The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"How should I put it? Well, it should be more efficient to tell you what I want with actual actions, right?"

Under the suddenly confused gazes of Raiden Mei and Theresa, the young boy walked up to the side of the helpless Sleeping Beauty. He raised his palm and caressed Kiana's fair and tender cheek unscrupulously.

Instantly, Theresa lost all her composure when she saw her niece being molested. She was shocked and angry and shouted, "Stop! What on earth do you want to do!"

"Don't you understand this?" The young boy laughed, "It seems that you don't have a systematic understanding of how cute and attractive your niece is?"

"Look, this soft silver hair, unyielding face, fair skin and beautiful figure." Under the angry eyes of Theresa and Raiden Mei, the young boy touched Kiana's face and commented in admiration on the sleeping beauty he was watching.

Suddenly, he loosened his hands, and before Theresa and Raiden Mei could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly walked in front of the camera and fiddled with the only light source present.

"Friendly reminder, this is a love hotel." The faint electronic fluorescence, along with the actions of the young boy, took a picture next to the sleeping beauty. Kiana's figure sank into an unfathomable darkness, and the thing that was re-displayed in front of Theresa and Raiden Meiyi also turned into a pink bed full of fun as the boy moved the screen. "An upright adolescent male and a powerless little beauty stayed in a love hotel in the early morning. The next logical thing is to do something, right?"

"How dare you!!!" Theresa's eyes were almost spitting fire.

"What's there to be afraid of?" The young boy laughed, "You can't come over through the network cable and beat me up."

"Of course, if you are willing to replace this little beauty with yourselves, I can consider not taking action against her for the time being, so..."

So the two words had just been spoken when, after the young man moved the camera, a faint light representing space folding suddenly condensed in a blind spot that was not seen by the people on the Hyperion.

The young boy's body stiffened slightly, and a little cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

In order to cover up his panic, the expression of the so-called young boy Li Shubai became more and more outrageous. He walked to the side of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame, and a faint light followed his footsteps and hit the face of the Herrscher of Fire and Flame, who was wearing the clothes of the Sky Ranger.

"...Principal of St. Freya Academy, if you don't want me to do anything excessive to your lovely Kiana, then just follow my instructions and drive the Hyperion to the designated location."

"——So." After the call was unilaterally hung up by the other party, Mei Raiden looked at the mottled snow screen with an expressionless face and put her five fingers tightly into her palms, "Dean, what should we do next?"

"For now, we can only obey his wishes." Theresa gritted her teeth with an equally unpleasant expression. "No matter what, the situation can't be worse than it was three months ago. At least, that man did find Kiana, and he didn't put her life in any danger. We don't need to continue looking for Kiana aimlessly all over the world like a headless fly."

Chapter 4 Super Invincible Giant Tempting Cute Captain (k)

"But..." Raiden Mei opened her mouth and lowered her eyelids, "During this time, Kiana has to stay with that kind of person. Is there nothing we can do to help her..."

Obviously, although the tone of voice maintained a minimum of calmness, after seeing Kiana's posture of being like a lamb to be slaughtered and without any resistance, and thinking of the young boy holding the unconscious Sleeping Beauty with his arms and touching her face unscrupulously, Raiden Mei felt as if her heart was put in a big furnace and roasted with fire, and it was extremely tormented.

She didn't even dare to imagine how Kiana would be treated by that young boy. Just as he said, although after years of getting along with each other, Mei Raiden, who was familiar with Kiana, would find it difficult to realize how beautiful and dazzling this little girl who always looked like an old driver in front of her was. But after hearing the words of the young boy and his praise of Kiana's appearance, no matter how much she didn't dare to imagine it, Mei Raiden's mind would involuntarily emerge with what kind of dirty things the young boy would do to Kiana.

At this moment, would he carry Kiana, who was unable to resist, to the bed? Would he carry Kiana to the bed and then...

Mei Raiden really didn't dare to think about it any further. If possible, she would rather bear the humiliation of the young boy instead of Kiana, rather than let Kiana, who was already in danger due to the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void, suffer more pain.

On the other hand, Theresa, as Kiana's aunt, is not suffering much better than Mei Raiden. In terms of blood relationship, she and Kiana are relatives, and in terms of identity, whether as an elder or as the dean, protecting the younger generation and the academy is Theresa's duty and responsibility.

