Reborn Girl, Journey to All Worlds

Chapter 172: Space-Time Rift, Meeting

After having a good meal and a drink, Xueben planned to rest in the room for a while, but his sister Feiying suddenly told him that a hidden space-time rift suddenly appeared on the back of the moon in the world of Honkai Impact 3rd.

With the collapse and the moon, Xue has no idea who is behind this.

"The One Who Controls Will..."

"Xue, what happened?"

Just then Mayuri pushed the door open and walked in.

"Well, a space-time rift has appeared on the moon of that world. I suspect it's the work of the One Who Ruled the Will."

Xue doesn't need to hide anything from Mayuri, after all, she also has this part of the memory.

"Is that so..." Upon hearing this, Mayuri's expression became serious. Sharing some of Xue's memories, she also knew how terrifying that guy was.

"Mayuri, please take care of Shiori for me during this time. I need to go back over there to deal with something."

"Yeah, I know. Be safe."

With a slight nod, Xue's figure disappeared from the spot and returned to the back of the moon in the world of Honkai Impact 3rd.

In places that humans cannot observe, tiny dark purple cracks appear, and strange energy continues to surge out from the cracks.

Upon seeing this, Xue spread the wings of the Star God, and imaginary energy close to the level of the cosmic structure burst out from her body, devouring and purifying the power from the Ruler of Will.

Because of the collision of two different but similar energies, Xue was able to meet the strange and chaotic collective consciousness of the Will Controller in another universe.

Just as Xue knew the existence of the Will Controller, the Will Controller had also been observing Xue for a long time. The two equally matched parties were well aware of each other's existence.

"..." Because the real body cannot descend, the partial consciousness of the Will Controller is at most a larger insect in front of Xue.

Xue was not polite to the One Who Ruled the Will, and simply uttered a few words in a bad tone in her sea of ​​consciousness.

"Will Ruler, get out of this universe, and never let me see you again."

Imaginary energy sufficient to annihilate superclusters poured into the space-time rift, repairing the rift between the universes and temporarily severing the connection between the two universes.

As for why it was temporary, the reason was very simple. His own intervention and repair only slowed down the pace of the Will Ruler's invasion by a few thousand years, which was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

Thousands of years may seem like a long time at first glance, but for the universe it is just a period, or a moment.

The distance between the two universes is getting closer and closer. My past self would definitely be able to separate the two universes that have already come into contact, but I can't do it now.

All I can do now is try my best to buy enough time for humans to study the nature of the collapse.

Looking at the back of the moon which had returned to normal, Xue directly informed Otto and Walter with her mind that it was time to hold a joint meeting.

After receiving the news from Xue, the two immediately went to the headquarters of "Apocalypse Chaser".

There, Xue had been waiting in the conference room for a long time.

"You are here."

At this moment, Xue did not release her "Revelation" posture, which made the two realize the importance of this meeting.

"I just had a standoff with the Will Ruler, or what you call the Honkai Will, on the far side of the moon."

Xue's words were shocking, completely shocking the two people who had just sat down.

"My friend, what do you mean?"

"Literally, see for yourself."

As she spoke, Xue pushed the tablet she had constructed to the two of them, on which was recorded some information about the Will Controller.

The huge conference room was so quiet that one could even hear each other's breathing.

But at this moment, except for Xue, the other two leaders were not as calm as they seemed. The information about the Will Commander had already caused an uproar in their hearts.

"So, what I've always thought of as the Honkai Will is actually a group of spiritual energy life forms in a parallel universe that have integrated themselves into the Honkai?"

Otto spoke slowly. To be honest, this information was a bit too shocking for him.

"To put it simply, it's like this. Those guys spent hundreds of billions of galaxies, nearly eternity, and countless trials and errors to send the first trace of Honkai Impact across the barriers of the starry sky and into this universe."

"The Herrschers, or rather, the Herrschers born in this universe, are merely a byproduct of the very nature of the Houkai mechanism—the so-called 'alienated structure.' Whether it was the last reincarnation, this reincarnation, or even the Zero Era, they were all orchestrated by them."

"The more frequently Honkai energy is used, the faster the two previously unrelated universes will converge, and the easier it will be for the Will Unifier to invade."

"Using Honkai to fight Honkai is a mistake in itself."

"Humanity is only thinking about how to make better use of Honkai, rather than studying its true nature."

"To put it bluntly, it is humans themselves who have created the current situation."

"With the two of you, and the experiments you've conducted with Destiny and Anti-Entropy, the Ruler of Will will fully descend upon this universe within two years at most."

"Unless a miracle happens, civilization and even humanity itself will be completely wiped out."

There was silence, a long silence, until Xue broke it.

