Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

"It was... that time with that girl..."

Anna's voice became increasingly quiet, as if she had admitted that she was a deserter.

"Ah...you mean...why should I speak for you?"

"You... really know..."

"Haha, Miss Anna, no one is born a genius. We all grow from weak to strong. Even a genius will work hard no matter how talented he is. In the fight against Honkai, we may all sacrifice our lives, but this does not mean we have to fight for it, nor do we have to burn ourselves out for the so-called passion."

"It's natural to be afraid. If you don't feel afraid when facing those monsters, then maybe that person is a monster himself. But what are we fighting for? It's for this world, for every inch of land under our feet, for what's behind us, and for the things we need to do everything we can to protect."

"Valkyrie is not a tool to fight against Honkai. You also have your own future. Only by surviving can you save more people. But this does not mean that victory requires a small number of sacrifices. Your determination to fight to the death in the end has proved your answer. This is why I help you. You are the cutest person like this."

"So, do you understand?"

Jiang Ming smiled and looked at the girl in front of him who was biting her lips and trying hard not to let her tears fall.

"..."

"Yeah...I...understand..."

It was not until Jiang Ming had almost bandaged the wounds on her body that she reacted and asked about Jiang Ming's identity.

"By the way... may I ask who you are......?"

"Eh? Didn't I tell you at the beginning?"

Jiang Ming looked up at Anna in confusion.

"Um...I...didn't hear it clearly at that time."

Anna scratched her face and showed an embarrassed expression.

"...Okay~"

After treating Anna's wounds, Jiang Ming formally introduced himself.

"My name is Jiang Ming. I am from Shenzhou and I am affiliated with Saint Freya Academy. I am an A-rank Knight of Destiny. I have received a special mission from Destiny to come here to provide assistance. Please take care of me, Miss Anna."

Jiang Ming introduced himself with a smile, but after hearing Jiang Ming's self-introduction, Anna screamed "Eh eh——?!!!"

"You... are you the Jiang Ming who became an A-class female... Destiny Knight within a month, defeated the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You of Shenzhou by yourself, and tied with the strongest S-class Valkyrie, Youlandel, at the Destiny Headquarters?!"

After listening to his formal introduction, Anna recalled Jiang Ming. He possessed strong resistance and adaptability to Honkai, and had won one and tied one in the battles with Chi You and Youlandel. More importantly, he was a man. Even among the people of the Kaslana family, there were probably not many people who could perform better than Jiang Ming. He had no background, no blood, no family, no destiny, but purely relied on his own talent and hard work. She didn't expect that such a talent like the protagonist of a novel was right in front of her, so it seemed unnecessary for her to be too surprised that he defeated the Honkai Emperor in an instant.

However...there are only a few Honkai beasts left in Manila...

Anna's brain was working rapidly, but she still couldn't imagine that Jiang Ming could deal with almost all the Honkai creatures in the city by himself.

You wanted to say Valkyrie, didn't you?!

"Haha, maybe that's me."

Jiang Ming smiled bitterly as he looked at Anna who was very excited in front of him.

"Although I haven't seen you fight against the Judgment-level Honkai Beast and Yulandel, I heard that you only received a month of training in Saint Freya. But even if it was only a month, you still held your own against them."

"No no no."

Hearing this, Jiang Ming quickly shook his head.

"When I fought Chi You, I was actually at a disadvantage. If I didn't have some secret method, I would have lost from the very beginning. And even if I defeated it, I would have one foot in the gates of hell. Any assassin could kill me. There would be no difference between this and a draw."

"As for Yulandel, she never used her full strength from beginning to end. Even the Key of God did not exert its full power. The same goes for the armor..."

Jiang Ming gave a brief explanation of his battles with Chi You and Youlandel. Anna had never seen or experienced a battle of this level before, so she listened very carefully.

"So, if Yulandel didn't have the Moon Soul Armor, maybe I could win. Of course, only now."

"Why only now?"

Anna blinked her sore eyes.

"This... I'm telling you in secret, don't tell anyone else."

Jiang Ming smiled and quietly approached Anna, as if he was telling her a secret. Then he leaned his face close to Anna's ear and whispered in her ear.

"Actually... because there is a super-powerful force in Yulandel's body, but that power is very unstable. Even Yulandel cannot fully control it. She can only last for three minutes at most. But if she uses it, I might lose."

