I am in the abyss of Collapse

"Sieg..."

The scene came to a stalemate. The white-haired man and woman stood in the middle of the crowded street, one holding the other's hand. There was also a child and a girl who looked like a best friend watching everything. It looked like the filming site of some third-rate romantic comedy.

But Padufils had no sense of light comedy at all. With her keen senses, she could see that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly sinister from the two people's micro-expressions and small movements. Even the purple-haired little girl was unspeakably quiet, with her golden eyes drooping.

Padofelice's instincts were ringing the alarm, screaming at her to get out of here.

She felt that just escaping from this street was not enough, she had to escape to the other side of the city - no, her intuition that she had relied on for so long told her that it would be better to leave the city overnight!

"So this is a crisis that could destroy the entire city..."

Padufils rubbed her hands and pulled up her hood to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead.

——Lucky, please tell me what I should do now!

A gust of wind blew, and a few leaves appeared in the sight of the girl in the cat-ear hood. She watched most of the leaves disappear at the end of the street with the strong wind, while the remaining few leaves circled and fell on Xilin's long purple hair.

Escape, or...

Paddo took a deep breath and made her choice.

She squatted down, gently plucked the leaves off Xilin's head, and whispered, "Are those your parents?"

Xilin turned her head, her golden eyes revealing something that made Padofelis shudder. She said in confusion, "Well... Dad and Mom obviously have a good relationship, but now it looks so weird..."

"...Why not just tell them that you want a hug from them?" Padu swallowed her saliva, suppressing her fear and giving advice.

"...Okay, I'll try."

Xilin turned around, opened her arms to the two people who were still in a stalemate, closed her eyes tightly, and said loudly: "Dad, Mom, stop arguing!"

"..."

The white-haired man finally lowered his hand that was about to draw the gun and relaxed his tense muscles.

Luo Lin also breathed a sigh of relief, squatted down and rubbed Xilin's head: "Okay, Xilin, mom and dad are not arguing, it's just... we haven't seen each other for a long time, so we are a little excited."

"Really?" asked the purple-haired girl.

The corner of Pado's mouth twitched as she was standing nearby. It was obviously not the case.

Fortunately, after Xilin's shout, the stalemate was broken. Padofilis stared at Luo Lin who was comforting Xilin. Every time the white-haired Valkyrie touched the purple-haired girl's head, the sense of crisis that made her heart pounding was alleviated a lot.

Benefactor!

Padu suddenly felt tears welling up in her eyes. Her life and the city were safe.

Siegfried naturally took Luo Lin's words to heart. He looked around and now the abnormal feelings lingering in his heart were explained - no wonder everything seemed a little strange and weird, it turned out that he was trapped in an illusion!

After finally calming Xilin down, Luo Lin turned to look at Siegfried and found that the white-haired man had turned away.

"Sieg..."

"Don't call me that," Siegfried said. "You're not her."

"..."

The man walked with heavy steps and disappeared in the surging crowd.

Luo Lin pursed her lips and lowered her eyebrows.

"Mom? What happened to Dad? Doesn't he love you anymore?" Xilin asked worriedly.

"No, Dad is just very tired. He just came back from a business trip and was asked by his boss to work overtime..."

“What is overtime?”

"Something that is so sinful that it will make people stop loving others."

Xilin nodded in confusion, stretched out her hand and clenched it into a fist: "Then can we just eliminate this overtime thing? Then Dad will come back, right?"

"My dear Sirin, it's a good idea, but overtime is not something that can be physically eliminated, okay?"

Luo Lin rubbed the purple-haired girl's face with a bit of a smile and tears, and gently picked up Xilin: "Okay, Dad is busy again, it seems that we can only go to find your sister."

"Well……"

Luo Lin turned her head and looked at the girl in the cat-ear hood who was carefully preparing to slip away, and shouted: "Hello, Padufils, I need a little help..."

