The world is broken, my Valkyrie is doubled

"You seem to have made a mistake from the beginning to the end! As early as the moment we captured those guys! They were hostages in our hands. If I didn't need them to help me provide negative emotions to restore my strength, I would have crushed them to death long ago. And now their mission has been completed, and they have lost their value. Therefore, the dominant power of this play has been in my hands from beginning to end. Do you really think you have saved all those children? I can't guarantee the puppets, but what about those little guys who turned into foxes? Guess why they are so confused?"

"..." Wang Chen did not refute this. He clearly remembered that Femilis had told him about this. The students of Qianyu Academy who had been turned into foxes had their egos and superegos stripped away, and the mastermind behind this was the Herrscher.

"So, this is a chance I'm giving you. This is a special reward for you for defeating my three avatars. As for the bet, it's simple. If you win, they and she will be returned to you. As for you losing, I don't need anything from you, because from the moment you lose, everything you have belongs to me." After the Herrscher of Corrosion finished speaking, his figure completely faded away, leaving only one sentence, "Well, wait and see if you can still save her."

"Ling, you stay here first and accept those memories at ease. I will be with you. We are on the way to save you now. Don't worry about what the Herrscher of Erosion says." Wang Chen's words entered Ling's heart, and after the Herrscher of Erosion disappeared, Ling gradually calmed down from her uneasiness.

"Brother Wang Chen...can you tell me what happened during the time I was unconscious?" Ling said slowly.

"Well, after you passed out..."

While Wang Chen was hurrying on his way, he began to tell Ling what happened after she fell into a coma. This was to inform Ling of her current situation and also to distract her attention so that she could feel at ease and not be affected by the Corrosion Ruler.

"I see... Brother, am I really that monster? Am I the Herrscher?... My mind is so confused, it's filled with all those messy memories, I'm increasingly confused about what I am." Ling covered her head, curled up in the corner of the bed, and rested her face on her arms anxiously.

"Ling, whether you are a Herrscher of Corrosion or a monster, you are one of us. This is an indisputable fact. Even if you become a Herrscher of Corrosion, we can accept you. Aren't the Herrscher of Consciousness and the Herrscher of Thunder the examples in front of you?" Wang Chen said firmly, "Ling, the real horror is not becoming a Herrscher or a monster. It's that you lose your own nature and become an inhuman Honkai Apostle. Just like the Herrscher personality that appeared in front of you. She is not you, and I will not let you become her. Ling, wait for me here, I'm coming to save you!"

"Well... I believe Brother Wang Chen, I'll wait here... Eh? Is that the sound of footsteps? How come someone else is coming? It seems like there are more than one... there are many." Just as Ling, with the comfort of Wang Chen, began to absorb the memory and waited for Wang Chen and others to arrive, she unexpectedly heard the sound of many footsteps coming from outside.

"Huh? Team Two? You just finished your shift change, why are you back again--Ugh!!"

"Boom!"

"What are you doing!! What are you planning to do with those weapons! Put them down now! Ugh——!"

"Crazy! They are all crazy! Tell Dr. Mei and the others quickly! We can't let them rush in like this!"

“Hahahaha! Charge in! As long as we kill the monster inside, humanity will be saved!!”

Everything happened so suddenly, the sound of gunfire and bullets suddenly rang out, curses, roars, and madness echoed throughout the space, chaos and madness infected everything around, a shrill alarm sounded in the base, and a red light kept flashing in front of Ling. Ling's eyes began to tremble, and her hands unconsciously covered her head. A memory that made her extremely terrified also quietly awakened in this scene.

Chapter 383: The Root of Hatred of Erosion

"Not good!" After Wang Chen sensed what happened to Ling, he also understood what the Erosion Ruler was trying to do.

Originally, this illusion was created by Fu Hua using the memory of the Corrosion Herrscher from birth to being sealed. However, now, under the control of the Corrosion Herrscher, this illusion has replaced the original position of the Corrosion Herrscher with Ling. In other words, the Corrosion Herrscher is now reproducing the past history - Ling was killed by crazy and insane humans, and the Herrscher who corrodes everything was born on Ling's corpse.