“Ah… this… is it like this…”

"Yeah, that's it."

Jiang Ming's unique masculine scent and lemon fragrance reached Anna's nose because he was too close, forcing Anna to be extremely alert. However, this way of talking, like children who don't want to tell others a secret, is also very cute.

"That... that."

At this time, a sudden male voice was heard. Jiang Ming and Anna looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Chen Tianwu who woke up.

"Ah, are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Ming observed the bodies of Chen Tianwu and Chen Tianwen next to him. The original Honkai energy lines on their arms had gradually faded, and their pale faces had become a little rosy. Except for the fact that their physical injuries had not yet healed and they had some inconvenience in movement, they were no longer in danger of death.

"Well, thank you guys...for saving me and my sister."

Chen Tianwu thanked them sincerely, but he couldn't hide the sadness in his tone.

"I'm sorry, I just overheard a lot of your conversation."

Under Jiang Ming's treatment, Chen Tianwu had actually woken up a long time ago, but he was so weak that he couldn't speak, and only recovered now.

"It doesn't matter. It's not a confidential topic anyway. Compared to this, can we still take action now?"

Jiang Ming slowly walked towards Chen Tianwu's position.

“Yes…Yes…”

Chen Tianwu did not seem to want to cause them any trouble. He supported himself and tried to stand up, but his exhausted body refused to agree. He had just reached the point of half squatting when he felt a sharp pain in his legs. Fortunately, Jiang Ming had already realized that it was impossible for him to get up, and held him up when he was about to fall.

"Sorry..."

"There's no need to apologize. We came here to save you. I know you're still grieving over the loss of your loved ones, but at least... you and your siblings are still alive. Since you're still alive, nothing is impossible. I feel the same way. Being alive is more important than anything else."

"......"

Chen Tianwu was silent at first, then nodded heavily. He first looked at his sister, then looked around. Everywhere he looked was ruins. Judging from the conversation between Jiang Ming and Anna just now, the whole of Manila had been destroyed, but...

"What on earth is...going on?"

Chen Tianwu looked at them, wanting to get an answer.

"Accidents, natural disasters, earthquakes, whatever you want to think of them, there are some things that are blissful when you don't know them, but that's not the point. The point is how you're going to survive in the future. Destiny may further provide you with free treatment, but what to do after that is up to you."

Jiang Ming patted Chen Tianwu on the shoulder, and Chen Tianwu suddenly felt that his body was not as painful as before. At least his feet could stand straight.

"Okay, if I'm not mistaken, Tianming will send out thousands of rescue teams one after another. Anna, you stay here to take care of them, and I'll go rescue and clean up the other Honkai beasts."

Anna opened her mouth and wanted to say something when she heard this, but in the end she didn't say it. She understood that she was too weak, and that Chen Tianwu and the others had no ability to protect themselves and needed to be looked after. More importantly, she couldn't just leave other people alone. After thinking about this, Anna could only nod slightly.

Just when Jiang Ming was about to leave, he received a message from the Tianming headquarters. As Jiang Ming said, the message stated that Tianming had sent rescue personnel to set up a rear camp. If there were any rescued civilians or injured people, they could be sent there for further treatment. As Tianming knights, Jiang Ming and his men needed to return to the battlefield with other troops.

When Jiang Ming told Anna and the others the news, they breathed a sigh of relief. At least they didn't have to hide in fear anymore.

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Chapter 120 An unexpected disaster? Or a long-planned one?

Although Jiang Ming had dealt with more than 90% of the Honkai creatures in Manila not long ago, they still encountered some Honkai beasts during the time they were heading to the rear camp set up by Tianming. It was as if they had locators installed on them. However, most of them were around the tank level, and even Anna could easily deal with them.

“Ho ho ho—!!”

"Second Generation Thunder Seal, Supreme Yang Thunder, Heavy Yang Thunder Heart Sutra!"

There was a crackling sound of electricity, and golden lightning whizzed out, instantly smashing the Honkai creatures that blocked the way. Next, either the Honkai beasts would be blasted into slag with lightning, or they would be cut in half with a sword. There was also a more direct way of directly knocking them out with one punch, and the golden lightning and what not... If I couldn't clearly feel the pain in my body now, I would have thought I was dreaming or in some other world.

