Starting from the Collapse World, I became the behind-the-scenes boss

Moreover, she could also vaguely sense that the power that had been controlling her body had completely disappeared, indicating that she should now be free to move around, unlike before when she was constantly controlled and could only watch helplessly.

With this in mind, Kiana's thoughts immediately became active.

This is before the second Honkai Impact, which means Mom and Dad are still alive.

If she could find and defeat the Second Herrscher beforehand, none of the tragedies in the original world would have happened.

In other words, she can save Mom and Dad!

Chapter Thirty-Five: Kiana's Shattered Dream

Having made up her mind, Kiana immediately began exploring the prison.

According to the rules of escape room games, such a starting location should contain many clues.

Kiana's gaze swept across the room, which was excessively sparsely furnished except for a bed and a table, and finally settled on a purple-black cover diary on the table.

At any time, written language is the best medium for recording information.

Thinking about it, Kiana opened her diary...

In an instant, a sharp pain shot through the depths of her brain, and Kiana felt as if another scene was appearing before her eyes.

The cell door opened, and a man in a white coat appeared in the doorway, but he didn't step into the room with a look of disdain.

Upon seeing the man appear, a thin girl with purple hair obediently stepped out of the room.

Throughout the entire process, neither of them uttered a word, yet their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if this had happened countless times before.

Seeing this scene, an inexplicable feeling of suffocation suddenly swept over Kiana and tightly enveloped her.

Even just by looking at the girl's actions, she could feel the despair that had almost permeated her entire being.

She vaguely understood that their relationship was definitely not that of a doctor and patient, but rather... more like a scientist and a lab rat!

The next second, the scene jumps, and the purple-haired girl drags her heavy steps back to the room. She doesn't even have the strength to climb into bed and collapses on the ground, curling her body up tightly to resist the burning pain that spreads along her blood vessels to every part of her body.

Seeing the purple-haired girl in such agony on the screen, Kiana couldn't help but collapse to the ground, as if the burning sensation that was evaporating every drop of blood in her body was being transmitted from the purple-haired girl to her.

Overwhelmed by the pain, Kiana felt as if her brain had been turned into a complete mess, making it impossible for her to think at all.

For a moment, she felt that dying immediately would be infinitely better than enduring this pain.

In her hazy state, Kiana saw a petite black figure appear before her, followed by the clanging sound of the prison iron door being violently broken open, and she fell into an incredibly gentle embrace.

"It's okay, it's all over now. No one will hurt you anymore. Just rest well..."

As the gentle voice rang out, Kiana could no longer resist the weariness surging from the depths of her body and slowly closed her eyes.

When she regained consciousness, Kiana found herself out of the prison and lying on a warm, soft bed, with a white-haired little girl dressed in a black nun's habit sitting in front of her.

"Are you alright? How are you feeling? Are you feeling any better?"

Seemingly sensing her awakening, the white-haired nun leaned down slightly and asked softly.

Seeing Theresa no longer yelling and threatening at her, Kiana was stunned for a moment. The next second, she couldn't help but hug Theresa tightly and cried out in a voice that sounded like she was about to cry, "Auntie!"

After nearly being killed by her opponent, Kiana never felt for a moment that the warmth Theresa gave her was so precious.

"Auntie?"

With a puzzled look, Theresa asked softly, clearly unable to understand why she had received such a title.

But then, seeing the girl's expression as if she had seen her only relative, Theresa's heart softened, and she patted the girl's back, saying, "Good child, you've suffered."

From now on, if you'd like, treat me as your aunt, Celine.

Although her purpose in coming here was to investigate a collapse incident that had occurred here, seeing the girl in such a pitiful state, she felt that she couldn't just sit idly by.

"Celine?"

Upon hearing this name, which was both incredibly unfamiliar and strangely familiar, Kiana's eyes revealed obvious confusion.

Looking around, Kiana then found the answer in the reflection of a piece of glass.

The image reflected in the glass was not the familiar face she knew, but a thin girl with purple hair.

Before she could even process what this image meant, what happened next struck Kiana like a series of beautiful dreams, leaving her completely dizzy.

After an unsuccessful investigation, Theresa chose to adopt her and bring her back to the Destiny headquarters.

There, Kiana also officially met Cecilia and Siegfried, who were still alive, as well as... her younger self.

Although she was a little curious as to why the second Honkai didn't happen as expected, it was a good thing that Cecilia and Siegfried had achieved a perfect ending. Kiana quickly put those trivial doubts aside and settled down to enjoy the peaceful life with her mother and father.

Even though she is no longer a daughter, Kiana still cherishes everything she has now.

Moreover, it's nice to occasionally tease your younger self.

Without any childhood memories, she doesn't even know what she used to look like.

Kiana was quite satisfied that she could make up for her regret in this way.

In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

Just when Kiana was almost forgetting the crisis of the Second Honkai Impact, a handsome blond-haired, blue-eyed man barged into her and Cecilia's lives.

"Your Majesty Bishop?"

Upon seeing the blond man, Cecilia, who was playing with young Kiana on the grass in the park, looked puzzled.

On the other side, upon hearing this title that could not be ignored, and seeing that face that had appeared many times in the previous cycle, Kiana was also stunned.

Her intuition told her that this wonderful, dreamlike life was about to end.

And the next second, things did indeed unfold in that manner.

