Chapter 591 Kiana's Fate

"call--"

After fixing the heavy barbell to the rack and having finished reciting the last number in her heart silently, Kiana raised her head and glanced at the clock in the training room, with a slight smile on her face.

"It's lunch time!"

Kiana raised her hands high and jumped up, as if because Bronya, Seele and Guinevere were not here today, she could show a more unrestrained attitude when she was enjoying the training room alone.

But unfortunately, there is a second existence in the training room:

"Just keep pretending to be fat. You can't even taste Teresa's bitter melon juice, but you still have to pretend to be as stupid as before. It's really unreasonable!"

Kiana was doing the final muscle stretching. Since there was no third party here, she could speak directly.

"Isn't this good? Every time I saw her drinking bitter melon juice with such enjoyment on her face, I felt itchy in my heart. I still remember the angry look on her face when I secretly drank all her bitter melon juice. , but I can’t think of anyone who would snatch such a thing from her, hahaha!”

"Oh, just keep pretending. Of course, if you are willing to beg me, I can't describe the taste of those foods to you."

"Wouldn't that be more painful?"

Kiana muttered quietly.

When did the communication between her and her start to become less explosive?

I can't remember, probably because both sides thought they were the winner - since she learned the Taixu Sword Qi, and the burden of conquering the gems was also shared by Mei Yi, her feelings towards the Second Herrscher The suppressive power has become much stronger. There is no doubt that in the competition so far, she is the one who has the upper hand. But in the long run, neither the Taixu Sword Qi nor the removal of one core is enough to reverse the fact that her body has transformed into a Herrscher. As long as this fact is not shaken, the final winner will still be the Second Law. who.

It’s not that they don’t dislike each other, it’s not that they don’t hate each other, but both sides regard themselves as the winner, so they have tolerance and room for the loser.

But if there is anything beyond that, it might be understanding.

He yawned incomprehensibly, looked up at the time, and didn't plan to take a shower, but walked quickly towards the cafeteria.

"Ci Lin, I..."

"snort?"

"nothing……"

My eyes feel sore for some reason.

Oh, please remove the four words "I don't know why". That's just a habitual expression.

The reason why my eyes feel sore at noon is obviously because of poor sleep. The reason why she couldn't sleep well was that almost every night, she would dream about those bad memories.

The dim tower, the pungent smell of engine oil and alcohol, the metal bed that was no different from ice cubes in terms of hardness and temperature, the protein bars said to be made from cockroach corpses... and the dying companions, There are tortures, or experiments, that are so painful that they are numbing, and there are things that are carried in the heart like life-saving straws——

【Ich liebe dich.】

Even after seeing this, Kiana didn't think the world should be destroyed, but... she really couldn't say anything to refute Xilin's choice in the past.

Although her consciousness itself is an extension of Xilin's consciousness, in any sense, she is a brand new individual. Those unbearable memories are ultimately what another person has experienced in her eyes. Standing like this From her perspective, she felt that no matter what she said, it was just a sarcastic comment.

In addition, there is another reason that I am not very willing to admit...

The closer we get to the cafeteria, the more people there are in the passage.

Probably because they saw her sweating profusely and were afraid of being stained by her sweat, everyone walked around her and walked close to the wall. As for the uncontrollable whispers, it was probably because they were discussing something, but seeing her thoughtful look on her face, they were afraid of disturbing her, so they deliberately lowered their voices.

"Hmph! Cover your ears and steal the pig!"

The contemptuous voice in my mind sounded again, but I couldn't feel much rejection in my heart.

but……

"Shouldn't it be a cover-up?"

"..."

There was silence over there, which made Kiana somewhat regretful.

Perhaps because of the interruption from the Second Herrscher, Kiana's pace gradually slowed down... No, it's better not to blame the Second Herrscher.

The closer she got to the cafeteria, the more noisy voices she heard, and Kiana's footsteps became heavier unconsciously.

Finally, she stopped about three to five meters away from the canteen.

"Huh? Why don't you move forward? Move forward quickly, human being. I order you, move forward, move forward, I can smell butter lobster, I want to eat six of them, even one less!"

