The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"What on earth...is going on? Who am I?"

"There is no doubt, you are Mikael, you are me, and I am you."

The white shadow on the other Mikael's body has completely fallen off, and he spreads his hands, as if this is a problem that does not require much mental effort to understand.

Mikael looked at him, then looked down at his reflection in the galaxy, unable to distinguish the boundary between reality and illusion for a while.

"If you can't tell the difference, it's not impossible to think of me as the end, but that will disappoint me to a certain extent."

Finally, it seemed that he could see through Mikael's thoughts at a glance. Maybe the barrier of the power of consciousness did not work for him, or maybe, as he said, he was also Mikael, so that would affect Mikael's heart. It is naturally clear what he is thinking.

"What? What are you still hesitating about? Do you suspect that I am deceiving you with my power? You are also aware of the power, and you should be able to feel that all this is not false."

He is right, but for Mikael, there is another self in this world, which is not particularly scary; the final power has been taken away by others, which is not particularly desperate; he himself Everything he did might just be due to an arrangement of destiny, and it couldn't make him completely collapse.

But what about when all three of the above are combined?

Mikael raised his head again, but stepped back.

He does possess the power of consciousness, but facing the unknown end, how could he know that the other party had not suppressed him with a higher level of power, making it impossible for him to distinguish between true and false?

"Okay, okay. I know all these stories are bizarre, but... you'd better just accept it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a massive amount of information was forced into Mikael's mind.

That is the end, no, it belongs to Mikael himself, the truth of tens of billions of reincarnations over fifty thousand years.

But this truth...cannot be...

"No, it's impossible... The universe only took place 13.8 billion years ago, and the moon was formed between 4.4 and 4.6 billion years... How could there be tens of billions of reincarnations!"

"Oh? Are you so unimaginative? In the endless reincarnation, the tentacles of the end have long been spread throughout the entire universe, and the entire universe is under my control. If not, there would be no need to collapse, maybe aliens What if people destroyed the earth? And the time of the moon is naturally under my control. The only exception is the space near the final crater, because it is the node that connects me to the outside world, so it is not subject to reincarnation. Impact."

Mikael didn't know what to say for a moment.

It was never a "thing that had to happen" that Shiyuan turned away from the end, gave birth to his own consciousness, turned away from the end, or Alicia came to the world.

According to Mei, the possibility of Alicia's birth is as high as one times ten to the power of minus fifty times.

This also means that if you are not born in this era, the possibility of meeting Alicia...

It's almost impossible.

But Mikael really did it, and his luck was indeed good enough. It only took tens of billions of reincarnations to get a chance to meet Alicia.

However... there is one more thing that needs to be explained in advance:

"Mikael, you, me, and we have never been people from outside the world who have traveled through time. We are just the personalities generated by the quantum entanglement between someone's consciousness and the cocoon of finality, nothing more."

"No, that's impossible!"

Almost all of Mikael's cognitions have been broken. Although one more is not much and one less is not, he still resists instinctively, unwilling and afraid to accept these facts.

"Don't you have any feelings yourself? How close are you to the so-called 'past life memory'? Do you have the slightest nostalgia for the world, parents, and family in the 'past life memory'? How do you feel about the relationship between you and this person in your memory? How much interest does the irrelevant part of the world have?”

"I……"

"Wake up, Mikael, that is not your memory. If you still don't believe it, try to recall. Is there your own name in your so-called 'past life memory'?"

Mikael could not refute, so he could only follow what "The End" said, while using the power of consciousness to repair the consciousness that had been washed away repeatedly by tens of billions of fifty thousand years of memories to the point where he almost lost himself. Searching for his own name in his "past life memories".

But just like what Zhongyan wants to imply, no matter how he searches, everything that involves his original name in these memories is covered with a layer of fog. If he insists on clearing away the fog to find the truth, he can only get The name "Mikael".

It's as if he was born with this name.

But based on the appearance of the civilization in his memory, it was impossible for him to be called Mikael.

"me……"

If the appearance of Mikael in the previous episode only made him doubt the uniqueness of the existence of "I", it did not have an irreversible impact on his concept - after all, he himself also used a clone. He has seen Ellie and Mei in the world, and after all, Su has also shown him Mikael in other worlds. It’s not that he can’t accept another version of himself...

However, when he had to admit that the memories that proved his origin were just the memories of another person, his so-called "self" ceased to exist.

Because this means that when he first came to this world, his goodwill towards the world, his close admiration for Ying Jie, and his love for Alicia were not out of his own wishes, but were forced by others. Give, tell him——

You have to do this.

"No! That's not right! If I am not the consciousness that came from time-travel, then how did I escape from the shackles of the end?"

"Because I am the end, and I want to escape the shackles of the end. Isn't it simple?" - Mikael made up his mind. If the other person gave an answer similar to this, he would answer it in the first place. Take action at once.

