K424 of the Collapse World

Lan Feng had thought about the explanation of love turning into hate, but this speculation could not be confirmed at all, so she gave up thinking about it and instead focused on the current problem.

In response to Lan Feng's question, Xing continued to giggle, her eyes slightly narrowed.

"Because, Sis Shirley... after you came back, you planned to leave again even though you haven't come to see Xing yet...? That's too much... Xing obviously likes Sis Shirley so much, but Sis Shirley doesn't take Xing seriously at all? Xing thinks that such a sister needs a little punishment~"

Xing poked the edge of Lan Feng's wound with her finger, licked the blood on her fingertips with her tongue, and her expression gradually became a little sick...

"Hey~~ But speaking of that,

Sister Xi Lisi, since you didn't come back to see Xing, then who did you come back for? Can you tell Xing?"

"..."

As she spoke, Xing did not wait patiently for Lan Feng's answer. She tiptoed lightly and put her head on Lan Feng's shoulder, looking at the girl's indifferent profile, and her eyes flashed with excitement again.

"Hahaha...! That's right, it's this expression...! Xing... I've always felt it was very strange. No matter what kind of injuries Sister Shirley suffered, or how cruelly she was treated, she never showed any pain. Xing, I want to know... how can I make Sister Shirley's expression no longer so dull, and stay by Xing's side forever?"

"Just for this reason?"

Lan Feng frowned slightly. She was sure that Xing was indeed mentally ill. For no reason, she actually wanted to see her in pain? Was she a sadist?

Moreover, based on Xing's current mental state, coupled with her neurotic laughter, it is enough to send her to a mental hospital.

Lan Feng's expression flashed with a hint of anxiety as he tightly grasped the Honkai energy crystal that contained Xier's hair in his hand.

"I'm sorry, Xing... It's my fault for not coming to see you the first time, but can you let me go first? I really have something very important to do now..."

Lan Feng didn't think much about it and spoke to Xing, trying to persuade this girl who used to listen to her. It's not that she doesn't care about Xing's problem, but Xi'er's current state makes her worry. Compared with this, Xing's problem can be said to be insignificant. In Lan Feng's opinion, it's just like a naughty child playing a prank...

As she spoke, Lan Feng slowly loosened her grip on the sword. Although she could easily break the sword, she hoped that Xing would listen to her like she had done before and take the sword away on her own initiative.

However, what Lan Feng didn't expect was that after hearing her words, Xing's pupils instantly dilated, and crazy resentment quickly filled her ferocious heterochromatic pupils...

"...Important things? What could be more important than Xing?! Sister Shilis...you have changed! You clearly said before that you would always stay by Xing's side and protect her...but, Xing just saw you and you have to leave because of 'important things'? Are you kidding me?!"

Xing screamed wildly, and pushed Lan Feng away fiercely, pulling out the twisted hour sword with force! With a grinding sound, the black blade of unknown material tore Lan Feng's wound, directly bringing out a splash of blood...

"As expected... I shouldn't have let you go anywhere from the beginning, Sis Shilis... Is Xing strong enough now? Is she strong enough to stand by onee-sama? Yes! Xing became so strong just for Sis Shilis! Now, let Xing make Sis Shilis into something that belongs only to her!!"

The golden pupil of his right eye suddenly lit up, and under the suddenly spreading dark golden light and shadow, Xing swung the sword in his hand frantically, mercilessly slashing at the other arm of the purple-haired girl in front of him...

Xing's words made the faint expectation in Lan Feng's eyes disappear instantly, leaving only a faint indifference and sadness.

"I'm sorry... Xing, I don't have time for your nonsense right now!"

Before the halo in her eyes completely dissipated, Xing was surprised to find that Lan Feng had disappeared from the spot in an instant and appeared beside her, holding her sword wrist with one hand...

"Don't worry... I won't abandon you. But now, you should reflect on what you have done! Xing Maer!"

——Sizzle...!

The violent dark purple arc burst out faster than the golden halo, along Lan Feng's arm, and directly wrapped around Xing's body! Without giving her a chance to react, these powerful collapse currents instantly took away her mind!

“Ahhh…! Ugh…”

"Whether you are addicted to the Internet or not, this naughty kid needs electrotherapy to get better... I hope you can think clearly about what you did wrong, Xing..."

Putting Xing, whose body was slightly convulsing, on the ground, Lan Feng looked at the unwilling expression in her slightly dilated pupils, sighed, and stood up. A faint white light flashed across her shoulder, and under the power of "Creation", the penetrating wound stopped bleeding immediately.

After doing all this, Lan Feng raised his head and cast his gaze towards Hill who had a slightly strange expression not far away.

"Let's go. We've wasted too much time... Although this matter is not urgent, it will only cause more trouble if we meet Cocolia at this rate. Besides, I also want Seele to recover as soon as possible."

