Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

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10. World Serpent, Paradise in the Afterlife

In the Tabernas Desert, the bright moonlight illuminates the dark yellow world, and the flying sand is illuminated by the light like meteors flying and falling. Only the ruins of the circular arena stand in the center of this huge desert. Judging from the weathered but still magnificent patterns on the few remaining arches, this place was once prosperous.

The girl stood on top of one of the archway pillars, the moonlight streaming down her milky white skin, her long hair cascading down behind her, a pair of ghostly dark red horns winding out from her dark purple hair in front of her forehead, her eyes the same color as her hair, as still as a frozen lake.

The propellers tore the dark yellow sky apart, and the hem of the black and white dress fluttered in the noisy wind. Thunder flashed in front of the girl, and the hem of her dress stopped swaying. She seemed to have escaped from that world and entered her own world without being affected.

After the helicopter landed in the desert, a young man in a windbreaker walked out of the cabin door and stood in the distance, looking up at the girl in the sky.

"Mei, long time no see." Shen Yunie smiled at the girl and said, "Should I still call you the Herrscher of Thunder or the name of the World Serpent?"

Mei looked at him and jumped down from the archway that was more than ten meters high. Her beautiful figure appeared in front of him as if she was blurry passing through the air. "No need, I don't care about the name. I knew everything when we contacted each other before, so I will take you to see Kevin this time."

"Thank you." Shen Yunie nodded. The girl in sight was very different from the gentle girl in her impression. At this moment, she was like a sharp samurai sword. She would never say that nothing could be done. If she wanted to, she could probably break the world to achieve her goal.

And inside this layer of hard armor, the girl is still as gentle as before.

Mei turned and walked towards the ruined arena, passing through the archway. There was an elevator hidden in the sunken auditorium that went deep underground. This was the headquarters of the World Serpent, a huge organization operating underground.

The two walked into the elevator together, and then a red light fell on Shen Yunie and scanned back and forth. A woman's voice sounded from an invisible place.

"Herrscher of Thunder, you have brought an uninvited guest."

"Jackal, don't be too nervous. This is the person Kevin has chosen." Mei replied coldly. Lightning flashed quietly, and all the red lines disappeared. "We have already determined a new cooperative relationship. If you want to hinder it, watch out for your fox head."

She raised her hand and pressed the elevator landing button, and the metal door closed. The woman called Jackal fell into a long silence before speaking.

"You are taking matters into your own hands."

Shen Yunie felt his center of gravity shifting to his feet. Thinking of the tense conversation between the two cadres, he couldn't help but smile, "The atmosphere here doesn't seem to be very good?"

Mei glanced at him and said, "No, it's normal for World Serpent's executives to have conflicts. Most of the time we don't know each other's identities, even if they are standing right in front of us. They will only reveal themselves when we cooperate. We don't know each other's style and personality at all. We may even hate each other, but it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't affect our work."

The elevator opened after descending several hundred meters, and what came into view was a long metal passage. There were surveillance cameras set up at regular intervals on both sides, and there were gaps between the walls, and it seemed that traps would be extended from inside when necessary to resist enemy invasion.

After walking through this passage, Shen Yunie's sight was filled with instruments that filled up half of the room. The connected lines were neatly arranged together, and occasionally a light blue light flashed, and intermittent symbols jumped on the screen. This computer seemed to be broken.

"The supercomputer named Mobius was used to commemorate a hero from the previous civilization. It also contains some of Dr. Mei's thoughts. What you are seeing now is only a part of it. Mobius exists all over the world, and each place has the same data backup. This one was left here as a memorial because it was damaged."

When passing by, Meiyi introduced the origin of this computer to Shen Yunie.

"Herrser of Thunder, you talk too much." After a moment, the voice of the Jackal who could no longer bear it sounded over the radio, "There is no need to tell outsiders so much. Once we are attacked, these leaked information will become a fatal weakness!"

Hearing this, Shen Yunie shrugged his shoulders to indicate that there was no need to introduce himself anymore. He actually didn't care that much about the composition of the World Snake. Since they had established a cooperative relationship through information exchange, he wouldn't do anything to stab them in the back.

The two of them walked through many rooms quickly. There were no people other than cadres in the entire World Snake headquarters. If necessary, they could quickly lead a large group of people. This would prevent the plan from failing because of small people, and there would be no clues even if they patrolled.

