Collapse: Lady Herrscher is a bit too lazy

Yes, that's right, they haven't lost yet, they still have a trump card that can be used now - if this card can really be used!

Thinking of this, Rita retracted her downward gaze and turned to walk straight to Raiden Meiyi who was sorting out her weapons in the back: "Miss Meiyi, please come with me, I have something to tell you alone!"

As she said that, Rita walked past the crowd and casually opened a black door of a compartment, raised her eyebrows and signaled Raiden Meiyi to go in with her... to chat privately.

"..."

Walking into the room and closing the door casually, Mei Raiden held the handle of the sword in the scabbard tightly with her right hand, and put her left hand on her waist: "Rita, what's the matter?!"

"Of course it's very important!" Rita simply organized her words, pointed her mouth in the direction of the 90-meter-caliber biological cannon, and said:

"I think you have already discovered that we have no ability to resist the Honkai beasts now. Five minutes, oh no, to be precise, in four minutes and forty-two seconds, we will only have two options left: surrender and death."

"And you, Wendy, and Kiana, as the carriers of the former Herrscher, will be killed by them. How to treat those guys, I'm afraid I don't need to say more, you know it too."

"I...", Raiden Meiyi just opened her mouth and was blocked by Rita with an expressionless face:

"I know that the three of you came to the Vimur Laboratory to complete the plan prepared by the bishop, and I also know the results of the previous experiments."

"Now, as the highest manager here, I can tell you responsibly that the final preparations for that experiment have been prepared, and it can be completed as long as you three candidates step into the laboratory."

"Why are you telling me! ?"

Finally, Raiden Meiyi had the opportunity to ask her question.

"Hehe." Rita smiled bitterly and sighed: "Because I can see that you are reluctant to let the girl named Kiana take risks."

"She! Is very important to you! As for Wendy, hehe, I can only say that from the results of several previous experiments, she! Is not suitable for this risky plan."

"In summary, choosing you is the wisest and most appropriate approach."

After speaking, Rita took out the access key from her pocket and pressed it on the palm of Raiden Meiyi's hand: "Here, this is the access key to the C-6 laboratory. If you make up your mind, go! It doesn't matter if you don't go, after all, we will probably die here."

After stuffing a black special access card into Raiden Meiyi, Rita walked out of the room as if nothing had happened.

But... she pretended to be calm and didn't notice that the next second after she walked out of the room, a Valkyrie with a... featureless look exchanged glances with a figure in a corner, and then disappeared silently in the crowd, as if she had never appeared.

After walking out of the room at the same time as Rita, Mei Raiden looked sideways at the biological cannon in the passage that had been fully charged and was emitting a strange light.

The hand that reached into her pocket to hold the black access card also clenched a little bit - if Rita was right, then this was their last trump card.

"Kiana..." Mei Raiden whispered the name softly, as if she had made up her mind, turned around and trotted along the empty corridor, as if... leaving all her worries behind.

………

"Ding - 33rd floor of the underground experiment, we're here!"

The gentle reminder of the elevator interrupted Mei Raiden's thoughts. As the elevator door slowly opened to both sides, a person Mei Raiden had never expected appeared at the door of the elevator.

"...Kiana? Why are you still here...!?" Mei Raiden looked at Kiana who suddenly appeared at the door in surprise, and couldn't help but screamed out.

"You haven't recovered from the aftereffects of your last experiment yet, how can you leave the medical room casually."

"I'm going to ask you this question...!" Kiana didn't answer Mei Raiden's question, but looked at the black access card in Mei Raiden's right hand: "What are you doing here? And you're holding the highest-level access card!?"

"Huh--forget it."

Kiana took a few deep breaths and changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this... I don't know when the enemy will appear again. Wendy went to call for people to evacuate. You should go to the escape passage with them now."

"Them? What about you?"

"I still have things to do!" Kiana looked into the distance. She also had an advanced key similar to Mei Raiden's in her hand: "I used to be the carrier of the Herrscher of the Void. Let me complete that experiment. Using the power of the Herrscher of the Void, I can save everyone!"

"What?" Mei Raiden usedHe grabbed Kiana's collar tightly and shook his head seriously: "No, no, your injuries haven't recovered yet, you can't continue fighting!"

