Collapse, I save everything alone

"Brother, what are you looking at?"

Xiaokong asked curiously.

"Nothing, just waiting for a good show."

Mingyu answered casually.

There was a necessary reason why he had to leave that seemingly safe place early.

He raised his hand and looked at the mechanical watch on his hand. When the pointer pointed to the full mark, a huge figure appeared in their sight as he expected.

The necessary reason is——

As the ground shook slightly, a huge Honkai beast appeared on the street where the office building was located.

Its size is similar to that of an ordinary building, and every time it moves, the ground shakes slightly.

This monster was much larger than any Honkai beast they had encountered before. The purple-haired girl had never seen such a scene before. Her face turned pale with fright. She unconsciously grabbed the corner of Mingyu's clothes tightly, hid behind him, and couldn't help trembling.

And Mingyu of course recognized this thing.

This is a temple-level Honkai beast. Compared to other lower-level Honkai beasts that still look like monsters, it is more humanoid and has sword- and spear-like creatures growing on its hands.

"Look, the fun is about to begin."

He touched his chin and pointed at the temple-level Honkai beast.

This level of Honkai beast is already the pinnacle among the lower-level Honkai beasts. Above it are only the Emperor level and the Judgment level.

Therefore, a monster like this would have a stronger ability to sense and search for prey than other lower-level monsters, such as the Assault-class and Tank-class monsters.

It can find survivors that they cannot find.

Soon, it raised its spear and stabbed fiercely at the refuge where Mingyu and Xiaokong had stayed dozens of minutes ago.

The white spear pierced through the office building, causing it to begin to collapse.

Needless to say, the fate of the survivors who still stayed there was inevitable. There was only one outcome if they were discovered by the Honkai Beasts, and that was death.

Accompanied by a loud noise of a building collapsing, the girl hiding behind Mingyu trembled violently.

If they had stayed there just now, they would probably have become corpses in the rubble now.

"Big Brother, I... let's run away quickly..."

Xiaokong said with a pale face and great fear.

"Don't worry, it won't come over here. It's still safe here for now."

Mingyu smiled and comforted the young girl beside him.

Sure enough, after destroying the conspicuous office building, the temple-level Honkai beast did not walk towards them, but turned around and strode in other directions to search for prey.

"Why...why are you so sure, big brother?"

Only after the monster left did Xiaokong feel a little relieved and asked Mingyu with some curiosity.

Whether it was helping everyone find the safe refuge in the office building, or accurately avoiding the monsters wandering the streets along the way, or knowing in advance that the huge monster would destroy the office building -

This big brother named Mingyu always seems to have the ability to predict what will happen in the future.

"Well..."

Hearing Xiaokong's question, Mingyu touched his chin and replied with a smile:

"Because I have seen it before."

Chapter 2 Interference: Backtracking

As we all know, since ancient times, time travelers have had some special abilities.

And his ability is... [Interference·Backtracking].

This was the information that appeared in Tang Chu's mind at the moment of the time travel. This was not a combat ability, but rather an ability that was more causal.

——When faced with a matter, he can make multiple choices at the same time and experience the consequences of these choices personally, and finally finalize the future of one of the timelines as an established reality.

No matter how powerful a warrior, hero or genius is, he can only take one action at the same time and cannot turn right while turning left, but Mingyu can do it.

Simply put, if he is asked to play rock-paper-scissors with others, he can play rock, scissors, and paper at the same time, and then voluntarily retain any of the outcomes of winning, drawing, and losing as reality.

It was precisely because of this ability to keep trying and looking back that he had escaped death several times and survived until now in the devastated Changkong City.

Whether it is finding a safe shelter for the group, or avoiding the Honkai beasts and the dead soldiers for transfer, or "foreseeing" the appearance of the temple-level Honkai beast in advance, all of these are derived from this ability to practice the future.

——It is precisely because he has personally experienced and stepped into the pitfalls that he is able to avoid all dangers now.

This ability to look back is not without cost. If used continuously, it will cause great mental drain on your spirit.

After all, every attempt was a real experience, and even the pain of being killed undoubtedly remained in the memory.

What's worse, most people can only die once in their lifetime and have no way of experiencing the pain that death brings - well, in the collapsed world there are still quite a few people who can die over and over again - but for Mingyu, he has only traveled through time for a few hours, and the feeling of death has already become a commonplace thing for him.

From the initial nausea and difficulty in accepting it, I have now become a little numb.

Although it's very impressive, at least this ability did allow him to survive this disaster.

In addition, the time for each backtracking also has a corresponding upper limit.

With his current level, he cannot go back more than an hour, which means he can only experience the future within an hour.

Otherwise, he could have just watched the development of events all the way until the collapse was over, and then chose the safest route to make it a reality.

In short, Mingyu first canceled the future in which she told Xiaokong about her abilities and returned to the time before she asked the question.

Although she is a kind and harmless little girl, she cannot reveal her abilities to anyone for now.

After all, this kind of "time travel" or "death return" type of ability is not completely invincible.

Once you are trapped in a dangerous dead end from which you cannot escape no matter how hard you try, you can only repeat the cycle of inevitable death.

Mingyu looked down at the time on the mechanical watch, and then began to think about his next move.

In addition to the ability to go back in time, he also has another special power called [Cause and Effect Entanglement].

It’s probably not quite right to call it “power”. To be precise, if he can save others and establish connections with others in a crisis, he seems to be rewarded with some kind of feedback.

