K424 of the Collapse World

"Huh... Is this the butterfly effect? ​​Whatever... Anyway, we have to think of a solution..."

What Lan Feng didn't know was that the moment Tesla left the house, the expression on his face began to become complicated.

(Siris, you chose not to recognize Siegfried, is it because of me? I see... It seems that you have noticed my abnormal feelings for you...)

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but clench her fists.

(No matter how you look at it, it must be a very painful choice for you to give up on confessing your identity to that person. Haha, in order not to make me worry, you even made such a bad joke... But, I am not the kind of despicable person who likes to steal other people's happiness! Just watch, Shirley, I will fight for you to get back everything that belongs to you!)

Tesla's eyes became firm at this moment. After dusk, the number of people outside the town had become sparse. Soon, with Tesla's deliberate search, he easily found Siegfried on his way back.

"Eh? Dr. Tesla, why are you out...? Oh, I borrowed a room from the village chief. It's not far away. I can take you there first..."

"We'll talk about these little things later. Siegfried, I have something very important to tell you!"

"...?"

Looking at Tesla's extremely serious expression, Siegfried showed a little puzzled expression. He didn't understand why he had to talk about it outside. But despite this, out of respect for Tesla, he still straightened his face and pretended to listen carefully.

Tesla bit his lip, a look of struggle flashed across his face, and then his expression became indifferent.

"The thing is like this..."

131 Someone's Disaster

In a town in southeastern Türkiye...

In a small house in a corner of the town, two silver-haired girls with identical appearances stayed in the room. One of them, with long hair, sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the other lying on the bed.

A girl with pigtails lying unconscious on the bed.

"How should we deal with this active Houkai energy..."

Lan Feng's expression was filled with worry. Looking at Kiana lying beside her, she felt a little overwhelmed.

If Kiana could control the Honkai energy like himself, then it would not be detected by ordinary Honkai energy detectors. However, in Lan Feng's impression, Kiana in the original novel never relied on Honkai energy to fight like himself in the early stage.

In other words, theoretically, she cannot control this Honkai energy.

"I'm sorry, Kiana. For your future life, you can't hold these Houkai energies for the time being. Who knows what will happen if you leave it alone..."

Lan Feng sighed softly, and then placed his hand on Kiana's forehead. Feeling the active Honkai energy in her body, Lan Feng concentrated his mind and began to manipulate the Honkai energy in Kiana's body through her body.

"This... absorbing Honkai energy is unexpectedly smooth!"

Lan Feng exclaimed. She could clearly feel that the Honkai energy in Kiana's body was slowly flowing into her body under simple control.

Since Kiana was unconscious at the moment, these Honkai energies that originated from Lan Feng were gradually absorbed by her without any resistance.

"Well……"

The energy in her body was forcibly absorbed, and Kiana showed a trace of discomfort on her face. Her brows were tightly furrowed, and her body began to tremble slightly. Seeing this, Lan Feng hurriedly slowed down the speed of absorption, but seeing that Kiana's reaction still did not return to calm, Lan Feng's expression became a little strange...

(No, Kiana isn't a Honkai creature. I'm just absorbing the useless Honkai energy from her body. There shouldn't be any adverse reactions...)

Lan Feng thought a little strangely, but the next moment, her eyes widened slightly in surprise...

(Wait... Although it's a bit slow, the Houkai energy in Kiana's body is constantly regenerating while being absorbed by me, which means...)

After realizing this, Lan Feng's eyes showed a hint of shock.

(The body's Houkai energy can be regenerated?! Kiana, is it the same as my current state? But, that's impossible... As a pseudo-herrscher like me, I should be able to manipulate Houkai energy...)

Lan Feng was certain that before Kiana entered St. Freya Academy, and even for a long time after entering the academy, she did not show any ability to manipulate Honkai. How could this be explained?

But compared to these, it is better to stop what you are doing right now...

(Come to think of it, what I am doing now, other than increasing the Houkai energy in my body, actually has no meaning, right?)

Thinking of this, Lan Feng sighed and stopped absorbing Kiana's Houkai energy. Even so, the Houkai energy absorbed from Kiana also played a significant role in Lan Feng's recovery from his injuries.

"Forget it... I can't figure these things out for the moment. Let's wait until Siegfried comes back and ask him about Kiana's condition."

As he thought about it, Lan Feng breathed a sigh of relief and lay on his back on the bed. Although there was only one bed in Siegfried's house, it was big enough for two adults to sleep. Lan Feng couldn't help but wonder if Siegfried and Kiana slept together at night.

