Collapse: Start as a Mimic Herrscher

After they returned to the base, Lina went to arrange the girl's affairs, while Lu Ren began to walk around the base.

There were not many people in the base. In many places there were only ordinary soldiers standing upright. Compared with the lively scenes of the previous few days, it was obviously very deserted.

After walking around for a while, Lu Ren returned to his residence here. He opened the door with his key and took a look at the furnishings in the room.

He paused at the door for a moment, then asked, "Who's in there?"

"As expected of an old friend, your perception is sharp." Otto walked out of the inner room, smiling and clapping.

"A despicable person who casually enters other people's rooms!" The system now complained for Lu Ren.

"No, I just noticed that the garbage on the table was missing. Excluding the possibility that the wind could blow away my garbage through the closed window, someone must have cleaned it up for me."

Otto's smile gradually froze, "I didn't expect that my kindness in helping you, an old friend, would expose me."

"Otto, have you ever thought about the consequences of cleaning up the garbage? Tell me, what's your problem?"

Lu Ren looked at Otto, whose expression changed a little. He thought his acting was a bit too much.

Otto took out the tablet and showed Lu Ren the location on it.

"What is this?" Lu Ren saw the place marked in a conspicuous color on the map and wondered what Otto was going to do.

Otto swiped the tablet again, and immediately the area on the map where there were buildings had turned into snow.

Before Lu Ren could ask, Otto said bluntly: "This is an abandoned military base. It was originally buried by snow, but for some reason, it strangely appeared from the snow recently."

"You mean let me go and take a look." Lu Ren glanced at Otto and said.

"Yes, please, old friend."

"Why do you have to come here in person? Wouldn't it be better to just assign the task to me directly?" Lu Ren asked curiously.

Otto smiled slightly, "This is how I show my respect for you, my old friend."

"If you really respect me, why not promote me to S-level?" Lu Ren said half-jokingly.

Otto shook his head and said leisurely, "My friend, the level of busyness of an S-class Valkyrie is beyond your imagination now. I don't think you will like it."

Lu Ren thought about it and it seemed to be true. After working on the mission for half a month, he was already exhausted.

"Old friend, when you come back your mission here will be over." Otto said.

Lu Ren became excited when he heard this, "I'll set off now while it's still early!"

Just as Lu Ren was about to step out of the door, Otto suddenly said, "My old friend, advance preparation can often achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Lu Ren looked back at Otto and thought of another thing.

"Your armor is already finished, don't you want to go take a look?"

Okay, that’s exactly what Lu Ren was thinking.

It was completed in one and a half months, and I have to say it was quite efficient.

…………

Siberia, June 2015, 6.

Outside a snowy area, Lu Ren looked at the map on his phone and felt as if he had been cheated.

He walked around the snow several times without giving up, but he didn't see the abandoned military base that Otto mentioned.

Well, the information was false and he made a wasted trip.

Lu Ren took photos of the snowy area from multiple angles so that when he returned and submitted the mission, he would have evidence to show that there was no military base here at all.

After doing all these things, Lu Ren was already thinking about returning to St. Freya Academy.

He bought a lot of gifts this time and planned to give them to everyone when he returned.

It seemed that he also bought gifts when he went to the United States last time, but there was nothing good to buy there. Lu Ren only picked out some things that he couldn't see in the Far East and bought them back.

He thought of giving Fu Hua some local pickled vegetables and giving Qin Suyi a famous work written in Russian.

Yes, Qin Suyi is learning Russian, which really makes Lu Ren ashamed. He feels that the apprentice knows much more than the master.

I gave Theresa a Homunculus pillow that was as tall as a person, and I gave Bronya... also a Homunculus pillow that was as tall as a person.

There was no way. Lu Ren thought about it carefully and found that Bronya seemed to have everything she needed. He really couldn't think of what to buy for Bronya.

So he bought two Huum pillows. Looking at the decoration in the dormitory, he thought it would be a good choice.

Finally, Kiana and Mei were given a pair of pendants that were said to be blessed by the bishop of the church himself.

You can also put photos in it.

As for Baili Yu, they were landscape photos taken by him, because before she set off, she specifically asked Lu Ren to help her take some photos of Siberian scenery.

Lu Ren asked her what she wanted the photos for. She rolled her eyes at Lu Ren and said that she was going to write a section about snow in her novel and needed to find some inspiration.

Of course, Lu Ren certainly couldn't just give Baili Yu the things she asked him to do, she must also have a share of the gift.

It was a limited edition fountain pen. God knows how Lu Ren found time to buy it amidst his busy schedule.

Oh, by the way, there is also Xiaochi’s bird feed. I heard that it is rich in nutrients and contains various vitamins needed by birds.

And considering that Xiao Chi is now quite large in size, he also specially bought extra-large packages of feed.

"The past is nothing but floating dust..."

The mysterious Eight-Character Man appeared again, and Lu Ren suddenly felt that it was all over. His plan to quickly return to St. Freya Academy was ruined.

"What do you want to do again?"

"Take a glimpse of the past and look squarely at yourself..."

A huge vortex suddenly appeared in front of Lu Ren. The vortex emitting purple light seemed to have some kind of attractive magic, making people want to step into it.

"So you were the one who built the military base earlier?"

"It's just the right opportunity to use this to add fuel to the flames..."

He did not admit that he was the one who did it, but instead said that he was just taking advantage of the opportunity.

"..." Lu Ren sighed. He had no other way to deal with this villain who had such amazing perseverance and came to persuade him whenever he had the chance.

What on earth did I do in the past!!!

Why are they all looking at me as if I were a popular commodity?

Lu Ren was helpless, but he seemed to have no reason to escape. This was a gamble, and it was very likely that he would really become a Herrscher controlled by Honkai.

But this is also an opportunity to find more about what happened in the past.

"Host, I can feel that I cannot communicate with you after entering, but please stick to your original intention. No matter what you have seen in the past, do not doubt your determination to defeat Houkai."

The system could only silently wish Lu Ren well in its heart. As a system that had lost all its functions, it could only watch Lu Ren go through all this but could not help him in any way.

"Tongzi, don't say goodbye to me. I will come back." Lu Ren walked into the lavender vortex.

His consciousness seemed to be struck hard by someone, and the surrounding scenery became dim and dark, and then his consciousness gradually rose into the sky.

After being stirred vigorously as if being thrown into a washing machine, the call from the system in Lu Ren's ears became weaker and weaker.