The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"The headquarters has issued an emergency notice. A large-scale Honkai incident of a very serious nature has occurred in Changkong City, located in the extreme eastern coastal area." The young and serious adjutant did not retreat at all because of Jizi's dissatisfaction. It was for this reason that Theresa promoted her to be Jizi's adjutant. "According to preliminary estimates, the energy level of this Honkai explosion is 1200HW, which is the same scale as 'that time' fourteen years ago."

Ji Zi's expression froze. She certainly knew what happened in the collapse that occurred fourteen years ago. The next moment, she turned her head almost instinctively and looked towards the floor-to-ceiling window next to her.

A huge shadow obscured the view outside the window, and a thunderous roar was approaching at high speed. It was the crystallization of modern technology. A supersonic monster with a total length of 278 meters was hovering next to the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of the hotel.

"That Theresa girl actually airdropped this thing over here." Jizi knew what it was, of course. She narrowed her eyes, her gaze as sharp as an eagle. The serious adjutant draped the military coat over Jizi's shoulders.

"Then let's go, everyone board the ship immediately!" She kicked the expensive French window and stepped onto the Hyperion's deck with a hurried and sharp pace. "Destination, Changkong City!"

2014年1月2日，上午10：45分。

Changkong City.

Unruly thunder echoed in the sky, and bursts of lightning tore through the darkness.

Kiana leapt nimbly over the top floors of tall buildings and looked towards Qianyu Academy with an anxious and confused look.

Kiana's anxiety is understandable. With the sudden outbreak of the Third Collapse, the severe disasters and the mass extinction of many residents have made Kiana feel heartbroken. But in addition to anxiety and worry, Kiana is also filled with a lot of confusion.

Whether it was when she just woke up at home or when she went to the police station to report the crime, Kiana had confirmed today's date more than once.

Just like the time shown on the calendar when I woke up, today is indeed January 2014, 1.

However, the third collapse, which should not have occurred at this time, broke out suddenly.

She knew very well that in Changkong City, where she originally lived, the third collapse definitely did not happen at this time.

Putting aside the time, Qianyu Academy is a day school rather than a boarding school. In her memory, the time when the third Honkai broke out was definitely not a holiday, otherwise it would not have been possible to see so many students who became dead soldiers in Qianyu Academy at that time.

What happened? Captain... Mei... Bronya... Are they safe?

With a worried mood, she started to rush to Qianyu Academy the moment the collapse broke out. In order to avoid the assassins on the ground, she climbed to the top of the tall building, and ran towards her destination little by little by leaping over the roofs of the buildings.

Her figure was nimble and agile as she jumped and twirled between the rooftops. Even in 2014, Kiana's physical ability had already surpassed that of ordinary people, and this amount of exercise was nothing to her.

Suddenly, Kiana stopped and her ears moved slightly.

She frowned and whispered to herself: "…What is that sound?"

Listening carefully, there seemed to be a low sound mixed in with the unexplained explosions that continued in Changkong City, the thunder in the sky, the noisy sounds made by the dead soldiers, the Honkai beasts, and the people who had not yet completely turned into dead soldiers.

The sound grew louder and louder, finally turning into a thunderous roar. When she realized that it was the sound of something's engine, Kiana suddenly turned her eyes to the street below.

"That is..." A motorcycle was running on a street full of obstacles, its engine roaring loudly. Countless assassins were attracted by the huge sound and the breath of living people, and surrounded it from all directions.

Kiana stared blankly at the boy on the motorcycle, her azure eyes unable to restrain her ecstasy: "Captain?!"

The man was not wearing a safety helmet, and Kiana could see his face clearly. She knew very well that it was definitely none other than the captain she was familiar with.

After seeing the motorcycle leaping into the air in order to shake off the piles of assassins, Kiana laughed extremely wildly. She stepped forward without hesitation and jumped from the roof of the twelve-story building to the back seat of the motorcycle. Then she stepped several times on the windows and walls of the building, relying on the friction to slow down the falling trend. Finally, when the motorcycle reached the highest point and was about to fall, she sat on its back seat.

"Captain! I finally found you!"

