K424 of the Collapse World

Thinking of this, Cocolia's anxiety became stronger. Ignoring Theresa who was right in front of her, she took out her terminal and activated the command communication of the action team.

The communication request was sent. However, the next moment, the words "Unable to find the target" appeared on the light screen, and Kokolia couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Is there a high-energy signal shield here? Or is it beyond the communication range... No! The signal is not affected, and this distance cannot be beyond the range. Could it be...!"

A terrible guess flashed through her mind. Cocolia hurriedly tried to contact other troops. Without exception, the only response she got from the communication was the rustling sound of electricity. The mecha troops that came with her seemed to have evaporated in an instant...

When she connected to the joint force's communication, she finally got a response. The communication seemed to be seriously interfered with. Amid the harsh noise, there were faint explosions, as well as complicated command communications and electrical current sounds. It was obvious that they were in a very tense battle...

After a lot of effort, Cocolia finally heard from the combat commander's communication that the battleship Hyperion of the Far East Branch was the one fighting against the joint forces at the moment.

(Why did this happen...? The raiding force was completely wiped out, and the main force encountered Hyperion's interception before reaching the designated location? It was as if they had been prepared in advance. They were clearly taking the initiative to raid, but how come they seemed to have stepped into a trap set by others? Could it be that the news of the attack on Saint Freya leaked...)

Suddenly remembering something, Kokolia turned her head and glanced at Einstein squatting on the other side. The latter subconsciously turned his eyes away to avoid meeting her gaze...

Seeing this, Cocolia then remembered the scene where Einstein surrendered without hesitation. Her pupils shrank slightly, and she couldn't help but clench her teeth. At this moment, Cocolia was 60% sure that it was the conservative members who leaked the operation here!

(These damn guys... Even if we have different ideologies, the Destiny Organization should be our common enemy! What exactly are you doing this for?! Or... is it actually not you, but someone else who is the traitor who leaked the information?)

At the location of the Saint Freya Academy dormitory, the originally beautiful apartment has now become a ruin. In the ruins, several figures are staggered back and forth, and from time to time, there are bursts of wind mixed with gravel.

Throw out...

"Be careful! Kiana-san."

As the strange distortion appeared in the air, the gray-haired girl immediately became aware of it and warned her companions beside her. The two of them jumped away together. The next moment, the ground they were standing on collapsed, as if it was pressed down by some invisible heavy object...

"Ah! What kind of ability is this? Class leader, who is this guy? Why did he kidnap Mei..."

The silver-haired girl avoided the invisible attack by a millimeter and was almost crushed by gravity. She breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood together with Fu Hua who was holding Meiyi, and they were both wary of the arrogant man.

“Hahahaha…! Not bad, you guys are pretty good! I haven’t come across such an interesting toy in a long time… Well, the Third Herrscher can’t run away anyway, so I’ll have some fun with you guys before the main force arrives!”

The man looked at the two girls fleeing in all directions under the pursuit of the gravity wave, with a playful smile on his face. He did not use his full strength to defeat them directly, but just launched attacks casually like a cat playing with a mouse to tease them...

"Kiana, please be careful. That guy is definitely a dangerous enemy. It is not easy to infiltrate St. Freya Academy without anyone noticing..."

Fu Hua said this with a hint of hesitation in her expression. She had to admit that she had some impression of this man who manipulated gravity, but as "Fu Hua", she certainly would not recognize this intruder she met for the first time.

As for using her own strength to break the deadlock, Fu Hua had no intention of doing so. Although the invader in front of her was strong, it was not strong enough to kill her. So, in this case, it was enough to use the power of "A-level Valkyrie Fu Hua" to meet the enemy.

Of course, the premise is that nothing will happen to them...

Even when she was completely suppressed in the battle, Fu Hua could still evade and defend calmly. However, Kiana beside her obviously did not have such a good temper...

"Damn it! Wave after wave... Who the hell are you, you bastard? Why are you attacking us?"

"You ask who I am? Haha... I am the leader of Anti-Entropy, the first Herrscher, and the Herrscher who possesses the strongest Honkai power!"

Hearing the silver-haired girl's words during the battle, the man still had the leisure to respond, and his contemptuous expression on his face did not change at all. But the next moment, the girl's behavior was beyond his expectations.

“Hmph…! I don’t care what kind of Herrscher you are. Since you dare to attack Mei, I will never let you off easily!”

The silver-haired girl roared angrily, first leaned forward slightly, and then rushed forward like an arrow, ignoring the threat of the gravity field in front of her, and directly kicked the man in front of her with a flying kick!

