K424 of the Collapse World

"Alert, energy reaction detected above the machine."

“Above…?!”

As he heard the prompt, a faint shadow covered the image. Lan Feng was startled and immediately zoomed the detector upwards.

However, when Lan Feng saw the huge object blocking the sunlight directly above the aircraft, her purple pupils unconsciously dilated...

"The floating battleship of the Destiny Organization?! But...how did it appear without anyone noticing...?!"

In Lan Feng's astonished eyes, a huge pure white smooth ship slowly descended, and the detector's image continued to enlarge. As the distance between the warship and the aircraft got closer and closer, Lan Feng found that compared with this large warship, the aircraft he was on seemed to be the size of a mouse...

Although Lan Feng felt that the battleship looked familiar, he did not have time to think carefully about where he had seen this battleship.

"The aircraft radar didn't respond at all...! Could it be that the flying altitude of this floating battleship has exceeded the middle layer? But why didn't I sense such a huge energy fluctuation in advance...?!"

(…Why were we intercepted by the Destiny Organization?! Should we fight back? Or should we try to escape…?)

"Hey! Shiris, upstairs!"

“.....!”

Lan Feng was still in a daze due to shock, and only came back to her senses after Hill's reminder, but she found that the bottom of the Destiny Battleship was already slightly lit...

Without giving her time to act, the battleship's close-in weapon system was briefly charged, and then the roar of several electromagnetic machine guns rang out!

"Oops......!"

Seeing this, Lan Feng's pupils shrank instantly! However, the aircraft in the automatic navigation state would not automatically avoid it. Under the close-range high-density firepower coverage, this non-combat aircraft was instantly blown up in the air! The wreckage of the aircraft turned into a ball of fire and was thrown directly into the sea by the blast...

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At the same time, inside the huge battleship, a woman with a serious face stood in the bridge, looking at the feedback from the surveyor, and then turned her head towards the command seat.

"It hit the target directly, Lady Theresa, do we need to search?"

"Well... start searching, and don't let your guard down."

"understood."

After receiving the order, the female adjutant pushed her glasses and immediately issued orders to the subordinate agencies of the warship.

"According to the scanner's lock, we can be sure that the target's Houkai energy concentration must be the 'Third Herrscher' that the headquarters requested to be defeated! Although the reaction has disappeared now, please do not slack off, because this may be the enemy hiding his energy fluctuations and ready to attack at any time during the search!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, inside the bridge, a silver-haired girl in a nun's uniform sat in the command seat, rubbing her hands a little uneasily, staring at the huge display device.

Suddenly remembering something, Theresa bit her lip, with some doubts in her eyes.

(Wait... Although that level of Houkai energy

, the target's identity can be basically determined. However... according to the other party's ability to fly a flying machine, she is very likely to be a First Herrscher. Is it really a good idea to attack without saying anything? )

Theresa muttered to herself in her heart. Thinking of this, she lowered her head slightly and looked at the blonde woman on the communication screen in front of her, frowning slightly.

"Commander Claudia, can you tell me? What exactly is this so-called Third Herrscher? Why have I never heard of it? Moreover, isn't the birth of each Herrscher accompanied by a large-scale collapse of a sequence number? But why do I know nothing about the Third Collapse?"

"The Third Honkai Impact did not occur, Miss Theresa. This 'Third Herrscher' is a unique existence similar to the Anti-Entropy Leader. After her appearance, no large-scale Honkai Impact was detected. Okay, Miss Theresa, we are in the middle of a battle now, please don't ask too many questions."

Claudia on the screen spoke quickly. Even when she was talking to Theresa, her eyes did not leave the terminal in front of her.

"In that case, why should we..."

Theresa asked in confusion. She had fought with the First Herrscher before, so she knew that the Anti-Entropy Leader was different from other Honkai creatures. If the Third Herrscher was also like this, why did they attack directly instead of negotiating first?

However, before she could even finish her question, she was interrupted by Claudia's cold voice.