Kiana successfully jumped onto the back seat and hugged Li Shubai's waist tightly. She clamped her slender thighs together violently, as if it was a joke. The heavy motorcycle, which was shaking violently due to loss of balance, was instantly tamed by the girl's terrifying strength.

After realizing that he would not be smashed into a pulp in the next second, Li Shubai could not help but gasp at the girl's terrifying strength, but he also knew that now was not the time to speak. He quickly turned his sight away from the silver-haired girl who suddenly fell from the sky behind him, and instead focused his attention back to the front.

He held the handlebars, lifted the front wheel as much as he could, and landed on the ground with the rear wheel. Although the tires and shock absorber system absorbed most of the impact, the huge impact of returning to the ground at an extremely high speed of 200 kilometers per hour was enough to almost shake him off the bike.

Fortunately, the girl behind him held his body tightly and refused to let go, otherwise Li Shubai really couldn't say whether he could return to the ground safely.

On the premise that the landing speed reached two hundred yards, Li Shubai continued to step on the accelerator, and soon, he left the assassins behind him far behind.

The gate of Chiba Academy can be seen in the field of vision.

It was probably because there were not many people around the school that was out of use during the holiday. Compared to the densely packed assassins in the city, Li Shubai did not see many figures near Qianyu Academy.

As they got closer, the roar of thunder became more and more violent. Qianyu Academy was at the end of the road. It was obviously not a school day, but the heavy black wrought iron gate was open without any obstruction.

The gate was like a trap, waiting for its prey to step into it, and then cruelly piercing its sharp horns into the prey's skin before it could react.

Li Shubai parked the motorcycle next to the gate of Qianyu College, then jumped off the car. For the first time, he faced Kiana, who suddenly jumped onto the back seat and scared him to death.

However, before he could speak, the joy and smile on Kiana's face had completely disappeared, and turned into deep astonishment and worry: "Captain! Your body...why does it show signs of becoming a dead soldier?!"

Kiana's peace of mind and joy turned into astonishment in a few seconds. She jumped off the motorcycle without saying a word. Before Li Shubai could react, she stretched out her slender white fingers and lifted up his clothes.

Seeing the miserable state under the clothes, Kiana's face changed drastically.

The muscles, which looked quite strong due to sufficient exercise, were flashing with fine and dazzling red light. The skin covering the muscles was bloodless, just like a corpse.

"Let's not ask why you call me Captain... When a man's Honkai breaks out, his body will be corroded. This shouldn't be surprising to you." Li Shubai took a step back, dodged Kiana's fingers, and patted his uncovered clothes. "But this is fine... Kiana... I think it's okay to call you that."

"Of course it's okay... No! It's not important!" Kiana shook her head violently, and frantically searched through her clothes and pants with her hands. "I'll contact my aunt right away! Ask her to send some inhibitors over, and you'll be fine! Captain!"

"Kiana." Li Shubai grabbed Kiana's wrist, which was rummaging around, and shook his head calmly.

As a person who has been affected by the Honkai, Li Shubai knows very well in his heart that since he is not the holder of the stigma, it is probably only a matter of time before he loses his mind after the outbreak of Honkai.

Along the way, all his decisions were made on the spur of the moment, whether it was the initial decision to kick away the assassins who were blocking the road and take the motorcycle that was still running, or just now stepping on the car parked in the middle of the road to let the speeding motorcycle pass the group of assassins... Every decision he made was something that would not be surprising even if he died immediately in the next moment due to a sudden small mistake.

He knew that only in this way would he have the chance to end his life immediately when he realized that he was no longer human.

"Listen carefully, Kiana. I won't ask you why you call me Captain, just like you didn't ask me why I called you by your name when we first met. I'll just assume you know me. Anyway... I can sense that although I can still maintain normal thinking, I'm probably hopeless... By the way, if you call me Captain, then you should listen to what I say, right?"

Ignoring Kiana's response, after thinking for a moment, Li Shubai took out a smartphone from his pocket and slapped it into Kiana's hand, "Here, take this. The unlock code is 1207. There should be some information in it that you can use."

