Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

"Good morning. Congratulations, you only have one minute left before your wages are deducted for being late."

After eight years, Bronya has changed a lot from before.

Needless to say, her body shape changed. Unlike someone else, her development was not hindered by the super transformation surgery. Her height quickly jumped from being only two centimeters taller than Theresa to almost reaching Bianca's level. Her figure also quickly surpassed someone else, even surpassing some potential stocks, which made Fu envious and jealous many times.

If he hadn't seen Bronya grow up little by little, Kayno would definitely suspect that she had reconstructed her body with the power of the Ruler of Reason.

The changes are too great.

"Ha, you're kidding. You actually expect a Herrscher of the Void to be late for work? You might as well expect your aunt to have a second growth spurt."

"You'd better be careful with your words and actions. If the bishop knew that you were slandering her behind her back... I mean, mocking her, he would inevitably come all the way here to cause a big fuss." Thinking of a case that had actually happened in the past, Bronya couldn't help but sigh.

"Okay, enough kidding. Now that Alahato: Reloaded is finished, you don't have any other work to do today, so why not take a good rest? Of course, you'll have to wait until the game is officially released before you can take a break."

"I don't mind taking a vacation or anything like that. After all, Xier and I have visited almost all the interesting places in the Eigenworld, and Bianca and the others usually don't have time. As for visiting my parents... that's no different from visiting them as usual." Kainuo said nonchalantly.

Different from those people who have become lazy after the collapse, Bianca is still working diligently at Tianming and really has no time to play.

Cecilia and Siegfried did not continue to cling to the identity of the Destined Valkyrie, but one became the trusted principal of Saint Freya's school, and the other worked as a combat teacher at Saint Freya, so they only met once in a while.

"You, we've been working so hard for so long, are you sure you don't want to take a break?" Kaino pointed at the half-written speech for the game press conference on Bronya's screen. "Or maybe you should just listen to me and hire a few more people to the studio, even if it's just to write the speech. It'll save a lot of work."

"Absolutely not!" As the boss, Bronya showed her capitalist spirit and refused without hesitation.

"Both the Herrscher of Reason and the Herrscher of Corrosion have more than enough power to develop the game. And what about Re-Armor Bunny and your AI? There's no need to pay an extra person. The two of us are more than enough."

"...Then can you at least pay our Prometheus a salary?"

Pretending not to hear Kaino's whisper, Bronya said calmly, "And don't worry, I already have the speech for Blo... I'll have it all ready this morning. Hmm... how about this, after work, let's go to Seele's for lunch together? It's my treat."

Bronya used bribery.

Kaino pondered for a moment and gave up on asking for his salary. "...OK?"

Outstanding effect!

Bronya nodded in satisfaction at this, then turned back to continue writing her speech.

Frankly speaking, if she really had to pay Prometheus, who worked several jobs, she didn't know how much to give him.

It is worth mentioning that the location of Kaynor and Bronya's Pity Game Studio is very special.

To be precise, the people in this area are special, at least to Keno and Bronya.

For example, Hong Xier and Bella's Houmu Cold Drink Shop is located downstairs from the office building of their studio. Another example is the game hall opened by Li Sushang and Xiao Shi, which is next to the cold drink shop. Another example is Kiana, Mei and Lan Xier's Freya Restaurant, which is opposite the Houmu Cold Drink Shop.

It’s almost forming an industrial chain.

Almost everyone they knew gathered together. Kainuo was quite happy, but Qi was not...

"Brother?"

Kiana, who had just ridden her electric bike and put on her helmet and was about to deliver a takeaway to the other side of the earth, saw Kaynor and Bronya slowly walking towards her store, and a trace of despair appeared on her little face.

"Why are you here again!?"

Kiana was not very welcome to have Keno come to her shop. It was not because her rebelliousness and mischief had lasted for eight years. In fact, the reason was not complicated.

She usually went to Houm's Ice Cream Shop for free drinks whenever she had time, so she felt embarrassed to charge Keno. But Kaslana had such a big appetite...

It's already tiring enough for Mei to raise one!

"It's Bronya's treat today."

Kiana's eyes suddenly lit up at Kayno's words. She turned her head to look at Bronya who was standing beside her. Bronya nodded expressionlessly.

Kiana immediately pounced on Bronya.

"Wow! Thank you, Bronya!"

Bronya is not on the list of free users, so making money from her is pure net income!

"Kiana," Bronya took a deep breath, "Please stay away from Blo... Please stay away from me. Low IQ is contagious."

"Bronya, you—!"

Kiana angrily withdrew her arms, rolled her eyes, took out her cell phone, and quickly sent a few messages to Mei behind Bronya's back.

Kiana: Mei! Remember to add more green peppers to the dishes that my brother doesn't like! So much that Bronya can't finish them!

Mei: Kiana, what do you mean?