"Are you eager to die? Well, I wanted to spare the life of Sirius's sister, but you asked for it! It's time to show you my true strength!"

Facing the attacking girl, the man raised a playful arc at the corner of his mouth, raised one hand, and pointed at the silver-haired girl in front of him with a finger-snapping motion...

With his ability to manipulate gravity, he can change the gravity of anything within his sight. Just by bending his fingers and flicking them forward, he can turn the air into a deadly beam wave!

Looking at the girl approaching quickly, the man had an irrepressible smile on his face, as if he had seen the silver-haired girl's body being torn apart by the high-pressure airflow. The next moment, just as he was about to eject his fingers that were concentrating energy, the man suddenly felt a palpitation, and then he heard a cold female voice behind him...

"What do you want to do to my students? Anti-entropic scum!"

294 Unexpected Encounter

With a sudden sound, a heavy sword was swung up, wrapped in wind pressure and slashed fiercely at the surprised man.

"when......?!"

As his attention was completely focused on the two Valkyries in front of him, the man did not notice the attacker behind him. And in this moment of flaw, the figure holding the crimson giant blade had already appeared in front of him!

Before the giant sword split the man in half, the blade landed on an invisible barrier. With this blow, a violent shock wave roared out with a sonic boom, stirring up a gust of wind at the spot...

......bite!

The stalemate lasted only a moment before the giant sword was deflected by the suddenly expanding gravity field, and then there was a sound of something breaking. Immediately afterwards, the gravity barrier surrounding the man broke apart, and the strong shock caused by the impact caused him to temporarily lose control of his abilities, and in this instant, a fatal flaw was revealed.

However, the man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the huge sword that threatened him had been deflected by the energy. This way, even if his defense was temporarily penetrated, he would not be threatened.

In just a moment, he could recreate a barrier of the same strength! Then, he could tear the guy who dared to attack him into pieces!

Thinking of this, his eyes relaxed slightly. However, the next moment, before the man's face showed his iconic arrogant expression again, an attack that he had unconsciously ignored just now had quietly arrived in front of him...

"Where are you looking at? No-name Herrscher!"

As a cry came out without warning, the man turned his head in astonishment, only to see the white and tender feet slowly occupying his entire field of vision...

The moment the barrier was broken, Kiana's flying kick landed hard on the man's face! He was kicked backwards and fell from the floating state in the air. He rolled several times on the ruins before stopping.

Kiana fell back to the ground, turned her head to the side, and saw the red-haired woman holding a huge sword. An expression of joy immediately appeared on her face.

"Jizi, you are here too! Great! With your presence, together with the strength of me and the squad leader, we can kill that loser who calls himself a Herrscher in a matter of minutes!"

Looking at the embarrassed man who was kicked far away by her and was slowly getting up, Kiana's face flashed with a hint of contempt. She remembered that when she fought against the out-of-control Mei in Changkong City, the situation was exactly the opposite. Facing the overwhelming power of the Herrscher of Thunder, she was beaten back step by step and was in a mess. In the end, she won by luck.

But the guy in front of him didn't use any powerful and eye-catching moves, and the strength and accuracy of his attacks were also average. Moreover, there was no suffocating sense of oppression on his body...

So, how could a guy with such second-rate strength be a Herrscher like Mei?

Thinking of this, the disdain in Kiana's eyes became more obvious. She shook her head and was about to say something else, but when Ji Zi next to her heard the name "First Herrscher", her expression suddenly became solemn.

"Wait, Kiana! You just said... that the intruder was the First Herrscher?!"

Seeing Ji Zi suddenly become serious, Kiana couldn't help but feel a little pressured. She was not used to this serious atmosphere, so she waved her hand pretending to be relaxed.

"Hmm...? He did claim to be the First Herrscher just now, but don't worry Aunt Himeko, I think this is probably fake. That guy's strength is nothing compared to Mei, who is the Third Herrscher..."

"Watch out! Kiana-san!"

Suddenly, Fu Hua's anxious voice interrupted Kiana's explanation. But the next moment, before the silver-haired girl could react, a powerful gravity wave that was completely different from the previous one, crashed into the area where Kiana and Himeko were...

“Ugh… cough! W-what… is going on?!”

Kiana immediately fell to her knees uncontrollably, a faint fishy-sweet taste rising up her throat. The strong feeling of pressure from her internal organs made her cough repeatedly, and she could no longer act as relaxed as before.

After the gravity she was subjected to was increased nearly a hundred times, even with Kiana's physical fitness, she could not easily bear it!

