The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

Chapter 653 Alicia, are you...

"Uh...no, Sakura!"

When she realized that she was lying on the cold ground, Mei Yi immediately grasped the long knife in her hand accurately in the darkness, and then jumped up.

Unfortunately, everything around her has changed.

There is no Mikael, no cherry blossoms, no bloody dusk and floating clouds.

My thoughts were a little confused, but they were sorted out in a blink of an eye.

After leaving the hub room of Paradise, Sakura told Mei the so-called "truth" in the simplest terms, but it was just about "the Mikael in front of me is the real Mikael", "everyone plans to let another Mikael Become the Herrscher of Corrosion and compete with him in the Paradise] and so on.

As for why she is here?

The last thing I remember is the sound of breaking through the air behind me. It was Sakura who swung the knife at her. Mei was extremely sure of this, but she was also sure that it was not an attack, but a kind of protection.

Sakura used the knife that cut open the space to send her into another space, a space that would probably not be affected by the battle. So... where is this place?

In front of me is a dazzling galaxy that you can tell is fake at a glance.

There are no colorful nebulae in the universe as common sense. To be precise, it is a world of only black and white in the true sense. Except for the pure black background plate and the stars that look like grains of salt sprinkled on it, everything else It's just a color that humans capture using special techniques and then dye it on the photos.

Someone once told Mei Yi this.

The starry sky in front of her was actually more gorgeous than the dyed photos that Mei Yi had seen.

In the universe, there are countless stars, but the distance between each one is too far. Even if you look at the earth countless light-years away, you can only see a few stars most of the time. But in the starry space above my head, the number of stars is a little too dense, just like... small light bulbs hanging on the chandelier at home.

And the nebulae everywhere, either purple or pink, covered the entire dark universe, so there was no pure ink in the entire starry sky, only colorful black.

In the hazy state, it was not until the fifth second after she woke up that Mei realized that what she was stepping on was not the ground, but the rippling water. The water surface faithfully reflects the reflection of the sky. For a moment, it seems that no matter up, down, left, or back, it has become a universe that cannot be touched to the end in a lifetime.

Meiyi stared blankly at everything in front of her, then suddenly turned around and saw a pink-white stingray leaping up on the horizontal surface behind her. It was fleeting, but as a starting point, the stars in half of the sky seemed to adapt. With the will of a certain pair of hands, it began to rotate rapidly around a certain focus on the horizontal plane, until at a glance, the sky was filled with countless overlapping concentric circles.

And under the countless concentric circles, Mei Yi saw a touch of pink.

"Alicia..."

Meiyi's lips opened, but she didn't feel surprised.

When Alicia disappeared, she could not believe that she would really die.

Although the Yingjie also began to disappear one after another, but fortunately before arriving here, Sakura had explained the situation to her in the shortest possible words.

Besides, everything displayed in this space, this kind of romance that is completely opposite to realism, is obviously Alicia’s handiwork.

"Alicia...Long time no see..."

"Long time no see", this is the most commonly used phrase when Alicia greets her, but Mei Yi blurts it out involuntarily.

The ray emerged from the water again, lifting the girl's body and letting her float slowly. The long skirt floated under her feet, and the huge scepter lay in front of her.

She seemed to hear Mei Yi's muttering to herself, a hint of astonishment flashed across her face, and then she cleared her throat again, pretending to be elegant and indifferent and said:

"I didn't expect that a successor would come here. So, should I say hello - Hi, how do you feel?"

"Feel……"

Just when she opened her mouth, Mei suddenly realized something. Her eyes widened and she looked at Alicia in front of her in disbelief.

"What's wrong? This beautiful lady?"

"...!"

Mei Yi's teeth kept colliding with each other due to trembling. She didn't know whether it was because of fear or confusion. She took a step back with a disappointed look.

"Huh? Aren't you calling me? The Herrscher of the new generation—Thunder and Lightning Meiyi? Fate has connected you and me, reaching this end."

Her eyebrows were soothing, and her expression was calm and quiet. She looked like an independent goddess, not a pink fairy lady who was always noisy and liked to tease people.

Why is this happening... Meiyi's lips trembled.

"Alicia..."

"What's wrong? The Herrscher of the new generation."

Her voice was soothing and gentle. It was obviously the same voice, but it lacked the familiar playfulness and vitality.

"Is...is this...I..."

Mei Yi bit her lip. Whenever she wanted to speak, she always choked after being unable to say two or three words. In the end, she could only cover her mouth.

"What's wrong? Your expression seems sad."

The [Alicia] in front of her is holding a long scepter in both hands, and her words are as steady as the scepter. She has a sense of stability like a god, but she is obviously no longer close to her.

"...No, I'm fine, I...I just..."

Mei narrowed her eyes hard and tried her best to suppress her tears, but at the moment before the salty liquid blurred her vision, she seemed to see the corners of Alicia's mouth curl up slightly——

"Pfft-hahahahaha-"

"!?"

