Collapse: The World I Live In

"This is... Honkai disease..." Yi looked at Erken in disbelief, and the knife against Erken's neck couldn't help but loosen.

"Yes, it's Honkai disease..." Erken chuckled, looked at his arm which was so white that it didn't look like human skin, and said, "I contracted it during the fifth Honkai. When I was suffering from this incurable disease, I planned to advance the plan and set my sights on your sister. First, I separated you and your sister by imprisoning you in the Fire Moth, and then changed and replaced your contact information. Then I instructed people to isolate your sister at school. You should know that the one who has been chatting with you for the past few years and communicating with you is the artificial intelligence I set up, while your sister has not received a single message from you. She couldn't complain to her only relative in the world about the grievances and injustices she suffered at school. She was suppressed and could not get relief. Finally, she couldn't hold it back and became the Sixth Herrscher. She killed more than three million people and died in front of you. She used her last life to make you get the final evolution! Now you are the strongest!"

After saying this, Erken burst into laughter. This laughter seemed like a mockery of himself, but also like he was happy for Yi's evolution.

Yi stared at Erken intently. He knew everything. It was all because of the man in front of him. Xi's death was all because of him!

"But..." Erken stopped smiling and said to Yi, "Long's death was not planned by me..."

Yi was dazed when he heard the voice. What did Erken mean?

"Long's death is your fault, Yi..." said Erken. But before he could finish his words, Yi grabbed his collar with both hands and pressed him against the wall, saying angrily, "Huh? If it's not your fault, then whose is it?"

"It's you, Yi." Erken no longer squinted his eyes, but looked straight at Yi.

"What a joke..." Yi wanted to refute Elken, but was interrupted by Elken, "This is not a joke, Dr. Yi, you can blame me for your sister becoming a Herrscher, and I admit it. But... Long's death is all because of you."

"If what Erken said is true... then Long really did it because of me..." Yi thought so as he listened to Erken's words. The image of Long blocking in front of him appeared in Yi's mind. Yi loosened his hands that were grabbing Erken's collar, lowered his head, his nails dug into the flesh, and blood dripped from his palms to the ground.

Ai Erken looked at the silent Yi and continued, "My original plan was to have you kill your sister who became a Herrscher with your own hands, and then find me and seek revenge on me. In this way, the person who holds the highest power in the Fire Moth will die, and the internal decision-making power of the Fire Moth will be handed over to Long and Mei. However, Long was killed by your sister, right in front of you, but you did nothing. It was you who killed Long, Dr. Yi. And because of Long's death, I had to change my plan and put the USB containing the truth at your door. Then, through your hands, I will remove most of the termites in the high-level Fire Moth. Otherwise, Dr. Mei alone cannot defeat those dirty high-level people. Finally, through your hands, I will bury the person with the highest power in the Fire Moth, step on their bones, and create a brand new Fire Moth! This is my plan, and it is also the only thing I can do before I die. I will take those termites into the grave together, and the one holding the knife is you, Yi..."

"Actually... I mentioned it before. The other candidate is Alicia. That special girl not only hides well, but also doesn't give me a chance to discover her ability and the reason for her ability evolution..." Erken mentioned Alicia again at this time, "and... she is the only girl who is not bound by things. She is not a slave to anything. I can feel that she is sincere to everyone, including me, a hypocritical person. So I changed the person holding the knife to you, whose ability is certain and the factors for the evolution of the ability are also certain..."

"Then...did your plans take into account that I would leave the Fire Moth in the future?" Yi couldn't help but ask.

"Of course I have considered it. Dr. Yi, you will definitely leave Fire Moth after killing me." Erken replied.

"Then you still..." Yi said something but was interrupted by Erken, "But that's temporary, you will return to the Fire Moth!"

"How do you know?" Yi asked, looking at Erken's confident look.