These scenes shocked Chen Tianwu and Chen Tianwen from time to time. They did not expect that such a gentle person like Jiang Ming could be so powerful. Although Anna had heard of Jiang Ming's strength before, this kind of devastating fighting style was the first time she had seen it.

Tianming's rear camp was set up at the border of the city, and Jiang Ming and his team were at least 10,000 meters away from there. Considering the situation of the two wounded, their travel speed was too slow.

"Everyone, our current speed is too slow..."

"...I'm sorry, my sister and I have caused you trouble."

"What are you talking about? We were going to send you there anyway. Don't apologize for everything. Pay attention and get ready to be transported."

"Teleport? What teleport...?!"

Before anyone could ask any questions, golden light suddenly appeared on the bodies of Jiang Ming and the other three. The next second, they instantly disappeared from the spot and came directly to the camp arranged by Tianming. The sudden scene left Anna and the other three stunned. It was not until Jiang Ming patted Anna on the shoulder that she realized that they had arrived at their destination.

"Eh...?! We just now were..."

Anna kept looking around, and finally had to look at Jiang Ming to try to get an answer.

"Just ignore these small details for now, as long as the result is right."

Jiang Ming showed a smile, put his right index finger on his lips, and gently closed his left eye, showing an expression of "this is a secret between us".

Anna was once again struck by Jiang Ming's cute look. She was stunned for a moment, until Jiang Ming took Chen Tianwu and his sister, who were still in a daze, to the center of the camp. Then she reacted and hurriedly followed them.

"Excuse me, can you come and look after this brother and sister?"

Jiang Ming came to a girl who seemed to be a logistics staff and said. The girl put down what she was doing and turned to face Jiang Ming.

“Ah, of course... Ehhhh——?!”

Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly screamed.

Jiang Ming: "(??ω?)?"

"Are you...are you Lord Jiang Ming?!"

"Hmm? Yeah, what's wrong?"

After hearing Jiang Ming's admission, the lovely Valkyrie took a deep breath and shouted in one direction.

"Lady Youlandel! Lady Rita! Lord Jiang Ming is back————!!!"

And what followed...

"Eh?! Master Jiang Ming is back? So soon?!"

"Just now the detector showed that the distance was 4632 meters..."

"Master Jiang Ming, please describe to us your battle against hundreds of thousands of Honkai beasts!"

"Do you have any special cards?"

"Is there anything wrong with your health?"

.......

So...so many people...

Suddenly, a large group of girls appeared in front of him, which made Jiang Ming, a boy with mild social anxiety, a little uncomfortable. Although he had similar experiences in Saint Freya, at least he could hide behind Mei or Himeko at that time. When they saw Jiang Ming's girlfriend (although it has not been officially announced, it was completely like that from their usual words and deeds) and Teacher Himeko, they did not dare to do anything excessive. They just said hello and left. But now Mei and the others are not around.

Moreover, Jiang Ming seemed to have heard words similar to surveillance.

Jiang Ming quickly hid behind Anna who had just arrived while he was not surrounded.

"Stop, stop, stop! There are... too many of you!"

Seeing these Valkyries approaching him, Jiang Ming was so scared that he kept hiding with Anna.

“Eh? Eh eh——?!”

Anna, who was being taken to hide here and there, made a puzzled sound in her throat, and then the situation became one where he was running away and she was chasing him, and he couldn't escape even if he had wings. Fortunately, Chen Tianwu and his sister had been taken away by some normal Valkyries.

The situation lasted like this for five minutes.

"Alright everyone, Lord Jiang Ming just finished fighting not long ago and now needs a proper rest."

Rita appeared beside them at some point and clapped her hands to signal them to stop.

Seeing this, the logistics Valkyries had no choice but to complain like a spoiled child.

"But Lady Rita, as logistics personnel, we can only do some cleanup work."

"Now I finally get to see Master Jiang Ming—"

"I still have many questions to ask..."

"Although I haven't asked any questions yet..."

Yes, these D-level or C-level Valkyries could not go to the battlefield. They were mostly sent to transport supplies. It was only this time that Jiang Ming killed 90% of the Honkai creatures in the city, and two S-level Valkyries, Yulandel and Rita, also came here. Naturally, there was a safety issue, so they were allowed to come to support.

But when Kelita heard what they said, she showed no mercy at all.