Where is the third collapse? ! !

Chapter 16: Fury and Kiana (Part 1)

"After this incident, I realized that Kiana is not an ordinary person at all. Of course, the two people beside her are not ordinary people either. I guess she can eliminate 101 Fu Li with just a wave of her hand?"

The older boy, who used his past self as a combat unit, shook his head in amusement. "We separated after that. The others were invited to join Saint Freya, the Valkyrie training academy established by Heaven's Will in the Far East. I was extradited back to my country after receiving some compensation and hush money."

"Just think about it. Back then, I was still a hot-blooded, immature middle school boy. After witnessing the 'magnificence' of the Collapsed World with my own eyes, and then being told that I, having survived the Great Collapse, had the potential to become a powerful being, how could I not try every possible means to find a way to truly step into it?"

"So, I did just that," Fu Li said calmly. "I spent the better part of half a year searching for a way to become a powerful warrior. After another two months, I finally climbed from a powerless rookie to a B-rank, becoming a somewhat famous personal mercenary."

"That's when I met Kiana again."

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Prometheus listened quietly to Fu Li's story. Although he glossed over the process, if combined with the previous destructive theory of "involution", he reached Class B in just two months. This guy must be extremely talented or have a hole in his brain.

However, Fu Li's attitude towards Kiana surprised her. Anyone who knows a little about love knows that true letting go is never about being deliberately angry or acting like a stranger, but about greeting you with a smile when meeting you on the street.

His calm and composed attitude really showed that Fu Li was not just talking, but had completely bid farewell to his love-sick mindset.

This is undoubtedly great for Prometheus.

This is her host.

Fu Li had no idea that his little AI was secretly criticizing him as a psychopath. He adjusted the position of his backpack and continued:

"It was an emergency mission in Xingzhou. I won't go into detail about the details, but at the final celebration party, I ran into that white-haired ball I hadn't seen for a year."

"She seemed to have just completed some important mission and was eating heartily at the banquet. Her face was covered in grease, so not only did I not recognize her at first glance, but I almost got into a fight with her."

Because she actually dared to steal my Thermidor lobster...

Fu Li scratched his cheek at the strange trigger, feeling too embarrassed to tell others about it.

"We can be considered old friends, right? We all came from Changkong City together. After experiencing disasters together, there's always a sense of sympathy when we meet again. Besides, after so many years of struggling, some things have become less important to us."

"For example, when Miss Kiana was little, she promised the host that she would be your bride?"

"It was just a childish joke. We were only eight back then. It's normal to have forgotten after so much time has passed." Fu Li said, steadying himself as the bus jolted forward. "So after the celebration party, she and I secretly went out for a drink without telling our teammates."

They were drinking milk tea, after all, they were two minors.

"She was the one who secretly told me the information about Jizo's soul. She was so proud of it. I was so envious."

The little AI blinked: "Envy?"

"Yes, I'm envious." Fu Li sighed. "I don't know how Saint Freya trained her warriors. After meeting her again over a year ago, Kiana's strength not only didn't improve at all, but actually declined a lot. To the point that I could even surpass her by a few points at that time."

To this day, he still prefers Saint Freya's training policy of accumulating strength over time, exchanging early weakness for rapid progress in the later stages.

Otherwise, Fu Li couldn't understand why Kiana had declined to the point where she was even worse than him. Could it be that her living conditions were too good and she had wasted her time? No way, no way?

"'If Kiana can get the Jizo Soul, why can't I, Fu Li?!'... Not only then, but even now, I still think this way."

Prometheus understood: "That's why the host is planning to intercept it in advance this time."

"Anyway, the Jizo Soul has been hidden since it entered the Heavenly Fate. Instead of letting them waste it, why not let me use it for good?"

Fu Li argued confidently, but then felt helpless:

"It's a shame that Destiny truly has the luxury of squandering these gifts. Aside from the defective Key of Domination—a slightly flawed weapon capable of future marriage—they hold at least half of the remaining Keys of God. They're incredibly wealthy."

The little AI withdrew its glare and asked in surprise, "Half of the Key of God is in the hands of Destiny?"

"It's like this. Currently, ten complete Divine Keys have been unearthed. The first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and eleventh are all in Tianming."

Fu Li enumerated them with 100% or even 90% certainty.

"In addition to the six aforementioned, the Third Divine Key will appear in the future Coral Island Battle, held by Raven, a legendary mercenary. The Seventh is in the hands of Siegfried Kaslana, the S-rank wanted criminal who defected from the Skyflight. The Eighth is rumored to be the protective magic weapon of the Divine Red Kite Immortal, and must not be shown to others easily. The Ninth is the symbol and legacy of the Anti-Entropy Alliance leader."

