I already said this is not a life simulator!

And Alicia responded happily... She still remembered the [strangeness] she felt from Xi Wang before she set off, the aura that was similar to that of a [companion].

If what she thought was really the same, then did it mean that... Xi Wang was the same [existence] as her?

That would be great if that were the case!

This was the first time that Alicia had such high expectations for someone... But it was understandable. After all, she was still somewhat "lonely" in this world. If a "companion" similar to her really appeared... Ah, Alicia could feel her heart about to jump out of her chest with joy~

I'm really looking forward to it~

However, we still have to resolve this [Great Collapse] first.

But Alicia believed that it would definitely happen. This time the [Great Collapse] would definitely be resolved smoothly, if... Xi Wang was really her [companion] as she thought... or even a [companion] who liked humans like her... then it would definitely happen!

This time, the [Great Collapse] will definitely be resolved smoothly!

Alicia believed this.

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"Ah, we're finally here. We were so careful along the way... That Herrscher clearly came from the southeast, so how come the impact was so large?"

"As for Herrscher, that's normal. When you face Honkai, you should know that Herrscher is something incomprehensible."

"And from what I can see right now, the power of the Fourth Herrscher is related to wind... What a pity. I can't think of any use for it."

"You can't even think of that? Adjusting the climate, changing the weather, etc., isn't that easy to understand? Just like what the Herrscher is doing now."

"Ahem... It's not that I can't think of anything, but the things I think of... are not easy to put on the table directly."

"...Hey, hey, hey, you're not planning to use it as a weather weapon, are you?"

"Shh...if you know, don't say it out loud. It won't be fun if you say it out loud."

Having arrived at a safe area, they felt relieved and began to chat easily, but their conversations... were somewhat strange.

As for their current location? It is located in a coastal area in the west of Mu Continent, a rather remote safe house... Of course, it also serves as a vacation villa.

The scenery here is very nice and it belongs to them alone...or rather, they booked this area just to create an area where they can have fun and also serve as a safe house.

Huh? What do you mean a safe house by the sea is inappropriate? Especially now that it's the [Fourth Herrscher]?

Come on, this Herrscher's ability is obviously to control the wind. Didn't you see the large storm it controlled? What's wrong with being at the seaside? Windy? They have bunker safe houses, so they don't worry about it... As for the buildings on the ground? If they collapse, they can just rebuild them. They have the resources anyway.

It's impossible that the Herrscher could have summoned a huge wave to smash them to death on the shore, right? No way, no way?

Forget it, let’s not talk about those unlucky things and talk about some serious matters.

"Speaking of which...Mebius seems to have gone a little too far recently, especially her assistant."

"...Yeah, that's right. They've even reached out to the Operations Department."

"I thought they were pretty smart before. Blanca married Hen, and in the end Blanca left Mobius's laboratory and introduced Klein, Cang Xuan, and Dan Zhu... Now it seems that she hasn't given up yet."

"It seems that Blanca has returned to Mobius's laboratory again, using the excuse that her daughter is in poor health... She is really calculating."

"Indeed, everyone says that it was her assistant who was behind this, but that guy named Xi Wang... who would believe that he didn't have Mobius's tacit approval?"

"This time she even gave him the badge... She even changed our orders directly... Sigh, it turns out that her power is too great. We need to disperse it a little."

"Yes, otherwise, she would use these powers to conduct some excessive experiments. I really can't imagine..."

"Hehe, didn't she almost bring Shesha back to life last time when she was researching it? She almost caused her own lab to explode... Tsk, why didn't she succeed in the end?"

"I heard that Mebius himself almost got into trouble that time... Haha, he was really lucky."

"What else did they say at the end... They recovered the "Shesha" themselves, so there was no reason for the "Fire Moth" to take it away... How funny."

"But there was nothing we could do. She was telling the truth...so we didn't take it back in the end."

"Hmph... Keep a closer eye on her from now on. Given Mobius's personality and the experiments she's done, something bad will happen to her sooner or later."

"When that time comes, it will be time to settle accounts with her and make her become a researcher under our command."

"Hum..."

They nodded to each other, all agreeing with this approach... After all, Mebius had indeed stretched her hands too far and had too much power, and they couldn't let her continue.

Hmm? Don't say they are greedy for power or something, okay? After all, Mebius has a bad reputation, she is a bad person, and she is still conducting the kind of taboo and terrifying research... If she is given too much power, who knows what will happen.

You know, she had abducted and even kidnapped strangers to the laboratory as experimental subjects before... In order to prevent similar things from happening again, they had to do this.

They are for everyone's good.

"Oh, and his assistant... Tsk, he's hard to deal with."

"That guy named Xi Wang, right? Humph, he has good relations with all three parties... The Operations Department covets his connections and command ability, the Engineering Department wants him to take charge of Wei Weiwei, and Mebius is even more reluctant to let him go... Tsk, it's really difficult to deal with."

"And he also knows that celebrity Eden. I heard they have a pretty good relationship and have been in touch."

"We should find a chance to poach him. At least we can't let him stay with Mebius any longer... Besides, Eden... that big star is a rich man. It would be great if we could get in touch with him."