Kiana only saw the blond man scrutinize her with an extremely cold gaze, a slight smirk playing on his lips as he uttered a mocking remark: "Still not going to wake up, Second Herrscher?"

As he spoke, a golden Skyfire pistol appeared in Otto's hand, and he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

boom!

Gunshots rang out, and a golden beam of light shot out, but was immediately blocked by a white lance that suddenly appeared.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean by this!?"

Holding her lance horizontally, Cecilia looked at Otto with eyes full of anger and questioning.

"Are you planning to protect the Second Herrscher?" Otto's gaze swept over Cecilia and the others, who immediately became wary, but a faint smile still played on his lips. "Fu Hua, it's up to you."

As soon as she finished speaking, a woman dressed in red Shenzhou clothing jumped out, wielding a light blue sword and rushing towards Kiana.

"Squad leader, wait a minute!"

Kiana instinctively cried out as she watched the longsword about to pierce her. An overwhelming fear rose in her heart, and an instinctive power within her awakened.

Swah——

A golden light flashed, and Kiana instantly disappeared from Fu Hua's sight, reappearing on the other side of the grass.

But before she could even feel relieved to have escaped with her life, Kiana realized that everyone's eyes were on her, and she immediately understood everything.

No wonder the mother in this timeline didn't die in the Second Honkai War...

Because she herself is the Second Herrscher!

Chapter Thirty-Six: Kiana's Nightmare Cycle

When Kiana saw that familiar, dark prison, she realized that she had "died" again.

In the previous cycle, she was forced to become the Second Herrscher and was hunted down by Fu Hua.

Even though Cecilia and the others tried to protect her, they were no match for Fu Hua, who was unleashing her full power, and were quickly subdued by her.

Moreover, when he saw that she refused to use the full power of the Herrscher of the Void, that bastard Otto actually chose to kill Cecilia!

Hatred surged up immediately, and she chose the same path as in her first reincarnation.

He traveled to the moon to gain power and seek revenge against Otto, but was ultimately stopped by Fu Hua and Siegfried, and perished along with them...

Lying on the cold, hard bed, Kiana stared blankly at the dirty, grayish ceiling above her, and it took her a long time to recover from this "death."

She didn't understand why, when all she wanted was to live with her mother and her stinky father, that guy named Otto insisted on making her a Herrscher, even at the cost of sacrificing Cecilia and the others' lives.

Is the other party not the bishop of Destiny, but the leader of humanity in the fight against the Honkai?

And then there's Fu Hua. She was such an honest person with thick eyebrows and big eyes back in St. Freya, so why does she like hanging out with Otto so much?

A whole host of questions popped into Kiana's head, but she couldn't come up with any answers.

If only the traces of time were here...

After exhausting countless brain cells to no avail, Kiana couldn't help but miss the boy who could always quickly piece together the threads of events.

"No, Kiana, you need to pull yourself together and find a way to keep Mom and Dad alive!"

Instead of letting herself continue to feel down, Kiana pinched her cheek and said.

Kiana immediately jumped out of bed and tried to tear down the prison bars and iron gates to get out.

She wanted to look for other clues.

But the moment her fingers touched the iron gate, another image flashed before the girl's eyes.

That was a scene of a purple-haired girl embracing another girl's body... no, it should be a scene of a corpse crying out in pain.

In an instant, endless sorrow and hatred surged from the depths of Kiana's heart, turning her eyes instantly gold.

boom--

The power of the Herrscher suddenly erupted, and the seemingly sturdy iron prison door bent and flew out, causing Theresa, who was about to step into this area, to stop on the spot.

"..."

With tears still streaming down her face from grief, Kiana knew something terrible was about to happen the moment she saw Theresa.

"Auntie, would you believe me if I said I'm not a Herrscher?"

Kiana tried to argue.

But Theresa simply pulled out her Judah and shouted in a sweet voice, "Herrscher, surrender!"

Kiana: "..."

…………

After a long time, looking at the increasingly familiar prison scenery, Kiana felt like she was becoming numb.

Seriously, why won't those idiots like Theresa listen to her explanation?!

She had already said that Otto was untrustworthy, but Theresa still kept chasing after her and hitting her.

Kiana didn't remain depressed for long; she quickly forced herself to cheer up.

This time, she's going to escape from here.

Those idiots, Theresa and her gang, can't she at least avoid them?

If we just hide somewhere where no one can find us, Mom and Dad should be able to survive, right?

With that thought in mind, Kiana immediately channeled the remaining faint power within her body, and a golden wormhole instantly appeared, engulfing her body.

"That should be enough, right?"

Looking at the vast snowfield before her, Kiana couldn't help but gasp for breath.

At this point in time, her strength was still very weak, and it would take a considerable amount of effort just to leave the tower where the prison was located.

However, as long as Mom and Dad can survive, it's all worth it.

Feeling the biting cold mixed with the wind and snow, Kiana couldn't help but smile.

But before the girl could be happy for long, the figure of a white-haired man quickly appeared in her field of vision.

Kiana: "*** (in beautiful German)"

…………

In the twelfth cycle, Kiana finally escaped the almost boundless snowfield, but was still found by Destiny after hiding for three weeks.

In the twenty-third cycle, Kiana chose to stay on the moon alone, but she still encountered the crusade from Destiny.

In the twenty-seventh cycle, Kiana attempts to kill Otto to end it all, but is stopped by Cecilia and the others.