Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

"Bella?" Keno's eyes widened. "What's wrong?"

Bella didn't reply, as she couldn't speak in human language in her dragon form.

She swung her tail, slapping the water surface, and the whole dragon swam easily towards the island. After putting Kainuo and Xier on it, she shook her body and shrank back into human form.

Before Kainuo could ask, she took the initiative to look at the two of them and said, "Master, your sister just called me. She said something big happened in Saint Freya and she hopes you can return quickly."

Xier frowned and said unkindly, "Big deal? What big deal could happen in Saint Freya? Besides, you were clearly soaking in the water just now, so how did you answer the phone?"

The relaxing and happy play process was interrupted, and Xier was certainly not in a very good mood.

Her doubts weren't groundless. Even if they weren't there, Saint Freya couldn't have been attacked by force. Even if a battle had truly broken out there, the two of them, not far from the Far East branch, wouldn't have been oblivious to it.

"My phone was in my mouth the whole time, and then the controlled current connected to the call made by Miss Bianca."

Bella said expressionlessly.

"Miss Bianca claims that one of the academy's teachers, Himeko, has suddenly fainted and is unconscious. Many students at St. Freya's have similar symptoms. The situation is urgent, and she hopes you can return as soon as possible."

In the corridor of St. Freya's Hospital, Bianca frowned slightly after hanging up the phone, and leaned against the wall beside Ji Zi's ward door, thinking.

Da da da.

Suddenly, the sound of high heels hitting the floor was heard. Bianca raised her head and looked at Rita who was running from the corridor. She took two steps forward and asked in a deep voice.

"Rita, what's the situation?"

"It's terrible," Rita sighed.

"This strange coma suddenly broke out about ten minutes ago, and approximately 213 people in St. Freya Academy have fallen into a coma. Rita has tried every possible means, but has been unable to wake them up."

"And this situation isn't limited to the Far East branch. According to data from the Mandate of Heaven headquarters, a conservative estimate is that nearly 30% of people worldwide have fallen into a coma, and this number is rapidly increasing... Although no one has died yet, the ultimate outcome remains uncertain."

Bianca sighed. "Aunt Theresa had just become the new bishop, and something like this had happened. Now..."

Rita opened her mouth to say something, but after a moment's hesitation she kept her mouth shut.

Just as the atmosphere between the two fell into silence, a dark imaginary door opened from Bianca's side, and Kayno rushed out with Xier and Bella.

Bianca, sensing the fluctuations of Honkai energy around her, subconsciously became alert, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the person coming was Keno.

Rita said nothing, but bowed slightly and stepped aside.

"Great, you're here, brother." Bianca said with a happy face.

She pulled Kaino's clothes with one hand, pushed open the door of Jizi's ward, and took him in without saying a word.

Although she was already unconscious, she was still surrounded by others in the hospital room. Kiana Mei, Bronya, and Lan Xier, who were supposed to be at the training gym, surrounded Himeko, their faces filled with worry.

The sound of the door opening startled several people who were keeping their heads down and silent. Kiana looked up first and met the eyes of Bianca and Keno who had come in earlier.

"Sister, brother!" Kiana's expression was excited. She took a big step forward and came in front of the two of them. "Aunt Jizi...Aunt Jizi suddenly fainted, and no matter how we called her, she wouldn't wake up! Didn't brother enter my consciousness before? Do you think Aunt Jizi can be saved?"

"Stop, stop, stop, don't be in a hurry!"

After speaking to calm Kiana in front of him, Kaino used his high-dimensional perspective to confirm that there was no strange consciousness in Jizi's body. After ruling out the possibility that the other party had become a Ruler, he frowned.

If she wasn't chosen by the Herrscher of Corrosion again, then what was wrong with Teacher Jizi's body?

Kainuo frowned and took a step forward. He used the power of the Herrscher of Reason to analyze the body and the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge to explore the consciousness, and he clearly detected the hidden dangers in Jizi's body.

