K424 of the Collapse World

After repeated attempts, Lan Feng's face was filled with uncontrollable anger. He had just successfully blocked the backlash of the stigmata and was about to stop Xi'er from disappearing, but was suddenly interrupted by Cocolia's attack! Clearly... just one step away!

(No, if this continues... it will just be the same as before, and then nothing will change!)

"Get out of my way!"

Lan Feng roared, and tiny light particles began to appear around her. Then, the purple light turned into a stream of light, which instantly passed by Cocolia's side and flew behind her...

"If anything happens to Xi'er, it will all be your fault! Cocolia!"

At the moment they passed by, the girl's faint whisper drifted into Cocolia's ears. Cocolia was slightly startled, and before she had time to think about the meaning of this sentence, she heard a series of dull collisions behind her! She turned around in shock and saw that the soldiers around the other invader had been swept away and all knocked to the ground. Shilis squatted beside the black-haired girl and gently shook her body...

"Hill! Hill, wake up!"

Lan Feng called out to Hill, who was lying in a pool of blood, in a panic, and tried to stimulate her consciousness with Honkai energy. Although the girl's body was pierced by bullets in many places, an ordinary person would have died long ago, but her body was still in the form of a Herrscher, and this level of injury was not dangerous at all. The reason why she was unconscious was probably the sequelae caused by the forced disconnection of consciousness, just like himself...

"Huh...? Um...what happened?"

Hill slowly opened his eyes, his eyes blank. Lan Feng was about to explain, but suddenly realized something, turned sideways and waved his hand, and the crystal shield that was instantly constructed blocked the flying red light, and the collision of the two caused a violent explosion!

"Special situation! The connection was interrupted by external forces, which directly impacted our consciousness... Let's not talk about this for now. Xi'er's situation is very critical. Under the backlash of the stigmata, her body is assimilating with the quantum state!"

Lan Feng waved his hand to break the violent wind, shaking the crystal fragments mixed in the wind to the side, and shouted anxiously to Hill. Under the impact of the explosion, Hill's scattered eyes quickly regained clarity. She reached out to cover the gunshot wound on her body and slowly climbed up.

"I see. You mean we lost consciousness just now because we were attacked? It hurts...! Did they do anything to me after I was unconscious?"

"I checked, they just made a few more holes in your body, this shouldn't be a problem for you, right? Instead of this, think of a solution quickly, if this continues, Xi'er and her stigmata will disappear!"

Lan Feng was speaking anxiously, when suddenly, her eyes fixed and she immediately squatted down. The next moment, a similar energy bomb passed over her head and crashed into the mechanical table behind her. With a bang, it blew the mechanical table into pieces!

"Shiris! If you dare to challenge my bottom line again, I don't mind removing your limbs to make you behave."

Cocolia's voice came from the direction of the door, and the next moment, another energy bomb rushed straight at him! Lan Feng subconsciously raised his hands in front of him, but this time, the freely controlled Honkai energy crystals did not emerge...

(Shit…!)

Just before being hit, Hill grabbed Lan Feng's wrist and pulled her down.

On the ground, he narrowly avoided the energy bomb whizzing past him.

? Listening to the explosion behind him, Lan Feng shook his head, looked at Hill who no longer showed any signs of injury, and smiled bitterly.

"Thank you... I'm still a little dizzy now, and the control of Honkai energy still feels a little blocked..."

"Don't say anything unnecessary. I already know the situation... The stigmata of that child should be under control at the moment, but it cannot be closed on its own. That means her body will directly bear the pressure of the stigmata!"

Hill spoke quickly as his body began to transform into a black mist.

"Now that the stigmata are open, I should be able to enter the stigmata space! Time is urgent, I will go and close her stigmata directly! You can catch up later..."

Having said that, her completely mist-like body shot out like an arrow from a bow. The black mist quickly bypassed Cocolia and left the configuration room through the destroyed electronic door passage.

