Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

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At the same time, the new Fire Chasing Moth base was established.

"Come on, it's done."

"Don't be stunned, eat."

"If you don't want to eat, I will. I'm so exhausted from taking you out, Su, that I almost got exposed."

"Long... we don't need to eat." Kevin said helplessly. Although his expression couldn't tell whether he was helpless or not - Long could feel his emotions!

"Talking while eating, if you don't eat I won't answer!"

Su smiled helplessly, and then said with great nostalgia: "Eat, Kevin...Actually, I haven't eaten Long's meals in more than 5 years, so I'm still looking forward to it."

"Uh... my hands are a bit raw." Su picked up the chopsticks and moved them, almost losing their grip, but in the next second, they were no different from usual ones.

"After all, you haven't eaten for so many years~ You are not as good as Hua in this regard. She is so good at cooking that many restaurants in China have her name on her." Long Xian said after taking a mouthful of noodles.

"Really? Then I'm looking forward to it." Su Ye said in a flustered voice.

Both of them looked at Kevin who was motionless after picking up the chopsticks.

"Uh...Kevin..." Long blinked and said, "I made it according to the taste we used to eat in the conference room, and then improved it to make it more delicious. Logically speaking, there is no one like me on the earth. The noodle soup and noodles are even better.”

Kevin shook his head: "No, everyone in the conference room used to like to eat the food you cooked, including pasta - of course, I did too."

".......All right."

Kevin looked at the hot pasta in the bowl and finally started to enjoy it.

The boy the ladies called him started his party like this.

as in the past.

Up and down, go to the deepest: 233. Kevin, Su, Long—Sou Mianzhong (5k)

Kevin moved quickly and a large bowl of noodles was wiped out.

And Su Helong just took his second bite...

Kevin: "..."

Su: "..."

Long: "..."

Long and Su held the noodles with chopsticks and remained motionless, the heat from the bowls hitting their faces.

The three of them looked around, and the atmosphere froze for a moment.

Long silently conjured up another bowl and placed it in front of Kevin.

"..."

"Kevin, don't stop Kosma. He has been taught by Destobia not to be so... now, so please stop..." Long said.

Kevin stared at the steaming noodles: "I think my stomach is full enough."

"Uh..." Long's forehead seemed to have black lines that didn't exist. He moved his chopsticks and said, "My intention was to chat while eating... Su and I just started, Kevin, why are you still talking after you finish eating~?”

"I think it's okay -" Kevin just finished speaking, then thought about it and picked up the chopsticks: "Okay."

"That's right~" Long said after a long breath: "You don't need to be so serious when old friends are gathering, and you don't need to be nervous if you are going to fight, Kevin."

"Everyone in the base feels this way now. Don't worry about the so-called slackness. So many of our partners have been born in two lifetimes. Do you still worry about their professionalism?"

This time Kevin finally slowed down his eating speed to that of his two friends: "Well, as you said, don't worry."

The sound of squeaking kept ringing in this conference room. People who were not familiar with it might think it was some dangerous creature that lives here.

Even the fragrance soon went outside the house and was smelled by the staff in the external hall - now transformed into the organization's "Global Information Collection and Transceiver Center", which is the place where Mebius spent most time underground in Changkong City in the past.

The news of Kevin and Su's return will also be spread by insiders as people ask where the scent is.

With the communication speed of the New Fire Moth far exceeding the outside world, I am afraid that 90.00% of the members will learn about it within three hours through various information channels within the organization.

But it doesn't matter... everyone has been mentally prepared for a long time. After all, the other heroes are back, right~

The camera returns to the conference room.

The sound was still there, and the calm voices of Su and Kevin were also heard, as well as Long's usual cheerful and cheerful tone.

"I met the Herrscher of Reason before, but I didn't expect that even the Herrscher of Sky would be adopted by you. Although the Herrscher of Thunder still needs to grow up, it has been well...achieved." Kevin muttered with a smile on his face. : "I see, even though the Key of Erosion is used as a passage -" he swallowed the food he was chewing and said clearly in a clear voice: "But the essence is still his own power, so that he can [deceive] with less consumption. Rather than [confronting], this frees up more power for yourself to use for other things.”

Long nodded: "That's right, otherwise Aili alone would be enough to consume most of my power channels."

"Yes, so Su is different from them. Su has not been marked as [death] by the world, so it is very simple to create a perfect body for him."

Su chuckled: "Actually, I'm still looking forward to what that mysterious existence is going to tell me."

