Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

Chapter 253: Herrscher of the Stars

The raging flames suddenly dissipated without any warning, and the crimson figure of the Herrscher of Fire fell uncontrollably from the sky.

After confirming through a high-dimensional perspective that the other party had indeed lost consciousness, Kainuo rushed forward and caught her.

Despite their immense power, the Herrscher's body is still that of an ordinary human. Cuts still bleed, burns still cause pain, and penetrating wounds are enough to render them unconscious.

For example, the Herrscher of Fire was hit by a beam of star energy, causing her eyes to go black and she became dizzy on the spot. If she had not received treatment, the wound would have killed her.

Kainuo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly used the power of life to heal the other party.

Just as Jizi's wound healed, Kiana's voice came from a distance.

"Hey, bro!"

Seeing that the flames and mist finally dissipated, Kiana hurriedly flew over from a distance, took a look and confirmed that Ji Zi was okay, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew, it's a good thing you came, otherwise we would have let Jizi get away. You don't know how treacherous Auntie is. We almost lost everything there!"

Having said that, Kiana nudged Theresa, who was lying on her back pretending to be dead, with her shoulder and couldn't help complaining.

Kiana hit her both mentally and physically, and Theresa couldn't help but arch her back at Kiana.

"Wow, stop scolding me, stop scolding me. I already said I know I'm wrong."

Kainuo gave Theresa a strange look. His aunt rarely admitted her mistakes.

"...Tell me the details later. I have to go somewhere else now. There's at least one Herrscher I need to take care of."

"Also, I'll leave Jizi to you guys for now."

As Kaino spoke, he handed the healed Ji Zi to Kiana. After pondering for a moment, he patted her on the bottom of the neck and then took away the Herrscher of Fire core that flew out of her body.

"Just in case, I'll take the core away first. That way, even if the Herrscher of Flame awakens again, it won't be able to affect you."

"Yeah!" Kiana nodded quickly, and there was a hint of sadness in her eyes when she looked at Ji Zi.

"But Aunt Jizi has truly suffered an unexpected disaster this time. Her health was already poor, and now she's become a Herrscher and caused such severe damage to Saint Freya. She'll probably be heartbroken when she wakes up..."

"You don't have to worry about that." Kainuo rubbed Kiana's head and glanced at Theresa who was holding her head in her hands and was heartbroken.

"The damage to Saint Freya will naturally be repaired at the expense of the Far East Branch Director, so compared to Teacher Jizi, Auntie is probably feeling even more distressed."

"As for Mr. Himeko's health issues... She's a Herrscher now. How could a Herrscher die from being unable to resist the erosion of Houkai energy? That would be a complete joke, right?!"

Kiana felt inexplicably offended.

Shaking her head to get rid of the strange feeling in her head, Kiana glanced behind her and said goodbye to Kaino: "Then brother, I'll go back first?"

Theresa also quickly raised her head: "Well, nephew, please be careful!"

Kaino smiled and waved at the two of them.

Watching the three people flying away unsteadily, Kayno pressed the button next to his right temple, and the Destiny tactical eyepiece expanded.

The little red dot representing the Herrscher of Fire had dimmed, but the red dot representing the Herrscher of Ice was still rapidly approaching the Herrscher of Stars, and it would make contact in about five minutes.

And Bianca is still on her way to Manila...

Kainuo sighed. It seemed that he would not be able to see his lovely sister for a while.

A dark light flashed, and Kainuo's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

Not all Herrschers are born in St. Freya Academy, where everyone has excellent Honkai energy literacy. Not all Herrschers have an excellent teacher in their body who can interfere with their consciousness and not kill their students. Not all Herrschers will betray their camp and stand on the side of humans because of their ignorant feelings.

Most Honkai outbreaks mean the deaths of tens or even millions of people, and the arrival of most Herrschers represents the most terrifying natural disaster in the world.

At least that was the case for the Herrscher of Stars in Manila. The human consciousness named Chen Tianwu in his body was defeated by the Herrscher's consciousness early on.

The brown-haired Herrscher, suspended high in the air, was surrounded by gravitational waves, the invisible attack further crushing the already shattered city beneath his feet. The Snow Lotus Squad, originally stationed in Manila, was now nearly wiped out, the sole remaining Valkyrie lying unconscious in a corner of the ruins.

Seeing this scene, Kayno couldn't help but frown, and looked at the Herrscher in the air with an even more unfriendly look.

This was the first time he had witnessed a Herrscher truly wreaking havoc on the world.

When Kayno was looking at the Herrscher of the Stars, he also noticed his sudden appearance on the battlefield and looked at him expressionlessly.

"You are the enemy of Honkai."

"...You all can't say anything else except this, right?" Kainuo said with a cold expression.

