Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

As Li Wen finished speaking, Mei felt a flash before her eyes, and then she felt a violent impact on her lower abdomen.

Chapter 19 The Last Kindness

boom--

Under Li Wen's terrifying attack, Mei's body suddenly flew backwards uncontrollably.

The frail body smashed through the wall that had already been broken in the observation experiment, and finally fell into the house.

Seeing that Mei Raiden was seriously injured, Kevin could no longer sit idly by. He flashed and instantly arrived in front of the building.

"Why? The World Serpents' leader is worried that I'll kill her?"

Looking at Kevin who suddenly appeared in front of him, Li Wen was not surprised. After all, the other party found Raiden Mei to help her become a Herrscher, so he must have some desire for Raiden Mei and would definitely not let him kill Raiden Mei.

"You won't kill her." Kevin spoke, his tone as calm as ever.

Li Wen said noncommittally, "If you're so sure, why are you standing in my way now? Does that mean the alliance between Destiny and the World Serpent, which was just formed, is going to be completely shattered now?"

"The World Serpent has no such intention." Even as he listened to Li Wen's threats, his expression remained as solid as an ice cube, not revealing the slightest wavering. "I've fulfilled my promise to Raiden Mei, so it's time for her to leave with me."

"No... I haven't..."

Mei Raiden struggled to get up from the ruins. She hadn't taken a good look at Kiana yet, nor had she said goodbye to her.

Not yet... Save Kiana from the clutches of destiny...

She was unwilling to leave like this!

She doesn't want to be unable to do anything!

"Raiden Mei, your strength isn't enough to sustain your actions," Li Wen said. "I can end your life right here anytime I want. Even if Kevin Kaslana takes action, he can't save you."

Although Kevin did make him feel dangerous, he did not think he was weaker than him.

Hearing Li Wen's words, Mei turned her gaze to Kevin.

However, in the face of Li Wen's wild words, Kevin did not say a word, as if he agreed.

Whether it was Raven or Mei Raiden, the results of their battles with Li Wen were enough to show that the strength of the man in front of them was indeed extraordinary.

Kevin never makes empty promises to others, so in this situation, he really doesn't dare to say that he can definitely save Mei Raiden's life from the other party.

Although Mei felt that she was not much weaker than Kevin after becoming a Herrscher, Li Wen's performance proved to her that there were people whose strength far surpassed that of them.

That was someone she couldn't defeat even at the cost of her life.

Thinking of this, she secretly clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh.

However, the physical pain was far less than the pain in her heart. At this moment, Raiden Mei had never felt that the world could be so dark.

She has completely become the Herrscher of Thunder and has mastered powers that she once dared not even imagine. However, facing the enemy before her, she can do nothing and can only watch Kiana being taken away again.

Thinking of this, two lines of tears rolled down her eyes.

Looking at the lifeless Mei, Li Wen turned to Kevin and asked, "I'm curious, how does she control the Herrscher core in her body?"

"She is very special." Kevin's answer was still brief.

In other words, the situation of Mei Raiden cannot be applied to Kiana.

He frowned, but didn't ask any more questions. "Since the Lord of the World Serpent has no intention of interfering with the mission of Heaven, we will take our leave."

After taking one last glance at Mei Raiden, Li Wen walked towards the hatch of the Eos.

Da da da--

As the footsteps gradually faded away, Mei felt as if she was falling into an endless abyss, and her whole body was wrapped and swallowed by infinite darkness.

At this moment, the footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Raiden Mei, there's no need for me to lie to you. After I cure Kiana Kaslana, I will return her to you."

As the hatch closed, Li Wen's voice came.

This was his last act of kindness.

With the hatch of the Eos closed, the transport ship also embarked on its return journey.

Hearing Li Wen's last words, Mei was slightly stunned, but a new hope was ignited in her heart.

Yes, with Li Wen's strength, he could easily sweep across the entire "Anti-Entropy" and take Kiana away directly, but the other party did not do so. This shows that the other party really wants to ease the relationship between the two sides as mentioned before.

In addition, the other party seems to have a good relationship with Kiana. Under such circumstances, the other party should not do anything excessive to Kiana.

Moreover, if the other party really needs to study the Herrscher, wouldn't it be easier to just capture a Herrscher like me who possesses such power?

It seems that Li Wen really has no need to deceive her.

As she kept thinking this, a ray of light seemed to appear in the darkness surrounding Mei's heart.

She even wanted to agree to Li Wen's conditions and go to "Destiny" in person to take a look and accompany Kiana.

But this is impossible, because in order to alleviate Kiana's situation, she has agreed to Kevin's condition - to join the World Serpent.

Li Wen's attack was not very heavy, so after Mei took some time to recover, she immediately followed Kevin away.

With the departure of these last two people, Changkong City has completely become a no-man's land in the true sense of the word.

……

"I didn't expect that Lord Li Wen could easily defeat the Herrscher of Thunder." Rita said.

Upon hearing this, many Valkyries around also showed admiration.

After all, in their understanding, the greatest enemy of mankind is Honkai, and the most terrifying creature in Honkai is the Herrscher.

The newly appointed minister in front of him could actually defeat a Herrscher so easily. His strength must be even stronger than that of Lady Yulandel.

As expected of Lord Otto's younger brother, both brothers are so outstanding.

Facing Rita's compliment, Li Wen smiled and said, "If you keep complimenting me like this, I'm going to get swollen."

After joking around for a while, Li Wen got down to business. "How's the data this time?"

"All the data has been transmitted to the Bishop." Alvette, who was in charge of monitoring the matter, replied quickly.

Li Wen nodded when she heard this. Since the data had been handed over to Otto, she didn't need to worry about this aspect.