"Because of the bond..." Erken chuckled, "The bond between you and Mobius, Alicia, Kevin and a series of other people. Although having these eyes has brought misfortune to the people around you, you care a lot about feelings. You can't cut off this kind of thing. Even if you leave the Fire Moth, you will return to this place one day!"

"..." Yi remained silent in the face of Erken's words. He wanted to refute Erken, but he couldn't, because Erken was right. He couldn't let go of the bond between him and Mebius and the others.

"Okay... we've finished talking, it's time to get going..." Erken took a deep breath and said to Yi, "I wish you..." Before Erken finished speaking, he felt his eyes moving downward. Yi didn't want to listen to Erken anymore. He knew everything he needed to know. Everything Erken did was to pave the way for Dr. Mei and the others, but that didn't mean Yi would let him go. He cut off Erken's neck with a knife, and Erken's body could no longer support himself and fell to the ground.

Erken's head rolled to Yi's feet. Yi stared at Erken's head indifferently. "The revenge was successful... Then what should I do next..." Yi thought so. Should I laugh out loud for the success of the revenge? No... At this moment, Yi only felt a sense of emptiness, not the joy of revenge.

Just as Yi was thinking, a voice came, "Yi..."

Yi turned his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from. The person coming was Alicia. Alicia finally caught up with Yi.

Alicia looked at Yi in the office and the body at his feet, not knowing what to say...

Yi also looked at Alishia with a complicated expression. After all, he replaced Alishia as the surgeon. After thinking about it, Yi decided not to tell Alishia the truth. It would be better for such an innocent girl not to be troubled by these things.

"Yi... everything is over... it's time to come back, okay?" Alicia took a deep breath and stared at Yi.

"..." Yi was silent for a while after hearing what Alicia said, and then he said, "Do you think it's possible? Alicia."

"Why..." Alicia was about to say something but was interrupted by Yi, who said to her, "Alisa, you are always so naive! What's the use even if you agree? Would the top executives leave such an uncertain factor in the Fire Moth? Rather than leaving me here, they would rather kill me!"

"No, Yi, I won't..." Alicia tried to persuade.

"Why not? Alicia? They have already attacked my sister. What else can't they do? I have made so many contributions to the Fire Moth! What's the result? What did I get in return? Alicia, tell me those high-level people won't do it?" Yi's voice became louder as he became more emotional. After all, because of the Fire Moth, Yi... lost everything...

"..." Alicia didn't know what to say.

Yi looked at Alishia who lowered her head, and didn't say anything more. He planned to bypass Alishia and leave this place.

At this time, Alicia suddenly hugged Yi from behind. Feeling the wetness on his back, Yi did not speak first.

“Really… are you leaving…” As if she had realized that she couldn’t persuade Yi anymore, Alicia didn’t mention letting Yi stay in the Fire Moth. In fact, Alicia heard the conversation between Erken and Yi at the end, and she also knew why Yi was framed… Yi had endured everything for her… How could she accept this…

"Well... thank you all the time... Alishia..." After saying this, Yi disappeared from Alishia's arms. Alishia wanted to find Yi's figure, but suddenly she felt dizzy and fell to the ground. Alishia... she fell into Yi's illusion again. Even though she had been trapped before, Alishia still didn't learn her lesson.

Looking at the fallen Alicia, Yi walked to her side and put a pink petal-shaped necklace in Alicia's hand. It was the replica of the Rho Aias that he had promised to make for Alicia. Although it was a replica, its defensive power was not weaker than the effect when Yi used it. Alicia liked this before. After all, Alicia liked pink the most. This was also what he promised Alicia, and he could not go back on his word.

Yi carried Alicia to the sofa in Erken's office and was about to leave. At this time, Alicia suddenly grabbed Yi's hand.

Yi looked back and found that Alicia was not awake. She just held his hand, tears in her eyes, and said, "Don't..."

Yi took Alixia's hand and put it in Alixia's arms. He looked at Alixia quietly for a while, then disappeared into the room...