The Herrscher of the Stars also didn't reply. He stretched out his right hand, and gravitational waves that were clearly visible from a high-dimensional perspective instantly converged in front of him.

But this time, Kayno did not play an attack-and-defend game with the opponent. He directly gathered and fired the star energy beams. The battle was completely over before the Star Ruler's attacks were fully gathered.

After healing his injuries with a depressed mood, Keno took out the core from his body and left him on the ruins.

Keno reopened the Destiny Tactical Eyepiece and opened a private communication with Otto.

"Otto, the Herrscher of Fire and the Herrscher of Stars have both been dealt with... Yes, the Herrscher of Fire has been sent back to Saint Freya, and the Herrscher of Stars is still lying in Manila. You can have someone retrieve it later."

"Well, congratulations on your successful operation." Otto's voice came over.

"But Herrscher of Ice, you don't have to worry. Your friend is much stronger than I imagined. She successfully caught up with the Herrscher of Ice. Before she arrived in Manila, she used the Grand Void Sword God twice to sever the connection between the Herrscher of Ice and the Honkai Consciousness, severely damaging her. You just need to return to headquarters now."

"...Okay, I understand."

Kaino sighed and turned to look at the ruins of Manila.

"Speaking of which, Otto, there should still be a lot of survivors in Manila. A search and rescue operation could probably save a lot of them."

"Hmm?" Otto's voice became a little strange.

"Although it wasn't my own will, you don't think that Destiny only knows how to fight the Honkai, do you? Saving survivors is one of Destiny's responsibilities."

"I'll have the opportunity to come to our headquarters again—there has been a breakthrough in our cooperation."

"Okay, I got it. See you later." Kainuo hung up the call.

Looking at the ruins in front of him, Kayno suddenly slapped his forehead, and used all his Honkai energy to activate the power of the Herrscher of Death.

The white mist of life, representing revival, instantly filled the entire sky, and then slowly fell like winter snow.

Chapter 254 Analysis of Power

popping.

After activating the power of life to provide indiscriminate treatment to all the survivors in Manila, Kainuo clapped his hands and once again used the power of the Ruler of Reason to recreate one autonomous robot after another to search for the survivors who were still alive and provide them with rescue.

Although Otto said that he would send a rescue team and told Kayno to go back to see him, the sooner the rescue happens, the better. Kayno was not very reassured about leaving the Herrscher of the Stars who had lost the power to resist here.

While the autonomous robots were searching for survivors, Kayno took out the Herrscher cores he had dug out from the bodies of the two Herrschers and examined them carefully. The pale purple and crimson Herrscher cores sparkled in the sunlight.

Since Mobius said that he, as a former Herrscher of Reason, had been able to view and reproduce the power of the Herrscher, there was no reason why he couldn't do the same now. He hadn't had time to try it before due to the constant battles, but now that he had some free time, he definitely had to give it a try.

Thinking of this, Kainuo opened up his high-dimensional perspective again.

Faint, illusory spots of light that only he could see flickered inside the two cores. When the light was at its dimmest, he could clearly see the complex and obscure three-dimensional patterns in the deepest part of the core.

The two patterns are completely different.

Keno frowned and pondered for a moment, then tentatively probed the Herrscher of Reason's power into the Herrscher of Fire's core. Unlike previous attempts to analyze the core, which had yielded no results, this time, while progress was slow, analysis was indeed underway.

Touching his chin, Kayno put the two cores into the imaginary space and snapped his fingers with his right hand very skillfully.

Snapped.

Accompanied by a crisp sound, a flame appeared out of thin air on his index finger and burned quietly. The temperature was not high but it seemed to be shining.

Like fire from heaven stolen by mortals.

"Although the output power is pitifully low, it's true that the Herrscher of Fire has successfully utilized his power," Keno muttered. "In that case, we'll have to keep the two cores for a while until the analysis is complete."

Although his main means of output now is to directly bombard the enemy with star energy, it is always a good idea to have more means... What if a Herrscher who can confine star energy but does not restrict the use of Honkai energy appears in the future?

Although the total amount of star energy in my body is probably impossible to contain...

Just as Keno was daydreaming, a sharp sound of breaking through the air came from a distance, gradually growing louder.

Keno subconsciously looked up and saw an unknown object streaking across the sky like a dazzling golden meteor, heading towards him at an extremely fast speed.

Speaking of which, does this color and energy fluctuation look familiar?

When the golden meteor was about to reach Manila, it suddenly slowed down and hovered in the sky. After staying in the sky for a while, it seemed to have found its target and quickly landed not far from Kaino.

As the smoke and dust raised by the emergency landing slowly dissipated, the figure of Bianca, with blonde hair and golden armor, emerged.

Bianca breathed a sigh of relief, then waved to Keno with a smile on her face.

"Brother, long time no see."

