K424 of the Collapse World

"Heh... maybe. So, your initial guess about me, including that strange name, all came from that book?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Otto...I shouldn't have confused you with a fictional character."

"It's okay, I don't care."

Otto smiled and replied, then stopped talking, holding his chin with one hand, looking thoughtful.

A hint of nostalgia slowly emerged in his pupils. In response, Lan Feng still smiled and secretly clenched his hands behind his back...

(The nonsense tactic was successful... at least it can temporarily stabilize Otto. I don't know what happened between Kallen and Otto, so I will use a scene from the original manga to explain it. It seems that the bet was won...)

"Ms. Hillis."

"Ok?"

"What kind of person is 'Otto' in the novel, the protagonist? Anyway, I have nothing to do and I am a little interested in the story. Can you tell me a little bit about it?"

Otto asked calmly, his temperament had completely returned to calm. But the calmer this man acted, the more nervous Lan Feng felt. She tried her best to calm down, thought for a moment, and then raised a finger slightly.

"That 'Otto'... well, he's the hero in the novel. His full name is Otto Gray (Green), nicknamed Green. He's a knight of the Destiny Organization and the fiancé of the heroine Karen. He's handsome, strong and muscular..."

As she spoke, Lan Feng secretly glanced at Otto. Her eyes twitched slightly as she looked at the man, but her eyes did not show any doubt. Seeing this, she felt relieved and began to make up stories unscrupulously, mixing some of the plots of the Purple Kite chapter with the plots of the Chinese novels, and adding some elements of European chivalry culture, and made up an old-fashioned fantasy novel on the spot.

According to the overall routine of domestic fantasy novels, as long as the Destiny Organization is regarded as the Holy See of Light, and the Honkai Beast is regarded as Warcraft, it is very easy to write a Honkai version of the Long Aotian novel.

"...In the end, Luto defeated the evil Herrscher and retired to the mountains with Saint Kallen, living happily together. This is the end of the book. Well, that's about it. In general, it's a romantic literary work... Hey, Mr. Otto, are you listening?"

"Ah... Of course, Miss Hillis, I'm just recalling it. It's indeed a very romantic story, and very exciting. To be honest, I also hope to be the 'Otto' in that novel..."

"So you also want to be a hero, Mr. Otto?"

Lan Feng asked knowingly, smiled, put down his legs, and changed to a more comfortable sitting position. Then, as he expected, Otto's smile became a little helpless. He shook his head first, and then nodded.

"That's right, if becoming a hero can save her... By the way, Miss Shilis, I'm a little concerned. What do you think of this story? What do you think of the two protagonists of the story... Midorita and Kallen?"

Throwing the question back to the other party, Otto looked into the eyes of the silver-haired girl, and looked into the smiling blue pupils. Although they were discussing the novel in a casual chat, Otto's eyes gradually showed a hint of seriousness.

In response to this, the smile on Lan Feng's face gradually faded. With his full concentration, he also realized the change in Otto's mentality.

"Well... the plot is a bit old-fashioned, and the character development is not very good. I don't like this novel very much."

"That's it..."

Otto nodded in agreement and was about to say something when the silver-haired girl suddenly changed the subject and her tone became softer.

"But, I really like the ending of that novel..."

"Oh?"

"It's really great that Otto and Kallen can finally be together. Even though it's a fantasy story, it still makes people feel a little warm... Don't you think so, Mr. Otto?"

In Otto's slightly dilated pupils, the girl looked back at him calmly. Otto couldn't help but be a little absent-minded. For the first time, he realized that the silver-haired girl with a gentle smile on her lips was so similar to the girl who appeared in his dreams countless times.

"Ah... It seems we have the same opinion, Ms. Shirley. I think so too. It would be great if it were true. This story..."

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"However, I still find it hard to believe. Do you really think so? Miss Hillis... Although it may be a bit rude to say this, you don't give me the impression of being an overly sentimental person, do you?"

Otto came back to his senses and said to the silver-haired girl in front of him. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Lan Feng suddenly felt that the smile on this man's face seemed to become a little more real. Compared with the previous mutual suspicion, the distance between the two sides seemed to be a little closer at this moment...

