Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

"There is no doubt that Lady Yulandel is outstanding." Rita showed an expression of approval on her face, and there was a hint of recognition in her eyes when she looked at Catherine.

But soon, this recognition turned into doubt.

"But speaking of which, is Miss Catherine interested in Tianming? If Rita remembers correctly, Tianming's cooperation with Britain was not very close before this. As the director of the British Museum, Miss Catherine should know nothing about Tianming."

"It's a coincidence, but when I was a kid, I happened to encounter a Honkai event. I was saved by a Valkyrie from Heaven."

At this point, a trace of reminiscence appeared on Catherine's face.

"Because of this, in addition to gaining some understanding of Tianming, I also developed a longing for the Valkyrie. Unfortunately, I've been weak since childhood, and I failed Tianming's Valkyrie test. However, my interest in Tianming has always remained."

"Oh," Rita covered her mouth with her hands, looking slightly surprised. "There haven't been many Honkai incidents in the UK in recent years... Could it be the one in Manchester?"

Catherine nodded.

"Indeed, I was visiting Manchester at the time—"

After a pause, she looked at Rita in surprise: "Could it be that Miss Rita was also a Valkyrie who participated in that rescue?"

"...I'm sorry, I'm not that old." Rita twitched her lips and continued, "I'm just like Miss Catherine, I also experienced the collapse."

"Is that so?"

Catherine nodded and said nothing more.

"We're here. Qixi Mountain [Ling9qisijun, Sheep"

Suddenly she stopped and pointed at a stone tablet that was well preserved in a glass cabinet not far in front of her.

"A Celtic scroll containing the legend of King Arthur, dating from around the sixth century BC."

"That is, the cultural relic that Heavenly Mandate specifically requested to be explored."

Chapter 183 Sister Tazi is in trouble

After carefully examining the stone wall with murals in front of her, Rita nodded.

"Yes, this is indeed Tianming's goal this time."

Rita turned and looked at Catherine, then raised the portable camera she had just taken out of her pocket.

"Miss Catherine, I think you can take pictures of this mural, right?"

"Of course," said Catherine.

Watching Rita turn around and start taking 360-degree photos, Catherine twitched her lips and couldn't help asking, "Speaking of which, Miss Rita, may I ask why Tianming wants to check this mural?"

"Although it may not be appropriate for me to say this, even considering the existence of Honkai, the story of King Arthur is still most likely a legend. The Sword in the Stone, Avalon... In that era, could such things really exist in reality?"

After hearing Catherine's question, Rita put away the camera in her hand, turned around and gave Catherine an apologetic smile.

"Miss Catherine, this is a secret, okay?"

Hearing this expected answer, Catherine nodded helplessly and bowed to Rita as if to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I was indeed abrupt."

"Actually, I was wondering if Tianming had made some breakthrough in his research into the legend of King Arthur. As a scholar, that's why I asked this question."

The disappointed expression faded from her face. Catherine looked down at the watch on her wrist, then waved at Rita with a slightly apologetic look.

"I just happen to have other work to attend to, so I won't bother you for now." Catherine said, "Please feel free to contact me if you need anything."

Rita responded with a polite nod, "Okay, if you need anything."

Looking at Catherine's hurried figure as if she was escaping from something, Rita took a deep breath and the smile on her face slowly disappeared.

She gently pressed the button on the right tactical headset, and her originally gentle voice was now full of seriousness.

"Your Excellency," Rita said sternly, "the time when Heaven sent the notice to Miss Catherine—that is, the British Museum—should have been the moment the mission was sent to us, right?"

"That's right," Otto's words of affirmation came through the headset, and then the voice showed a hint of interest. "You should be very familiar with this after so many missions. So, Rita, have you found anything?"

"Indeed, we have made some discoveries. I'm asking this question just to be on the safe side." Rita's lips curled up into an alluring smile. "Then, Your Excellency, the Director of the British Museum, there seems to be something wrong with Miss Catherine. Either she belongs to Anti-Entropy, or she belongs to the World Serpent."

Although the total number of people involved in this mission was four, Rita remembered clearly that the mission report stated that there were only three Valkyries participating in this mission - Seele was a temporary addition by Kayno.

But Catherine did mention that there were four of them... If we hadn't specifically investigated them after they got off the plane, it would have been impossible to clearly know the actual number of people on their mission.

Perhaps it was because they took into consideration the fact that Kainuo's last name couldn't be revealed, or perhaps it was because of some other consideration. In short, it seemed that Tianming didn't send the specific personnel information this time, otherwise such an obvious mistake wouldn't have happened.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, Rita also hinted at Catherine's understanding of Destiny, but in the end, she just showed herself to be a victim of Honkai who paid a little attention to Destiny - and she also seemed to play the card of her friendship with Rita.