"Please obey orders, Miss Theresa. This is not something you need to worry about. Not to mention that this attack mission was ordered by Lord Otto himself, what's more, it should be the duty of the Valkyrie to annihilate the Honkai, right? Are you dissatisfied with this?"

"..."

"Okay, then please remain alert, Hyperion. Even though the Herrscher may have consumed too much energy in the battle with Anti-Entropy, she should not be defeated so easily. If possible, try to capture her. In addition, Ms. Theresa, please forgive me for being blunt... You may know the third Herrscher, but please don't do anything unnecessary. The consequences of disobeying orders are serious, and you should know that. Okay, that's it."

At this point, the light screen in front of Theresa turned off. Obviously, the combat instructions ended here. Although Theresa still didn't quite understand the situation, she didn't want to contact the headquarters and cause trouble.

"...someone I know?"

Theresa savored this sentence carefully, with confusion written all over her face. She couldn't understand why Claudia said that she knew the Third Herrscher. Could it be that among those people she knew, there was a human traitor?

"Principal, you seem a little uneasy."

Suddenly, hearing a voice behind her, Theresa turned around, looked at the mature woman in crimson armor, and nodded slightly.

"Is the armor configured yet, Himeko?"

"Well, since I might be needed to fight, I've prepared in advance. Then, the command of Hyperion will be handed over to you, Theresa."

As Jizi said this, she stood beside Theresa, leaning on her sword, and watched the search team's work on the screen together.

"But... this so-called 'Third Herrscher' doesn't seem as scary as we imagined... We shot it down easily."

"...Indeed, compared to the second Herrscher, this battle went a little too smoothly. But don't let your guard down. No Herrscher can be underestimated."

Theresa shook her head and dispelled the random thoughts from her mind. She did not tell Jizi in front of her. After all, she might participate in the battle, but such things might distract people. So, as a commander, she could confirm such things.

(But, what did Claudia mean by that? It's really confusing. Who is that so-called third Herrscher?)

Although she was somewhat curious about the identity of the Herrscher, Theresa did not intend to do anything unnecessary. Facing the Herrscher, if she did not fight with all her strength, she would be playing with the lives of her troops.

So this time, she will obey the orders of headquarters...

219 An Unacceptable Decision

"Is that the true form of the Third Herrscher? That's... a little concerning."

In Hyperion's special passage, Theresa ran quickly while watching the images obtained by the detector with the help of the small terminal light screen in front of her.

At this time, the water mist on the sea surface had dissipated, and the detector clearly reflected the image of the sea surface, projecting it onto the terminal light screen of the entire ship.

In the picture, a girl with long purple hair was standing on the sea as if walking on flat ground. Her thin clothes were torn and loosely draped on her body. There was some blood on her right arm, and it seemed that she was injured in the attack just now. At this moment, she was confronting Hyperion and did not attack immediately.

Although she couldn't see the face clearly, Theresa immediately thought of another existence...

"At this age,

And the purple hair...really looks like that guy. Could it be...? No, it's impossible. I witnessed the death of the Second Herrscher with my own eyes, and her body has been recovered by the headquarters, so..."

As a terrible guess emerged in her mind, Theresa rushed into the elevator at the end of the corridor, quickly pressed two buttons, and then leaned against the wall of the elevator, falling into deep thought.

"But if it has nothing to do with her, then what does Claudia mean by what she just said? I...used to know her?"

Theresa was confused. Although the girl's appearance reminded her of the Second Herrscher from more than a decade ago, the two gave her completely different feelings.

Although the purple-haired girl in front of her was also very powerful, she was not as desperate as the Second Herrscher. Moreover, the state of this "Third Herrscher" was not right at the moment. It was said that she had fought with the Anti-Entropy Organization and consumed a lot of power. But even so, she looked too embarrassed. Theresa looked at this girl with an injured arm and almost no clothes, and she could not completely connect her with the powerful Second Herrscher.

"Forget it... forget about that for now. We should be thinking about the combat mission now."

Theresa shook her head and opened the ship-wide channel, found the communication with Himeko Muliangta, and after confirming again and again that the purple-haired girl did not move, she connected to Himeko's communication.