"Mei, this is underground, let me go, it's the only solution!" Kiana grabbed the hands of Raiden Meii on her body with her backhand and said in a deep voice:

"The Honkai beast is watching covetously, and the outside world has been plunged into war. This disaster will soon spread from here to other places. I must find a way to stop it."

"Don't be willful anymore! Don't you understand your situation!?" Raiden Meii angrily broke free from Kiana's hand and said angrily: "The sequelae you left behind have not healed yet. The previous few simulations The results of the experiment are not impressive. Doing such a dangerous thing will affect your body——"

"That's not important."

"......! ?" Raiden Mei looked at Kiana in disbelief and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Kiana! ?"

"Mei, I know everything... my experimental results... my physical condition... and..." Kiana raised her hand and touched her nose, smiling bitterly: "I know everything."

"To be honest, I'm also scared. I tremble a little when I think that I might die in the experiment. But I can't run away because of fear. I have to do what I can and take the responsibility I should take." Kiana turned her head and had the same smile on her face as usual.

"Kiana——you!" Raiden Mei just said the words of dissuasion when her neck was pierced by the syringe hidden in Kiana's sleeve.

Before Mei Raiden completely lost consciousness, she vaguely heard Kiana's slightly apologetic words: "Sorry, Mei, wait for me to come back."

"Kiana—, no~don't!"

In a daze, Mei Raiden saw Kiana hand herself over to Wendy, and then walked towards the laboratory alone.

She tried to call Kiana to change her mind, but all her sounds were eventually stuck in her throat and could not be uttered.

She could only watch the scene in front of her gradually blur and even completely fall into darkness.

Together with the figure that went away, she could no longer see or touch it.

………………

"Hold on to me! I won't let you die!"

"What...what are you doing...?"

"Isn't it obvious - I'm saving you! Quick! Hold me with your other hand too!"

"No, don't...while I'm still sane..."

"Snapshot, do what I say! No matter what happens, wait until you get up!"

"Eh...?"

"I finally got you back to normal, how can I leave you alone! If you die like this, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life!"

The vague words came into her ears, and Mei Raiden opened her eyes again. She looked around and found that she had entered a...blurred world.

Qianyu Academy?

Mei Raiden recognized this place that she could never forget at a glance - yes, this is the birthplace of the Herrscher of Thunder!

And on the rooftop, an extremely familiar scene was happening.

Walking up to the rooftop, Mei Raiden looked down at herself and Kiana back then, and couldn't help muttering:

"Kiana..."

"That disaster made me meet you."

"My life was intertwined with another person for the first time. From that day on, loneliness and coldness gradually left me."

"I don't know when, I no longer fear the darkness..."

"...Because I know that there is a beam of light that will always be there."

……………

"Ha!"

The picture faded, Mei Raiden opened her eyes, and broke free from Wendy's support. She stumbled towards the laboratory, and finally faced Kiana through the locked door.

"Mei, why are you back? Get out of here!"

In the laboratory, Kiana yelled at Mei Raiden outside the door while debugging the machinery.

"I'll take you back, back to Saint Freya!" Raiden Mei hit the glass that was strong enough to protect against direct fire from small-caliber artillery with her hands, and shouted loudly with a slightly crying voice.

"I... can't go back, Mei. I'm sorry to disappoint you." Kiana shook her head and pressed a few buttons regardless.

Amid the humming sound of mechanical startup, ten Hyperion-class Honkai reactors inside the Vimur Laboratory were operating at extremely high power, and this was originally used for the Second God Key, Qianjie Yicheng.

As the power of the Honkai reactor gradually increased, the dazzling light illuminated the entire laboratory as bright as day.

Raiden Mei leaned weakly on the bulletproof glass and cried softly: "Kiana... I know, I know, in fact, you haven't changed at all."

"You are still the girl who smiles and reaches out to strangers.""Even after going through so much, even if you know that this world is not perfect...even if...there are tragedies that are doomed to be irreversible...you will still be the same as before..."

"Fight for your companions, for others, and for the beauty you believe in."

"...Kiana, you will definitely become a hero, and the world is waiting for you to become a hero."

"But...I..."

"...", Raiden Mei paused for a moment, and finally pressed her forehead tightly against the bulletproof glass: "Maybe...I am the one who is wrong...Kiana..., we...can never go back to the past."