Collapsing, the whole class turned into aliens upon waking up

Bronya, I'm so sorry, Bronya!

At this moment, Mei's mind was filled with the image of witnessing and guiding Krypton's destruction.

Meanwhile, in the Land of the Dead, Mebius looked at Su with some curiosity: "Su, do you know the truth about the destruction of the Land of Light?"

"The truth behind the destruction of the Land of Light... is the true reason for its destruction."

At this moment, Su made a joke, saying something that Möbius already knew for sure:

"If what you said had any use at all, it wouldn't be completely useless. It seems you'll only obtain that information in the future."

On the screen, Raiden Mei's actions continue. With each secret revealed, the entire castle environment changes. Recalling the stone slab she saw earlier, Mei is certain of her path: Room 12.

Move quickly through the castle to buy yourself more time. Each time you reveal a secret, the castle's internal structure resets, unless it's something that doesn't belong to the castle.

For example, the portrait of Padofilis that Mei had drawn before, which she had reset countless times before waking up this time.

"How many years has this endless cycle lasted? Damn it, how many secrets have I been forced to reveal?"

Honkai Impact 2: Chapter 703: The Old Me Vanishes, the New Me is Born

The portrait will not return to its original state when the Compass of Repentance is reset; the long passage of time has made the portrait dilapidated.

After a series of twists and turns, Mei returned to the room she had initially arrived at. There, she noticed the pale yellow crystal on the ground, which she hadn't seen before.

Mei, lost in thought, instinctively picked it up; it wouldn't be good if she tripped over it while trying to escape later.

As Mei was thinking this, she noticed that the room where she initially appeared had changed. It seemed that revealing the secret earlier had caused the castle rooms to transform, creating a new passageway.

Without hesitation, Mei walked straight towards the passage. A cold wind was blowing against Mei's face. Outside the passage was a terrace leading to other areas.

The starlight in the sky faithfully records the passage of time, and when Mei looks up at the starry sky that appears under the night sky, her heart sinks.

I have been here longer than I ever imagined.

"Seven thousand years, have I already lived through seven thousand years in the Compass of Repentance?"

Mei, a Time Lord with a keen eye for the starry sky, had already deduced a time from subtle changes. Upon hearing this, the jackal in the viewing space said thoughtfully, "I see, I understand."

Huh? You scoundrel, no, you jackal, what do you know now?

Raven felt that his image with the jackals was probably beyond redemption. Alas, those damned Fate Stealers, it was all their doing.

“Prolonged interrogation will inevitably numb Mei, but what Raven really wants to see and appreciate is Mei’s various fresh emotions.”

The jackal said this with certainty, and upon hearing it, the raven's vision went black.

I'm not that abnormal!

At this moment, Mei felt complicated when she heard the time she had experienced on the screen. Seven thousand years. She never expected that seven thousand years had passed since she kept losing her memory and revealing secrets in that repentance compass.

"Just how many secrets will I know later?"

At this moment, Mei couldn't help but complain, "Just how many secrets do I have? Seven thousand years and I still haven't been able to empty myself out?"

"The Time Lord is truly extraordinary, possessing a secret quantity that can sustain such a long period of time."

At this moment, the jackal couldn't help but sigh. On the screen, Mei casually placed the pale yellow crystal she had seen earlier on the armrest and continued along the path. Perhaps the final destination that she had once guided herself to was just around the corner.

However, at the end of the road, a stone wall blocked Mei's way.

The buzzing of flies came from behind her, and Mei knew that her nightmare had arrived.

Turning around calmly, Mei thought for a moment and said, "Ten years of time have been stolen from the world."

Upon hearing Mei's words, the nightmare ceased its activity, and the castle rooms were rearranged once more.

Mei, unsure of how many times the reset had pointed to this path, decided to give it a try. Looking at the wooden door that had replaced the stone wall after the reset, Mei took a deep breath and pushed the door open without hesitation.

What comes into view is a dazzling array of crystals.

"Four hundred times harder than diamond, 20 feet thick... Why should I do this in this situation?"

"Am I really going to have to carry this burden of being mixed-race forever...?"