That's why he helped so many ordinary survivors find a safe place. In addition to wanting to help fellow survivors, he also wanted to see what would happen if he could let them survive until the Hyperion arrived to rescue them.

It's a pity that he hasn't succeeded in doing this yet.

Because he has not put it into practice yet, he has not figured out the effects and conditions of this ability, nor does he know what the so-called "feedback" is.

Special props? Special abilities?

It's not like he hadn't tried to warn the group of ordinary people about the arrival of the Temple-level Honkai Beast, but unfortunately, they didn't listen and even wanted to actively drive him out of the group.

It was impossible to persuade the damned ghost with kind words. He had already tried that, so he no longer bothered to save the group of ordinary people who didn't want to leave.

Well, after being busy for a long time, only Xiao Kong is still following him obediently.

Mingyu touched the purple-haired girl's hair again, which calmed her trembling body a little.

This kind child would come to tell him the same news every time and would willingly follow him out of the building.

The third collapse in Changkong City was caused by the anti-entropy Cocolia.

The purpose is to use the huge amount of Honkai energy to stimulate the awakening of Raiden Mei, who possesses the Conquest Gem in her body, and make her the third Herrscher.

Afterwards, Mei Raiden is recovered for other uses.

However, Bronya, who was originally sent by her to retrieve Mei Raiden, accidentally followed Mei into St. Freya Academy. The mission of capturing Mei Raiden was probably forgotten by Bronya a long time ago.

In short, for now, we should find a way to send Xiaokong to a safe place.

At this time, the advantages of being an old captain are reflected.

For example, Mingyu knew very well that Xiaokong, who was beside him, was supposed to be a child rescued by the World Snake cadre [Raven] who happened to be on a mission in Changkong City.

In this small city of Changkong, people from the three major organizations are actually involved.

First of all, as the creator of artificial collapse, Anti-Entropy can naturally not be relied upon.

And the support from the Hyperion of the Far East Branch of the Mandate... To be honest, Mingyu was not sure when Aunt Jizi would be able to arrive here.

But at least there is a time point that can be determined.

The time of the third collapse of Changkong City was 10 o'clock in the morning, and according to his impression, Ji Zi was still in Hong Kong until the evening, not in the Far East.

In other words, at least until the sun sets, there is no way to count on God to send people to rescue.

As for whether Hyperion will arrive tonight or tomorrow night... he has no idea now.

Having said that, it took at least half a day for them to react and send a fleet to rescue. The reaction speed of the Far East Branch to the Honkai disaster was indeed "astonishingly" fast.

"Hmm... the only one we can count on right now is the World Serpent's Raven..."

Mingyu glanced at Xiaokong beside him.

In short, regardless of himself, Raven should be very happy to take Xiaokong in.

Although he is a cadre of the World Serpent, due to his childhood experience, Raven finds it difficult to stand by and watch children who have lost their families in the war.

According to the original timeline, she alone rescued more than a dozen homeless children in Changkong City, and repelled the Honkai beasts in a small area, creating a safe environment for the children to survive.

For now, let's find Raven first. At least she is absolutely safe there, and can be used as a fallback to avoid the collapse until it's over.

And you can also try to send Xiaokong to Raven and see if it can be regarded as saving her from crisis and get corresponding feedback.

"Hmm... As far as I remember, the place where Raven took in the children should be the East District of Changkong City..."

As he whispered softly, the time around him seemed to come to a standstill for a moment.

[Interference·Retracement] has been activated, recording the present moment as the source of the retracement.

After this, as long as it is within an hour, he can return to the present time at any time with just a thought.

This is the so-called [save point].

After making preparations, Mingyu stood up, took Xiaokong's hand, pushed open the door, and walked towards the east.

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There are actually some unreasonable places in the early plot...

For example, Theresa herself, one of the strongest fighters in the Far East who holds the Key of God, did not come, and only sent an A-level to capture the Herrscher alive. (The key point is not to kill, but to capture)

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For example, Raven alone was able to save more than a dozen children in Changkong City and let them live in a safe area, but when Jizi and his crew went back to report, they said they didn't find any survivors. (It's impossible that Raven alone saved all the children.)

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For example, Cocolia did such a big job and ended up sending a Duck to retrieve Meiyi. It was too confident. Where is your Titan father? And what about the function of the biochip to forcefully control the Duck to catch people?

Of course, most of the reasons for this are that the comics of Escape from the Sky are too old and cannot keep up with the newly added settings, so some deviations from the book are inevitable.

Therefore, some of the plots and characters' behaviors will be slightly adjusted according to the plot I have conceived.

Chapter 3 Bronya

After leaving the hut, Mingyu and Xiaokong continued to walk through the streets filled with Honkai beasts and dead soldiers.

The density of the Honkai beasts and the assassins here is slightly better. After various risky attempts, Mingyu finally slowly led the girl beside him out of the area where the temple-level Honkai beasts were active, and moved forward all the way to the vicinity of the East City District of Changkong City.

As we approached this area, we could indeed feel the number of Honkai beasts decreasing visibly.

After turning a corner, Mingyu and Xiaokong saw a completely new scene.

A large number of dead soldiers and Honkai beasts were knocked to the ground, motionless.

Mingyu walked forward to check their wounds. Judging from the type of wounds, they were knocked down by some large-caliber heavy weapons.

"Big brother, these monsters have been defeated."

Xiao Kong looked at the dead soldiers and Honkai beasts lying on the ground and said with some surprise.

Those monsters that could easily tear apart the human body were actually knocked to the ground by something.

"Ah."