Just as the Herrscher of Corrosion had said before, Ling had no choice at all. Ling was replaced by the Herrscher of Corrosion, and under the dual effects of Ling's own memory recall and the rules of the illusion world, it had become a must.

So Wang Chen took out his knife without saying anything and immediately asked Fu Hua: "Ling is being held below us, right?"

"Yes." Fu Hua nodded, stopped, pointed in a certain direction and said, "The location of the bell is diagonally below where I am pointing now."

"Okay! Everyone, follow me and blast straight down! The magnetic field rotates with 4 horsepower! Magnetic field sky knife!" Wang Chen slashed the floor of the base with a sword. With thunder and lightning, Wang Chen opened a big hole leading to the lower level in an instant, and then jumped straight down.

"What happened? Did something happen to Ling?" Seeing Wang Chen so anxious, Theresa realized something and immediately took out Judas. She took a step with her short legs, jumped heavily, turned into the cave, and started smashing the floor to the next level.

"Really? You have to dig a hole to find me. That's so inefficient." Colorless Huihuo was not vague. She jumped down immediately and deployed her own weapons, preparing to use her proud laser cannon to pierce through several layers of corridors.

Others also came forward. Everyone was aware of the seriousness of the situation. Without any extra words, they immediately began to clear the passage and try to get to Ling as quickly as possible.

However, after Wang Chen and his team broke through several levels, they soon encountered their first enemy.

Dozens of slashes so fast that you can't see the shadow suddenly slashed towards Wang Chen who had just pierced through another floor and entered the next floor. Facing this attack, Wang Chen actually drew his sword and used the same speed to slash, blocking all of them evenly with the opponent.

"You are going to stop me too?! Ah Chen!!" An angry and extremely disappointed voice reached Wang Chen's ears. A woman with pink hair and long fox ears, holding the handle of the Yuling Sword in the scabbard, looked at Wang Chen with disappointment and anger. The person who came was none other than Ling's biological sister, Yingjie Ying, one of the Thirteen Heroes of the former civilization.

"Ying, calm down. Tsk..." The moment Wang Chen saw her, he realized that there was a misunderstanding between him and Ying, and he was just blocking Ying's path. He wanted to explain it clearly, but what he received was only Ying's ruthless attack.

"Calm down? How do you ask me to calm down? You captured Ling. Ling is innocent. You know this best, don't you? But why did you let the doctor and the others take Ling away!" Ying made several slashes, and a biting icy breath began to spread around. At this time, Theresa and others had just come down, and after seeing Wang Chen being attacked, they stepped forward without saying a word, especially Yae Sakura. The moment she saw Ying, she immediately attacked with lightning speed.

"How is it possible! You are!" Seeing Yae Sakura's face that was almost exactly the same as hers, Sakura was shaken for a moment, and it was this moment of hesitation that allowed Wang Chen to seize the opportunity. When Sakura was blocked by the attacks of others, Wang Chen immediately knocked Sakura unconscious with a single knife.

"Huh, luckily it's just an illusion." Only Wang Chen knew how powerful the former civilization's hero was. If the real Ying Jie Ying was here, no one would be able to stop him. After all, even Kevin was frozen for a moment by Ying in full power.

"Captain, what is going on?" Theresa asked.

"There is no time to explain. Take her with you and keep moving forward. I'm afraid our enemies are far more than these." Wang Chen didn't bother to explain this time, because from the synchronous link, he had gradually sensed that Ling was getting closer and closer to danger. The gunfire over there had begun to stop. I'm afraid that the guards guarding Ling had all been slaughtered by those crazy soldiers. So there was no need to think about who would be the next one.

On the other side, Ling was trembling and curled up. The gunshots outside had stopped, but the quiet sound not only did not make Ling feel safe, but this silence just symbolized the foreshadowing of a nightmare. The foreshadowing of falling into the abyss. Ling had already remembered that bloody memory, the memory of a girl being mercilessly shot and dismembered.

