Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 228 The Stigmata Incident Ends

"Yes, yes, it turns out your plan was indeed successful."

Kiana lowered her right hand, which had been touching Raiden Mei's brain, and said, "Just as the captain and the others planned, Raiden Mei's consciousness is now neither Dr. Mei nor Raiden Mei, but a completely new existence."

Although Dr. Mei completely erased their feelings, it's not impossible to repair them.

"Regarding Mei's love life, I can help you, but I don't know what you think?"

What else can we think? Of course, we need to fix it as soon as possible!

Kiana Kaslana cried out in her heart, but after all, the current Raiden Mei was not the Raiden Mei of the past.

No matter what, they must respect Raiden Mei's personal choices.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Kiana Kaslana stepped forward herself.

"Of course we hope that Mei's feelings can come back, but this is ultimately Mei's own business, and I hope she can make her own decision."

"How cunning..."

Raiden Mei murmured, of course she knew what Kiana Kaslana meant.

Knowing something is one thing, but saying it is another.

Kiana Kaslana's words seem to be for Raiden Mei's sake, but what if we look at it from another angle?

Isn't this just talking to oneself from a moral high ground?

Regardless of which civilization era, Raiden Mei always harbored special feelings for Kiana, even though these feelings have now been completely erased by Dr. Mei.

But some remnants still remain, and these lingering emotions are now boiling in Raiden Mei's heart.

He constantly clamored for a quick recovery, saying that Kiana couldn't live without her and that he would always be with Kiana, even if it meant imprisoning her or turning her into a puppet.

But the part of her being that is Dr. Mei warns her that these are useless emotions. Repairing them will only bring her endless trouble. Look at their distorted state—are they still the form of normal emotions?

Two completely different ideas swirled in Raiden Mei's mind, leaving her unsure of what to choose.

But there is one thing she thinks the same as the idea representing Dr. Mei's consciousness: these remaining emotions have long been distorted.

It is no longer a pure feeling of joy, but a distorted, dark, and negative emotion.

After careful consideration, Raiden Mei made a decision.

"No, let's leave it as it is. As Bronya said, feelings can be created again if they're gone. Those feelings have already been mixed and mutated with so many Raiden Mei's feelings. Perhaps you think it's better to restore them, but I can assure you that things are far more complicated than you think."

“I see…” Kiana Kaslana’s eyes visibly dimmed a little. “But I will respect Mei’s decision.”

"So, Dean, I'm afraid I'll have to leave Anti-Entropy for a while."

"Leave Anti-Entropy? What does that mean? Could it be...?" Kiana Kaslana said blankly.

Theresa sighed; she knew things would end up this way.

Theresa waved her hand wearily, agreeing to Raiden Mei's request. Now, another person on her side had temporarily chosen to join World Serpent. But let them be.

Anyway, I still have to be busy with the handover of destiny in the coming days, and then I have to merge with Anti-Entropy. After many years, Anti-Entropy, which split off back then, has finally returned to destiny.

There are countless things involved, and I believe I'll be quite busy for a long time to come.

Having received Theresa's permission, Kiana Kaslana jumped for joy, knowing that at least she would have time to spend with Raiden Mei from now on.

Kiana smiled with satisfaction as she watched the scene unfold before her. The captain, who was standing nearby, quietly approached Kiana and asked her a question.

Kiana, are you seeing a bleak future ahead of you?

"Ah."

After Kiana simply isolated her from the captain and the others, Kiana began to recount the future she had envisioned where Raiden Mei chose to mend their relationship.

Simply put, just as Raiden Mei herself said, those feelings had long been eroded and corrupted by time. Even if Mei's feelings from this civilization era remained, they could not ultimately withstand the alienated feelings of the Raiden Meis from before.

After repairing their relationship, Raiden Mei appears to be back to normal, as if she has returned to the way things were before. However, her inner self has long been filled with possessiveness and a desire to control Kiana.

In order to completely bring the being named Kiana under her control, Raiden Mei made many preparations behind the scenes.

So after they left, Raiden Mei made her move.

Bronya Zaychek was the first victim. Raiden Mei brainwashed her while they were alone, and at the same time, she implanted the AI ​​Bronya from the Zero Era into Bronya Zaychek's biochip, allowing the AI ​​Bronya to successfully take control of her body and complete the first infiltration.

Next was Himeko Murata. After being drugged with the help of Bronya Zaychek, Himeko also met a tragic end, fusing with the Gem of Desire to become the new Herrscher of Wind, and subsequently having her consciousness controlled.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Hua, who had noticed something was wrong, was defeated by the two people who were being controlled and Raiden Mei. After a period of brainwashing and transformation, she was made into her puppet.

In this way, Raiden Mei defeated the others one by one, and by the time Kiana Kaslana realized it, her companions had already betrayed her.

Finally, in Kiana Kaslana's desperate and painful gaze, she too became Kiana Kaslana, uniquely belonging to Raiden Mei.

But that wasn't enough; her desires had already swelled to an infinite degree, and she finally reached out to Durandal.

Taking advantage of Durandal's trust in Kiana Kaslana, Raiden Mei easily separated her from Janna and ultimately brought Durandal under her control.

Then, this world came to an end under the double blow of Janna, who sensed something was wrong, and the Herrscher of the End released by Cocoon. From then on, there was no more civilization on this Earth, and Cocoon left Earth to continue its mission on the next planet with civilization.

It's arguably the worst of bad endings; Kiana knows everything, but she doesn't intend to interfere much.

The captain glanced at Kiana in surprise, and suddenly felt that Kiana in front of him was so unfamiliar.

Knowing Kiana as he does, he would inevitably choose to intervene once he knew about this future.

