But the problem is, the problem is -
** (Beautiful Chinese) Why would a Herrscher look like me?! ?
And judging from the reaction of this Herrscher when he heard Yan Qing introduce himself, this Herrscher who looks like her actually still has her past memories??!
Could it be that I will become a Herrscher one day in the future?
Or is it that this "Herrser" is actually the same as the "isotopes" that appear in this cafe, just another "Fu Hua" from a parallel world who has little actual relationship with her?
These continuous doubts made Fu Hua's head feel huge.
If it was just the latter, it would be fine. Just like the magical girl Sirin, she could just treat this "Herrser" as another person who has nothing to do with her.
But the problem is, judging from the performance of this "Herrser" when facing Yan Qing and Kiana, Fu Hua really finds it difficult to convince herself that the other party has nothing to do with her.
If possible, I really want to pretend that I didn't see the other person...
After escaping from reality for a while, Fu Hua let out a long sigh and reluctantly crawled out of Kiana's body.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she showed her face, the unruly man immediately spat out the tofu pudding he had just drunk half a mouthful of.
“Puff! Cough—cough—cough… puff… puff. Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Hahahahahahaha! Old, old antique, are you ashamed of yourself? Why did you lose your body again? Hahahahahaha!!!”
"..." Listening to the laughter of the "Herrser" in front of her that showed no sign of disguising his gloating, Fu Hua's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
In fact, she was not an easily angered person, but for some reason, after seeing the Herrscher making such an expression that was neither calm nor polite to her face, a nameless fire could not help but rise up.
Chapter 4: Mistress Lin: Joy (k)
As an elder with countless life experiences, Fu Hua has faced countless dangers, and even life-threatening situations. Therefore, she feels that there are very few things in this world that surprise her and make her look out of control.
But at this moment, Fu Hua, who claimed to be indifferent to emotions, truly felt as if the string of rationality was about to break.
calm down.
Fu Hua took a deep breath... Although as a conscious being, she did not actually need to lower her blood pressure by exchanging oxygen with the outside world, in order to suppress this fire of ignorance, she still took a lot of effort to barely stabilize her heart rate, which had long ceased to exist.
This person with the same appearance as herself is a Herrscher - no matter what the reason for this strange situation is, as a pioneer who has always regarded the fight against Honkai as her own responsibility, she has the obligation to face this seemingly unruly woman with the utmost caution.
...Of course, if things developed to the worst, she wouldn't mind humanely destroying this unfortunate thing.
after all--
——When teaching the girl named "Xing" last night, the students were not the only ones who benefited.
Fu Hua narrowed her eyes slightly and quickly scanned the ancient lotus hidden in her mind.
The lotus quietly rotating in Lingtai's consciousness space exudes a calm yet majestic aura.
Nominally speaking, last night's training was an act of teaching the pioneer girl at the request of the store manager. However, as the saying goes, there is no age limit in learning, and those who are more capable are the first. In the process of teaching the other party, Fu Hua was able to learn a lot of useful knowledge from the pioneer girl.
This Yu Duchen, which has condensed into a transcendent posture, is the result.
Although it has not reached a realm completely equal to the one held by Xing, after acquiring this form, Yu Duchen's power has completely surpassed the feather-like form that Fu Hua had used in the past.
What's more, Fu Hua today is no longer in the state with only a little strength left a few days ago.
Shortly after arriving at the cafe, the Herrscher's will in Kiana's body withdrew into the depths of her consciousness with the help of the store manager. Therefore, Fu Hua naturally lost the need to continue using her already limited remaining strength to suppress the Herrscher's will of the Void. Her own strength was also fully dormant and restored during the time Kiana stayed in the cafe.
Of course, having lost her physical body, she certainly could not compete with her peak self in terms of strength. However, with her attainments in consciousness, after further exploring and re-understanding Yu Duchen's power, Fu Hua now even has the confidence that she can make her peak self fall into an illusion in an instant.
Because of this, even when she saw this strange Herrscher who looked like herself, Fu Hua was only a little surprised, and felt very annoyed with the other party's frivolous and nonchalant look, but it was not to the point of being a problem.
After calming down, Fu Hua lowered her eyelids and said seriously, "Why do you call me an old antique?"
It was such a simple and easy-to-understand question, but after Fu Hua asked this question, the atmosphere on the scene inexplicably became quiet for a moment.
Kiana's mouth was slightly open, her expression dull.
Is this the main point now? ! ! Squad leader, please wake up! ! !
After hearing Fu Hua's question, the unruly woman looked as if a huge hole was suddenly stabbed in her heart and she was speechless.
"Huh...huh? That's your first question?"
"This is very important." Fu Hua's face was serious. "Based on your answer, I will judge what kind of mode of getting along and communicating with each other should be adopted."
"Oh, you are so arrogant, as if I care about your attitude." The unruly woman spat with disdain, her nose turned up high, and said in a sarcastic tone, "With a consciousness that can't even keep its body, you dare to speak so arrogantly in front of me, the great Herrscher of Consciousness?"
"Are you the Herr of Knowledge?"