They cheered around the body, as if they were declaring their victory, and everyone laughed like crazy. But Ling could not feel any joy, only cold bodies, the pungent smell of blood, and endless pain and madness. From Ling's perspective, those people were so twisted and crazy, their lives were taken away like this, and they were "eating their own blood and flesh" and celebrating it.

What are they cheering for? They are cheering: "Kill the monster! Kill the monster!"

But, who is the monster?

……

"Yes, that's it, that's how I feel! Just like before." The Herrscher of Corrosion watched all this coldly, his eyes filled with madness and the urge to destroy everything. He gritted his teeth and said, "Hua... you should never, ever use such an illusion to seal me. Otherwise, how could I remember why I wanted to destroy this world, why I wanted to destroy civilization, and everything of mankind!"

"Humanity has never been worth saving! Aren't those bloody examples of fratricide enough? Even at the end of the world, those people never knew how to unite. Greed, anger, and stupidity divide everyone, and you and I died at the hands of these greedy, angry, and stupid humans. Hahahaha, they called us monsters, thinking that killing us would save all of humanity, and they talked about how great they are."

"And that doctor is a complete liar! He said he was just putting me under temporary house arrest for observation and protection. Hahahaha, is this what you call protection? He deceived my sister, he deceived everyone! In the end, you and I died in a gunfire, and even our corpses were not respected. My sister... and my brother-in-law are even more liars! They said they would protect Ling, they said they would always watch over Ling... but where were you when Ling died? Haha... Even my sister, you used your death to deceive me one more time, and I was eventually locked up for tens of thousands of years!"

"Ten thousand years in total! Ten thousand years of hiding in the bottomless darkness! Even my memory has been completely worn away, leaving only hatred for humans! Endless hatred! I hate these monsters in human skin! You are the complete monsters! All humans deserve to die! Kill! Kill! Kill! Hahahaha! I ended a civilization! Now I will destroy all the civilizations that you are trying to reshape! Hahahaha!"

The eyes of the Herrscher were completely filled with red and madness, and a tear of blood flowed from the corner of his eye.

Chapter 384: Anxious

Wang Chen's anxiety grew more and more intense. He also understood that Ling was now on the verge of life and death. All he could do was to speed up his pace and remove all obstacles on the road! Whether it was the collapsed beasts, the eroded humans, the walls, the floor, or even the Yingjie who stood in front of him, he could not stop his pace! This was a race between life and death.

When he jumped down the crack he had created again, a creepy chill hit him. Without thinking, Wang Chen raised his sword to block in front of him. A huge force was transmitted from the sword, and the surface of his skin and clothes were directly frozen with a layer of frost by the terrible chill. The tingling sensation began to penetrate into his skin, and Wang Chen was naturally knocked back several meters by this blow.

"That's it, Chen."

A cold voice came from the shadows on the opposite side. Upon hearing this familiar voice, Wang Chen's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he shouted sternly: "Get out of the way!"

"Chen, stop before things become irreversible. Your actions are equivalent to betraying humanity. Do you want to follow in her footsteps?" The white-haired man walked out of the shadows, with a little electricity left on his hands from Wang Chen's counterattack. A trace of cold air and white mist floated out of his hands. Without a close look at his appearance, you already know the identity of this man, the strongest fusion warrior of the Thirteen Heroes - Kevin.

"when!"

In the blink of an eye, the swords collided, and Wang Chen's two swords slashed on Kevin's Heavenly Fire Tribulation Sword. Facing Kevin's words, Wang Chen responded with only his sword and his roar: "I said! Get out of here!"

"...You are still the same as before." Kevin shook Wang Chen away and said, "Chen, I understand your feelings, but we can no longer afford another loss like before. Chen, the Fire Moth needs you now, and we need you too."

