I already said this is not a life simulator!

"According to our speculation, this should be the final effect of the Eighth Herrscher on Xiwang... Logically speaking, this effect should dissipate after the Eighth Herrscher dies. Aponia also described this point. If the caster dies, then the power should also dissipate, and the recipient will slowly recover... As for the subsequent problems, it should be the effect that the recipient has on himself."

"Plus, Xi Wang's behavior was no different from before, which made us relax our vigilance, so we didn't find any problems... Tsk."

Mei rarely smacked her lips without caring about her image, and her furrowed brows showed her anxious mood at the moment.

"You won't...refuse?"

Eden and Ying looked at Xiwang who was pressed on the test bench by Mebius. Seeing that he was smiling and greeting them, they smiled back, and then showed a worried expression and looked at Mei beside him.

"Do I need to demonstrate it to you? Hehe..."

Mebius' voice was still frivolous and full of an inexplicable temptation.

After taking a slightly playful look at Eden and Ying, as well as the others who were concerned about Xiwang but remained silent, Mebius turned his gaze back to Xiwang.

"Like...little white mouse, kiss me."

?

The others slowly typed a question mark, while Mei pinched her brows in pain… Ever since he discovered this, Mebius seemed to be in high spirits and had been “playing” all the time.

"why?"

Xi Wang did not show any intention of refusing, but just asked out of curiosity.

"There's no reason... Just think of it as me having a crush on you, little guinea pig."

"Like this... now?"

"Well, now."

As he said this, Mebius laughed again.

"In front of Eden and Sakura."

???

Others were full of questions.

"Okay~"

However, Xiwang agreed without even hesitating for long.

Then the others just watched Xiwang... and tapped Mebius lightly on the forehead.

“What a pity~”

"What else do you want, Mobius..."

Even Alicia looked at Mobius speechlessly.

"is it not OK?"

Xi Wang blinked and asked with some confusion... He didn't even think there was anything wrong with what he had just done.

"No, this is fine."

Mebius waved his hand, then chuckled and glanced at Alicia.

"You're still talking about me, Alicia... You thought about it before, too, right?"

"No, no, no, I just wanted to try to see if I could comb Xiwang's hair, okay?"

"Let's just leave it at that~"

Mebius didn't comment on this... Anyway, she has turned the blame around, so the verification will be left to others.

“…Anyway, that’s basically it.”

Mei rubbed her forehead with a headache and said so.

"And the more troublesome thing is..."

Mei stepped forward slightly and came in front of Xiwang.

"Xiwang, just commit suicide."

? !

Mei looked at Xiwang with calm eyes and her tone was the same as usual, but her words... were shocking.

"……Why?"

I could vaguely sense the confusion and doubt in Xi Wang's words, but... he didn't mean to refuse.

"Because you are no longer needed now."

"Is that right?"

"Ah."

“Now…?”

"Now."

"I understand."

Xi Wang nodded and reached out to take something... and then he was controlled by Qianjie.

"Hey, is it ready?"

Beneath Qianjie's calm inquiry was hidden a violent rage, and beneath the mask, there was a hint of danger in the look he gave Mei.

"...Xiwang, it's okay now. I was just joking."

"is it?"

"Ah."

"Ok."

After confirming that Xi Wang had returned to "normal", Qianjie slowly let go of his hand.

"Why didn't you refuse just now?"

Mei suddenly asked again.

"Why should I refuse?"

Xi Wang asked back in confusion.

"There's nothing wrong with what you said, and it's not a big deal..."

"Are you joking?"

Qianjie growled.

"I was serious."

Xiwang said so.

"Dr. Mobius's request wasn't excessive, and the same thing happened to Alicia before..."

"What about what I said?"

Mei's tone took on a hint of seriousness.

"Do you think your life is something that can be thrown away at will with just a few words from me?"

"Of course not. Like you said, it was just a joke, wasn't it?"

Xi Wang tilted his head, as if wondering why Mei asked that.

"Besides... this might solve a big problem..."

"……What did you say?"

"Well……"

Just when Mei wanted to ask more, Xiwang looked away and looked at Eden and Ying beside him. He gently took their hands and rubbed his fingertips on their palms twice, as if to soothe their anxious and panicked hearts.

