Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

Theresa narrowed her eyes.

At the time, she was so busy with the Far East branch and the procedures for establishing St. Freya Academy that she didn't even go back to see little Kainuo and little Kiana for a month. When she finally got some free time, her grandfather told her the terrible news.

Siegfried defected, carrying a clone of her niece Kiana and two children, but was shot down mid-flight.

In the end, Kiana was seriously injured and returned to Tianming for treatment. Kaino disappeared for no reason and his life or death was unknown... Some investigators did see traces of Siegfried and the clone, but there were only the two of them.

Theresa wondered if her grandfather might have lied to her, but he simply took her to see his niece who had been in the treatment cabin for a month, and admitted that he really didn't know where Keno was.

"I've already shown you the seriously injured and dying Kiana. Why should I hide that child, Kayno? My little Theresa."

The blond man's expression in Theresa's memory didn't show any sadness, but it could indeed be described as sincere.

"You know full well that Kayno's qualities are inferior to Kiana's in every aspect, and even inferior to any ordinary Valkyrie. I really have no need to deceive you."

Theresa was well aware of this, but it was precisely because of this that she felt even more desperate. Especially since, at her request, her grandfather had sent people to search Siegfried's escape route, but they couldn't find any trace of Keno.

She knew what this meant for a child who was powerless. He would either be mutilated or buried in some cave. The chances of him surviving were only one in a billion.

--Otherwise, given how close Xiao Kainuo was to her, he would never have not contacted her once in five years.

A year after she returned to the Far East branch in despair to continue managing Saint Freya, new bad news came from the headquarters.

――Kiana's treatment failed and she died.

Theresa still remembers that funeral.

There were not many people at the funeral. Apart from her and her grandfather, there were only a few Shaniyat and Kaslana.

By now, Theresa's memory of that day had faded. She could only remember that the little girl in white was buried next to Cecilia, and the rain had soaked her tombstone.

Theresa cried bitterly that day. Because of this, she once again returned to the Far East Branch and has not returned to the Mandate of Heaven headquarters in the past four years.

Because Theresa knew that the culprits of all this were naturally destiny and her grandfather.

But that doesn’t mean it has nothing to do with anti-entropy.

Theresa still remembers what her grandfather said at that time.

"Intercepting Anti-Entropy's support forces? Of course, of course I did that."

At that time, his grandfather shrugged his shoulders with an innocent look on his face.

"Anti-Entropy suddenly sent me a clear document, telling me the time and route for their troops to enter the Destiny Territory. I don't know what tricks Anti-Entropy is up to, but they've been so considerate in stating their intentions. Am I really going to disappoint them?"

"As for the Destiny Force that pursued the Siegfried family? I only found out about it later."

"Honestly, I didn't expect Siegfried to choose to cooperate with Anti-Entropy to steal Destiny's precious property. Why would he choose to cooperate with Anti-Entropy when there are so many other options? If you want that experimental subject, you can just tell me. It's not like I wouldn't consider it."

"Little Theresa, don't be so excited. Otherwise, I'll leave the Valkyrie team that was chasing them to you. You can do whatever you want..."

She couldn't remember what happened next, except for the unprecedented anger she felt when she left.

"In short, no matter what the Anti-Entropy organization does, it's not surprising. It's not impossible for them to join forces with some strange organization and create a Herrscher that can accelerate the Honkai Impact."

After all, they already have one controllable Herrscher, so it's not impossible to have another one.

But no matter what, at least for the sake of the lives of millions of people in Changkong City, Theresa could not sit idly by.

Theresa took a deep breath, having made up her mind, and picked up the phone on the desk again.

"Jizi, come to my office—don't go to class. This isn't about buying comics. I have something urgent to tell you!"

After clearing her mind, Theresa hung up the phone and looked down at her desk.

Then he put away the Homunculus comics on the table with an embarrassed look on his face.

Chapter 94 Reunion after a long absence

"That's weird. Where is the mecha army that Kokolia mentioned? We're already out here. He can't possibly send robots to attack us in public, right?"

Kainuo looked at the endless stream of people around him and the missing mecha army, feeling puzzled.

Although according to the nature of that crazy Kokolia who ignored the people in Changkong City and tried to directly cause the collapse, she certainly would not deliberately evacuate the crowd for fear that the mecha would be discovered by people.

But that shouldn’t be the case, the two things have different meanings.

Given the special nature of Honkai and in order to avoid panic and chaos, all Honkai organizations around the world tacitly agree not to let the public know about the relevant matters.

If nearly everyone in Changkong City were wiped out, it would be fine. The remaining people could just sign confidentiality agreements one by one and that would be it. But what if a mecha attacked in public and someone posted it online...

Then why sign a confidentiality agreement?

Isn't Cocolia worried about being attacked by other organizations? And there seem to be quite a few factions within Anti-Entropy, right?

"Bronya doesn't quite understand this either."

The shortest little girl among the group shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand either.

"Tsk, if you ask me, we should just take the initiative and attack."

Xier raised her head with a disdainful expression.

"That little Bronya must know where Anti-Entropy's headquarters in Changkong City is. We can just charge in. It's just a few mechas. I can take care of them all by myself."

"And if everything goes well, maybe we can even catch that rude old fox? I think this is a very good idea."

As she said this, she looked at Kainuo with a questioning look in her eyes.

