Rebirth in the Civilization Before the Collapse: Heroes and I
Chapter 409

Give Me One Too, Thanks

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The girl opened her eyes and sat up in bed.

She looked down at her hands, then clenched them together. She glanced around at her surroundings. This place... seemed to be a hospital room, but she was all alone in it.

She looked again at the spot on her body where she should have had a gunshot wound. When she reached out to touch it, the sensation wasn't from bandages, but from her own smooth skin. She moved her hand and confirmed the power within her that seemed ready to burst forth at any moment.

"Fusion Warrior surgery..." Mostima murmured. "That makes sense. The Tenth Herrscher's file shows she possesses slight abilities from the previous Herrscher. Gianna's wind blades back then... that's how it is. So... I still became Fusion Warrior?"

Gianna... she's dead after all. I remember last time, she died long before the Sixth Herrscher incident, the Present she's been killed by herself in the Tenth Herrscher Incident... How ironic...

"You're awake." A voice that sounded like someone who had worked overtime rang out. "Hmm... The patient has awakened, and the surgery went smoothly. The special abilities possessed by the Fusion Warrior are still awaiting testing."

"That voice is..." Mostima looked at the person who spoke and said instinctively, "Klein? You're not dead yet?"

But she clearly remembered that at this time before, this woman should have been dead. She was Thousandth Herrscher who had ambushed the Doctor she had always admired, and was then "eaten up" by the passive skill of the "resurrected" Mobius.

Mostima remembered this incident quite clearly, because after the Tenth Herrscher Incident, Zhu Yufeng was inexplicably scolded by Mobius for a long time because of this.

Klein the Present alive, which means that this is also something that Boss Yu Feng and his team have accomplished?

That's true, it's not impossible for Boss Yu Feng. In his past life, before meeting Boss Yu Feng, everyone else had died somewhere unknown. Beifengge was executed in prison as a traitor to the Mu Continent, and Astaroth was burned to death by Kevin's Heavenfire. As for himself... at least he didn't live a muddled life, only to become cannon fodder and die in the Divine Blessing Barrier ... Although, strictly speaking, he did eventually die in the Divine Blessing Barrier, but...

"It's not necessarily a bad thing..." Mostima lowered her eyes, "Because I couldn't find any meaning in living anyway. A meaningful death is always better than dying like trash that even Thousandth Herrscher wouldn't want."

Moreover, his death was not a meaningless suicide. Before his death, Beifengge passed on the message that Admil had given to all the remaining Fallen Angel except for Boss Yu Feng. So the remaining Fallen Angel made a decision on their own. They did not die for humanity, but to help Lucifer ascend to God's ladder.

As for what happened next, Mostima wasn't entirely clear. After witnessing everything that had happened to her in the previous night, what she also saw was...

Boss Yu Feng will die.

She didn't know what was going on, why she was seeing these things like that charlatan nun Aponia, and she didn't understand why Zhu Yufeng had died.

Why? Boss Yu Feng was so strong, how could he die?

Klein, on the other hand, was completely baffled by Mostima's opening line, "You're still alive?" She began to seriously consider where she had offended Mostima in her daily work, especially since the other party had greeted her so warmly with "Why aren't you dead yet?"... In the end, she concluded that she couldn't figure it out. She didn't have much interaction with Mostima, only knowing that the other party was a high-ranking officer of the Serpent World. The Doctor hadn't told her who the Serpent World's officers were, and she wouldn't ask.

Klein has always been very honest, almost like a certain honest kid.

"No, perhaps she thinks that the attack by the Thousandth Herrscher in this upheaval will cause the Fire Moth to suffer heavy losses. In fact, that's indeed the case. Most of those attacked by the Thousandth Herrscher were high-ranking members. As someone from Dr. Mobius's lab, it's normal for me to be attacked. Hmm, that must be it." Klein thought to herself. When problems arise, she usually starts by looking for answers within herself first. Only after ruling out all other possibilities will she start to consider the other party's malice.