The unruly woman was visibly stunned for a moment, revealing a surprised expression: "...Your head was really hit by a wooden fish stick, right? How come you only have seven seconds of memory left like Kiana?"
...What do you mean I only have seven seconds of memory left? Kiana, whose knee was inexplicably shot, had a dark face. You two Fu Hua are quarreling among yourselves and you still want to slander me?
Fu Hua raised her eyebrows slightly: "In your opinion, should I know you?"
"..."The unruly woman narrowed her eyes, and her red pupils flashed.
Invisible conscious power rushed towards Fu Hua and Kiana at the same time in the blink of an eye.
Faced with "Kiana" and "Fu Hua" who suddenly didn't recognize her after only being separated for a few days, the unruly woman used her power on the two of them without hesitation.
It is not about creating illusions, but about trying to use force to intervene in the consciousness of others and directly read the power of the other party's memory.
As the Ruler of Knowledge, the unruly woman has absolute confidence in her own power.
However, before successfully reading the memories of the two people -
——The invisible power was blocked by another equally invisible force.
"...!"
The bohemian woman's pupils shrank slightly, and she saw Fu Hua, who was floating in the air, raised one arm. In her empty palm, she held a ball of ethereal light that opened up an invisible area.
The invisible area completely enveloped Kiana and Fu Hua's bodies, completely blocking the power of consciousness used by themselves.
"Yu Duchen...? No, how is that possible?!"
The woman suddenly exerted great force on her legs that were resting on the dining table. With a loud noise, she dodged away from Kiana and Fu Hua like a rabbit. Her gaze, which had just been quite arrogant, was now filled with an expression of disbelief.
"You are not Kiana and Fu Hua...wait...the guy with a mental problem just now is not Ma Fei Ma..."
After realizing that this situation where the acquaintance in memory did not recognize her was not an isolated case, the woman immediately reacted.
“Is there something wrong with this cafe??”
"Let me explain the situation here to you, Herrscher of Knowledge."
At this moment, a person who was beyond everyone's expectations suddenly interrupted the conversation between the three people.
The Herrscher of Knowledge looked coldly at the smiling silver-haired woman and asked, "Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that now only I can help you resolve the misunderstanding between you, Kiana and Fu Hua." The silver-haired woman smiled.
"Ha! What a joke! Am I the kind of coward who would worry about being misunderstood by others?" The Herrscher of Consciousness didn't buy the smiling woman's account at all. "No matter if they are the Kiana and Old Antique that I know, they have nothing to do with me anymore! I can leave whenever I want! I can go wherever I want! I am the Herrscher of Consciousness! There is no way anyone in this world can control me!"
...For some reason, when this sentence was spoken, Fu Hua and Kiana inexplicably heard a strange sense of grievance in the tone of the Herrscher of Knowledge.
Grievance? Fu Hua blinked her eyes, and suddenly felt an urge to laugh and cry. A Herrscher... would actually feel aggrieved?
No, that's not right. Not only did she feel aggrieved, she seemed to have witnessed the Herrscher crying not long ago. Compared with the Herrscher of Void who was crying so hard, the Herrscher of Consciousness was not so outrageous that she could not accept it at all.
"I always feel like you, an old antique, are thinking of something that is very offensive to me." The Herrscher of Knowledge narrowed her eyes and looked towards Fu Hua with suspicion, but she quickly smacked her tongue and walked to the dining table aggressively. She put the bowl of tofu pudding that she had just finished drinking halfway into her mouth, and then slammed the white porcelain bowl heavily on the table. "I feel a headache just seeing the two of you... I'm leaving! Never see you again!"
"Boss! Check out!"
"It's a good deal, three dollars." The store manager behind the bar said without even looking up.
"...The price is fair." The Herrscher of Knowledge took out her purse slowly. Although she felt a little unhappy about meeting this strange Kiana and Old Antique, she was not going to vent her anger on the cafe because of such a trivial matter. Although the breakfast time was ruined by this strange Kiana and Old Antique, the food provided by this shop was still very much to her taste.
If it weren't for this strange Kiana and the old antique, the Herrscher of Knowledge probably wouldn't mind continuing to patronize this store while he was still nearby.
She took out three coins from her purse, threw them far toward the bar, and then walked towards the door of the cafe without looking back.
Looking at the Herrscher of Knowledge's receding figure, Kiana couldn't help but ask Fu Hua in her heart:
Monitor, are we really going to let her go like this?
"..."
Fu Hua sighed softly and shook her head.
Although they had only been together for a few minutes, and there had been some minor frictions during the process, the impression that the Herrscher of Consciousness left on Fu Hua was generally positive.
At least, compared to those Herrschers who want to destroy the world at every turn, the Herrscher of Knowledge is just a little more eccentric and straightforward in character. She does not show that kind of crazy and extremely destructive attitude. She even has her own principles and does not mind abiding by the rules of modern society to a certain extent - at least she is willing to bring money and pays properly when eating in the restaurant.
Even so, the Herrscher of Knowledge is not from his and Kiana's world after all.
