K424 of the Collapse World

Tesla spoke softly, her calm tone was totally different from her usual self. If you look closely at Tesla's face, you can see that her two thin eyebrows are trembling slightly, and her face is gloomy, as if she is trying hard to suppress something.

"Now that's it... This apron was completed just a month ago, and you've ruined it like this. Not to mention the damaged buildings, do you know how much economic loss the airport has suffered just because it can't be used normally? Phew... So, what's wrong with you?"

Tesla continued, the irritation in her voice gradually becoming apparent at this point.

"Well...how many are there?"

Lan Feng stammered, pinching her fingers nervously, with a look of obedience on her face. As far as she could remember, the last time she bowed her head and got scolded like this was when she was caught by her homeroom teacher in elementary school for failing an exam.

Kiana stood by and said nothing. Although she felt a little sympathy for the criticized Shirley, it was undeniable that this matter was indeed Shirley's fault.

"That's an astronomical figure you absolutely don't want to know, and it's useless to tell you. By now, Thunder Ryuma should have understood the situation. How to deal with this matter is entirely up to him. Don't blame me for not reminding you, Shiris. If Thunder Ryuma asks us for compensation, I won't be able to pay it back even if I sell my company!"

Tesla panted slightly, looking at the shivering girl in front of her, trying hard to suppress her emotions. After a while, she licked her dry lips and took a deep breath.

"...I really want to sell you to Raiden Ryoma to pay off the debt. You should also know that he has helped us enough times. Even when our base in Europe was destroyed last time, he paid for the financial losses. As a result, we still cause trouble for him like this. I let go of the last airport incident, but Aiyin took part of the responsibility for me. These things...don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"Sorry……"

Lan Feng bit her lip and apologized in a low voice. She now understood what all the things she had done before meant.

Although Raiden Ryoma is willing to treat himself as a friend, before that, he is still a businessman. Even if he can ignore some "small things", it does not mean that his tolerance is unlimited.

In the final analysis, Tesla aside, the relationship between himself and Einstein and Raiden Ryoma was connected by Tesla. Apart from this relationship, they had no reason to be tolerant of him.

Lan Feng's pupils fluctuated slightly.

His eyes dimmed.

Everything I have now is obtained by relying on Tesla. Without Tesla, I am nothing in Anti-Entropy!

Considering this relationship, she realized how unscrupulous her previous behavior was.

(This can’t go on…)

Tesla sighed. Her anger came and went quickly, and before she knew it, her tone gradually slowed down.

"Alas... now that things have come to this, there is no point in me saying anything more. I can see that you have seriously reflected on yourself..."

Tesla said this, feeling that he had lost all his anger, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. He walked forward slowly and gently wrapped his arms around the girl's neck.

"Although it seems a little late, but... welcome back, Shirley."

"Um......"

Lan Feng lowered his head and responded softly. The originally touching welcome and farewell seemed a little dull at this moment. He just symbolically hugged back for a few seconds, then struggled to break free.

After thinking some things through, Lan Feng felt that Tesla's legitimate concern for her was a little overwhelmed.

Although no one has said anything, I... seem to be causing trouble for others all the time?

Shamelessly using lies to build relationships with others, and then accepting the kindness of the deceived without any shame?

"Siris?"

Tesla's expression showed some surprise as he could clearly feel the resistance of the girl in front of him, but Lan Feng just shook his head and looked back at her as usual.

"Um...Tesla, I suddenly feel a little tired. Can you let me take a rest first?"

She raised her head and spoke calmly. There was a faint smile on her lips and her eyes were full of tenderness. Everything seemed to be the same as usual.

However, Tesla's expression was a little dull.

When Shilis speaks normally, her expression is always gentle with a hint of playfulness. Although her behavior is mature, she often tells childish jokes. It is full of contradictions, but it makes people feel that it is as it should be, as if an adult and a child together make up her personality.

But now, where is that child?

In fact, Tesla didn't think so much, after all, these were all subconscious views. At this moment, she could only vaguely feel that the silver-haired girl in front of her suddenly became unfamiliar...

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"I want to take a rest first...is that ok?"

Seeing that the red-haired girl in front of him did not respond, Lan Feng asked again, her tone still so gentle, the soft and sticky girl's voice became even more pleasant to the ear after she deliberately softened it.

However, Tesla had no time to care about these, because she could hear something deeper in the girl's voice...

A clear sense of distance.

"Shiris...you?"

"...?"

Tesla wanted to ask something, but suddenly found that he had no idea how to ask the question. Seeing the girl tilt her head slightly to express her confusion, accompanied by a palpitation, Tesla opened his mouth, and the words that just came to his mind disappeared instantly.

"…Are you okay?"