Looking at the wall in front of her, Mei said with a hint of self-abandonment.

However, her despair did not last long. She had already guessed a lot before she arrived, and seeing this wall only deepened her despair.

"The more sophisticated the instrument, the weaker its weaknesses. Want to leave here? It's simple, just break these ores."

Breaking these diamond-like ores shouldn't be a problem, right? Paddo, I told you, I would save you.”

On the screen, Mei showed an expression that indicated she understood the ending but was determined to die. The girl, who already understood everything, punched the wall in front of her without hesitation.

Even water dripping can wear away stone. Perhaps I can't break through this dazzling barrier of despair in one go, but... I have plenty of time.

I've already figured out how to use the device I saw when I passed by earlier.

"Mei, Mei, you're not just going to keep smashing things like this forever, are you?"

As Kiana watched Mei smash her fist into the diamond wall on the screen, she couldn't help but ask, and Padma felt a warmth in her heart.

Ya, Ya-jie, I never expected, I never expected you would do this for us.

Raiden Mei herself looked at the screen with some confusion, wondering if she would make such a choice.

If I were to treat my future feelings for Patto as the same as my current feelings for Kiana, and if it were all for Kiana's sake, I would probably do it.

Mei on the screen threw a punch with all her might, and her hands were soon covered in blood.

Meanwhile, the nightmare had caught up with Mei, and death was imminent. Mei, who had been given death by the nightmare, had lost the strength to continue throwing punches.

However, the Time Lord's body is different from that of ordinary people, and he can hold on for quite a long time in his final moments.

Following the previous route, she climbed back to the original room. Looking at the instruments she had seen before, Mei took a deep breath, seemingly having made up her mind.

"This cloning machine can create a completely new version of me, but... it requires a small amount of energy to start."

The new me, I believe you will carry on my will until... the day that wall is shattered.

There might be a chance to reach this room once every 100,000 years, but in an infinite amount of time, I believe we can definitely do it.

At this moment, Mei uttered her final monologue, and the next instant, she decisively activated the cloning machine.

Mei, using herself as energy as the key to start the machine, gritted her teeth and turned into a faint golden light. In the end, only a pale yellow crystal remained at the scene, exactly the same as the countless crystals in the sea.

This is a mutation resulting from the fusion of the Time Lord's power and the Demon Bloodline; the old Mei on the screen has disappeared, and a new Mei has been born.

Burning away the old self to create a new one, the images on the screen begin to leap through stages.

How many seconds are in eternity?

The people in the viewing space, seeing Mei's decision on the screen, recalled the synopsis. What Mei experienced on the screen was an eternal purgatory in their eyes. They could hardly imagine the despair Mei felt after learning the truth.

"Six hundred thousand years..."

A familiar scene appeared on the screen; it was the location Mei had determined seven thousand years ago by observing the starry sky.

However, this time, Mei's imprisonment in the Compass of Repentance has even surpassed the total history of both the pre-civilization and the present civilization.

"One million two hundred thousand years..."

The sound and image accompanied by a fist resolutely swinging towards the diamond wall, the scene flashes back, and the next moment shows Mei running to avoid the nightmare.

Honkai Impact 2: Chapter 704: The Shattered Diamond Wall and a New Viewing Experience

Twenty million years, fifty-two million years

The will to throw punches remained unwavering; he would continue his work, throwing punches until the diamond wall was broken.

Approximately one billion years, more than one billion years

The passage of time only strengthens Raiden Mei's resolve; once she takes a step, the thought of giving up diminishes with each passing moment.

Two billion years is a very long time for all the viewers in the theater, and the diamond wall is now significantly damaged compared to what it used to be.

Perhaps, the hope that Earth will officially shatter it exists.

When the castle was reset again, the starry sky indicated that 45 billion years had passed. Mei once again arrived at the predicament of the diamond wall, just as she had always done.

Just like before, Mei didn't hesitate to punch the seemingly indestructible barrier.

However, this time everything is different from before.

With a crisp sound, the diamond wall, which could drive most lives to despair, came to an end, and the outer layer of the Compass of Repentance was completely destroyed.