Because he knew very well that the way he escaped from the shackles of the end was not to rely on the other party's charity, but to actually exploit the loopholes in the rules.

Judging from multiple world bubbles, the little boy named Mikael does exist. His consciousness in the original world did die in the first collapse, and the sixth collapse also proved that if done in advance, Be prepared, this is what works for every Herrscher.

However, his other self disappointed him——

"Oh? You mean Mikael No. 2? It's very simple, he is also Mikael. In other words, from the perspective of the individual 'Mikael', he and you are actually the same existence, even , I became closer to him.”

"What do you mean? If you are really Mikael, you might as well speak more directly and stop playing riddles. You should know that Mikael doesn't like the Riddler."

He was already a little impatient when he said it. There is indeed no concept of time in the imaginary number space, but just like the earth's time has been reincarnating within 50,000 years, but the moon can record the flow of time, the real number world's time is changing in an unknown way. The speed passes.

However, the power of the Twelfth Herrscher has not yet arrived. It is still wreaking havoc on the earth, and it is unknown how much damage it will cause to mankind.

Compared to him, Mikael seemed much more indifferent in the end, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

That's right, after all, he has been a "god" for tens of billions and fifty thousand years. Such a long time is enough to make an optimistic person become lifeless, and it is also enough to make a calm person crazy and neurotic.

But no matter which one it is, one thing is certain - in his heart, apart from his obsession with saving Alicia, self and the world are no longer important.

Thinking about it carefully, his attitude towards Mikael was indeed a bit playful, as if he was deliberately teasing people with one vague riddle after another.

After all...he is the only person who can talk to him in these tens of billions and fifty thousand years.

Although...it's just another self.

"Well, I might as well make it clearer."

Finally, Michael shrugged and said:

"To be precise, in the era you are familiar with, a total of five time interferences have occurred - yes, the anchor point of the first time interference was when you were ten years old.

"Even if I am the end, I still have rules from the Tree of Imaginary Numbers that I must abide by. In order for him to accommodate the power of the end, I must make him a Herrscher from the beginning. Unexpectedly, it is because of the rules of the world. , he didn’t even survive the first collapse.

"So I had to set an anchor point in the time before he became the First Herrscher, then go back in time to that time, and use the remaining part of my personality to create Mikael Three, which is you. In this way, You can use the loopholes in the world's rules. Regardless of whether it is your consciousness or his consciousness that is erased when the Herrscher's consciousness is born, the result will be the birth of the Herrscher—Mikael."

Oh, that’s right. Although in a sense, Ultimate is a god that transcends the limits of human imagination, he still exists in this world after all and must be bound by the rules of the world...

If it were truly an omniscient and omnipotent god, then there would be no need to do all this painstaking work. He might just snap his fingers and stretch, and the Honkai would disappear completely, and Alicia wouldn't have to die.

But he didn't do this. It was obvious that he was also bound by some kind of rules that prevented him from making Honkai disappear, or even if he did, he wouldn't get the results he wanted.

What will the rules be?

The conclusion that Su had come to when observing the world bubble quickly emerged in Mikael's mind - if Honkai doesn't exist, then Alicia doesn't exist either.

"Wait a minute, you said before...the remaining part of your personality...what do you mean?"

Mikael seemed to have caught the loophole in his words, and felt a little meaningless excitement in his heart.

Finally, he smiled sarcastically, "Isn't this difficult to understand? In order to ensure the success rate of the plan, of course I will choose some. In the traditional sense, Mikael No. 2 should be created for all the characters of the 'protagonist', such as Decisive, rational and optimistic.

"And you, No. 3, are a personality created by me combining the remaining parts of myself, not so good characters, hesitation, sensibility, pessimism, etc., etc.

"So, during the few days when you and No. 2 existed at the same time, my consciousness was in a state of chaos. Of course, after No. 2's consciousness was erased by the rules of the world, the part of his personality returned to me. .

"So, you can think of me as Mikael No. 2. Therefore, our current state is not necessarily the creator and the created. Rather than that, it is better to say that we jointly divide the original Mikael's Everything - whether it's personality, body or power."

"You...I...you, it turns out that Mikael must divide his personality? Can't he use the power of consciousness to copy it?"

Mikael finally couldn't help but complained. If all the other Herrscher cores are just projections of the end in other dimensions, then it is not surprising that he has the power of consciousness, and he can divide his personality and create clones, which at least proves that he has the power of consciousness. and the power of domination.

But in this case, wouldn’t it be possible to completely copy one’s own consciousness? Why do you have to split your original personality?

"Is this difficult to understand?"

Finally, Mikael tilted his head, showing surprise at Mikael's incomprehension.