Lan Feng spread out his hands, the smile on his face remained unchanged.

"Really? Do I need to talk nonsense about this? It's just idle talk anyway, and they are just characters in the novel. In fact, they have nothing to do with you, Mr. Otto."

Lan Feng answered without hesitation, and the next moment, she looked at Otto with doubtful eyes again.

"However, I didn't expect that Lord Otto would be interested in novels, especially romantic novels without much depth.

"It is a work of ideologues. Could it be that, Mr. Otto, you also have a lover like the 'Otto' in the novel?"

Hearing this question, Otto was silent. After a while, he exhaled softly, the smile on his face gradually faded, and his eyes became clear again.

"Sorry... Let's end this topic here, Ms. Shilis. Chatting with you is really interesting, but unfortunately, I have something else to do at noon, so I don't have much time left."

"Hey, is it noon already so soon?"

Hearing this, Lan Feng was also a little surprised. He hadn't expected that the time he spent talking with Otto would be spent in agony, but who knew it would pass so quickly.

"To save time, I'll keep it short, Ms. Shilis. As far as I know, you don't have a Herrscher Core, but you can manipulate Honkai like a Herrscher, and even control multiple Herrscher abilities. Why is that?"

"This... I don't know myself. Maybe it's because of my physical condition? But isn't my body created by you, Mr. Otto? You should know it better than me, right?"

Lan Feng shook his head and pushed the question back to Otto. Of course, he knew what his ability was, but it was absolutely impossible to tell Otto directly. The real identity of "Cilis" was Xilin. If Otto knew this, who knows what would happen.

After hearing the girl's words, Otto just nodded and did not ask any further questions, as if he had already expected this answer.

"Well, this isn't an important question, and I can basically guess it. Since you don't know either, forget it. Compared to this, you seemed to have used an interesting ability in the battle on the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, right? That black fog that was powerful enough to make everything wither should be the ability of the Sixth Herrscher - the Herrscher of Death, right?"

"Eh? Is that so... I just learned that ability out of nowhere, just like manipulating ordinary Honkai energy. If you ask me how I learned it, I still can't answer..."

Lan Feng spread his hands and looked at Otto helplessly. But at this time, Otto smiled and shook his head.

"I won't ask you how you got this ability. I just think that you should be able to use its other manifestation as well, right?"

"Another manifestation?"

Seeing Lan Feng tilting his head with a puzzled look, as if he really didn't understand anything, Otto gladly explained.

"The Herrscher of Death's abilities have two different forms, 'Withering' and 'Creation'. The Withering is the black mist of Honkai energy that you used before, which has the ability to accelerate the apoptosis of living cells; and the Creation, on the other hand, can perfectly repair the injuries of living things, and even perform 'soul replacement' and revive the dead... Miss Silis, regarding the power of 'Creation', to what extent can you achieve?"

"Creation... Well, I can indeed use that ability, but I am still not very proficient at it. I can only use it to repair injuries. I have never tried to resurrect the dead."

Lan Feng spoke the truth. He knew what Otto was thinking. He just wanted to use the power of the Herrscher of Death to revive Kallen. It was unclear whether the real Herrscher of Death could do this, but Lan Feng himself could never do it. Even a slightly troublesome injury would make "she" so busy, let alone reviving the dead, which she had never tried before?

"Oh? Can you really do it? Even if it's just a simple repair of injuries, can you let me see your ability?"

Hearing this, Otto looked a little excited. He left his chair and came to Lan Feng, urging him, as if he couldn't wait to confirm that ability.

In response to this, Lan Feng curled his lips, revealing a subtle smile, and his expression also had a hint of sarcasm.

"Mr. Otto, your behavior is just like sealing a person's throat and forcing him to eat."

Lan Feng said expressionlessly, looking at Otto who had a look of realization on his face, he sighed softly, raised his finger and pointed at his neck.

"If you want me to demonstrate my power as a Herrscher, please remove my collar first. Otherwise, I think you might as well just torture me."

