K424 of the Collapse World

“Xi…! Cough cough cough… Ugh! Why is there so much dust… Ah! Shiris, so you are here… You… cough cough cough… Ugh…”

Tesla shouted as soon as she entered the door, and was naturally choked by the thick dust. She just saw Lan Feng, and her eyes instantly became pleasantly surprised, but before she could say a few words, she inhaled a large mouthful of dust again and began to cough uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Lan Feng had no choice but to walk over, reach out and grab the corner of the red-haired girl's clothes, and drag her out of the dusty room.

Returning to the fresh air, Tesla took a few deep breaths and gradually recovered.

Tesla, you

What are you doing here all of a sudden? This should be the undecorated accommodation area. If you want to find Claire and the others, you should go there."

Lan Feng spoke softly, trying to look serious. But no matter how hard she tried to control herself, she subconsciously wanted to relax when she saw the red-haired girl.

To give an example, it's like how a cat feels when it sees its owner.

In any case, the habits formed over the past two years cannot be changed easily.

“Um… ahem, huh… rather than that, I’d like to ask you first, Shirley.”

At this time, Tesla finally adjusted his breathing, raised his head, and looked at Lan Feng with some anger.

"What are you doing in this place? Eating dirt? You clearly said you remembered your room, but you ended up here and got lost?"

Tesla said this unhappily, and subconsciously, she also forgot what she originally wanted to say to the girl.

The corners of Lan Feng's mouth twitched. She was about to refute, but suddenly thought of something and shook her head the next moment.

"...I just want to find a quiet place to rest. Besides, you are the only one who ate the soil. I can rely on Honkai energy to complete the energy transfer in my body without breathing."

Lan Feng patted her forehead as she spoke, forcing herself to stay awake. For some reason, she began to feel more and more tired.

Seeing the fatigue written all over the girl's face, Tesla looked a little worried. She couldn't help but reach out and wanted to hold Lan Feng's shoulders.

"So you are really tired... Then, I will take you to rest. How can we stay in this damn place? It's all dusty..."

"No need, I've rested enough. Next... I have something I want to do and go find Aiyin."

Lan Feng said lightly, refused Tesla's support, tried to cheer himself up, recalled the location of Einstein's temporary office, and walked towards the ME building on the other side, leaving Tesla standing there alone, thinking.

"She seems to be fine...? But I feel like something has changed..."

Tesla muttered to himself, frowning slightly...

180 Rift

Far East, Canghai City...

On a small island surrounded by the sea, there is a gorgeous and elegant European-style building, which covers an area of ​​several thousand meters and occupies almost two-thirds of the entire island.

Many residents of Canghai City knew that there was an aristocratic academy founded by a Western European company, called St. Freya Academy. But most people only knew about it by name. Apart from that, the detailed information and internal structure of this closed academy were completely unknown, and gradually, it developed into something like an urban legend.

However, there is absolutely no doubt that it does exist.

At this time, in the school building of St. Freya Academy, teaching has already begun in the classroom that was put into use a year ago.

The students sitting on the desks were all girls. They wore the same school uniform, but it was not the most common JK uniform in the Far East. Instead, they wore a black tights suitable for action, and a white short jacket like a military uniform on the outside. Some of them even had gun holsters tied around their thighs. It was obvious that they were not ordinary middle school students.

St. Freya Academy was originally a training institution for the Sentient Organization to cultivate Valkyries, so it was naturally not like an ordinary middle school in the Far East.

"…The origin of Honkai existed before human civilization began. No one knows what its entity is, but its manifestations can be said to be varied, such as war, plague, and even planetary impacts. Of course, the most representative is the virus-like Honkai energy…"

On the podium, a brown-haired young man was giving a lecture at a leisurely pace. He wore a pair of black-framed glasses and had a gentle and elegant temperament. It was hard to imagine that such a gentle-looking man was the instructor responsible for teaching these Valkyries.

In fact, the subject this man was in charge of was history, which had nothing to do with combat, so it seemed that there was no problem.

For those who are not interested, history class is like a lullaby. While the man was lecturing, several girls dozed off on the table.

However, the man only frowned slightly and continued to talk. He did not wake up the few students who were sleeping under the podium. After all, history was a required subject in the final assessment of the Valkyrie. Sooner or later, they would make up for the time they lost in sleeping in class.

"Didi-di-!"

Suddenly, a rapid reminder sounded in the classroom, and several girls who were sleeping were instantly awakened. They looked around in panic. One of the girls even stood up and pulled out her gun out of fright, standing in her seat with a vigilant look on her face.