"Oh, by the way... didn't you have a conversation with Xi Wang before? What was his attitude like?"

Everyone turned their attention to the man who had always looked pale.

"Ah... ah?"

But that person seemed to have not come to his senses yet, and raised his head in a daze... He didn't even hear clearly the conversation between the others just now.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so scared?"

The others looked at his pale, even trembling body, and frowned in displeasure... I really didn't expect that this person would be like this...

"Sorry... I just feel like something dangerous is staring at me..."

"Forget it, forget it. After all, we finally got back. Let's take a break first. After all, we've come here, so don't we take a good rest? Let's relax from the shock we just had."

Someone tried to smooth things over like this.

"After we finish washing up, let's come here tonight to have a drink and discuss those things together, how about that?"

"...Yes, relax a little."

"I'm going back to my place first."

"Okay, see you later."

Everyone nodded to each other and quickly dispersed.

However... there was one thing that they all kept buried in their hearts and did not say out loud.

If he continues to behave so badly in a while, we should kick him out... This kind of ally is not worth continuing to cooperate with. Well... we will put some blame on him and kick him out. As for his remaining resources... naturally, whoever grabs them will own them.

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However, just two and a half hours later...

"Huh? What happened? Where are the people?"

A person was waiting in the lounge, the drinks and other things were already prepared, but... half an hour had passed and no one came.

"Damn it... Wait a minute, no way? Those guys aren't going to come, are they? Didn't we agree to drink and talk about things together?"

He muttered to himself in a somewhat strange way.

"Even though it just started to drizzle, you can't just stop coming, right? Really... Where's your integrity?"

He complained and looked out the window, and then... he froze.

"Hmm? Hmmmm???"

What did he see? A white mass!

It was just a drizzle just now, but now it has turned into a downpour, so much so that he can't see the scenery of the seaside clearly!

"Damn it?! What's going on?! This is impossible! How could it suddenly turn into a rainstorm?!"

He walked forward in astonishment and wanted to open the French window... For a moment he thought he was hallucinating.

But when he opened the floor-to-ceiling window a little and felt the damp air and strong wind quickly rushing into the room through the gap, he immediately realized that this was not an illusion.

“Damn it… Damn it!!! What’s going on?!”

“At least… couldn’t it be that Honkai came here? At least it couldn’t be that the Herrscher came here? Why didn’t anyone notify us?!”

"Damn it! I knew it! Those combat troops are useless! They are all garbage!"

He was alone in the room, cursing under his breath as he quickly approached the secret passage leading to the safe house.

"Where are the security guards? Are they all dead? Why didn't they come to inform me?"

"And those guys... they must have already run away! Or they ran to the safe house! Damn, those guys, what a bunch of cowards! They didn't even call me! They left me waiting here stupidly..."

"...Could it be that those guys are planning to get rid of me this way? Damn it!"

"No... that's not right, they didn't expect this to happen, so it must be an accident... Tsk, damn it!"

“Don’t be the Herrscher… Don’t be the Herrscher… Damn it, those combat troops are damned, they are all useless, they can’t even restrain the Herrscher?!”

"And Xi Wang too... Hehe, he must be dead now just like those losers, right? He deserves it!"

"Tsk... No, that's not right. Those guys didn't do anything good after their death. They actually brought the Herrscher here..."

He cursed, but maybe because he was too nervous, or because he had just been blown by a gust of damp sea breeze, or maybe he was simply swallowed by fear, his body was extremely cold and he even had difficulty entering the correct password.

And...was he sweating too much? Or was it the humid air that made his fingerprints hard to identify? Why couldn't he open the door?!

Damn it… Damn it!!!

"You just said something bad about [Blood Relatives], right?"

However, at this moment, a clear and cold female voice sounded from behind him.

Along with the sound of breaking glass, there was also a cold and damp smell that quickly filled the room.

"Alas--?!"

He turned around in fear, and all he saw was the red dress and the white hair like waves.

And... the blue water that quietly spread into the house.

And the dark-colored sword that was wrapped in azure water and floating in the air.

"Law...Law...[Herder]?"

That was the only word he could think of.

"You have a scent that was specially [marked] by your [blood relatives]..."

She ignored his words and just murmured softly.

"Well, you are a guy that [Blood Relatives] hate."

"You are all [Blood Kin] annoying guys."

"Besides, you also spoke ill of [Blood Relatives]."

As she said this, her scarlet eyes suddenly became fierce.

"So... you guys deserve to die."

"Don't!!!"

Poof——

He couldn't say anything at all. The blue water surged rapidly, piercing his neck and body, taking his life.

"don’t worry……"

She... "Skadi", silently watched his blood gushing out, watched his body being eaten and dissolved by the water bit by bit, and finally disappeared completely, turning into a wisp of foam in the water.

"My target... is only you."

"You guys...are the ones that are hated by the [Blood Kin], it's just you...that's all."

"... [Mother], let's go back."

After standing there for a while, Skadi spoke slowly.

wow-

The rain was pouring down, but it was slowly fading... As it should be, because the others who were [Marked] were already dead.

As for the unmarked security guards? Ah... they were all asleep.

Well, I really just fell asleep.