K424 of the Collapse World

"Come to think of it, you are the second person who has hurt me in the past few decades, Miss Hillis. To be honest, I never expected that you could use such a broken body to fight back against me in this situation... As expected, you still had some reservations in the previous experiment, right? I am a little curious, how did you get rid of that collar?"

"Haha~ Who knows. But you, Mr. Otto, now you understand, this level

The prison cell can’t hold me~"

Shiris said calmly, slowly lowered her head, her eyes gradually became empty, and began to try to manipulate some energy...

Otto sighed softly at her reaction.

"Well... since you don't want to say it, there's nothing I can do. You have indeed proved that this container cannot hold you, so I will take special measures against you... In addition, there is something I must tell you, Miss Shilis."

As he spoke, Otto looked at the silver-haired girl who lowered her head as if she had given up resistance, and a hint of coldness was revealed in his broken smile.

"I am a person who holds grudges..."

After saying this, Otto waved his hand and calmly gave orders to the Valkyries around him.

"Go ahead. Destroy her hand and foot joints directly, inject 200 ml of inhibitor, and use the Soul Steel Lock to completely control her."

"Ah... How cruel! Are you planning to turn me into a hot weapon? This kind of thing..."

Looking at the Valkyries slowly turning their guns towards her arms and legs, Shirley smiled and shook her head, then suddenly opened her eyes wide, and a purple light flashed in her blue pupils!

"How could I let you succeed!!"

---boom!!

Suddenly, a huge explosion roared throughout the entire research institute! The strong impact shook the ground, causing a violent vibration nearby, directly destroying the balance of the Valkyries. They fell to the ground one after another without warning, and the muzzles of the guns locked on the girls were forced to move away!

In response, a smile appeared on the silver-haired girl's face again. She had previously charged a large amount of her own Houkai energy into the experimental equipment, mixing it with the energy of the Houkai furnace. Even if this energy of her own had been released outside her body, she could still control it freely within a certain distance. It was easy for her to use this energy to destroy the Houkai furnace of the A-E laboratory...

251 The only chance >>

With the explosion of the Houkai reactor, the power supply of the entire a-e experimental area was paralyzed. The bright lights disappeared instantly, and the dark red emergency lighting system was activated, and the surroundings became dim.

"Alert! High concentration of Houkai energy leakage detected..."

"What happened?! An explosion...?"

"That direction is...the third restoration center?!"

"Honkai energy leak?"

"What about the target? Where is the target?!"

"..."

While the Valkyries were in chaos after falling, Silis, who had been prepared, did not fall. She quickly regained her balance, rolled swiftly, dodged a Valkyrie who pounced on her, and stood up again. Before another Valkyrie pointed her gun at her, she grabbed her wrist and twisted it hard, kicked her away the moment she took the gun, then stepped on the back of a fallen Valkyrie, jumped up, and got out of the gap in the encirclement, rushed directly to the metal door in front, and came to the metal passage behind it...

After breaking through the Valkyrie's encirclement, Shilis had no time to breathe a sigh of relief when she suddenly felt a palpitation! Without time to think about anything, she instinctively rolled on the ground, and a strong red energy beam shot forward, brushing her waist! A molten hole was left on the wall of the passage ahead.

Looking at the scorch marks on the bandage on her waist, Shirley was still a little frightened. If she hadn't dodged it, this energy beam, which was enough to melt metal instantly, would have penetrated her body directly...

Slightly turning her head, Shirley looked at the blond man squatting on the ground with cold eyes. In Otto's hand, the Mimicry Heavenly Fire Holy Judgement pointed at the silver-haired girl gradually turned into golden light particles and dissipated. Shirley gritted her teeth and stood up again and ran forward.

(It seems that this bishop is really angry... If we are caught, we will be finished. In short, if we don’t want to be retaliated by him, we must escape at once!)

On the other side, watching the silver-haired girl running away in the passage, Otto sighed. He patted his clothes and stood up, touching the crack on his cheek, and the coldness in his eyes gradually turned into a little emotion.

"The left cheek again... Hehe, you and that guy are really alike, K424... You were in a desperate situation, but you were able to escape under such circumstances. As a reward for letting me see this miracle, should I give you a chance... Perhaps, now that the experiment has reached a bottleneck, you can give it a try."

Otto muttered to himself, ignoring the Valkyries who still hadn't been able to restore order, and came to the center of the laboratory. His eyes swept over the unconscious maid, the researcher with a broken spine, and stopped at the man who was lying in a pool of blood and twitching slightly.

"Tsk tsk... She cut your trachea a little and then slowly bled you out. She actually used this method to kill you. It seems that she really hates you, Dr. Radil."

