Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 222: The death of others is indifferent, the shadow of judgment is like a bug

"This... is the starry sky? Why is there only one star in the starry sky?"

Rita frowned slightly and looked at the space gate in the sky that was gradually turning purple and black, but the only thing reflected in her eyes was the purple star in the center.

She may not understand this aspect, but Youlan Daier and Jiang Ming have already seen some clues -

"This feeling... Could it be that the star is...?"

"Well, obviously, it's the World Bubble."

Jiang Ming directly acknowledged what Youlandel was thinking.

"And... it's different from the world bubbles you've seen before. This world bubble... is not simple, but——"

"However, according to the records of Soul Steel, the Second God Key has been used to observe the many parallel worlds on the Imaginary Number Tree, but..."

Otto put his left hand to his chin, thinking.

"If that's the case, why is there only one world bubble that can be observed?"

Soon, the surprised report from the Valkyrie nearby pulled Otto back from his thoughts.

“Report! The Second God Key suddenly began to actively absorb Honkai energy! The Honkai energy filling rate has reached 150%!!”

"What!?"

As if under someone's control, the Second God's Key, which was infused with a large amount of Honkai energy, instantly emitted a larger purple beam of light, shooting straight into the only world bubble in the starry sky.

The overwhelming momentum made the Valkyries observing from a hundred meters away feel a little weak in the knees, while some of the stronger ones put their hands in front of them to resist the powerful pressure. Upon seeing this, Yulandel immediately gave orders.

"Everyone retreat to the second safe area, don't open your eyes! Wait for me and——!?"

In an instant, with Youlandel looking slightly surprised, the purple light instantly enveloped her. She suddenly felt as if her body was imprisoned and unable to move. She wanted to call Jiang Ming, but could not utter a single syllable.

At the same time, a soft and seductive voice sounded in her mind.

"Don't worry, Miss Bianca, come and step into this infinite light..."

Yulandel's blue pupils opened wide, and just when she thought something was going to happen to her, she suddenly felt her body fall slightly backwards, snuggling against a soft pillow that was both warm and comforting.

The next second, in front of everyone present, Yulandel's figure suddenly disappeared in front of them, and with her disappeared - Jiang Ming, who was sticking closely behind Yulandel.

"Lord Youlandel!? Lord Jiang Ming?!"

The Valkyrie in charge of observation immediately reported the situation.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, we just detected a spatial fluctuation around the Second God's Key. After the spatial fluctuation, we lost the location information of Master Jiang Ming and Master Youlandel."

“…Humph, I’ve been tricked… Quick! Send the Honkai energy from the other floating islands here immediately! Prepare to activate the Second God’s Key once again!”

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"Woo..."

After an unknown amount of time, Yulandel, who suddenly lost the concept of time, had many memories in her mind - life in the orphanage, teacher Ragnar, travel in the quantum sea, the holy sword [Yulandel], the golden armor, life with Rita and Jiang Ming...

"This is..."

"It's you, Miss Bianca."

The voice in her mind just now appeared again, making Youlandel alert, and the voice was still ringing in her mind.

"This is your life, a wonderful and bright life, isn't it?"

As the voice in her mind faded, the dazzling sunlight made Yulandel, who was already familiar with the darkness, couldn't help but block the sunlight with her hands and squint her eyes.

"Is this... the interior of the world bubble?"

At first glance, Youlandel saw the long-haired man sitting under the tree opposite her. She quickly observed the surrounding terrain and environment, and found that Jiang Ming, who was supposed to be sticking behind her, had disappeared. She also realized that the other party seemed to have bad intentions.

The other party didn't seem to care and continued talking with his eyes closed.

"I have observed countless worlds that cannot be described or communicated, and you... Miss Bianca, your existence has impressed me. Welcome to the world bubble I created. You can call it the Sumeru mustard seed."

“Creating a World Bubble…Who are you? And where is my friend? He should have come here with me!”

Facing the questioning that Youlandel might call at any time, Su remained calm.

"Don't worry, Miss Bianca, I mean no harm. I am, in your words, a pioneer. As for that friend... I'm sorry, he..."

"...?"

Su suddenly fell silent, and replied after a full two seconds.

"I sent him to another place in the Quantum Sea. He is not in this bubble. Don't waste your energy. You won't be able to find him here. When our business is over, I will let him return to you."

"...What do you want to say?"

"My mission is to protect the humans of this era and help you defeat the threat called Honkai. As proof, I will show you the power of the Second God Key."

After that, through Su's operation, dozens of images of Yulandel appeared beside him like images - a world volleyball champion, a special investigator, a student participating in a bonfire party, a princess of the royal family... and so on.

"These...are all...me?"

"It's you, and it's not you."

Su still had his eyes closed, but his gaze was directly on Yulandel as he explained.

"The Second God's Key sees through the three thousand worlds. These are only a small part of your infinite possibilities. Look, unlike the [dream bubble] in the quantum sea, these worlds are still running, and everything is normal..."

"..."

Seeing that Youlandel was still looking at him with a frown, Su had no choice but to pick up a yellow dead leaf and continue.

"With the help of the Second God Key, I can observe countless parallel worlds in this Sumeru mustard seed. This is my mission. One day, I will find the most perfect method to defeat Honkai... Until now, this day has finally come, and you, Miss Bianca, are the most necessary part of this method."

"Ms. Bianca, in order to save the world, I need you to follow my instructions. I promise you that with my help, the people on Earth will no longer be threatened by the Honkai."

"..."

Hearing Su's sincere tone, Yulandel, with a little cold sweat on her cheeks, breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is very troubling, Mr. Forerunner."