"Senyu Academy... Even if I stop you here, you will still go in, but... I can see that this third collapse is very unusual." He switched his thinking mode to a working state that he had not used since he crossed over to this world. He spoke very quickly and told the girl in front of him everything he knew, regardless of how much the audience could hear: "Like Raiden Ryoma, the woman Cocolia was also imprisoned. I don't know how long it will take for Anti-Entropy to get them out, but it's hard to imagine that Cocolia, who has been in prison, would be ready to activate the Conquest Gem so early... In short, I believe you can solve the problem of Raiden Mei, but it is not a wise move to rush in without knowing whether there are other unknown enemies lurking in Senyu Academy."

After explaining what he knew, the subsequent speculations based on normal logic, and the response methods, Li Shubai withdrew his hand.

He looked at Kiana's eyes that seemed to understand his words and gradually calmed down, and her hand tightly holding the smartphone, and smiled with relief: "I spoke a little too fast, I don't know how much you can hear, but if you really think of me as a captain, then remember, don't act rashly when you don't have a chance of winning. This time, I will help you create a chance of winning, next time, you will need to rely on your own efforts."

"Oh, by the way, just think of this as giving me some face at the end." Suddenly, Li Shubai seemed to remember something, and his face turned slightly red. "When you enter Saint Freya, find a place where no one is, and open the phone yourself."

"I'll go in first. You...just decide when to come in. I trust your judgment."

After saying that, Li Shubai walked into the gate of Qianyu College.

Watching Li Shubai's figure disappear from sight, Kiana pursed her lips.

"What? You come up and start lecturing me..." She muttered in dissatisfaction, "It's not like I don't understand these principles. You treat me like a child. You're not older than me... You treat me like a fool."

Suddenly, Kiana shut her mouth.

She looked at the smartphone stuffed in her hand, and a trace of evil arc slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Can I wait until I get into Saint Freya and find a deserted place to open it myself?

Humph, I don’t want it!

Chapter 6: Death Situation: Battle for Power

The pointer on the teaching building pointed to eleven o'clock.

Qianyu Academy fell into deathly silence.

Although the sky was constantly flashing with bright purple lightning, there was no sound of any living creatures on the entire campus except for the sound of thunder. The thick clouds blocked the sun's rays like a black umbrella, and the unused teaching building looked like a funeral hall in the middle of the night.

The biting cold wind in January was particularly vivid in the cold modern buildings that could not get any heat. The cold wind penetrated the bones and muscles from the exposed fingertips and finally reached the brain, as if to freeze the thinking behavior of the brain itself.

"Huh..." Li Shubai exhaled a breath of white air, rubbed his palms, and walked from the campus gate along the stone-paved square into the gate of the teaching building.

The dead teaching building should have gradually come back to life on the day of returning to school two days later, but Li Shubai could clearly realize that this school, which looked like it was temporarily closed for vacation, would never wake up again.

Inorganic footsteps echoed in the empty corridor. Under the dark sky, the teaching building, which could not turn on the lights due to power outage, looked more like a haunted house with an unreal and mysterious feeling rather than a campus for people to learn scientific knowledge.

He walked up the stairs and reached the rooftop of the teaching building.

As soon as he opened the door to the rooftop, Li Shubai saw the girl he had met several times before.

Although Li Shubai is not a student of Senyu Academy, as the child of Raiden Ryoma's direct subordinate, he has been in and out of the Massive Electric headquarters building several times and it is indeed not the first time he has met Raiden Mei.

Hearing the sound of the door opening behind her, the girl standing on the edge of the rooftop turned around.

The moment his eyes met the girl's, Li Shubai almost thought he had recognized the wrong person. It was hard to imagine that just a glance could change a person's impression so drastically. The pair of eyes that were as gentle as water in his memory were now so cold that no trace of warmth could be seen at all. The light purple irises seemed to be able to forcibly deprive a person of their spirit, and were deeply embedded with an ominous and enchanting halo.

"Li Shubai?" Miraculously, Mei Raiden called out Li Shubai's name with an extremely cold look in her eyes. She looked at the stiff boy with the cold eyes of a tyrant. Her voice was cold and didn't sound human at all. "Are you here to cause trouble for me like them?"

It was then that Li Shubai noticed that there were several black shadows wrapped in pitch-black hoodies lying on the ground in a mess, their bionic bodies were exposed through the torn cloth, and broken white masks were scattered all over the ground.

