Collapse, the Ordinary Daily Life of the Valkyries

"Maybe it's settled?"

Bronya put on her tactical goggles and looked at the door in the middle of the Imaginary Tree, which had been burned and then covered with vines again.

"Captain...is he alive?"

"Impossible. None of us in the future have reached that time point. How could the captain possibly survive?"

Kiana shook her head:

"Death is a crucial point in the lives of all living things. Moreover, the Captain is not Teacher Jizi, nor is he Cecilia's mother. They cannot be resurrected so easily."

"You must know that the world allows consciousness to match new containers, but it does not allow containers to collect dissipated consciousness."

Kiana's words were so shocking that Mei and Bronya couldn't help but smile bitterly. Then, Bronya put away her tactical goggles:

"Who made that idiot actually do it? Oh my, the captain bet you wouldn't do it, and you bet the captain would definitely get out of the way."

Kiana touched her nose in dismay after hearing this. Bronya was right. She was indeed betting on this. Unfortunately...

She had not expected that the captain's love for her would be so deep, so deep that he would expose the weakness of his body in front of her.

"I'm trying to make amends. It's okay. I've already told my past self about this."

Kiana sighed, but Mei shook her head:

"Are you sure you can remember how much of your past self you are?"

"At least, I now have the painful memory of hiding my identity as captain from you, Mei."

Kiana's answer brought some light back to Mei and Bronya's eyes, which had been somewhat dim.

"really?"

"real."

Kiana nodded, then looked away:

"Just like when I killed the captain and hid myself away, and you came to Taixu Mountain to find me."

Following Kiana's words, Mei and the others fell into memories.

That was after they learned that the captain was killed by Kiana herself. After a while, they found that they could not contact the captain, and only then did they learn the news that Kiana and the captain had kept such a big thing secret from them.

Volume 2: Traveling in the Galaxy: Chapter 18: The Future: The Undead of Mount Taixu

"Waiting in the desolate mountains is deceiving oneself, and one mistakenly thinks death is parting."

"I pick up my pen to recount my past love, but to whom can I send these soft words now?"

"Why leave a trace when you pluck a flower? Just cling to it for the rest of your life."

"Will you be willing to be my equal? ​​No matter how many foolish words I say, I am still in my heart..." [Inspired by Mount Taixu...Kiana]

"The stupidest person in the world is the one who knows he won't come back, yet still waits patiently. I am, she is, we all are..." [Inspired by Mount Taixu...Kiana]

"Captain! Why are we coming here? Apart from a storyteller and guests coming and going, it doesn't look like a place where there are any heavenly beings. This place is so beautiful with mountains and clear waters."

Carol, carrying a lot of bags, looked at Mei in front of her and breathed heavily.

"Carol, Adam, you and Mr. Walter can rest in the teahouse at the foot of the mountain for a while... I need to go up the mountain."

Mei pointed to the teahouse nearby, rubbed Carol's head, and smiled gently.

"Okay, Captain"

Adam nodded.

"Let's go, uncle!"

Carol said as she looked at the middle-aged man next to her who was wearing black-framed glasses, a dark blue scarf around his neck, a white turtleneck sweater, a gray long coat, and an anti-entropy logo on his waist button.

"Is she still waiting for him here?"

Walter looked at Mei and sighed slightly. Hearing Walter's sigh, Mei paused, then turned around and looked at them with a strong smile on her face.

"Of course, we made an appointment with him... to wait for him to come back here..."

After saying that, they walked towards the mountain. Carol and Adam followed Mei's back and looked towards Z⒉镹9卅磷邬三八废?1 Mountain. A towering mountain appeared in their sight. The mountain was lush and green, with a vast sea of ​​bamboo.

If you look closely, you can find a house with a dark red roof hidden among the bamboo forest, looking lonely and desolate.

"Mr. Walter... Captain, who is she waiting for?"

Adam asked Walter Young, who was sitting across from him and Carol, curious about who Mei was waiting for.

"Yes, yes. When we were in Saint Freya, there were rumors that Principal Youlandel and several teachers were waiting for someone. I'm very curious, what kind of man could win the hearts of so many teachers?"