"I can feel that I have no resistance in front of Him. The so-called human game is not necessary at all. Whether He wants to tell me the answer is completely in His mind. He has no resistance to what he wants to do to me."

"Judging from the thoughts that pop up in my mind, it seems to be quite familiar with humans."

Long smiled and said: "That's quite interesting, but there's no need to think about that, it won't affect you."

Kevin was silent for a moment... He didn't know much about Long's [Death] symbol.

But he understood something else.

"Long... If you can bring Mei back, I will naturally not doubt that you already know the nature of the end." Kevin said this.

Long nodded.

"...I'm sorry I didn't tell you before you fell asleep."

Su pursed her lips and looked at Long apologetically: "Kevin and I lied to you and Hua."

Long was not angry, he still smiled and nodded: "It doesn't matter, it's not a lie to me, because I have no chance to know."

"Huh?" Su and Kevin looked at him.

Long took a sip of noodle soup and put down the bowl and said, "You, including everyone, must know the changes in me before and after the third collapse."

Su put down his chopsticks: "I know...Kevin and I were both in Changkong City at that time, including my mentor - I only found out afterwards that the golden power that saved the surviving people in the city was caused by Long's outbreak. .”

"Then Takashi fell into a deep sleep and lost his memory when he woke up... I heard in some rumors afterwards: [Alicia was very unhappy at that time] - and because of this, she gained destructive power. In terms of strength, it is not inferior to Qianjie and mine, and far surpasses me in versatility, creation, medical treatment, etc." Kevin reacted after finishing speaking: "So it was like stopping what was completely unreasonable at the time - [ Abnormality] Like the terrifying Herrscher of the End...Did Long use this in exchange for powerful power?"

When Su recalled the situation at that time, his face was filled with worry. At that time, the Fire Chasing Moth's instrument was completely disabled. There was no doubt that the [Imaginary Number] at that time was directly infused with extremely huge power - completely beyond the past. All assumptions, that level... I am afraid that the solar system can be easily destroyed... No, I can't describe it at all, because that was only the upper limit of the Fire Chaser Moth's measuring instrument at that time, not the upper limit of the [abnormal] Herrscher of the End. .

Longzhuang joked with a pained expression on his face: "You guys, please don't keep mentioning those tragic things, okay? It's really a slap in the face - it hurt so much at the time, I died countless times, and I lost consciousness. "

Sue & Kevin: "Sorry."

"Hmm - Originally, the Herrscher of the End would not be like that." Long coughed and said seriously: "But due to my [existence] being active in the [past, present, and future], it caused a similar situation in the [tree] A violent reaction by the immune system’s automatic response mechanism.”

"So it traveled through time and space and tried its best to infuse the end with power to kill me."

Kevin: "Past, present, future? You mean-"

Long waved his hand: "I'm just guessing, but it should be close to ten. Let's deduce what I want to do now -"

"For example, I am now like entering a circular [service area] on a one-way highway called [time]."

"No matter how long you drive in the service area, as long as you return to the highway, you are always destined to enter and exit."

"Of course, this refers to the closed loop of my path and time, not the closed loop of reincarnation between you and the end. This is different."

"Anyway, because of the spontaneous defensive reaction of [Tree] and [World View], uh...for example, this service area was built illegally and privately."

"But it doesn't matter, it won't affect the earth and humans."

Su shook his head quickly: "I understand this analogy... We didn't mean that, Long is our partner——"

But he was interrupted by Long's voice: "I understand, but you must also understand that some things really happened because of me and should not have affected you."

"..." Kevin rarely regained his past [emotional intelligence burst] and changed the topic: "If it's not amnesia, what is it?"

The three of them have now finished eating noodles. Takashi made three drinks and distributed them to the two of them: "Amnesia is just a symptom of my state."

"The situation is a bit complicated... To put it simply, it's my essence... Well, it's quite difficult to understand it this way. Well... Let's understand it this way with our intelligence and personality."

After the three clinked glasses, Long continued: "My intelligence and personality were completely shattered under the impact of the [power of the great god] connected to the essence of my power - but it is precisely because of the further fragmentation of intelligence that... Under the influence of that god's power, my essence moves closer to that [god] during the process of automatic repair."

Su: "So you will be able to use greater power channels after recovery?"

"..." Kevin pondered for a while and then said: "I thought... God would be more ruthless... But it seems that the one in Long..."

Su followed closely: "It's very humane."

Long smiled and nodded: "If you look back, you will find that my journey in the world, with Ellie's company, became more and more humane along the way."

