K424 of the Collapse World

She didn't expect that she would have such good luck just now! She could pick up such a beautiful thing in the village!

"Who lost it...? No! No matter where it came from! Now it belongs to me! No one can take it away!"

The woman's eyes began to become fanatical. She felt that this piece of extremely beautiful purple crystal seemed to be emitting a strange magic that attracted her...

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--puff!

The black blade flashing with metallic light cut through the space, and with the splash of purple blood plasma, it cut a small Honkai beast in half!

Claire shook off the liquid on the knife, put the compound knife Suzaku in her hand back behind her, exhaled lightly, turned her head, and looked at her companions behind her with anticipation.

"How about it, Lily~ I'm handsome, right?"

"Too much unnecessary movement, too much focus on form. And most importantly, too slow."

Another Valkyrie, Lillian, sat on a stone, gently wiping the laser cannon on her lap. The weapon was more than two meters long, but Lillian lifted it without much effort.

In front of her, the corpses of several Honkai beasts were scattered all over the place.

"Hey! How could this happen? Lillian is too cunning. You are using a long-range weapon. How could I be faster than you?"

Ignoring her partner's shouts, Lillian called up the communication, and Lucy's image appeared on the video.

"The front has been cleared. Do we want to continue moving forward?"

"Ah...? So soon? I'll leave it to you..."

Lucy's eyes widened. During the large-scale detection a few days ago, the life reactions of the Honkai beasts were densely displayed on the detector. However, these two Valkyries...broke through this area so easily?

(Do all the Valkyries at the headquarters have such strength?)

Lucy couldn't help but be shocked, but she didn't know that the real situation was not like this...

After finishing the report, Lillian looked at the woods in the distance and bit her lip.

--hell……

The forest in front of us was a scorched earth! There were traces of burning everywhere. The ground was densely covered with charred remains of Honkai beasts, some of which had even completely turned into ashes, and even their appearance could not be seen...

“What… is…?”

Lillian was silent as she looked at the scorched earth. She always had a bad feeling, but she couldn't tell why.

Lillian lowered her head and gave up thinking about it. No matter what was ahead, they both had to complete their mission.

"Let's go Claire, keep pushing forward."

"I received it~"

Looking at Claire who didn't care, Lillian sighed.

(I really envy your nerves... I hope nothing will happen...)

Village on the Ukrainian border...

"Good morning, Mike! Are you going out today too?"

"Ah... yes, after all, there is not enough food in the village, and everything that can be collected nearby has been collected. I can only follow Uncle North to a farther place..."

Looking at the residents who greeted him, Mike yawned and said helplessly. He had been chased by Honkai Beast the day before, and today, he had to return to that terrible place to make a living.

(After I come back, I’ll go see Lan Feng… I wonder how she and Elena get along…)

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"Um……?"

Lan Feng, who was still immersed in sleep the moment before, suddenly felt something approaching him. Instinctively, he turned over suddenly!

"ah!"

Hearing the frightened scream of a young girl, Lan Feng looked carefully and saw Elena standing beside the table, looking at him timidly.

Table? Why am I sleeping on the table?

Glancing at the table under him, Lan Feng quickly remembered that this was his temporary bed...

"Huh... Miss Lan Feng, you really scared me..."

Elena patted her chest in shock. She had gotten up long ago and had been observing the sleeping silver-haired girl from afar.

If you ignore her mature and steady personality, her fair and tender skin and petite figure, she looks like a child who should be spoiled in her parents' arms...

(Who is she...?)

Elena looked at the girl sleeping quietly and couldn't help but take a few steps forward...

However, unexpectedly, this girl was more sensitive than expected, and just this awakened her directly...

"Hmm? Sorry..."

Lan Feng rubbed his eyes, adjusted himself, and looked at the girl again.

"Eh……?"

However, Elena did not react, but was slightly surprised.

He looked at Lan Feng, as if in a daze.

"Elena, what's wrong with you?"

Elena suddenly came back to her senses when she heard Lan Feng speak again.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I just feel... Miss Lan Feng, the feeling you give me seems to be different from yesterday..."

After organizing her thoughts, Elena tried to express her feelings. Indeed, she felt that Lan Feng had indeed changed in some way compared to the day before. But she couldn't tell exactly what the change was.

It always feels like... he is less fierce, more gentle and approachable. At least now, Elena feels that Lan Feng is not as oppressive as he was yesterday. She unconsciously relaxes and is no longer as tense as she was yesterday when communicating with Lan Feng. Even her speech becomes more fluent.

"Oh~? A different feeling? What kind of feeling is that?"

Lan Feng naturally knew that this was the result of his change of mindset yesterday. However, seeing the weak look of this girl, Lan Feng couldn't help but want to tease her.