Carol also nodded, her golden eyes flashing with excitement and gossip.

"He...they fell in love with someone they shouldn't have...ah..."

Walter shook his head and did not tell them the news they wanted to know. All he let out was a melancholy sigh.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, the sound of a gavel interrupted Walter's narration, and sad and melodious music sounded from the gramophone in the teahouse.

"It is spring again, the east wind caresses the fallen dust, curls of smoke rise, and clouds surround the old grave. The years are unbearable, but in the morning mirror, whose hair is covered with frost, whose face is gone, and no trace of scenery remains."

"Who waits alone in the desolate mountains day after day, not caring about what others say, true or false? A few words of greed and anger are nothing but self-deception, silently thinking of death as separation."

"The moonlight gradually becomes colder, and the bone-chilling coldness reaches the third watch. A frosty wind has kissed me all night, and looking back I have dreamed of a journey.

Forgetting the world and asking nothing about each other, I only cling to delusion and cling to the rest of my life."

"When the snow melts and the spring equinox arrives, she still waits foolishly in the desolate mountains, not distinguishing whether others' words are true or false. She says that greed and anger are ultimately self-deception, and she only thinks of death as separation."

"I have ground a few layers of ink, intending to express my longing in a storybook. I cannot recall the departed soul, so I pick up the pen to express my deep love. But to whom can I send these soft words? Will you be willing to be my equal? ​​Wild grass is growing on my grave, how can I drink away the dust of the world?"

"Who will you take with you in the next life? Picking flowers only leaves traces, no matter how many foolish words you say, they are just a fraction of an inch. At the foot of the desolate mountain, the smoke has already settled into the roots. I refuse to stop asking, I refuse to forget the lingering warmth, who will be the one to return in the next life?"

"Alas... this song has been playing at the foot of Taixu Mountain for six years... They have also been waiting for him for seven years..."

Hearing the song, Walter sighed a little. He first heard this song six years ago when Tianming released it.

"Kiana... the wind is blowing, your injuries haven't healed yet, don't wait at the mountain gate..."

Fu Hua stood behind Kiana, trying to push her back into the house as she was sitting in a wheelchair writing something.

"Squad leader... wait a little longer... wait a little longer, maybe he will come back? Wait a little longer..."

Kiana grabbed Fu Hua's hand and said in a weak voice that her health was not very good. Seven years ago, after the day of the end, she had been ill. Coupled with the day and night of worry, she could no longer even walk.

"Kiana... why are you waiting for him here again... he'll be sad... go back to the house..."

Mei walked in from the mountain gate and looked at the white-haired girl sitting in the wheelchair. She felt her heart being tightly gripped...

"It's okay... Mei, I'm fine... Wait a little longer, maybe he'll come back? Right... Oh right, I buried another jar of eternal spring... He said he wanted to drink with us for the rest of his life, right?"

Looking at the girl's smile, Mei's heart ached even more, and the words she was originally going to say to her also changed.

"Then Fu Hua and I will go prepare food for you. I brought some of your favorite foods. You must take care of yourself. Only by taking good care of yourself can you see him come back..."

Mei took off the robe hanging on her body and draped it over Kiana to protect her from the cold. Then she followed Fu Hua into the kitchen of Fuyun Temple.

"Someone is planning to attack the moon. A few people within Tianming have already teamed up with Xukong Wanzang to send a signal to the people in the sky. If Rita hadn't used the excuse of stabilizing Tianming to assassinate some of them... Sigh..."

In the kitchen, Mei was talking to Fu Hua in a low voice.

"He's right...Humanity doesn't rely on heroes and guardians for civilization. All we need to do is help people awaken themselves..."

"Rather than saying that Honkai wants to destroy humanity, it's better to say that what is destroyed is the foolishness in human nature..."

"He said he didn't want us to be the saviors, but he himself became the savior of human civilization..."

Fu Hua sighed lightly.