"If the me before the Third Collapse were placed in the final battle, I would most likely not have contributed. I would probably just quietly watch the destruction of the entire world and the reincarnation of mankind again."

Su was stunned for a moment, her closed eyelids trembling a little: "Huh? But I heard..."

This time it was Kevin's turn to pick up Su's words: "I heard that Takashi, you traveled around the world with Alicia when she was very young. You were in Alicia's house before the third collapse. Isn’t it enough to be infected?”

"What about this..." Long scratched his face: "Although Aili didn't tell me, I actually know it."

"In fact, for a long time, I was not a human being."

Su & ​​Kevin: "Not a human being?" They stopped drinking water for a moment.

"Well... Su, you still remember the photo I showed you of me and Ai Li at the Changkong City Amusement Park when we first met, right?"

"Remember, I'm very impressed."

Long nodded: "That's good...Actually, that was my first [amnesia] in the minds of you and the Fire Chaser Moth, right? But the fact is..."

"When I first met Ellie...I was just a blob of [being]"

"A mass of [existence]?"

"Yes... I am in that state... It is really difficult to define it. Even I can only say that it is just a ball of light [that exists], and it has its own unique intellectual existence."

"Just like that, I followed Ellie around the world like a ball of light."

"And at that time, I couldn't use power at all. The size of the power channel was approximately equal to nothing, only the amount to maintain my existence."

"And I don't know how many times [intellectual fragmentation] it went through... In short, I only had a complete human form before the third collapse."

"Before that, I slowly transformed from a ball of light into a human form."

"Do you still remember that church?"

Kevin and Su looked at each other and said in unison: "I remember." Su added: "I also saw their parade at that time."

"Well...at that time, my body already had a humanoid shape, but without the appearance of a human being. It was just like a humanoid figure of light...and at the same time, I had the ability to cure [a human level] infection and collapse. So those people in the church worshiped me as a god...and because Ellie’s appearance is female, and the voice I express externally is also a male voice, those people worshiped me as the son of God.”

Kevin suddenly whispered: "Aponya..."

Su frowned: "There are still some contradictions, Long. I remember that the information recorded that Vivi and you met on Twilight Street... and the investigation of the religious organization by the Fire Chaser Moth's intelligence system all proved that at that time Are you no different from what you are now?"

Long shook his head: "I just said that before the third Honkai Impact, did I have the ability to cure [a human level] infected Honkai Impact?"

"Ah."

"To be precise, that's not called healing...that's called recording and restoration."

Kevin's face did not change, but Long felt the fluctuations in his mood. Kevin and Su said at the same time: "The Herrscher of Reason..."

"It's just a way of using that power. After all, healing is not as fast as returning to the original state, right?" Long smiled nonchalantly and continued: "So, at that stage, I can naturally change and maintain [A] humanoid figure is out there carrying out activities.”

"I call this period [Twilight Street Events]."

"And officially entering and maintaining the appearance of a human, and having the ability to restore the five-person level, can be summarized as the [Third Collapse] period."

"You will know later that during the [Fire Chasing Moth] period, I already have the power to match Qianjie and Kevin later."

"And there were some things I wasn't clear about at the time. But after waking up more than ten years ago, I realized one thing - how much power I could gain after every intellectual break and recovery, and how much power I had in order to solve [what situation] 】There are factors that are directly related.”

"For example, the first time, it was to deal with a scumbag who had evil intentions towards little Ellie - although at that time, she had been able to easily deal with that scumbag."

"After my intelligence was restored, I gained the ability to kill people at once...and the greater the power I gained, the longer the recovery time tended to be."

Su murmured: "But this time... you repaired it for more than 5 years, and it was not until 1999, the year of this reincarnation, that your personality was restored again."

"Then...in order to bring us back, he even did something almost like [making something out of nothing]." Kevin followed Su's words, closed his eyes and said as if he couldn't bear it: "You and I both know...the world Once reincarnated, except for the people in the shelter, me, Su and Hua, and the non-reincarnated existences like Gracie who went into space, the other dead people will enter the operation of the power of the Herrscher of the End - proceed Reincarnation.”

"The legendary myths of the two eras - such as the [temporary place of souls] and the [resting place of the dead] do not exist at all."

"...It is still possible in this era, but it is absolutely impossible for those who died in the previous era to be resurrected in this era... Because of the power of the Herrscher of the End, everything on the earth and the moon has been reversed and reincarnated. , except for those who cannot enter reincarnation, there is no causal connection, and naturally there is no so-called [soul] waiting for recovery."

"This is also where I had doubts the moment I saw Mei..."