"I don't give a shit about what you said!" Wang Chen was completely furious! He finally understood what a desperate situation Ying was facing. Ying hadn't completely confirmed that Ling was in danger at the time, and only knew that Ling might be in danger at any time if she stayed here. And now Wang Chen is always connected to Ling's perception, how can he not be anxious? And now Kevin is standing here to stop him from saving people, in Wang Chen's eyes, he is simply an accomplice in killing Ling!

What betrayal? What following in someone else's footsteps? What needs me? What information about the previous civilization and myself? Wang Chen no longer cares about it! He only has one thought in his mind - whoever stands in my way will die!

With another move, the whole passage was covered with sparks under the lightning, and the magnetic field rotated with 4 horsepower at full power! Deduct 200 points to strengthen yourself and your weapons! Wang Chen used his trump card and attacked Kevin with the strongest attitude.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang——"

In an instant, countless metal collisions were heard. Kevin blocked all of Wang Chen's violent attacks with ease. He even said, "Your injuries have not healed after all, and your strength is only one tenth of what it was. I won't hurt you, but I will never let you pass through here either."

“Really? Then let me show you this move. Magnetic field rotation—4 horsepower!!… Come on, everyone!”

Wang Chen exuded a huge aura, and the two men's weapons were stuck together. Seeing this, Kevin also became serious and wanted to block all of Wang Chen's subsequent killing moves. However, what Wang Chen said at the end made Kevin realize that something was wrong.

"Boom!" A huge laser cannon attacked Kevin directly. After Kevin shook Wang Chen away, he raised his sword to block the laser cannon. However, several chains tied up Kevin's limbs at this time.

"! The power of restraint?" Kevin sensed the familiar loss of physical strength and immediately released his potential collapse factor. He knew that if he continued to let the power of restraint take effect, he would be controlled.

"This guy is so strong!" Theresa's voice rang out. She and Kallen were responsible for one hand and one foot respectively, but in the end, the other person pulled both of them towards each other.

"Taixu Sword Qi! Taixu Sword God!" At this time, Fu Hua's voice sounded from the sky. Kevin raised his head, frowned, and said, "Hua, do you want to choose this?"

"..." Fu Hua did not speak, because Kevin in front of her was just an illusion in her eyes, not an old friend... Moreover, even if reality happened again, she would still stand on Wang Chen's side as always. Since they were already in opposition, there was no need to say more. She could only use her fists and her own strength to tell the other party her will.

"Fu Hua, I leave this to you!" Wang Chen had no intention of fighting with Kevin from the beginning. He deliberately attracted Kevin's attention to create an opportunity for others to temporarily suppress Kevin. Now he had to move on. Time... was running out. He had seen that crazy and ferocious smile appear in front of Ling. They were covered with the blood of their compatriots, but they still wanted to reach out to the innocent girl in front of them.

"TMD! Hold on! Ring! Transcendence Moment!" Without any hesitation, Wang Chen used the power of the Mind Source once again after punching through another floor. Starting from today, Wang Chen has used the power of the Mind Source five times in a row. This is the sixth time. Currently, there are only three points left. Transcendence Moment and All Changes only consume one point each, and Transcendence Body consumes two points. It can be seen that Wang Chen has few more trump cards to use.

Now, Wang Chen had to rely on the few seconds of time to run quickly to Ling's side! At the moment of landing, a loud noise came from Kevin's side, and the outcome was unknown.

……

"Tick...tick..."

What is that sound? Ever since I became conscious, I have occasionally heard this dripping sound. Sometimes in dreams, sometimes in trance. But no matter when, whenever I hear this sound, I always feel uneasy and afraid.

Is it the sound of flowing water? Or the sound of sweat dripping? But I have come across these water-related sounds before, and I don't feel that uneasy. So what is this sound? Why am I afraid of this sound?

"boom!"

It was not until this moment that Ling finally understood that sound. It was the sound of her blood dripping on the cold floor, the sound of her life disappearing bit by bit. No one is not afraid of death, let alone a girl like herself who has been growing up under the protection of others.

"Ah...ah!"