Walking through the metal corridor, Mei stopped at the end and said calmly: "This is the end. Please walk the rest of the way by yourself. Kevin will give you the answer."

Shen Yunie thanked the girl again and walked to the end. What he saw was no longer a high-tech metal barrier, but four huge pillars extending into the dark dome, with the most ancient patterns engraved on the surface, and the four sides were in an arc shape. At the deepest part was a stone door.

The atmosphere of death lingered here, like the Hall of Valor in mythology that received the dead. As a new figure walked out of the darkness dragging a great sword, the atmosphere here changed, like a new duel arena.

The man in a dress and windbreaker, with the Kaslana family's signature short silver hair, dragged a dark red sword, and felt both cold and hot. The calmness in his deep eyes was beyond anyone else's, and could not stir up any waves.

Kevin Kaslana.

The next moment, the flames broke the silence between the two. Kevin suddenly swung the sword in his hand and spit out flames. The flames rushed towards Shen Yunie from all directions. Only after launching the attack did he speak: "I don't welcome you. It should be my mission to eliminate the collapse. I should lead the way to end this disaster. I don't believe that outsiders from this world can solve something that we have been unable to end for tens of thousands of years."

The scorching flames seemed to be able to burn everything in the world, and the light gathered and swallowed Shen Yunie. Seeing Kevin put down his weapon, he stepped forward and penetrated the fire net. The huge explosion caused by the collision behind him lengthened the figure in the windbreaker.

Shen Yunie released the Black Abyss White Flower, "Then why do you express your cooperation? Are you ready to eliminate me, an outsider?"

"Cooperation is real, but I need you to show your qualifications. I don't believe it, but my comrade does. He sacrificed his body and soul to stay in the quantum sea forever. After tens of thousands of years of observation, he told me: People in this world cannot break the shackles of rules.

Behind me is a place called the Paradise of the Past, where the things that happened in the last period of the previous civilization are recorded. The answer you want is also there, but if you want to go there, you must show stronger proof than me. Otherwise, I can't believe that you are the only one who can end the Honkai disaster. "

As Kevin finished his words, countless meteors flew towards him, and Shen Yunie responded with the same method.

A thick ice wall rose from the ground, and the meteor pierced through the wall. The impact force was gradually reduced and finally stopped. Then the ice disappeared, and the two saw each other's faces again. This time the collision ended in a situation of equal strength.

After taking a long breath, the two rushed towards each other at the same time.

11. Paradise of the Past, Alicia and Thousand Tribulations

In the arena formed by four huge stone pillars and the arc sky, the light flickered, reflecting the flames and ice that gradually occupied every inch of the world. The silver-haired man held the greatsword named Jiemie Wujin tightly in both hands. With every breath, sweat flowed down his jawline, swaying in the air and turning into ice crystals. He squinted his eyes slightly to find someone from the attack. The subtle movement was enough to prove his seriousness and concern for this battle.

Unfortunately, the person he was looking for did not appear in the expected position, which made him look away with surprise. He searched the entire duel field with his senses but could not find the other party. Now it seemed like he was performing a one-man show.

The strange sight of ice and fire swept across the entire duel field. The impact of the explosion lifted Kevin's silver hair. He slowly put down the giant sword but his vigilance did not subside at all. He was predicting where the opponent would appear from, but he didn't know that the floor under his feet softened quietly.

Kevin suddenly came to his senses, and he slashed at the hands under his feet that were not stretched out faster. He was dragged into the quagmire, and there was endless darkness in front of him. The stinging feeling blew in his face with the strong wind, and he had to raise his hands to cover it, but the pain could not be avoided no matter what.

This is the baptism of time in the cracks of time. Even the hardest rock will be worn away by the constant erosion of time. The white light suddenly lit up, and Kevin finally saw Shen Yunie, who wanted to find someone and avoid all harm, standing not far away in this area that belonged to him alone.

The Black Abyss White Flower was thrown out, and here it seemed to have turned into the Meteor Spear Gungnir, which had the rule that it would hit the target every time it was thrown.

Shen Yunie looked calm, his eyes locked on Kevin, waiting for him to create some changes before counterattacking. This battle had lasted too long, he had to win, and then go to the paradise of the past where he could get the answer.