The cheeky smile of a successful prank wiped away Mei Yi's tears. When she raised her head angrily, what came into view were the familiar eyes looking at Shen Fei.

Alicia's cheeks also turned a little red. She lightly covered her lips with her fingers. After laughing, her tone returned to her former naughty tone.

"Oh my, I've always wanted to try this! How about it, Mei? Are you shocked?"

"Well……"

What an experience it is to find something lost and found again.

Mei thought she was facing the real Alicia. Maybe she should be happy, but because that was not the Alicia she was familiar with, she couldn't suppress her sadness for a while...

Fortunately, this was all just Alicia's prank.

What an outrageous prank... If it had been not long ago, I would have been angry about this.

However, at this moment, there was a relieved smile on her lips:

"...Haha, this is indeed the [Alicia] I know."

If it were Alicia, she would never let go of such a good opportunity to play a prank. Compared to the fact that she suddenly turned into another being that was unfamiliar to her, the burden this kind of prank brought to her heart and blood pressure was actually insignificant.

The lovely Lissia's next words really made Mei's blood pressure soar again——

"Although I really want to admit it, but... no, Mei, I am not the Alicia you are familiar with."

"!? What does this... mean? No... impossible. If you are not the Alicia I know, why are you so familiar with me and her?"

Alicia lowered her eyes, but did not answer Mei Yi's question directly.

"It would be a waste of time to talk about this kind of thing, Mei Yi, why don't we talk about what you want to know first?"

Meiyi was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.

If she had enough time, of course she hoped to answer all the questions step by step, but the heroes were still fighting Mikael in the Paradise, and it might be affected here at some point, so she still had to clear the way. Times, make a choice...

While she couldn't help but sigh, Alicia lowered her head and quickly began her narration:

"The final ending... is really nostalgic. Mei, you actually saw it through the memories left in the paradise. In the end, Mikael and I both had our own plans to hide from each other, and we also We knew each other well. It’s really ridiculous to think about it now... We didn’t know what we were thinking at the time. We knew that the other party had his own plans in mind, but we never thought of talking openly... Huh... "

"What are your two plans...what's the difference?"

"It's very simple, Mei. You remember, I am a Herrscher, a Herrscher without any power, not even the core of a Herrscher."

Alicia smiled and raised a finger.

"Of course I know this, but what's going on? You are not included in the order of the Thirteen Herrschers, and there seems to be no Herrscher who can correspond to you in our era..."

"The first question is actually very simple, because my ranking is [0], naturally it is not between first and thirteenth. As for the [me] corresponding to this era you mentioned, there is actually one, but well, first I won’t tell you.”

Mei Yi silently covered her forehead.

Why did Alicia's suspicions increase after she said this?

Fortunately, this time she didn't show off any more. Instead, she put a hand on her chest and said openly:

"Come on, let's get acquainted again - Alicia, the original Herrscher, is here to respond to the invitation of the third Herrscher of the current generation, Raiden Mei."

"The original Herrscher..."

"Hmm! I became a Herrscher earlier than Mikael. Because Alicia... has been a Herrscher since she was born."

"ah--"

"Are you surprised? I thought you would guess this answer from the few words Mikael said in everyone's memory."

"Yes... I have had this kind of speculation, but... but I have also seen the Herrschers who were born directly, and they all have extremely obvious malice towards human beings, but you... and, do you mean that you are like this now? The original consciousness of the body is also..."

"That's not the case, Mei."

Ai Li smiled and shook her head, and explained patiently:

"I may be different from all the Herrschers you have come into contact with. I have been a complete individual since my birth. I do not need to rely on other people's bodies, but I have my own body from the beginning. And the most important thing is... …It’s like I am truly a human being, and I have never had the urge to destroy civilization, but like all human cubs, I was born into the world with a [blank sheet of paper].”

"This...can such a thing happen?"

Ai Li blinked briskly, as if Mei Yi's surprise could satisfy her.

But Mei Yi is very smart and thinks quickly. She couldn't help but compare Ai Li with the Third Herrscher, the Second Herrscher and the Herrscher of Knowledge, but she quickly thought of something:

"Wait a minute, Alicia... If I remember correctly, the Herrschers of the pre-civilization, except for Mikael, do not seem to have consciousness in the philosophical sense in essence, they are just puppets of collapse. And according to the current situation According to the analysis of reverse entropy, the structure of the Herrscher core in the two eras is fundamentally different, then you..."

"That's why it's strange. So... this can be considered a miracle - if I really have any extraordinary power, I think... I have a humanity that no other Herrscher of that era had. This is me power.”

After all, even Mikael was able to maintain that state because he killed the Herrscher personality.

and……

"Besides, the Herrscher of Man sounds very good. It's very powerful once you hear it, isn't it?"

While listening, Mei automatically filtered out the narcissistic elements in the words, but what was left was full of sadness.