So, he turned his head and looked at Rita, "How is our distinguished guest?"

"Lady Yulandel is accompanying Miss Kiana." Rita replied with a smile.

"Yulandel..." Li Wen was stunned at first, then an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, "It would be good for the two of them to interact more."

"Are they in the lounge?" he continued.

"Yes." Rita bowed slightly.

Li Wen nodded, then walked towards the lounge.

Chapter 20: Levin Apokalis

Because the door of the lounge was only half-open, Li Wen heard the conversation of two girls as soon as he approached the lounge.

"Why...you are obviously not a bad person, but you want to work for Otto?" Kiana asked Yulandel in front of her.

The Valkyrie in front of her was once the object of her most longed-for admiration and the goal she fought for. In the conversation just now, she also understood that the other party was not a bad person.

But why would such a person want to work for that big bad guy Otto?

As for Li Wen working for Otto, she was not too surprised. After all, Li Wen and Otto had a real blood relationship and were real relatives.

She could understand why Li Wen stood on Otto's side.

But she really couldn't understand why Yulandel was so loyal to Otto.

Yulandel's expression didn't change much. She answered Kiana's question in a deep voice, "If there is no 'Destiny', who will protect the billions of people on this planet from the clutches of Honkai? You were once a Valkyrie of Destiny, so you should be well aware of this."

"There is no absolute good or evil or right or wrong in this world. There is only mission. And I am only fighting for my mission."

Snap, snap, snap——

"Well said, Yulandel." Li Wen clapped his hands and walked towards the two girls.

"Li Wen..." Kiana widened her eyes and looked at Li Wen who suddenly broke in.

Li Wen spread his hands and said, "Ah, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just happened to overhear the conversation between you two when I came to visit you."

Seeing Li Wen appear here, Youlan Daier also showed a look of surprise, "Minister Li Wen, has the matter of the Herrscher of Thunder been resolved?"

"Yeah." Li Wen nodded.

"Herrser of Thunder?" Kiana looked puzzled.

A bad guess arose in her mind - could it be that the Herrscher of Thunder they were talking about was Mei?

"That's right." Looking at Kiana's expression, Li Wen nodded and acknowledged her inner guess, "It's Mei Raiden."

He continued, "You should know that Anti-Entropy has no way to heal you. To help alleviate the damage done to your body, Raiden Mei, with Kevin's help, has been transformed back into the Herrscher of Thunder and joined the World Serpent."

"what?!"

The information Li Wen gave was so shocking that Kiana was unable to recover for a while.

She couldn't believe that Mei was going to leave everyone and join that "World Snake".

"No, I can't let Mei go there." Kiana said firmly.

She absolutely couldn't let Mei join that organization.

She struggled to get up from the bed, but because her body was so weak and sore, she fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Yulandel next to her quickly supported her body, thus preventing her from falling.

"She's been taken away by Kevin." Li Wen looked at Kiana in front of him and said slowly, "Besides, given your current condition, even if you were allowed to take action, could you stop the Herrscher of Thunder in his prime?"

Although the Herrscher of Thunder was nothing special to him, for Kiana, who had not yet mastered the core within her body, this was an insurmountable enemy.

Judging from Mei Raiden's current condition, Kiana might be beaten up if she went there.

Thinking of this, Li Wen couldn't help but sigh. When he met Mei before, she was such a weak little girl, but when they met this time, her aura became so strong.

Listening to Li Wen's words, Kiana felt a little unwilling, but she also understood that if Mei really made up her mind, she might really not be able to stop her.

Moreover, her ancestor was also present at the scene. According to the information previously transmitted by Bronya and the others, Kevin's strength was too terrifying and she was definitely not able to resist it.

Looking at the silent, gritted-teethed Kiana, Li Wen continued, "However, precisely because she's been transformed back into the Herrscher of Thunder, your physical condition is much better now. This will be a significant aid to my future treatment."

"Since you said that my health has improved a lot, can I leave now?" Kiana looked at Li Wen and asked.

"I'm sorry, no." Li Wen refused decisively.

He finally got Kiana, how could he send her back so easily?

Whether for his own system task or for the health of his former comrade, he would not let the other party act willfully again.

Kiana was not too surprised by Li Wen's answer. After all, if Li Wen was willing to let her go easily, he would not have locked her up here.

But when did Li Wen become like this?

She wanted to ask, but didn't know how to start.

Li Wen looked at the deep gaze cast upon him by Kiana and roughly guessed what she was thinking. "Perhaps my actions have caused you to misunderstand me, Kiana. As Yulandel had said before, simple good and evil, good and bad, cannot be the standard for evaluating a person.

"In your eyes, Otto Apokalys is guilty of heinous crimes, countless crimes, but in the eyes of the world, he is the leader of light who has led the Mandate of Heaven to fight against the Collapse for more than five hundred years.

"I accompanied you to save Sky City because I wanted to. I am now using such despicable means to bind you here because I also want to do the same.

"I can be good or evil. I don't care whether what I want to do is considered heroic or evil by others. I just do it because I want to do it.

"In other words, 'I will'—that is the principle of Levin Apokalis's conduct."

Li Wen poured out everything he had to the two people in front of him, and fully explained to the two girls in front of him what kind of person he was - "Li Wen Apokalis".

His desire to save the world when he was young was just a passing interest of his, coupled with Kallen's wish.

Now he wanted to help Otto atone his sins not because he felt that Otto Apokalis was unforgivable, but simply because he did not want Otto to do anything against Kallen's wishes.

At this moment, both Kiana and Yulandel realized that Li Wen's essence was no different from Otto's.