Without explaining to Mei, Kiana put away her phone, gave a bright smile to Kaino and the other man who were staring at her, and waved.

"Hey, brothers, take your time eating, I'm leaving first!"

Before she finished her words, Kiana dived into the imaginary door and disappeared, leaving only Kayno and Bronya there.

"Hehe," Bronya touched her chin, "I guess Kiana must have done something against me secretly."

"Not really?" Although he knew his little sister's character very well, Kaino still tried to defend her, "Kiana is quite well behaved."

After glancing at Kaino who was lying with his eyes open, Bronya walked into the restaurant.

Uhhhhh, it's so uncomfortable to use the hedgehog cat cover sticker.

I always feel empty and uncomfortable inside.

Reminiscence of Legal Principles? Part 4 [Mirror]

Does Fire Moth still have the habit of placing mirrors in the corridors?

Kevin, who had just turned a corner, was a little dazed when he saw the face so close to him that looked exactly like his own. At the same time, he secretly remembered to remind Mei to be careful when walking, because most people would probably bump into her before they could react.

But he had walked this road many times after all, and that face was too ordinary compared to his, so Kevin reacted quickly.

"Cousin?" Kevin's voice couldn't help but tinge with joy. "Aren't you dead?"

"?" Kainuo tilted his head.

"Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

"Ah - haha, sorry, I'm too excited... I mean, you are still alive?" Kevin, who was still in an excited state, rubbed his hands, and the excitement on his face did not diminish at all.

After experiencing the disaster called the Third Collapse by the Fire Moths, he quickly thought of his cousin, with whom he was very close in childhood and who had disappeared without a trace after the city he lived in was inexplicably destroyed. After joining the Fire Moths, he inquired about relevant information.

After learning that Berlin was indeed the site of the first Honkai outbreak, he had already given up hope. Unexpectedly, he encountered a ray of hope just by going out today.

That's right, after experiencing the third collapse, I had planned to stop contacting my family and friends, so my cousin's sudden disappearance was just right...

"You may have recognized the wrong person."

Staring at Kevin's stunned face, Kainuo said slowly, "Although we look alike and have a close relationship, the person you know and I are not the same individual... Here."

Kaino pointed to the ID card on his chest with his chin.

"Kai... Nuo? Did you change your name? And after all, ID cards are inherently forged. If I want, I can wear one tomorrow signed as Qia—"

"Researchers within the Fire Moth have the right to access internal personnel information. Dr. Mobius mentioned you to me. Don't you have a good relationship with Dr. Mei?" Kainuo said, "You could use her to access my personal information. It's unlikely that the entire Fire Moth would help me deceive you."

"Well, okay." Kevin scratched his head and quickly remembered something. "By the way, you just said that you and my cousin have a close relationship?"

"Yes, but this is a bit of a long story. I suggest you look up the information directly when you go back." Kainuo glanced at the five lunches in his hands and pursed his lips.

For the sake of health and taste, he did not heat up the lunch box directly in the cafeteria but packed the food. If he continued to stay there and talk for a long time, the food would be cold by the time he returned to the laboratory, right?

Dr. Mebius would probably throw test tubes at him again, and Klein, who hadn't gotten enough sleep yet, might get an upset stomach. As for Danzhu and Cangxuan... he didn't consider the two crumbs who had the task of serving food to him alone.

"Okay, then you go ahead and do your thing. I'll ask Mei when we get back..." Kevin immediately understood after taking a look at what Kainuo was holding. After all, the purpose of his trip was exactly the same as the other party's.

We are both people who come to get food, and the other person claims that he is not his cousin, so there is no need to make things difficult for him.

"See you."

"See you!"

After watching the other person leave, Keno breathed a sigh of relief and walked away quickly.

Reminiscence of Legal Principles Part 5? [Chat]

"I heard that the battle against the Fifth Herrscher wasn't going very smoothly?"

In the laboratory, Mebius suddenly put down the data sheet in his hand and looked at Keno who was reading quietly beside him.

Upon hearing this, Kainuo silently closed the book and guessed what the other party was thinking.

He was no longer the First Ruler who had just gained consciousness.

Even though he was initially imprisoned in the Fire Moth's prison for quite a while, after leaving there he first dealt with Mebius for several years, suffered hardships as an experimental subject and lunch attendant for a long time, and recently developed a habit of reading at the suggestion of Velvet. His thinking was no longer so simple... or straightforward.

He knew for a fact that, while Mobius was a researcher, he held a high position within the Fire Moth and had been one of the commanders during the war. He should have known more about what had happened during that battle than he did, and she definitely didn't want to ask about whether his battle was going well.

So he tried to guess what the other party meant.

"Doctor, what do you want to ask?"

"...That Qianjie who suddenly appeared, unexpectedly, beyond your, my, and everyone else's expectations at the Fire Moth, and who you captured after quickly dispatching the Fifth Herrscher, is truly just an ordinary person?"

