Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

After hearing what Enosia said, Mei seemed to realize something.

"You mean..."

"Honkai is getting stronger with the progress of civilization. From a specific point of view, it is closely related to what humans can do. The powers of the twelve Herrschers are essentially the products of infinitely magnified actions that humans can do in daily society."

"Among them, as a Herrscher of Corrosion, my power is most closely related to the development of human society."

"Imagine if I was born in an ancient time when computers had not yet been invented. The consequence would be nothing more than a plague affecting a region. As long as all the infected could be eliminated at once, such as Kevin firing a Skyfire at the infected area, I would definitely be dead."

"And now, as long as I enter the Internet, I can spread and spread throughout the world along the network. Whether it is Destiny, Anti-Entropy or World Serpent, they do not have the ability to destroy all electronic devices connected to the Internet with one click. It is the advancement of human technology that provides fertile soil for the survival of viruses like me."

"Although standing still is definitely a bad thing, continuous development is not entirely a good thing. From this perspective, we have to thank Otto. After he became the Bishop of Heaven's Mandate, his attitude towards Honkai has always been to utilize rather than destroy it. After obtaining the Void Thousand Treasures and a large amount of knowledge from previous civilizations, he deliberately restricted the advancement of technology. As a result, the Herrschers of the current civilization are inferior to those of the previous civilization in terms of the use of the Herrscher power and the maximum output power."

"Looking back, this undoubtedly greatly reduced the disaster caused by the Great Collapse and the difficulty of destroying the Herrscher... Of course, since there were so many freaks in the previous civilization, the latter is indeed not very convincing."

"Alright Mei, I won't keep you in suspense anymore. When we are ready, we will continue. From the next node, we will start the story of the third collapse."

After a while, Mei entered the system again and found that her outfit had changed back to the uniform of Chiba Academy. However, when she looked in the mirror, she found that her appearance had changed greatly.

This time, before Mei asked, Enosia took the initiative to explain:

"At this point in time, Dr. Mei and Kevin are both studying at Chiba Academy. You should know that your appearance and name are very similar to Mei (the pronunciation of Mei and Mei is very different only in Chinese, while Japanese and English are the same.), and you don't want to be misunderstood by Kevin and have something bad happen..."

"I understand."

Obviously, if Mei is to experience the third collapse immersively without drastically changing the behavior of important characters, especially Kevin, she must first change her face that the people of the Kaslana family cannot refuse.

When Enosia disappeared, Mei noticed that there was something very eye-catching on the coffee table next to her.

"The Changkong City Tour... Is this... Eden's concert? The time is... tonight?"

Today is Saturday, but Mei feels that she still needs to go to Chiba Academy. If she is right, Kevin should still be there.

Mei put the concert tickets into her bag and walked out the door.

After entering Chiba Academy, Mei approached a girl who was looking down at her phone and asked tentatively:

"Hello, please... do you know where Kevin is?"

The handsome girl with long black hair raised her head reflexively when she heard Kevin's name:

"Kevin, are you talking about the Prince Charming of Chiba Academy?!"

"Um...Kevin...Sir? So he's so famous in Chiba Academy?"

Seeing the girl in front of her with a crazy expression, Mei couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Seeing Mei's puzzled expression, the girl immediately showed a look of disdain:

"So you just heard about it now... New here? Never mind, it doesn't hurt to tell you. You don't have a chance anyway. He must still be in the gym at this moment..."

Mei thanked him and left without looking back. Just after walking a distance, she heard a low voice muttering from behind:

"Really? I don't know what's so good about that nerd. There are so many choices, but Kevin just fell for her..."

Mei remembered that according to the information she got from the paradise of the past, this Dr. Mei who looked very much like her, her father was a famous electric field physicist in the previous civilization, and she herself had always taken her father as a role model. Analyzing from the jealous words of the girl just now, the nerd she was talking about could not be anyone else.

As soon as she stepped into the gymnasium, Mei heard a cheer. Kevin turned flexibly, broke through the blockade of three people, and then rushed to the basket, made a three-step layup, and the basketball fell into the basket accurately.

Although Mei is not very interested in these sports activities that boys may prefer, from an amateur's perspective, Kevin's movements in a white jersey are indeed very entertaining.

"I remember that before Kevin became a fusion warrior, he was already the strongest warrior who surpassed Alysia. For him to compete in sports with others, wouldn't that be... a bit too bullying..."

Just as Mei was looking around in the gymnasium, Kevin made a steal and then scored another goal. The crowd suddenly cheered even louder.

Looking at Kevin sweating on the court, Mei found it hard to imagine what he had gone through to change from a sunny and cheerful boy to the taciturn guy he is today.

Soon, in a corner of the gymnasium, Mei saw the girl who was wearing the same dark Chiba Academy uniform and had a single ponytail as herself. She turned a deaf ear to the cheers of others and focused on the book in her hand, taking notes from time to time.

Mei walked to Mei's side. She looked up and saw that the newcomer had no intention of disturbing her, so she continued to immerse herself in the ocean of knowledge.

Beside her, Mei found something that didn't seem to belong to her.

"This is... Kevin's cell phone, and... other things that belong to him? Give it to Mei for safekeeping. Are you sure it will be okay? Judging from her expression, even if someone stole it, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to detect it."

At this moment, Kevin's cell phone rang, and a message appeared in front of Mei, and the sender of this message was Su.

【I have arrived. 】

Just three short words, but they convey a lot of information.

"Su...came to Changkong City from Europe?"

At this time, accompanied by a whistle, the team wearing white jerseys, relying on the level of "Kevin and I scored 120 points together", won the game with a big lead.