The reason was simple. The urgent prompt sound just now was a bit like the sound of the Valkyrie's standard enemy detection detector, so that those lazy girls thought it was an enemy attack for a moment. Thanks to this, the class, which was previously orderly, has now become a mess.

But the man, who was a teacher, ignored the confused girl who drew her gun and looked around. He looked at the light screen in front of him and frowned.

Almost without thinking, he raised his hand and closed the communication page on the light screen, and the rapid voice of the communicator disappeared.

"I'm sorry, this was an accident, I hope everyone can understand..."

The man breathed a sigh of relief and spoke sincerely. He did not look embarrassed by the mistake and seemed to be always calm and composed.

Just like that, after this little episode, the class continued. Some girls even suspected that their history teacher had deliberately done this to liven up the class atmosphere...

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The girl picked up her small bag briskly and ran out of the classroom.

"Goodbye, Teacher Yang~"

"Goodbye, Tina."

The man smiled and nodded to the girl who was waving goodbye. After all the Valkyries had left the classroom, he took the lesson plan in his hand, locked the door of the classroom, left the teaching building, and walked towards the teachers' dormitory.

Along the way, other people kept greeting the man, and he politely responded to each greeting. In St. Freya Academy, no one would dislike such a gentle teacher.

In this way, he finally returned to his own room. The man relaxed his facial expression slightly.

The friendly smile gradually faded, and finally became cold. As his expression changed, his temperament was very different from before, just like two people with completely different personalities.

After a brief adjustment, he quickly locked the door and closed the curtains. After making sure that no one was nearby, he raised his wrist. He looked at the seemingly ordinary electronic watch on his wrist, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed a bulge on the side of the watch.

zizi...

The next moment, a terminal projection screen appeared in front of him. The data connection page showed that it was loaded after two seconds, and a slightly blurry communication image appeared.

"Zizizi... I finally got in touch with you. It wasn't easy... Come to think of it, it's been a long time since we last met."

The noise of the electric current gradually weakened, and a lazy girl's voice came out from the communication.

"You clearly know the plan we have made... Didn't we agree to cut off contact before the plan is implemented? The risk on my side is very high. You are the only one who dares to force me to use the anti-entropy network in Tianming's territory..."

The man spoke calmly, his eyes beginning to sharpen.

"...Aiyin."

The image on the light screen began to become clear, and the image of the girl with blue curly hair appeared completely on the screen.

"I'm so sorry, but I have something very important for you to decide..."

The man placed the lesson plan in his hand on the desk, then sat down and looked at the girl on the screen in front of him.

"It's okay. Joyce...you are the person he trusts the most. I believe your decision is right. However, you also know that I have spent a lot of time building my identity in the surface world. I hope that your actions this time will not make me fail."

The man pointed to the ID card hanging on his chest. Some personal information was written on it, and at the very top, the name "Walter Young" was clearly printed on it.

"Where is the teacher..."

At this moment, Einstein supported his chin with one hand, looking at the faculty ID hanging on the brown-haired man's chest with a half-smile.

"Indeed...it looks like a good match for you, Mr. Walter, but don't worry, I have specially encrypted this channel and it will not be detected, so you don't have to worry about losing your job."

Hearing the blue-haired girl's joke, the man sighed and was about to say something, but then he remembered the time and stopped abruptly. His expression began to slowly change from indifference to seriousness.

"Okay, I don't have much time, so hurry up and tell me your story. You actually used the executor's authority to open an emergency communication... But as far as I know, there haven't been any major incidents in Anti-Entropy over the years."

Walter asked somewhat doubtfully, waiting for Einstein's answer.

"Yes, the biggest event in the past few years was probably the bombing of our base in Europe by Cocolia after it was exposed. That's all."

"I know about this. It's really not a big deal. It's just a frontier base used for experiments, so it's not a big loss. So...what are you looking for me for this time?"

180 Rift>>

Walter glanced at the time displayed in the lower right corner of the light screen, calculating how to control the time so as not to affect the subsequent teaching tasks.

"In fact, that's why I came to you, Mr. Walter."

"..."

What Einstein said was beyond Walter's expectation, but he just frowned and didn't say anything, waiting for the other party's next words. Because she knew that Einstein in front of her would not make such a boring joke.

"...To be precise, it should be another incident that was triggered by this incident."

