Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Since leaving the Iron Guard restricted area, the group has been walking in the snow-capped mountains for half a day, but still has not found the location of the Star Core.

"So, Danheng, are you sure it's in this direction?" Kiana asked.

Danheng looked at the detector in his hand and nodded affirmatively. Bronya had handed the detector to Danheng before he left.

This detector was specially made by Bronya based on the frequency of the star's core signal; it records the star's core signal. Theoretically, if any other star's core signal frequencies are recorded, this detector can also detect them.

Bronya Rand looked in the current direction and said.

"If the direction is correct, we will eventually arrive at Yongdong Ridge."

"Yongdong Ridge?"

"That place is one of the battlefields of that war hundreds of years ago, and it also contains the large terrain-modifying machine—the Creator Engine—made by our ancestral city builders."

"A machine? Is it a robot?" Kiana asked.

"That's definitely right, so what?"

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about how Bronya and Mr. Walter like robots."

"Wow! You can't judge a book by its cover! I didn't expect Yang Shu to like these things, and even Miss Bronya likes them. Ah! I'm talking about Kiana's world!" March 7 said.

"Hehe! Don't let Mr. Walter's mature appearance fool you; he's still a child at heart. What's that saying again? A man is a boy until he dies."

"So, what kind of robot model can I use to negotiate with Yang Shu next time?" Xing asked.

"That depends on how attractive what you offer is," Kiana said with a smile.

"Be careful, there's something ahead!" Seele warned alertly.

Suddenly, a huge shadow loomed over the group, and they could vaguely hear the loud breathing of some creature.

Gradually, the creature poked its head out.

It was a white-shelled dragon head with blue patterns adorning it. Kiana looked at the familiar monster before her and her aura suddenly became chaotic.

"Bella... Bella?"

Kiana, do you recognize this monster?

“Yes, her name is Bellalus. Her existence has special meaning to me, and I hope you can hand her over to me to deal with.”

"Are you sure you'll be okay on your own?" Xing asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, she's no threat to me. You guys go ahead."

March 7th wanted to say something more, but Danheng stopped her.

"Remember to come back after you've finished resolving this!"

"Do not worry!"

After finishing their conversation, under the watchful eyes of Kiana and Bellatrix, the others continued walking towards Everwinter Ridge.

"Bella, it's been a long time."

Bellars did not make any attacking move; she simply lowered her head and affectionately nuzzled Kiana's cheek, while Kiana gently placed her right hand on Bellars's head.

Kiana neither made a move nor spoke; she simply gazed tenderly at Bellalus.

Star Core is really cunning! Did it calculate that it wouldn't be able to bring itself to harm Bella?

No, it's also possible that it didn't think that far ahead at all, and simply wanted to create a tricky character.

In any case, let her enjoy this moment to the fullest.

I wish I could bring Bella back to life.

This idea popped into Kiana's mind for no reason. Kiana had thought about recreating Bellalus before, but she never put it into action.

Is the Bella who is recreated still the original Bella?

Whenever Kiana wanted to revive Belial, she would ask herself this question.

The man named Otto Apocalypse has already proven that a dissipated consciousness cannot be re-fitted into a completely new vessel. Even if she recreates a new body and gives it consciousness, what is born will ultimately be nothing more than a completely new individual, not the Bellalus who was wholeheartedly devoted to his queen in Sirin's memories.

The real Bella died while saving Mei; this fact was already established back in Changkong City.

At that time, she had just saved Sky City, and her body was eroded due to absorbing too much Honkai energy.

At the same time, because he caused the death of Himeko-sensei, he subconsciously rejected the core's behavior, which led to the core's erosion becoming increasingly serious.

To avoid worrying everyone, Kiana ultimately chose to stay away.

She arrived in Changkong City, where she encountered Bellalus again, who had followed her there.

Subsequently, the Honkai erupted again in Changkong City. Kiana wanted to stop it, but was stopped by the captain and others who arrived. In the end, Mei set off to stop the Honkai from happening.

The subsequent plot unfolds as before: Mei encounters the Imaginary God Corpse - Nihilism while on her way to the source. At the critical moment, Bellarus saves Mei, at the cost of his own complete annihilation.

Following the captain's advice, Mei chose to become the true Herrscher of Thunder. From then on, there was no more Bellarus, only Kurikara. Kevin then extended an invitation to Mei.

Mei went to World Serpent on the captain's advice, while the others took Kiana and left Changkong City.

(In this world, the Captain and World Serpent reached a certain level of cooperation after the Sky City incident, and Kevin was also released with the Captain's help.)

Then came the Herrscher of Knowledge incident, the Thousand Herrscher incident, and Otto's announcement that he would step down from his position as the Archbishop of Schicksal and hand it over to Theresa, thus beginning his long yet short journey.

"If you want to resurrect Belial, I can help."

Kiana heard the voice of the Will Integration in her mind.

"Why?" Kiana countered.

"There's no why. For us, time isn't simply linear. What I can tell you is that in the future, you may or may not have Bellarus by your side. The choice is up to you."

"Is there anything I need to give in return?"

“No need, or rather, you will naturally pay the price in the future. How about it? If needed, I can use the Bellarus in front of you to recreate the Bella in your, or rather, Sirin’s, memories.”

Kiana fell silent. Chen Ran's deal seemed incredibly tempting, even the price was to be paid in the future. But did she really need Bella by her side? Kiana asked herself.

Ultimately, her feelings for Bellalus stemmed from the memories of Sirin in her mind, as well as her sympathy for Bellalus in her past life.

Rationally speaking, Kiana has no reason to resurrect Bellarus. After all, she isn't the real Sirin, and even her identity as K-423 is just a result of her being transported into this body. Even if she did resurrect Bellarus, she couldn't guarantee that Bellarus would accept her.

"Will she be the same Bella after she's resurrected?"

“I will use this body as a blueprint and copy her consciousness from the past timeline and put it into it. Essentially, you can think of her as her past self who accidentally traveled to the present.”

"That's it!"

Kiana took a deep breath to calm her agitated heart. Her reason was screaming, while her emotions were bursting forth uncontrollably.

"I choose..."