However, as the investigation progressed, his originally serious expression became more and more subtle, and finally revealed a slightly funny expression.

Chapter 265 Beating up my teammates

"Although the cause of the disease has been almost determined, let me first confirm that this disease shouldn't only be suffered by people in Saint Freya, right?"

Kaino took his right hand away from Jizi's forehead and turned to Bianca and asked.

Bianca nodded and said, "Yes, this sleeping sickness has suddenly spread all over the world. Now about 30% of the population is in a coma... Brother, do you know the cause?"

Kaino nodded with a strange look on his face.

As the Ruler of Consciousness, the traces of the influence of the Ruler of Consciousness's power on Ji Zi's body were obvious to him.

It was obvious that the person who did it was not me, so the real murderer was obvious.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the real culprit behind this should be Otto."

After pondering for a moment, Kainuo explained to the few people seriously.

Kiana's reaction was the most excited.

Her eyes widened in anger, her right hand cracking. "Otto? That's my aunt's grandfather, right? Ha, when I saw him on TV this morning, I had a feeling he wasn't a good person!"

"Brother and sister, let's just fight the odds and give him a beating!? I haven't gotten over him before because he cloned me to create my vengeance, but this time we can settle both new and old grudges at once!"

"Kiana, calm down." Bianca said in a deep voice.

Bianca patted Kiana's shoulder and looked at Kaino with confusion in her eyes, "Brother, did we make a mistake?"

"I have no intention of defending the Bishop. Given his personality, I wouldn't be surprised by anything he does. But even if he truly had the ambition to harm the world, I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability to match it—at least not enough to cause nearly 30% of the world's population to fall into a coma."

As a student raised by him, Bianca knew Otto's character was untrustworthy, but she was also very familiar with his abilities. He couldn't have caused such a major coma with just the power of the Void Manzang Divine Key.

"He certainly can't do it on his own, but he can rely on the help of others, right?" Kainuo spread his hands. "After Xiaoshi dealt with the Ice Herrscher, she was lured to the Skyward Headquarters by Otto's all-you-can-eat food spree. Wouldn't it be easy for Otto to trick her into using the Herrscher's power?"

"And according to my judgment, Jizi was undoubtedly affected by the Herrscher of Knowledge and fell into a coma. The Herrscher of Knowledge can spread a meme. Anyone who sees and reads the corresponding words will fall into a coma, and the content of the dream will also be read by the Herrscher of Knowledge himself."

"Memetic infection..."

Bianca frowned and her grip on Kiana's shoulders loosened.

But Kiana didn't clamor to beat Otto again. She blinked her big eyes and looked at Kaino with hope.

"Brother, I remember you also have the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge, right? Then, can Aunt Jizi and Saint Freya's classmates wake up?"

"Of course." Kayno shrugged.

Why should I disagree with my sister's request?

Kaino placed his hand above Jizi's forehead, tapped it lightly, and then quickly withdrew it. This light touch seemed to stimulate Jizi, and she groaned softly and struggled to open her eyes.

"Hey, what am I doing...?"

Ji Zi rubbed her head and looked at the students standing around her with a confused look on her face.

I was supposed to be dealing with the Far East branch's accumulated documents, right? How did I end up lying on a hospital bed in the blink of an eye, surrounded by so many people?

After a moment of calming down, she roughly understood everything that had happened before and after she lost consciousness. A wry smile appeared on her face. "Was I attacked by the Herrscher again?"

Including the last time she destroyed Saint Freya as a Herrscher, this was the second time she fell at the hands of Honkai. It also seemed like it was the second time she was saved by the students she was supposed to protect.

"It was a surprise attack after all, so don't take it to heart, teacher," Kaino consoled him. "Even warriors from the previous civilization would have been defeated by such an attack."

"Also, it's still unclear what the contaminated keyword is. Teacher Jizi, it would be best if you stop working and heal your injuries for a while."

Jizi nodded helplessly.

