Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 193 Night Talk

"How did you find us?" the captain asked in surprise. "Where are the others?"

Kiana shook her head and said, "I didn't really come here. I'm just using my body in this world to talk to you. Besides, I'm not the person you know."

"What do you mean?"

Looking at the gentle gaze fixed on him, Captain Kiana felt a chill run down his spine for the first time. If the consciousness communicating with him was not the Kiana he knew, then who was it?

The captain swallowed hard, his expression gradually becoming tense.

Kiana, seeing this, couldn't help but smile. She covered her mouth and laughed for a while before beginning to explain.

"I am indeed Kiana from your world, but I have experienced far more stories than you have."

"You're the future version of Kiana that she mentioned before?"

The captain suddenly realized.

"Looks like she did tell you something, didn't she?" Kiana said, hands on her hips. "Indeed, I am her from the future, so I know where you are, and I even set up the ban on you guys."

"you sure?"

"Of course!"

"Really?"

The captain gave Kiana a sharp look, still pressing her for answers, until Kiana finally gave in and spoke.

"Okay, actually it was Him who did it."

"He? You mean the unified consciousness?"

“Hmm.” Kiana stepped over the captain and said, “I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with him, but I still can’t fully understand his thought process. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure why he does what he does.”

The sea breeze at night ruffled Kiana's long hair, and the silver strands shimmered like stars under the moonlight.

Kiana brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear, turned to look at the captain, who was also lost in thought about the scene before him. After a moment, he asked Kiana a question.

"Kiana told me that you created that group chat, so can't you help us lift the ban?"

"Unfortunately, I can't help with this either. Although I did create that group chat, I also borrowed His power, so His status in the group chat is the same as mine. In the end, the duel between Him and me will become a duel of power, and unfortunately, I did not defeat His power."

The captain took a deep breath and asked, "So what exactly is going on with this group chat?"

"I think I've already made myself very clear to my past self."

"But that doesn't mean it's all true, does it?"

"..."

Kiana touched her head and said, "Okay, there are some things I haven't told her, but it's not good for the captain to be too perceptive sometimes."

"I'm always very serious, so you should know what the real truth is?"

Kiana's smile vanished, replaced by a face full of sorrow.

Seeing Kiana's expression, the captain realized that something was wrong, which made him even more certain that the group chat was not just for helping Earth face those malicious aliens.

"The reason I created group chat is mainly because of you, Captain!"

"I?"

The captain looked at Kiana in confusion, never expecting that this place would be related to him.

"I don't know if she told you that you would actually sacrifice yourself later because of something."

The captain shook his head: "She never told me."

"That's right, there's no way I could tell you about this."

"So what exactly is going on?"

"In short, in the future you will choose to sacrifice yourself to save the world because of my decision-making mistakes. Specifically, He will descend upon you to perform a deus ex machina. The world will indeed be saved, but the price is that you will become a part of Him and never be able to come back."

"So you created group chat in order to change this history?"

"You could say that," Kiana nodded. "So, do you think I'm terrible, different from the Kiana you remember?"

After saying that, Kiana closed her eyes in pain. She had expected to be reprimanded by the captain, but she was not.

Just as Kiana was wondering why the captain wasn't scolding her, she felt that familiar touch above her head.

"Silly girl, how could I possibly think you're not the Kiana I remember just because of something like this? You must have had a tough time all this time, right?"

At this moment, Kiana finally couldn't hold back her tears, but she quickly composed herself and wiped them away haphazardly.

"Oh no, after this, I still have to return my body to my past self. To make a long story short, she might come looking for you. Remember, no matter what she says, don't agree. I've already sent your coordinates to my past self, and I believe she'll be here soon."

Why believe?

"After all, you have deviated a lot from what I went through. Even if I know what her mission is now, I can't guarantee that it will develop in the same way I did. At least I've never been to Nata before."

"Wait, Nata? You mean Kiana is in Teyvat right now?"

“Yes, you were originally going to Teyvat for the next mission. But an accident separated you from them, and for some reason, He silenced you all. I wanted to unspeak you immediately, but He was very firm and wouldn't budge, so I had no choice but to let it go.”

"In other words, our accident wasn't part of the original history?"

"Yes, I arrived in Teyvat smoothly and completed my mission before coming to this world."

"It seems like quite a few things have changed."

"That's enough for today," Kiana said. "If we don't go back soon, we might get caught."

The captain looked up at the sea and realized that it was already dawn. The golden sun was slowly rising from the sea, radiating brilliant light.

After a brief farewell to Kiana, the captain returned to his room and washed his face.

There's still a lot to do today, so there's no time for him to catch up on sleep.

After washing his face and having breakfast, the captain arrived at the meeting point, only to find that Kevin was already there.

"That Kiana from yesterday wasn't from our area, right?"

"Forehead…"

The captain was speechless for a moment. He never expected Kevin to be so direct. After organizing his thoughts and cutting out some unnecessary words, the captain recounted his conversation with Kiana the day before.

"In short, that's how it is. At least we can confirm that Kiana from my world will be coming here soon."

Kevin didn't speak, but simply nodded, while also assuring the captain that he wouldn't talk about what he had just said to anyone else.

A short while later, Kiana arrived, yawning. For some reason, Kiana felt extremely tired, as if she had just stayed up all night.

"Since we're already here, let's begin."

Seeing that everyone was in place, Kevin officially announced the start of today's meeting.

Although the plan was postponed, it didn't mean that everyone was idle for the next two days.

The first thing everyone needs to do these next two days is to clear out as many Honkai Beasts as possible in the vicinity. Otherwise, when the plan begins and they face a surge in the number of Honkai Beasts, it will be quite difficult to preserve the integrity of the buildings here.