"Jizi, the Third Herrscher still has no reaction?"

"Well... I don't know why, she just glanced at me and then stopped moving, staying where she was..."

"Did she say anything?"

"No, but judging from her appearance, she doesn't seem to be planning to negotiate with us. It seems more like...she is in a state of confusion?"

After hearing Ji Zi's answer, Theresa frowned and thought about it, but in the end she still couldn't figure it out.

"Forget it. The order from headquarters is to capture the Herrscher. We just need to execute this order now. Jizi, since she doesn't move, don't rush to attack. Just hold her back. I will arrive at the combat position soon. Then cooperate with the Hyperion to attack and try to defeat her in one go!"

Theresa said seriously, looking at the elevator approaching the bottom, her expression gradually becoming sharp.

Although the Third Herrscher's behavior was strange, even if I negotiated with her directly now, she might not listen to me. So, no matter what she was, I would try to communicate with her after I had completely controlled her...

(But... is this an illusion? I feel like she has a familiar feel...)

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After Lan Feng recognized Hyperion and Wuliangta Jizi, he fell into endless entanglement.

When she was attacked at the beginning, she did intend to kill all the Destiny troops that blocked her way. But now, facing the Hyperion in front of her, she found that she could not kill them as ruthlessly as she did just now...

Lan Feng tried to save Seele because of the feelings she had for her when she was a "player" and wanted to save the tragic fate of this beloved character. But to be honest, Seele didn't appear very often in the Honkai Impact 3rd series. Although Lan Feng had a good impression of this girl before the time travel, he naturally didn't pay as much attention to Seele as he did to the Valkyries of the Far East Branch.

After traveling through time, before meeting Xi'er, Lan Feng tried to get close to her in the orphanage. In addition to her love for her, she was more curious about the original character. Of course, things are different now. After getting to know the girl, Lan Feng has really fallen in love with Xi'er. Otherwise, she would not have risked her life and gone to Russia to save her.

But now, she was rushing back for Xier's matter, but the people standing in front of her were the ones she wanted to protect the most...

Wuliangta Jizi, the A-level Valkyrie of the Far East Branch, is also one of the main plot characters. Lan Feng used to have a good impression of this mature older sister. When she first crossed over, she also thought about how she should interact with the Valkyries of the Far East Branch in the plot group. But now, she never expected that her first formal meeting with the Far East Branch would be in this form...

So, what to do?

Lan Feng's feelings for them all came from her obsession in her previous life. Although she knew very well that as K424, she was still just a stranger to them, it did not mean that she could easily let go of the one-sided feelings in her heart and turn the knife against the people she once loved.

Moreover, Lan Feng knew that although Ji Zi was an A-level Valkyrie, she could exert strength close to that of an S-level Valkyrie in combat, but the price was that the strength she exerted was overdrawing her own vitality. And now, was he going to fight Ji Zi in this state?

This was different from the time she faced Fu Hua. At that time, in order to avoid being captured by Tian Ming, she had to fight back desperately. However, this time, she was the stronger one. In this position,

Lan Feng doesn't want to hurt the people he loves, even if he is hurt by them...

However, at this moment, the two sides were already standing on opposite sides. If he gave up the fight, what would Xi'er do? How could he be worthy of Miss Stigmata who had entrusted her life to him, and Hill who had been helping him all the way?

(Whew... Although fighting them is a bit uncomfortable, it's not the worst...)

Lan Feng exhaled and clenched his fists again.

For Xi'er, she must take action...

Raising his head slightly and looking at the Valkyrie who was standing above the Hyperion, holding a sword in both hands and alert to him, Lan Feng began to think about what tactics could be used to get rid of Hyperion's pursuit without causing undue harm to them.

However, things did not go as planned... The next moment, a petite figure suddenly appeared beside Ji Zi. Along with a burst of golden light, a huge cross appeared next to the petite figure.

The silver-haired girl grabbed a chain and lifted the huge cross easily in her hand, looking at the slightly dazed Lan Feng with a stern expression.

