K424 of the Collapse World

"Well, I'll help you start that thing."

Suddenly, as Changguang's somewhat helpless voice reached her ears, the silver-haired girl was slightly stunned and almost couldn't catch her breath...

"You...you agree now?"

"Otherwise, do you not want to escape, but really intend to take my life?"

Facing Changguang's question, the corners of Shilis' mouth twitched slightly, and she shook her head hurriedly, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"No, I'm just a little surprised that you would agree to my conditions so easily..."

"What else? Am I going to risk my life to stop you from leaving? Don't be ridiculous. Although I am the director of this institute, I am only a guest of Bishop Otto. There is no need for me to be so loyal to the Destiny Organization. Moreover, as an old man, I cherish my life very much..."

At this point, a sly look flashed across Changguang's face. It was indeed as she said, she would not risk her life for the Destiny Organization, and she really did not want to be killed by the girl.

But besides compromise, she originally had another simpler way to break the situation. However, after confirming the relationship between the girl in front of her and the silver-haired girl, she gave up the idea...

"Elderly people...? Well, thank you, Miss Changguang. If I can successfully escape from the Tianming headquarters this time, I will never forget your kindness this time."

"Let's talk about that later. If possible, can you move this thing a little further away? I'm really afraid that this thing will suddenly go off..."

Changguang said with a smile, pointing at the large pistol in the silver-haired girl's hand. After a brief silence, Shilis slowly put down the gun. But the next moment, before Changguang could breathe a sigh of relief, a crystal-structured dagger condensed out, and was held by the silver-haired girl with her left hand, and was placed on Changguang's neck at lightning speed.

"Eh......?"

"That's fine, don't worry, Miss Changguang. If you use a knife, you don't have to worry about accidental discharge."

"But I'm also worried that your hands might be shaking... Oh, forget it."

Changguang sighed, and seeing the silver-haired girl frowning slightly, he didn't bother about it anymore. He let Shiris hold him hostage and walked towards a door inside the room.

Changguang raised his hand and pointed to the front of the room. Shilis looked up and saw a row of oval spheres fixed in the air by some device.

"Here, this is it. After starting the system, you can just sit in it. But I have to tell you in advance that it is illegal to operate this way unless there is an emergency. Therefore, the energy barrier under the floating island will not be lifted. If you hit it, the ejection cabin will be blown up directly, and you will be burned to ashes by the high-intensity energy."

"No problem, just tell me how to start it!"

Shirley said anxiously. At this moment, she could already sense that many powerful creatures were approaching this side quickly. There was no doubt that those Valkyries were completely invincible to her at the moment...

Hearing the girl's words, Changguang was slightly stunned, then nodded thoughtfully.

"That's right. If you are as strong as her, this level of barrier is really nothing... Well, then just input the program into the controller. This step can be completed very easily."

Following Changguang's instructions, Shilis quickly completed the activation of the escape device. Looking at the activation procedure that began the countdown, she hesitated for a moment, then removed the blade from Changguang's neck and pushed her to the entrance of the escape cabin.

"I'm sorry, Miss Changguang, I still can't completely trust you. So... could you please come with me?"

Changguang was slightly stunned by the girl's request, and then he shook his head vigorously in shock.

"You...are you kidding me? Just because you can pass through the barrier doesn't mean I can! You might as well just kill me instead of getting burned to ashes!"

Hearing Changguang's words, Shilis frowned slightly, but she had to admit that the other party's words made sense. If she did this, it would simply be repaying kindness with enmity. Looking at the detachment device whose countdown had reached "5", she gritted her teeth and went directly into the oval detachment cabin.

"I'm sorry, I spoke out of turn... Miss Changguang. Since you can have good intentions towards Kiana, then I believe that you should be a kind person..."

At this point, as the timer counted down to zero, the escape capsule carrying Shirley was unlocked and fell directly from the passage below.

Watching her take off

The cabin slowly disappeared from sight. Changguang raised his head and thought of what the girl had just said. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Kind... huh? Actually, whether it was the pity I showed to Kiana Kaslana or the help I gave you, it was all just a whim. But it's been a long time since I've felt this kind of self-satisfaction after saving others... Yeah, it's not bad."

Nodding with satisfaction, Changguang turned around and walked to the other side of the room.

"If possible, it might be fun to be 'held' by you, but I am not someone who breaks my promise. I cannot run away easily before I have completed what I promised to the bishop..."

Changguang lowered his head and muttered to himself. At this moment, a chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside. Soon, a group of Valkyries led by Claudia rushed in.

Looking at the empty room, Claudia frowned and turned her gaze to the black-haired girl standing next to her who looked as if she had nothing to do with it.

"Master Changguang, where did the experimental subject K424 go? According to the detector, she should have broken into your place..."

As she was speaking, Claudia suddenly saw a missing escape hatch on the edge of the fixture and frowned sharply.

