Collapse: The World I Live In

"The Herrscher is dead... The Herrscher is dead!" After seeing Yi and Alicia successfully defeat the Third Herrscher, a huge cheer erupted from within the Fire Moth.

"Yi... who are you exactly..." In stark contrast to the cheers around him, Mobius was eerily silent. The abilities that Yi had displayed had already surpassed the range of human beings. In the past, he had been able to secretly conceal Yi's abilities from him, but this time Yi was completely exposed among the top leaders of the Fire Moth. Now trouble was about to come.

"Doctor... the higher-ups want you to come over," Klein said as he came to Mebius.

"Oh, is that so... Klein, I'll leave the rest of the lab work to you." Mobius sighed and said, he was going to face the suffocating senior management again, he absolutely could not leave the chess game to those senior management!

……

Return to Alicia and Yi.

Seeing the Herrscher being destroyed, Yi heaved a sigh of relief, fell backwards to the ground, and breathed the air deeply. The long and intense battle made Yi's whole body sore, and every cell in his body was accusing him.

"Hey! Yi! We succeeded." Alicia ran over happily. Looking at Alicia running over, Yi couldn't help but think about this endurance! He was so tired, but Alicia was still so energetic.

"Hehehe~ Yi, you are such a loser!" Alicia said as she looked at Yi who was sitting on the ground.

“……” Yi was speechless towards Alicia.

"Hmph~" Alicia seemed to remember something, turned her head away again, and said, "As punishment for your previous disregard for the lovely Alicia, I think I will ignore you for a week."

"..." Yi couldn't help but said helplessly, forcing an ugly smile on his face, and said to Alicia, "Sorry, Alicia, please forgive me."

"What an ugly smile, Yi...what happened?" Alicia asked as she looked at Yi's strange expression after he left the battle.

Yi fell to the ground, looking at the sky which was still purple after the collapse, took a deep breath, and slowly said to Alicia, "...My mother...has become a dead soldier...All my efforts...are in vain...I failed to keep the promise I made to Xi...I am not a good son."

Yiben thought that he had moved on, but he still couldn't help feeling sad when talking about things related to his mother. He quickly covered his eyes with his arms to prevent Alicia from seeing him like this. "I knew that this separation would be forever, and I had already thought it through, but I..." Tears flowed from Yi's eyes.

"...Yi..." After hearing this, Alicia didn't know what to say and couldn't help feeling sad. She had already prepared the potion that could cure the Honkai disease, but she didn't make it in time. How despairing it was.

Alicia slowly walked to Yi's side, slowly knelt down, and placed Yi's head on her thighs, hoping that this would help Yi calm down. Yi was stunned for a moment.

"I won't tell anyone else. Just have a good cry now." Alicia's voice became particularly gentle at this moment, making people feel like spring breeze.

"Is it okay? Ailicia, this will not make a good impression on you." Yi said.

"Who knows? It doesn't matter, probably?" Alicia said, looking down at Yi.

"It really fits your personality. Thank you, Alicia." Yi replied. It turned out that this girl would not change her original appearance no matter what happened.

After hearing what Yi said, Alicia smiled and looked up at the sky. Although the sky was purple, it still couldn't cover up the twinkling light of the stars...

"Hey, should we go over there?" Hen asked Himeko next to him.

"Are you stupid? Can't you see the atmosphere? Let's do the rescue work first and notify your people not to come to this area." Himeko said to Hen.

"I didn't expect that Yi and Alicia would... I always thought that Yi and Dr. Mobius were a couple." Hen said, touching his chin.

"I think it's a good match. They are both so handsome and beautiful." Himeko said.

The two men looked at each other, then turned their heads to each other and made a "tsk" sound. It was obvious that they were eating different things.

"How long are you going to watch? It's time to get to work. Don't waste time." Himeko pulled Hen's ear and walked away.