"Of course, there's still time to shift our focus to studying the true nature of Honkai and slowing down the development of Honkai technology. There's no need to be so pessimistic."

"how do I say this?"

"The Will Ruler and I are on the same level. When we confronted them just now, I intervened to a certain extent and repaired the space-time rift between the two universes."

"If the speed at which the two universes are approaching each other remains almost constant, I can buy humanity thousands of years. Of course, this is only the most ideal scenario."

"Thousands of years..." After hearing this, Walter and Otto had a new understanding of Xue's true strength.

"That's right, but you have to understand that this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution."

"Now, the two universes have partially overlapped. In places that I cannot immediately observe, there must be new space-time rifts."

"If human research doesn't achieve a breakthrough by then, I'll have no choice but to personally engage in a cosmic-scale battle with the Willmaster with all my might."

"I hope that humans won't need me as their ultimate insurance policy."

……

After the meeting, Otto and Walter left the headquarters of "Apocalypse Chaser" with the same complicated feelings.

Xue didn't rest there either, after all, she still had work to do.

The figure disappeared from the spot, and Xue had already appeared near the Galan Sea in Oceania, at the laboratory belonging to Tianming.

Otto had intended to find an opportunity to conduct an experiment to fuse the Queen's genes with Delta, but due to the birth of the three major organizations, the experiment ended before it really began.

Xue came here to reverse the mutated cells in her body, so that she can become human again, or become an imaginary Herrscher.

"Lady Alicia, please follow me."

Led by the elite Valkyrie who had received Otto's order early in the morning, Xue came to the room where Delta lived, or rather, where she was imprisoned.

Seeing the person coming, the dark green-haired girl who had an endless desire to eat seemed to have discovered something and even drooled subconsciously, which made Xue feel a little embarrassed.

Although I know the other party didn't mean it, it feels weird to be treated as food.

“Just send it here.”

"Yes."

The accompanying Valkyrie left, and Xue looked at Delta who was trying her best to suppress her appetite, and sighed helplessly.

"Your name is Delta, right?"

"Oh, yes." After wiping her saliva, Delta nodded.

"...Eat it." As he said that, Snow Hands kneaded out a piece of bread with a very high concentration of imaginary energy (?) and threw it to Delta.

Delta's eyes immediately lit up and she swallowed the bread.

Delta's face showed a look of satisfaction as her body was replenished with a huge amount of energy.

“…Excuse me, who are you…?” After her hunger was temporarily relieved, Delta nodded seriously.

"Alicia Shaniat."

"Shaniat? You are!"

Due to the lack of information, Delta still doesn't know that the Shaniyat family has become independent and has broken away from destiny.

"I am Cecilia's sister, but you may not know that the Shaniat family has now broken away from destiny."

"The Shaniyat family has broken away from destiny? Why?"

Upon hearing the news, Delta was stunned.

"It's a long story. Anyway, the Shaniat family and Otto are now in a cooperative relationship. I'm here to solve your body mutation problem."

After hearing Xue's words, Delta's eyes dimmed a little. She knew her body best.

"What if, it's like this..." Entering the "Saint" mode, Xue looked at Delta with a smile.

"This is the power of the Saint of the Shaniyat family!"

"But don't get me wrong, I'm not the new Saint. My niece, Kiana Kaslana, is."

"I've strayed off topic, Delta. Believe me or not, you now have two choices: transform back into a human or become a human Herrscher."

After hearing this, Delta firmly chose the latter. She wanted to avenge Honkai for her fallen companions.

"Lady Alicia, I choose the latter."

"…I see."

Imaginary energy continued to flow into Delta's body, transforming into a cocoon of light that enveloped her.

While clearing out the mutated cells in her body, it continued to solidify, eventually transforming into a crystal clear imaginary core.

Soon, the light cocoon faded away, and the girl looked completely different.

On her head is a star crown surrounded by a cross star, on her body is a thin and transparent gauze skirt, and on her back are twelve flying feathers of light.

Although she did not fuse with the Queen of Insects' genes, Delta eventually became similar.

"I'm not hungry anymore..." Feeling refreshed, Delta suddenly realized that her uncontrollable hunger had disappeared without a trace.

"Feel good, Delta."

"Yes!" At this moment, Delta was excited. To her, Xue had become like her reborn parents.

"That's good. By the way, Delta, what are your plans now?"

"Plan?" Delta was a little confused.

"Don't forget what I just said. The Shaniat family has separated from the Mandate of Heaven. You can now choose which side to stay on to fight the Honkai. Otto and I will not interfere with your choice."

"Whether it's 'Destiny' or the 'Apocalypse Chasing Fire' where I am now."

“…” After a short period of thinking, the girl finally made her choice.

"Lady Alicia, please allow me to be your strength."

"I understand. Welcome to join us, Delta~"