But from another perspective, as the immediate superior of the Valkyries like Raiden Mei, Theresa's duties did not allow her to show too much unnecessary emotion in front of Raiden Mei. She took a deep breath and said in a voice as calm as possible: "There is no need to be too anxious. Kiana is Kiana after all. Even if she has temporarily lost consciousness, I believe that as a member of the Kaslana clan, she will not be so easily hurt by that boy."

Just as Theresa was trying to calm Mei Raiden down, the door to the liaison room opened and Bronya walked in with Einstein and Dr. Tesla.

Hearing the noise coming from behind, Theresa and Raiden Mei turned around at the same time.

"You're back, Bronya." Theresa glanced at Dr. Einstein, who had a calm expression, and then at Dr. Tesla, who had a serious expression and looked quite angry. The little bit of expectation that had just risen in her heart couldn't help but fall again.

Although she had roughly guessed the result from the expressions of the two doctors, Theresa still asked unwillingly, "What's the situation? Can you track down where Kiana and the boy are?"

"... Sorry to disappoint you." Einstein glanced at Tesla, who looked extremely unhappy, and sighed softly. "The party that took the initiative to contact us seemed to have a hacker who knew me, Dr. Tesla, and Bronya quite well. From the time we contacted until we were disconnected, the three of us were played unilaterally by the other party. It was as if all our actions were seen through."

"But, how is that possible...!" Tesla clenched her teeth tightly. Rather than simply losing to the opponent, the feeling of being completely defeated from beginning to end made her feel more frustrated and defeated. "Even if it's Otto, that bastard, it's impossible for him to accurately prevent all loopholes and tracking just by predicting our intrusion methods. They are using just an ordinary civilian network!"

"In other words, the reason you can't track their location is not because of your technological backwardness, but because there is a hacker next to that boy who knows you very well?" Theresa frowned. "Can you guess who it is? There shouldn't be many hackers in this world who are very familiar with the technical means used by you two doctors and can deal with them? Even if we can't guess the other party's specific identity, we should be able to identify a few definite candidates."

"It's not that there isn't someone who understands the technology we're using and can deal with it," Dr. Einstein said softly, "but...it's impossible for that person to do such a thing, and she doesn't have the conditions to do so."

"Who is she?" Theresa asked.

"Of course it's Bronya." Dr. Tesla glanced at Bronya, who had a blank expression on her face but her grey eyes revealed obvious disappointment. "In this world, the only person who has received technical instruction from both of us is Bronya. She is the only one who can use her own advanced skills to prevent our invasion and search without leaks. Apart from Bronya who has received our instruction, even those who are destined to be able to do it will never be able to do it."

"But, Bronya was just invading the other end of the communication line with us." Dr. Einstein said, "And, not only the two of us, but also Bronya's invasion actions... seemed to have been predicted by the other party, and all of them turned into useless efforts."

"That is to say, before the time agreed upon by that person, we still can't locate Kiana, nor can we figure out who took her away?" Theresa frowned and bit her thumb anxiously.

"From the agreed location and the room that the boy just showed us, we can only roughly infer that Kiana is now in Sky City." Einstein said, "All cities around Sky City have been temporarily paralyzed. Although it is not completely uninhabited, the hotel's network and water and electricity should have stopped service. Judging from the decoration style of the bed in the video, Kiana and the person who kidnapped Kiana should be in one of the several high-end five-star hotels in Sky City."

"Then can we find a way to search those hotels?" Raiden Mei quickly suggested.

"There are a total of 42 five-star hotels in Tiankong City, and 27 of them are still in operation. Theoretically, we can use the process of elimination to try to locate Kiana's current location." Einstein said, "But there is a problem. Since that boy has already invaded the Hyperion's network frequency band and even forced access to our internal communications, we must also be prepared for the Hyperion's route to be completely exposed to him."

"Although Kiana hasn't been hurt yet, no one can guarantee that our proactive attack will cause that bastard to overreact... Considering the worst case scenario, he might even directly tear up the agreement between us." Tesla's face was very ugly. Obviously, this helpless situation made the hot-tempered doctor feel very unhappy.

"Tear up the agreement between us..." Theresa's pupils shrank slightly, "In other words, there is a possibility of killing the hostage?"

"Of course, things are far from being that serious." Einstein shook his head. "But, Ms. Theresa, you should also know that for all those who have a basic understanding of Honkai, Kiana is now a very dangerous time bomb. The familiarity and understanding of us and Kiana revealed in the boy's words further proves that he knows that Kiana's true identity is the Herrscher of the Void."

