Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

"But Lord Jiang Ming is very tired now. You will only cause him more trouble. He may have been injured in the previous battle. He needs to rest now."

After Rita finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Ming beside her. Jiang Ming immediately understood what she meant. He quickly put his hand on Anna's shoulder and covered his chest with the other hand, pretending to be in pain from internal injuries.

“Ahh… It hurts so much, I can’t take it anymore, I need to wash it~————”

But with such poor acting skills and weak voice, even Yulandel could tell that he was pretending...

But Rita didn't care about that. She half-pushed and half-pulled Jiang Ming to Yulandel.

At the same time, the logistics personnel who were unable to catch Jiang Ming had to turn their attention to Anna...

"Lady Anna, did you see Lord Jiang Ming's heroic moments in battle?!"

"Please, Lady Anna, this is really important to us."

"Eh? Even if you say so...ok...ok..."

Faced with everyone's starry eyes and an expression that looked like they would pester her unless she told them, Anna had to do her best to describe how Jiang Ming behaved in front of her.

......

"...Kill the Honkai Emperor with one punch?!"

"No matter what level of Honkai beast it is, it can be killed with one strike?!"

"but......"

Although these things are indeed extremely surprising to them, compared to that...

"Um... Lady Anna, what about... that?"

"Which...which one?"

Anna tilted her head in confusion, and at the same time she was a little nervous, thinking that she had missed something.

"It's... the scene where Lord Jiang Ming fights against almost 150,000 Honkai creatures!"

"Yes, yes, but we only saw the first two hours of fighting. Two hours! We killed fifty thousand of them!"

"This is not even more surprising. What is even more shocking is that the battle lasted only two and a half hours from start to finish."

"You...you mean to say...?!"

Anna recalled Jiang Ming's look at that time. Although she had already imagined the answer in her mind, she still hoped to hear their answers.

"That's right! Lord Jiang Ming wiped out the remaining 10 Honkai creatures in the remaining half an hour! Not a single one was left! He single-handedly eliminated more than % of the Honkai beasts in Manila!"

"......"

Anna swallowed to moisten her dry throat. As she expected, when Jiang Ming said that there were only a few Manila Honkai Beasts left, she already suspected that Jiang Ming solved it alone, but...

Why would he deny it?

In the end, Anna had to answer that she encountered it when Jiang Ming had just solved the problem. Upon hearing this, the logistics Valkyries had to leave unhappily. After thanking Anna, they went back to their original work.

.......

"Master Jiang Ming, please have some black tea."

Rita placed an exquisite tea set with a cup of fragrant dark black tea in front of Jiang Ming.

"Um...Anyway...is my mission considered completed?"

"Haha, of course not, Lord Jiang Ming, we have to rescue all the people in Manila and eliminate all the remaining Honkai creatures. Only in this way can we complete the mission. Fortunately, Lord Jiang Ming is here. With your overwhelming force, you have eliminated more than 90% of the Honkai creatures in Manila in a short period of time, which has reduced a lot of trouble for us. Thank you for your hard work."

"......About the Valkyrie team that was invested by destiny."

"..."

Rita sighed softly and spoke in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, Lord Jiang Ming. Almost all of the six elite garrison teams were wiped out. I'm afraid the only one who survived is Miss Anna, whom you brought with you."

"......I see."

Jiang Ming exhaled lightly, took a sip of the fragrant black tea, and his tense nerves were relaxed. He enjoyed this brief peace. Rita was worthy of being an almighty maid. She even prepared the snacks neatly, and it was almost time for afternoon tea.

"Jiang Ming...can you tell me what you did in that half an hour?"

After taking a sip of black tea, Youlandel turned her gaze to Jiang Ming. Her light blue eyes stared at Jiang Ming's face closely, as if she didn't want to miss any details. Jiang Ming suddenly felt a little frightened and felt like ants were crawling all over his body.

"what?"

Jiang Ming tilted his head and gave an expression that said "What are you talking about?"

"Please don't play dumb. I've seen the video of you killing 5 Honkai beasts in two hours, but if this is your average killing speed, then how can you possibly kill the remaining Honkai creatures in the next half hour? Can you tell me...how did you do it?"

"......"

"Isn't this simple? I was able to defeat a Judgment-level Honkai beast a year ago. Now, a year later, it's impossible for me not to have made progress. Naturally, I have kept a few cards for myself, but these are cards to save my life, so please allow me to keep a few secrets for myself."

"......"

"I see... But... You didn't use any secret method to temporarily increase your strength when you were fighting Chi You, right? At that time, your strength suddenly increased a lot, but your vitality also decreased very quickly."

Youlan Daier's serious expression remained the same, and it was unclear whether she was worried about Jiang Ming's safety or something else...

"Don't worry, Lady Bianca. I don't need to use that secret method to deal with them. That thing costs life, and I dare not use it more than once."

Jiang Ming waved his hand, signaling Youlandel not to worry.

"Burning life..."

“What specific effect does it have?”

"That is... to unleash a strength that is ten times greater than your own."

Yulandel: "......."

Rita: “….”

"......ten times?"

"Uh-huh, ten times."

Jiang Ming repeated it again and crossed the index fingers of his left and right hands to form a cross.

Yulandel frowned slightly and her eyes unconsciously met Rita's. Rita's expression was somewhat similar to Yulandel's. They were both shocked and confused. They were shocked that this secret method could increase their strength so much, and they were confused as to why Jiang Ming possessed such a terrifying secret method.

"for......"

"If you want to ask why... I'm sorry, this is also one of my secrets. However, I don't think I will use this ability anymore in the future—"

"......"

After exchanging glances with Rita again, Yulandel remained silent for a moment before continuing.

"Well... let's talk about something else."

"Ok?"