"Is that so? Okay." Otto said, "I'll have Amber investigate her personal information. The results will be out by the evening of a few days at the latest."

"Thank you very much, Your Excellency."

"Before you thank me, you'd better pay attention to your surroundings." Otto said with interest, "It seems that a fish has indeed taken the bait...but it's on your side."

"That's perfectly normal. Knowing that Bianca is on the other side, attacking them rashly would be courting death."

Rita's wine-red pupils dilated slightly, and she turned abruptly to look behind her.

Holding a small ball as big as the ocean in one hand and a brown kitten with red stripes in the other, the man in a dark blue cape was floating in the air and raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw Rita turning around.

"Oh, you actually found me. Not bad, Valkyrie."

"But this is also your misfortune! If you hadn't found me, you wouldn't have to experience so much pain when you died."

If Keno was also in this museum, he would definitely find this extremely arrogant man very familiar.

Staring at the man who had quietly come up behind her, Rita's gaze paused on the small ball and cat in his hands, her expression very solemn.

Anyone who brings a pet with him during a battle is either a madman who loves cats so much that he doesn't know the situation, or a madman who is absolutely confident in his own strength.

Gently activating the dressing function on the portable device, a blue light flashed and Rita, fully armed, waved her sickle, keeping alert to the man.

"Are you from... the World Serpent?"

The man in front of him was too weird. Without the mecha-style decoration, he was closer to World Serpent than Anti-Entropy.

"Tsk, you have good eyesight." The man grinned and laughed wildly.

"Since you answered correctly, I can let you attack first."

"How about it, Rita? Can you handle this enemy?" Otto's voice was still as natural and casual as ever. "If it really doesn't work, I'll help you contact Kainuo and the others right now."

"Without the enemy's detailed data, Rita can't make an accurate judgment." Rita remained vigilant, but still shook her head. "Rita, try it first. It's not a good idea to expose our ability to quickly provide support after only catching one fish."

"That's as you wish," Otto said. "Also, I can tell you some information about this man."

"Even though it was only my first time seeing him, I could tell he was just that man—a poor imitation of the true First Herrscher."

"Rita knows."

"Hey, Valkyrie, what are you mumbling about there?" Seeing that Rita did not launch an attack for a long time, the man frowned tightly.

Suddenly, he laughed, "Since you don't attack, then prepare to die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the small ball in his hand suddenly emitted a faint blue light, and an invisible pulling force suddenly descended on Rita.

Fortunately, Rita had already put on her armor, and it was the fourth-generation God-killing Armor of the Blue Knight, Yuehun. Although she was caught off guard by this force, she was still able to keep her balance.

"This power..."

Rita narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze fixed on the small ball in the man's hand.

"The Key of God? The Star of Eden, the signature weapon of the First Herrscher back then." Otto began to explain to Rita. "Although it's a fake made from a shoddy imitation, it's certainly a problem for you, Rita."

"...Your Excellency, you could have said less."

Taking a deep breath, the boosters on the back of the armor sprayed flames, and Rita swung the scythe in the direction of the man.

There was no need to destroy the opponent's weapon first. From Otto's words, Rita clearly understood that if the opponent was willing, such a weapon could be made at any time. Therefore, compared to eliminating this pulling force, the correct approach was to try to kill the opponent directly.

only……

Looking at the man whose smile suddenly became unbridled and the kitten that suddenly leaped into the air and suddenly transformed into a giant cat, Honkaimon, Rita suddenly opened her eyes wide.

Facing the giant cat's claws almost touching her forehead, Rita knew that she had no escape at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Rita's eyes were full of determination.

"Wake up, Master of Frost!"

Chapter 184 The First Herrscher

"Meow!"

The cat-like Honkai Beast leaped into the air, its fur suddenly standing up, its pupils shrinking, and its claws, which had been swinging mid-swing, suddenly stopped. Using the force of the blow, it instinctively twisted its body in mid-air, rolling on the ground. It then clawed at the ground with its limbs, and looked at Rita with a look of alarm.

Almost instantly, a sharp, cold light streaked across the spot where it had been. A giant phantom, wielding a cross-shaped spear, suddenly appeared behind Rita. Spear swung, the giant sheathed his weapon and stood guard over the two of them, like a loyal guardian knight.

"Huh, did you dodge?"