Seeing Jizi wake up, Bianca sighed and completely believed Kayno's explanation. She had always favored the bishop over her brother, and now that the evidence was before her, she had no reason to doubt it.

only……

"I still don't quite understand," Bianca expressed her doubts. "Other than that, the Bishop's love for Aunt Theresa is certainly genuine. But on the very day she revealed the Honkai Impact to everyone, he suddenly forged a Herrscher and attacked. Wouldn't that embarrass her?"

"Also, nearly 30% of people worldwide faint after reading polluted words... What kind of words could be viewed by so many people in such a short period of time?"

Suddenly realizing that she was not the only victim, and that the mastermind behind the attack seemed to be her immediate superior, Ji Zi looked at the people around her in shock.

What's going on with this atmosphere where I'm the only one who's not good enough?

"It should be something like collapse or destiny."

Rita, who had been standing in the corner, narrowed her eyes and suddenly spoke.

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on her, Rita smiled and looked up at Bianca.

"It was only after hearing Lady Yulandel mention Senior Theresa that Rita suddenly realized that the video Senior Theresa played this morning might be related to the sudden outbreak of sleeping sickness. And since it's keyword pollution, the words related to Honkai revealed this morning should be widely discussed by the public."

"Under these circumstances, it's understandable that there are so many people fainting around the world."

"Furthermore, such a sudden outbreak of the Honkai will undoubtedly convince those who originally harbored doubts about the Honkai's existence. Afterward, if Senior Theresa announces the subjugation of the Herrscher of Knowledge, then Senior Theresa will have achieved considerable merit the moment she ascended to power. These are all possible reasons for the Bishop's actions."

"As for whether there are other reasons after this..."

Rita looked at Kainuo, who was looking down in thought, and asked, "Master Kainuo, may I ask why you were so sure from the beginning that the Bishop was behind this? Do you know anything about his plans?"

Kaino came back to his senses and nodded. "I do know. If I'm not mistaken, he probably wants to use this trick to find the Ruler hiding in the crowd."

Because the driver needs to read a key word to fall into a coma, the possibility of a driver frequently losing consciousness and causing a major accident is minimized. Many people around the world will be aware of the dangers of the Honkai Impact, but not many people will lose their lives due to it.

Furthermore, unlike other Herrschers, the individual strength of the Ruler Herrschers was much weaker, so Xiaozhi's keyword contamination should have affected them as well. As long as they could control some of the Thousand Herrschers first, using Otto's methods to follow the clues and find the others, it wouldn't be too difficult.

Although it looked like a heavy blow to my teammates, Otto's tactics were actually almost harmless.

Chapter 266 Thousand-person Meeting

Before the existence of Honkai was announced, the enrollment of St. Freya Academy was naturally not open to the public. Almost all students gave up returning to normal life after experiencing the Honkai incident and enrolled directly or chose to enroll after growing up in an orphanage.

Asami Fukami is no exception.

During a moderate Honkai disaster that did not produce any Herrschers but gave birth to several Emperor-class Honkai Beasts, her mother died while trying to protect her from her father who had become a dead soldier. At the critical moment, the Valkyries of the Far East branch arrived to rescue her and, as usual, gave her a chance to choose her future.

She harbored resentment and hatred towards Honkai, so naturally, she chose to join Saint Freya and train desperately to avenge Honkai.

Unfortunately, orphans aren't necessarily the main character. She wasn't naturally gifted, merely a gifted individual who worked a little harder than others. Furthermore, Saint Freya Academy prioritized relaxed instruction and healing, so she wasn't afforded the most rigorous training. After three years, she barely made it to the C-rank Valkyrie.

But she didn't complain about it.

St. Freya Academy's policy of healing students' hearts was indeed effective, and she also made several good friends during the learning process - such as Fu Hua, who also often hung out in the training hall. She not only taught her many excellent combat skills, but also taught her a lot of life philosophy.