"But... for being so special, you have to pay a corresponding price, right?"

"yes."

Alicia's smile was still gentle, as if she didn't notice Mei's sadness.

"Actually, every time I defeated a Herrscher, I would feel something secretly. It was not obvious at first, and it could be regarded as a nightmare, but by the last few Herrschers, I could already clearly understand I heard that call... and it was then that I became convinced that I was really a Herrscher, but... not just a Herrscher of men."

"..."

"Test you, Mei Yi - what is the name of the Thirteenth Herrscher?"

"O Herrscher of the End."

"That's right. Then what is the opposite of finality?"

"Initiation? Origin? Could it be..."

"Hmm, as expected, Si Yuan sounds better, so I'll introduce it again - Alicia, the original Herrscher, is both the Herrscher of Si Yuan and the Herrscher of people."

If it had been a few days earlier, Mei would have mercilessly complained about Alicia's unnecessary behavior. But this is no longer a few days ago.

"So, what does Siyuan mean?"

Ai Li smiled and turned to look at the sky, as if the next words could only be spoken with her back to Mei:

"Oh, I'm always secretive, and I don't feel happy to say it. Sure enough, sometimes it's better to be more frank... What a pity... Siyuan and Mingyan face each other. When the two merge into one, it is the real collapse. Bad. So, if there hadn't been that wedding, after the Twelfth Herrscher was defeated, maybe I would have been recycled by Honkai to bring about the true end. But maybe nothing would have happened. Happened. But no matter what, this means that there is one thing that only I can do - to open up a path to the so-called [Collapse] body, and Mikael also knows this well, each of us. The plan is based on this foundation.

"For me, I want to take a chance on a possibility - since the origin and the end are originally one, can the return of the origin with humanity bring changes to the end? Don't look at me like this , in fact, I also have a lot of unwillingness... I am not willing to let our entire era, and I am not willing to let the fate of each of us be woven from the beginning. I hope that at least everyone's final ending can be completely based on their own wishes. I also hope. People in the future will not have to go through the painful choices we have experienced. I am not willing to become the Herrscher. I hope that even if a person becomes a Herrscher, he will still have the opportunity to choose whether he wants to fight for humanity... …

"But I actually don't have confidence. Whether it's cutting off the thread of fate or making it possible for the Herrscher to have humanity, except for the feeling in the dark, I don't have any evidence to prove that I can do this. But...human beings are not right. Did you get here step by step with an illusion that is unimaginable in the eyes of other animals?

"I want to control fire, I want tiger-like claws as weapons, I want rhinoceros-like skin as defense, I want others to understand my language, I want to record everything that happened with some kind of mark, I want Find the laws of star movement, want to master the rhythm of seasonal changes, want to create hanging gardens, want to fly like a bird, want to enter the vast universe... As long as you can imagine it, humans will one day be able to do it So, I am willing to believe in my imagination, because I am a human being, so I can definitely do it..."

"Mikael...does he know all of this?"

"Yes, he knows everything. So, his unwillingness should be a little more than mine, right?"

Alicia looked back, smiled, and stuck out her tongue exaggeratedly.

But Mei understands that she is not happy in her heart, maybe she is just using this to hide her sadness.

"If I leave, I may not be able to come back. But if I don't do that, then the world will not even have the last hope. But for that greedy guy Mikael, a world without me and a world with only me The world is not what he wants. It’s so damning, it’s exactly what I thought, so his plan is even simpler——

"He wants to use me to open the way to collapse and do what I want to do on my behalf."

"But, the final outcome is..."

In the middle of speaking, Mei Yi suddenly remembered the unspoken rule of "Don't reveal his ending to any Ying Jie" and shut her mouth helplessly.

But Alicia said what she wanted to say:

"The final outcome is that I did what I wanted to do, and Mikael became the Herrscher of the End. Why? Mei, is this what you want to ask, right?"

"Uh... um."

Mei Yi nodded, suppressing the sudden sense of disobedience in her heart.

"This kind of thing... oh, it's so tiring to talk about it, so... just let Mei Yi see what happened at that time!"

As Ai Li chuckled, countless images flooded into Mei Yi's mind. This feeling was not unfamiliar, just like exploring the paradise.

She saw the farewell at the station.

I saw the two people scrambling to leave each other the hope of life, I saw Mikael walking away with a smile, and I saw Alicia chasing after him.

After that, comes the cruel truth.

That man was far more pathetic than she imagined.

And...the final farewell, and the promise to "reunite again".

At this point, the ending of this story has finally been completed.

But Mei is not happy.

Tragedy...is certainly not something that makes people feel happy.

Even if it can give people strength in the end, they must first endure pain.

But the unhappiness in my heart is not just because of this.

Mei Yi raised her head with a complicated expression and stared into Alicia's pink eyes.

"Why, this is not something that the memory can know. Alicia, are you..."