Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

After hearing this, Susanna immediately stepped forward and grabbed Catherine's hand, and encouraged her with inner emotion. Catherine quickly waved her hands and smiled bitterly, telling Susanna to relax.

"Don't worry so much, I'm actually fine now."

"Well, Miss Catherine, after this mission is over, I will ask Miss Rita to take you to visit the Destiny Base. There are many Valkyries there! There are even men!"

"Haha, that's really interesting. We have a deal."

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After a while, Susanna suddenly made a discovery, and she quickly told the two of them the good news loudly.

"Found it! There is a secret passage under the torre leading underground! There is a bigger space inside!"

Rita showed a terrifying smile when she heard this, and immediately organized three people to take out shovels and start digging the ground.

After digging about half a meter at the designated location, a stone slab engraved with English appeared in front of the three people.

“Kala——”

As Rita moved the heavy stone slab away, a dark and bottomless passage came into view.

"Miss Catherine, please wait for us up there. There may be danger underground."

Rita suggested that Catherine stay there, but Catherine flatly refused.

"What are you talking about, Miss Rita? This is an exciting discovery. As a historian, please allow me to come along!"

Susanna was also there to speak for Catherine.

"Please rest assured, Miss Rita. I will definitely ensure the safety of Miss Catherine!"

"...Is that so? Then let's go together."

Rita looked at the two men's backs with a slightly sharp look, then closed her eyes and thought for a while before following them.

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While looking at the underground metal detector in her hand, Susanna reported the current situation to Rita and the others.

"Ms. Rita, according to the instrument, this passage goes down nearly 1828.8 feet (about meters)."

Looking at such data, Susanna couldn't help but sigh.

"It's such a huge project. I wonder how the ancient people completed it. Even the stairs are distributed so evenly."

"If this is really the burial place of the Key of God, then these ruins were built with the technology of a previous civilization. If this is the case, incredible things will happen."

They soon reached a depth of nearly two thousand meters. Unlike the original staircase road, the space below was enormous. Even an ordinary gymnasium would be far inferior to it.

Just as the three were about to find out what was going on, Catherine unexpectedly discovered something like a sword not far away, and the tip of the sword was stuck on a stone of medium size.

However, the sword body, hilt and scabbard were all rusted and in tatters.

"Could it be that... this is the legendary holy sword...?"

Catherine put on her gloves slowly and approached the holy sword, while Susanna followed her. Rita was still observing the environment from a distance.

At this moment, Catherine just lightly touched the holy sword on the stone, and then the holy sword seemed to be triggered by some mechanism, and it bent slightly like a pull rod.

At the same time, a huge pillar fell down, and the ground was instantly dented, separating Susanna and Rita.

bump--!!

"Suzanna?!"

Looking at this sudden scene, Rita couldn't help but frown and sweat broke out on her face. It would be difficult for her to completely clean up such a huge stone pillar. After all, her fighting style was different from Jiang Ming and Youlandel.

"Separated? What's going on? Is there a mechanism?!"

Susanna stared at the stone pillar in front of her with wide eyes, her nervousness evident in her words. She knocked on the stone pillar in front of her in panic, and kept calling Rita on the other side.

"Ms. Rita, are you okay? I, I, I, what should we do now?"

"Calm down Miss Susanna, you need to protect Miss Catherine first."

"Yeah! I...I'll do my best!"

Seeing that they seemed to be fine, Rita began to observe the surrounding environment more carefully, trying to find another way to reach them.

At the same time, a slight sound suddenly came from the dark and silent underground. Rita turned around suddenly and found that it was the cat from before. It was looking at Rita with a fierce expression.

"Meow (Little girl, we meet again)"

Rita breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. She narrowed her beautiful eyes and a smile appeared on her face.

"It seems that we have indeed been ambushed."

"Meow! (Humph, I've been through devilish training these past two days and have been suppressing my desires. This is the rule of survival I learned during my wandering career—only when you reach your limit can you unleash greater power!!"

"Meow meow! (Now if I kill you, I can go back and have a good meal!!)"

As the medicine was injected again, Stan's body was covered with a silicone shell like the Honkai Beast again and he pounced on Rita.

Rita's face stiffened, and the Blue Knight, Moon Soul, quickly dressed. The blue and white armor on Rita's body turned from virtual to real like data, and then he faced her head-on.

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Chapter 160 The Rules of the Thunder Universe? !

On the other side, Susanna couldn't help feeling worried when she heard the intermittent crisp collisions and impacts outside the wall.

"Ms. Rita...did something happen?"

Just then, a mechanical clicking sound was heard, scaring Susanna so much that she turned around quickly.

"Who?!"

Suddenly, dozens of mechanical simulacrums resembling gray snakes appeared behind Susanna and Catherine. Without exception, they all aimed the infrared rays on their right arm devices at her and Catherine.

"Miss Catherine! Please get behind me!"

Although Susanna was panicked and had cold sweat on her forehead, in order to protect Miss Catherine, she still displayed her weapon in her hand and fought with the mechanical simulator in front of her.

"Even though I'm only B-rank, I can't bring disgrace upon the name of Team Phosphorus Sand!"

Swish-

I don't know if they were imitations or something else, but these mechanical simulacrums were surprisingly easy to deal with. As she watched them all fall to the ground, Susanna showed a proud smile on her face. She couldn't wait to turn around and congratulate Catherine.

"Ms. Catherine, the enemies have been eliminated! Are you safe now...?"