"..."

Otto said indifferently, looking into the researcher's empty eyes and revealing a hint of a smile.

"Now,

"After being treated like this, you probably hate her now, right? Haha... You should be grateful for the hatred between you two, your value lies in this..."

Otto said, turning to the Valkyrie Captain behind him.

"Take him away. His brain isn't completely dead yet. No matter what method you use, try to preserve his consciousness. Emotions... What secrets are hidden in this psychological state caused by phenylethylamine? We must study it thoroughly."

"Yes, Lord Otto."

"Also, notify all combat units currently at the headquarters to prepare. The mecha units will attack first, and the Valkyrie units will wait until the leakage of Honkai energy is dealt with, and then capture the experimental subjects that escaped near the a-e experimental areas..."

(Let me see, what can you do with this little opportunity?)

"Alert! Alert! A large-scale leakage of Honkai energy, please evacuate immediately..."

Amid the rapid alarm, the cold electronic synthesized sound rang out over and over again. Around the A-E experimental area of ​​the Destiny headquarters, researchers and Valkyries evacuated in a panic, and the once orderly experimental area suddenly became a mess. Everyone's expression was full of panic. After all, they couldn't survive in an environment with a high concentration of Honkai energy. If they rashly came into contact with that energy, they would only be infected by the Honkai energy and turned into monsters.

The autonomous combat mecha developed by the Destiny Headquarters is now working on behalf of the Valkyrie...

"Huh...huh..."

Somewhere, in a metal passage filled with dark red lights, a silver-haired girl in a white coat was running in the narrow passage, relying on her powerful dynamic strength to dodge the short beams flying towards her. The next moment, she leaped forward with the momentum, and with a roundhouse kick, she fiercely shot a nightmare module robot in the head! Knocked it directly to the ground.

After being attacked, a burst of electric sparks burst out from the robot's head. But the machine does not feel pain. After being severely damaged, its function has not been completely destroyed. It uses the electromagnetic cutting knife on its right arm to cut the ankle of the silver-haired girl...

But before that, the girl stepped on the mechanical arm of the nightmare module to stop it from swinging the knife, and raised the large-caliber pistol she had taken before, aimed at the energy core on the chest of the nightmare module and pulled the trigger!

——Bang!

As the gun went off, a burst of electric sparks appeared on the core of the nightmare module! The girl jumped back hastily, watching the robot turn into a pile of scrap metal after the explosion. She took a deep breath, turned her head, looked at the wreckage of the nightmare module scattered along the way, and sighed helplessly.

“Huh… It took me so much effort to deal with a few nightmare modules. Without using Honkai energy, my strength is only this level… Slightly above a B-rank Valkyrie, probably not as good as an ordinary A-rank Valkyrie. Most importantly… I have no weapons!”

The girl muttered to herself, not daring to stop for long, and ran forward again. The continuous experiments destroyed her body. She used to have a physical fitness comparable to that of a Titan mecha without the blessing of Honkai energy, but now she has weakened to the level of an ordinary Valkyrie. Now, she only relies on a small amount of Honkai energy and her own reaction ability to fight. Compared with the strength she used to have, the difference between heaven and earth is simply...

However, relying on her keen perception, she can avoid powerful divine and sub-divine machines according to energy fluctuations, break through from the weakest point, quickly eliminate hostile targets, and then leave immediately.

Comparing her current strength with the defense force in the Tianming headquarters, the gap in combat power was simply despairing. However, she had already experienced this level of despair countless times in the past month...

"At least... I'm not tied to the lab table like before, letting you guys mess with me. The Houkai reactor exploded, and the Valkyries can't ignore the Houkai pollution like I can. And these Houkai energies that are like poison to them are my most effective supply... Well! Even if there is only a glimmer of hope! We must never give up!"

Although she could absorb Honkai energy, with only three artificial stigmata left on her body, she could not control too much energy. Excessive absorption would only cause Honkai energy to run wild, leading to her own destruction.

Gripping the gun tightly in her hand, the girl gritted her teeth and raised her head, looking at the metal barrier in front of her, and raised her palm. As a purple electric current flashed, a huge gap was suddenly torn open in the metal wall!

Shirley leaned against the wall, breathing softly, her eyes fluctuating slightly.

"The concentration of Honkai energy in the air is getting lower and lower... So, I'm already at the edge of the Honkai outbreak point? According to previous observations, the A-E laboratory is located in the outer area of ​​the Satori headquarters. If I continue to move forward in this direction, I will soon reach the edge of this floating island..."