Seeing that the attack failed to kill the target, Rita wasn't overly disappointed. While the cat-like Honkai Beast had indeed caught her off guard, forcing her to use one of her trump cards prematurely, the humanoid phantom created by the Armored Blue Knight Moon Soul wasn't a surprise attack in the first place.

A card that would have to be played sooner or later was exchanged for one's life in the enemy's sneak attack. At least from Rita's point of view, it was a huge profit.

"With the power of an emperor, a fully controllable transformable Honkai beast, and an inferior clone of the First Herrscher, it must be said that the World Serpent's methods are indeed beyond Destiny's expectations."

Rita shifted her gaze away from the cat-shaped Honkai beast that was pacing alertly, looking for an opportunity to attack, and looked back at the man in front of her, a cold smile on her charming face.

"If the World Serpent is only this strong, then I'm sorry, Rita, you may have to return empty-handed."

Although she couldn't immediately defeat the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, and the true strength of the inferior Herrscher replica remained unknown, anyone would do something like simply threatening to provoke the opponent and reveal their weakness.

It’s just a pity that the man who had been extremely arrogant before gritted his teeth and looked angry, but that was all.

"Damn woman, once I catch you I'll make you regret coming into this world!"

The five fingers of his right hand, which was holding up the deep little ball, suddenly clenched. The man closed one eye and revealed an arrogant and confident smile.

"Even if it's a fake, you can't resist it! Come, experience a hundred times the gravity—"

The man's eyes widened, and a cold light flashed across his face.

Rita didn't show any martial ethics and launched an attack directly after he finished speaking. In a hurry, he only had time to roughly lay down a layer of shield constructed with Honkai energy.

Although the barrier successfully blocked the sickle's attack, as a mage he was not very agile and could not completely escape in this short period of time.

The man shifted his gaze from his left arm that was dripping with blood, raised his head, glared fiercely at the cat-shaped Honkai Beasts surrounding him and Rita, and then stared at Rita again.

He took a deep breath and said in a cold tone, "Valkyrie, I admit that you pissed me off."

"You have no chance of survival. Next, I will let you taste death directly!"

Strange dark blue lines suddenly appeared on the man's face, and the small ball on his right hand suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, the pulling force exerted on Rita disappeared instantly. In its place, there was the sound of shattering glass, twisting steel bars, and breaking bricks.

Rubble, glass shards, iron blocks... everything visible in the museum shattered and floated, and then quickly gathered around Rita as if pulled by some strong gravitational force, as if to bury her alive.

If that were all, it would have been fine. A cat-shaped Honkai Beast, originally waiting for an opportunity on the periphery, was also snatched up by the gravity and flew towards Rita in panic. In its panic, it could only look helplessly at the smiling man.

"Meow!"

"Stupid cat." Glancing back at it with disdain, the man showed an indifferent expression on his face. "Since you haven't taken action before, now if you want to survive, try to get rid of the enemy before me."

Seeing that his request for help was ineffective, the cat-shaped Honkai Beast bared its teeth threateningly at the other party, bared its claws, and pounced on Rita, who was now exhausted from dealing with the flying stone attacks.

"Wave after wave of attacks, it's really..." Rita smiled bitterly and sighed helplessly, "It will definitely be very troublesome to clean up afterward, right?"

Rita wasn't flustered.

While she wasn't as skilled as the others, she was still a true S-rank Valkyrie. While this might have been a desperate situation for an ordinary soldier, it was merely a minor nuisance to her.

She can handle it.

Taking a deep breath, Rita's face turned stern, and her rose-red pupils reflected more cold and penetrating thorns than the overflowing romance of the rose.

"Particle flow dispersion system, activate!"

A brilliant blue light shone continuously on Rita's armor, and the illusory figure behind her quickly gazed at her. An unknown mechanism began to operate, rapidly absorbing light and heat from the surrounding environment, centered around Rita.

Instantly, all surrounding objects and life were covered in a thin layer of white frost. As if frozen by the extremely low temperature, the debris stopped flying, the Honkai beasts stopped moving, and the entire world fell into a state of stillness.

Rita breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face.

Although it didn't have a time-space rupture system, Yuehun had another device that could also make time stand still. Although it put a heavy strain on the body, it also greatly extended the duration of the rupture.

Unlike the time delay during the Space-Time Break, which could only be used to dodge attacks at critical moments, this system was more than enough for her to launch attacks and kill all enemies present.

And this is where Rita's greatest confidence lies.

Swinging her sickle to smash the surrounding debris into pieces, Rita turned around, her cold gaze fixed on the cat-shaped Honkai Beast's body that was so close to her.

Lifting the sickle high, Rita said softly, "Then, I will end your lives one by one—"