"Are you still not giving up?!"

Kokolia turned the gun around and fired at the black fog with the Flame Destroyer. To her surprise, the energy bullet went straight through the black fog and destroyed the metal wall behind it. In the blink of an eye, the fog disappeared at the end of the passage.

In fact, after regaining her mobility, nothing in the base could pose a threat to Hill. She did not run away, but just did not want to waste time in a meaningless place.

"Damn it! What on earth is that thing......"

Cocolia couldn't help but smack her lips, and suddenly realized something. She turned around quickly and found that the purple-haired girl who was not far away just now was already very close!

"you...!"

Before Cocolia turned the gun around, Lan Feng had already grasped the Flame Destroyer! Then he twisted it directly, relying on the physical fitness of the permanent pseudo-herrscher state, Lan Feng launched an attack with the force of thunder, snatched the gun in an instant, and turned around to hit Cocolia on the shoulder with the gun handle, knocking her off balance.

Although he was surprised by the girl's sudden burst of strength and speed, Cocolia's reaction was not slow. When he was hit, he leaned back and pulled out his usual pistol from his waist. Just as he was about to raise the gun to shoot, his movements suddenly froze.

On the other side, Lan Feng had already raised the Flame Destroyer he had just seized, and pointed the muzzle of the gun, which was emitting a faint fiery red glow, at Cocolia...

"Stop causing me trouble... Miss Cocolia, do you really want to kill Xier?"

The 211 miracle is not cheap

In the stigmata space, Xier stared blankly at the empty space around her. As the light inside the box gradually became stronger, some fear began to appear in Xier's eyes.

"This...what on earth is going on? Why did Sister Shilis suddenly disappear?"

"It seems that the connection with her consciousness was interrupted due to some reasons... Something might have happened to her body... Damn it, it happened at this time!"

The girl incarnated as the stigma replied in a low voice, her expression becoming somewhat ugly. She looked at the strong light that dyed the pure white space into a dark purple, and her expression gradually became anxious.

"But sister, what should we do now? Sister Shilis is gone, and the things in the box...?"

"Don't worry about it for now! Close the box first. If you continue like this, the energy of the stigmata will overlap with the quantum space outside, and then you will really have to endure the backlash of the stigmata!"

She shouted anxiously, and walked forward, wanting to help Seele close the box. However, as an external management personality, she was directly denied access by the core of the stigmata, and could not even approach the box.

Xier grabbed the edge of the box and tried to close it, but the lid of the box didn't move at all!

“No… Sister! I can’t turn it off at all. This stigma core seems to have taken Sister Shiris’s Honkai energy as its host. I can’t affect it by myself!”

Hearing this, the girl with the holy scar was slightly stunned, and the anxiety in her red eyes gradually subsided, and began to turn into a complicated expression...

"It seems there is no other way. You can only bear the power of the entire stigmata now."

Since there is no way to make any impact, all we can do now is wait for everything to begin.

"Alas, the result...is still like this. It's a gamble with little hope."

The girl with the stigma said softly. Hearing this, Xier didn't know whether she should cry or laugh. Although she had already realized this, it was still a bit painful to see the hope that had just appeared disappear like this...

"Well...Xi'er, I'll try my best!"

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In the configuration room, looking at the purple-haired girl pointing a gun at herself, Cocolia sighed and put the drawn pistol back into the holster.

"What do you want to say? Shirley...

 …”

She frowned, put her slightly trembling left hand in her pocket, and looked sideways at Lan Feng, her eyes as sharp as an eagle.

Lan Feng exhaled softly, trying to calm down as much as possible, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, and met Cocolia's gaze.

Hill has already rushed over. Since she said she has a way, then let's put our hopes on her for the time being. My Honkai energy is still a little disordered. Even if I catch up with her now, I won't be able to arrive at the scene in the first time.

So, compared to this, she just wanted to explain to Cocolia that what she was doing now was not to kill Xier, but to save her.