Shirley muttered to herself, and once again raised her spirits, she walked forward. But at this moment, the girl still didn't know that the entire a-e experimental area she had seen before was only the tip of the iceberg of the destiny headquarters...

252 The Only Way to Escape

"Ms. Hillis, it's about time you come out. How long do you want to play hide-and-seek with us?"

In the communication room outside the a-e experimental area, Otto's voice resounded in this closed metal space. After the energy supply was cut off, these research institutes became a deadly iron prison. Apart from the deadly Houkai energy that permeated the interior, there was only the escaped prey and the "God Machines" that served as hunters.

"You should have realized it, right? There is absolutely no way you can escape from here. Even so, do you still want to resist in vain and add to your own suffering?"

"I promise that as long as you surrender now, I won't pursue the matter of you punching me. To be honest, Ms. Hillis, I don't want our relationship to become too awkward... If those experiments make you uncomfortable, we can solve the problem through conversation. So, don't be upset, okay?"

"..."

In the dim metal passage, the blood-stained silver-haired girl leaned against the corner of the passage, panting slightly. Hearing the men's voices that were faintly heard here, the girl curled her lips slightly, and a hint of mocking smile flashed across the corner of her mouth.

The next moment, she suddenly stood up and ran out from the corner, with a strong purple arc of electricity rising from her fist, and fiercely smashed the robot in front of her! The fist covered with purple arcs smashed the robot's double swords in one blow, and the electromagnetic wave that followed instantly pierced the core in its chest...

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Destiny Headquarters Industrial Zone...

In the central area of ​​the Saint 1504 Institute of the weapons research and development center, a girl with long black hair and a white coat sat in front of some mechanical device with her cheeks in her hands, boredly checking the data displayed on the light screen. After a long time, she sighed and threw the processed metal sheet into the device in front of her.

Looking at the detection data on the device screen, the girl's purple eyes were full of seriousness. Next to her, there was an anvil of unknown material and a hammer with a color very similar to soul steel. Although with the technology of destiny, there have been fully automated metal smelting devices, but the black-haired girl still prefers to use these things manually. After all, the habits of thousands of years are not so easy to change. Moreover, she also believes that the creations made by her own hands are definitely better than those made by those precision instruments!

After inserting the metal sheet into the mechanical device, she sat up and stretched gently. Although she was wearing a white coat commonly used by researchers, she was wearing a kimono underneath the coat and a pair of wooden clogs. As a researcher, this outfit looked a bit out of place. However, no one dared to raise any objections to the director of the Saint 1504 Institute...

Suddenly, a series of footsteps came from behind. The black-haired girl frowned slightly, and her expression became slightly unhappy.

"I should have said, don't disturb me while I'm working, even Bishop Otto..."

——Ka...

Suddenly, with a slight sound, the black-haired girl's voice stopped abruptly. The purple pupils that were filled with impatience before suddenly became sharp! Feeling the tubular object behind her head, the black-haired girl realized that the person who broke into her studio must not be some blind subordinate...

(…Intruders? Impossible… Wait, the escaped experimental subject mentioned in the headquarters broadcast?!)

Thinking of this, her arm trembled slightly. But in response to this tiny movement, the muzzle of the gun against her head suddenly poked hard.

"Don't move! Raise your hands above your head and turn around slowly. Don't try to play any tricks... It seems that you should be the highest in this place, right?"

Accompanied by heavy breathing, a familiar hoarse female voice came from behind. The black-haired girl frowned slightly, and then slowly raised her hands as the other party said, indicating that she would not resist.

"Well... I am the director of this weapons research institute, Chang Guang. Miss, you are probably the so-called 'escaped experimental subject'? You are quite powerful, and you can actually get here... May I ask, what do you intend to do by holding me hostage?"

As he asked, Changguang slowly turned around and looked behind him. What caught his eye was a silver-haired girl holding a pistol. She was wearing a white coat on her slender body, and her whole body was wrapped in bandages. Mottled bloodstains stained her body red...

Seeing the face of the silver-haired girl, Changguang was stunned for a moment. The next moment, her eyes were slightly absent-minded, as if she remembered something...

"Stop talking nonsense! Tell me right now... where is the emergency release device here?"

Shirley roared in a low voice, pointing the gun in her hand at the black-haired girl in front of her. Not long ago, she left the underground area of ​​the Destiny Headquarters and came to the upper floor, which confirmed her previous conjecture that the a-e experimental area was indeed located outside the Destiny Headquarters.

However, this so-called periphery is only a part of the entire "periphery".

On the platform, Shirley felt despair as she looked at the complex buildings that seemed to have no end in the distance, as well as the well-ordered mechanical patrol troops.