"Fortunately... thanks to the warnings he left behind in the books that predate civilization, and the prestige that Sky's Mandate has established through its long struggle against the Honkai, we are able to maintain our edge in the battle against the Celestial Beings."

Mei nodded, then handed a magatama to Fu Hua.

"Class leader... leave this to Kiana... help me and him take care of Kiana."

"What are you going to do?"

Fu Hua took the thing Mei handed over and looked at her puzzledly.

"The battle against the Celestial Beings has been confirmed. Former Destiny Valkyrie and current Star Wall Defense Commander Yulandel will lead the general offensive against the Celestial Beings!"

"Humanity must not sit and wait for death. The people in the sky are just as unbearable as the collapse. If humans want to survive, they must fight!"

Meiyi gripped Fu Hua's hand tightly. Unlike her usual eyes filled with thunder, her purple eyes, now calm, were filled with reluctance...

"Kiana, the only one who can still transform into a Herrscher, is our last weapon against the Celestial Beings. But I won't let the day come when she has to take action. I can't hide behind her again!"

"Now, besides me, you are the only one who can calm Kiana down... Class Leader..."

"Mei......."

Fu Hua looked at Mei, who seemed to be saying her final farewell, and sighed sadly. After experiencing so many separations and deaths, she thought she was strong enough to face them.

"Mei! Mei!"

Suddenly, Kiana's voice came from outside. Mei hurriedly tidied herself up and walked out. Fu Hua looked at the ingredients left by Mei, sighed leisurely, and then made a fire.

"What's wrong, Kiana...?"

Mei looked at Kiana and hid her sadness.

"Will you please talk to me for a minute...? The monitor is such a nerd. All she does every day is meditate and practice boxing...and she even gives me massages...but she won't talk to me!"

Kiana smiled and looked at Mei.

"good....."

Mei nodded, pushed her wheelchair, and slowly walked to the top of Taixu Mountain.

"Mei... I finally 'beat' her... But why don't I want this day to come?"

After a while, Kiana's choked voice came from the wheelchair. Hearing Kiana's words, Mei's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and a bad feeling rose in her heart.

"Xilin...she...gave in the defeat...in the end...I won her..."

"Is that so... Oh, it's not a good thing. I'm not a good person. I'm a master!"

Hearing this, Mei sighed reluctantly.

"She clearly said she'd wait with me until he came back...! But she gave up first. Seriously, how could there be such a person? Right, Mei?"

The choking sound gradually turned into sobbing. Mei stopped and in front of her stood a newly built lonely grave. The purple ribbon tied to the tombstone fluttered in the breeze of Taixu Mountain.

"When did she leave...?"

"The night before last..."

Kiana controlled the wheelchair and turned around. Two lines of tears slid down from her heterochromatic pupils. Then she wiped away the tears and clenched her teeth, as if she was enduring something.

"She'll probably laugh at me if I act like this. You're already this grown up and you're still crying... You've been through so much, you shouldn't be crying anymore."

"Kiana..."

Mei hugged her tightly, letting the two hot waves slide down her chest. She didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only give her a comforting hug.

Kiana adjusted her mood. She knew that she couldn't let Mei continue to worry too much about her, so she forced a smile and spoke in Mei's ear.

"Well... Anyway, now that she's gone, it's a lot quieter. I don't have to listen to her nagging all the time."

"......"

Hearing Kiana's words, Mei's heart felt like it was being cut open by a knife, and then it spun and rushed forward, and she hugged Kiana tightly.

"Bella!"

After Mei let go of her, Kiana shouted into the house. Bella, wearing a black and white maid outfit, walked out of the room with a feather duster, then knelt on one knee in front of Kiana.

"My Lady Queen..."

Looking at Bella, Kiana held her in her arms, gently kissed Bella's forehead, and then pressed her against her chest and lay in the wheelchair.

"Mei... If you want to go, take Bella with you... She's a Judgment-level Houkai beast, second only to the Herrscher, and will be of great help in your battle."

"Kiana..."

Mei looked at her in a daze. It turned out that she had heard everything she said...

"It's okay, let me enjoy the feeling of being protected by Mei, okay?"