The next moment, the two of them simultaneously assumed a posture ready for battle...

(how so......)

Seeing this, Lan Feng widened her eyes and couldn't help but smile bitterly. As her thoughts became disordered again, her hands and feet began to feel cold...

(…Why did Theresa come here too?! Could it be that the Destiny Organization had planned this interception against me? Let’s not talk about that for now! The current situation…)

If it was just Ji Zi who activated the Nevus system, Lan Feng would still be able to defeat her with mercy and spend some time to destroy the power system of Hyperion. But now, with Theresa who has mastered the constraint key, the situation is a little different.

No matter how confident Lan Feng was in her own strength, she did not dare to say that she was absolutely sure of defeating the owner of the Key of God. After all, she had seen how powerful the Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire, who was also the Key of God, was. Based on this, the eleventh Key of God, the Oath of Judah, would not be much different.

Facing the combination of Theresa and Ji Zi on the Hyperion battleship, Lan Feng felt that he would not be defeated, but if a battle broke out, it would surely become a battle of life and death...

(So, what other options are there... Escape? Impossible, my own flying speed is not as fast as the aircraft, I can be easily tracked... Then, surrender? Tsk... Am I crazy? What can I do if I am captured by the destiny? Give the Valkyries a lesson in Herrscher anatomy?)

219 Unacceptable Decision>>

At this moment, Lan Feng's mind was in a mess. Although she did not attack in the confrontation, the Valkyries of Hyperion would not wait for her to come to her senses...

———Buzz…!

Suddenly, accompanied by a faint charging sound, Lan Feng, who suddenly felt the energy fluctuation, looked up in surprise and saw several faintly glowing multi-barreled machine guns at the bottom of Hyperion...

The next moment, accompanied by a sudden burst of strong light, small beams of light like raindrops scattered towards Lan Feng!

Da da da...!

Subconsciously, he stretched out his hands forward, and a translucent purple crystal layer instantly condensed and blocked in front of him, completely blocking the flying beam. With a series of explosions, Hyperion's approaching rotating machine guns directly attacked Lan Feng. However, these machine guns used to kill small Honkai beasts were completely unable to penetrate Lan Feng's defense wall...

Lan Feng came back to her senses the moment she was attacked, but she just defended herself instinctively and still didn't know what to do.

The next moment, the blue fusion blade wave swung down again! Under the high-energy attack that far exceeded the power of the machine gun, the crystal wall in front of Lan Feng was instantly destroyed! She hurriedly pulled away and dodged to the side. Her sliding footsteps dragged a wave on the sea surface, and she instantly left the spot, avoiding the huge blade wave that was chopped down head-on.

However, Lan Feng, who had just escaped from the attack range of the knife wave, was shocked to find that several golden chains quickly surrounded her from above, blocking her charge in the blink of an eye and wrapping around her...

Relying on the flexibility of his body, Lan Feng quickly escaped from the gap in the chain, and dodged the beam cannon that was chasing him with his speed. Suddenly realizing something, Lan Feng suddenly stopped, turned around and waved his hand, grabbing a flying golden spear from mid-air! The moment he grabbed it, he waved it repeatedly, knocking away several spears that were chasing him!

As Hyperion's small machine gun began to dissipate heat, the joint attack stopped. The golden spear that had just been knocked away turned into a faint light and dissipated in the air. The spear in Lan Feng's hand also slowly dissipated into light particles and then dissipated.

Although she could still handle the combined attacks of the Far East branch's Valkyries, if she didn't use her full strength, she would just be dragged in place and slowly consumed...

After a long hesitation, Lan Feng raised his head, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

.

(Then... let's have a gamble! Let's see if I can defeat all the top fighters of the Far East Branch without killing any of them!)

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The released chains were quickly put back into Judas's oath. Theresa grabbed a chain pulled out from the center of the cross and frowned slightly.

"All the attacks have been neutralized. This is a bit tricky... She can stand on the sea, and we can't send the Valkyrie troops to fight her in close combat... But, Himeko, have you noticed? From just now, her condition is a bit strange..."