After Li Mu spoke, the atmosphere plunged into a bizarre silence.
After a long moment, Kevin pointed at her own face and said, utterly speechless, “Do you think I’m a complete moron?” Li Mu carefully studied Kevin’s current appearance.
He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but after turning into a girl, he felt she had gained an air of foolishness.
This was probably part of the Kiana-type’s base design.
So, he nodded with complete honesty.
“To be fair, you do look a bit moronic right now, but it fits the character profile perfectly…” Hearing Li Mu’s words, Kevin grabbed the nearby mirror and threw it at his face.
“I’d have an easier time believing I’m the savior of the world than believing you’re a Reborn!” Li Mu had anticipated Kevin’s reaction and easily caught the thrown mirror.
Putting himself in her shoes, if someone ran up to him and claimed to be a Reborn, he’d probably think they were an idiot, too.
Fortunately, Li Mu had already thought of a way to convince her.
With that, Li Mu fumbled around in his pocket for a few seconds.
He casually pulled out a mechanical helmet that looked oddly like a cat’s head and, before Kevin could react, placed it over her head.
“Wait…
where did you get that…
mmmph!” The moment the helmet covered her head, Kevin began to struggle.
But in the next instant, her struggles ceased.
The view before her eyes had changed.
The darkness caused by the helmet abruptly vanished, replaced by a stark, pale landscape, radiating an aura of desolation and death.
Before she could even react, a fear that made her soul tremble echoed from the heavens.
Kevin subconsciously looked up and met a face that blotted out half the sky, along with colossal, mountain-range-like fingers that were closing in, as if to cradle the entire landmass.
The face appeared to be female, and it gave her an extremely familiar feeling, as if she had seen it somewhere before.
Behind this face, a sphere covered in molten lava floated alone in the void.
But Kevin could still recognize that sphere as Earth, the home of human civilization.
And with that, she realized where she was.
This pale land was Earth’s satellite, the celestial body known as the Moon.
And now this satellite, which had accompanied the Earth for billions of years, was being held in the hands of a woman of incomprehensible size!
“What in the world…” Kevin was so stunned by the sight before her that she couldn’t even form words.
Just then, the sound of someone running desperately echoed from behind her.
Kevin was about to turn when a figure brushed past her, charging towards the god-like being at the edge of the world.
From the fleeting glimpse she caught as he passed, Kevin saw the man’s face.
White hair and blue eyes, his body covered in scars, his gaze harboring an infinite sorrow—the hollow despair left after all fury had burned away.
He wielded a greatsword wreathed in flames, like a single spark rising in the vast darkness, looking as though it could be extinguished at any moment.
Kevin felt a sense of tragic grandeur, but what struck her even more was the man’s appearance.
This man looked remarkably similar to her!
One could even say they were the same person, just a more mature, grown-up version of her.
“Is that…
me?” Kevin voiced her question, and a familiar voice immediately answered.
“That’s right.
That’s you.
The you from the original timeline’s future.” Kevin looked to her side and saw Li Mu.
He, too, was observing the scene.
More accurately, he was observing the god-like woman whose fingers were closing, as if to cradle the entire moon in her hands.
Li Mu’s voice was filled with sorrow, sounding less like an explanation and more like a eulogy recited at a funeral.
“Our current point in time is a little over a decade from now.” “Faced with the relentless advance of the Honkai, humanity, under the leadership of an organization called the Fire Moth, survived twelve Great Honkai Eruptions.” “Many heroic and tragic stories took place during this time, giving birth to heroes who shone brightly in history.” “But in the end, they all died, one by one, in the cataclysms.” “As of this point in time, the total human population has dwindled from seven billion to less than one hundred thousand.” “The civilization known as humanity can, at this moment, be declared extinct.” Li Mu looked up at the god holding the moon, his tone filled with indescribable regret.
“And the cause of all this is the final calamity born from the disaster known as the Honkai.
An enemy as powerful as a god: a Herrscher.” “And the one before us is the most powerful of them all.
Her name is—the Herrscher of Finality.” The instant Li Mu’s voice fell, a torrent of scorching fire ignited at the end of the horizon.
It rose like a sharp sword, swinging towards the god in the sky.
BOOM!!!
A light as brilliant as a dying star exploded in the cold void, erasing everything, including Li Mu and Kevin.
…
Back in Li Mu’s living room, Kevin ripped the helmet off her head.
Her chest heaved violently as she greedily gasped for air, as if trying to suppress the terror in her heart.
Li Mu took out two cartons of milk, stuck straws in them, and pushed one in front of Kevin.
“Now that you’ve seen that, what are your thoughts?” Kevin looked up and saw that Li Mu’s face was remarkably calm.
He was just sipping his milk, watching her quietly.
“What I just saw…
is that really going to happen in the future?” Although Kevin’s tone still held a trace of doubt, in her heart, she already believed it.