"Well, I'm fine. I just felt a little tired after traveling all the way..."

Lan Feng shook his head and continued to look at Tesla, his facial expression unchanged from before.

"Oh...! I see. Sorry, I might have been distracted just now. Since you are tired, go back and rest. By the way... do you remember your room?"

"Well, of course I remembered, after all I haven't... No, nothing. Well, I'll go get some rest then, see you later, Tesla."

Lan Feng thought about it before raising his hand and shaking it gently as a goodbye. Then he turned around and walked down the spiral staircase behind him.

What Tesla didn't know at this moment was that Lan Feng was already in a state of confusion. In fact, during the conversation just now, her eyes were not focused on Tesla at all, and her questions and answers were just based on instinct. She just wanted to be alone and quiet at this moment.

After Lan Feng left, Kiana looked back with some concern, then turned her gaze to Tesla in front of her, quietly waiting for the other party's questions.

She knew that since Tesla had kept both her and Hillis, he must have wanted to ask her something. Now that she had explained everything to Hillis, it should be her turn...

Unlike Tesla, although she was very close to Lan Feng, she had only lived with Lan Feng for a few months after all, and her understanding of Lan Feng was not as good as Tesla, who had lived with Lan Feng for more than two years.

Therefore, she did not notice Lan Feng's changes, but only relied on her intuition to see her frustration, and felt a little worried.

(I hope it can be a little faster. Sister Shilis looks a little lost. I should go to accompany her...)

However, what puzzled Kiana was that the red-haired girl in front of her seemed to be absent-minded, thinking about something by herself, and ignored her for a long time.

Until Kiana is anxious

Unable to bear it any longer, he coughed twice gently and finally woke up Tesla who was in a daze.

"Hmm...ah? Kiana...? So you're still here..."

"Ms. Tesla, do you have anything to ask me?"

Although she was a little irritated, Kiana still maintained good manners and asked Tesla this question. But she found that Tesla still did not seem to have fully recovered from his daze.

"Um... what I just said to Shilis... was it a bit too much?"

She murmured to Kiana, which sounded more like talking to herself than asking a question.

Hearing this, Kiana looked a little surprised, as if she didn't expect Tesla to ask such a question. But she quickly came to her senses. After a little thought, she shook her head gently.

"No, Ms. Tesla, I think that it was Sister Shilis who made the mistake, and there is nothing wrong with your criticism of her."

After giving a pertinent answer, Kiana looked at the slightly confused Tesla and frowned slightly. She suddenly realized that this matter might not be as simple as she saw...

"But...if that's the case, why did she become like that?"

Seeing that Tesla seemed to have lost his soul, Kiana was silent for a while before she answered softly.

"Don't worry. As far as I know... no matter if a person made a mistake or not, they will always feel depressed when criticized. And, Sister Shilis may have felt so depressed because of self-blame... so it's okay. Although I don't know what happened between you, I know that you and Sister Shilis are friends who have experienced life and death, so you can definitely understand each other, right?"

"Really...really?"

"Ah."

At this moment, Tesla doubted her intuition for the first time. Because of Kiana's comfort, she subconsciously ignored Shirley's abnormal behavior and just thought that she was in a bad mood.

"That's right... How could someone like Shiris be so fragile?"

Relying on Kiana's comfort and self-guessing, Tesla gradually got out of her confusion. She was about to thank Kiana when she suddenly thought of something and looked at Kiana with some surprise, as if she had gotten to know her all over again.

"By the way, Kiana, how old are you now?"

"Hmm...? Well, Sister Shilis said that I was born in 1998, so I should be 14 years old now?"

Tesla's expression suddenly became dumbfounded, and she suddenly had a feeling of unreality. It was as if the girl in front of her who was communicating with her was a senior who was more mature than herself.

Tesla suddenly felt that he had lived in vain for the past 100 years...

"Really? I can't tell at all. Perhaps, your relationship with Shilis should be switched. You are more suitable to be the older sister."

"You're joking, Miss Tesla. But Miss Ain seemed to have said the same thing to me..."

Kiana just smiled at Tesla's suggestion, knowing that it was just a joke. However, for a moment, she suddenly thought that it would be nice if she could be the older sister.

This was just a fleeting thought, and Kiana didn't intend to put it into practice. After all, she preferred to be the one who was "loved" rather than the older sister who took good care of her younger sister.

But in the final analysis, this kind of thing really doesn't matter. No matter how they change, the feelings between them will not change.

It was the brightest time of the day, but in a room in the accommodation area, thick curtains were drawn, blocking out the bright afternoon sunshine and shrouding the entire room in darkness.