The Second Herrscher's tone was like an unreasonable child, but the request he made was not particularly excessive.

According to the tacit understanding between the two of them for several months, Kiana would still satisfy her with such a small request.

But this time, Kiana just stopped where she was, letting people around her come and go, took a deep breath, and then turned around as usual.

"Huh? Where are you going! Stop right there!"

In a sense, at least at this moment, the Second Herrscher felt the powerlessness of "I can't do anything."

Kiana is far away from the canteen - no, perhaps fleeing is a more appropriate description.

"Is it that serious? Just because Bronya, Seele, and Guinevere are not here, you don't even have the courage to go to the cafeteria to eat?"

After all, the Herrscher is a creature that does not rely on eating to survive. The second Herrscher felt sorry for not being able to eat butter lobster, and there was a trace of anger caused by not being obeyed, but that was all. For her, who could do nothing at this moment, the pleasure brought by torturing Kiana with such sarcastic words was no less than that of food.

Kiana did not answer, and probably could not answer.

She just walked alone.

She did such a stupid thing as going to the cafeteria alone when she just arrived at the Salt Lake City base.

It was because of that experience that she knew it was a "stupid thing".

She had lost her sense of taste, and in such an undisguised hostile environment, she couldn't even swallow a sip of water.

So, after half a year of getting along and running-in, would going to the cafeteria again get a different result?

Perhaps, but the girl did not have the courage to reveal the answer.

Besides, it doesn't taste good anyway, so as long as you don't starve to death, it's fine.

With such a somewhat self-destructive mentality, Kiana walked towards the vending machines that can be seen everywhere.

But this time, she miscalculated again - after all, at this time, not only was the cafeteria overcrowded, but even for those overtime workers who had urgent matters to deal with, vending machines were their lifeblood.

Kiana could only walk to the dormitory in disappointment.

"Hahahaha! You really want to laugh to death, human, are you so stupid - as long as you walk to the vending machine with a stern face, I bet that the gang will all run ten meters away in one second!"

"No, it's impossible."

"Huh? Are you questioning the queen's judgment?"

"No, I mean, ordinary humans should not be able to run ten meters in one second."

"Are you sick?"

Finally, when the girl turned the door handle of the dormitory, when the exasperated voice in her mind sounded, she finally smiled a little.

"Xilin..."

"Huh?"

"..."

"Are you making fun of me?"

Kiana stuck out her tongue lightly, and the sadness in her heart was somewhat relieved.

This is good. Since the Second Herrscher uses her as a puppet to get pleasure, there is nothing wrong with her using the Second Herrscher as a prop to relieve her mood.

Kiana took off her boots first when she entered the door, and skillfully took off her clothes while boiling water.

"Dangdangdang! I haven't eaten instant noodles for a long time. Thank you for giving me this opportunity!"

"Tsk!"

No matter what, no matter what tone, at least the Second Herrscher will always respond to her in his heart. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

"Tsk!"

Pressing the button of the electric water heater, Kiana took out a cup of instant noodles from under the table, tore open the package as quickly as possible, sprinkled all the seasoning packets and vegetable packets into it, and then rushed into the bathroom.

Without caring whether the water was hot or not, with the mentality that she would not catch a cold even if she took a cold shower in summer, Kiana hurriedly finished her second bath of the day, and then just wrapped her body with a large bath towel and rushed out of the bathroom.

The water was boiling, and the moment Kiana threw herself in front of the desk, the switch of the water heater jumped up again.

The boiling hot water was poured into the instant noodle bowl, and the lid was fixed with a fork to cover it, and then she wiped her body with a long breath.

Wipe off the water droplets, change into dry clothes, and then use the rag to simply "mop" the wet footprints on the ground. All these processes are done in exactly the golden three minutes required for instant noodles - this is the time-saving technique that the cold man taught her after training.

Although she felt that even if she didn't need to be taught by others, she would be able to master this kind of thing in a few years.

But then again, why hasn't she figured this out for so many years...