"Ahahaha, that, um, I haven't heard of this name. I'm just a passing cat..."

"I'll pay, a lot of money."

Luo Lin took out a bunch of shiny coins with cat paw patterns on them from her pocket. The crisp sound of coins colliding seemed to penetrate the noise of the street and reach the ears of the cat-eared girl.

Padu's steps slowed down a bit, and her voice was a little hesitant: "Although you know me, I feel a little unwell today. Businessmen also have to rest..."

Luo Lin raised her eyebrows. Isn’t this enough?

So she took out a few other gems. The gems were crystal clear purple, round on the outside, but with patterns on the inside that looked like the stars in the universe.

Padufils stopped where she was, staring at what Luo Lin was holding, and sighed:

"Star stone? Boss, this quality of star stone is a rare commodity, but the price of star stone has been very stable. Even with such high quality, you can't buy much..."

"Isn't this enough?"

Luo Lin narrowed her eyes and asked in a low voice: "System, give me the whole big one."

[Big? You mean...]

“Can you figure it out?”

[Okay, just watch it! ]

Along with a crisp sound, the girl felt a small object in her pocket, so she put the star stone back into her pocket and took out the new object.

It was a blue, neatly shaped, translucent object, as if it was born to be that shape. Luo Lin pinched it with three fingers, placed it in front of her, and gently shook it. Under the sunlight, it glowed with an almost dreamy color.

Luo Lin said with interest: "Pado, what about this? Are you interested?"

Paduo came to Luo Lin almost at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. She looked at the piece of thing that was neither big nor small with an obsessed look and sighed with satisfaction.

"It's actually crystal... You are really... rich." The girl in the cat-ear hood shook her head. "Tell me, what do you need me to do? Let me tell you in advance, if the conditions are too exaggerated, I will still run away, okay?"

"I just want to learn some interesting rumors in this city, and then find someone... no, two people."

"Kiana Kaslana and Raiden Mei... Of course, the second person could also be called Dr. Mei, right?"

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Struggle, struggle, let me see if I can continue to struggle!

Volume 148: Carrots and sticks work best: Chapter Chapter : Bad signs

"Dr. Mei..." Padu scratched his chin, "She's very famous, the head of the Fire Moth Institute of Science and Technology, a very young and very capable person!"

"Dr. Mei..."

Fu Hua, who was floating nearby, thought for a moment and realized that she seemed to have an impression of this name as well - this Dr. Mei often appeared in the pre-era scientific and technological information that she and Otto found. It can be said that as long as it is related to Honkai energy, no matter what technology it is, it can be inextricably linked to the name Mei.

So, this impression of Dr. Mei should be extracted from her brain?

Fu Hua herself was a pioneer who had survived from the previous era. Although she had burned many of her memories with the Yu Du Chen, she had remembered some subtle facts when she observed Luo Lin's consciousness space not long ago - even if the God's Key burned the memories, those deep memories would still remain in her mind in the form of fragments...

Cang Xuan, Dan Zhu...

Fu Hua suddenly began to look forward to whether the two of them would be in this so-called [Fire Moth Science and Technology Research Institute].

"As for the Kiana Kaslana you mentioned, I saw her name when I was purchasing supplies for the research institute. Maybe we can find her while we're looking for Dr. Mei."

You're still going to the research institute to "buy goods"? You are indeed Pado.

Luo Lin threw the [Crystal] she was holding to the girl in the cat-ear hood and waved her hand proudly: "Okay, then I'll trouble you to lead the way - and by the way, tell me any gossip in this city."

Padufils carefully put the crystal into her waist bag, zipped it up solemnly, and put on a bright smile when she looked up: "Okay, boss, I will tell you everything I know!"

So, the girl in the cat-ear hood started talking incessantly about everything she knew. Unfortunately, Luo Lin had heard most of the information in the previous reincarnation, so it was nothing new.