"Hmm... When Siegfried comes back, let's embarrass him with this question before asking about Kiana~"

Lan Feng lay beside Kiana, slightly turned his head, looked at Kiana's quietly sleeping profile, and revealed a gentle smile.

"If possible, I really want to be your friend and stay by your side forever..."

Lan Feng murmured and sighed slightly.

"It's a pity that you haven't met the most precious person in your life yet... So, in order for you to meet like you originally did, I can only temporarily not have any intersection with you..."

She whispered to herself, her eyes gradually becoming deeper.

"I am really looking forward to the days after meeting you in Saint Freya..."

At this moment, Lan Feng did not realize what kind of situation was waiting for him next...

The moon was bright in the sky, and the pure white light spread over the town, illuminating the surrounding area. Thanks to this, Tesla could clearly see the shocked expression on the face of the man opposite him.

"Hey! Dr. Tesla, are these things you said... all true?"

In an open space in the town, Siegfried stared blankly at the serious-looking red-haired girl in front of him. For a moment, his thoughts almost came to a standstill.

Experimental subject K424... the girl named Silis, possesses the memory of her wife, Cecilia! Moreover, this memory is so clear that she thinks she is Cecilia herself!

After the strong shock, Siegfried felt deeply entangled. Indeed, he also saw a lot from that girl.

Similar to Cecilia, so what Dr. Tesla said should be true!

But after knowing this, what should he do? The other party is a clone who inherited Cecilia's memory and has nothing to do with the real Cecilia. However, even though he knew this, Siegfried couldn't pretend that he didn't hear these words. Moreover, he still had an inexplicable feeling, and at the same time, he also felt a sense of inexplicable guilt towards the girl...

On the other hand, he didn't understand why Dr. Tesla told him this?

Thinking of this, Siegfried cast a puzzled look at the red-haired girl in front of him. It must be said that thanks to Tesla's pointing out of these things, he finally figured out where the sense of disharmony in the previous conversation with the girl came from.

I see, this is what Shiris has been hiding from me...

Wait, why did she keep this a secret? And why did Dr. Tesla tell me this fact secretly?

Thinking of this, Siegfried's eyes moved, and he looked at Tesla in front of him with some astonishment, his lips moving slightly. At this moment, he had countless questions, but he couldn't ask them all at once. So, he could only try his best to organize his words...

At this time, Tesla noticed the change in Siegfried's eyes and exhaled. He spoke directly, interrupting Siegfried's thoughts.

"It seems you have a lot of questions, but for Shilis, I will explain them to you one by one."

Tesla said calmly, looking directly into Siegfried's slightly dilated blue pupils, his gaze not yielding.

"You must be wondering why Shilis didn't tell you this herself, right?"

At this time, Tesla's face showed a trace of struggle. By doing this, he should be considered as betraying Shirley's trust...

(But, as long as you can be happy, it doesn’t matter to me even if you hate me for it...!)

Thinking of this, her expression became firm again.

"Cilissa said that she is not the real Cecilia, so she doesn't want to use those false memories to get close to you, but plans to wait silently from a distance..."

Tesla said this, his voice lowered involuntarily. Siegfried's expression became complicated again, and he looked at the red-haired girl in front of him with some confusion.

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"But...why are you telling me this?"

Siegfried asked back. He didn't even realize that his emotions began to fluctuate violently. His slightly drooping fists were clenched tightly.

Tesla fell silent. After a while, she slowly opened her lips.

"…Because I am her friend, and I don't want to see her suffer like this. So, I chose to tell you this secret that she had kept from me."

"Is she...in pain now?"

Siegfried asked, recalling the unimpeded communication with the girl not long ago. He never imagined that the other party was suppressing her pain and communicating with him in such a calm manner.

"Yes, I have spent two years with her, so I naturally know her quite well... I can fully see her struggle and pain now. So, even though she knows that those memories do not belong to her, she is still affected..."

Tesla sighed and lowered her head slightly. She suddenly felt a little regretful. She had betrayed the promise she had made to the girl. She had clearly said before that she would keep this secret for her, but now...

(But even so, I hope you can be happy... even if that person is not me.)

"…So, what do you want me to do?"

Siegfried was silent for a while, then he asked Tesla. Although he asked in a questioning tone, he already had the answer in his mind.

"I don't expect you to do anything. I just want to tell you this out of my own will. It's up to you to decide what to do."

Tesla answered Siegfried's question calmly, then turned around and stopped looking at the man in front of him.