Prometheus's face was filled with dismay. "Even though he holds over half of the Divine Keys, how could Heaven's Will not unify the world and establish a unified civilization?"

"How is that possible?" Fu Li waved his hand. "I admit that Tianming is one of the strongest among all the major forces, but you shouldn't underestimate others."

"Not to mention anything else, Gaul in the 19th century and Germany in the 20th century nearly overturned the Mandate of Heaven's rule over Europe twice. The latter even indirectly facilitated the independence of Anti-Entropy as the North American branch."

"Besides, there are divine weapons that can rival the Divine Key. The many products of the Shenzhou Nantianmen Project, the anti-entropy divine equipment, and the weapon god built on the equator, aren't any of them superior to the single Divine Key? After all, the Divine Key is rated 'EX' rather than the independent 'Divine Key level', which already shows that they are only the strongest, not invincible."

Compared to the unfortunate previous civilization that only encountered Honkai Impact in the modern era and whose Herrscher of the End had descended before a generation of population had even grown up, the current civilization, thanks to the Spark Project, has a full five thousand years to study Honkai Impact.

Even though it is limited by the form of civilization, the efficiency of this kind of private research by Xia Ji is far less than the collective efforts of modern society.

However, with the keen exploration of countless geniuses over the past five thousand years, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that the entire civilization has surpassed the previous one. Super developments such as "villagers popping out of corners share the Honkai fusion technology with you" are not impossible.

After all, we all know that Honkai can do anything.

"Of course, for a newbie like me, none of this makes much difference." Fu Li teased, "Prometheus, you better work harder. If the Doomsday Assistant System ever truly evolves to the level of a military god or divine machine, I, the host, will be able to cling to your thighs and infiltrate millions of gods!"

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His words seemed to have had such a huge impact on the worldview of Prometheus, a remnant of the old era, that it took him a while to recover.

This actually made Fu Li feel a little guilty. He looked at the silent little AI and said tentatively, "Bao, is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Yes," the little girl replied dazedly, "The host said before that Kiana's strength was the same as yours, B-rank. Then why was the host left behind?"

"I didn't ask you to poke my wounds!"

Fu Li rolled his eyes at her unhappily, but still spoke to fulfill her wish:

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure why Kiana's strength far surpasses mine. After the third collapse of Changkong City, I've only met her three times."

"Let's meet in detail."

The little AI recovered and took advantage of the situation to get off the ground.

"The first time was the chance encounter at the Xingzhou celebration banquet I just mentioned. Come to think of it...it seemed to be in the summer of 2015."

Fu Li looked up at the bus stop sign and found that it would still take some time before the bus arrived.

He then continued, "The second time was in 2016, when the Herrscher of the Sky was resurrected."

"resurrection?!!"

A hundred years after Prometheus was shocked, are all civilized people so suicidal today?

"Don't ask me. I don't know why the Herrscher of the Void, who was supposed to be defeated in the millennium, revived at the headquarters of the Destiny. God knows what those bigwigs are up to!"

The lone dog finished complaining, "The chain reaction caused by the Herrscher of the Void's resurrection caused the global Houkai phenomenon to become extremely active, and the number of missions also exploded. It was at that time that I received the mission to 'assist the Undying Blade Force in clearing out the Houkai beasts that were rioting within the Destiny Headquarters.'"

"Those big organizations are really generous. I have a B-rank skill that's the reward for completing that mission... Sorry, I got off topic."

He coughed lightly. "Since we're clearing the territory, we have to search everywhere. I had already reached A-rank by then, so the person in charge of the Undying Blade—the most powerful Valkyrie of destiny, Youlandel—allowed me to patrol alone."

"Then I found Kiana on the beach."

"what?"

Prometheus said, host, your turn is a bit abrupt.

"I can't help it. I just found it on the beach while wandering around." Fu Li said, "I can't help it even if you blame me. I saw a white object being hit by the waves on the beach from a distance while on patrol. I thought it was a dead soldier, so I ran over to finish it off. I didn't expect to find an unconscious Kiana."

"That girl looked like she had just been through a battle. Not only were her body covered in bruises, but there wasn't even a trace of Honkai energy fluctuations anywhere."

Fu Li recalled the scene at that time: "I guess it has something to do with the God-killing Spear that was stabbed into her neck. Don't ask what the God-killing Spear is, that's what it was labeled on the empty injection shell. It's a very powerful and domineering name."

"Your body is covered in bruises? How did the host know?"

The little AI's eyes are shining, like Columbus who discovered the New World.

"I bandaged her, how could I not know?"

