Playful! Collapse!

"Although the probability of them taking control of the Thunder Key over the years is not zero, but..."

"but?"

"If they truly possess the Thunder Key and a suitable user, then I suspect our colleagues might have been attacked by it during our mission."

"This lady doesn't look like someone who goes against entropy. Instead, she looks like a special warrior who appeared out of nowhere."

"And... well, she might be able to hide it from other colleagues, but she can't hide it from me."

Looking at the photo of Raven in disguise, the smile on Rita's face gradually disappeared.

"I can tell this lady has disguised her appearance."

"Also, her clothes have so few wrinkles that it looks like she just changed into office lady clothes."

"The cosmetic contact lenses are also very obvious...her true identity might give us some clues."

Thinking of this, Rita immediately said to Yulandel.

"Lord Youlandel, I am going to ask the Bishop to carry out the investigation mission."

"If this woman is truly the user of the Thunder Key, then an organization that can obtain the Divine Key is definitely one we must be wary of."

"Huh? Ah, you're right."

Yulandel, who had been feeling uneasy today, saw that Rita was ready to leave, and couldn't help but ask Rita the question in her heart.

"Rita, what do you think..."

"——What kind of person is Yuan Yan?"

"Mr. Yuan Yan?"

After hearing Yulandel's question, Rita thought for a moment, then suddenly asked Yulandel with a smile.

"Lord Yulandel, why do you ask this question? Could it be that..."

"If possible, please don't guess blindly."

Seeing Rita approaching her with a smile on her face, Yulandel, who had no intention of joking at all, suddenly let out a breath.

"I can't say this matter is very serious."

"But he is, after all, a hero who saved Changkong City with his own strength."

"I don't know the exact process, but after he seized the cores of the two Herrschers, the massive collapse that was about to erupt in Changkong City was abruptly stopped."

"From this point of view, although Bishop Otto hasn't released any specific information yet, I believe that he was responsible for saving Changkong City."

"You've had contact with him. I want to know what impression he makes on you."

“…So that’s how it is.”

After listening to Yulandel's description, Rita suppressed the joking smile on her face and spoke to Yulandel calmly.

"It feels like this is exactly what Mr. Yuan Yan would do."

"He was dissatisfied with his superiors' actions and acted out of a sense of justice. However, after realizing that our destiny was difficult to use, he gave up on his plan to guide our destiny into the game."

"Actually, yesterday, because of his actions, I defined him as someone who was a little clever, but a little reckless in terms of the overall situation, and easily exploited by others. But now..."

Recalling her previous comments about Yuan Yan and her presence, Rita continued to speak to Yulandel.

"I was wrong."

"From the very beginning, when I entered Mr. Yuan Yan's room, I thought his letter was a joke."

"Considering what happened later...he actually carried out that plan that seemed like a joke."

"No, just wait."

Yulandel, who had just entered Changkong City halfway, couldn't help but frown when she heard Rita's puzzling words.

"What on earth do you mean by that?"

"Well, how should I put it..."

Thinking back to the letter, Rita smiled wryly and told Yulandel all the information she knew.

"After Mr. Yuan Yan discovered that Cocolia was planning to trigger the Third Collapse, he deliberately leaked this information in order to lure us, Tianming, into the game."

"But judging from the letter he wrote, he was well aware that after betraying Cocolia, he would not be able to survive."

"So at the time, Mr. Yuan Yan, who had heard some rumors, wrote down his thoughts in a letter."

"Several elements are needed for humans to transform into Herrschers."

"The Herrscher core, the despair of the Herrscher body, and the area containing a large amount of Houkai energy—this information may not be correct, but it cannot be said to be completely wrong."

"At that time, Mr. Yuan Yan knew that he was doomed to die, and he realized that Miss Raiden Mei was right next door, so he decided to take a gamble—to make himself despair first."

"And the way he brought himself to despair was to point a pistol at his own temple and shoot himself directly."

"If enough despair can lead him to become a Herrscher, then he will have enough power to solve the problem."

"If he hadn't become the Herrscher, then he'd done everything he could, and choosing his own death wouldn't have been the worst outcome. Well, the result..."

“No, why do I feel something is wrong???”

After hearing what Rita said, Yulandel was dumbfounded.

"What he said is completely unfeasible, right?"

"Well, that's right."

Seeing the astonishment on Yulandel's face, Rita immediately replied.

"That's what I thought at first, so I judged that he was a very easy target to exploit because he was taking things for granted."

"But what happened later showed...Mr. Yuan Yan succeeded."

"Although he didn't use this method to seize the Conquest Gem from Miss Mei Raiden's body, he did gain a portion of the Herrscher's power."

"Although that Herrscher's power was incomplete in terms of Houkai energy, he did succeed in the end."

"He has the power of the Herrscher, and he's also solved the Houkai energy in Changkong City. So... from this point of view, the reckless person might be me."

"No, no, no, no, why do I feel so weird?"