Being in the crack of the quantum sea, Kevin was constantly being impacted and locked. Facing the black abyss and white flower pointing directly at his chest, he was unable to fight back. The release of the collapse energy here would be digested into new energy that his body could not absorb.

Failure to react means victory or defeat has been decided. But the next second, a huge roar sounded in his ears, and Shen Yunie's vision was completely occupied by the light. His body became heavy, and it was obvious that he had escaped from the crack in the quantum sea. He rubbed his eyes and found himself standing in front of the gate of the paradise of the past.

Kevin held the tip of the Black Abyss White Flower's spear, the cold light was close to his chest and only a few centimeters away from piercing him. The ice spread from the palm of his hand to protect himself from being stabbed by the sharp tip of the spear. He looked up at Shen Yunie with a complicated expression. Finally, he let go of the Knight's Spear in his hand and sighed, "Outsider, you win. If it was a fight, even if I activated all the Honkai energy, you would rush up and fight me one last time."

The Key of God returned to Shen Yunie's hand and dissipated into a bracelet on his wrist. He said calmly: "You let me go. I can feel that as the strongest of Yingjie, you haven't used your full strength yet.

But I'm exhausted just dodging those attacks. You're much stronger than me."

Kevin made way. Having completed the test, he did not intend to stay any longer. "It doesn't matter whether you used your full strength or not. You have already proved yourself."

The answer you want is in the deepest part of the paradise of the afterlife, which is the end of your journey and the end of human civilization. I hope you will not let down this trust that we have never met. "

The man left in the darkness. Shen Yunie watched the huge stone door approaching slowly. It was not stone but another unknown material. It felt hot and heavy to the touch, as if warning anyone who tried to step into it that the paradise of the past was not a simple data storage library.

Feeling the heaviness, Shen Yunie gradually increased his strength to push the door open. The wind blew up the ancient dust along the gap, and the dark purple world became clear in his sight. The broken sky and earth, the incomplete buildings were suspended between these two things, and there was no end in sight in the distance. When he came to his senses, he was already inside a giant cage-like building.

It records the last period of time before the complete destruction of civilization. At that time, the thirteen heroes had already lost their world, and some of them probably only had the heart to take everything back.

Shen Yunie stopped on the platform. Not far away, there was a particularly strange yellow maple tree. The warm wind still had golden maple leaves floating down to his feet. A large number of Honkai beasts began to appear behind him. From the most common dead soldiers to the emperor-level Honkai beasts, the monsters covered most of the platform. Sensing the presence of human breath, they began to gather and rush towards him.

The black mist spread, and the withering power of the Key of God instantly killed a large number of Honkai beasts. Shen Yunie stood safely in place, sweeping across the black abyss and white flowers to release the mist further.

All the monsters in the previous civilization are the same as those in the present. He only encountered the emperor-level Honkai beast at the very beginning. He didn’t know what kind of monsters would appear before him when he went deeper.

The monsters that touched the mist melted into purple blood, even the two king-level Pavanti were no exception. In a blink of an eye, only the last king-level was left. Before the black mist could touch it, a dazzling purple arrow flew from the sky and nailed it to the ground.

The breath of the emperor accumulated in its mouth was abruptly interrupted, and it began to struggle, but its limbs gradually turned into fragments and scattered in the warm wind. The energy pressure that was completely different from the collapse energy and the energy of the quantum sea burst out, and Shen Yunie could feel the temperature of the air rising instantly.

The pressure crushed the emperor, and there were no monsters on this platform. Shen Yunie looked around and saw a staircase leading down not far away, and then there was a broken stone corridor that would allow him to go deeper.

He retracted his gaze and looked up at the top of one of the pillars again. The Paradise of the Past was a database-like existence. There were only thirteen heroes living here. For example, there were two of them standing there at this moment. The arrow and the terrifying pressure came from their own hands.

"Why did you take action without permission? I could have crushed all of these bugs with just a thought, so why did you leave even one behind?!"

The masked, tall man questioned the girl beside him in an angry voice. That anger seemed to turn into a tangible flame that was about to burn the world. It was only stronger than Kevin's Jiemie Wujin.

"Qianjie, you can't be so disrespectful to our guests. You should change your personality and tone, otherwise you will have no friends."