Kevin picked up a towel, wiped the sweat off his body, changed back into the school uniform of Qianyu Academy, and walked towards Mei. Many girls saw this scene, wailed for a while, and left the gym with a very regretful expression.

Mei stood several meters away from the two people, trying to get more information from their actions and conversation.

Although Mei had noticed Kevin was walking towards her from the corner of her eye, she still focused on the book until Kevin came up to her and took off the glasses on Mei's face.

"what are you doing!"

Mei put the book aside and reached out to grab the glasses, but Kevin dodged backwards flexibly and Mei missed.

"Mei, reading all the time is not good for your eyes. I...I just want you to move around more."

"I want you to take care of it!"

Mei knew that there was a huge gap between her and Kevin's physical fitness, and she would definitely not be able to snatch it away by force. However, without glasses, for a person with severe myopia like her, it would be difficult for her to read, let alone walk normally.

Therefore, Mei could only stand there and get angry at Kevin who was unethical and launched a sneak attack. Seeing her angry look, Kevin felt that Mei was even cuter than usual, and his face immediately flushed.

Mei, who was standing aside and observing secretly, watched the interaction between the two and recalled that when she was in Senba Academy, Kiana would sometimes make trouble when she was still an autistic girl, hoping that she could go out with her more often.

"Ah, Kiana and Kevin at this time are very similar in many ways. They want to fall in love with girls... Do they both like to use this method..."

Although Mei complained like this, but when she recalled Kiana's disruption at that time, she was not really angry. Instead, she felt a little secretly happy deep in her heart because someone was willing to actively communicate with her.

But at that time, Mei did not expect that their communication would eventually lead to a relationship.

After teasing Mei for a while, Kevin seemed to realize that if he didn't return the glasses to her, she would be really angry, so he quickly returned the glasses and apologized immediately.

Of course, Mei knew that Kevin did this in the hope of gaining more attention from her. So, in response to Kevin's teasing, although Mei showed a fierce expression on the surface (she thought so), in fact, her cheeks also flushed like Kevin's.

"By the way, Kevin, someone named Su just sent you a message."

Kevin immediately picked up his phone and took a look:

"He was my classmate in Europe before, and of course he's also a good friend. We're going to watch the concert of the famous singer Eden together tonight. Do you want to come with us?"

"Go together? I'm afraid he only bought two tickets."

"Oh, it's okay, no big deal... Wait, how do you know he bought two tickets?"

Mei snorted softly:

"I also know that the last time you skipped class and went to Europe, it was also to watch Eden's performance in Europe with him. But this time it was the other way around, and he came to Changkong City instead."

Kevin scratched his head and showed a naive expression:

"You know this too. I thought it was a good secret..."

Kevin suddenly realized something:

"That is to say, Mei, you have been paying attention to me. I know that my hard work has paid off."

Mei's face was as red as a ripe apple. She put her head into the book, and after making sure Kevin couldn't see her expression, she stuck out her tongue and muttered in a voice as thin as a mosquito:

"Bah, you are being sentimental."

"Ah, what did you just say?"

Mei, who had recovered a little, put down the book and turned her head, just happened to meet Kevin's eyes. She noticed her heartbeat quickening and immediately turned her head away.

"I mean, you and Sue should go to Eden's concert tonight. They managed to get the tickets for you, so you can't break the promise."

"Whoo~"

"Kevin, I have to go to Mu Continent with my father to attend an academic seminar next month. I have to think about how to write a speech and how to make a PPT at night, so... don't worry about me."

"Oh. Then I won't bother you anymore."

Kevin decided to quit while he was ahead and leave.

"Wait a moment!"

After walking a few steps, Mei's voice was heard from behind.

"Well...if you have time...can you come with me to the academic seminar in Mu Continent? My father is very busy and is worried that I will get into danger in an unfamiliar place, so..."

"Of course no problem!"

Kevin smiled brightly.

"Alas, there's no need to agree so quickly. Wait and see if there will be other things..."

"What are you looking at? The person I like has asked me to protect her. Do I have any reason to refuse? Just tell me where to meet. I will turn down anything else."

Kevin waved and left without looking back.

"What a fool."

Mei muttered something under her breath with a sweet smile before grabbing her book and leaving the gym.

"If it was Kiana at that time... I'm afraid if I didn't take the initiative to tell her, she would have asked for the good news in advance and pestered me to go with her..."

Mei understood that both of them had grown significantly now, and they were more willing to respect each other's ideas than to meet each other physically.

Kiana knew she was at the World Serpent Headquarters, and she also knew Kiana was on Hyperion. But neither of them would take the initiative to look for each other. They both knew that it was not that they did not want to see each other, but that the time had not come yet.

"Tsk tsk, I saw the shadows of Kiana and myself in Kevin and Mei. Mei is really thinking about her all the time."

Enosia appeared beside her at some point.

"Ah, Mei, don't be nervous. There's nothing wrong with the system, and nothing major has happened outside. I showed up on my own initiative just to remind you... If you want to reunite with Kiana sooner, don't stand there any longer. It's time to continue... pushing the main storyline."

Enosia snapped her fingers, and the weather outside the gymnasium immediately changed from a sunny morning to a setting dusk.

"With such a convenient ability, you might as well be a good person and send me directly to Eden's concert."

"Okay, I understand that you don't want to waste time running around. But... as a system that shows the story of the pre-civilization period, there is no skip button here. The necessary process still needs to be there."

After saying this, Enosia disappeared from the spot, and Mei found that the sky outside had changed from dusk to night, and she also came out of the gymnasium and came to the outside of the opera house.