Beyond the shattered diamond zone lies a different kind of beauty, where a ray of hope shines directly upon the nightmare that was trying to kill Mei as always, turning it to ashes.

"I think the first second of eternity has probably already passed."

Mei took a deep breath and muttered to herself. Then, the figure who had spent a long time in the Compass of Repentance, roughly the same amount of time as the birth of the Earth to Mei's own era, walked towards the light without hesitation.

The scene on the screen shifted, and Mei, looking at the figures around her in the desert, took a deep breath: "Galifre... I'm back."

The viewing space was deathly silent; no one had expected that breaking free from the cage built by the raven would take so long.

Four and a half billion years—this number was far too distant for the people present. Not to mention four and a half billion years, most of them were not even over forty-five years old.

Looking towards the paradise of the past, Mebius couldn't help but sigh, "Such a long time, even I am daunted by it."

"As expected of Mei, I'm sure Patto will be just as touched by this beautiful girl's sentiment as I am."

At this moment, Alicia looked deeply moved, as if she had just watched a tear-jerking, touching movie.

"Raiden Mei, your will is not bad."

Kevin nodded approvingly. As expected of the daughter of Raiden Ryoma, whom he highly regarded in the outside world, her perseverance, her will, and the time she had endured were beyond even his own imagination.

Such perseverance stirred my own emotions.

"Ya, sister Yayi."

In the movie theater, Pado was so moved that she held Mei's hands, tears welling in her eyes. She never expected that her future sister Mei would do something so incredible for her.

"Having crossed the first second of eternity, it's time for me to go and save Padma now."

"But, after Raven goes out, let's have a good talk, okay? I don't know why you turned out the way you did in the future, but the Raven I know now isn't like that."

After saying something to Pado, Mei turned to Raven and spoke.

Tesla nodded in agreement. The current Raven probably isn't crazy enough to be like the one in the future.

Sigh, love is such a difficult hurdle to overcome. The future Raven's desire for Mei has driven her mad, turning her into a yandere. This is truly... quite a dramatic future.

Tesla seems to have had a peculiar misunderstanding about ravens.

“I think I can give you an explanation, Mei.”

After we get out, I'll have a good talk with you about my feelings.

However, perhaps Mei could learn some acting skills then?

Raven managed a weak smile, but in his heart, anger flared up against those who had usurped his destiny.

Unexpectedly, after taking over her body, the usurper of fate did such a terrible thing to someone she knew.

Four and a half billion years—a number that's terrifying just to think about.

The jackal was curious about Raven's words. What kind of explanation could she possibly offer? Could Raven possibly salvage the situation? Even the most eloquent Fate Weaver still had to master the basics.

And acting skills... what does that mean?

Kiana fell silent as she watched Paddo on the screen, who was so persistent in her devotion to Mei. The long string of numbers was enough to overload the insect brain, and Kiana felt that she might be able to think about Mei's decision from a different perspective.

How about... trying to conquer Padoflis?

As long as everyone is my wings, there's no need to worry about love rivals!

And Paddo is super cute when you look closely, it's hard for Mei to ignore the feelings between Paddo.

At this moment, Kiana was just thinking about these things casually, but she didn't really have any intention of actually doing them.

At least for now, Mei and Paddo don't seem to be in a romantic relationship to me.

Kiana thought she was very good at judging people, but she wasn't wrong.

Having just been glanced at by Kiana, Pado, who felt inexplicably being watched, subconsciously said, "Um, Mei-nee, although I'm very touched, I have no intention of interfering between Mei-nee and Kiana."

So far, my feelings for Mei-nee are purely friendship, just friendship. *cough* Even if Mei-nee really did fall in love, we're all separated by life and death, Mei-nee.

Pado felt she couldn't let Mei go astray. She really had no interest in romantic relationships, neither in this life nor in the afterlife.

Love will only affect our purchasing speed. Our goal is to become the richest woman in Paradise. Love is just a hindrance.

"Ahem, the future on the screen is mostly something that happens over time, and the things that happen... can at least be considered as not existing for now, right Raven?"

"And Pado, I only see you as a younger sister. Don't worry, I have no intention of taking things any further."