The girl smiled and answered him, then jumped down from the air to the platform. The hem of her exquisite dress fluttered in the air, and her skin exposed at the shoulders was as white as porcelain. Her long cherry-pink hair fell like a waterfall, and between her soft hair were a pair of ears that looked like elves.

"Hello, I'm Alicia, one of the thirteen heroes of the Fire Moth." The girl smiled as brightly as a flower and stretched out her fair little hand to Shen Yunie, "I'm also a guide."

Shen Yunie did not shake hands with her, and said calmly: "I know you who came here to seek answers, and I also know Qianjie."

Before he arrived here, the Destiny database had already found most of the information about the former civilization's heroes, such as their names, titles, and abilities. Since Shen Yunie was looking for answers, he naturally knew some of the information.

"Know you? But I don't remember you at all, a bug that can be easily crushed to death!" Qianjie landed on the ground with such force that the ground cracked, his tone still as arrogant as before.

He looked at Alicia, "We are only here on patrol. We don't have time to waste here."

Ai Lishiya held her forehead and muttered softly: "Qianjie, why can't you change?"

After complaining, the girl stood in front of Shen Yunie and said, "He is a guest, a guest I have already noticed coming. Let's take him with us on this patrol, and then we can go to the base to have a chat."

"The Fire Moths do not welcome the weak!" Qianjie said and walked straight down the stairs.

Only Alicia, who was standing there with a helpless smile, and Shen Yunie, who was expressionless, were left. Before the other party could speak, he took the lead and said, "You seem to have different ideas from Qianjie, and you said you were a guide."

The moment the voice fell, Alicia's expression showed a moment of loss, "Yes, because I remember all the details of each disaster, and I have repeated it countless times."

The girl's voice was not deliberately lowered. When Shen Yunie heard it, he was stunned for a moment. He asked in confusion: "You have repeated it countless times?"

Alicia's expression had returned to her bright smile. She raised her hand and pointed to the stairs, signaling for them to go over first. She said, "So I also have the identity of a guide. Although it's a self-proclaimed title, I feel it's very suitable."

Shen Yunie followed her forward, and the ground beneath their feet suddenly began to tremble violently. It seemed that Qianjie's powerful pressure was clearing out the Honkai beasts.

"As you can see, this is a record of what happened to the Fire Moth Heroes in the last period of time. The last moment also represents their death...

After the disaster, only two heroes survived. Kevin and Hua, carrying the hope of mankind, fell into sleep for ten thousand years. Everyone else, including me, died in that disaster. "

Alicia walked down the stairs, her high heels making crisp sounds as they touched the ground, as if they were providing music to the story she was telling. The girl's words were neither sad nor happy, and her expression was numb from having experienced so many times.

"But when I opened my eyes, I found that I was not dead. In a familiar place, familiar comrades told me that I should go on patrol today. But after that patrol, a disaster happened, and the things that had already happened were reshaped in front of my eyes.

I have tried to change, but unfortunately everything will repeat itself. I will die again, everyone will die, but after I die, I will be resurrected here and experience reincarnation, watching my comrades die again and again. "

On the next platform, all the monsters had been destroyed by Qianjie. Shen Yunie felt relieved, following the other party's back as he walked into the corridor. If he continued like this, he might not even need to fight, and he would reach the end.

He asked, "Then why do you say you are a guide?"

"I'm an elf. This is the ability of an elf girl to predict the future~" Alicia suddenly smiled. She turned her face to reveal her long ears between her hair. "Look, this is the characteristic of an elf girl."

"But as far as I know, you changed because you transplanted the genes of the Honkai Beast code-named 'Great Freedom'. These things were told to me personally by your comrade Fu Hua who is still alive." Shen Yunie immediately exposed the other party's lies.

Alicia stuck out her tongue at him, "You've ruined the girl's beautiful dream!"

After a few seconds of silence, the girl said seriously, "I'll tell you the answer. There is a door deep inside. People come here occasionally, all of them are looking for their own answers. Kevin and Hua's survival was told to me by the Herrscher of Thunder last time. In fact, I died very early~

When I saw those people, I had a feeling that constantly resurrecting and preserving memories was the door that would allow me to guide the guests to the end. It was like a key.

Unfortunately, the answers they seek are not at the final point. What about you, new guest, where is your answer? "

12. Test

Figures walked in the building between the broken world. According to Alicia, they were patrolling here. After this patrol, the end would come. Except for Hua and Kevin, everyone would die after that, and then all things would start a new cycle.