"Uh, long time no see...but technically we've only been apart for a few hours, right?" Kaino scratched the side of his face with curiosity. "And you changed into a new set of clothes?"

At this moment, Bianca wasn't wearing the Radiant Knight Moon Soul that he usually used, nor was it the new armor he wore after passing the trial in Kaslana's Stigmata Dimension. Instead, he was wearing a set of Star Armor that was brimming with stellar energy. It was slightly weaker than his partially activated Star Armor, but it would still crush most Herrschers.

"Oh, yes," Bianca nodded, brushing her ponytail back sheepishly.

"When I was guarding the Second God Key experiment, I was sucked into a small world bubble. The forerunner Su there helped me stabilize the power of the world bubble in my body, allowing this armor to take shape. He conducted a trial on me in the form of an illusion. I spent quite a long time there, which is why I blurted out the word "too long" just now."

The corners of Kaino's mouth twitched unconsciously.

Su had given him the power to stabilize the world bubble before, so he was not too surprised by this... But does Ying Jie really like trials so much?

"Come to think of it, Rita didn't follow you?" Kainuo looked around his sister.

That maid didn't follow her sister closely?

"Originally, all members of the Undying Blade came here together on a transport ship, but destroying the Herrscher was urgent, and I felt that its flying speed was too slow, so I flew here by myself first." Bianca explained.

"Originally, Rita wanted to come with me on Krishna, but although that suit of armor is stronger, it's not as fast as this Star Armor."

Kaino nodded silently.

Well done, Krishna!

Bianca smiled, turned her head and looked around the battlefield, her gaze particularly lingering on the Herrscher of the Stars for a few seconds.

"Speaking of which, you are indeed my brother. You hadn't returned when I set out from Tianming, but before I arrived at my destination, the news that you had eliminated two of the Herrschers had already been sent to our terminal."

"It's just that the speed of travel is faster, and even if we calculate it this way, we don't know how many people died in the Honkai outbreak." Kayno sighed and looked at Bianca expectantly.

"Speaking of which, Bianca, after Otto's search and rescue team and the Herrschers arrive, shall we go back together?"

"What?" Bianca's eyes widened. "But the Undying Blade is the search and rescue team and Herrscher suppression team sent by the Bishop, right?"

Kaino tilted his head, "Huh?"

It wasn't that he was right, but if he remembered correctly, the Undying Blade team didn't have that many people in total, right? Even if he had already sent out countless autonomous robots, this task was a bit too much.

Bianca saw Kayno's doubts and took the initiative to explain, "Of course, we can't rescue all the victims. Our main responsibility is to search and rescue the Snow Lotus team stationed locally and eliminate the remaining Honkai beasts to ensure that the search and rescue teams that arrive later can carry out their rescue work smoothly."

"Anyway, brother, you should go back to headquarters first. After we clear out the local Houkai beasts, we'll immediately return with the Herrscher of the Stars."

"Well... okay, see you later." Kainuo nodded after pondering for a while.

After thinking it over carefully, it would be better not to let Bianca and the others know about the conversation with Otto for the time being. If the plan succeeds in the end, it will be a surprise, and if it fails, they will not be disappointed for no reason.

Chapter 255 Back

After assigning tasks to Bianca, Kaino left Manila first and returned to the Mission headquarters to meet Otto who was reviewing documents in the bishop's office.

The three Herrschers were dealt with one after another, but this did not free the Archbishop of Heaven's Destiny from his busy work. Although his workplace was changed from the combat command center to the bishop's office, the things he needed to deal with increased instead of decreased.

For the head of an organization, post-disaster aid work and the signing of relevant documents may be far more troublesome than commanding the Valkyries to fight.

"Well, you're here?"

Otto rubbed his brows, took a long breath, and put the work on the table aside.

"Thanks to your timely support, the losses in the three Houkai outbreak areas were minimized, and I was able to save a lot of time reviewing documents."

"Forget about it. Even if the workload is really heavy, you probably won't take it too seriously. Besides, you have a secretary to help you." Kainuo rolled his eyes. "My aunt told me several times that she saw you taking a break during work hours and leaving a lot of the work to Amber."

He strongly suspected that Theresa learned her habit of slacking off from Otto.

"That means Amber is excellent, reliable, smart, and capable, and I can still proofread more important documents myself, okay?"

Otto shrugged helplessly, then put on a slightly serious expression instead of smiling.

"Okay, enough chit-chat for now. I think you should be more interested in the progress I've made rather than how my work is going."

Kainuo raised his eyebrows.

"Let me start with the conclusion. Both my observations of the Imaginary Number Tree and the help provided by the Forerunner named Su have proven that my plan is completely feasible in theory. All we have to do now is put it into practice."

Kaino frowned and knocked on the table, making a bang-bang sound.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, just tell me what to do."