"Gray snake?" Li Shubai's pupils shrank slightly. He could hardly believe his eyes. But before he could take a closer look at the black shadow on the ground, Mei Lei Dian suddenly disappeared from Li Shubai's sight. When Li Shubai came to his senses, Mei Lei Dian's white fist had filled his entire field of vision.

“Wait——!” Seeing that he couldn’t dodge in time, Li Shubai had to raise his arms to protect his face.

However, the raised arm was not attacked at all. The fist that disappeared before his eyes hit his defenseless chest directly.

"Hmm..." Li Shubai felt a tightness in his chest due to the violent impact, and he bent his waist uncontrollably. His arms drooped unnaturally, and he instinctively wanted to support the ground to balance his body.

However, when the eyes left the arms, what they saw was the thighs coming towards them.

With the force of the gun muzzle spitting out tongues of fire, the upward kick was like a flash of light, kicking Li Shubai's body weighing nearly 70 kilograms away.

His back broke through the door he came in through and hit the wall behind him hard.

“Ooooo… cough…!”

…The blood from the broken lungs flowed into the trachea.

"Cough... cough..." Li Shubai covered his throat and coughed violently. He raised his head and looked through the tattered door with hazy vision at Raiden Mei slowly retracting her legs.

This guy... really is coming here to kill me.

If that kick had hit an ordinary person on the head, it would not be surprising if the head was split in two on the spot.

...No, if I must say, even the first punch undoubtedly had enough destructive power to penetrate the internal organs.

In fact, the chest cavity was hit directly by that punch, and I don’t know how many ribs were broken, and the lungs were probably damaged as well.

"Cough... hehe..." Although the situation was so miserable, Li Shubai couldn't help but laugh out loud in relief.

Yes, thankfully.

It was a close call.

If he lost the ability to move because of the pain at this moment, then all the boasts he made to Kiana at the gate of Qianyu Academy would become nonsense.

Luckily, it didn't hurt at all.

The five senses of the body are getting further and further away from me in the endless erosion of collapse.

The difference in strength is clear at a glance.

Even if she doesn't have a katana in her hand, as the master of the Menkyo Kaiden, Mei Raiden's fighting skills are still many times better than Li Shubai's.

The power derived from the Collapse... Li Shubai, who is now half-dead, is at an overwhelming disadvantage compared to Raiden Mei, who has already initially completed her transformation into a Herrscher.

"He's not dead?" Raiden Mei raised her eyebrows, her expression showing no sign of wavering.

"It seems... I have to teach you a lesson first..." Li Shubai supported himself on his knees and stood up.

"I want to see how many of my moves you can take with your half-baked kung fu!" Raiden Mei exerted force on her legs again and rushed towards Li Shubai who stood up.

"...only then can you learn how to talk to people again!" Li Shubai raised his arm, clenched his fist, and punched in the direction of Raiden Mei without dodging or retreating.

At this moment, thick lightning tore through the sky, and endless lightning illuminated the figures of Li Shubai and Raiden Mei fighting. The sound of fists colliding mixed with the roars of men and women echoed on the rooftop of the teaching building.

At the gate of Qianyu Academy, Kiana covered her eyes tightly.

Li Shubai can't be a match for Raiden Mei.

Not only Li Shubai himself knew this, but Kiana could also see it at a glance.

[Even if I stop you here, you will still go in.] Before Li Shubai entered Qianyu Academy, he said this to Kiana.

Therefore, both Kiana and Li Shubai had long understood that Raiden Mei would definitely defeat Li Shubai.

Li Shubai, who entered Qianyu Academy first, wanted to find out as much as possible about the situation in the academy, and at the same time, consume Raiden Mei's combat effectiveness to the maximum extent.

For this, he put his body, which had no future, on the line.

As expected, that person was undoubtedly her captain, and Kiana was secretly delighted.

Knowing that he would definitely die, the way he risked everything for the future of his crew members looked so familiar to Kiana.

That's his captain.

He is my favorite captain.

If that's the case, Kiana wouldn't just watch Li Shubai lose his life.

It was the captain's choice to enter Qianyu Academy alone and take the initiative to provoke a battle that was bound to be lost.