She was a little annoyed from running around in Changkong City. Now she just wanted to finish her business quickly and find a place to have a good rest - such as playing games in Bengbeng Ball.

Multiplayer.

"It's really good. So where is the Anti-Entropy headquarters in Changkong City?"

Kaino turned his head and looked at Bronya.

Bronya, who had been staring at the back of Hong Xier's neck because she was called a little thing, withdrew her gaze, silently prayed to Sanbian to calm down, and pointed at Raiden Mei.

"Compared to Bronya, Raiden Mei is more familiar with that place."

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Mei, who was secretly eavesdropping on the conversation, heard her own name and pointed at herself in confusion.

How could I, an ordinary down-and-out young lady, know where the Anti-Entropy headquarters is?

Don't frame good people!

"Yes, that's you."

Bronya nodded.

"The headquarters of Anti-Entropy is the ME Company."

"Eh? Father's company?"

Mei's eyes widened.

She has never visited her company since her father was imprisoned on charges of embezzling public funds.

The next moment, the quick-witted girl realized something.

"Could it be that my father's imprisonment is related to anti-entropy?!"

"That's right. To be precise, your father is one of the executors of Anti-Entropy, so ME Company is actually Anti-Entropy's headquarters in Changkong City."

Without giving Mei a chance to ask, Bronya continued:

"In order to successfully carry out her plan to trigger the Houkai, Mother Kokolia, also an Anti-Entropy Executor, kidnapped your father and framed him. This was intended both to revoke his protection from you and to instill despair in you, making it easier for you to become a Herrscher."

Mei's face was gloomy and she clutched the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands.

"Why...me?"

"This is Cocolia's mother's decision. Bronya doesn't know the details either."

Bronya shook her head.

"Bronya only knows that the Gem of Conquest was implanted in you by your father long ago..."

"Alright! Shut up, little one! Don't say any more!"

Kiana next to her interrupted Bronya and patted Mei's shoulder gently.

"Mei Yi, are you okay?"

Mei didn't answer Kiana, but just covered her face with her hands and sobbed softly.

"I always thought that my father, who didn't visit me often but always accompanied me in his Homunculus costume, loved me. Why..."

"Alright Mei, Mei!"

Kiana pushed Mei's hand away and gritted her teeth to wipe away her tears.

Looking at the face with red and swollen eyes from crying, she took a breath and comforted him:

"No matter what, no matter what. I believe that as a father, he will not harm his own children. My father is like this, and I believe Mei's father is the same."

"Let's go rescue Mei's father, then grab him by the collar and ask him what the truth is. If he really has bad intentions, then we'll scold him harshly and beat him up, how about that?"

Looking at the girl in front of her who was caring about her, Mei bit her lip and nodded.

"it is good."

"Why do I always feel that there is something wrong with your sister?"

Xier frowned at the scene, poked Kaino and asked in a low voice.

The experience of having spent quite a long time in an orphanage made her more sensitive to certain aspects.

"Nothing, right? Kaslana is always like this."

Kainuo didn't understand what the problem Xier was talking about was.

"To make friends, you must be sincere and care deeply about your friends. If nothing else, this is how we were raised in our family."

Just like his mother treats his aunt as a friend very sincerely, doesn’t that make him have an extra relative?

"I always feel like you don't understand what I mean... Never mind."

Sighing, Xier shifted her attention to what Kainuo had just said.

She half-closed her eyes and asked tentatively:

"You said you all care about your friends like this, so why didn't you comfort Mei? Have you ever comforted other girls like this before?"

"Mei and I aren't familiar with each other, and there's a difference between men and women. Kiana's there, so there's no need for me to go over there."

Kainuo spread his hands and recalled the past.

"Comforting a girl? Wiping tears is something I only did when I was little, comforting my younger sister and my aunt... Don't look at me like that. When our mother passed away, my aunt came over to comfort us, but every time she made Kiana and I cry, she'd leave me to comfort her."

After explaining the wonders of his period to Xier, who was staring at him with strange eyes, Kainuo continued:

"There are fewer conversations without physical contact, like when I comforted you guys Xier, comforted Lilia, and the few friends I made in the world before, and the relatives who came to our house to play when we were young. But that's it."

As he calculated, Keno couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

How much experience has Auntie added to her resume by her own efforts?!

"Wait a minute... comforting us Xi'er? That Xi'er who lost another self is fine. But when did you do that? Why don't I remember?"

Xier's eyes widened, and her voice rose unconsciously. If Kainuo hadn't blocked the sound, someone would have definitely heard her.

"That was when we were at Seaside World? Back then...ah, I must be remembering it wrong."

Kainuo scratched his head in confusion, then remembered something and glanced to the side.

I seem to have confused dreams with reality?

Upon hearing this, Xier rolled her eyes again with an expression of dissatisfaction.

"Hmm? You can remember this wrongly? You..."

"You guys really made it hard for me to find you."

A childish and imaginary voice came over, and Kainuo subconsciously turned his head to look over.

Theresa, who was 1.45 meters tall, was hugging her chest and looking at them seriously. Next to her was a red-haired adult woman who was also scowling at them.

At first glance, it looked like a married mother taking an underage girl out to play alone, but Kainuo, who knew the identity of the little girl, certainly wouldn't think so.

He widened his eyes slightly, looking forward to it with excitement, his lips slightly parted and trembling, almost about to shout out.

But no.

There are too many irrelevant people around.