Lan Feng bit her lips as she spoke, a trace of worry flashing across her face. For Honkai creatures, Honkai energy has become a part of the body. When the Honkai energy in the body is suppressed, it will resonate with the nervous system, causing severe pain. Although K424's physical pain has been digitized, allowing her to completely ignore the pain, she still has to act now.

"Ah, sorry, this is my oversight, Miss Hillis."

Otto apologized hastily, his behavior showing no trace of the archbishop's attitude. He skillfully summoned a light screen and pressed a few buttons on its surface, and the metal ring on the girl's neck emitted a prompt sound.

"That's fine. Please show it to me. It's very important to me. I hope Miss Hillis won't refuse."

"Tsk...Do I have the right to refuse?"

Lan Feng snorted in dissatisfaction. She knew that the collar that was restraining her body's Houkai energy had been locked.

The once powerful force temporarily returned to her hands...

However, Lan Feng's brain was fine, so she didn't do anything unnecessary. She took a deep breath and tried to mobilize the Honkai energy in her body. Following the habit of "Siris", she controlled the energy to change its properties and condensed it at her fingertips...

(Hmm... Why did the difficulty of energy purification suddenly increase? Never mind, it's just a demonstration, so I can just do it for show, right?)

The next moment, a soft pure white light suddenly appeared, suspended in front of Lan Feng's fingertips. A small amount of dark particles were mixed in the bright light, and with the constantly fluctuating light, it cast a mottled star-like pattern...

At this time, Lan Feng frowned slightly, with a somewhat uncertain expression. As the Honkai energy was released, she "felt" a burning sensation on her back. According to the digitized pain information, the degree of pain was no longer something that ordinary people could endure.

(Oh, Otto said that in order to prevent the Honkai energy from eroding my body, he implanted more than 30 artificial stigmata in my body. Is this the problem...!)

This body has lost Ji Xuanyuan's stigmata. If it wants to control Honkai like before, it can only rely on these artificial stigmata which are less efficient and have huge side effects. And now it seems that using these artificial stigmata will increase the difficulty of controlling Honkai and will also be accompanied by this kind of unknown side effects...

(Well, there’s no point complaining now… It’s not a complete loss, at least I saved Aunt Himeko, and I can let Shiris experience the feeling of cherishing something after losing it! But, this is really a bit bad…)

Lan Feng thought silently, trying to maintain a stable output of Honkai energy. His arms trembled slightly, and he displayed the creative energy condensed at his fingertips in front of Otto.

Seeing the pure white ball of light at Lan Feng's fingertips, Otto's gaze moved, and a hint of uncontrollable excitement appeared in his eyes.

"That's right, it is true. This radiance is basically the same as the one displayed when the 'Black Abyss White Flower' is activated... Those subtle differences are probably the difference between the true power of the Key of God and the Herrscher..."

He muttered to himself, and suddenly, as a light screen appeared in front of him, Otto frowned, made an apologetic gesture to the girl, then turned around, looked at the information displayed on the light screen, and fell into deep thought.

(The fusion experiment of the Serenity Gem? Hmm... is there any need to continue? Forget it, since the experiment is already prepared, why not just give it a try, even if it means preparing both hands at the same time...)

"To be honest, your performance has once again exceeded my expectations, Ms. Shiris. This creative power that is no different from that of the Herrscher of Death, can you please..."

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——Boom!

Before Otto could finish his words, he suddenly heard a dull thud of something heavy falling to the ground. He turned around in surprise and saw that the silver-haired girl who had just been chatting and laughing with him had fallen to the ground, motionless...

Otto raised his eyebrows and walked slowly towards the girl, wanting to see what happened to her.

"Ms. Hillis?"

Coming to the girl's side, Otto's brows furrowed again. The unconscious girl was breathing rapidly, her eyes tightly closed, as if she was enduring some severe pain...

Lan Feng himself has no sense of pain, but when he loses consciousness, his body reacts to the pain instinctively, resulting in the situation that Otto sees at this moment.