But... instead of Catherine expressing her gratitude with joy as expected, she raised a pistol to her forehead with a cold and ruthless look and a hint of contempt.

"...Miss...Katherine...?"

Susanna's forehead was covered with cold sweat, her eyes were filled with disbelief, and she let out a faint moan trying to figure out why, but the next second...

"...I'm sorry, Susanna... God, I can't go."

boom!boom!

After two gunshots, Catherine frowned as she looked at Susanna, who was lying in a pool of blood with a bullet piercing her head, and a look of contempt appeared on her face.

"These soldiers are useless if they can't even deal with such a weak Valkyrie... But now we just need to wait for Master Jackal to deal with Rita."

Catherine gracefully put away her gun and turned around to return to the ground, but at this moment, something strange happened.

Her head had been pierced, blood and brain matter were all over the floor, and Susanna, who looked lifeless, stood up slowly and intact.

She came behind Catherine swaying without making a sound, the smile on her face twisted and full of resentment like a ghost.

"That's too much, Miss Catherine~"

Susanna's amber eyes shone with light, and she sang in a sad but song-like voice.

"What--?!"

At this moment, Catherine's pupils constricted and cold sweat broke out on her cheeks. But before she turned her head, golden feathers appeared in the air and slowly fell down. Catherine, who was touched by the golden feathers, fell into silence, her eyes dull, as if she had become a puppet waiting to be controlled by someone.

"Yu Duchen couldn't find the location of the Second God Key either. This woman is just a discarded pawn, just as Jiang Ming said."

"but--"

Otto took out a special needle and inserted it into Catherine's arm. He began to draw blood from her body and then injected it into his liquid soul steel body.

“On the chessboard, even abandoned pieces have their uses.”

Soon, as the DNA took effect, the original Susanna turned into Catherine. She adjusted her glasses and chuckled as if everything was as he planned.

"Next, let me go meet that careless boss."

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On a hill, Catherine stood behind a woman wearing a dog-head mask and reported the current situation.

The Jackal could not help but sneer after hearing this.

"Haha, the Valkyrie of Destiny is just like this. She fell into my trap so easily. In just a little while, we can get rid of the S-class Valkyrie Rita."

"All this is thanks to Lord Jackal's wise strategy. Thanks to you for using the soul hidden in the stone slab as bait, the Valkyrie was hooked. From the very beginning, Destiny fell into your trap."

Katherine said as she bowed.

"Well, although the records in the soul steel are true, the legend of the holy sword is just a myth created based on the deeds of the Lord. Destiny is indeed too naive."

"However, Bishop Otto of Heaven's Destiny has already set his sights on the Second Key of God. I don't think he will give up. I think Lord Jackal should move the Key of God to a safer place?"

"That's not necessary."

The Jackal walked closer to Catherine as he spoke. The two were only a foot apart at the moment, and a cold voice came from under the mask.

"The Second God Key is a sacred object that cannot be touched by mortals. Although it has been placed in the most conspicuous place for thousands of years, it is a place that will never be discovered no matter how hard the Destiny investigates."

"The ability of the Second God Key is to control space. It cannot be observed from the outside."

Hearing this, Catherine smiled and thanked him.

"Thank you, Lord Jackal, for telling me these secrets. Since Lord Jackal trusts me so much, I will definitely..."

boom--!

Before he could finish his words, another bullet pierced through him. His body instantly became weak and he collapsed to the ground. The splattered blood smeared on his neck and the grass, like a bunch of beautiful red spider lilies.

"No need for the future. Just take your life as a thank you gift. You have been in contact with Rita, and destiny will definitely investigate your whereabouts. Only your death can be the best loyalty to the organization."

"You smartass woman, you are just a chess piece in my hand that I can throw away at will."

The jackal was about to turn around and leave, but Catherine, who was lying on the ground, laughed out loud.

"Haha, you are really cruel and ruthless."

“————?!”

The Jackal was frightened by this sudden scene and turned back suddenly, only to see Catherine, who should have been dead, slowly standing up. Her body began to change, and the liquid metal gradually transformed into the appearance of another person.

"It's really sad that my good acting skills are wasted."

"How can this be... No! You... This face is! Bishop of Heaven's Destiny... Otto! What on earth is going on!!"

The Jackal's tone was full of confusion and anger. Seeing this, Otto felt as if he saw a clown, but he still saluted slightly to show his respect.

"Haha, these are not important, Ms. Jackal. I sincerely invite you to visit the headquarters of Destiny. When the time comes, I will explain my plan to you in detail."

"Also, regarding the Second God's Key, I also have a lot to ask you about."

But the Jackal felt insulted when she heard this, and she screamed and shot at Otto.

boom!boom!

"Humph! Do you think you win like this?"

Although the bullets fired in succession successfully penetrated Otto's liquid soul steel body, his body recovered in just a blink of an eye. It was obvious that ordinary weapons would not cause any harm to him.

"Haha - Ms. Jackal, don't waste your energy. My body made of soul steel cannot be destroyed!"

While the two were confronting each other, Raven, another cadre of the World Serpent, saw from a distance this situation which was not good for them.

"Tsk, if the Third God Key hadn't suddenly disappeared, there would be no way I could do anything to you."

Raven was silent for a while, then reluctantly took out a small ball of blue-gold light from somewhere, and her thoughts returned to that time...

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In the dark passage, there were two human figures walking one in front and one behind. Both of them were wearing black cloaks and walking towards the seemingly endless distance.

"..."