Collapse: The World I Live In

"That's it! The fourteen heroes of the Fire Moth! That's the ranking!" Alicia said excitedly as she placed a piece of paper on the conference table, surrounded by fusion warriors who had survived the tragedy of the restraint.

"I think you called us here for more than just this matter, Alicia." Kevin said to Alicia.

"Of course, the main event is coming next... Let's warmly welcome the new member - Ma! Xiu!" Alicia said loudly, and then Alicia pulled out a girl with short pink hair from outside.

"Wait wait wait...Senior Alicia...I, I, I..." The girl was visibly panicked and looked like she had social phobia. She looked at everyone in the conference room, bowed immediately, and said, "Hello, seniors!"

The entire conference room fell silent, and Yi did not speak. He felt a sense of familiarity when looking at the girl, and an idea came to his mind that he had to ask about the girl Alicia's origins later.

“…Boring…” Qianjie said this and turned and left.

"Mei still needs my help..." Kevin said and left.

"I haven't finished my experiment yet, so I'll leave first..." Mebius also said. She also noticed that this girl was different, but she didn't point it out.

"The equipment in the engineering department still needs maintenance. I'm leaving first, Alicia." Weiwei also found an excuse to leave. After all, she had too much work to do, including weapons research and development, maintenance, city repairs, etc.

"..." Kosmo said nothing and just sat quietly next to Greshu, while Greshu was drawing something.

"Oh!" Alicia didn't expect this.

"Um...is it because of me..." Mashu said disappointedly.

"Of course not~" Pado said first. She escaped the tragedy of restraint because of a high fever. She didn't know whether this was lucky for her. All her friends including Desdobia died in that battle, and Hua also lost her memory. She didn't expect that she just had a disease and everything around her changed.

"Brother Jie, you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Sister Snake and Sister Wei Erwei may really have work. After all, they are very busy people now. As for Boss Kevin, it's because Dr. Mei really has something to ask him." Paduo scratched his head and explained.

"That's right, just like Pado said." Alicia also nodded.

"For you." Grayshu handed a painting to Mashu, while Kosmo followed behind Grayshu.

“This is…” Mashu looked at the painting that Grayshu handed to her. The painting showed a field of blooming lilies.

"Gift..." Kosmo said briefly. Now Kosmo speaks less and less. In this regard, Alicia wrote a book to help others understand Kosmo.

"Lily... symbolizes purity and holiness. But Grace has special abilities. This is her way of welcoming you." Eden said, touching Grace's head.

"Alishiya, come out for a moment." Yi stood at the door and said to Alishiya.

"Okay, okay~ If you want to be alone with Alicia so much, I'll grant your wish~" Alicia said disdainfully, then said hello to Eden and the others, handed Mashu to them, and walked out with Yi.

……

It was night time now. Alicia leaned against the railing and looked up at the starry sky. Then she turned to look at Yi and asked, "So, Yi asked me out alone for something?"

"Who is that Mashu? Or...what is her relationship with you..." Yi said to Alicia.

"You've been discovered? Can your intuition not be so accurate? There's no mystery at all." Alicia looked at Yi and shook her head, saying, "Just as you thought... that girl... is my clone..."

“Who did it?” Yi said to Alicia.

"Erken... She was found in a laboratory of Erken... When I found her, she was still in the incubator. I released her. After all, she is a life. I can't just leave her alone..." Alicia said with a smile.

"Oh~ So what are you going to do? The higher-ups probably don't know about these things, right?" Yi looked at Alicia helplessly, and after thinking about it, this was Alicia.

"What can they do? There are fourteen of us, what can they do?" Alicia said confidently with her chest puffed out.

"Are you sure that Mashu can be accepted by them?" Yi asked.

"If Alishia can do it, why can't she? Beautiful girls can do anything!" Alishia said as she approached Yi.

"You are always like this~" Yi couldn't help but say.

"Is there anything wrong with this?" Alicia asked back, looking into Yi's eyes.

"This is you, Ai Lishiya~" Yi and Ai Lishiya looked at each other and said.

"Are you moved?" Alicia said with a blink.

"No..." Yi said expressionlessly.

"Oh~ I understand~ I know you are shy~" Alicia said shyly, holding her face.

Yi ignored Alicia, turned around and left without mercy, going back to find Eden.

"Hey! How can you be so ruthless!" Upon seeing this, Alicia immediately chased after him and pointed at Yi, but Yi turned a deaf ear to her and let her words go in one ear and out the other. Alicia was so angry that she kicked Yi on the calf.

"Ouch..." Yi looked at Alisha in pain. Alisha turned her head away and walked in front, ignoring Yi.

Yi was helpless. Although how old Ai Lishiya was was still a mystery, he could only pamper her.

……

"I'm back!" Alicia waved her hand and returned to the meeting room. Looking at the harmonious scene in front of her, Alicia was very satisfied.

"How is it?" Eden came to Yi and asked.

"It's okay. I can only say that you are worthy of being Alicia. We'll talk about it after we get home." Yi said, holding Eden's hand.

The two of them just looked at the people fighting and smiled. They hoped that it would be like this in the future.

"Don't just stand there and do something... hang out with people of your age more..." Yi said to Kosmo who was silent on the side.

"...They are all girls..." Kosmo said silently. It was impossible for him, a boy, to get involved with so many girls.

"I forgot about this... Let's go, I'll take you out for a walk." After saying that, Yi put his arm around Kosmo's neck and called Su, who was silently thinking, to leave the meeting room. Then it was time for the girls~

"Ahem... so this is what cigarettes smell like... I really don't know why Hen and Long both like to smoke." Yi leaned on the railing and looked up at the sky, took a puff of cigarette and said, this is Hen's favorite brand.

"Are you sure you're not afraid of what Eden will say about you?" Su looked at Yi and said.

"...In your eyes...I am very afraid of my wife..." Yi turned around and looked at Su and said.

“…” Su was silent, but silence was the best answer.

"You think so, right? When you are under a lot of pressure, you have to find something to relieve yourself... Just like Eden likes to drink..." Yi exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Speaking of which... let's go for a drink..."

"...I can't..." Kosmo said silently.

"That won't do... Kosmo, you're already an adult. Everything has a first time, and you need to let go." Yi looked at Kosmo and said. Although he had said those things to Kosmo before, it was not easy to get over it. He could feel the pain in Kosmo's heart.

"Yes~ Kosmo, you should at least give it a try~" Su also noticed what Yi meant, and said to Kosmo with a smile.

In the bar of the Golden Courtyard,

"When does a person... grow up to be an adult?" Kosmo said after drinking a glass of wine.

"As long as you keep saying these things, you'll never grow up~" Yi said as he stood at the bar, mixing drinks for Su and Kosmo.

"Although most people think that as long as you have a proper job you are an adult, I think only those who have the courage to face reality can be considered an adult." Su drank a glass of wine and said while looking at his reflection in the wine.

"We still have a long way to go, Kosmo." Yi also said, not knowing whether this was said to Kosmo or to himself.

Although they say so, the story of the pre-civilization is also coming to an end... but people just don't know it yet...