Collapse, the Ordinary Daily Life of the Valkyries

"Vital signs are normal. Start consciousness test. Test results are normal!"

"No signs of Honkai energy going out of control have been detected. Please inform the Bishop immediately and let him get some sleep."

Before he could figure out what was happening, hypnotic gas rushed into the mask and entered his lungs through his breathing, causing his vision to be shrouded in darkness again, and then he fell asleep.

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A week later.

In the training grounds of Destiny, 42 used the sword in his left hand to deflect the Valkyrie's spear, then rushed forward and pressed the spear in his right hand against her jaw.

The outcome was decided. The Valkyrie released her spear and raised her hands. 42 also cooperated by moving the gun away. She picked up the spear again and walked out of the room without saying a word.

"Not bad, great progress."

A familiar voice sounded from behind him, and the blond man clapped his hands and walked over to him.

"How's your recollection?"

Otto put his arm around 42's shoulders, speaking in a calm yet concerned tone, as if they were best friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"It's okay. For me it's just putting the puzzle pieces back together."

42 It was just a casual chat, but his eyes were very sharp.

"There's one thing that puzzles me, Otto. What exactly is your purpose?"

First he woke up in an incubator, then his memory was shattered, and then this guy asked destiny to provide him with medical care, extremely perfect living conditions, and some other miscellaneous things, and the price he paid was just repeated physical examinations and training.

"I've enjoyed so much for so little."

That's right, equal exchange. Otto is a very smart guy. He knows this principle better than anyone else. He can even use very little cost to get high rewards.

"If you want to use me for some purpose, then tell me as soon as possible. I don't like hiding things."

Otto clapped his hands again, even louder than before.

"As you wish, I will explain all your doubts to you, (former?) Ferryman."

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The light in the room suddenly dimmed. Several hidden holographic projection devices removed their disguises, and the projected beams formed a blue ball of light in front of Otto.

"Wow, cool."

The (front?) ferryman, with his hands behind his head, leaned against the wall and watched the show with interest.

"This is equivalent to the human soul. If someone is chosen as a Herrscher, that human soul will be controlled, transformed, and bound by the shackles of destruction."

Otto pointed at the ball of light, then swiped his index finger, and a purple "stream" slowly flowed into the blue ball of light along the trajectory of his finger. It was soon dyed purple and expanded several times.

"Do you remember where your memories ended? It was a Honkai. You were the Herrscher during that Honkai, but your body couldn't handle the complete transformation of Honkai energy, so Honkai abandoned you, and you were dying."

He began his second demonstration, which was almost the same as the first, except that this time when the blue ball of light expanded to the point of bursting, the "stream" stopped injecting, allowing the ball of light to survive.

"Afterwards, although your soul gradually adapted to Honkai energy, your body was corroded and riddled with holes. I asked a friend to bring your consciousness back and create a vessel for you. Luckily, it was successful the first time."

Otto reached out and grabbed a feather that appeared out of thin air, pointing it at the ball of light in the second demonstration. It had stabilized and formed a larger lavender ball of light, but not as big as the soul of the Herrscher.

A soul stronger than humans, but weaker than the Herrscher.

“This is your story.”

"If that's the case, then what's the code name X-42?"

He held his chin, still a little confused.

"Well, it's just a spur of the moment thing. Don't worry about it." Otto still had that impeccable smile on his face.

Follow me, he waved to the (former?) ferryman, asking him to follow him out of the training room.

The two walked through corridors one after another, turned into a fork in the road, and finally walked into an elevator. The silver-white door closed, sealing them in the narrow space. The slight sound of the turning cable was proof that they were heading deeper.

To be honest, this brief experience of working with others was not pleasant for him. Whenever he met the employees in Tianming, they would basically first address him as Bishop Otto, and then stare at him with curiosity or surprise, just like when you see your boss leading a gorilla to the company at work.

I felt a subtle sensation under my feet; the elevator had reached the bottom.

They walked out of the elevator and came to an unknown place. In front of them was a heavy iron-black gate blocking the way, guarding a secret that could not be known to outsiders.

Otto reached out and pressed his hand against the gate. A few beeps echoed, and a faint blue light, originating from his palm, extended in all directions. The faint glow allowed the (former?) ferryman to discern the intricately detailed patterns carved into the gate. The light followed these patterns, gradually filling the gate like a line drawing. Now, a magnificent painting was complete.

The gate slowly rose, raising dust and smoke, like a rising curtain, revealing a corner of the giant object it was covering, forming a hideous silhouette in the darkness.

The spotlights turned on one by one, twisting their direction at the same time, destroying the silhouette and revealing the true appearance of the big guy behind the door.

"Is this, a battleship?"

He looked at what was in front of him in surprise.

"Indeed, this is a warp shuttle, the product of countless efforts. It was modeled after my granddaughter's ship, the Hyperion."

The bishop walked in front of him, raised his hands and proudly introduced the huge ship, but was choked by the dust and started coughing continuously.

(Former?) Ferryman: “…”

After coughing for a long time, he finally recovered and continued speaking calmly as if nothing had happened.

"I simulated the ability of the Divine Key: Thousand Worlds One Vehicle on this ship, allowing it to travel between various world bubbles."

His hand brushed the wall lightly, followed by a slight sound of metallic friction. He activated another device, which was also a projector. The translucent battleship shrank and appeared in the air. Among them, a component that looked extremely important was marked.

"It also carries the AI ​​Ai Hyperion, discovered from the ruins of a former civilization."

The girl with long green hair was projected next to the battleship. She smiled and waved, greeting the (former?) ferryman.