"Ah? This... Miss Lan Feng, I can't really explain it... I just feel that, um... you seem to be more lovely than you looked yesterday?"

"..."

Lan Feng suddenly fell silent, his mouth twitching slightly. After all, as a man, Lan Feng always felt a little weird when he was praised for being cute...

"Um...did I say something wrong?"

Elena looked at Lan Feng who suddenly became depressed and felt a little puzzled, but she still tried to comfort the girl. No matter what, she was Kerry's savior.

"I'm fine... I just thought about something I lost and felt a little sad."

"What is it?"

"I once treasured it, but now... it doesn't matter."

Lan Feng spoke casually, and only at this time did she seriously look at the girl in front of her.

She has shoulder-length hair and is about the height of an average woman, much taller than me. She has a sweet look and looks very cute.

However... what concerned Lan Feng was her hair color.

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(Light blue...)

Elena, like her brother Kerry, had sky-blue hair. Lan Feng was a little concerned, but he didn't take it seriously. He had seen so many messy hair colors, so what was there to pay attention to?

"Elena, can you remove that suffix? Can't you just call me Lan Feng?"

"This... isn't a good idea? Isn't it a bit rude?"

"Ah...really, I don't care about this kind of thing!"

……

As a result of the argument, Lan Feng still failed to make Elena change her mind. According to her, Miss Lan Feng was her benefactor and she must not neglect her...

In the end, Lan Feng was the first to give up. This weak girl was strangely persistent in some aspects.

"Forget it... let's talk about business. Elena, I hope you can tell me where exactly this place is?"

"Where? Um...how should I put this...? This should be my house, right?"

Hearing Elena's confused answer, Lan Feng covered his face, not knowing what to say.

"What I want to know is where in the world this place is located, and what year it is now."

"Huh? This should be in... Ukraine?"

Elena's hesitation made Lan Feng feel a little strange. She shouldn't be so hesitant that she didn't even know where she lived, right?

"Actually... after the Honkai disaster invaded our homeland... we have been on the run for a long time, and now we don't even know the exact location of the place..."

Seeing Lan Feng's confusion, Elena explained with a hint of bitterness in her tone.

"I'm sorry...for bringing this up."

"It's okay. I'm used to it anyway... Oh! By the way, as for the time, it's now May of 2009 in the Western calendar... Eh...? What day is today?"

(Huh… Fortunately, it didn’t take long…)

Lan Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't get the exact information, she was already satisfied to this extent.

(If it’s near Ukraine…if you go a little further east, you’ll reach Russia, and then if you go south, you’ll reach the so-called Shenzhou in this world…)

(Also… the start of the Honkai plot should be around 2014, so there is plenty of time now, so there is no need to rush to Senyu Academy…)

"That... Miss Lan Feng..."

Suddenly, Elena's voice interrupted Lan Feng's thoughts.

"what happened?"

"This... my brother... what happened to Kerry? What's going on? Why hasn't he woken up yet?"

Elena's face was filled with anxiety. She looked at the motionless little boy and cast a pleading look at Lan Feng.

Lan Feng followed her gaze and looked over.

I was stunned for a moment.

At some point, mottled grayish-white spots appeared on the little boy's left arm again!

"Please save him quickly! Miss Lan Feng...!"

"Even if you say so..."

Lan Feng smiled bitterly, feeling somewhat helpless. She had used a method that she was not sure of to stop the collapse. In this situation, how could Lan Feng know the reason?

"Ms. Lan Feng... please..."

stare……

"Okay, okay... I'll try again."

Unable to bear the pitiful look of the girl, Lan Feng gave in. She had originally planned to observe the boy's condition for a while, but now, it seemed that she had to start early.

Although I was in a starry sky that looked like an aurora, my consciousness felt extremely hazy.

I felt like I was floating in the void. Under my feet, the ground was burning with black and red flames...

It seemed like an eternal, unquenchable cursed fire.

(Who am I? Where do I come from?)

After an unknown amount of time, the consciousness immersed in the void finally began to think. However, he was unable to extract any useful information from his fuzzy mind.

In such a sunless environment, he felt lonely and desperate, but he couldn't even end his own life and could only think in vain with his cloudy brain.

(My name is... Damn, I can't remember... I think I have a sister... We lived in a settlement... Then we were attacked and we moved again...)

When he finally remembered these things and was about to remember more things, he suddenly felt that his thoughts were about to be interrupted again...

He lowered his head and saw the dark flames gradually spreading out on the post-apocalyptic land below him, becoming increasingly intense, with a certain kind of captivating magic...

"Instructions... eliminate all life forms... destroy this era..."

As the ethereal sound penetrated into my soul, my thoughts gradually solidified.

(What is this? It's scary... but...)

His consciousness seemed to be slowly sinking into the abyss. After the panic, he suddenly felt that he didn't want to struggle anymore...