"Whether you believe it or not, Ms. Cocolia..., my purpose is not to destroy your experiment. I just want to protect Xier, that's all..."

"Oh? Haha... You don't even call me 'Mom'? Never mind... First of all, I need to make it clear to you that the person who is conducting the experiment now is Xier! You invaded the energy configuration room of the experiment and made a mess of it. Was it really to protect her?"

Although she was very concerned about the girl's eyes, which were exactly the same as Xilin's, and her tattered clothes, which clearly told a story, but thinking of the current situation, Cocolia temporarily suppressed her doubts and forced herself to remain calm as usual.

"Can you tell me why you did this?"

"Because this x-10 experiment will definitely kill Xier! It is precisely because I know this that I came here alone to stop this from happening."

Hearing this, Cocolia's eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression suddenly showed a hint of mockery.

“Will this experiment kill Xier? Haha…hahahaha…! Yes, the experiment does have risks, but before that, tell me first, Shirley, how do you know that Xier will die due to the failure of the experiment?”

"..."

"Tesla told you, right? Including the name of the experimental project and its implementation location, everything was probably told to you by her. Hillis, do you trust that doctor so much?"

"No, that's not the case... I found out about these things by myself, without any help from them! So, this matter has nothing to do with Tesla and them, please don't vent your anger on the conservatives."

Kokolia sneered. Hearing this, she was convinced that Shirley must have been deceived by the conservatives and came here to attack Xier. This poor girl, looking at her appearance, I'm afraid that even her memory was controlled by those people, so she came directly to Okhotsk without any props...

Under the false memory, she thought she could save her sister in this way, but she didn't know that she was unconsciously pushing Xier into the abyss!

(That’s right, Shiris was just blinded by those guys, the real culprit is that woman...)

On the other side, looking at Cocolia who seemed to be imagining something, Lan Feng sighed, continued to point the weapon in his hand at Cocolia, and slowly moved towards the exit.

"Anyway... no matter what I say now, you probably won't believe it, right? Then, let me prove it all with my actions. Cocolia... I don't want to hurt you, so please don't stop me. Besides, you can't stop me now."

"...Oh, is that really the case?"

Looking at the complicated expression on Lan Feng's face, Cocolia suddenly realized something, and her frown suddenly relaxed. She chuckled, and ignoring the gun that Lan Feng was pointing at her, she slowly pulled out her pistol.

"Don't move!"

Lan Feng frowned, and the hand holding the gun trembled slightly.

"Hmph... I've already moved. What do you want to do? Kill me?"

As Cocolia spoke, she slowly raised the high-energy pulse pistol in her hand. Looking at the purple-haired girl who did not move, she had a faint smile on her lips.

(As expected, you don’t consider me an enemy at all, Shirley… Well, if I can capture you and remove the “biochip” in your brain, the well-behaved and sensible Shirley will be able to come back…)

Cocolia thought to herself, tightening her grip on the gun in her hand, and pointed her gun at the purple-haired girl opposite her. She was betting that the "daughter" in front of her would not shoot her mother. When the military's support troops arrived here, she would have a chance to capture Shirley!

However, on the other side, after seeing Cocolia's actions, Lan Feng's heart sank immediately, and under the cover of the messy hair on his forehead, his eyes gradually turned cold.

(This girl... is she planning to risk her life with me? She is just like what Aiyin said, a reckless mad woman...)

Lan Feng thought silently, his fingertips slowly rubbing back and forth on the trigger of the Flame Destroyer.

(Is she determined to keep me here? Then, should I just... kill her?)

Cocolia was the culprit of the third Honkai outbreak, and then the invasion of Saint Freya.

The incident, as well as the theft of the Serenity Gem, at the end of the Jiuyou Archaeological Incident, it was she who took away the Xuanyuan Sword that could have cured Ji Zi, killed Wendy, and dissected her. It can be said that Cocolia has done more evil things than a certain archbishop of Tianming. When I left the orphanage four years ago, I spared her life because of her kindness to me before. And this time... the two sides are in a true hostile relationship, and the previous affection has been fully repaid. So... what I should do now, it is already quite clear...