He shifted his gaze slightly and looked at Qianjie's rare quiet appearance, then looked at Aponiya... She didn't say anything, but just looked at him silently, with a little concern and... compassion in her eyes.

Finally, Xi Wang's gaze rested on Alicia.

"Dr. Mei, if one day... you just command me to die like you did just now..."

"Xiwang, I just wanted to check on your condition."

Mei said seriously.

"Hmm~Okay~I'll put it another way~"

Xiwang seemed very happy about Mei's deliberate correction. He shook his head happily and adjusted his words.

"If one day, you can save the majority... no, everyone..."

Xiwang blinked and his gaze returned to Mei.

"What will you do?"

"........."

Everyone fell silent... because they noticed the word Xi Wang deliberately used.

[Crusade]... Could it be that Xiwang...

Alicia pursed her lips, and a rare look of worry and surprise appeared in her beautiful eyes.

"...Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course~ And...didn't you and Dr. Mobius already guess something?"

Xiwang shook her head again, and her white hair rose and fell like waves.

"Dr. Mei, you have been preparing for this for a long time, right?"

"........."

May didn't respond.

However, just when Alicia was about to say something...the alarm inside the "Fire Moth" was sounded.

? !

Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Xi Wang, but they soon realized that this was not Xi Wang's problem... This made everyone feel somewhat relieved.

"Dr. May! Dr. Mebius! Ah...are you all still here? What a blessing!"

Wright's anxious voice sounded at the door.

"Ha... the front line... ha... the front line is in danger! The Ninth Great Collapse has broken out! And... it's right here on Mu Continent! The place where the Ninth Herrscher appeared is only a hundred miles away from us!"

He seemed to have come here in a hurry, and spoke quickly while panting.

"Moreover! The energy level is higher than expected! It is very likely..."

Boom!

There was a slight tremor beneath me, and then everything in sight began to shake. The building seemed to be pulled by something and began to be torn apart, becoming extremely unstable.

If you look outside at this moment, you can find that... all the buildings are gradually torn and dismembered by an unknown force, along with the land, trees, and affected people and creatures... everything on the ground are being pulled into the air.

And then...it fell heavily!

Chapter 5442 Tide, I Have Returned ()

[The Ninth Great Collapse broke out, and the Ninth Herrscher also descended on Mu Continent, the industrial center, scientific research center, and the Fire Moth base of mankind, in an arrogant and ruthless manner.]

[The moment the Ninth Herrscher appeared, it overturned the ground within a radius of nearly 200 miles with it as the center... in the physical sense.]

[You can see that the ground is like an ice cream, a piece of it was forcibly dug out, and then it was lifted into the air by an unknown force... and then fell heavily, or it was deliberately manipulated by it, like throwing a stone, smashing the building in the distance, using the heavy pressure of the land to collapse and crush the building, and together with the confused people inside, it was covered under the ruins]

[Then... another piece of land is dug up, along with the ruins above and those who have survived by chance, and it floats into the sky... and then drops to the next target, and repeats this process]

[Of course, there is also a simpler method... which is to "fold" the ground]

[Well, just like closing an open book, one side of the ground is lifted up and covered to the other side... together with the people and buildings that are still on top, they are "closed" together and squeezed into a weird "book"]

[Or if they feel annoyed, they can just wave their hands, and a twisted and terrifying force will directly cover that area, and then all things on that land will be like being pressed by a hydraulic press, turning into a weird "pancake"]

[Ah... Of course, I'm referring to buildings here, and most of them will just turn into ruins, like thick, chocolate-covered cookies. As for humans and other creatures... they will probably be squeezed into a pool of blood mixed with debris.]

[What's worse is that the location where it appeared was too close to the base of the "Fire Moth". The disaster caused by the outbreak also covered the base, causing the location of the "Fire Moth" base to fall heavily from the air to the ground like a bungee jump. Many key buildings were destroyed and a large amount of research results were buried under the ruins.]

[As for the ordinary soldiers... Originally, they would have died. You know, even ordinary fusion warriors can hardly bear the damage of this sudden fall, especially since the "Ninth Herrscher" deliberately accelerated during the fall. That kind of impact force... can really smash a person into a "pancake"]