Gradually, she realized that life should not be all about hatred. Although she still had the obsession with revenge, she also had a vision of fighting for all the beauty in the world.

...Until some students, especially a certain white-haired boy, were brought back from Changkong City by Principal Theresa and enrolled.

She clearly possesses extraordinary talent, but she is just playful and playful all day long; she makes mistakes and skips classes frequently, but she avoids severe punishment because of her identity as the principal's niece; her relatives and friends clearly have everything she envies, but they don't seem to cherish it.

Even her best friend Fu Hua began to shift her attention to the other party. Although she was usually too strict, she was inexplicably tolerant when facing the white-haired girl, and sometimes she would listen to her about the other party.

Then the flame of jealousy began to burn in her heart, and she began to constantly question the other party and even the entire Valkyrie of Saint Freya in her heart.

Why are you so relaxed and carefree at ordinary times? If you work harder, can't you save more people?

Why do you usually smile so brightly? Could it be that your survival wasn't due to the sacrifices of your parents and others?

Why...is she so lucky?

Questions one after another were like firewood thrown into the valley of my heart, making the flames of jealousy burn more vigorously.

Finally, upon learning that the family she had long sought were all there, and that she had a brother and sister beyond her expectations, the flames reached their peak. Following the destruction caused by the birth of the Herrscher of Flame, they gradually solidified into an orange-yellow crystal. Inexplicably and without warning, the jealousy within her heart shifted from being directed at one person to this perverse world.

Of course, she was so blinded by jealousy that she couldn't and didn't want to notice this.

She opened her eyes and found herself in a place resembling a theater stage. Nine hundred and ninety-nine puppets sat around a puppet standing in the center of the theater, discussing how to vent their rage and make the world feel the same pain they were feeling.

"Da da."

Two hammer strikes were heard, dragging Asami Fukami out of her memories and forcing her to look back at the current situation in the theater.

Most of the nearly 1,000 puppets had disappeared by now, and most of the remaining puppets sat dejectedly in the audience. The series of defeats since their creation had severely dampened their morale.

"Keep your head up!"

The puppet on the referee's bench slammed the gavel and sternly rebuked the puppets who hung their heads.

"Why are you yelling? Can't you see we are sad?" One of the puppets in the audience protested loudly.

"That's right, 572 of them! How long has it been since we became Herrschers? So many of our brothers and sisters have been discovered and controlled. What's wrong with us being sad?" another puppet followed suit.

"It's all the fault of that damned Bishop of Destiny and that Ruler of Consciousness who came out of nowhere! If we continue like this, let alone revenge on this world, I'm afraid we won't even be able to protect ourselves!" said an angry puppet.

A puppet said with deep sorrow, "It's a pity that the Herrscher of Consciousness in our world has also joined the human camp. Otherwise, with the help of an ally, we wouldn't have fallen into this situation..."

"Don't mention that corrupted traitor, Kayno Kaslana!"

"quiet!"

As if the noise from so many puppets had hurt his ears, the puppet in the referee's seat slammed the gavel again, and the scene became quiet again.

"In short, if we continue as we are now, we will inevitably lose. If we want to win, we have no choice but to attack!"

"Take the initiative to attack?" a puppet asked dejectedly. "Will that really work? Our power is obviously more effective against the Herrschers. But many of the Herrscher Cores are with Keno Kaslana, and the remaining Herrschers are all in Saint Freya... Do we really have to take the initiative to attack her?"

"So what if we hit him? We're going to hit him!" the grumpy puppet slammed the table and shouted, "If he hadn't been causing trouble, this damned world would have been destroyed by the Herrschers long ago. Then we might not even have needed to take action—kill Kaynor, seize Destiny!"

One puppet was horrified and said, "Are you crazy? We are so weak that even if all the puppets attack together, they wouldn't be enough for him to crush with one hand. He may have some flaws in his heart, but we will definitely not steal his right to use his power, right?"

"That's right, let's think of other ways..." said a puppet weakly.