This room is not located between the commonly used accommodation buildings, but in an undecorated area and has not yet been put into use. Nevertheless, the internal staff of ME can open it using a terminal. After all, there is nothing in these undecorated rooms, so there is no need to worry about theft.

Because these vacant rooms have not been put into use, there is no need to maintain and clean them. As a result, these rooms that have been idle for several months look a bit unsightly.

In a dusty room, a petite silver-haired girl leaned against the wall, hugging her knees with her hands, and her silver-white hair, which was almost close to her calves, was casually spread on the ground. But she didn't care that her smooth silver hair was stained with dust, she just sat there silently, her eyes were scattered, as if she was thinking about something.

"Heh... I'm obviously just a despicable liar, how on earth did I get to this point?"

Her lips moved slightly, and the small hand resting on her leg trembled slightly. The next moment, she suddenly clenched her hands tightly! It was hard to imagine how much strength she had used in this simple action. A loud explosion sounded from her palms, and the air squeezed by the huge force instantly spread out at high speed, raising the smoke and dust in the room.

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"...I am such a bad guy. For more than two years,

How many people have I deceived? That's fine, but...how many meaningful things have I done?"

She muttered to herself, and every time she thought about it, it only made her self-loathing worse.

Unconcerned about the smoke and dust that filled the air, Lan Feng sat quietly there. After a pause, he slowly curled up his body.

"I can't go on like this... I know exactly what I am here. That's right, I'm just Tesla's subordinate and friend, not a little princess who should be pampered by everyone!"

Lan Feng muttered to himself, tilted his head back slightly and pressed it against the wall behind him.

"That's really bad... The way I talked to Tesla just now was just like a stubborn person who did something wrong and refused to accept criticism..."

Shaking his head in annoyance, Lan Feng suddenly realized that the things that seemed to be taken for granted before have become complicated now. Now that he has made up his mind to make a change, what attitude should he use to face Tesla from now on?

It was as if she had just faced Tesla with a disguised expression, and at first she thought it was okay, but Lan Feng later realized how full of loopholes her performance was.

Suddenly, a sense of inexplicable irritation came over Lan Feng. He held his head in pain, his eyes gradually becoming unfocused.

"No... calm down, this is not a difficult thing. There is still a lot of time, I can slowly think about what to do..."

Even though I comforted myself like this, the irritability in my heart did not subside at all, but became even worse.

“…What should I do? Where is my value? Those tolerance and care…are not what I expected at all…”

She covered her eyes with both hands, her body trembling slightly. Under the strong sense of oppression, Lan Feng's mind began to become confused. Faintly, purple particles with faint light began to float out of her silver-white hair, and the pure silver filaments also added a touch of enchanting purple...

"...?"

Suddenly, she put down her hands and frowned slightly.

Although her mind was in a mess, her Honkai perception was not affected. Suddenly she noticed a presence approaching nearby, and her scattered eyes returned to normal.

Due to the external interference, she has completely calmed down, and her recovery speed is terrifyingly fast, as if the irritability just now was just an illusion.

"The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. What a trouble. It actually found its way here..."

Her expression became somewhat annoyed again, but compared to her previous frenzy, this time it was just simple annoyance.

"Shilis...Shilis? Are you here?"

As the familiar shouts came closer and closer, Lan Feng patted her cheeks lightly and planned to stand up first, but for some reason, as she moved, she suddenly felt a little tired, as if she had just experienced high-intensity exercise. All the muscles in her body were slightly sore, and even her eyes were a little dizzy.

"Heh... the reason I made up turned out to be true. How bizarre..."

Lan Feng said this with some self-mockery, and straightened her clothes a little. Although she was somewhat concerned about her physical condition, she thought that the person would arrive soon, and now was obviously not the time to confirm such a thing.

Lan Feng held onto the wall and stood up shakily. In the process of standing up, she accidentally pressed down on the silver hair under her body, and the information that her scalp was pulled was instantly transmitted to her brain through the nerves. The next moment, Lan Feng paused slightly, hurriedly rolled up her long hair, and then slowly stood up.

"Eh...? Come to think of it, the feeling just now seemed a little... strange?"

Although I was not affected by strong pain before, I still have a slight pain sensation as a reflex, and it does not cause the transmission of nerve signals. But just now, when I pressed my hair, I only received mechanical signal-like sensory information, but I did not feel any pain at all, and even the sense of touch became very weak...

What happened?

Lan Feng shook her head to clear her dizzy mind. She looked at her dusty clothes and long hair, thought for a moment, and then her body shook slightly. An invisible wave quietly erupted from her body, and the dust on Lan Feng's body was instantly swept away. However, as a result, the dust in the room became even thicker...

The next moment, as the electronic door of the room made a "beep" sound, the girl with long fiery red hair walked into the room anxiously.