"...Well, let's go."

Xier suppressed the urge to ask questions, nodded slightly, and followed Lan Feng outside. She also knew that now was not the time to ask questions, as they had indeed been here for too long.

"Siris...sister..."

However, even after electrotherapy

, Xing had not completely lost consciousness. She struggled to stand up and cast her eyes towards the back of the purple-haired girl who was slowly leaving, her eyes full of complicated resentment...

"Don't go...! Sister Shirley... I finally got to see you, don't leave Xing... If you leave now, I... I will kill Xier immediately! I will kill her when she comes back! So... don't go..."

Hearing this, Lan Feng paused slightly, then left the apartment without looking back.

"She won't come back here, probably..."

Faint murmurs drifted in the wind. Lan Feng followed the path of the orphanage and walked towards the side wall. With a light jump, he jumped over the five-meter-high wall and arrived outside the orphanage.

"So, what are you going to do next, Hill?"

"Um......?"

"Do you want to come back to Anti-Entropy with me, or do we go our separate ways?"

Lan Feng looked at the black-haired girl following behind him and asked softly.

"You are talking nonsense. My companion is still in your hands. Even though she has been kidnapped, how can I abandon her and walk away? For her, I have been wandering here for nearly a year..."

"Haha... That's right, then I think you will have to join us, Hill."

"Who knows about this kind of thing... But let me make it clear in advance that I will not easily trust your suspicious organization."

"Eh......"

Lan Feng chatted with her while turning on his terminal and began to read the information stored in the quantum space. Although the previous aircraft had been slightly damaged due to his own operating errors, it was not damaged and could still be dequantized and used.

"Soon, I will go back again..."

217 Unexpected Encounter

In the evening of the northern hemisphere, above the southern sky of the western Pacific Ocean, a small black dot passed below the clouds, appearing particularly obvious under the deep red sunset.

"How many times have I seen the same sea? I feel like I've been through this sea many times..."

With her elbows propped up on the edge of the armrest, Lan Feng held her head with her hands, staring at the image in the detector in a trance. For a long time, the screen was filled with the unchanging blue sea and the boring sky with seabirds occasionally flying over. This aircraft was not a new model, and in terms of speed alone, it was not comparable to the models she had used before. Therefore, Lan Feng had to go through a relatively long air journey.

But this time, just like before, Lan Feng was not alone in the aircraft...

"Hey~ Shiris, according to the estimated time, we should arrive at our destination in an hour, right?"

Another girl's voice came from the passenger seat at the back. Hill squatted on the seat, leaning on the backrest of Lan Feng's seat in the front row, looking bored at Lan Feng who looked indifferent, and asked curiously.

"Didn't you ask about the directions five minutes ago? An hour is a short time, and we'll be there in a little while. Also, can you please fasten your seat belt properly?"

"No, nothing will happen anyway. My body as a Ruler is fundamentally different from that of a weak ordinary person."

"...It's up to you then."

"Um, Shirley. I'm suddenly a little curious, that crazy girl named Xing, is she really your sister?"

"I have no blood relationship with her."

"I see... But to be honest, I really don't understand you. You have connections with so many people, Shilis, who are you?"

Hill asked with a curious look in her eyes. She suddenly wanted to know what kind of person this girl in front of her, who was a clone but had multiple identities, was.

"I'm sorry, I can't even explain this myself... Who am I?"

Lan Feng sighed, stopped talking, and fell into silence.

Whether it was the previous encounter with Cocolia in the underwater base, or the subsequent encounter with Xing in the orphanage, these two things kept popping up in her mind, making her feel upset.

(Let’s not talk about Xing’s matter for now. Why couldn’t I do anything to Cocolia at that time? Obviously, as long as she died, the third collapse would not happen. Even if it would destroy the original development, it could also save the entire Changkong City...)

Thinking of this, Lan Feng frowned slightly. When he pointed the gun at Cocolia, he had clearly decided to kill her, but he just couldn't pull the trigger, as if his body was resisting this action...

However, when recalling the details of that feeling, Lan Feng's expression changed slightly.

(Wait...was it my body's instinct or my subconscious reaction that stopped me at that time?)

It is undeniable that in the face of

Lan Feng always had an instinctive feeling of closeness towards Kolia. However, this feeling alone was not enough to force her to change her mind.

(Forget it... There's no point dwelling on what has already happened. Besides, even if I kill Cocolia, who knows if someone else will cause the third Honkai Impact. And even if I know that Cocolia will cause Honkai Impact in the future, she hasn't done these things yet. It's really unreasonable to kill a currently innocent person because of something in the 'future'...)

Lan Feng thought silently, trying to explain her own behavior to herself and use these reasons to convince herself.

(Yes, I didn’t do it just for these reasons. If I really wanted to kill her, I would definitely be able to do it! Yes, killing someone… I could have done it a long time ago!)