But now Kiana has chosen to stand by and do nothing. Is this still the Kiana he knows?

Kiana, you…

The captain didn't say anything, but Kiana naturally understood what he meant.

Kiana also understands that since her ascension, human emotions have become weaker. Now she still has normal feelings for her companions, but she no longer has the enthusiasm she once had for strangers.

Perhaps this is the price of becoming His companion. Kiana looked up and cast her gaze beyond the Imaginary Tree.

As her strength grew, her essence became increasingly similar to that of a unified will, and Kiana became more and more aware that something was amiss.

After all, he had only just completed his fusion with the cocoon, and his feelings for humans had already begun to fade.

What about that version of herself who claims to be from the future? Does she still possess normal human emotions?

If that really is her future self, then she probably won't have the rich emotions she sees; at the very least, she should be in a similar state to Dr. Mei.

As for why Kiana doesn't reveal the future she saw, it's actually a test of whether this world still has a chance to save itself. If even this choice concerning the future needs to be made by outsiders, wouldn't that be inappropriate?

Besides, all of that happened after they left, and it's impossible for them to choose to stay here forever so that the world could defeat the Honkai.

And even so, what happens after they help the world defeat the Honkai?

It was just another experience of the future she had seen, except that in that case, Earth's civilization in that world was not destroyed.

Having commanded the strongest individuals and organizations on Earth, Raiden Mei is the de facto ruler of this world. However, having been corrupted by her own desires, it remains to be seen whether Raiden Mei can ultimately guide humanity onto the right path.

Kiana dared not think about it, or rather, she had already seen it.

But none of this can be said casually, just like Su, who has become a higher-dimensional being.

Kiana's current vision of the future exists in a Schrödinger's cat-like form. Once she tells the world about these futures, they will be anchored and become a substantial future.

It could be argued that if Kiana had intervened arbitrarily, then she would be the culprit behind all of this.

After hearing Kiana's explanation, the captain fell silent. He took out a cigarette from somewhere, lit it, and took a deep drag.

He then choked, and Kiana frowned as she took the lit cigarette from the captain's hand.

"You know I don't like you smoking, and since you haven't smoked in so long you've forgotten how, don't smoke. There's no benefit to it."

The captain glanced at the extinguished cigarette, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"Kiana, you know that since I quit smoking, even when I'm under a lot of pressure, I've always found other ways to distract myself. But after hearing your explanation, I really can't find any other way to distract myself."

"Then don't hold back. Do you know that you didn't look handsome at all when you were smoking? You even looked a bit like a loser."

The captain touched his nose and ultimately said nothing.

Anyway, after that bite, he felt much better now, so he told Kiana about the matter of the Will Integration entity looking for him earlier.

After listening, Kiana frowned instantly. If what the Will Integration said was true, that the Captain was an existence born accidentally when He projected His power into their original world, and that He often tried to break through the barriers between worlds, then their time travel back then must be inextricably linked to Him.

It's definitely not as simple as He said; in fact, the accident that led her and the captain to travel through time might even have been orchestrated by Him.

However, all of this lacks evidence and is far from conclusive. Moreover, due to the unique nature of the Will Integration Entity, Kiana is currently unable to obtain information about Him from the Imaginary Tree or anywhere else.

Kiana strongly suspected that He had deliberately shown it to her before, in other words, the Will Integration definitely had secrets that He didn't want them to know.

This secret may concern the true identity of their future selves, or it may concern the truth behind the event that caused them to travel through time.

Damn it, He definitely tampered with my and the captain's memories!

Since fully merging with the cocoon, Kiana's memory has reached a level that cannot be described in words.

Now she can remember the scene on the day she was born in her previous life, and even the entire process of her birth.

It can be said that this memory ability has already surpassed the limits of human beings. It should be noted that the earliest humans can have memory ability is around three years old, and they should have no memory of the time before that.

Even so, Kiana still couldn't remember what happened on the day she traveled through time.

All she remembered was that it was an accident, and from the captain's words, Kiana only knew that the accident had a wide-ranging impact.

Or it could be said that it was a global accident, and that it spanned a very long period of time, resulting in the deaths of a considerable number of people.

The captain had speculated that there might be more than just the two of them who had traveled through time, but after so many years of searching, Kiana and the captain had not found any other time travelers besides themselves.

It's possible that only the two of them traveled to the Honkai world, while the others traveled to other worlds.

But all of this can only be confirmed after they have the ability to travel between worlds.

With the help of the Will Integration, Kiana finally gained the ability to travel between worlds. She thought she could finally look for other travelers, but the captain's words completely dispelled that idea.

The world-traveling ability she currently possesses is limited to the worlds within the Tree of Life system established by miHoYo; beyond that, various other worlds exist.

Even a unified will cannot cross the world barrier, let alone Kiana who is still growing.

Could it really be that only he and the captain are transmigrators? What exactly is the reason behind the Unified Will's actions?

She didn't believe the will unification entity's explanation. Could it be that its purpose was to use the captain to break through the barrier of the world and successfully descend into the creator's world in its own form?

But what is the purpose of doing this?

Countless speculations flashed through Kiana's mind in an instant, only to be refuted one by one.

Is it really impossible to deduce His true purpose without decisive intelligence?

Kiana sighed and gave up on speculating about the unified will. For the first time, Kiana thought that she should have just not agreed to His deal in the first place.

But there's no going back in this world, and with His interference, I can't go back in time to reject Him on behalf of my past self.

For now, we can only take one step at a time.

Thus, the incident concerning Raiden Mei's stigmata came to an end, but the Captain and Kiana's journey in this world was not over.

With Kiana's arrival, the captain's group chat was unblocked, and along with her mission came her own.

They have no way to leave this place until they complete the task He has given them.