Lan Feng's pupils slowly expanded, and his finger touched the trigger of the Flame Destroyer. With the power of this weapon against Honkai beasts, just one strike was enough to blast the woman in front of him into pieces...

The 211 miracle is not cheap >>

Just by gently pulling the trigger, you can prevent the third collapse and save the lives of everyone in Changkong City, isn't it?

So, there is nothing worth hesitating about. The opponent's gun is also pointed at me, and that is probably not an ordinary weapon. In my unstable state of Honkai energy, if I fail to dodge and the crystal shield fails to activate normally, I will be hit on the head by that weapon of unknown power, which may be enough to take my life directly... This is not a joke, but a real confrontation between life and death!

Myself...why haven't you taken action yet?

Lan Feng stared with eyes wide open, looking at his fingertips that were trembling slightly on the trigger but could not pull it down, and then bit his lips...

For some reason, the scene of my first visit to the Cocolia Orphanage once again surfaced in my mind from the depths of my memory.

The little girl with purple hair followed the gentle blonde woman and walked into the familiar yet strange orphanage. It happened a few years ago, but it was as clear as if it happened yesterday...

"Why......"

Lan Feng muttered to herself, and suddenly, she let go of her hand! She let the gun fall to the ground...

Seeing this scene, Cocolia's pupils shrank, but before she could show joy, the girl who threw away the gun suddenly turned around quickly, threw a lightning-fast side kick, and hit the control panel next to her hard!

———Bang! !

When this heavy mechanical device was hit by the girl's bare feet, a loud noise was heard, and the fixed point was instantly destroyed. It was twisted and deformed, and was kicked directly out, wrapped in the wind and crashed into the slightly dazed Cocolia...

(this......?!)

Cocolia leaned over quickly and rolled to the side, avoiding the whistling machine table in a somewhat awkward manner. The strong wind brought by the heavy object made her cheeks hurt slightly.

After successfully dodging, she was about to take action immediately when the mechanical platform crashed heavily into the metal wall behind it. With a deafening noise, an explosion occurred!

In a burst of electric sparks, fragments of the machine table flew out with the blast, and the entire machine body caught fire! Cocolia had to hide behind a partition and lie down to avoid the sharp edge.

After the explosion, Kokolia stood up shakily and looked to the other side. As she expected, the girl in the room had long disappeared, leaving only a few guards lying on the ground.

Although the target was lost, the corners of Cocolia's mouth rose slightly.

"Shirley... As expected, you are still the same as before, still my good daughter... But I can't let you ruin Xi'er's experiment like this!"

Looking at the configuration room that had been reduced to ruins, Kokolia shook her head. She had already activated the backup energy configuration system, so she dared to use high-energy weapons here.

Cocolia took out the terminal and connected to the base channel.

"Immediately terminate the experiment! Protect the experimental subjects closely. All troops, prepare to fight the invaders in the central laboratory and hold them back. Reinforcements from the ground forces will arrive soon!"

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In the passage of the underwater base, a purple light quickly swept through the intricate corridors, and the burst of electric current destroyed all the monitors along the way.

“Stop getting in the way!!”

Lan Feng waved his lance to break the closed metal door, panting as a terrifying light flashed in his crossed purple pupils.

Why couldn't she do anything to that woman? She had clearly thought about the stakes, but deep down she was resisting such an action. This inexplicable feeling was so strong that she couldn't go against her heart and shoot Cocolia...

If she couldn't do anything to that woman just because of that one month of getting along, Lan Feng couldn't believe anything she said. But apart from that, she and Cocolia had no other relationship. So, why was that?

(I was already prepared to take her life...but why couldn't I do anything to her just now?)

Lan Feng thought silently, trying to put the matter aside for the time being.