"Isn't it because someone cooks for you every day and always confiscates the instant noodles you hide?"

"Only at times like this can you not speak."

"Hahahahahaha——"

The Second Herrscher laughed wantonly.

Perhaps the relationship between them has become subtle, becoming...at least on the surface not so tit-for-tat, but in any case, they are enemies who must kill each other.

This, and only this, is the eternal iron rule between the two. They are not Seele and Seele, and the fight for this body will inevitably end with [only one person's will left].

So, as long as she sees Kiana sad, as long as she sees Kiana being humiliated, she will naturally be happy...very happy.

Of course, in a sense, this is also her revenge on the other half of herself who accepted all of Sirin's memories and pains and enjoyed a happy life without knowing anything a year ago.

As for whether Kiana knows this, it is meaningless.

"Slurp--"

No matter how much pressure she was under, no matter how vicious the words of the person in her mind who was not a companion but the only one who could help her at this moment were, at least when she took the first bite of instant noodles, Kiana imagined the delicious taste in her mind and the sound of the Second Herrscher swallowing saliva in her mind...

Unfortunately, imagination is not reality after all. Apart from the fact that her mouth was hot, she could not taste anything.

"Ding ding ding--"

The phone suddenly rang. Kiana had just stuffed a forkful of noodles into her mouth. When she saw the big "Aunt" on the caller's screen, she was so excited that she pressed the answer button directly--

"Kiana! Didn't you go to the cafeteria for lunch today?"

"Hmm? I... I was in a hurry to take a shower, so I went back to the dormitory first!"

She was reluctant to spit out the noodles in her mouth, and even more reluctant to bite them off, but if she slurped them into her mouth at this moment, it might cause more serious consequences, right?

Having said that, her unclear voice had already aroused Theresa's suspicion:

"Kiana? What are you eating?"

"Bread!"

"Really?"

"Just bought it from the vending machine!"

"I don't care where you bought it! Calculate the time, you just took a shower, right? Hurry up and come to the cafeteria, I'll eat with you!"

She knew-this was Kiana's first reaction.

Yes, how could she not know, how could Theresa not know about that experience. But later on, Bronya, Seele, and Guinevere were there to accompany her, and Theresa was busy dealing with the mess of Anti-Entropy, so she was rarely with her.

For a moment, the root of her nose felt extremely sour, and if it continued like this, her snot would probably fall into the bowl of instant noodles.

Kiana blew her nose, but unexpectedly, she also slurped up a small mouthful of noodles.

"?"

"Kiana! What was that sound just now?"

Kiana finally gave up her bottom line as a noodle eater. She quickly bit off the noodles and panickedly denied:

"No, no, no! I didn't eat instant noodles!"

"When did I say you ate instant noodles?"

"!"

"Wait in the dormitory! I'll come over now. If I find the instant noodles, you're dead!!"

Decisively hung up the phone amid the roar of her aunt, and paced aimlessly in the room for two steps. Under the ruthless ridicule of the second Herrscher, she threw all the instant noodles and potato chips hidden under the bed, on the air conditioner, and in the gap between the desk and the wall through the space crack into her ancestor's room-in a sense, this can be regarded as returning the property to its original owner, and even potato chips are given as a gift?

Then, in line with the principle of not stopping at nothing and at least finishing this bowl, Kiana put on her coat and rushed out of the dormitory with the bowl of instant noodles.

She originally thought that this was a pleasant journey of running and eating noodles, but she got a warning from the Second Herrscher after only a few steps:

"Hey, hey, hey, human! Your period is coming!"

In fact, she didn't need to remind him, but the next moment, Theresa's angry shouting sounded behind her:

"Kiana! Stop right there! Put down the things in your hand!"

"It's over! Your period is at the door of the dormitory, why are you still calling!"

"If I didn't do this, wouldn't you just run away! Stop right there! Don't run!"

The Second Herrscher couldn't help it anymore, holding his stomach, and laughing wildly in his consciousness space.

"Ahhh! Don't laugh at this time! Is there any way to get rid of your period without using power!!!"