Furthermore, since Rovoc had a rather negative opinion of Mostima, and Klein and Rovoc had a good relationship, Klein wouldn't harbor any malicious suspicions about Mostima even after being "greeted" like that by Mostima.

"Do you feel anything unusual about your body the Present?" Klein asked. "Hmm... if there's nothing unusual, come with me to the training ground later to test your special abilities."

"Special ability... Ah, my special ability..." Mostima looked at her hands. If the Honkai Beast she fused with during this Fusion Warrior surgery was still Agni, then her current ability would still be fire. It was only after fusing with Vayu that she further strengthened her ability and mastered techniques such as wind blades.

However, when it comes to the ability to control wind, Lilith, as the Fallen Angel of Storms, is stronger. The number of Honkai Beast she has fused with is second only to Boss Yu Feng.

Speaking of Lilith...

Mostima sorted through his existing memories and then discovered a strange point: how did Elysia end up with Boss Yu Feng in this life?

And so, she said that she felt like she had gotten used to being tricked by Lilith so many times, because she had been tricked by Lilith countless times in her past life.

"I understand, let's go to the training ground the Present," Mostima said as he got off the hospital bed.

"Hmm... would you like to change your clothes?" Klein asked.

"No need for that now. I'll make my battle uniform after the testing is over," Mostima said casually. Although she could easily use Honkai Energy to create clothes when she returned to human Artificial Collapse, she still needed at least a uniform for the Fallen Angel.

The Fallen Angel Squad, who are not Artificial Collapse, are too ashamed to call themselves Fallen Angel.

Aside from the strange developments in the relationship between Elysia and Yu Feng, based on my current memories, there are probably at least a dozen people who have previous memories. Among the Fallen Angel, it seems that only Boss Yu Feng and Lilith have previous memories; the others don't seem to have any. As for the other dozen or so people...

Well, apart from knowing Boss Yu Feng, I can't think of any other reason why they also have memories of him.

However, since they all have memories, it's not surprising that this group of humans has managed to fight their way to the Present without being beaten as badly as they were in their previous lives...

So, the one you watched yourself was actually...

"Impossible... How could this be... How could Boss Yu Feng die? Even if he were to die, it shouldn't be him..." Mostima thought to herself, "What I saw later was definitely just a dream. This couldn't possibly have happened..."

Even if she comforts herself like this, how much of it does she actually believe?

After struggling internally for a while, Mostima simply gave up. "It doesn't matter, I'll die first or we'll die together."

After that, Mostima began to think about what cards she could play the Present. Speaking of which, why did she only remember her past life after the Tenth Herrscher Incident? Mobius and Vill-V clearly remembered their past lives a long time ago. Putting aside everything else, just that "Evil" Vill-V, anyone with eyes in their past life knew that this woman also lusted after Yu Feng's body. As for Mobius, maybe something happened after the Eleventh Herrscher Incident, anyway, he was already dead at that time and didn't know anything about it.

What happened to Elysia? When did that pink-haired female passerby disappear from the scene? When did she start liking Boss Yu Feng? In this life, she didn't even bother acting, and she was the only one who didn't easily get humiliated by Lilith. One Lilith was already despair-inducing enough, and then there's another one, Yu Feng, who already had a high level of aversion...

Wait a minute, look at the facial expression on Boss Yu Feng's face when he the Tragedy of Binding. Does he still have feelings for Elysia because he has memories of his previous life? They didn't fight?

It must be that woman, Elysia, who gave Boss Yu Feng some kind of bewitching potion!

... Please give me one too, thank you.

And what's with Michael and SEELE? One Herrscher of Binding, and the other Herrscher of Death. Why are they both hanging around Boss Yu Feng? And Pardo... Oh, I saw through this little cat's thoughts in my past life. It's just that the little cat is like me, very self-aware. Knowing that it can't beat Lilith, it simply chooses to give up.