The scope of this floating island was beyond her imagination. Even if it was located in the outermost experimental area, it would take several thousand meters to reach the edge of the floating island. Moreover, during this distance, she would be completely exposed to the surveillance of Tianming...

Without any hesitation, before the drone of the Destiny Headquarters detected her location, Shiris resolutely returned to the underground area again and sneaked deeper into the experimental area.

The explosion of the Honkai Reactor had a wide impact range. When the security device failed, she avoided the powerful mecha troops as she had done before and broke through in another direction.

For such a large floating building, the exit must not only be the outer helipad, there must also be one inside it!

After fighting continuously, she began to get injured. In order to save energy, she stopped using her creative ability to repair these insignificant injuries, and let the blood that seeped out dye her bandages red...

While fleeing, she unknowingly came to the depths of the industrial zone. The protective equipment here was not affected by the leakage of Honkai energy. However, the girl, who had no way to escape, had no choice but to bite the bullet and break into the seemingly extremely advanced scientific research area.

Unsurprisingly, she was discovered by the detector. She knocked down the Valkyrie who was in charge of security along the way, and learned about the existence of the emergency escape device from a researcher who was afraid of death. She then forced her way all the way to the deepest part of this research and development center...

Panting slightly, Shirley frowned and looked at the black-haired girl with a teardrop mole under her right eye. Although she felt that the other person's name and appearance were somewhat familiar, she didn't have time to pay attention to these things now. The emergency escape device of the Destiny Headquarters is usually managed by the highest person in charge of a certain area. It can be directly detached from the bottom of the floating island in the underground area using the ejection cabin. Shirley came here to find this thing.

The black-haired girl still didn't move. Shirley gritted her teeth and was thinking whether she should shoot the other party in the leg first and then force her to activate the disengagement device for her, when the black-haired girl's lips suddenly moved slightly.

"You're...? k–0?!"

“k–0?”

Hearing this name, Shirley frowned slightly, but soon, a hint of realization flashed in her eyes.

"No, I'm not the person you're talking about. I'm her copy, K424... And, her name isn't K-0, her name is Kiana Kaslana!"

"That's it..."

Changguang nodded, and as she remembered the other silver-haired girl imprisoned in the metal room, she also confirmed the identity of the girl in front of her who called herself K424.

After realizing this, she gave up one of her original plans.

"Come to think of it, I know you too... A replicant who was identified as the Third Herrscher and possessed the memories of Cecilia Shaniat, 074-k424. In the Battle of Turkey in 2011, you single-handedly defeated the search party and battleships of Destiny and abducted the experimental subject K-0... No, for you, it should be considered a rescue, right?"

As Changguang spoke, his tense body relaxed. Hearing her words, Shilis's frown also relaxed slightly, but the vigilance in her eyes did not diminish at all.

"Oh? It seems that your status is even higher than I thought. You actually know these things... Just in case, let me ask you first, how do you know Kiana?"

"I just participated in the project... Don't get me wrong, I was just a weapon provider and built the cross called Eleudnir for her, but I didn't abuse her like those guys did. Um... Is she okay now?"

Changguang asked with a chuckle. Shiris was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Well, she's fine. I will never let her get hurt again. But you...are you concerned about her? It's really rare that there are researchers like you in the Destiny Organization..."

Shilis said calmly, and although her tone was kind, her actions were the exact opposite. She took a step closer with the gun and placed the muzzle directly on Changguang's forehead.

"You don't sound like a lie. Thank you for caring about Kiana during her most painful time. However, this does not mean that I won't take action against you. Now, tell me where the emergency escape device is."

252 The only remaining way to escape >>

At the end, her tone had turned cold. Although there was still some Honkai energy in her body, this was no longer a high-concentration Honkai outbreak zone. After her whereabouts were completely exposed, the next ones to surround her were no longer those stupid robots, but the elite Valkyrie troops of the Destiny Headquarters...

In Shiris's opinion, the limit of what she can do with her current strength is to defeat a few sub-god machines, Mistydin. So, if she faces the god machine Balder whose combat power exceeds that of dozens of sub-god machines, or the A-level Valkyrie in the headquarters that is powerful enough to defeat the god machine, then there is no need to say what will happen.

The.

If you look at the researcher named Changguang, you can tell that she is definitely not a weak-willed person. If she doesn't cooperate, Shilis will have to shoot her to death, and then she will be defeated by the Valkyrie Army and captured back, and locked in the culture tank forever, until she can't bear the experiment and her spirit completely collapses...

Sure enough, dying is more comfortable.

Thinking of this, the silver-haired girl's arms trembled slightly. She took a deep breath, and a hint of determination appeared in her fluctuating blue eyes...