After realizing this, Lan Feng gently raised his arm and looked at his tender palm, slightly stunned. It was hard to imagine that this pair of delicate and beautiful hands had taken the lives of no less than a hundred people...

As he raised his arm, a familiar feeling of pain entered his mind. Lan Feng was slightly startled, then he subconsciously frowned, raised his other hand, and covered his shoulder.

The wound Xing had just left on his body seemed to be unable to be repaired all at once with the half-baked creative power Lan Feng obtained after analyzing Hill's power. With just a slight movement, the wound seemed to have broken open again...

Lan Feng sighed and planned to use the unfamiliar energy to repair it a little. But the next moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the seat behind him and gently placed it on Lan Feng's shoulder. As the soft white light lit up, Lan Feng's injured shoulder instantly recovered.

Hill leaned on the back of Lan Feng's chair, slowly withdrew his hands, folded his palms and placed them under his chin.

"When we first met, you left a wound like this on my body... How does it feel to feel the same way now?"

Lan Feng moved his shoulders slightly, and a hint of guilt appeared in his expression again.

"Thank you... But about what happened last time, it was really just a misunderstanding. I'm very sorry. If I can, I will definitely make it up to you..."

"Okay, okay, I was just saying it casually. It's no big deal. It's over. Well... that's it. As long as you can get my friend back safely, I will completely forgive you~"

As Hill spoke, he looked at the blue crystal in his other hand, a smile appearing on his pretty face.

"But Shirley, you are such a strange person. You should have been able to interrupt that girl's attack immediately, right? But after being attacked, why didn't you react at all and let her stab you through?"

"Well... I just didn't expect that she would do this to me. Because I was surprised, I didn't react in time..."

"Eh... Were you so surprised that you even forgot the pain?"

"......Um."

Lan Feng felt that it would be a bit complicated to explain her physical condition, so she didn't explain it for the time being. She responded lightly, then changed her posture and continued to stare at the screen of the detection device in a daze.

Seeing that the girl in front of him had no reaction again, Hill puffed up his cheeks slightly and blew gently into Lan Feng's ear.

"What are you doing?"

"Hey... Shirley, this plane should be in autopilot mode, right? What on earth are you thinking about? Are you daydreaming?"

"Um... can't I?"

"No, because I'm bored. Can't you chat with me about something? We are partners who have experienced life and death together, right? Is it really okay to just leave me aside and sit there in a daze?"

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

Hearing this, Lan Feng was slightly stunned, and a helpless smile appeared on his face.

Because of the common goal, she and Hill put aside their past grudges and began to work together. But she didn't know when the distance between her and Hill had been shortened. Now, as she said, they could really be called friends...

What should you talk about with new friends?

Lan Feng rubbed her hands nervously as she thought about it. However, the next moment, she accidentally saw the dim metal ring on her left wrist, and her pupils shrank slightly.

“Oops! How could I forget to activate the Honkai Limiter?”

Seeing this, she hurriedly clicked the control button of the metal ring. The next moment, as the metal ring became transparent again, Lan Feng once again felt the long-lost "pain" when the Honkai energy was restricted, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Really... I'm too lax even though we haven't even reached the base yet."

Hearing this, Hill looked at Lan Feng's bracelet, and a hint of realization flashed in his eyes.

(I see... I almost forgot that you have been suffering from the suppression of soul steel all this time, so you were unable to react when you were stabbed... How pitiful!

Xiao, why are you so strong? Shirley......)

"Indeed, it's not activated... But come to think of it, I'm getting used to your Honkai energy~"

Hill thought silently but did not show it on the surface. She concealed her momentary look of pity and spoke in a normal tone, covering up her previous behavior.

"I'm sorry. It was my negligence. However, although the concentration of Houkai leaked from my body is high, it is extremely small. It will only be detected by the detector when it is extremely close or targeted. The alarm was not triggered when I was in the orphanage, so... it should be fine."

217 Unexpected Encounter >>

As he spoke, Lan Feng confirmed the effectiveness of the limiter, looked at the calm sea through the screen, and then slowly relaxed again.

"Um...Hill, do you want me to send a communication to my friends in advance? Um...let them get to know you in advance?"

Suddenly remembering something, Lan Feng suggested and then shook his wrist.

"Whatever. If you think this will help us improve our relationship, I don't mind... It's a good opportunity for me to see what kind of person the scientist who is ahead of this era is."

Hill responded and continued to lie on the back of Lan Feng's chair, with a gentle smile on his relaxed expression.

(Although I’m a little naive, I can’t deny that you’re a trustworthy person... Perhaps, following you to that organization is also a good choice...)

———Ding ding!!

Without any warning, before Lan Feng turned on the light screen, the detector on the aircraft suddenly issued a warning sound, and the next moment, the mechanical synthesized sound of the intelligent system sounded...