K424 of the Collapse World

"As a mother, are you going to go back on your promise to your children? This kind of cheating behavior is not good... Let's get to the point. Now, please tell me the information about the ruins of Haiyuan City, and I will also tell you the truth about the collapse that I know."

"...Humph, I won't lie to my own daughter. If you don't want to, forget it. I'll tell you the exact location of Haiyuan City!"

Looking at the silver-haired girl's determined eyes, Cocolia was silent for a moment, and finally said this to the girl as if she had lost her temper, suppressing the question that had repeatedly come to her mind, but she didn't ask it out loud. It's not that she didn't want to know, but she was afraid that the girl in front of her would remain silent about the question...

——Can you come back?

418 The beginning of chaos

"Since the first phase of the test experiment has ended, Dr. Maki, can I go back first?"

The blue-haired girl who walked out of the laboratory said so, casually threw away the disposable lab coat in the sterile room, changed back into her coat hanging at the door, and waved to the old man sitting in front of the terminal.

"Ah... Please wait a moment, Miss Hill. We still need to do some experimental records at the end, and we also need your assistance."

"That's really troublesome. Anyway, that's the best I can do right now. Is there any need to record it..."

The girl grumbled in dissatisfaction, but after thinking it over, she stepped back from the metal door and sat back on the chair outside the laboratory. She leaned against the back of the chair, crossed her legs, and rested her chin on the armrest with one hand.

"Well, since there's nothing else to do today, I'll just treat it as extra overtime. Doctor, remember to pay me the overtime pay for that day later."

"..."

Hearing this, Maki couldn't help but shook his head, with a bitter smile on his wrinkled face. He originally thought that the girl chosen by Otto as the host of the Serenity Gem was a poor girl who was found and forcibly captured by the Destiny Organization and deprived of her freedom. Maki was still thinking about how to treat this tragic girl well in the experiment, but soon, he found that the facts did not seem to be what he imagined...

How can this be a poor girl who has lost her freedom? She is just a girl who was invited from nowhere! After arriving at this laboratory, she was not at all uneasy, and quickly became friends with the Valkyries in charge of security, as if she was from the Valkyrie Corps from the beginning. However, judging from her usual attitude towards Otto, she is obviously not a Valkyrie of the Destiny Organization, but her young appearance and occasionally exposed military temperament are very close to the active Valkyries...

At least no Valkyrie with a destiny would dare to refuse a long-prepared experiment with the excuse of being in a bad mood, but this girl named Hill was obviously different. Not only did she use this excuse to confidently refuse the experiment, she did it no less than three times! But Otto was still polite to this girl, as if it was really as Miss Hillis said at the beginning, the two sides were just cooperating, and there was no relationship between superiors and subordinates.

(But even if it is cooperation, who would dare to accept such a bad collaborator...)

"Don't worry, I'll tell the Finance Department, and it won't take too much time, only about half an hour. But having said that..."

After closing the terminal in front of him, Maki came to the observation screen inside the laboratory and looked at the brown-haired girl lying in the middle of the closed observation room, sleeping quietly with her eyes closed. A hint of surprise flashed in her deep eyes.

"It's still incredible... She was a corpse in the freezer a few hours ago, but she came back to life just now... Although we can create an identical 'Aisha' using cloning technology, it is impossible to restore a corpse. Can the power of Honkai even do something like this..."

"Yes, that's the power of the Herrscher of Death. The perfect power of creation can repair an organism to its most essential genetic state. Not to mention a complete body like this, even if only one cell is left, I can restore her to her original state and bring her back to life."

Hill responded, but there was no trace of pride on her face. Aisha Lopez, that was the name of the girl she had just used the power of creation on.

(Preserved intact corpse

The body was obviously prepared long ago, but it was not the Kallen Kaslana that Shirley said. In other words, Bishop Otto had already planned to use other bodies as a test to resurrect Kallen?)

Recalling the whole experience just now, the blue-haired girl bit her lips gently...

During the resurrection process, Otto and Aisha's friend, Colorless Brilliant Flame, was also watching. When the white light of creation flowed into the girl's body, all the damaged organs and tissues were quickly restored to their original state before her death under the effect of this energy. The next moment, signs of life reappeared on the cold corpse. At this time, Colorless Brilliant Flame, who was lying outside the glass wall of the laboratory, was already crying with joy, and Otto's expression became extremely solemn. Even Hill himself, at that time, once thought that the first resurrection experiment of the power of creation in this era had been successful.

Indeed, the experiment was successful. The resurrected girl opened her emerald green eyes and looked at Hill in front of her with a little confusion and doubt. Her lips moved slightly, and a clear but weak voice rang out in the silent laboratory...