To be honest, Kiana just said it casually with the mentality of desperately seeking medical treatment. There may be a meaning of asking for help in this sentence, but it is more clearly a soliloquy.

But after smacking his lips, the Second Herrscher showed a weird smile.

The next moment, when Kiana ran around a corner, she suddenly stepped on empty air and fell into a space crack.

"Didn't you say not to use power? Wait, why did you..."

There was no time to question. After half a year of training, Kiana's body almost instinctively turned along with the power of space, and finally landed perfectly on both feet. Even the instant noodle bowl was well held in her hands, and not a drop of soup was spilled - but the soles of her feet were a little painful.

She quickly glanced around and seemed to have come to a place like a warehouse. The tall and heavy armored walls were shining with a familiar luster, and of course, the familiar anti-entropy emblem was indispensable, which also made Kiana's heart, which had just suddenly tightened, gradually relax.

"You... When were you able to use power over me?"

"A long time ago? I can't remember clearly."

The Second Herrscher tried to make his voice sound as relaxed and playful as ever, but Kiana, who had changed a lot after long-term training, still caught her fatigue.

But Kiana did not relax her guard. Perhaps the second Herrscher was deliberately showing weakness.

"Don't you understand? In the past six months, you have been training yourself to use the power of the Herrscher. But such behavior means that your body is further transformed in the direction of the Herrscher, that is, your body is becoming more and more suitable for [me] to live in - what do you think, isn't this all your own fault?"

Without mastering the power, you can't save the world, and you can't respond to Theresa and Anti-Entropy's expectations and responsibilities for saving you. But trying to master the power means that this body will inevitably fall into the hands of the second Herrscher one day - at least the second half of the sentence, at the beginning, the doctor who looks exactly like Mei and even pronounces the same name has told her.

"Since you could do it a long time ago, why did you hide until this moment to do it? Let me guess, the time is not ripe, right - at least you are very exhausted now, maybe even talking to me now is already exhausting all your strength.

"Moreover, in my haste just now, I almost didn't feel the extraction and operation of large-scale Honkai energy. If there had been, I should have had enough time to stop it all. Instead, I simply used such a small amount of Honkai energy to fold it. "Leap, even if we are the only one transferring, the distance must not be long. In other words, we are still in the base, right?"

While sucking on the still hot instant noodles, Kiana showed the Second Herrscher her gradually mature thinking and logical abilities in her mind.

"Haha, I didn't expect that two idiots from the Kaslana family mixing together would really bring you a positive effect."

The Second Herrscher said disgusting words, but she didn't know if it was an illusion, but Kiana actually thought she was praising herself.

"However, there is one thing I don't understand. No.... Xilin, since you can't directly escape from the Salt Lake City base with my body, why did you take the initiative to expose that you deliberately temporarily bypassed my control of power?"

In the real world, instigating voices kept echoing in the empty warehouse, but in the conscious world, Kiana looked at the Second Herrscher seriously, and what flowed out of her unblinking eyes was something called " Are you a fool?"

"hehe."

The Second Herrscher just sneered twice, and then replied with a sense of urgency:

"What? You didn't feel that familiar breath?"

"familiar……"

After being reminded by the Second Herrscher, Kiana finally realized it.

As soon as she landed, she felt familiar. It was just that she took it for granted that the source of familiarity was the base's unique armored walls and the anti-entropy emblem. But now she used her power to distinguish it, and she quickly understood why the Second Herrscher had to come here anyway.

"Go and have a look. I controlled my weak power every night, and it took me four months to find this location."

"I'm not you, I have no obligation to do this for you."

Even in reality, Kiana turned her face away and did not respond.

The Second Herrscher was uncharacteristically lifeless.

She just repeated:

"I...go take a look. After all, Bella also saved your life when we were in Changkong City."

Kiana finally took a step.

It was not that he accepted the enemy's request, but perhaps he thought of what the Herrscher said about Benares blocking an almost fatal attack for himself in Changkong City.

Moving forward, moving forward, the surrounding light and shadow became darker and darker, and the road in front of her seemed to be endless. The next moment, the girl suddenly stopped and raised her hand to touch nothingness.