And the way Mikael looked at him, he finally understood the thoughts of his other self -

"After all... this is the possibility of meeting Ellie that I got through tens of billions of reincarnations. How can I bear to give such an opportunity to my own clone? Even if I can't meet her with the completely real me When we meet, it must be half of me."

Michael pursed his lips and felt a little sad for a moment.

He even wanted to step forward desperately and pat his shoulder to comfort this other self - if everything he said was true, this was the only thing he had exchanged for tens of billions and fifty thousand years of loneliness. Opportunity!

Tens of billions and fifty thousand years! It’s equivalent to the length of tens of trillions of human lives! A single length of five or fifty thousand years is enough to smooth out a person's consciousness and personality. Even with the help of the power of knowledge, even if one remains alone for a long time to avoid being affected by other people's personalities, if one wants to survive in such a long period, It is almost impossible to maintain oneself within a certain period of time.

The original Mikael did it, and the almost impossible Ellie also appeared.

But in the end, it was he who met Ellie.

Although he is indeed a part of the real Mikael, now, he and the Mikael in front of him are two completely different existences...

As for the tens of billions of worlds he destroyed, Mikael didn't know how to evaluate them. He only felt that the weight on his shoulders was getting heavier, but he didn't know how to evaluate this other self——

It was precisely because he was also Mikael that he understood that what that memory brought him was not just love for Alicia alone, but for the entire world, the entire era, and the entire Fire Chasing Moth. , admiration, regret and... love for all heroes.

But if you want to get something, you have to give something. And among the tens of billions of choices, for the almost impossible possibility of Ellie appearing, he made the decision to kill that admiration, regret and love with his own hands every time. s Choice.

Until he became numb to all of this and no longer had any love for anyone except Aili.

Until he became a man who lived only for Ellie...

But ask yourself, as another person in the world, even after he has experienced so much with these people in this era, would he really make a different decision?

Mikael cannot make any guarantees...because he is also Mikael...

However - inability to evaluate and understandability does not mean approval, acceptance, or forgiveness.

But at this moment, what else can he do to make up for everything?

"Then...how can you prove all this to me? I can't believe simple words. At least give me some...evidence that can prove your own words."

Finally, Mikael smiled after hearing this. He could see that Mikael actually believed in what he said and the memory he gave. The reason why he asked for evidence was definitely not out of suspicion.

Rather, after receiving such a huge shock all of a sudden, although he was convinced of these facts, he still could not accept them from the bottom of his heart.

He still harbored a glimmer of hope that this was all just an illusion cast upon him in the end.

But he also understood that there was no need to do this if he could finally get him into the situation quietly.

But... "If you must want evidence, it's not easy to find it. After all... I didn't lie."

"..."

"Remember World Bubble?"

"which one?"

"Huh? Forget it, this may be too broad a statement. Let's take the world bubble that is anchored in your body and will soon become the paradise of the past, and the one that Su observed, between you and Ai Li. Let’s talk about the world bubbles that collapsed after Shia became an adult—those two world bubbles are actually the afterimages of the world that collapsed before the first time intervention in this era.”

Mikael's back molar gnashed. If he remembered correctly, Ellie, who was in the world, once told him that the Mikael she knew was the one who lost his original consciousness after becoming the First Herrscher. She killed it with her own hands.

His chest rose and fell rapidly, and when Mikael finally saw this, he knew that he still didn't want to completely believe it.

So he took a step forward and gave the second piece of evidence——

"If this doesn't convince you. What about...the moon?"

"Moon?"

"Yes, the earth's time has fallen into an endless reincarnation, and as the satellite of the earth, the moon, or to be precise, the space near the terminal crater has faithfully recorded all of this. Have you seen the inscription Mei Li left on the moon? Right? Also, although I will deliberately set the destiny of the God's Key under the Final Crater to ensure the general situation of each reincarnation, due to the uncertainty of quantum motion, the power of the Herrscher cannot be completely consistent. But the key to God under the final crater..."

"Could it be...two hundred and fifty thousand years...could it be!"

"Yes, it corresponds to five time interferences - that is, reincarnation in disguise!"

"No...this...no..."

Could it be... could this era have been destroyed five times already?

"Of course you can understand that, but there is something different. After all, the origin is part of the end. After losing Alicia, it is impossible for me to truly reverse the time of fifty thousand years.

"What I did was just tinker with the time of this era. But it seemed that it had adapted to the fluctuations of fifty thousand years in previous reincarnations, so whenever I interfered with the time of the earth, the time there actually automatically Fifty thousand years of forward adaptation.

"Moreover, the space itself near the final crater was fragmented due to countless battles between me and humans, and actually reflected the illusion in the world bubble corresponding to each time interference."

After saying this, the last smile on Mikael's face finally disappeared.

"Well, your questions have been answered. Then, it's time for us to start the final steps."