K424 of the Collapse World

The frail researcher fell to the ground, and the documents in his hand scattered all over the floor. His colleagues were unable to react for a moment, staring blankly at the strange woman who had bumped into their colleague.

"Hey...! I'm sorry, are you okay?"

Hill reacted quickly, squatting down immediately to pick up the scattered papers on the ground. Lan Feng also squatted down and pretended to pick up the documents, praying in his heart that he would not be exposed.

At this time, the researcher who was hit also stood up again and looked at the girl who hit him.

"Are you also an employee here? But you look unfamiliar..."

"Well, because I have been working in other departments, I seldom come here."

Pretending to be familiar with the person, Hill did not make eye contact with the man. He just picked up the papers slowly, thinking about his next strategy.

The researcher looked at Hill with some suspicion, then turned his gaze to the taciturn purple-haired girl beside her.

"And who is she...? She doesn't look like an employee here. And, as far as I remember, there shouldn't be any experimental subjects stored in this underwater base, right?"

The researcher's words blocked Hill's original answer. She lowered her head in panic, then smiled bitterly and waved her hand.

206 out of control >>

"Well... actually, this girl is my sister... She just came with me to visit here, um... that's about it..."

She is a little incoherent

As he spoke, the eyes of the two researchers next to him narrowed, and there was a hint of doubt in their expressions.

"This is the x-10 laboratory. Outsiders are not allowed to enter. Miss, don't you know the detailed regulations here?"

"Ah... about this... I just came here recently, so I don't know much..."

"Well, miss, can you let me see your ID? Which department do you belong to? Please don't get me wrong, I just feel that you may have come to the wrong place. This should not be your department."

"Ah... ID, this..."

After the two researchers questioned her for a while, Hill became flustered. After hearing Hill's explanation full of mistakes and omissions, Lan Feng silently put down the paper in her hand and sighed helplessly. She slightly released her perception ability to confirm the surrounding surveillance status and whether there were other people. Then, she raised her head slightly, and her purple cross-shaped pupils slightly dilated...

Hill tried hard to adjust his thinking, but he couldn't stop his thoughts from becoming a mess because of panic.

"Actually, I forgot my ID in the office. I have to go to work now, and it might be too late to go back now..."

——Bang!

Before Hill could finish his words, Lan Feng punched the researcher in front of her in the face. Before the other man could react, she turned around and gave him a side kick, sending him flying and crashing into the wall on the other side.

Under Lan Feng's precise control, the two researchers were easily knocked unconscious. Lan Feng moved his wrist slightly and glanced at Hill, who looked speechless.

"Sure enough I shouldn't have trusted your method from the beginning. It's such a waste of time!"

Hearing this, Hill sighed, threw away her white coat, and put on the dark blue long windbreaker again.

"Ha~ It is indeed a failure. Who knew there was no place to keep the experimental subjects in such a place? They were exposed in an instant... But, is it okay? Making a scene in such a place..."

"If we keep going like this, we'll be exposed sooner or later. We might as well take action in advance like this!"

Lan Feng said with some annoyance, releasing a little of her perception ability, and ran forward first. She could already feel that a huge amount of collapse energy was not far ahead. The concentration of that energy was so high that she could easily sense it even without turning on the limiter!

(Damn, has the experiment already begun? Well... I don't know if it will succeed now, but I have no choice but to give it a try!)

Looking at the huge metal door in front of him, Lan Feng knew that was the final destination of his trip...

However, she did not go there directly, but went around to the other side of the experimental center. To be precise, it should be the Honkai energy configuration room of the laboratory. She could confirm this by relying on the feedback fluctuations of her energy detection.

"Hey, what are you doing over there? The lab is just in front..."

"Hill, if we cut off the supply of Honkai energy to the experimental equipment, can we stop the experiment?"

"Ah? Theoretically, it's possible, but I've never tried this before. Are you really planning to...?"

"you guess?"

Lan Feng smiled bitterly and quickened her pace. In fact, she could not think of any other way. The only reliable way was to cut off the energy source on a certain Destiny battleship last time. As for now, although it was a little difficult not to meet with Cocolia, she should stop the experiment first...

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Meanwhile, inside the x-10 lab area…

In the center of the closed laboratory, in a round glass container filled with a transparent solution, Xier closed her eyes tightly, with several electron tubes connected to her back, floating in the container.

"The experiment went smoothly. This child's body is extremely adaptable to Honkai energy. We can start the next stage soon..."

A researcher reported with some surprise, and turned his gaze to Cocolia, and found that the executive also looked a little surprised.

"But the experiment has not been completely successful..."