"Who are you?"

Seeing this, the colorless glow outside the glass wall could no longer hold back. She ignored the researchers' attempts to stop her and forcibly rushed into the laboratory, hugging the brown-haired girl who had just awakened into her arms.

"Elsa! Elsa...! Great, finally... I finally get to meet you!"

"..."

However, the girl who was hugged still looked bewildered, without the slightest excitement or surprise on her face. Her slightly tense body seemed to be alert to the colorless glow of tears...

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"So, after the resurrection, Miss Aisha's body functions are very healthy, but her previous memories have not been restored?"

Maki sighed and turned his eyes away from the image in the observation room. On the other side of the light screen, the colorless Huihuo, who had been full of surprise not long ago, was now sitting silently at the door outside the observation room, burying his face between his knees, standing still at Aisha's door, seemingly thinking about something.

The old man shook his head, turned off the video screen, and turned his gaze to Hill in front of him.

"Although more physical examinations and quarantine observation are still needed, she is clearly fully conscious. Judging from her previous reactions, the situation is already quite obvious. Are the Bishop and Miss Huihuo willing to accept this result?"

"You saw it all yourself, didn't you? Why are you asking me? Anyway, I can only do this much with my full power of creation. The experiment is over. Although it's not perfect, according to the previous agreement, it's not my responsibility."

Hill said this in a bad mood, but her eyes were wavering. She lowered her head in anger, hiding the sadness in her pupils.

Although he didn't know what went wrong, Hill knew that the flaw that occurred during the resurrection must be his own fault...

"You misunderstood, Miss Hill. I, the old man, don't want to question you. I just want to know the reason why the experiment went wrong..."

"I've been told I don't know! Logically, her body will recover to the most perfect state of genetic memory before her death. At the same time, the brain cells that have been used will also return to their original state. There is no way that her memory will be lost..."

Hill whispered, spreading her palm. White light gathered in her palm, forming a flawless white flower. Feeling the perfect energy flow in her body, Hill was silent for a moment, then suddenly crushed the flower of light in her hand.

"Besides, as I said before, this is the first time I use this power to revive someone who has been dead for a long time. It is possible that unexpected problems will arise. Instead of asking me these inexplicable questions here, you might as well find a way to restore Miss Aisha's memory as soon as possible. Even if she lost her memory due to an experimental error, there should be many ways to treat amnesia, right?"

418 The beginning of chaos >>

Pure white petals made of light fell from her fingers, and Hill's tone was a little more sarcastic. She would never admit that it was a problem of her own incompetence. If she caused a crack in the covenant between Shiris and Otto, she would never accept it...

"Hmm... you are right, Miss Hill. Lord Otto will not be satisfied with this result. There will probably be more resurrection experiments in the future. It is hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Haha... Speaking of which, Lin's genetic samples have been backed up well. I may also need your help..."

"Oh? Sure. As long as the bishop doesn't mind this incomplete resurrection, it's fine with me. But... whether you can accept the resurrected people, and whether the resurrected people can accept all this, is not certain."

Hill smiled faintly, then turned around and walked straight out the door. This time, Maki did not stop her because he had already asked what he wanted to know. Although he still didn't know in the end whether the defect was a problem with the experiment or the Herrscher of Death's ability, Maki was still very clear.

Ji finally knew that it was impossible to get the answer to this question from Hill.

Maki took out a photo from the pocket of his white coat and fell into deep thought as he looked at the girl in the photo with a bright smile.

"If the person who is resurrected has no previous memories, is she still the person we know? Even if her consciousness has not changed, will she still be willing to accept a strange 'relative'?"

He murmured softly, looking at the old photo in his hand, and slowly raised his head.

In the deep, wrinkled eyes, there is an unwavering, resolute gaze...

"...But even so, even if you won't recognize me at all after resurrection, Lin...Grandpa still hopes that you can survive..."

In the evening, at the Kokolia Orphanage...

The topic of Haiyuan City did not last long. Cocolia just gave a coordinate point and briefly introduced the things to pay attention to when entering Haiyuan City. After that, it was Shiris' turn to explain the "truth of the collapse" that she knew from the Chiyou annihilation war.

Originally, she didn't want to tell Cocolia these things that even Tesla and Einstein didn't know, but in exchange for information about Haiyuan City, she still roughly told the truth that the collapse came from outside civilizations and that this world had experienced hundreds of thousands of resets.

