nearly wiped-out monsters, the young knight wielding the Black Abyss White Flower looked up and saw the moonlight shining on the earth.

She was still confused and somewhat lost, but she calmed down.

"Becoming a hero is such a painful thing."

She recalled how Otto had used vicious lies, insidious tricks, and hateful tactics to guide her so-called growth, courage, strength, perseverance, and effort to pursue her true self.

She suddenly remembered a lot of information about Fang Jie. Yae Sakura once mentioned what he said: "Evil people always have countless excuses for doing evil, and they always want to put themselves in the position of justice."

Self-contradictory, sophistry, and fabricated ravings solely to satisfy one's own desires.

"Lady Youlan Chudai'er".

"Rita, let's go back."

go back?

Rita opened her eyes wide, but she couldn't stop it, nor did she want to.

Thus, the Undying Blade Squad was ordered to return to space.

……

……

"So, what brings you here, Bianca?"

The blond man's usual mocking voice rang out. Ever since his Soul Steel Body was targeted for killing, Otto had not shown himself, only using his voice to command Fate, and now he was facing Durandal.

"Bishop Otto, how long are you going to keep playing dumb?"

Durandal's anger had never subsided, and now it burned even more fiercely. Initially, she decided to become a Valkyrie because of Ragnar and Himeko.

Later, she inverted the world bubble into her body and served Otto in order to find a way to re-anchor them back to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. During this time, everything she knew was a lie.

When confronted by the victim, he showed no remorse or self-reproach, but instead mocked her with the same contempt that she only realized it now, demonstrating his attitude of "I don't care!"

"Hahaha, playing dumb, Bianca? You've misunderstood. You should know what kind of person I am, and I know what kind of person you are. Do you expect me to cry and kneel down to beg for your forgiveness?"

"Excuse me for being frank, but there are far too many people I need to ask for forgiveness from."

“You won’t forgive me either. You’ve only come to declare war, Bianca. What a chivalrous thing to do, risking everything alone just for a single sentence, to declare your rebellion against me.”

Rita looked extremely tense. Otto wasn't here, only his image, but there were plenty of Valkyries of Destiny and all sorts of weapons. With the recent continuous warfare, all of them were ready to pounce on the enemy at any moment.

Even an S-class Valkyrie...

Lady Cecilia is long dead.

According to the truth she now understands, she did not perish together with the Herrscher of the Void during the Second Great Collapse. On the contrary, she had already defeated the Herrscher of the Void at that time and even purified the Honkai energy eruption that Sirin had swept across Siberia in one go.

However, she died from the Honkai Fission Bomb fired by Otto. Humans are not Herrschers and cannot resist such power.

"Hehehe, since things have come to this point, I have nothing more to say. I will be waiting for your revenge, Bianca."

"Before that, let me teach you a lesson."

"That kind of chivalry will only expose your fatal flaws, for example—"

Durandal looked to her side in disbelief, only to see Rita tremble, clutch her chest in disbelief, and collapse to the ground.

Durandal then noticed that an unusual crimson fluid had appeared in her body, erasing the Honkai energy enhancement granted to her by her innate stigmata.

when?

"—Rita!"

Durandal hugged her in disbelief. This companion who had always been by her side, who clearly didn't intend to rebel like her, was a Valkyrie of destiny, Durandal had no intention of forcing Rita...

"I'm sorry, I don't want to be killed again and again, and then Destiny will become history, taken over by the Anti-Entropy people, and everything will come to an abrupt end."

Otto's tone suggested genuine regret, and he took the hostage without hesitation.

"So, this is the last time, Bianca. If you want to save Rita, do one more thing for Schicksal, one more thing for this world, even a small thing."

That wretched Far Eastern fox spirit, it's all your fault! Ever since you reappeared, everything has become so unlucky.

But there is another way, another way. Otto, who is unaware of everything that happened in Abyss City and only sees that Durandal has been turned by Anti-Entropy, still has a plan.

Before Otto could explain his new scheme to make Durandal also love eating Feather Dust, a disappointed voice rang out.

