Collapse: Nano Brigade Captain's Journey Across the Galaxy

"Huh, I want to go on this expedition too!"

"Oh? Is it because you saw giant robots on this planet?"

"I haven't seen that, but since I came to this world, my once dormant adventurous spirit has been rekindled. So I look forward to every pioneering journey. However, Jizi, you suddenly talked to me, so I guess you didn't want to hear these things from me."

"Oh, you are indeed the one. So, your fellow villager..."

"He is not from my hometown, but he is indeed my friend."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Although he is my friend, his hometown is farther away. Moreover, there is no such disaster as "collapse". Even the world he is in can still observe my hometown, although according to him, this kind of observation has a certain uncertainty and it may take hundreds of observations to find a world or world bubble."

"But the cost of their observations is very low, so it can be said that they can observe anytime and anywhere. (Shaoji and Daweige and Cai Miao: It's just a dream, is it that difficult?) So they may also be able to observe our world."

"So you mean, he might know the stories of all of us?"

"It's not that exaggerated. After all, although that world can be observed, not many people have this ability. In order not to be treated as outliers, three of them got together and founded a company. They used what they observed to make several games and made a lot of money."

"And judging from what he said before, what those people observed should be the future story of my world, at least that's what it was for me at the time. And when they came to my hometown, the so-called plot of the game had not yet begun (the protagonist first came to Honkai Impact 3rd in the pre-civilization). So he was able to have an ability similar to foresight, knowing what disasters would happen in the future and taking precautions in advance. But after all, the description of the game text can't be so detailed, otherwise people would eventually notice that something is wrong."

"I see. In other words, he doesn't have the ability to observe the world. Everything he knows comes from the games played by others, right?"

"Yes, and according to him, before coming to my hometown, he had been to another world, which is also the source of his AI."

"Well, it travels across worlds. And judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like someone who owns the Star Train. So how does it travel across worlds?"

"According to him, he was just an ordinary office worker who had experienced several turning points in his life but failed to pass them all. But for some reason, an unknown existence took a fancy to him and made him travel through time. The second world he traveled through was my hometown. The third time he traveled through was to a world of bubbles. The fourth time he traveled through was back to my hometown. He said that he had already known why he traveled through time during the fourth time. But he didn't tell us, and I couldn't do anything about it. As for this time, it should be his fifth time traveling through time."

"Hmm, the unknown existence, could it be some star god?"

"It's impossible, because the Interstellar Peace Company has been closely following the whereabouts of the Star Gods. Although they can't help but pay attention to their specific whereabouts, they can still calculate a rough location of where they are. If you are really Xingchen, then my hometown and the world bubble he went to should have been discovered long ago."

"Then I can't think of anything else that has such great power."

"In fact, there is another possibility, although this possibility is not great..."

"It's okay, just tell me, I won't laugh at you anyway."

"So, Himeko, do you know about the Tree of Imaginary Numbers?"

"The tree of imaginary numbers? It is said that this theory was proposed by Zandar. Why are you asking this suddenly?"

“Huh, although Chen Ye never said what existence allowed him to travel through time, the only one with such great power, besides the Star God, is the Imaginary Number Tree.”

"You mean, the tree of imaginary numbers mentioned in Zandar's theory really exists?"

"Yes, because in our world, we have observed the tree of imaginary numbers and its counterpart... the quantum sea! And the man I hate the most, Otto Apocalis, has also conducted countless experiments on the tree of imaginary numbers. He conceived a complete theory. In the end, the theory he conceived was completely logically self-consistent! So he carried out his final plan, which was this plan, to let us know that the tree of imaginary numbers really exists."

"Great! You always say that your hometown is not as strong as this, but in my opinion, that's not the case. I've heard you say that even with your current strength, your hometown is not ranked in the top tier, and your current strength is enough to lead us to escape under the command of the envoy. So I think that your hometown is at most the top combat power, not as good as here, but other combat power should not be low. Even some research on the nature of the world is more profound in your place."

"Oh, maybe."

"So, how strong is he?"

"I don't know what he is like now, because he said that every time he travels through time, his state will be reset. That is to say, before traveling through time, the energy reserves in his body were full, but now the energy reserves in his body may be less than 30%. So it is impossible for him to fully use all his abilities now. But even so, his strength is close to mine, or even higher than mine."

"It's so scary."

"And this is based on my previous understanding of him. He has told everyone he trusts about his time travel. And the people he trusts are basically the top leaders of my hometown, so before he traveled this time, who knows what he might have given them. If this is true, his strength is definitely more terrifying than I just imagined."

"Well, it's not a bad thing, after all, you can be sure that he is on our side, right?"

"Of course. After all, he cares about the people around him. What's more, you are on this train. Therefore, he will never let the Starry Sky Train get hurt."

"Oh? Why? Because, in my world, there is someone who looks very similar to you, his name is Muryota Himeko!"