Hearing this, the researcher smiled and continued to look at the experimental control panel. When she saw the data, a hint of excitement flashed in her eyes.

"Well, but she can now use Honkai energy to manipulate matter at the atomic level. As long as she injects more Honkai energy, she will have the opportunity to manipulate matter at the subatomic level or even the quantum level. Only then can we truly complete the x-10 experiment..."

After briefly weighing the pros and cons, Cocolia looked at the sleeping Xier, gritted her teeth, and waved her hand.

"Continue to inject Houkai energy and continue the experiment."

Following Cocolia's order, the mechanical device in front of the circular container lit up again, and dots of light slowly flickered inside the container...

“Beep beep…”

Suddenly, an alarm sounded from Cocolia's communicator. She picked up the terminal in annoyance and saw the source of the communication.

It was the captain of the guard here. After a slight pause, he immediately answered the call.

"Lord Cocolia...! The personnel in Warehouse No. 2 were attacked by unknown forces. Based on the destruction of the surveillance, it has been confirmed that an intruder has approached the interior of the laboratory!"

"what?!"

This news shocked Kokolia so much that she couldn't help but exclaim. The personnel entering and leaving the experimental base were strictly monitored, and as long as its outer defense wall was damaged in any way, an alarm would be received. However, there was no news of any outsiders entering, and the outer wall was not damaged in any way. This news of an attack without any signs caught Kokolia off guard.

"This is the seabed, and they were able to invade without anyone noticing... It seems that the enemy this time is not those local scum. Damn it, there are obviously more important things to do now..."

Cocolia glanced at Xier in the container with some annoyance, and her expression gradually became cold.

"Immediately organize all troops to check for intruders. Once found, control them directly and allow them to be killed. In addition, strengthen the defense of the experimental center. Never let those damned intruders get close to here!"

Hearing this, the captain of the guard was silent for a moment before he answered in a low voice.

"...About this, Lord Cocolia, I'm afraid they have already approached the central laboratory. If we go back to defend now... it may be too late!"

"..."

Just as Cocolia was about to say something, several cracks suddenly appeared on the transparent container standing in the middle! The next moment, the observed value of Honkai energy rose at a high speed like a horse running wild, and in an instant it was close to the critical point of being out of control!

"This is......!"

Standing in a pure white space, Xier looked a little dazed.

"Where is this...? Wasn't I just in the lab?"

She could still vividly remember what happened before entering the experimental container, but she didn't know why she came to this place inexplicably when she was clearly enduring the painful burning sensation in the container just now?

She frowned slightly and began to look around. The next moment, her eyes suddenly widened!

"Sister Bronya!"

Not far away, the familiar girl with silver-gray curly hair appeared in front of her and walked straight towards a wooden box.

"Sister Bronya, Seele is here!"

Seele shouted loudly, but Bronya seemed not to hear her. She just slowly opened the lid of the box, lay down in it, and then closed the box directly.

"Sister Bronya, wait for me!"

Xier hurriedly chased after him, came to the box, stretched out her hand, and was about to open it...

--Snapped!

"That's enough, no more going forward!"

Suddenly, a black arm grabbed Xier's outstretched hand and stopped her movement.

"The things in there are not something you can touch right now!"

"Who are you?"

Xi'er turned her head in astonishment, looking at the dark figure beside her, and her eyes intertwined with the bloodshot pupils in the dark figure...

207 Stigmata

At the entrance of the energy configuration room, the monitor above the metal door had been destroyed. In a puff of green smoke, bursts of electric sparks kept flashing...

"This is it. This is the place where Honkai energy is supplied to that experiment!"

Lan Feng stood at the door, breathing a sigh of relief. Under the effect of the Soul Steel Limiter, she continued to do high-intensity exercises. The energy used for recovery was suppressed, so even if her physical fitness was better, she couldn't recover her physical strength quickly, which was really a bit too much.

Beside her, Hill pressed her hands on the heavy round metal door. Black mist rose from her hands, slowly eroding the door. After a while, she stopped her movements and shook her head gently.

"The door here is made of a mimic material that imitates soul steel. Its resistance to Houkai energy is much stronger than that of ordinary metal. If you want to destroy it with an amount that will not be detected by the Houkai alarm, it will take several hours!"

As he spoke, Hill dissipated the black mist in his hand and turned his gaze to Lan Feng.

“What are you going to do? If I use all my strength, I can decompose this thing into nothing but dregs in an instant. But if I do that, the amount of Honkai energy will trigger the Honkai alarm here, and at the same time, those guys will immediately know our exact location!”

"Well......"