"Wait! Lord Changguang, did you let K424 enter the escape chamber?!"

Hearing Claudia's question, Changguang snorted lightly, and a hint of coldness appeared on his indifferent face.

"Watch your words, Valkyrie Claudia! You should know that I was held hostage by the escaped laboratory and was forced to activate the escape device for her. But you, as high-level Valkyries, allowed the escaped experimental subject to break into my research institute. You made such a serious mistake of dereliction of duty. Do you want to kill me?"

"...Hostaged? Haha... Lord Changguang, are you saying that you were held hostage by K424 who escaped from the laboratory?!"

As if she had heard some ridiculous joke, Claudia sneered twice, clenched her teeth, and looked at the long light in front of her without showing any weakness.

"K424 has lost her original strength. There is no way you can't see this! With her current weak body, with your strength, you can break her limbs in just a moment, right?! But why did you...!"

Before Claudia could finish her words, Changguang interrupted her with a smile and raised his hand.

"Hey, hey... What are you talking about? You know, I'm just a blacksmith, not a warrior like you. Fighting and killing are not suitable for me... Fighting is your duty, not my responsibility."

Changguang said with a smile, a certain cunning in his eyes.

"Could it be that Ms. Claudia intends to use this reason to blame us?"

Hearing Changguang's smiling voice, Claudia was silent for a moment, then turned away with a gloomy face.

"I will report this matter to the bishop in detail. Haha... Lord Changguang, you don't know... how much the bishop values ​​K424!"

"It's not like I let her run away..."

Changguang muttered, glanced at the Valkyries who were leaving quickly, turned around slowly, and finally looked at the empty hole under the escape hatch. A smile flashed across his face again.

"It's a pity that the man who made Bishop Otto lose face was captured like this. Kiana Kaslana... Although I failed to save you as promised, now that I have helped your 'mother', I have fulfilled my promise, right?"

253 Inspiration is running out

Below the floating island of the Destiny Headquarters, a small oval metal ball was ejected as a bright light flashed. Pulled by gravity, it fell directly downwards, gradually accelerating...

"Warning! Please activate the safety device..."

"Alert! No launch authority detected, outer barriers remain operational!"

"..."

The silver-haired girl frowned as she sat in the detachment cabin without wearing any safety devices. Even so, she did not lose her balance, but just held on to both sides of the chair with her hands, without being affected by the weightlessness at all.

"That Miss Changguang didn't lie to me... Wait, I seem to have some impression... Oh, right! That big sword with beautiful special effects seems to be called Ushikiri Changguang... So, who is she...?"

When the human body falls at high speed, the strong feeling of dizziness is not something that everyone can withstand.

However, for Shiris, this level of speed would not move her at all. What she was worried about now was the large energy barrier that surrounded the floating island on the screen of the detachment cabin...

Soon, she could see that in the distance below, a matrix composed of a large number of diamond-shaped blue light shields completely isolated the sky directly below.

Even at such a long distance, Shilis could feel the high energy intensity of the barrier.

If nothing is done, the escape pod will crash into the surface of the barrier within five seconds and burn to ashes...

Of course, this also includes your own body.

"Huh... Looks like now is not the time to save Honkai energy."

The girl exhaled lightly, and like she had done before, she released all the Houkai energy in her body! Under the effect of this energy, purple particles began to slowly emanate from her body, and a faint purple halo stained her silver-white hair...

Although the Houkai energy reserves in Shilis' body have become extremely weak, the strength has not changed at all. Without paying attention to the consumption, she can indeed release her peak strength in an instant!

Flames and black mist entangled her right fist, and some arcs of electricity rippled outwards... This was all the energy properties she had so far. If she converted all the remaining Houkai energy into destructive power and released it, she should be able to break through this barrier.

Although a hole will be punched in this escape capsule, as long as we avoid the device with landing function, there should be no problem, right?

Silis thought silently, staring at the energy barrier that was getting closer and closer, and slowly leaned back with her arms...

4 ......

3 ......

2 ...

---boom!!

However, suddenly, before the detachment pod reached the estimated distance of Shirley, her detachment pod suddenly stopped! It stopped in the air immediately. The huge inertia added to her body when she fell, and the silver-haired girl who could not react in time almost bumped into the operating device in front of her.

"How is this going?!"

She immediately turned her eyes to the light screen, but what she saw was a huge warship that had appeared above the escape hatch at some point in time. A beam of light composed of energy shot out from the bottom of the warship, covering the surface of her escape hatch, fixing it in mid-air...

"Damn it! The Destiny Force can actually move so fast!"

The girl slammed the control panel in anger, looking at the battleship with a gloomy face as it gradually sucked her escape cabin up.