Jizi was also bent down by the gravity. Not only was her body weighed down, but the fusion-powered sword in her hand also became extremely heavy, and she could hardly lift it. However, compared to Kiana's lack of resistance, she was still able to stand, but she also lost her ability to move...

Looking at the two people being suppressed not far away, Fu Hua's eyes flashed with anxiety. However, looking at Meiyi who was still unconscious behind her, she forced herself to suppress her restless emotions and stayed where she was, intending to protect Meiyi...

"Hmph... Very good! You guys are really brave! You actually dared to make me so embarrassed..."

Not far away, the man who was kicked down by Kiana just now stood up and stretched out a hand towards Kiana and Jizi. He was panting slightly, and his eyes were full of undisguised murderous intent when he looked at Kiana!

"I've decided... No matter who you are, even if you're the Third Herrscher over there, I'm going to kill you all before Lord Kokolia's troops crush this place! Anyway, all we need is the Conquest Gem in her body. You white-haired girl over there, you really dare to offend me... Even if your sister personally pleads for you, you have no chance!"

Looking at the unyielding silver-haired girl, the man's face was twisted with a ferocious expression, and he slowly raised his hand in the air...

He has decided to crush these Valkyries with all his strength, and then kill all the Valkyries nearby to vent his anger!

As he thought about it, he took a breath and was about to put his idea into practice, but what happened next made him forget to release his ability in shock...

"This level of power is indeed that of a Herrscher... But are you so confident that you can kill us all?"

As Ji Zi's faint voice came from not far away, the man opened his eyes wide in surprise.

He looked with disbelief at the red-haired woman who stood up against his gravity field.

“This…! How is it possible…?!”

"The ability of the First Herrscher is to control gravity? What a terrifying ability... If it were me in the past, I would have been crushed into a pulp without any resistance..."

Ji Zi's voice was indifferent. In fact, when the gravity reached the point where she was injured, a warm current suddenly spread in her chest, and in the blink of an eye it filled her whole body, strengthening her body's resistance to the limit.

For Himeko now, the gravity that was enough to suffocate Kiana only affected her ability to move to a certain extent, and was no longer a fatal threat!

"This is a hundred times the gravity! How can you still move?!"

"Hehe... guess what? Since you are the First Herrscher, you might as well use your Herrscher brain to analyze it carefully. It will also help me know..."

294 Unexpected Encounter >>

Indeed, Jizi herself did not know where this power came from. But since the last physical examination, when she unexpectedly found that her corroded body had returned to normal, she had a vague feeling that there was a powerful force sleeping in her body, but she did not know how to use them...

(Come to think of it, when did I get this power? It seems... it was when I first met that "Third Herrscher". Could it be that she really did something to me? But even if she is not the real Third Herrscher, she is clearly a Houkai creature, so why would she help me, who is her enemy?)

Thinking of the strange purple-haired girl, Ji Zi suddenly felt dazed. The girl who had killed her once gave her a strange feeling, as if she had known her for a long time. However, when she thought of the last time she met her, Ji Zi remembered the mark she had left on her body, and her face suddenly turned red, with a look of shame and anger...

(That bastard...! There are actually such evil-looking Honkai creatures! If I could catch her one day, I would definitely write that damn word all over that damn girl!)

The trance lasted only for a moment, and Ji Zi turned her attention back to the panicked man not far away. Then she dragged the sword in her hand across her body and prepared to charge...

"The Far East Branch's A-rank Valkyrie, Himeko Muruta. You call yourself the First Herrscher. Let me see if your power is worthy of the title of Herrscher!"

Near the main gate of St. Freya Academy, the smooth stone slabs that served as the academy's ground became bumpy, with traces of shrapnel and explosions everywhere. These highly decorative and gorgeous pavements have now been rubbed to pieces by the big hand called war...

Although the destruction of beautiful works of art is regrettable, anyone who is here will certainly not pay attention to these things first.

On the broken roads, a layer of sticky crimson liquid spread out, mixed with some red-stained limbs and arms. On a relatively clean piece of ground, a thin figure covered in blood was pulling up one arm, leaning on a lance with one hand, panting slightly, and looking around at this hellish scene.

"Huh...Huh...How annoying! Your weapons are more than enough to hurt me. Your frightened look at the beginning was really speechless."

Shirley muttered to herself, her flowing silver hair had been dyed red with blood, and had formed into lumps. The armor on her body was also full of cracks, and blood was still oozing out of some of the burnt holes on the armor surface...

The girl's wounded appearance, coupled with the blood all over the ground, made her look like a demon crawling out of hell.

The girl let go of the lance stuck in the ground, shook her body slightly to keep her balance, casually removed the shield generator around her waist that had been scrapped due to overload, and turned her head to the other side.

