The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Mei Yi, close the kitchen door tightly."

Before Mei Yi could see the person clearly, she didn't hesitate at all after hearing Mikael's words. She closed the kitchen door with a bang and locked the door with a click.

"Daughter of Lightning Ryoma? Container of the Conquering Gem?"

The visitor asked softly, and walked into the villa naturally and steadily.

"boom!"

The door slowly closed, blocking out the cold wind. Correspondingly, the hem of the girl's blue-gray skirt also fell to her feet, and the edge lightly touched the ground.

"It's her, but what surprises me even more is... you actually found this place so late at night?"

Mebius took two steps forward, put his hands on the back of the chair next to the dining table, and answered lazily and nonchalantly.

"is there a problem?"

Without giving Mebius a chance to speak, the girl immediately explained:

"Not long ago, I sensed a series of abnormal Honkai energy fluctuations in the city, removing some parts that I was particularly familiar with... I thought something was wrong with the Conquering Gem, but it seems that is not the case now."

The girl's eyes swept from left to right, and the reflection in the light blue pupils changed from Mebius to Seele, but when she turned her eyes to the right again, she stopped abruptly.

"I followed the abnormal collapse to find the scene of the incident, but it was already taken care of. After that...I...hehe, I felt your power after all, so I stopped by to see my old friend."

"That's why I said that your reaction was really slow - something happened to Thunder Ryoma yesterday morning, and you didn't arrive at the far east until this morning. How long ago did the abnormal Honkai energy reaction occur? It was almost an hour ago Come on...Tsk, tsk, tsk, Hua, you are really old. In one hour, if something happened to Conquest Gem, the entire Changkong City would have been completely destroyed."

Hua blinked slowly and did not refute or explain, but just stood motionless.

It was obviously impossible for Mebius to just let her off as an uninvited guest, so she continued:

"But... you just said that you were stopping by to see an old friend... Haha, then you went to see him. Why are you talking nonsense to me?"

Mikael sighed softly and simply sat back on the sofa, pretending that the matter had nothing to do with him.

After being mocked by Mebius, Hua opened his jaw slightly, sighed almost at the same time as Mikael, and then abruptly changed the subject.

"Mebius, do you know this person?"

The strange thing is that she did not take a photo or portrait, but instead twisted two blood-red feathers from her wide cuffs.

"This is……"

Mebius's expression suddenly became extremely strange. When Mikael saw that Hua was deliberately avoiding communication with him, he wanted to just get away with it alone, but he couldn't help but glance at him after hearing the sound, and then stood up again, looking like he was hesitant to speak.

Mebius looked at Hua's serious expression, then looked at Mikael, and asked proactively:

"This... this Mao's owner... is she okay..."

"Um?"

Hua tilted his head in confusion.

"I happened to bump into her when I was approaching here. Before I could explain, she launched an attack on me... But don't worry, I didn't take action. I just used Yu Duchen to make her sleep for a while."

"Poor Natasha."

Mikael turned around and sat back on the sofa. He probably imagined the situation at that time. The two met on a narrow road and were not familiar with each other, so Natasha decided to strike first - just like when she faced Mebius last night.

It's just that Mebius always likes to face battles with a playful attitude, so he gave Natasha a few more moves, and then recognized the Fire Chasing Moth fighting technique in the opponent's moves. As a warrior, Hua didn't have so much thought. He just used Yu Duchen to put Natasha to sleep...

"Poor Natasha."

Mebius imitated Mikael and repeated.

"What's up with her?"

"She is Cocolia's subordinate, but..."

Mebius gave Hua a meaningful smile.

Hua frowned and found that things seemed different from what she imagined.

She didn't know much about Cocolia, nor did she know her men, and she didn't know why Mebius and Mikael looked like this.

Only then did she truly feel that Taixu Mountain had been isolated from the outside world for a long time. Neither she, Ling Shuang nor Lao Qi's daughter are essentially suitable to be leaders, let alone have any ambitions. Therefore, on the premise of ensuring the stability of the Shenzhou region, they rarely interfere in other affairs, so that from top to bottom Everyone is a little slow to react.

During the first Honkai event decades ago, before China had time to react, the First Herrscher had already defeated Honkai and joined the human camp. During the second collapse, Shenzhou was not able to mobilize much power in a short period of time. In the end, she went to the battlefield in person...

So what Mebius said is correct. People who have been at ease for a long time have indeed become a lot slower.

But she was not here to play charades, so she asked neatly:

"But what?"

"It's nothing, it's just that you accidentally injured a friendly force."

Mebius smiled and spread her hands. From the looks of it, if Mikael wasn't here, she couldn't help but laugh loudly.

However, the next moment, Mikael's figure really disappeared, leaving only half a sentence echoing in the ears of Mebius and Hua:

"I'm going to check on her and find out why she's here. If nothing else happens...hehe..."