"Your words contain not a trace of conscience, only bottomless selfishness and lies. You trample on other people's feelings, toy with other people's fates... You don't even think of yourself as a bad person for a moment."

That was the immortal Otto knew and had been using, ostensibly to help protect the divine land.

“Otto Apocalypse, you fill me with a deep sense of sorrow and disgust.”

Otto had a bad feeling; Fu Hua's appearance had changed.

"The Crimson Lotus Sage? I'm not lying, it really is just a small matter. Bianca and Rita were originally destined Valkyries, and I nurtured them! I've protected this world for so long; without me, the Honkai would have destroyed humanity long ago..."

"Fu Hua."

When did they arrive? Durandal was surprised, and, what kind of immortal?

As for Otto's words, there's no need to listen to them.

I have a family!

Even Rita was targeted by her at this moment... Rita also has family, so it's a difficult decision.

Fu Hua glanced at the honest girl. She had been watching her ever since she started killing indiscriminately on her own.

With Sue gone and Kevin not showing up, Puddle also complained that she was even more boring than an AI, so Fu Hua could only silently take care of the children.

Especially Durandal and Rita.

So when Siegfried discovered that they had secretly returned to Schicksal without telling anyone, he was still bothering Walter, who was busy with other things.

She immediately understood what this honest boy was planning to do.

Don't ask why.

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Chapter Ninety-Six: Path, Sequence, Lawgiver of Man.

"The world is now divided into three parts, and the land is exhausted. This is truly a spring full of vitality, where all things flourish."

Fang Jie wasn't particularly concerned about what happened in Destiny. Wasn't it unusual for humanity to start a civil war after the Honkai was resolved? What was so surprising about it?

Oh, the Honkai issue hasn't been resolved yet.

The population loss during the Second Great Collapse was in the tens of millions; in the context of a human civil war, well, it would be at least hundreds of millions.

"Don't downplay it like that, you bastard."

In Himeko's study, Theresa looked utterly helpless. She had returned here with a determined heart, but she hadn't expected it to be so soon—

"Go for it, Theresa, fast forward to your time in the fold of destiny."

Fang Jie cheered her on.

Theresa's lips twitched: "So I had that kind of future after all."

Not only that, but they even directly surrendered to the reverse entropy, integrated into the mandate of heaven, and then the mandate of heaven returned power to the various countries, exploring and developing towards a true model of human joint governance. Your fusion warrior's physical fitness was so good that you were exhausted like a dead dog.

"Isn't it fine?"

In this place filled with memories, Himeko brought coffee, bitter melon juice, and milk tea back to the study to tell them the good news: "Mei has finally fallen asleep, and Kiana is sleeping... peacefully too."

She couldn't find a more suitable adjective, but the nightmare pain on Kiana's face was gone, and she finally calmed down.

So what exactly happened to her? Raiden Mei knows, but Kiana?

Himeko doesn't know many things and can only speculate on her own. Theresa doesn't want to talk about them, and neither does Fang Jie, but given the current situation, she should know more.

"Let them sleep; they'll be better when they wake up."

In the study where Fang Jie watched the battle of destiny unfold, he gazed at Fu Hua, who had smashed Otto's head and led Durandal to victory, unstoppable. He then softly said:

"Right, Sirin?"

Silently, the space itself trembled, as if it had dispersed and become ethereal, coalescing into a blurry human figure with a vague outline.

Then, it was quickly refined.

In the end, every single silver hair was incredibly lifelike, from beginning to end.

"Human, what... what is this?"

That proud and aloof queen, who occasionally gets humiliated but then becomes more normal—frankly speaking, the Herrscher of the Void, who inherited more of Sirin's memories, is actually more of a queen than Sirin herself.

She was quickly put down and didn't manage to say anything harsh. The next time they met, the man made her stand in front of him again, her tired eyes still filled with astonishment.

Call me Fang Jie.

As Fang Jie scrutinized her, he sensed something was amiss, but couldn't quite put his finger on it... It wasn't that Xilin's presence at this moment held some kind of ethereal quality, making her even more special than Pu Ya, but rather...

"Have you secretly altered your body shape?"

She was more than one size bigger than Kiana; it was entirely a scene from Sirin's imagination.