"That being said, it looks like you've made up your mind."

After turning around, even though she didn't look at Siegfried, she still added a sentence, her tone frighteningly calm.

In Siegfried's field of vision, he saw the red-haired girl who turned around and wiped her eyes in panic. Then she raised her head and stared blankly at the starry night sky in silence.

"Ah, I'll go find her myself... And thank you for telling me about this, Dr. Tesla."

Siegfried took a deep breath, his dull eyes slowly focused and gradually became firm.

“Siris…”

At this moment, Lan Feng, who still had no idea what was happening outside, was still lying in the room bored.

Waiting on the son's bed.

In order to pass the time, she extracted a trace of Honkai energy in her body and continuously transformed its appearance under the control of her mental power.

It transformed from various solidified crystal shapes to arc shapes, then to particle states, and finally slowly turned into a handful of dark purple flames...

Lan Feng couldn't help but sigh as he watched the changes in the properties of the Honkai energy. Unconsciously, he had already gained such a deep understanding of Honkai energy that he had successfully copied the energy forms of the gamma particles that had only come into contact with him for a moment, as well as the Holy Fire Judgment that followed. Although there was still a certain gap compared to the original, it was enough to exert a destructive power close to the original.

Lan Feng looked at the trace of Honkai energy that turned into a flame and burned out in an instant, and shook his head slightly.

Although she had analyzed the energy properties of the Key of Destruction, she could not afford the huge cost of recreating the original power of the Key of God.

There was still no sign of Kiana waking up, which made Lan Feng feel relieved. It seemed that Kiana's future would not be changed in the near future.

"Wait... Anyway, this is a bit too slow, isn't it? If I just wanted to borrow the key of an empty room and take a look, I should have come back a long time ago, right?"

Suddenly, Lan Feng had a bad premonition, and turned over and sat on the bed. After obtaining the Honkai energy in Kiana's body, the backlash of the Holy Fire Judgement in her body had been repaired for the most part. At the same time, she no longer forcibly squeezed the Honkai energy in her body for repair. In addition to the part she absorbed, her total Honkai energy has been restored by 30%, and her physical condition can also afford basic combat.

"Could there be some accident?"

Thinking of this, her eyes suddenly became sharp. What she was most worried about was that she would be attacked by the destiny tracking troops while resting here comfortably. Could this premonition really happen?

At this time, Lan Feng suddenly became a little flustered, but she forced herself to calm down. Feeling the powerful collapse energy in her body, her confidence returned.

That's right, now I have recovered my strength and am no longer in the weak state that I was at the mercy of others. With my current strength, even if I encounter the large group of Valkyries, I will be able to fight them.

"But if something really happened, why is it so quiet now?"

Lan Feng concentrated and was alert to the movements around him. But there was only silence around him. Apart from Kiana and his own breathing, he could not hear any other sounds. Moreover, his energy perception did not find anything with high energy nearby.

So, there shouldn't be anything wrong, right...?

Although she thought so, she still did not let her guard down due to her usual caution.

Da da……

Suddenly! With her perception raised to the limit, she heard a clear sound of footsteps coming from far away, slowly approaching the house.

Lan Feng immediately concentrated his attention. He had some impression of this kind of footsteps, as he had heard it not long ago.

Judging from the speed and frequency of her footsteps, she didn't seem like someone coming to attack. The weight of her steps indicated that she was a heavier person, not a Valkyrie of destiny. Moreover, this familiar energy that was emanating from her was faint...

(The Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire...is Siegfried, right?)

Thinking of this, Lan Feng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Sure enough, the next moment, the door not far from him was gently opened, and it was the white-haired man who walked in from outside.

Lan Feng was about to say something, but suddenly he noticed that the red-haired girl who had also gone out did not come back with him? !

"Siegfried, where is Tesla? Didn't you meet her?"

Lan Feng, who was in a state of readiness for battle, finished his thoughts in less than half a second, and immediately asked Siegfried who had just walked in.

Siegfried was stunned when he was about to say something to this question, and he forgot the draft he had just prepared in his mind. After a while, he realized that Lan Feng was the first to ask the question. However, he also thought about how to start his own speech.

"As for Tesla, she has already..."

Hearing this, Lan Feng's eyes instantly lost focus.

(How could it be…has she been attacked? Or, could it be that…)

In an instant, countless guesses popped up in her mind, and her eyes turned into astonishment in an instant...

On the other side, noticing the change in the girl's expression, Siegfried secretly affirmed Tesla's words and continued to finish his words.