Mebius blinked and sarcastically said:

"Tsk! Look how fast he runs? It's like he's hiding from someone. Oh...who is he running from?"

"You don't have to be so sinister, Mebius."

It's not like Hua doesn't know Mebius' temperament, so she won't waste her time in a verbal dispute with Mebius.

She quickly walked to the sofa, leaned down, lifted the girl's hair, and silently observed the girl who showed no signs of waking up.

"Is this the source of abnormal Honkai energy?"

Mebius thought she was talking to herself and just snorted in a perfunctory manner.

Of course Hua was not unaware of this inexplicable hostility, but she didn't care and continued to ask:

"What's this girl's name?"

"Aren't you asking knowingly?"

Mebius turned away impatiently.

"you mean……"

Hua's fingers lightly traced the girl's face, but she didn't remember that she had ever known such a person.

"Ah, by the way, I actually forgot. Due to the side effects of Shenyin, you will regularly delete other memories that have nothing to do with him... I didn't expect that you would delete even this paragraph?"

"The deleted memories are all stored in Yu Duchen's feathers. I can retrieve them at any time if I want."

This is generally true, but it is also somewhat exaggerated. Perhaps it was Mebius's repeated provocations that finally made Hua feel that she couldn't bear it anymore. Or maybe you just want to prove that you haven't forgotten too many important things.

But Mebius's reaction was also extremely dull. She just spread her hands towards the girl on the sofa, as if to say:

"Come on, prove yourself."

Hua's breathing became a little longer. Those redundant memories are indeed stored in Yu Duchen's feathers, but even if we only consider 50,000 years ago, they are still memories of more than ten years. If there are no keywords or a certain time period, it is just a long memory. If you search aimlessly, you may be too busy to find the corresponding memory tomorrow morning...

She was having trouble, but a strange intuition came over her heart, as if a voice was whispering in her ear, and he took her hand and placed it on the chest of the girl in front of her.

"Hey! What are you doing, old antique!"

Mebius, who always claimed to be a pervert, was shocked and even subconsciously took two steps away from Hua.

Of course Hua didn't mean that, but through the collar of her shirt, she seemed to see a touch of red.

"Stigmata!"

She unbuttoned the jacket of the girl's coat and unbuttoned the first three buttons of her close-fitting shirt. Sure enough, she saw a mark on her chest... In this way, the cause of the abnormal honkai energy also makes sense... Wait! The shape of this stigmata!

Hua sighed, put the girl's clothes back together, turned around and looked at Mebius:

"Xie'er. Right?"

"ha?"

"Her name is also Xi'er, right?"

Mebius's cheeks twitched twice, she snorted again, and simply stopped talking.

Hua ignored her and walked around to the kitchen door, leaning against the door to listen to the cooking going on inside.

"Don't worry, Mikael has set up a soundproof imaginary number barrier so she can't hear our conversation."

Mebius glanced at her and explained casually.

"Of course I know that."

Hua shook his head and stood directly at the gate of the villa.

"Well, since the one who conquered the gem...since the third qualified person is fine, there is no need for me to stay here any longer."

She pushed the door open with one hand, and just when she was about to step out with her left foot, she suddenly spoke again without turning her head, as if talking to herself:

"Destined Theresa, I had a chance encounter with her during the second collapse. She had written many times before to invite me to visit her St. Freya Academy. Taixu does not have a branch in the Far East. , it is best for third-qualified people not to have too much contact with people from the previous era before awakening, so I will stay at St. Freya Academy these days. If you want to find me, just go there."

"Hey! Stop being so sentimental. Who wants to find... you..."

Mebius belatedly covered his mouth. That's right, this sentence was not meant for her at all.

The two of them are just as similar as ever...exactly the same awkwardness.

"Okay, I understand, I will tell him."

Mebius shook his head, and when he looked at the door again, there was no one there. Only the door panel was slowly closing under the influence of the evening breeze.

"Snapped--"

One hand pressed against the door that was about to close, and then pushed it open.

"Hua is gone."

There wasn't even a trace of doubt in Mikael's tone, he just stated this fact lightly.

"Oh. So, what is Natasha doing here again?"

Mebius obviously didn't want to talk too much about China.

"Let me think about it...she can contact you directly for general matters. The reason why she came to visit is nothing more than a task assigned by Cocolia, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, you're right."

Mikael nodded perfunctorily and sat back on the sofa alone to contemplate.

Mebius pouted in annoyance. Indeed, she seemed to have just said nonsense. After all, that level of reasoning was higher than that of a primary school student. In Mikael's eyes, answering such words might just be a waste of time.

"So, what is she here for?"

"It's very simple. Tomorrow, Saturday, at 12 noon, in the house where Xi'er was kidnapped today, the two parties will exchange hostages."

"oh……"

Mebius responded feebly, and when he reacted, his eyes suddenly widened.