"Don't you have the analytical data on him, Doctor? I put a lot of effort into compiling it," Kaino said. "As it says, his body structure is very different from that of a normal human. He doesn't have the same elements as a Honkai beast or a Herrscher. Although he has many wounds, there are no obvious signs of modification. In other words, his amazing physical qualities are probably innate."

"But even so, I don't think he fits the definition of an ordinary person. I suspect he's more likely the miraculous offspring of a powerful beast and a human, or perhaps an alien."

The corners of Mebius' mouth twitched.

"Don't insult biology. Also, I understand you're upset after being punched in the face and then scolded by him, but even so, there's no need to beat around the bush and call him a bastard..."

"I do not have."

"...You could just scold him directly."

Kai Yan Yi Qi Yi? P8 is ICV, right? 6 Nuo nodded, "He's probably sick."

As Mebius had said, he was indeed in a bad mood. This was the first time since he had become conscious that someone had pointed at him and scolded him, and even hit him while doing so.

Kainuo felt that no one could tolerate it.

Unfortunately, Qianjie's voice was quite loud and his eloquence was much better than his, so for the sake of being decent he didn't respond on the spot.

As a result, I am still a little angry.

Mebius pursed his lips and tried not to laugh. Then, as if remembering something, he gritted his teeth in anger.

"But even without considering that, you should still be angry, even if only from the perspective of a member of Mobius Labs."

"Laboratory? What happened to the lab?" Kainuo looked around the lab's internal facilities. "It seems no equipment was damaged."

"Oh, I'd rather it were just some instruments that were destroyed," Mobius said angrily. "Some idiots at Fire Moth came to the same conclusion as you—I'm referring to the fact that he was born with it. Then they arrogantly believed that kind of power would be easier to control than Honkai, and thus deprived the laboratory of funding!"

"That's intolerable!" Kainuo's eyes became sharp. The laboratory's funding was cut, and his salary might also be affected.

"But what can we do if we can't stand it? Mei, Velvet, and I jointly appealed, but it was useless... Ha, those idiots."

"By the way, first the Fourth Herrscher was taken down by Kevin's main force while you were slacking off, and then the Fifth Herrscher was taken down by some weirdo who appeared out of nowhere. The Fire Moth is now seriously underestimating the Honkai and the power of the Herrschers."

Kainuo nodded. Recently, when he was getting his meals, he had heard many soldiers talking about these things. Some even believed that if Qianjie had not been injured in the battle with the Herrscher of Ice, he might not have been able to capture Qianjie.

"I know this."

"No, you don't." Mobius sighed. "Kaino, you still don't understand humans...or rather, you don't understand those utterly stupid humans."

"You were able to leave that prison in large part because the Fire Moths were desperately in need of a main force capable of fighting the Honkai. If the Fire Moths began to despise the Herrschers and the Honkai, whether it turned out to be as they predicted and the Honkai were truly vulnerable, or if the Honkai's strength suddenly increased, causing heavy casualties to the Fire Moths' forces, you would not be in a good situation."

"Don't forget, you're a Herrscher, an outlier among humans. If humans win, it'll be all over. If humans' anger towards Honkai grows, there's a good chance it will burn you too."

Mebius's expression was solemn, his emerald green eyes staring straight at Keno, as if conveying something that words could not express.

"It doesn't matter." Kaino returned the gaze, his tone strong and powerful, "As long as I'm here, there won't be any Herrscher who can leap over me and inflict a devastating blow on the Fire Moth."

……

The ice-blue eyes were as indestructible as ice. After staring at each other for a long time, it was Mebius who looked away first.

"It's best this way. Otherwise, with the death of the only living Herrscher, humanity's research on the stigmata will take countless more detours, and the infinite journey will be unnecessarily prolonged."

Reminiscence of Legal Principles? Part 6 [Infinity]

"Huh, this is somewhat unexpected. I originally thought your physical structure was at least slightly different from the other Herrschers, but now it seems that you're exactly the same. So, what exactly makes you unique compared to the other Herrschers?"

"Kaino, do you have any ideas?"

Mebius placed the blood-stained right-angle forceps on the operating tray beside him and pursed his lips.

Although Mobius had a bad feeling when she saw the test report, she still held on to a glimmer of hope in her heart - what if it was the power of the Herrscher of Thunder causing inexplicable interference with the instrument?

Now that the truth had been revealed, even she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. After all, if she could successfully discover the reason behind the First Herrscher's sanity, wouldn't she be able to put her long-awaited Artificial Herrscher project, or the Fusion Warrior project as an alternative to the Artificial Herrscher project, on the agenda?

Doctor, please be clear-headed. I'm not an expert in biology. Instead of asking me, you should ask Klein next to me. She's much more reliable than I am.