The intense pain made it difficult for Ling to even shout. The bullet pierced her shoulder, and blood dripped down her arm onto the floor. "Tick...tick..." The scene in her memory completely overlapped with reality. Fear and pain spread from her heart, and confusion and questioning occupied her mind. In the end, the dark emotions took root in these "soils" - anger and hatred.

"So, you had no choice from the beginning to the end, just like fifty thousand years ago. No one gave us the right to choose. We were locked up here and slaughtered for our own good. A promise of protection became the last straw we grabbed on the brink of life and death, but straw is just straw after all. It can't save us. It will only slowly... little by little! Torture us little by little! Let despair ravage us!"

At this moment, the Herrscher of Corrosion quietly appeared behind the grinning human who fired the gun, spread his arms, revealed an even more cruel and crazy smile, and said, "Come on, I have unlocked your power. Now is the time to make a choice. Do you want to kill them with the power of corrosion, or let them make you experience the deadly despair again?"

"Woo..." Ling subconsciously raised her hand and wanted to use her strength, but at the moment she was about to make a move, she hesitated.

"boom!"

"Ah!!!" The other shoulder was shot again, and the blood even dyed Ling's eyes red, while the disgusting laughter of the Corrosion Ruler rang in her ears again: "Hahahaha, hesitate? They won't hesitate~ They will kill you one by one! Until you can no longer move! Suffer! Tremble! Your kindness and goodness will only be the best additive to torture yourself! Bang bang bang~"

Chapter 385: Pure White Soul

The Herrscher's joyful voice and the soldiers' hideous laughter rang out, and at the same time, three more gunshots rang out, hitting Ling's abdomen and two calves.

“Ah… cough… ah…”

The extreme pain should have triggered Ling's brain protection mechanism, causing her to pass out, but under the intentional manipulation of the Herrscher of Corrosion, Ling could not even pass out, and was awake to feel the pain of the bullet piercing her body and exploding. Ling fell from the bed to the cold floor, and the painful stimulation made her body deformed and twitched instinctively. She could no longer make a sound, and her whole body was fighting against the pain, and even every breath she took was affected by the pain.

I couldn't think, and I didn't want to think anymore. My remaining conscience was about to be completely shattered, and my instinct for survival kept screaming, "Kill them! Kill them! Killing them will put an end to all this pain! Why not kill them!?"

"Damn them! Damn them all! Kill them!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!..."

"Gu... He... Er!" The voice was choked with sobs. In Ling's vision, the color of blood was all over her body. She instinctively raised her head, ready to kill the other party, to kill these real monsters... Even if she became a monster...

"Yes, yes! There's nothing wrong with it... This world has long been full of man-eating monsters. If you don't eat them, they will eat you. So there's no need to worry about these things anymore. Go ahead and kill them all... You and I will once again become the monster that everyone fears!" Sensing the changes in Ling's heart, the Herrscher became more and more happy and further bewitched Ling.

Dark hatred completely invaded Ling's heart. She wanted to repay this pain and torture doubly. She wanted to kill these people! She wanted to become a monster that everyone feared! She wanted to bring the pain of these two lives to the whole world! !

But... dark thoughts have completely occupied Ling's mind, but why is there still a trace of attachment and reluctance deep in Ling's heart? What is she reluctant to give up? What does she not want to lose? Is it human nature? Is it kindness?

"Kill them, Ling." The man's voice entered Ling's mind at this moment.

“There is no need to endure any longer. Just make your choice, Ling. Kill them. Kill them with the power of erosion.” There was a hint of sadness in the man’s deep voice.

"But..." Ling wanted to say something, but the man seemed to know what she was thinking and said, "It's okay, Ling, it's okay. Becoming a monster or a Herrscher... Even if you are no longer yourself, it doesn't matter anymore."

"I don't want you to bear this pain again. Ling... I didn't keep my promise, I didn't make it... But if you are willing to believe me again. Ling, no matter what you become in the future, I will bring you back!" The man said, clenching his fists.

"So... kill them, Ling. Don't have any burdens, and do what you want to do without any worries. Believe it or not, I will bring you back!"