Lan Feng seemed a little hesitant. She knew very well that she had probably exposed her whereabouts when she started in the warehouse. But she had not encountered any decent resistance until now because the security personnel of the experimental center had not yet completely determined her position and could only look around based on the damaged cameras. But when she took the initiative to release the Honkai energy, it would no longer be like this...

"What a hassle... Anyway, I don't want to meet that 'Mother' right now."

She was in a dilemma again. If she was completely exposed, Kokori

Ya will come to the door in a few minutes, but if nothing is done, Xier will inevitably turn into a quantum state like the original development of this world, and then disappear in reality.

When Lan Feng was in a dilemma, suddenly, with a burst of urgent alarms, the lights in the entire base passage began to dim, and the next moment they turned into a dark red warning color.

"This is the Honkai alert! But why... did you unlock the limiter?"

Hill looked around in surprise, then suddenly thought of something and turned his gaze to Lan Feng beside him.

"Is there something wrong with your perception? It's not me... Honkai is over there in the lab!"

Lan Feng bit his lower lip, and there was a hint of gloom in his eyes.

"The situation is a bit bad, it seems that the experiment has gone out of control! With such a high concentration of Honkai energy, it's no wonder that the laboratory is set up on the seabed... But it's just right, there's no need to worry about anything now. Since the Honkai energy in the laboratory has accidentally triggered the Honkai alarm, there is no need for us to be restrained!"

At this point, she directly turned off the soul steel limiter on her left wrist. In Hill's surprised eyes, Lan Feng pressed a shortcut key on her terminal, then waved her hand gently, and with a faint light of quantum flow fluctuations, a huge black lance quietly appeared in her hand...

There was no need to familiarize himself with this weapon that he hadn't used for a long time. Lan Feng directly charged the Honkai energy in his body into the receiving device on the handle of the lance. At the moment when the tip of the lance burst into blue light, he swung the lance horizontally! The violent electric current instantly tore a hideous crack on the metal door! The metal decomposed by the high-speed current generated a lot of heat energy, and the edge of the crack was dyed red by the high temperature! Some uneven cross-sections even ignited flames!

The next moment, Lan Feng ignored the broken edge of the metal door that had turned red under the high temperature and stretched out her left hand to hold the edge of the door. With the blessing of the Herrscher-level Honkai energy, she tore open half of the metal door with her hands and broke into the Honkai energy configuration room of the laboratory!

Everything happened in an instant. The staff in the configuration room were still in a panic because the experiment was out of control, but then, the explosion-proof door that was strong enough to withstand strategic weapons was easily torn open by a small hand! Seeing the girl descending like a demon in the flames, they were completely stunned...

Without giving the researchers time to react, Lan Feng lightly tapped the metal ground with his lance. The tip of the lance, flashing with electric current, caused a fleeting electromagnetic wave. All the researchers present were penetrated by the electric current in an instant and fainted on the spot.

When releasing the electric shock, she also carefully avoided the experimental equipment at the edge of the room and did not cause damage to the fragile energy suppliers.

"Well, all we have to do now is cut these cables..."

Lan Feng silently placed his lance on the table and began to check the structure in the configuration room. At this time, Hill also walked in through the half-missing explosion-proof door.

"You actually still have such a terrible weapon hidden... But now, even if this place is in chaos because of the experiment, we will still be exposed if we cause such a big commotion..."

Hill's expression was still relaxed. She was about to say something, but the next moment she seemed to suddenly feel something and froze in place.

"...What’s wrong with you?"

Seeing this, Lan Feng looked at Hill with some concern and found that the girl's expression gradually became subtle.

"This feeling... Could it be that she has awakened? But what's going on with this strange feeling...?"

"she?"

"It's my partner, the management personality of the stigmata! She has emerged from the surface consciousness of the child's body, but... the child's consciousness has not been squeezed out by her. It's as if... the two personalities took over the body at the same time without any conflict!"

As Xier spoke, her expression became more serious than ever. Seeing this, Lan Feng also became nervous.

"What will happen?"

"...I don't know, but if two personalities appear on the surface of consciousness at the same time, it will inevitably cause damage to the brain over time! We must do something now!"

Hearing this, Lan Feng turned his gaze to the pile of cables behind the collapsed transformer.

"How about terminating the experiment directly?"

"No! In this situation, if we cut off the connection without safe disengagement, it will cause permanent damage to their consciousness! It may even kill them both!"

"But what else can we do?"

Lan Feng was a little confused. She didn't quite understand these "modern scientific" principles and was unable to stop the experiment in advance. Now she could only pin her hopes on Hill next to her.