"So...what do you think?"

Shirley asked with a smile, looking indifferently at the agents who were crawling on the ground with their hands on their heads, with a playful smile on the corner of her mouth.

"You clearly had a chance to kill me if you tried a little harder, but you just gave up resistance. Is that really okay?"

"..."

No one responded to Hillis's malicious sarcasm. The remaining agents who had managed to save their lives were all trembling with their limbs and eyes, and they were on the verge of mental breakdown. Their weapons had been confiscated by Hillis, so resistance was naturally impossible. If Hillis gave them some stronger stimulation, some of them would probably be frightened to the point of incontinence on the spot.

"Tsk... Never mind. I just saw such an appetite-stimulating scene. I won't make things difficult for you."

The girl shook her head in boredom.

He placed his hand over his wound and used the star ring vortex on his right arm armor to suck out the bullets remaining in his body and threw them on the ground.

Not long ago, under the merciless slaughter of Shirley, some agents were aroused and began to launch a counterattack against Shirley with a life-and-death method. Under these people's desperate attacks, Shirley, who only relied on equipment to fight, was somewhat stretched. Although the equipment specially developed by ME was much more advanced than the agents' weapons, this degree of equipment gap could not become a decisive factor in determining the outcome of the battle.

Facing these agents who were well-trained and even fearless, equipped with high-tech weapons, the advanced barrier generator on Shirley's body was not enough. After the shield was penetrated, even though she had the ultimate reaction speed under the effect of the biochip, she still couldn't avoid a lot of injuries.

However, no matter how brave these agents were, they were facing a monster that knew no pain or fear. Having experienced things that ordinary people could not believe, Shiris would not be intimidated by the aura of the desperate fighters. Therefore, even though she was injured a lot in the battle, she was still the final winner.

Pulling out the broken blade stuck in her ribs, Shilis moved her body slightly, and after confirming that the bullets and blades left on her body had been cleaned up, she took a deep breath, mobilized the trace amount of Houkai energy left in her body, and activated the power of creation she learned from Hill...

The holy white light wrapped the girl's body, and according to the genetic blueprint, her body was restored to the optimal state determined by the genes, and all the wounds on her body were repaired. However, there was no way to repair the blood stains and broken armor all over her body.

After moving her left hand slightly, Shirley felt the familiar pain signal and sighed helplessly.

"Although the ligaments in the leg are fine this time, the damaged tendon in the left arm is completely broken... We must find a way to solve the problem of the defect in the genetic blueprint... Humph. So, you just stood there and watched me get beaten like this, and you have no intention of coming out to help me?"

Shirley muttered to herself, and when she said the last sentence, she turned slightly and looked at the brown-haired man standing not far behind her, with a smile on her lips.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Walter... My name is Silis Kaslana. I'm sure you've heard Tesla and the others mention me. This time, you came all the way to see me. I guess you have something important to tell me, right?"

Seeing the man wearing glasses slowly walking towards her, not caring about the blood and corpses on the ground, Silis leaned forward slightly, raised her hands, lifted her non-existent skirt and knelt down, then raised her head and asked straight to the point.

Facing the girl's question, Walter adjusted his glasses, and an intriguing smile appeared on his calm and gentle face.

"...Yes, I have heard about you a long time ago, Ms. Shilis. However, I am still a little curious, what should I call you? Is it Cecilia Shaniate, or experimental subject K424? Or... the clone of the Second Herrscher!"

295 The Change That Came Ahead of Time

On the ruins of St. Freya's dormitory, a red-haired woman holding a heavy sword stood proudly in front of Kiana. She used her not-so-broad shoulders to help the silver-haired girl withstand the gravity that was hundreds of times the force that was crushing her.

The gravity that was almost crushing her bones suddenly lightened. Kiana looked up and saw the teacher's back, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Aunt Himeko...you...?"

Kiana didn't expect this. She originally thought that Ji Zi, as an A-level Valkyrie, was not much stronger than herself. However, the situation in front of her at this moment made her eyes widen...

She thought that the A-rank Valkyrie, who was only a short distance away from her, actually had such a strong strength. This huge gap made Kiana feel an indescribable loss.

(A-rank Valkyrie... is she so unattainable? If I can't reach this level of strength, how can I get the whereabouts of my father from Theresa...)

With her back to the silver-haired girl, Jizi had no idea what the protected person was thinking at the moment. She stared at the blue-haired man not far away, revealing a smile full of fighting spirit.

"Your ability to manipulate gravity should only work on targets visible to the naked eye, right? As long as I stand in front of Kiana, you won't be able to use the gravity field on her!"