Mostima mentally counted the number of girls around Zhu Yufeng the Present, and then fell into deep thought.

No, before her rebirth Lilith single-handedly dealt massive damage, and none of you stood up. How come you all think you can beat Lilith in this new life?

"If I had the Present just remembered those memories, you halfway through your journeys..." Mostima thought inwardly with some resentment. When she was the leader of Yu Feng, these guys were nowhere to be found... Well, Michael was one of them. At least Michael dared to confront Lilith head-on, and afterwards he would avoid her when he talked about Yu Feng.

Mostima's gaze fell on Klein, who was leading the way, and her eyes dimmed. She wondered if the reason Klein hadn't become a Thousandth Herrscher this time was because Gianna had taken the place that should have belonged to Klein.

After all, Gianna's mindset before this really fit the standard of Thousandth Herrscher.

Moreover, even if Boss Yu Feng and the others had memories of their past lives, they couldn't have imagined that Gianna would be the one to become a Herrscher this time... They couldn't detect such a change in the number of Thousandth Herrscher without revealing themselves.

It would be a lie to say that Mostima had no feelings for Gianna. Even after recalling the past, including her previous life, she would still feel sad about Gianna's death, though she could not completely accept it.

"For that child, perhaps death is the most tragic end... Her sister never loved her. It's a mystery. In the previous life, only Lilith was rescued by Boss Yu Feng. The real reason was that Lilith had killed all her Lilith members before that. After all, she has always wanted to do that in this life, and she is indeed capable of doing it."

That child has too much of a bias towards Lilith; she's not inherently bad, but Lilith hates that impression others have of her.

"By the way, what kind of Honkai Beast did I fuse with?" Mostima asked.

"Hmm... it's Emperor-class Honkai Beast, Agni," Klein said. "Based on our observations of your physique, even Agni carries a risk of failure for you, but the Doctor believes you will definitely succeed."

Having already mastered martial arts twice in his life, it's not surprising that he'll learn it in this life as well.

However, in both of his previous lives, he chose Agni because he estimated that the highest level of Honkai Beast he could withstand was the Emperor-class Honkai Beast. Whether he could pass or not didn't matter to him. After all, he was a criminal who had invaded the Fire Moth Network. The Fire Moth never cared about the life or death of such people. Only after he succeeded would they consider going to the Deepest Place to "further study".

After arriving at the training ground, Mostima skillfully demonstrated her special ability. If it weren't for the fact that the Present warriors were not very accepting of Artificial Collapse, and she had no interest in showing off to others, she would not have used Artificial Collapse.

"Hmm... all indicators are good, no anomalies detected so far." Klein noted down. "Overall quality rating: good, combat experience..."

Klein glanced at Mostima casually crushing a simulated enemy and continued recording, "Insufficient combat experience, but it seems she has a good combat awareness."

She remembered Mostima as a staff member, specifically in charge of the internet. Why did this staff member look like she had been on a battlefield for a long time?

Klein thought for a while and could only attribute it to Mostima's extraordinary talent. She quickly convinced herself: when Mostima was still an ordinary human, she was able to kill the Tenth Herrscher even when she was ambushed. She must have extraordinary talent.

Moreover, the Doctor's combat strength seems to be quite high... Could it be the result of Feng's tireless supervision of the Doctor's training over the past few days?

Klein looked at her thin arms and legs again. Compared to the Present Doctor's laboratory, the Doctor and Rovoc. As for Danzhu and Cangxuan, to be honest, Cangxuan was just a bit greedy, while Danzhu was purely adding to her workload.

After finishing the test, Mostima stretched her wrists. The Present was only one thing she really wanted to do: ask Boss Yu Feng for an explanation.

If possible, also find out about Elysia's background.

Mostima didn't think about why she remembered her past life and the life before that, because more than a dozen people before her had already remembered it, which meant that... the recovery of this memory had a time sequence.

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