Then a slight smile appeared on her fierce face, and she spoke in a doubtful tone.

"Before you try to win people over, could you at least explain your method of preventing the people on Earth from being threatened by Honkai?"

"...I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but I just can't do it."

Su slowly stood up and walked three feet away from Youlandel, and showed her the images in the two world bubbles - she was wearing a beautiful blue and white swimsuit, playing on the beach, and she had a cute ponytail and was wearing a suit when she just graduated.

Then, Su threw away the yellow dead leaves in his hand, and continued speaking without changing his expression as he watched the yellow leaves gradually disappear.

"To turn the world into a world that has overcome the collapse, there are many singularities that need to be passed through. Thousands of causal links are tied here, and the subtleties of this cannot even be described in words. But believe me, Miss Bianca, this is my request. Complete the mission I have given you - save the world from the collapse."

"Humph, after all this talk, you still can't provide any evidence. In this case, it's too difficult for me to believe you unconditionally, right?"

Youlandel snorted coldly, her tone extremely dissatisfied.

"If you really just want me to complete a certain task, why did you ask him to go somewhere else? I think you have bad intentions. You look good as a man, but your heart is so dirty."

"..."

"And! You missed a very important point!"

"......What?"

Yulandel's eyes suddenly became as sharp as a wolf, and her beautiful eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.

"You said you have observed countless parallel worlds, which means that in addition to me, there are other people in those worlds that I know in this world. In the dozens of worlds you showed me, I might be a royal princess, or an ordinary student, but——!"

Yulandel changed the subject, stretched out her right index finger, pointed fiercely at Su who was confused on the opposite side, and said angrily.

"I don't think that among the thousands of parallel worlds you observed, there is no world where my best friend and I are together, and we just confirmed our relationship not long ago! But in the world you showed me, there is not a single one! I didn't even see his shadow. I have reason to suspect that what you just said was a lie."

"..."

Hearing this, Su's eyes twitched unexpectedly twice, so slightly that even Yulandel, who was only three meters away, did not notice it. He seemed to be lost in long thought, and it took him a while to answer.

"That person... I can only describe him as special. No... maybe not even special... an alien... a monster..."

"You know him?"

Yulandel frowned again at Su's slight mumbling, but Su's answer made her narrow her eyes.

"...No, no...Strictly speaking, maybe he doesn't know me."

Before Youlandel could ask again, Su had already given the answer.

"I can observe other imaginary spaces, so naturally I can observe our own world in some way. Of course, I also have other parallel worlds, looking for his existence - but the result is... there is none."

"One...no?"

Seeing that Youlandel seemed to be interested, Su continued.

"Yes, there is no one with abilities or looks like him in the myriad parallel worlds. At least in the past 2500 years, I have not observed even one... He... is the only one."

"So... I won the jackpot?"

Youlandel didn't pay attention to Su's heavy words. Instead, she smiled sweetly and was secretly happy.

"......All right."

Su sighed heavily as if accepting his fate, and then said something that puzzled Youlandel.

"He is always like this, caring about the people around him but not others... Even though you... or we try our best to stop him, we still can't change his determination..."

"What do you mean?"

"That is... the most painful memory in the whole world. He insisted on doing many things... both good and evil..."

“Are there more good things or more bad things?”

"It doesn't matter, Miss Bianca."

Su Weiwei opened her eyes, and her red irises and green pupils glowed with strange light.

"If an evil person does good things, he may not be forgiven. If a good person does evil things, he will definitely be cursed. He doesn't care. He keeps saying that he only cares about you."

"It's really embarrassing..."

Although she said so, Yulandel leaned forward slightly, clenched her fists, and was ready to respond at any time. She still did not believe the words of the pioneer in front of her, and was ready to knock him down and leave.

"..."

She actually had no idea in her heart -

First, she didn't know how powerful this pioneer who could create the world bubble was. Second, she hadn't found Jiang Ming's location yet. If she left him behind and left by herself... this was not her style.

After weighing the pros and cons, Youlandel decided to leave this world first to find Jiang Ming. She believed that as long as she found Jiang Ming, with his help, it would be easy for them to defeat this forerunner and leave here.

Then, Yulandel condensed a silver-blue spear in her right hand, preparing to use the spear as a beacon to take herself away.

Su Xianzhuan walked forward slowly, but Youlandel reminded him.

"I'm sorry, your world bubble can't hold me. This is not the first time I've traveled through world bubbles."

"I know, Miss Bianca - I have foreseen everything, including your suspicion."

"——!?"

Yulandel's face darkened, and her blue pupils shrank tightly - Su, who was originally ten meters away, came to her side in the blink of an eye, grasped the beacon with his left hand, and she didn't react at all.

"Go, Miss Bianca—sacrifice...for the world."

Just as Su was about to crush the spear in Yulandel's hand, the space next to Yulandel suddenly twisted, and the next second -

boom--!

"——!?"

Su was hit directly in the chest by a punch. The terrifying force instantly knocked him against the tree behind him and then fell straight down.

"Jiang Ming!?"

The golden airflow gradually dissipated, revealing the figure of the person coming in - it was Jiang Ming.

"Sorry Bianca, I ran into some bugs on the way here, otherwise I could have gotten here faster."

"What bug?"

Just as Youlandel was feeling puzzled, three quantum shadows as big as hills fell in the distance, stirring up a cloud of dust. Judging from the huge energy emanating from their bodies, they had just died not long ago.

"Do you think you can stop me with just three half-judgment-level quantum shadows?"

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