No matter how good her personality is, it has little to do with them and the world they live in.
...It would be great if the Herrscher of Knowledge here could be like this child.
Mistryn shrugged and put on a pity expression.
Just as everyone in the hall was sighing or regretting, the Herrscher of Knowledge had already walked to the door of the coffee shop. Just as she put her hand on the door handle, her face suddenly changed and she jumped back abruptly.
"???"
Seeing the strange look of the Herrscher of Consciousness, the people in the hall were stunned.
But in the next moment, they immediately understood why the Herrscher of Knowledge made such a strange move.
“Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Whoever’s behind the door! Get out of the way!”
——With an anxious cry, the door of the cafe suddenly swung to the sides like a dam that was suddenly broken by a flood. One after another, figures squeezed into the hall from outside the cafe like zombies, and the sound of flesh falling to the ground was endless.
A spirit deer was pinned down under a crowd of people, panting and sticking out its tongue like a tired dog.
"Xier...Xier! Are you okay!!!" The red-black-haired girl struggled and screamed.
"I... I'm fine..." Xi'er, who was buried under a group of people along with her spirit deer, struggled to stretch out her arms, "Wu... I can't... get up..."
"Xier! Damn it! Get out of the way!" The girl with red and black hair was a little angry.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you see that we are also being pressed down with you?!" Another angry voice sounded indignantly.
“Aren’t you a conscious Herrscher? How can you be suppressed by people with flesh and blood like them?” the red-and-black-haired girl retorted.
"Then you are still a stigma! How come you are also suppressed by us?"
"I'm not afraid of Xi'er... Bah!" The red-black-haired girl was angry and said, "I'm willing to show my body, is it your business? Without Xi'er's power to guide you, can you bypass that chaotic time and space and find our destination!?"
"Does Xier's power belong to you? Do you think this spirit deer will listen to you?" Another angry voice was not to be outdone.
"You two, can you please stop quarreling in someone else's store..." A calm and peaceful voice sounded helplessly, "Xi'er, Xiaoshi is just a little worried that I will be overwhelmed. It doesn't mean that she has any opinion on you. If there is any offense, please allow me to apologize to you on her behalf."
"Tsk! What are you afraid of, old antique!" The voice that was a little angry just now said, "Forget it, forget it! I am a big man and I don't bear grudges. I won't bother with you, who just got a new body."
"Hmph, I'm too lazy to argue with you." The red-black-haired girl snorted coldly, suddenly frowned, and struggled with her body, "Hey! The ones above! Why don't you get up! Have you seen enough of the show?"
"..."
no respond.
The large group of people pressing on top, one by one, fell into deathly silence, like robots that were suddenly turned off.
Kiana and Fu Hua were stunned.
The Herrscher of Consciousness's expression gradually distorted after he was dumbfounded for a moment.
An extremely bright smile bloomed on Mistrylin's face.
"This is really... it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early."
"Long time no see, everyone."
Chapter 4: The Ruler of Consciousness: Victory of the Mud!! (k)
——In fact, before arriving at this cafe, Xier, who had visited this place several times, had already given her companions a general description of the situation of this cafe.
As one of the only two people who had visited this cafe in person in 2018 and borrowed the power bestowed by the "sea" from the manager, the Herrscher of Life and Death, Xier Fuleai, could be said to be the person who knew this cafe best among the crowd of people gathered outside the door. This is the singularity in the sea, the central hub that governs the entire sea area, and its status in the quantum sea is almost equivalent to that of the "cocoon" in the real world.
At first, the only person who was going to accompany her to visit the cafe was Archbishop Theresa Apokalis, the Destiny.
After all, they came to visit with good intentions rather than malice. According to "Su's" description, although the other party occupied the Quantum Sea and even forcibly rewrote some of the rules and order of the Quantum Sea with tough measures, everything they did to the Quantum Sea was not for destruction, nor even for satisfying extremely individualistic desires such as "ruling the world", but rather to ensure the normal survival of most world bubbles.
From a certain perspective, what this being that occupies the Quantum Sea did to the Quantum Sea is actually very similar to what Kiana Kaslana, the Herrscher of the End of their world, did to the Cocoon.
The only difference is that Kiana Kaslana controlled the cocoon as the Herrscher of the End, and for the Quantum Sea where the "cocoon" originally did not exist, what that existence did was to transform itself into the "cocoon" of the Quantum Sea.
According to the information provided by Seele, the existence that resembled a "cocoon" was actually a place that looked no different from a coffee shop in the real world. There were people of all kinds in that coffee shop, and among those people, there were even "Identities" such as "Kiana", "Bronya", "Mei", "Theresa" and so on... To be honest, because the previous visits were quite short, and after she was carried all the way in by the spirit deer Diana the last time, considering that she had left without notifying anyone, Seele actually left in a hurry. So even she, who visited the coffee shop in person, was unable to gain a deeper understanding of the situation here.
...The end result was that the visit arrangement prepared by the Archbishop of Heaven's Will, Theresa Apokalis, was unsurprisingly opposed by most of the participants at the time.