Should she continue to follow the reset of the collapse and allow the civilization of this era to continue, or should she resist with all her might and get rid of the control of the advanced civilization? Finally, under the complicated gaze of Cocolia, Shilis made her decision...

Cocolia fell silent, as if she needed some time to digest these words that contained so much information. Then, Shirley left on her own, planning to sit in the orphanage's library for a while to see how Cocolia planned to arrange her tonight.

However, she had just walked a few steps outside when she ran into Xing who had been waiting for who knows how long...

"Sister Shilis! Can you really still recognize Xing?"

"Of course, although I have had some mental problems, I have never lost my memory of the orphanage from the beginning to the end, so don't worry, Xing."

"......Um."

Walking side by side with Xing on the path of the orphanage, the two were separated by an arm's length. Shilis felt a little emotional. This girl who used to cling to her arms as soon as they met, after growing up and experiencing childishness and rebellion, has now become like an ordinary girl, becoming reserved...

"You've really changed a lot... Xing, I heard from Seele and Bronya that you weren't like this during the time I left..."

"Well... hehe~ I just thought... Sissy wouldn't like me like that, so..."

With a faint smile on her blushing face, Xing's tone became softer and softer. If the other children in the orphanage saw her current appearance, they would probably be surprised to the point of staring at her eyes. The irritable elder sister who usually called herself "Uncle" would actually show such a shy girlish expression...

"Hehe... Actually, you don't have to force yourself. Xing just needs to stay true to herself. There's no need to suppress yourself for me."

"No... Actually, when I first met Sister Shirley at noon, Xing's first reaction was to nail up all of your limbs to prevent Sister Shirley from running away again..."

"......"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the corners of Shirley's mouth twitched slightly. Although Xing's face was still that gentle smile, coupled with her words just now, it felt a little weird...

"But as expected, Xing felt that... if she did that, it might make Sister Shirley angry, and Xing definitely couldn't beat Sister Shirley, so she thought it would be better to greet her normally. But... tears started to flow. Xing... isn't she useless?"

This kid is still as scary as before...

"......No, Xing, it's good to be like this."

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Shiris still maintained an awkward yet elegant smile, tried to move closer, and gently touched Xing's hair.

After a moment of hesitation, the girl showed an expression of enjoyment. Shilis also quickly put aside her previous concerns and felt relieved again.

Anyway, even if Xing wanted to attack her, nothing would happen.

"Um... Is Sister Shilis leaving tomorrow?"

"Well, there are many things to do. Tomorrow I have to go to see Dr. Iselin and ask her to help me accurately locate a relic..."

"What? Iselin?!"

Xing was slightly stunned, and the gentle smile on her face suddenly became somewhat intriguing.

"Um... Sister Shilis, if that's the case, we should

Go find Iselin, and on the other hand... spend more time with Xing tomorrow, okay?"

"Ah? Now... won't it disturb Dr. Iselin if we go at this time?"

"It's okay. Iselin stays up late every day, and night is the time when we are least likely to disturb her... Anyway, just leave it to Xing! That guy's research institute is near the orphanage, Sister Shilis, let's set off now."

With a confident yet slightly cruel smile, Xing grabbed Shirley's hand and pulled her towards the gate of the orphanage.

"Just Iselin...it's so easy to deal with her!"

419 "Dr."

The new location of the Kokolia Orphanage is very different from the past. When we were still near Okhotsk, we left the gate of the orphanage and saw a vast expanse of wilderness and jungle. The nearest town was no less than ten kilometers away.

Now, as soon as Xing and I walked out of the gate, we could see the streets of the city. Scattered buildings were scattered on both sides of the road. Although the orphanage on the edge of the city did not look very prosperous, it was much better than the previous environment surrounded by mountains.

"Cocolia really likes a quiet environment. Although it is at night, this kind of place with few pedestrians should be just what she wants..."

"Many buildings near the orphanage are where my mother and her colleagues from Anti-Entropy work. Many things would be inconvenient in places with a lot of people and eyes."

Xing, who was walking beside her, explained. After the shyness of meeting again after a long separation completely faded away, the girl became intimate with Shirley again. Contrary to the polite distance she had kept before, Xing now directly put her arm around Shirley's arm and almost completely stuck to the girl next to her.

"Oh? You already know so much... I feel that with Xing's personality, it's a little hard to believe..."

"Hehe... After all, Xing is now my mother's right-hand man, and she is also an anti-entropy executor like Sister Shiris. Although this identity is only valid on the radical side, don't underestimate Xing..."

She poked the soft flesh on the side of Hillary's waist with her fingertips in dissatisfaction, but did not see any discomfort on the girl's face. Xing's expression became a little disappointed. When she twisted Rosalia's waist in the past, she could always hear the girl screaming like a pig being slaughtered, but Hillary seemed to feel nothing?