Jiang Ming stuffed macarons into his mouth and made puzzled sounds in his throat.

I have to say that this little dessert is exquisite and small, with a rich taste, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and colorful in appearance. It is really pleasing to the eye and delicious, and it seems that Rita made it in advance and brought it directly.

"About your Chiyou core......"

Jiang Ming was obviously stunned when he heard this. He even slowed down his chewing movements and just stared blankly at Youlandel in front of him.

"what?"

"The bishop has instructed that if we meet you, let Rita and I recover the Chiyou core. You should know its value."

"......"

"Is that what Otto wanted?"

"Yes."

Jiang Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard that, and looked down upon Otto from the bottom of his heart.

"But I refuse...!"

"The bishop also said that if you are willing to hand over the Chiyou core, he will give you 3000 million US dollars separately."

Just when Jiang Ming was about to refuse with an expression of "da ga, blah blah", Yulandel reported a number that was extremely shocking in the eyes of Jiang Ming in both his two lives.

“Mr. Duo?! No, wait, cough... cough cough cough...”

"what happened to you?"

"Ahem, it's okay. The dessert was a little dry and I choked. It's okay, it's okay."

Jiang Ming waved his hands quickly, drank the remaining tea in the cup, lowered his head and began to daydream wildly in his mind.

"I thought Otto would rob me, but I didn't expect him to spend 3000 million US dollars to buy it... But if I agree, I won't have to worry about the rest of my life. The money I used to marry Mei is also..."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming slowly raised his head. Yulandel and Rita also understood that Jiang Ming was going to give his own answer, and they all looked at him seriously. After all, Judgment-level Honkai beasts are already very rare in the current civilization to the original world, not to mention that they have obtained its core. If this is used to develop the Valkyrie combat armor, it will get unimaginable improvement.

After taking a deep breath, Jiang Ming picked up the remaining macarons on the plate with one hand and slowly put his other hand behind his back. This made Yulandel and Rita think that Jiang Ming had compromised, and they were relieved. After all, Otto had said that if Jiang Ming didn't want to, they would have to snatch it away and then give him the money. But considering Jiang Ming's current strength, it would be more difficult to catch him than to kill him. It would be best if he could compromise and reduce meaningless struggles.

But the next second they were stunned where they were, because Jiang Ming took advantage of the moment when they let down their guard and broke out of the door. He was so fast that the sound of his shouting gradually became smaller.

"But I still have to refuse——"

Seeing this, Yulandel and Rita stood up quickly. They obviously did not expect Jiang Ming to do this suddenly.

"Lord Yulandel?!"

“Catch up—!”

"Yes!"

Just like that, two S-class Valkyries began chasing an A-class Valkyrie...the Knight of Destiny.

.......

After a simple treatment, Anna, who was about to set out with the main force to return to the battlefield, saw Jiang Ming running towards her, and was about to say hello.

"Ah! Jiang Ming——!"

Anna raised her hand to Jiang Ming, but upon closer inspection, things did not seem that simple, because Yulandel and Rita were also rushing towards Jiang Ming at a very fast speed.

“Eh eh——?”

Anna blinked her beautiful light pink eyes with a puzzled expression. For some reason, she suddenly felt a little scared when she saw this posture, and her feet unconsciously stepped back.

"Anna, save me!!!"

"Even if you say so, I can't do it!"

Anna waved her hands quickly, indicating that she was powerless. Jiang Ming, who had no off-field assistance, had to continue running, not daring to relax at all. Rita, who saw the large army, stopped with foresight. However, Yulandel, who received Otto's order to bring back Chiyou's core, followed closely behind Jiang Ming and chased him all the way into the range of Manila's collapse.

As the two people were running towards each other, they gradually ran across the entire city of Manila, and as a result, they eliminated all the remnants of the Honkai creatures in Manila along the way.

Jiang Ming looked back and moved his feet even faster.

"F*ck, Yulandel is still chasing me, she meow——!"

......

“Haha ....”

Jiang Ming couldn't bear it any longer and sat on the ground gasping for breath. Looking back, he found that Youlandel was standing next to him. They also ran back to Tianming's rear camp.

"You are--really not tired?"

Jiang Ming didn't even want to use the strength to open his eyes, so he simply closed his eyes and looked in the direction of Youlandel and said.

"If it's just running around a city, it's not a big deal for me, but you're out of breath just at this level. It seems that you're lacking in this aspect."

While giving instructions, Yulandel pushed her messy hair behind her ears, crossed her arms, and looked down at Jiang Ming. Jiang Ming just stared at her. He didn't know if it was an illusion or something, but he always felt that when she made this move, something seemed to be more prominent. The uniform of the Invincible Blade on her body, although he didn't think it was anything special when he first saw it, was still very pleasing to the eye after looking at it for a long time, especially the abyss above the black stockings, which made people want to peek into it.

"I just don't want to argue with you. Haha. You should have seen my speed. On the battlefield, being able to reach the destination quickly is the most important thing. It has nothing to do with physical strength."

"We will discuss this later. When are you going to hand over Chiyou's core? Don't worry, as long as you hand it over, the bishop will definitely fulfill his promise."

"..."

It seemed that he realized that it was meaningless to continue fighting like this. He could escape for a while but not forever. Youlandel would definitely follow him back to Saint Freya because he didn't hand it over. Thinking of this, Jiang Ming sighed helplessly.

"Okay, okay, give it to you."

Jiang Ming took out the core that had absorbed almost all of the city's Honkai energy. The core continued to emit shining purple light, looking both dangerous and dazzling.

"Well, I'm glad you made this choice."

Just as Youlandel was about to reach out to take it, a white light flashed, and both of them were startled. Jiang Ming had a bad premonition, and when he was about to take back the Chiyou core, the core suddenly disappeared in his hand.