"It hurts, it hurts! Let go! Even my Blanca has never treated me like this," Hen said quickly.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Himeko yelled at Hen. She felt that Hen was just mocking her on purpose. Hen was one or two years older than her, and was about to become a father, but she didn't have a boyfriend yet. Ahhh! The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Hen looked at the furious Himeko and realized that she had said the wrong thing. She quickly shut up and followed Himeko out of the place, leaving the space for Yi and Alicia.

……

Fire Moth High-level Meeting

Projected on the conference screen was a red skull operated by Yi.

"I believe everyone has seen this power. His information is all here. Dr. Mebius, as a member of your laboratory, do you have anything to say about him?" One of the senior executives said as he sent the information to the other senior executives.

"..." Mobius was very annoyed with these high-level people. They didn't focus on the Herrscher of the Honkai, but on the people on their side who defeated the Honkai. "Yi, he was the one who defeated the Herrscher. He contributed to the second and third Honkai. He is a 'hero', a 'hero' who stood on the side of mankind to fight against the Honkai. His contribution to the Fire Moth is greater than any of you here."

"..." All the executives present were silent except for one person, Irken. He still had a dangerous look on his face. He winked at the executive opposite him, and the executive opposite him looked at Irken's actions, immediately stood up and said to Mebius, "But Doctor, can you guarantee that his power will not get out of control? So the best choice is to control your assistant, Yi, first, just like you did with the girl who invaded the Fire Moth before."

"No!" Mobius immediately retorted, "Yi is a genius. Without him, the research on Honkai will be reduced by half, which is not conducive to fighting Honkai."

"Studying Honkai is your job, Doctor. You are the most powerful biologist in the world. Mobius, presumably, is just one genius and it shouldn't have much impact on you. At most, we can arrange a few more outstanding researchers for your laboratory, isn't that enough?" the senior executive said unmercifully, and the senior executives around him did not refute.

"You..." Mebius really wanted to go over and tear the mouth of this senior executive apart.

"Alright, alright, everyone. We just defeated the Third Herrscher. We should cheer for our 'heros' instead of quarreling here!" At this time, Erken stood up and said to everyone present, "I know, I know, everyone is worried about the future of mankind, afraid that Yi will do something that will endanger the safety of mankind, but Mobius wants to protect his assistant. How about this, confine Yi to Mobius' laboratory and not allow him to leave the Fire Moth without the organization's approval! How do you think?"

"Agree!" After thinking for a while, most of the senior executives in the meeting agreed with Erken's decision. That was inevitable. At least half of the senior executives were his people. He turned his head and ignored Mobius's angry face, and said with a smile, "How about it, Dr. Mobius, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied! I am really satisfied!" Mebius pushed Erken aside and walked out of the meeting.

Watching Mebius leave the meeting room, Erken squinted his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. At this time, a female voice sounded beside Erken, "Be more restrained, Erken, this is not your place of authority." Erken turned his head and saw a black-haired beauty smoking a cigarette with smoke coming out of her mouth. He smiled and said, "No, no, no, Long, I don't think so. The Fire Moth is everyone's Fire Moth!"

"Don't laugh like that. It makes me sick. You don't even believe what you say. Don't think I don't know what you are planning!" said the black-haired woman named Long, and then left the meeting room.

……

As for Mebius, she didn't know how to tell Yi that he was the 'hero' who defeated Honkai, but he was restrained by the Fire Moth.

"Would you like one?" A black-haired woman as tall as Mobius came up to him and handed him a cigarette.

"Long..." Mebius said in a low voice, looking at the only woman among the senior executives whom he did not dislike.

"Isn't this a kind of protection for your beloved?" Long said.

"This is not protection. You are trapping him in one place. Do you think he is a canary?" Mebius said mercilessly.

"Although it's true..." Long couldn't refute Mebius and said, "My power alone is too small to help you. You should be careful of Erken. He has locked your assistant by your side, and he might do something again."

"I know he has bad intentions. I know that. If you want to help me, just give me more money for my lab," said Mebius.

"..." Long was stunned for a moment, stretched, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll give you more."

"That's pretty much it."

"Let's go. As a senior executive, I also have a job to do."

"Well, bye."

"goodbye…"