The moment she saw that version of herself, alone on the moon, charging towards the Herrscher of Finality, she had believed.
“To be precise, it’s what was destined to happen in the original history.” Li Mu explained while slurping his milk.
“This world is far more complex than it appears on the surface.
Beneath the calm of daily life, a supernatural disaster known as the Honkai has always been shadowing us.” “For thousands of years, it has walked alongside humanity, but it was never a major threat due to the scale and technological level of human civilization.” “But with the Industrial Revolution, humanity’s technology exploded, and It finally began to bare its fangs.” “From now on, over the next few years, the Honkai disasters will intensify.
In less than twenty years, humanity’s population will plummet from seven billion to fewer than one hundred thousand.” Listening to Li Mu’s description of the so-called Honkai, Kevin’s scalp tingled.
However, compared to the tragic future that might come, there was something else she cared about more.
“You said that everything I love, and everything that loves me, will be completely wiped out.
So my parents, my relatives, and my friends…” To Kevin’s question, Li Mu gave a cruel answer.
“Yes.
All of them will be dead.” Kevin’s face turned deathly pale, as if all the blood had been drained from her body.
Not only did Li Mu offer no comfort, but he also gave her already sunken heart another vicious push.
“You will be one of the few survivors of that battle.
You’ll become one of the pioneers, leading the remaining humans as a ‘seed of fire,’ sleeping for tens of thousands of years to reach the next era.” “To fulfill a promise to completely defeat the Honkai, you will become a savior, shouldering the future of the entire human race.” “So, Kevin, do you accept such an ending?” Kevin was silent.
Li Mu didn’t disturb her, just quietly sipped his milk.
After a while, Kevin spoke in a hoarse voice, “If everything I care about is gone, what’s the point of living…” Hearing her answer, Li Mu put down the empty milk carton, his gaze burning as he looked at Kevin.
“Exactly.
If everything we know and care about is gone, what’s the point of civilization’s continuation?” “In the predetermined history, I, you, Su, and many other pioneers traveled to the next era through cryosleep to continue human civilization, planning to help the next generation overcome the Honkai completely.” “This plan, spanning fifty thousand years, was ultimately a success.
The human civilization of fifty thousand years later survived.
They have a bright future.” “But what does that have to do with us?
Everything we care about is in this era.” “For that reason, in that era fifty thousand years later, I paid an enormous price to return to this point in time.
I am prepared to rewrite everything so that this era can continue.” Li Mu clenched his fists tightly, as if he wanted to grasp everything before him in his hands.
“Compared to the weak and powerless me from the original history, the current me possesses memories from the future, and a resilient heart and wisdom forged through countless trials.” “The me of right now…
can do anything!” Hearing Li Mu’s words, Kevin looked up and saw an unprecedented fanaticism in his eyes.
But she agreed with him.
Everything she cared about was in this era.
If it was destroyed, she would have no reason to live.
Kevin sighed and said, “I believe you…
that you came back from the future…
probably.
So, what’s your plan?” Hearing Kevin’s reply, Li Mu pointed a finger upwards.
“Before that, Kevin, I think you need to know where the disaster known as the Honkai comes from, and why it wants to destroy humanity.” “A god.
A literal god.
We’ll call it the Cocoon for now.” “It lowers its threads to weave fate, staging the drama called ‘civilization’ on the stage of Earth, over and over again, just to find a civilization that can withstand its embrace.” “Although for a civilization, its embrace is equivalent to destruction.” “And the so-called Honkai…
is its way of embracing.” After hearing Li Mu’s explanation, Kevin couldn’t help but retort, “This Cocoon destroys worlds just so someone can embrace it?
It must be really desperate for love, huh?” Hearing Kevin’s words, Li Mu couldn’t help but laugh.
“With our current power, it’s impossible to destroy the Cocoon of Finality.
The only way for civilization to continue is to accept its embrace…
and take control.” “And you, Kevin, in this drama, you are the one qualified to withstand its embrace.” “So, Mu, the method you mentioned for saving the world is…?” “That’s right!” Li Mu stood up, looking at the stunned Kevin.
“My good brother, to save all of humanity, please become the Great Sage Equaling Heaven…
no, wait, the God of Earth!” Li Mu’s tone was passionate and inspiring.
Kevin was almost moved.
But suddenly, her suppressed intellect broke free from its restraints and retook the high ground.
Kevin realized the bug in his logic.
“Wait a minute!
You almost got me sidetracked!” Kevin looked down at her current body and questioned Li Mu through gritted teeth.
“What does saving the world have to do with turning me into a girl?” “Don’t tell me this so-called Cocoon of Finality is sexist or something?” But to Kevin’s shock, after she asked her question, Li Mu nodded with a grave expression.
“You know, now that you mention it, the Cocoon of Finality really is sexist.” “And on top of that…
she’s a lesbian.” “…Huh?” — CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Aleph_02 show some support!