"Since the boy chose to take Kiana back even though he knew she was the Herrscher of the Void, we can basically identify two possibilities." Dr. Einstein raised his finger. "One possibility is that the boy is confident that he can easily control the Herrscher of the Void. The other possibility is that the boy, as he said, really doesn't care about rewards, destiny, or Honkai Impact 3rd... He just simply... has some flaws and biases in his personality."

"For us, the first possibility is more dangerous, but for this world and Kiana... perhaps the second possibility is much worse..." Einstein said softly.

Although Einstein did not specify what the so-called "character flaw" was, the expressions of Theresa, Raiden Mei, and even Bronya all turned a little ugly.

Obviously, they all understood what Dr. Einstein meant.

That is, the boy was really just... lusting after Kiana's beauty, and even wanted to use Kiana as a condition to exchange... for the Valkyries on Hyperion.

Indeed, if that boy did not actually control the power of the Herrscher of the Void, but was simply a pervert, they, the Valkyries, would have a thousand ways to break the agreement during the [Transaction], saving Kiana while also killing that scum without a burial place.

But I’m afraid that before the agreed time, the boy will do something to hurt Kiana.

If that boy's actions caused Kiana's consciousness, which was already extremely fragile due to the awakening of the Herrscher of the Sky, to be further damaged... at that point, perhaps no one would be able to stop Kiana, who had fully transformed into the Herrscher, from destroying Sky City.

Just as everyone on Hyperion was feeling extremely worried and distressed about Kiana's current dangerous situation.

What is Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] doing, the [beauty] who they believe is [in danger], [powerless like a lamb to be slaughtered], and [extremely fragile] and [pitiable]?

"Wait... Kiana, stop for a moment! I really don't have a drop...hiss...!"

"No way~ Captain Shubai, didn't you say it? A righteous adolescent boy and a powerless beauty staying in a love hotel in the early hours of the morning... The next step should be to do something natural, right?"

——She was doing something unspeakable to the so-called young boy who was labeled a "pervert" and a "dangerous pervert" by the Valkyries on the Hyperion... well, doing something unspeakable.

“No, I just wanted to fool Theresa and the others… And how can you be considered powerless? I’m the one who’s powerless, okay? And you, Kiana who’s holding my arm over there! Why are you just watching? Hurry up and pull the other you away!”

"I'm sorry, Captain. I can't beat her..." The Sky Ranger who was holding Li Shubai's arm moved her eyes away with a guilty look. She glanced at a certain place and swallowed her saliva as if she saw some delicious food that made her salivate. She almost drooled. "Besides...she just said that after she's done, it will be our turn...I'm sorry, this condition is too tempting. I can't resist it."

"Just resist for a moment! Wait, Mei and Bronya! What are you two doing!?"

"Captain, it's time for you to recognize the facts." Secondary Silver Wing smiled and cooperated with Sky Ranger to hold down Li Shubai's other arm. "Under the current situation, the [little beauty with no power to resist] that Kiana just mentioned... is not referring to herself."

"what?"

"Captain Shubai... hehe, a super invincible, giant, seductive and cute captain..." The face of the Herrscher of Fire showed an expression like a pervert who saw a beautiful woman who was worthy of his beauty.

"You don't think that only boys have such thoughts about the opposite sex, do you?" The Herrscher of Thunder walked to the top of Li Shubai's head, who was being held down by Sky Ranger and Secondary Silver Wing one by one. She lowered her upper body from above, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on her stern and delicate face. "Think about it from another perspective. If the person who was just tied to the stool was you, the captain, and the person who did what you just did to you was Kiana... would you also want to do to Kiana what she is doing now?"

"In your eyes, Kiana is a very cute girl, and you even personally described her as [super cute], but Captain, have you ever thought about this..." The Herrscher of Thunder laughed, "Whether it's me or the other Valkyries... In our eyes, the most attractive person on the entire Hyperion is you, Captain."

"Do you understand now? Super invincible giant, seductive and adorable captain?"

Li Shubai, nothing to say.

Chapter 4: Multiple Trends (k)

March 2017, 3, six in the morning.

In the newly awakened sunlight, the S-class Valkyrie Rita Rossweisse, dressed in casual clothes as if she was on vacation, walked slowly on the bustling streets of Sky City.

Under normal circumstances, with Rita's stunning and charming appearance, she would probably attract a lot of attention even if she was just walking on the street, but now the entire Sky City is shrouded in an indescribable cloud of depression and anxiety. Everyone on the road is busy moving forward, their expressions look extremely numb, their mechanical steps are hurried and full of impetuous emotions.