"It's just a small amount of power remaining in the corpse. If you can't open it, replace it with me!"

Before the Second Herrscher finished speaking, the space in front of her was like coffee mixed with a lot of water, gradually returning to its original color.

The huge snow-white body was dormant in front of Kiana, and a huge hole could still be seen on its back. Perhaps it was to prevent this judgment-level Honkai beast from struggling needlessly. There was no reverse entropy, and in fact, it was impossible to heal it at all.

It just lay on the cold steel and fell asleep. As a silicon-based creature, it didn't even make a sound of breathing.

"Why is this happening? Bella should have the ability to regenerate constantly? Why is this happening?"

Is it strange? Even the Herrscher of Death's power has its limits, not to mention that the breath of [Imaginary Number] and [Time] still remain on Benares's wound.

But when Kiana put her hand on its nose, the dragon named after the girl's last companion in life woke up.

No anger, no rage.

Benares just raised his head with difficulty, brought his head, which was several times as tall as Kiana's, to Kiana's palm, and rubbed it gently.

"Bella, Aurora, Agata, Galina... In the end, it was just a dream after all..."

Listening to the erratic voice of the Second Herrscher, Kiana felt very uncomfortable.

She had warned herself countless times in her mind not to criticize her hatred of Siren from the standpoint of someone who had not experienced that.

But in the end, she couldn't help but ask questions:

"So, the person who hurt you is the person who hurt you. Why do you want to bring hatred to all humans?"

"I thought you had grown a bit, but it's so boring - after revenge, do I have other opportunities? Do I have other choices? Did they give me a choice again?"

"..."

"Only one, no, only one and a half people are willing to give me the right to choose, but..."

Kiana searched for the dream she had had in her mind, but she couldn't figure out who the "one and a half person" mentioned by the Second Herrscher was, and why was it "one and a half"?

Is it because you haven’t dreamed about those yet?

Or is Xilin's consciousness resisting letting herself see that?

Before Kiana could figure this out, she heard the bitterness and regret in the Second Herrscher's voice for the first time:

"Even the gods deceived me. He told me that he needed me to help him burn this old world, and the purpose of doing so was to build a new world on the burned ruins. That is a world that can heal all. A new world of pain, of all the resentment, but..."

"Wait! Could the god you are talking about be-"

"Huh? Don't you know it until now? It's that man. Should I call him Mikael, Lord God, or Herrscher of the End?"

Kiana's face instantly turned pale to the point that it was almost the same color as her hair.

"Why? Why didn't you say anything before?"

"You never asked? And what's there to be anxious about? As his former comrade-in-arms, how could the forerunner you call him not know about it?"

"call……"

Kiana breathed a sigh of relief.

So many times, she felt like she was really going to have a heart attack.

The next moment, she couldn't help but feel confused - that person was the Herrscher of the End? So how to defeat it?

Suddenly, the communication on the watch rang.

[I have something to do in the afternoon, so please cancel the training. It just so happens that you haven’t had any rest for a month. In addition, I have put away the instant noodles and potato chips for you, but please remember to explain it to me and Mei. 】

"Yeah! It's a day off!"

She jumped up high, but unexpectedly she didn't feel any happiness in her heart.

Guessing that time was almost up, Kiana opened the space rift and returned to her dormitory.

She didn’t know where Theresa was looking for her. With this thought, Kiana suddenly felt tired from deep inside her heart. Kiana fell down almost as soon as she reached the bed, and then fell asleep in a daze. .

"Dong dong dong - dong dong dong -"

When I woke up, the room was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly, except for the harsh knocking on the door.

"Who?"

Kiana shouted weakly.

"It's me, Kiana!"

A familiar female voice came from outside the door, but Kiana couldn't place it for the moment.

However, when she stumbled out of bed, walked to the door while holding on to the wall, and looked out through the peephole, the smile finally returned to her face.

If the world allows [narration] to exist, then let’s just add a sentence here——

[With the girl’s movements, the fate of countless people involved behind the doorknob changed.]