After all, Raven's island had sunk, and the World Serpent's evacuation ships were still en route. The main issue was that Kevin's ships alone were clearly insufficient; he couldn't possibly hand over these precious Awakened Ones to Anti-Entropy, let alone Raven, their adoptive parents—who would absolutely disagree.

According to her, she would rather have the Grey Serpent train these children into mercenaries like herself than have them contained by Anti-Entropy.

She knew perfectly well what Cocolia, the reformer, had done. Even though the conservatives now held power over Anti-Entropy, and Anti-Entropy leader Welt had recently made a strong comeback to officially purge the forces led by Cocolia.

However, due to its organizational affiliation, Raven did not believe the promises made by Anti-Entropy.

Of course, none of this is relevant to this meeting. After the meeting, Tesla continued to observe the rise of Honkai energy according to the coordinates provided by Kevin.

The rest of the group split into pairs to clear out the nearby Honkai Beasts. Of course, to prevent unnecessary conflicts, after thinking for a while, Kevin decided to let Kiana and the Captain go together, while Raven would go with Mei.

This way, at least Raven won't have a chance to harm Kiana because of her identity. Kevin knows his subordinate Kevin quite well, and he doesn't want a conflict to break out between them. He wants to take Kiana to Paradise in the future to fulfill their past promise, so how could he let Kiana's impression of World Serpent continue to decline!

Upon receiving the order, everyone began to divide the work and cooperate. Although Tesla expressed considerable resentment as to why Kevin was giving the orders, what could they do when Kevin was the strongest among them?

Furthermore, this is the territory of the World Serpent, so even if Tesla has a lot of complaints, he can't really cause a scene here.

"Let's start here, you don't mind, Miss Mei?"

Raven tilted her head and looked at Mei beside her, her tone revealing a hint of sarcasm.

Mei frowned at this, then said, "You're more familiar with Changkong City than I am, so it's up to you to decide."

After saying that, Mei drew her weapon and charged at the nearby Rush-class Honkai Beast. She killed the Rush-class Honkai Beast instantly before it could even react.

"Hey, you've got some skills after all. Well, I can't fall behind!"

As he spoke, Raven took out his bow and shot at Mei's target in the distance.

"laugh!"

An arrow supported by Soul Steel pierced through the Honkai Beast in front of Mei. Centered on the wound, the Honkai Beast instantly turned into fragments and fell to the ground as dust. Several strands of Mei's hair also fell to the ground.

"Sorry, sorry, my hand was shaking. Mei-sama, are you alright?"

"Stop your hypocritical act, Raven," Mei said unhappily. "If I remember correctly, back in Sky City, you were the one who appeared in front of us and attacked without saying a word, right? Now you're going to escalate things by launching a sneak attack from behind?"

"How could that be? I was just following the Lord's orders. I only helped because Miss Mei was cleaning too slowly."

Mei scoffed, "You'd better really be trying to help me, just like you say, otherwise..."

Mei narrowed her eyes to hide the murderous intent that was about to overflow, but little did she know that such a trick would be useless against Raven, who had been walking on the edge of life and death for many years.

Oh dear, this is truly a difficult task, Your Majesty!

Raven shook his head with a wry smile, continuing to draw his bow and clear out the Honkai Beasts, while recalling the scene of Kevin coming to talk to him before dawn.

"Raven, I hope you can target Mei more during the mission later."

"why?"

Raven looked at its master in confusion. Logically speaking, now was not a good time to start internal strife. Doing these things now would undoubtedly damage the trust between the members of this hastily formed team.

Raven also believed that Kevin understood the reasoning behind it, which made her even more confused about Kevin's purpose.

"Kiana's physical condition is not good enough to support her in completing the plan, so she is not the most suitable candidate. Therefore, Mei is the most suitable candidate at the moment, and I need you to test whether she is ready."

“I understand, Your Majesty.”

Back to the present, Mei is now extremely annoyed by the arrows that Raven keeps shooting at her, and finally, Mei can't take it anymore and chooses to explode.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Finally couldn't hold back anymore?" Raven said, putting down his bow. "I thought you would endure it until the end of this mission."

"So what exactly is your purpose in testing me all this time?"

"It's very simple. You're entrusted with a task; it just depends on whether you have the determination."

"determination?"

“That’s right, it’s about whether you have the determination to participate in the plan two days from now.” Raven laid it all out. “To tell you the truth, the Lord said that Kiana’s current body definitely won’t be able to hold out until the end of the plan, so the Lord wants to see if you have the determination and ability to take on that position. If we succeed, humanity will have one more Herrscher fighting for humanity; if we fail, it will just mean that the Lord will have to take action against one or two Herrschers.”

"Wait, why one or two?" Mei keenly noticed the key point in Raven's words. "Think about it, if you fail and become a Herrscher, and are then attacked by the Lord, what about Kiana who is present?"

"..."

Seeing Mei's silence, Raven smiled; at least for this moment, she understood Mei's thoughts.

"In the end, you are still a naive young lady, and so is Kiana. One after another, you are always thinking about saving others but never care about yourselves. Although I am not much better in this respect."

Raven gave a wry smile and continued, "By the way, there's one more thing I think is very important to tell you."

"what's up?"

"For personal reasons, I'm determined to kill Kiana, or rather, the Herrscher of the Void!"

The air seemed to freeze. Mei, her teeth clenched, glared angrily at Raven, unaware that she had bitten her lip until it bled.

"Raven!"

With Mei's angry roar, the tense atmosphere on the scene reached its peak.