"This is......!"

Otto's eyes could not help but become solemn again. What surprised him was not the girl's strange behavior. At this moment, he could clearly see that the girl's back, which was covered by thin clothes, had more than 30 holy scars all over her back, which began to glow slightly. The scarlet lines like magma spread from her shoulders and were slowly climbing forward...

Far East, Changkong City...

"Bye~ Kiana-san."

"See you."

Waving goodbye to her classmates, the girl with silver braids sighed slowly, turned around, left the gate of Qianyu Academy, and walked to the other side of the road.

Although she reported a day late, the school did not pursue the matter after she explained it by saying that the flight was delayed. Instead, they approved her forged transfer application, allowing her to officially enter Qianyu College.

(If you want to move around normally in the Far East, it would be best to have a long-term legal identity. Speaking of which, what happened yesterday...)

Suddenly she remembered something, and her face darkened. She slowly raised her hand and touched her aching neck, her eyes gradually becoming deep.

There was still a red mark on her neck from the previous blow, and the girl covered it up completely by wrapping a ribbon around her neck. However, what happened yesterday left a deep impression on her.

Into her mind.

She had clearly found the purple-haired girl from the Kaslana family, but she was unable to save her. She watched helplessly as she was captured by the unidentified red-haired man. Although the other party let her go for some reason, the girl still felt a little uneasy and deeply remorseful...

(It seems that the situation in the Far East is more complicated than I thought. Dad is not really involved in some trouble... Yesterday, the ability of space jump was overused. Now... Sigh, I just hope that girl is still alive.)

She pondered silently, and squeezed the pistol in her bag a little uneasily, then entered a slightly remote street and walked towards the alley she remembered yesterday, intending to investigate it more carefully.

What the girl didn't know was that at this moment, on the other side of the street corner, there were several dark shadows hiding behind them, staring at her with sharp eyes...

"(whispering) Is that our target? As expected... it's exactly the same... I can confirm it."

"(whispering) Well, that means she is the same as Shiris, the K-series experimental subject."

"(whispering) Um...are we really going to do this? Claire..."

Several people wearing thick jackets, masks and sunglasses were sneaking around the corner and peeking at a silver-haired girl. If this street wasn't so remote, passersby would have probably pulled out their phones to call the police...

At this time, a girl with red twin ponytails, also wearing thick clothes and sunglasses but slightly shorter, walked out. She glanced at her companions around her and spoke in a serious tone.

"(whispering) Okay, no more discussion, let's act according to the original plan. Let me make it clear first, I know you have nothing to do with those two traitors, so I brought you here to carry out this operation. Don't mess it up, just go and capture her, that Kiana clone may know the whereabouts of Shirley!"

"(whispering) Yes, Master Tesla!"

The next moment, the group quickly took action and followed the silver-haired girl into the alley...

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(Who are those guys? The person who knocked me out yesterday was obviously not an ordinary person in terms of speed and strength. Could it be that they are really the mysterious organization that my father mentioned before, which is hunting us? But if that’s the case…there’s no reason for them to let me go, right?)

In the alley, Kiana hurried along while lowering her head in deep thought. Concentrated as she was, she was unaware of the danger that was gradually approaching her...

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the side path, grabbed Kiana who was caught off guard, and dragged her directly into the alley...

"Hey! You guys...uuuu...!"

Suddenly attacked, Kiana was frightened and just wanted to scream, but the attacker raised his hand and covered her mouth directly. The next moment, several people rushed out from the side, grabbed her arms in a hurry, and pressed her directly to the ground...

“Mmmmm (Let me go)…!”

Kiana, who had come to her senses, began to struggle desperately, but to her amazement, these people wearing sunglasses and masks were just as strong as her! With her wrist strength that was enough to break alloy, she was held down by these people and could not break free at all...

(Not an ordinary person! Could it be...?!)

Suddenly realizing something, she turned her head with great effort. The next moment, as a figure with red twin ponytails came into view, the girl's blue pupils suddenly shrank!

(This color, and twin tails...? It's that bastard from yesterday!)