If she used her full strength, she could use "Pseudo-Light Wings Deployment" to instantly destroy the battleship and force it to release its escape pod. But if she did so, she would inevitably be exhausted and could only wait to fall down and be burned to death by the energy barrier below...

How do we do this?

After hesitating for a moment, Shirley took a deep breath and resolutely pressed the energy ball in her hand onto the metal layer under her feet!

The anti-gravity device is only aimed at the escape cabin, and only the body will not be affected!

Under the high-intensity energy, the metal layer of the escape module was instantly penetrated! In the surprised eyes of the warship's observers, the silver-haired girl moved her feet and ejected directly from the hole below the escape module, meeting the energy barrier below with her body...

The moment it landed on the barrier, Shilis pushed out the energy ball in her right hand and pressed it on the barrier surface that was emitting blue light. The next moment, the energy burst directly tore a huge gap in the barrier!

Although the Houkai energy in her body was completely consumed, Shiris's goal had been achieved. On the detection screen of the Destiny Headquarters, the silver-haired girl fell directly from the gap in the barrier in a free fall state and entered the sky below...

At this moment, there was nothing stopping her from escaping. The airport had not yet received the news of K424's escape. Even if they started the high-speed aircraft now, they would not be able to catch up with the girl before she landed.

"Humph, this flashy crap... is it used to keep away mosquitoes?"

Facing the strong wind, Shilis struggled to turn her body around, facing upwards, looking at the hole in the barrier that was gradually repaired by energy. The heavy warship in her sight became smaller and smaller. Gradually, she finally saw the full picture of the floating island of the Destiny headquarters...

Looking at the bottom of the giant floating island that blocked out the sky, the silver-haired girl's expression suddenly became slightly surprised.

"It's really scary... This range is probably larger than a city, right? It's probably equivalent to two Changkong Cities... How did Tianming make such a big island fly...?"

She muttered to herself, no longer looking at the huge floating island. Feeling the strong wind whistling in her ears, Shilis cast her eyes below her, overlooking the vast land under the clouds, and a thoughtful expression suddenly appeared on her calm face.

"Well, what should we do now? This altitude... I'm afraid it's tens of thousands of meters. What will happen if we fall directly from here..."

Shirley muttered to herself, and when she thought of this, she realized the seriousness of the matter and her expression became flustered.

"Wait! Don't panic... I can use Honkai energy to fight gravity and use it to float... No! I don't have Honkai energy in my body, so I can't do this..."

"Then... use your body to resist? Bah! How can I do that? Even in my prime, it would be impossible!

, it will definitely be smashed to pieces! By then... 30 pieces of Valkyrie Silis? What a joke! "

"What should I do..."

The speed of her body falling was getting faster and faster. Her long silver hair fluttered wildly, and her scalp felt torn. The strong wind had already made it impossible for her to open her eyes. At this time, the girl's heart, which should have been getting more and more panicked, suddenly calmed down. She kept her head down and slowly closed her eyes.

"Speaking of which... those powers of energy conversion are not analytical abilities, but because they are originally my own powers! Lightning of conquest, flames of plague, quiet death... Even though the core that controls the power of time and space is with K423, it stands to reason that I should have another ability!"

Spreading her hands slightly, feeling the strong wind blowing through her arms, the corners of Shirley's mouth rose slightly.

"'Storm of Desire'...! Although I have not yet come into contact with that power, since I already possess this power, it stands to reason that I can also release it!"

While whispering to herself, she slowly opened her hands, simulating the flow of air in her mind, transforming the Houkai energy in her body into that fluid state...

Wait, Honkai energy...?

Suddenly waking up from meditation, Shilis felt her weak body and fell into silence.

The Honkai energy in the body has been completely consumed and can no longer be squeezed out. Even the body has become limp and weak due to excessive use of energy.

After realizing this, the light in the girl's eyes slowly disappeared.

"Ah... I finally managed to escape from the headquarters, but I'm going to die like this? It's really funny..."

The girl smiled bitterly, looking at the surface that was gradually becoming clearer, and sighed softly. Unconsciously, the feelings of despair and helplessness slowly emanated with her brain waves...

"It doesn't matter. At least I won't die on the experimental table. In such a desperate situation, even if it's the real Xilin, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do..."

253 Inspiration is running out >>

(But I really feel a little unwilling... being thrown to death or something...)

She closed her eyes, ready to reflect on her past in the few seconds left in her life. But the next moment, she suddenly felt something falling on her back, grabbing her body, slowly resisting the force of falling...

"Eh?!"

The girl hurriedly opened her eyes and looked back behind her. What she saw was a purple and white winged creature, pressing its body against her back and flapping its wings vigorously, trying to offset the huge inertia attached to the girl as much as possible...

With that extremely familiar appearance, Shirley recognized it at a glance, wondering what this purple and white creature in front of her was.

Advancement level Honkai beast...

It’s…helping itself?