"I will definitely bring you back!"

"Boom!" Chaoyue struck and broke the last door blocking Wang Chen. Wang Chen clenched his fists fiercely and ran towards the prison. It was not the God of Bewitching that was corroding the deck of the Herrscher, but the real voice of Wang Chen's unwillingness. It was only the last bit of distance. It was obvious that if Ling could hold on for a little longer, he would be able to arrive and save Ling. He just needed to tell Ling...

But Wang Chen couldn't do it... The synchronous link not only transmitted vision and hearing... Everything that Ling had experienced, all of Ling's violent emotions were all integrated into Wang Chen's heart. No one understood the pain that Ling was enduring better than Wang Chen at this moment. This was not the pain that a girl like her should endure.

What could make people hold on a little longer? Persuade Ling to continue to endure the inhuman torture? Wang Chen couldn't do it... So Wang Chen compromised. Even if he was unwilling, Wang Chen still compromised with the Corrosion Ruler.

It was all because I failed to protect Ling and let her be taken away by the Herrscher... This is the sin I have to bear.

……

"Haha... I thought he would ask you to hold on for a while... I didn't expect to hear such surrendering and dejected words... Hahaha, it's really pleasant. After killing three of my clones, the man who was so arrogant in the previous era would also have such a weak side. Hahaha... Oh, it seems that I have always overestimated him."

The Herr Corrosion could naturally hear Wang Chen's voice from Ling's mind. He had made several plans to deal with Wang Chen's words, but he didn't expect Wang Chen to give up and even add fuel to the fire so that Ling no longer had the psychological burden to use the power of corrosion to kill these humans. All of a sudden, his preparations became useless.

But it’s better this way. After I successfully devour Ling who has turned against me in her heart, I will give this sensible man outside a quick death.

"Hahahaha..." Suddenly, a hoarse laugh reached the ears of the Herrscher of Corrosion, which surprised the Herrscher of Corrosion, because the one who laughed was none other than Ling, who was lying in a pool of blood, preparing to use the power of erosion. What made the Herrscher of Corrosion even more angry was that Ling once again raised her hand. Although her heart was still filled with murderous intent, a thought suppressed her own murderous intent.

"What are you laughing at! What are you doing! Why don't you take action! Don't you want to kill them?!" Although he had already won the game, Ling's sudden move was completely beyond the expectations of the Herrscher of Corrosion.

"I want to... Of course I want to... My memories and reality have merged, and I have completely understood my fear and my hatred... I hate them. I hate them for doing this to me."

"Then why don't you do it!" The Herr Sinister didn't even realize that he had begun to lose control.

"Because I... promised Brother Wang Chen... that I would not change into myself. I will... wait for him... ha... wait for him to save me."

"What nonsense are you talking about!! He has given up on his own initiative! He is asking you to kill these guys!! He has already admitted defeat! Why are you still holding on here!" The voice of the Corrosion Ruler gradually became louder and louder. It could not believe that the victory that was within its grasp had just flown away like that.

"Yes... Brother Wang Chen admitted defeat, so I must not... must not admit defeat." Ling was breathing heavily. She could feel that her life was about to pass away completely, but she did not regret making such a choice.

"Crazy! You must be crazy... Yes! That's it! No wonder he wanted to admit defeat! You must think that the voice was a lie I made up! Because in your impression, he would never admit defeat! Hahaha, so you think I have been deceiving you all the time! That's why you resist me so much!! Yes... That's it! I underestimated this man! His scheming is far deeper than I thought! Damn guy!" The Herrscher seemed to have found an excuse, and then cursed Wang Chen.

"That's why you don't understand anything... You don't understand Brother Wang Chen at all..." Ling closed her eyes. She knew clearly that the voice and the choice were made by Wang Chen himself. The synchronous link connected the hearts of the two. What Wang Chen received from Ling was Ling's pain and hatred. And what Ling received from Wang Chen was urgency, anger, heartache, sadness, unwillingness, and apology... And the root of all these emotions was Wang Chen's love for her.