As expected, Einstein's next sentence was the highlight. Walter's eyes focused and he listened carefully to Einstein's words.

"I don't know if you still remember that thirteen years ago,

The Valkyrie of the Second Herrscher?"

"The Valkyrie who killed the Second Herrscher?"

Walter thought about it for a moment, and the figure of the woman holding a giant lance with fluttering silver-white hair appeared in his mind.

"Of course I remember... I'm not that forgetful. She is Siegfried's wife, Cecilia Shaniat. This Valkyrie is indeed impressive. It's a pity that such an excellent warrior is gone... Come to think of it, we also met her in Denmark more than 20 years ago. How come this matter is related to her?"

Hearing Walter's words, Einstein nodded.

"Yes, what I am going to talk about next is about her... This story is a bit long, but I will tell you as briefly as possible."

Einstein licked his lips and gently closed his eyes.

"This matter begins with an experiment of destiny..."

Far East, me company headquarters, apartment area...

As the residence of most of the ME employees, the facilities in this place are perfect. What everyone knows is that a vacant house here has been occupied by several mysterious girls.

“—Hiss! It hurts! Lillian, you’re hurting me! Be a little gentler… After all, Kiana’s technique is better…”

Claire shivered slightly, and looked at Lillian who was removing the bandages for her with tears in her eyes, and protested weakly.

After all, she couldn't hide the fact that she was injured. As soon as she left the aircraft, Claire was forced by all the staff to come to the medical clinic inside ME Company.

At first, the extent of her injuries shocked the attending physician, but after a routine examination, the doctor looked a little strange.

"Your bones were severely damaged. Originally, a series of very complicated surgeries were required to save your right arm. However... the temporary treatment after the injury was perfect. It was a miracle that every broken bone was spliced ​​back to its original position. In this way, you only need to inject high-energy therapeutic agents, and you will be fully recovered within two days..."

These were the exact words of the doctor, who gave Claire an injection and then began to ask who the doctor who had given her emergency treatment was. Claire didn't want to cause trouble for Kiana, so she just answered a few words and ran away from the treatment center without even removing the stent and bandage.

The medical science of the Collapse World far surpassed that of a certain world of the same era. Within ten minutes of the injection of the treatment agent, the broken bones had basically connected. Since a too tight fixation frame would affect the recovery effect of the treatment agent, Claire could only ask Lillian to remove the bandage for her.

But the moment Lillian took action, Claire regretted it...

Compared to how Kiana bandaged it, Lillian's action at this time was like using a file to grind her bones...

"What? You feel the pain only now? Weren't you very patient on the way?"

"Woooo..."

Ignoring Claire's pitiful look, Lillian remained unmoved and continued to remove the bandages, but her movements became slightly lighter.

Indeed, many times, when you are just injured, you don't feel too strong. But as time goes by, the wound becomes sensitive and the pain becomes clearer...

After several extremely difficult minutes, the bracket used for fixing was finally dismantled.

Sora sat on a chair, swaying her legs slightly. Due to her height, her feet could not touch the ground even though the chair was not too high.

"By the way, Claire...how did you get injured so badly?"

Sora asked casually, but as she asked, Elena and Lin pricked up their ears secretly. Among the Valkyries present, only the three of them didn't know what was going on.

Elena lowered her head thoughtfully, looking at the silver-white mechanical hand on her right arm, biting her lips lightly.

(Could it be…?)

Claire was stunned for just a moment, then she casually waved her other hand with a wry smile on her face.

"It's not a big deal. I just had a small fight with that so-called pursuer..."

"Ah? When did this happen?"

"Probably... not long before we left Russia. Wouldn't it be better to take the initiative before the other side finds us?"

Although she was a little overwhelmed by her friends' questions, Claire still applied the practical skills she learned from Shirley, and she didn't even blink when she talked nonsense.

However, lying to a friend is not comfortable at all. Although this should be considered a white lie, Claire's expression gradually became guilty.

Lillian opened her mouth but said nothing in the end. She hung Claire's arm around her neck with a bandage, sorted out the dismantled waste items, and threw them into the trash can.

"By the way, where are Shirley and Kiana? Why haven't they come back for so long..."

Obviously noticing Claire's embarrassment, Lillian pretended to speak casually and changed the subject.

"As for them, they are probably still being scolded... After all, that expensive-looking airfield was almost smashed by Shiris... So, it should be a malfunction of the aircraft, right?"

Claire said uncertainly, gave Lillian a grateful look, and then turned her attention to the others.