As Siegfried left silently before, Celine's interest did not seem to be so high. She did not shout and ask Pado to tell more stories like last time. She just listened attentively, following the story introduced by the girl in the cat-ear hood and observing everything around her.

Without Xilin asking her to tell a story, Padufils quickly finished telling those ordinary stories about tourist attractions. She looked at Xilin who was lying in Luo Lin's arms carefully and said, "Next, I may tell you some not-so-happy gossip. Do you want to continue listening, boss?"

Luo Lin naturally would not object: "Of course I will listen. I really believe in your ability to collect intelligence."

Seeing this, Padu paused for a moment, as if organizing his words: "Recently, there seems to be a more, uh, irritating atmosphere in the city? In short, many people's tempers have suddenly become irritable, and it is easy to quarrel with others..."

quarrel?

Luo Lin blinked. This news was not there in the last reincarnation. She kept it in mind.

Padu added in an uncertain tone, "Also, there have been some cases of disappearances in the past two days, ranging from the elderly to children. If you plan to go home at night, remember to go back early. Changkong City is not very peaceful at night now."

"Disappearance case?"

Luo Lin recalled the empty streets illuminated by neon lights and the quantum monsters wandering on the streets. Her heart sank and a feeling of urgency gradually emerged.

The situation in this consciousness space seems to be getting worse...

"Besides these two, do you have any other news, Padu?"

"No more at the moment."

The girl in the cat-ear hood shook her head and pointed to the giant building complex not far away: "Boss, we have arrived at the [Fire Moth Science and Technology Research Institute]."

Luo Lin looked at the security guard of the research institute with a serious expression, and said to Paduo: "Paduo...can you take us in to look for someone?"

"Ah, yes."

Padu opened her waist bag, looked at the crystal that was flashing blue light again, and took out her black pass to show the guard.

The guard opened the door and took the initiative to remind him, "Dear guest, I don't recommend you to visit the institute now..."

The girl in the cat-ear hood tilted her head and asked, "Hey? Did something happen?"

The guard lowered his voice and explained to them, "It seems that something big happened in the research center this morning. It alarmed many people and even caused the alarm to sound."

"...?"

Luo Lin frowned. The last time she came here with Siegfried, she passed the gate guard quite smoothly, and then met Raiden Mei and Kiana who were brought by Alicia...

What happened in the institute?

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Mei Raiden is feeling panicked now.

As she closed and opened her eyes, the world became something she could not understand.

At least when Mei Raiden woke up at her desk, everything was still within her understanding, but after she finished communicating with the green-haired girl who called her (her name seemed to be Klein), she immediately pressed the alarm button, attracting a large number of people.

Now, Mei Raiden is sitting in the laboratory of a doctor named Mebius, sitting on a strangely shaped chair with something that feels like a helmet on her head.

"Okay, little white mouse, relax... I just need to check it out for a while, and I'll know what's going on."

Why do some people call others guinea pigs? Is this a bit...

Mei Raiden swallowed and suddenly felt like she had turned into a real guinea pig.

Ms. Mebius, who had long green hair, gestured to her assistant, and Klein immediately ran to close the door of the laboratory, blocking the inquiring eyes of others behind the door.

"Now, Mei, tell me what you're up to? Are you so overwhelmed by those stupid people that you're trying to get away with acting crazy?"

After confirming that no one could observe the situation inside the laboratory, Mebius stood up from the chair at the operating table and said while rubbing his temple in annoyance.

"Mei...but I'm Mei, Raiden Mei, I'm not the person you know..."

"..."

Mebius glanced carefully at the black-haired girl in the white coat, his pupils contracted into the shape of a long and narrow snake.

"You're not pretending to have lost your memory... Could it be that if Alicia is absent for a while, will things be completely messed up?"

Snake picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hello? Is this Sakura? Your vacation is cancelled. Come back and check something for me. It's very important..."

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Volume 149: Carrot and stick work best: Chapter Chapter Daughter