Obviously, in the three months since the outbreak of the Great Collapse, pressure from all aspects has caused tremendous survival and psychological pressure on ordinary people who already lived in Sky City or had just fled their homes.

Although under the guidance and free assistance of the Shenzhou government and Tianming, most ordinary people have managed to maintain a minimum standard of living and security, the logistics and communication networks have not yet been fully restored, and the fall of many surrounding cities has caused people who have abandoned their homes to flock to this ancient technological city, further exploiting the resources originally stored in Tianqiong City.

Seeing the panic in Sky City, Rita couldn't help but sigh softly. Although the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void was facilitated by Bishop Otto, as one of the accomplices, seeing the impact and despair that the Great Collapse brought to these powerless ordinary people still made her, who was kind by nature, feel very uncomfortable.

With the determination to resolve this Honkai incident as soon as possible, she put her mind at ease and carefully observed the slightest movement around her, while secretly connecting to the communication sent to the Satori headquarters.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, I have arrived in Sky City. Please follow my instructions for the next step." Rita said softly.

Bishop Otto's calm, magnetic and elegant voice came from the communicator: "Just at nine o'clock last night, Shenzhou's patrol troops detected a total of three small-scale Honkai outbreaks in the East No. 3 area, North No. 2 area, and West No. 3 area outside Tianqiong City."

"Among the three Honkai outbreaks, the situation at the West Area 3 was successfully under control before the Sky City patrol mechas arrived. There were no other traces left at the scene except for the extremely chaotic electric current and the remains of the Honkai beasts. In the two Honkai outbreaks in the East Area 3 and the North Area 2, the pilots operating the patrol mechas witnessed the figure of the Destiny Valkyrie."

"The Valkyrie of Destiny?" Rita was stunned. "But, as far as I know, before I arrived at Sky City, there should have been no Valkyrie stationed in this technological city."

Although the footprints of Tianming are all over the world, it does not mean that Tianming will send Valkyrie troops to all cities in the world. After all, even in this era, Tianming has no more than ten thousand Valkyries, and the armed forces possessed by Tianming are far more than just Valkyries.

"That's right. Before you arrived at Sky City, Heaven's Fate did not send other Valkyries to this ancient technological city in Shenzhou." Otto said meaningfully in a flat voice on the communicator, "So, the so-called 'Fate Valkyrie' is most likely the Herrscher of the Void, or subject K423, who disappeared after the Great Collapse."

"Since K423 did not immediately cause destruction to the surrounding area after waking up, and even helped the local patrol force to resolve the Houkai incident, it means... our experiment has been successful. And our goal is to find K423's whereabouts and bring her back to the Sentence headquarters before she loses control again."

"Yes, Bishop, but..." Rita hesitated for a moment, "Forgive me, but based on the information that 'the Valkyrie who is suspected to be the destiny', it seems difficult to conclude that the person who solved these Honkai incidents is the Herrscher of the Void, right? Is such an inference really worth pursuing in depth?"

"It's a reasonable question. Indeed, if only someone like the Valkyrie of Destiny solved these small-scale Honkai incidents, this information would not be worth sending you to conduct an in-depth investigation." Otto said calmly, "But what if I tell you that the latest intelligence intercepted by Destiny shows that members of the Far East Branch also arrived in Sky City not long ago?"

"I see." Rita nodded gently. "It's enough to make Lady Theresa lose her temper and come to Sky City to look for clues about the Herrscher of the Void, even at the cost of exposing her whereabouts. It seems that the credibility of this information is indeed far beyond my imagination."

"This search mission is not simple. I have informed Yulandel, who is still conducting the Second God Key activation experiment in the Vimur branch in North Africa. She will arrive in Sky City tonight to cooperate with you in the search for the Ruler of the Void." Otto said, "The defected Far East branch still has the energy to track the whereabouts of K423 during their escape, which means that the people of Anti-Entropy have also given them a considerable degree of intelligence support. Before Yulandel arrives in Sky City, try to get the information about the Ruler of the Void before them without alerting the enemy. This is your mission. As for how to do it... I have sent the information needed for this mission to your personal terminal. Next, it is time to test your ability to adapt to changes.

"Don't let me down, Rita. No matter what means you use, you must recover K423 before Theresa does."

"Understood." After receiving the instructions, Rita hung up the call to the Destiny headquarters without any hesitation.