"And your mission, and this is where I'll use you, is to ride on it as a captain, a ferryman, traveling between world bubbles, making changes before tragedy strikes, and achieving a different ending."

Otto pulled something out of his pocket and brought it to the (front?) ferryman's eyes. He could then see that it was a silver badge with bubbles engraved on it, and in the middle was an arrow shooting downwards, stirring and piercing them.

"Turn an unhappy world into what you want it to be."

He clipped the emblem onto the (former?) ferryman's clothes, smiling in anticipation of his reaction.

"It's neither moral nor logical for me to refuse this job." The (former?) ferryman shrugged helplessly.

"Then give this ship a name, Captain."

"what?"

He looked at Otto in confusion.

So you haven’t even thought of a name!

"Forget it, just call me Hyperion. It'll still be a disguise. What you're doing is shady, right?"

"Ha, that makes sense." The two men stretched out their hands and shook them together. "Well, congratulations on your appointment."

After the video ended, Mei and Bronya were stunned for a moment. Is this a parallel world? Or...

However, on the black screen, a few crystal purple words appeared, as if kindly reminding them:

'Other timelines of the Eigenworld'

"Tsk, playing tricks on us, why not just tell us? This guy still hasn't changed his bad habits and won't give us a direct answer."

Mei handed the phone to Bronya and ran to the bathroom to wash the oil off her hands.

Bronya looked at the fingerprint-covered screen of her phone. She must have learned bad habits from Kiana. She twitched her lips and helped her clean the phone.

"Why are you imitating Kiana and eating while looking at your phone? That's very unhygienic, Mei."

"The Quantum Sea... Why would people from other timelines in the Eigenworld who went to the Quantum Sea become our powerful enemies?"

Bronya asked, and Mei pressed the button for the next episode to start playing. She took out a piece of paper and handed it to Bronya:

"You'll find out if you watch it patiently. However, Gao Su gave me a tip for watching it."

Bronya took the note and read it carefully. The information on it was very important:

"Rule One: If there are people in the Quantum Ocean world with the same name as you, or with different names and surnames, please show no mercy to them."

"Rule Two: If necessary, you can kill them to obtain their memories, but you cannot be killed by them, otherwise you will be pulled into the Quantum Ocean by Him."

"Rule Three: When you meet Him, shout 'The Imaginary Number Tree is my husband.'"

"Rule Four: If you don't watch the entire series patiently, you'll end up watching it over and over again."

Looking at the four rules above, Bronya twitched her lips. It was worthy of being the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. Even watching a video looked like playing a weird game of rules. The video continued to play.

“…Get up.”

"Hey, get up!"

The boy slowly opened his eyes, and at this moment the red-haired girl with a ponytail was staring at him with dissatisfaction.

"Where is this?"

The boy looked at the red-haired girl in front of him in confusion and asked slowly.

"I was able to sleep so soundly in the interrogation room. It seems I was really underestimated."

The red-haired girl didn't pay any attention to the boy's question and spoke with resentment.

But the boy quickly grasped the key point from what the red-haired girl said, and was shocked to find himself in an interrogation room.

"Huh? Interrogation room?! Wait, I remember I've been staying at home playing games and doing activities lately? Haven't I done anything wrong?"

"Mr. Suspect of the Canghai City blood-sucking incidents, what are you still talking about?"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh?!"

The boy was startled when he heard the red-haired girl's words. A memory emerged from his mind. It was a sultry and unreasonable encounter with the red-haired girl not long ago...

The boy was wandering around the street when a red-haired girl with a ponytail suddenly appeared.

He stopped in front of the young man and said so.

"I'm a vigilante from Canghai City. I suspect you're the 'White Ghost'. Come with me."

Before the boy could react, he was handcuffed by the red-haired girl with a ponytail and taken to the police station...

The boy frowned as he read the memories that suddenly emerged, and then began to think about his current situation...

"The Canghai City bloodsucking incident? Did I travel through time and space due to sudden death? Did I travel to a collapsed world? If so, this red-haired girl must be Ji Zi? Um... then what is my identity in this world..."

That’s right, the boy was lucky enough to become a glorious time traveler from the Celestial Empire. Before traveling through time, the boy was just a otaku named (former?) Ferryman.

After completing the event, I used the supply cards I got to draw a lottery and then died suddenly. When I woke up again, I was in this situation.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

Ji Zi was very dissatisfied when she saw that the (former?) ferryman did not react at all to what she said.

"Ah! I'm sorry!"

(Before?) The ferryman saw that Ji Zi might go berserk at any moment, so he immediately apologized to her from the bottom of his heart.

"Will an apology alone be enough, Mr. Suspect?"

"Well, forget it."

Although Ji Zi was still a little dissatisfied with the (former?) ferryman at this time, business was more important, so Ji Zi did not insist on it.

"First of all, what's your name?"

"(Former?) Ferryman"

The (former?) ferryman answered Himeko's question honestly.

"Why are you wandering around the alleys of Houmu Commercial Street? Are you looking for your next target?"

"I'm not, I don't, I really don't have this!"

〖stare-〗

Ji Zi obviously didn't believe what the (former?) ferryman said and kept staring at the (former?) ferryman.

(Before?) The ferryman also noticed the other party’s distrust of him, and shouted in panic.

"I'm telling you, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want! I really didn't."

〖stare-〗

Ji Zi still didn't believe the (former?) ferryman and continued to stare at the (former?) ferryman.

(Before?) Seeing that Ji Zi still didn't believe him, the ferryman had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to follow the plot in the game.

"I'm the captain of the Hyperion, after all. I have a valid ID..."

But the more he talked about the latter (front?) ferryman, the less confident he became, because the (front?) ferryman was worried that his guess was wrong.