"What do you mean? What kind of hostage exchange? Could it be..."

"Ah, with your ability to obtain information, I thought you already knew it... Well, it's Qi..."

"Mikael! Mebius! The food is better! Can you come out?"

Mikael shrugged, looking indifferent.

…………

"Xier! Xier!"

"Who...who is calling me..."

A shout from nowhere woke the girl up, and what she saw when she opened her eyes was an unfamiliar light green ceiling.

"Where is...where?"

The fluorescent lamps on the ceiling emit a soft light, with just enough brightness not to make people feel dazzling. Although the smell of disinfectant and alcohol floats in the air, the smell is also very light and does not make people feel disgusted.

She used her arms to support herself and sat up from the bed, and then she had the time to observe more of the scenery.

The bed he was lying on was made of a bunch of steel pipes. It looked very simple, but it was strong enough. The sheets and quilt were soft and white, reminding her of the snowy fields in her hometown, but without the coldness that cut through her.

There is no doubt that she is in a ward, but in terms of space alone, this ward is big enough to include three rooms and one living room. And... fluorescent lamps with suitable brightness, a faint smell of disinfectant and alcohol, brand new sheets... this ward is probably being put into use for the first time.

It's really strange. She is indeed not a careless person, but generally speaking, she would not observe her surroundings in such detail, let alone complete a logical closed loop of reasoning from limited information in a very short period of time... ...All of this... It's like there is another self helping her, and it seems like the answer is already known in advance, and all observations are just confirmation.

"Well, it looks like you're recovering well?"

"Eh?"

Xi'er turned her head in surprise, and then realized that there was not nothing around her. A silver-haired young man who looked a few years older than her was sitting at the head of his bed, holding a book in his hand.

etc! Has anyone been in that position before? No, no! Silver gray hair...

Xi'er paid attention to the person's pupils again. Sure enough, they were the same color as Sister Bronya. Could it be...

She was about to ask something when another confused voice sounded:

"Where...is this?"

"Eh?"

Xier stared blankly at herself sitting on the hospital bed, asking the man questions, then looked down again and confirmed that her body still existed...

What's going on?

"Could it be that... I'm looking at my past? No, I don't remember that I had such a past, and I probably haven't experienced amnesia. Besides... Xi'er on the hospital bed looks about the same age as Xi'er."

"...Twilight Street."

In her daze, she vaguely heard the name of the place. When she raised her head again, the scene in front of her eyes had been frozen. If it was at least a living image a moment ago, now it was a lifeless photo that had frozen everything.

"What on earth...is this?"

Xi'er was confused, or was she just having a strange dream?

"Don't be anxious, you will understand everything soon, Xi'er."

A somewhat familiar voice, but she couldn't remember where she heard it before, floated into her ears.

"But before that, wake up first..."

"ah--"

Xi'er jumped up from the bed. This time it was not a ward, but a bedroom that was somewhat luxurious in her eyes.

"Where is this?"

Xi'er covered her head, trying to find memories from the past, but everything came to an abrupt end the moment her vision suddenly turned black when she left the orphanage to buy food yesterday afternoon.

"Uh... was I rescued by Sister Bronya or Sister Natasha? No, this is not like an orphanage..."

She took two steps out of bed with her bare feet and found a pair of slippers of the right size thoughtfully prepared for her beside the bed.

"Huh? The owner here doesn't seem to be hostile to Xi'er... Could it be that Xi'er really fainted last night?"

She always felt that things were not like this, but after all, the most critical part of her memory was missing.

She walked out of the room, a little shocked by the huge space and the splendid interior of the villa, but compared with the dream she had just had, there seemed to be nothing surprising about it.

"Hey! You're awake!"

A purple figure jumped out of the kitchen.

"Huh? You are... you are... Raiden Mei-senpai!"

Although she has only entered Senba Academy for two days, she is no stranger to the title of "Thunder Queen". Especially after Raiden Ryoma's accident, Raiden Mei's attention in the school has not decreased but has increased. Everyone is waiting to see this eldest lady. What a joke.

Of course, Xi'er didn't like those people's remarks, but she just didn't like to argue with others by nature... But she never thought that she would have an intersection with Miss Raiden Mei...

Judging from her face, it seemed that she was still in good spirits after suffering such a blow. And the fragrance floating in the air...

"I just made lunch and you woke up, hurry up and wash up, let's eat together!"

"Huh? Huh? Wait! Is it already noon now?"

"ah."

Yayi responded while serving the dishes.

"Yes, there was originally a class this morning, but Mikael asked for leave for you and me. I didn't expect you to sleep from last night until now..."

"I...Have I slept for so long? No, that's not right! Well...I want to ask, what happened last night?"

"Oh, that..."

Mei Yi's smile became a little forced.

"Wait until Mikael comes back. He will tell you."