"Sister Shirley...what are you busy with? You just came back and you're leaving right away...Xingming still has a lot to say to you, but..."

"Hehe... Why are you asking this again? Didn't I tell you that adults' work must be completed? Besides, this time, Cocolia's mother has allowed it."

"Then... can we take Xing with us this time? Mom said that Xing's strength is not inferior to any Valkyrie of destiny! No matter what happens, Xing's power will definitely help!"

"..."

"Is that so... Is it really impossible? Well, Xing still has to protect everyone in the orphanage, so she doesn't have time to leave with Sister Shirley... By the way, Sister Shirley, how did you cure Lilia before? Once that girl gets sick, it usually takes several weeks of ordinary recuperation to recover. Even that useless... Oh no, even if that Dr. Iselin did it herself, he couldn't cure Lilia so quickly... That white light, how did Sister Shirley do it?"

Feeling the atmosphere was once again somewhat stagnant, Xing shook her head and took the initiative to change the subject. She was no longer the same as before, and even if it was just a short reunion, at least she couldn't cause trouble for her sister...

"That... is the creative energy that repairs biological damage. It is one of my abilities. Just like the time interference ability that Xing obtained through the x-10 experiment, my Houkai energy also gives me some unique powers, just like the creative power just now. In the absence of a dedicated Herrscher core, I can only exert such an effect..."

She briefly introduced her own power, but when she talked about the power of creation, she thought of Hill who stayed at the headquarters of the Destiny. I wonder how far Otto's resurrection experiment has progressed? Maybe, when she returns to the headquarters of the Destiny next time, she will be able to meet the strongest Valkyrie in the legend of the Destiny Organization...

(It would be best if it succeeds... As long as Kallen is resurrected, given her personality, she will definitely not sit idly by and watch the world be destroyed. Otto will not allow the world with Kallen to be destroyed... In short, as long as Otto and Destiny can act peacefully according to the plan, there is still a chance to defeat the Herrscher of the End...)

"Hey~ Sister Shilis, why are you distracted again... What are you thinking about?"

"Ah... nothing, I just suddenly feel a little worried. Will Dr. Iselin really help me? To be honest, I made a deal with her last time and exchanged my own gene sample for the coordinates of the Jiuyou Ruins.

Although the scholar looks small, he is surprisingly smart, and is very similar to the feeling that Ai Yin gave me at the beginning... I wonder what conditions she will put forward to me this time?"

“Huh? Conditions…? That guy actually dared to put forward conditions to Sister Shirley? Don’t worry, with me here…with me here, Iselin will definitely obey!”

"Eh? You said... surrender? Wait a minute! Are you going to do something reckless? How could a high-level executor be afraid of a kid like you using force?"

"Don't worry at all~! Xing has already mastered the skills to negotiate with that guy. Sister Shilis just needs to watch from the side. Xing will have a good 'talk' with her~"

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Iselin Levithus, one of the anti-entropy executors, codenamed "Doctor", is at the top of the anti-entropy technology field. Her status within the radical faction is no less than that of Einstein and Tesla.

This was all that Shiris knew about Dr. Iselin. Last time, she had contacted Iselin through the internal communication sharing of the Executors, and asked her to help search for the location of the Jiuyou Ruins in exchange for her gene sample as a special pseudo-lawsman.

Although she looked like a child, Iselin showed mature speech and accurate judgment in the negotiation, which was extremely inconsistent with her childish appearance. But Shiris had seen many such cases, so she believed that this "doctor" also achieved immortality by using the means of Honkai energy to transform his body, just like Einstein and Tesla. Although he looked young, he actually lived for a long time...

Looking at the confident Xing beside her, Shirley expressed her doubts. Could this little girl, who was only fourteen years old, really deal with a mentally sound adult?

(Could it be that the negotiation method Xing mentioned is to use the ability to stop time to sneak into the other party's laboratory and put a sword on the other party's neck to "negotiate"? If that's really the case, I must stop her... But it's not certain, I'll wait and see. I just hope Xing won't anger that doctor...)

Even though they were not in the same camp, Shilis did not want to offend a great scientific researcher. With a head full of doubts, she followed Xing to an old building area that seemed to be a raw material processing plant, passed through the intricate paths between the buildings, and came to a building that looked like a dormitory area.

"here it is......?"

"The scientific research branch of Anti-Entropy Technology Co., Ltd. is disguised as an ordinary building materials processing plant, but this is indeed where Iselin works."