After reaching the third world, Alicia will become invisible to everyone except Shen Yunie. She happened to die during that time in the past. She should have died a long time ago, but she didn't see the end.

It was because of some unknown change in the world that she survived, but the fact of death still existed. After becoming invisible, she could only witness the decision made by her comrades at the last moment, and then the civilization of the entire planet was annihilated.

Those who came here to seek answers before, none of them reached the end. Most of them found their answers before reaching the end and then left, or went to a place where Alicia could not see. She was not sure whether the answer Shen Yunie was looking for was the end. She was just fulfilling her duty as a guide and was completely numb to these memories that would not be washed away.

"Not all of the Thirteen Heroes survived to face the Ruler of the End." Alicia told Shen Yunie.

The two walked in the back of the passage, where various monsters often appeared, but there was Qianjie in front of them. The opponent could crush the collapse beast with a little pressure, and the emperor-level beast would not survive long in his hands. This made Shen Yunie feel relieved, and he could ask more questions to this guide who knew everything.

Shen Yunie said: "It is the same with today's civilization. Every time a Herrscher is born, someone dies. People I know, people I don't know, people around me... In short, they sacrificed their lives on the road to a common goal."

"Honkai always attacks the powerful first. It's a double-edged sword." Alicia put her hands behind her back and walked briskly. The girl didn't need to exert any effort on this road. "If possible, I would like to introduce you to a girl named Ying. She is also a member of our Yingjie. She is a very gentle and determined person.

Unfortunately, this is just a memory. I never saw Ying when I reincarnated here. She died before me, running for her goal and sacrificing on that road. "

Hearing that name, Shen Yunie's face changed slightly but quickly returned to calm. Those were all things in the past. He said, "I had a lover with a similar name. She went through a lot of hardships in the past, but I met her and saved her. She is living a good life now."

Alicia turned her head and stared at his face, then smiled and said, "I can see that you are also a kind person, so I will give you a gift for your kindness, but not now. I have to wait until we are further along."

They had walked on this road for a long time, with an invisible mist behind them. After crushing a large number of Honkai beasts, Qian Jie, who was walking in front, suddenly turned his head and looked at Shen Yunie. Although his eyes could not be seen, his gaze fell on him like a burning fire.

"Bug, you seem to have gotten here relying on my protection?"

The targeting in her tone was very obvious. Ailixia had repeated it too many times. She had also seen people who came in to seek answers and fought with Qianjie on the road because they were dissatisfied with his tone. As her tone became more and more vicious, the girl secretly pulled the corner of Shen Yunie's clothes, signaling him to calm down.

Shen Yunie shrugged nonchalantly, "But you didn't even give me a chance to show off."

"You're so nervous about showing off when dealing with bugs?" Qianjie said relentlessly, and the mocking intention in his tone became more obvious. He was very arrogant, but not just arrogant. He seemed to think there was some truth in Shen Yunie's words, so he continued, "Then show me what you can do next. Weaklings don't deserve to be invited to the base."

Shen Yunie looked at Alicia, wanting to ask the opinion of this girl who had experienced countless times. Since it was reincarnation, then what happened here was the same every time.

"This is Qianjie's test for you~" Alicia nodded, "In fact, everyone who comes here will be subjected to the same test. Since you can get to this place, your strength is naturally beyond doubt. If you complete the test, you will gain Qianjie's favor, and at least you won't be ridiculed like this."

"I'll listen to you."

From the fact that the two had not shown any malice and had been willing to tell him everything, Shen Yunie decided to trust them. Now he couldn't find a second way, and didn't know where to look for the answer. If he hadn't encountered these things, he would probably keep moving forward here, experiencing one fight after another.

The Black Abyss White Flower was released, and the power of the Key of God dissipated a lot of the ridicule from Qianjie. Although he was very disdainful, the people he called insects were actually not weak in strength, and he even felt that Shen Yunie was comparable to himself.

This feeling also made Qianjie's blood boil, which was rare, and he wanted to compete with the opponent.

Shen Yunie walked past Qianjie, who came to Alicia and crossed his arms, as if ready to watch his performance quietly. "If you can't kill those bugs, I will crush you along with them."