After sorting out Rita's speech, Yulandel muttered a summary to herself.

"He discovered Cocolia's evil deeds and planned to commit suicide to awaken himself. In the end...he actually awakened?"

"He's crazy..."

Thinking of what the young man had done, Yulandel's words suddenly stopped.

"...He is indeed crazy."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have absorbed three portions of the Herrscher's power into his own body and then used those drastic measures to resolve the Houkai."

"Yes, he is indeed crazy."

Rita stood up and sighed helplessly when she thought of the young man.

"Although I do owe him a huge favor, if he hasn't decided to betray Anti-Entropy, we will definitely meet on the battlefield again in the future."

"Looking at it this way, perhaps... I won't have the chance to repay his kindness."

"Well then, I'll go to Lord Otto first, Lord Yulandel..."

Rita, who saw that Yulandel must have something on her mind, couldn't help but remind Yulandel.

"Don't push yourself too hard."

"Um......"

After responding to her companion's words in a low voice, Yulandel felt that her brain was extremely confused, but this brain that was a mess suddenly sorted out an idea.

Originally, in Youlandel's eyes, Yuan Yan's words were just "possibly true".

But judging from Theresa's performance at the time, she felt that even if she didn't mention it herself, Theresa probably already believed what Yuan Yan said.

If she hadn't learned about Yuan Yan's past from Rita, Yulandel might not have had such wild thoughts.

But now, after knowing these things, Youlandel discovered that Yuan Yan only looked crazy, but his crazy actions... actually had outstanding results in the end?

Shooting himself in the head to stimulate his own spirit, and trying to make himself despair in order to gain the power of the Herrscher... no matter how she looked at it, she thought it was nonsense.

But Yuan Yan did it. From the perspective of Tianming's Honkai energy intensity detection instrument, Yuan Yan had a clear Herrscher-level reaction.

So, now that this matter has become a fact, some of Yuan Yan's actions are worth pondering.

It was as if he had opened his third eye, and he seemed to be able to take the most appropriate action and make arrangements in advance to complete his plan.

He mentioned the black box demon from five hundred years ago, but the demon from five hundred years ago has become his power...

This must be because he had already figured out how to attract the devil, and finally forcibly suppressed the devil, seized the power, and became a person with the power of the Herrscher.

From this point of view, he not only knows a lot of information, but it may also be very reliable.

So, my parents are Siegfried Kaslana and Cecilia Shaniat, is that true?

Is it true that Bishop Otto killed my parents?

If all this is true, then... he insulted me...

No, all this was true, and his words were not insults, but heartfelt rebukes.

If Yulandel was not very clear now that she would not get the correct answer by confronting Otto, she might have rushed to Otto's office and forced him to answer these questions.

Calm down, you must calm down...you must calm down!

At this moment, Yulandel clenched her fists tightly and found that her fingertips had pierced into her flesh.

Yulandel exhaled again, took out a handkerchief, wiped her palms, and gently patted her cheeks.

No messing around.

If what Yuan Yan said is true, then Lord Otto...Otto, will definitely pay attention to my actions.

Now, whether to ask Lady Theresa about the situation or to confront Otto is definitely not the best option.

But if I don’t do these things now...what else can I do?

Originally, I could still deceive myself by saying, "Although Bishop Otto is not a good person, he can save the world."

But now, if he really killed my mother, even if he ignored personal feelings, he would have killed his subordinates who were extremely loyal to him.

This person's behavior is incomprehensible. If he continues to act as a bishop...

——Perhaps more people will be persecuted by him.

I have to calm down.

Whether for everyone or for myself, I... must calm down!

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Anti-Entropy Radical Base

In a radical Anti-Entropy base, Cocolia looked at the message sent by Walter, her face gloomy to the extreme.

"Damn it... Leader, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?!"

The message was simple; to put it simply, it was to have a regular meeting of all executors.

But this time, Walter, as the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, rarely asked all executors to go to the Ark at the Anti-Entropy headquarters for a meeting.

According to Walter himself, he said he had several big things to announce.

But Cocolia was very sure that the other party was definitely here to hold her accountable.

To be honest, she had already made some mental preparations since she started to implement this plan.

But when Walter issued this notice, Cocolia was still somewhat broken.

After all, in the eyes of radicals, conservatives are a bunch of ignorant and corrupt blockheads.

As a result, now that the leader has returned, he has expressed his support for the conservatives and even intends to hold Cocolia accountable - there is no way she can say "well done, leader" obediently.

I can't keep sitting here and waiting for death. I have already disobeyed the leader... No, I have already disobeyed Walter's orders. He will definitely take this opportunity to make trouble and let the organization punish me.

The other cadres of the radical faction... humph, to put it bluntly, many of them just want to overthrow those old conservatives, they are pure fence-sitters.

If I were to rely on them after I fell into a disadvantage, I might as well go to sleep obediently. After all, dreams can hold anything.

You have to save yourself... No, more than just saving yourself.