Noisy sounds continued to echo in her ears, the hurried footsteps of pedestrians, the continuous honking of cars, and the friction between wheels and rails. Rita stopped and raised her head gently. The inverted serpentine elevated railway appeared between the high-rise buildings in Tiankong City. The trains suspended in the air were shuttling back and forth on the elevated railway at an astonishing speed. Following the flow of the train, she cast her eyes to the distant sky and could see the rising morning sun injecting endless vitality and vigor into this ancient technological city.

Seeing that Sky City was still thriving despite the Great Collapse, Rita suddenly felt uncomfortable. Although Yulandel would arrive soon and she didn't need to have a direct conflict with the Far East Branch in the short term, for some reason, Rita always had a strange premonition.

...How fragile this false peace and prosperity will be in the vortex of events that are about to come.

On the other side, the headquarters of Destiny.

In the dim main classroom, Bishop Otto, who had just cut off communication with Rita, looked thoughtfully at the screen in front of him that was emitting faint fluorescence.

The dim light of the screen illuminated Otto's expressionless face. The information from the unfamiliar frequency band revealed to him the information about K423 and the Far East Branch with extreme clarity. However, judging from the expression on Otto's face at this moment, the bishop who had been pursuing the Herrscher of the Void did not show much joy after obtaining the information about the Herrscher of the Void.

There was an indescribable coldness in his eyes.

Although he had given instructions to Yulandel and Rita as soon as he got the information, and responded to the content shown to him in the information, but until now, Otto still hadn't figured out who sent him the information about the Herrscher of the Void.

This meant that, first, the person who sent him this information had obtained the information about the Herrscher of the Void earlier than Destiny and Anti-Entropy; and second, that person had a better understanding of Destiny... and even himself than he expected.

And the third, and most important point - that person is sure that destiny will not let go of the information revealed by this intelligence, and is very likely to have prepared to deal with their actions.

Although Otto was a little annoyed by the feeling of being overtaken by the opponent and having to act according to the opponent's ideas, he had to accept this move.

After all, for Otto, the power of the Herrscher of the Void is necessary.

"Interesting... I want to see what kind of person has such rampant self-confidence."

Even so, Otto did not feel panicked at all.

After all, Otto had such confidence as long as the one from [Snake] had not yet been born.

——In today's world, no one can defeat Yulandel.

At the same time, Li Shubai was being squeezed by the white succubus.

March 2017, 3, 16 noon.

In the northern suburbs of Tianqiong City, in the Shencheng Pharmaceutical complex.

"As you expected, the people from the destiny should have arrived in this city, but before that, I have a question."

In the bright conference room, three virtual projections appear beside the long conference table in the middle of the hall.

"——Gray Snake, what on earth were you thinking? Why did you reveal the information about the Herrscher of the Void to Destiny?"

"You don't need to ask about things that have nothing to do with you." A voice mixed with mechanical and electric sounds answered grimly, "Do your job well. You don't need to care about anything else, Jackal."

"It has nothing to do with me?" The person who asked the question sneered, "You forcibly terminated my ongoing stigma experiment without any warning, and also led the Valkyrie of Destiny to Sky City... Now you want to take away everything you did with just a casual "It has nothing to do with me"? "

"Okay, stop arguing." Another voice that sounded somewhat helpless said, "Compared to the matter of destiny, isn't the more important issue now that of the Herrscher girl? And Jackal, weren't you ready to kill those Valkyries from the beginning? Why are you getting so flustered now because of the people sent by destiny?"

"I'm not panicking! I just feel very unhappy." The Jackal clicked his tongue.

"Let's stop this meaningless dispute." Gray Snake said coldly, "My actions naturally have their own intentions. Raven, Jackal, at this moment when the Lord has not returned, the World Snake has no intention of intervening in the dispute between Destiny and Anti-Entropy. There is only one thing we have to do, and that is to preserve the World Snake's vitality to the maximum extent."

"But what does this have to do with you forcibly terminating my stigma experiment in Sky City because of a disagreement?" Jackal got angry when she talked about this matter. Her virtual image slammed the table in front of her fiercely. "Even if there is a necessary reason for me to temporarily stop the experiment, there should be more gentle means. But you actually destroyed all the experimental data and experimental subjects in Shencheng Medicine without saying anything? Do you think my experimental funds are all blown by the wind?!"

"The losses I caused to your Shencheng Medical Sky Dome Branch will be fully borne and reimbursed by the World Snake." Gray Snake said coldly, "But before the Lord returns, we must try our best to reduce direct conflicts with the Destiny Valkyrie. Of course, if you have the confidence to directly fight the strongest Valkyrie, I will not be so decisive to abandon the underground laboratory of this branch."