Fu Li suppressed the urge to complain about the girl's unhealthy thinking. "At that time, she was like a courier under Big Ben, putting it on the shelf and sending it. She and I are considered friends. How could I let her be eaten by seabirds for dinner?"

Seabirds don't know what it means to be gentle and considerate to women. If you dare to show off, I will let you send it.

"So the host brought the defenseless, unconscious Miss Kiana back home."

"To be precise, I brought it back to the hotel," Fu Li corrected. "Mercenaries travel the world, so they don't have the time to live in a house if they really buy one."

"Then why didn't the host return Miss Kiana to Sky's destiny? Isn't she affiliated with the Far East branch of Sky's destiny?"

It would have been fine if the little girl didn't mention it, but as soon as she mentioned it, Fu Li immediately covered his heart in extreme pain.

"Coincidentally, the entire Far East branch of her organization had defected at that time, and everyone, including branch leader Theresa Apokalis, was put on the wanted list!"

Of course, Fu Li would not hand Kiana over to fate, but every time he thought of the zeros following the bounty, he would feel torn apart inside.

It happened that the theme song of Ming Dynasty 1566 was playing on the car stereo at this moment. Although I don’t know why the driver’s playlist was so popular, it still made Fu Li resonate with the old Taoist priest who lived more than 500 years ago.

My money!!!

After waiting for a while, he found that he was still trapped in the painful memories and couldn't extricate himself. Prometheus, who was aroused by his curiosity, began to urge him to update:

"And then, and then, and then?"

"Then? I go out to do some tasks every day, and when I come back I change her medicine and feed her."

Fu Li held up his chin. "Actually, Kiana opened her eyes on the third day. But I don't know what kind of trauma this girl had suffered before. She curled up in bed all day, legs kicked up, wrapped in a small blanket, staring at the ceiling with her big, lusterless eyes, as if there was an alien president who claimed to have been on a UFO fiddling with a ten-meter-long shell on the seabed."

"I told her to eat properly, but she wouldn't listen. I had to mash it up and force it down her throat."

"I taught her to change the dressing herself, but she refused. One time, I came back late and the wound almost festered."

"I advised her to take a bath by herself, but she ignored me and had to use a warm towel to wipe her body."

Babies are easier to take care of than her because they are so tiny and they will cry and make a fuss when they are hungry or thirsty.

"The host experienced the heartache of being an old father several years in advance."

This shows high emotional intelligence.

"Come on! Being a father can finally give you the joy of nurturing a child, but I don't even have that kind of satisfaction."

"How to say?"

"Kiana's body is recovering very slowly, even slower than a normal person's. It's as if something is inhibiting her recovery... But no matter how it's suppressed, after taking the more than 20 pills I brought back, her body has almost recovered."

Produced by Shenzhou Dingsi, everyone who has used it says it is good.

Fu Li, who had just been complaining about his superiors, suddenly calmed down. He looked at the buildings passing by outside the car window and said in a vague tone:

"So when I got back to the hotel after work one day, I found that this guy had left without saying goodbye."

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Chapter 17 "Fury and Kiana (Part 2)"

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Prometheus frowned slightly and became unhappy.

Just by listening to Fu Li chattering on like an old father, she knew that her host definitely had intentions when taking care of people.

However, facing the savior who picked you up and took good care of you, Kiana actually ran away without saying a word?

"Oh, it's not like there's nothing left." Fu Li added, remembering something: "I searched the whole house and finally found a tattered piece of paper in the corner under the bed, a piece of paper covered with 'I'm sorry' and 'I'm not'."

The paper was still wrinkled, as if it had been soaked in some liquid.

"Host."

"Ok?"

"Next time, remember to say this sooner."

Fu Li protested, "No, leaving behind a piece of paper is enough to justify all my hard work."

Some boys who said "I'm sorry" could still understand it, after all, the scumbag girl took advantage of his energy for so long and then ran away afterwards.

He couldn't understand the "I'm not" at the end. It couldn't be "I'm not sorry" read together, right? That would be a bit too much.

"Perhaps Miss Kiana has some unavoidable reason, such as being wanted by destiny and not wanting to implicate the host." The little AI speculated: "That's how it's portrayed in TV dramas."

Fu Li looked at her with a hint of disdain. "You absorb this junk information quite quickly. It seems not only humans, but even AI are degenerating at the speed of light."

"Let me put it another way," Prometheus remained unmoved. "If Miss Kiana hadn't left, what would the host have asked of her as a reward?"

"First, I need to pay for the medical expenses and stuff." Fu Li thought seriously. "Although the price of the pills is cheaper than the weapons, it can easily buy two or three B-level weapons. There's also the labor cost that needs to be settled. I'm a kind-hearted person, so I might as well just double the price of the pills and sell them to her."

"That's really kind."