K424 of the Collapse World

Controlling a dead soldier puppet to come in front of her, Caroline grabbed the puppet's arm and let it lift her up. Looking at the mecha that was moved away by the gray snake, she showed a self-deprecating smile.

"Yeah... As long as I disable the mecha's remote control system first, even if I move away like this, little Siris won't be able to crush my head with this thing. You're amazing~"

"......"

While talking, Caroline's hands were not idle. She lifted her crushed right foot and carefully activated the exoskeleton armor on her leg, releasing the quantum mechanical armor covering her injured leg, allowing her to stand up without exerting any force. After the wound on her abdomen was separated from the roller, it was automatically treated by the nanotechnology armor.

"Oh, by the way, my identity has been exposed. If nothing unexpected happens, little Silis has already sent this message to the Tianming headquarters. I probably won't be able to be the head of this branch anymore."

"It's not important. You don't have to worry about what happens next. Now all you have to do is get out of this experimental base. I have already catalyzed the energy disturbance of the host of the Desire Gem. She will soon be able to evolve into the primary stage of Wind Herrscher. Although this level is not enough to defeat that K424, it is enough to delay her and buy you an opportunity to evacuate."

"Eh? That's really touching. In the eyes of the organization, my value has surpassed the Desire Gem?"

"The only valuable things are the information and knowledge in your head. If you fall into the hands of the Destiny Organization, the leakage of some secrets will cause us a lot of trouble. If the situation is worse, I'm afraid we won't go to such great lengths to rescue you, but will use another simpler method..."

"Ahaha~ I guess so... this is your usual style."

Caroline laughed dryly, supported the puppet warrior's shoulders, and followed the gray snake out of the emergency passage. As she walked, she calmly called up the terminal's operating light screen, operated it briefly, and then used her ministerial authority to open the control panel of the institute's energy center.

"What are you doing?"

"Of course, we have to overload the Houkai reactor in the research institute and blow up everything here~ It is necessary to deal with the traces. Besides, there are still many shameful things in the New Zealand research institute. We can't let those data be discovered by Tianming... Don't worry, it will be set up soon. After my subordinates have completed the evacuation, it will be detonated immediately."

Caroline explained with a smile, and Gray Snake nodded and said nothing more. Cleaning up the traces left by herself was Caroline's job, and there was no need for him to interfere.

"Hehe~~Gray Snake, now I finally understand why you attach so much importance to experimental subject K424, but do not take any measures against her. It is indeed difficult for us to capture someone who retains his sanity and has the complete power of the Herrscher... But soon, I will make her mine~!"

"Humph, you dare to make such a bold statement after just experiencing failure? It's hard to understand. Where does your almost inflated self-confidence come from?"

Looking at the miserable woman beside him, Gray Snake said sarcastically. But Caroline didn't care about it at all. With a slight smile on her face, a hint of coldness that she had never shown in front of Shirley gradually emerged.

"You don't understand... She is indeed very strong and smart, but unlike the rational and cold-blooded Herrscher I imagined, she still retains the purity and innocence of an ordinary girl. Otherwise, she would not waste her time on those ordinary researchers, nor would she deliberately spare my life... As long as you know this, do you think it will be troublesome to deal with her?"

"... Even so, I will not allow you to act recklessly without clear orders from above."

"It's up to you. Anyway, I'm seriously injured and I won't be able to move freely in the near future. However, please let me carry out the strategic operations against K424 in the future~"

Passing through the emergency escape passage of the experimental base, the two took the elevator to the top floor of the laboratory. Looking at the energy transporter parked on the roof, Caroline smiled, then controlled the puppet to pick her up by the waist and jumped onto the transporter.

The aircraft's door.

"By the way, Gray Snake, did you bring your search-assist humanoid machine?"

"If you need to check some simple information, the terminal over there can be used as a replacement. Is it something important?"

Gray Snake, who was starting the transport plane, turned around and looked at Caroline who seemed to have something to say. However, the next moment, when he saw the woman's slightly flushed face, he immediately understood something.

"......"

"Well... I remember the humanoid robot you modified. It seems to be a three-no little loli, right? It's cold and obedient, really cute. Can you let me hold it for a while?"

"roll."

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"...I want the gem, but I will just give it back to Honkai for now."

How much time has passed since I heard that disgusting voice?

One hour? Five minutes? Just one second?

Wendy didn't know that as the intense pain, as if her skin was completely torn apart, invaded her whole body like a tide, and her perception of time became increasingly blurred.

In this state, her consciousness should have become extremely clear with the stimulation of the pain nerves, and then she would gradually become insane in the endless torture. However, even though the endless pain continued to destroy her mind, her mind was still hazy, as if there was an invisible hand, tightly grasping her soul and dragging her into the bottom of the abyss...

The power of these hands was not irresistible. Wendy could feel that as long as she used all her strength, she could break free from the control of these hands. She could do so at any time and had the strength to do so. However, Wendy let her consciousness slowly sink without any resistance.

The moment the cloaked figure attacked her and injected some kind of energy into her body, Wendy realized that her consciousness...or her soul, had undergone some changes.

Deep in Wendy's sea of ​​consciousness, the Herrscher personality, which could only be sensed at certain times, immediately grew stronger as her body and soul changed. Then, under the powerful will of the Desire Gem, the fragile Herrscher personality, which could only bewitch her with sweet words, instantly gained a powerful mental force that was enough to overwhelm her, and the stable situation immediately became turbulent. If this continued, Wendy's consciousness would soon be forced into the mental space, and she would never be able to take her body back from the Herrscher personality.

She lowered her head and looked at the deep purple light at the bottom of the abyss. An unwilling expression flashed across her face. The next moment, this unwillingness turned into deep helplessness...

"When you degenerate and merge with the Herrscher's personality, the perfect Herrscher will be born. At that moment, your ideas and thoughts will be distorted by Honkai. You will no longer be yourself, but an executor of Honkai's will... At this time, there will be no turning point. If you become like that, I will kill you without hesitation... Hehe~ I'm just kidding, don't be so nervous, I won't let this happen..."

In a trance, the words that the silver-haired girl had said to her echoed in her mind again. In response, Wendy felt only extremely strong regret and apology in her heart.

"But if something irreversible like this really happened, even you, who are so gentle, would be determined to destroy the Herrscher I transformed into... I'm sorry, Lady Shiris, for failing to live up to your expectations and causing such a big trouble..."

Wendy opened her eyes wide while whispering to herself. The faint light from the deep abyss reflected into her irises, dyeing the dry green pupils with a layer of bloodthirsty purple.

"But I won't just sit there and wait for death... Even if I get devoured, I will drag you into hell with me!"

As they approached the source of the Honkai where Wendy was, Shiris clearly felt that a breeze had begun to blow through the enclosed metal passage nearby, and as they got closer to the medical area, the wind gradually became stronger...

When the girl arrived at the entrance of the medical area, she saw tattered road signs and signboards. A sharp wind like a blade leaked out from the cracks in the room, tearing at her hair and skirt. In the deeper places, she could even see colorless linear fluctuations.

The extremely high wind pressure has become almost visible to the naked eye.

Here, just where the silver-haired girl stood, the sharp wind was enough to tear the metal wall apart. If an ordinary person stood here, he would be crushed into pieces by the Herrscher's wind in an instant...

Although the ability of the fourth herrscher is to manipulate fluids, on this planet it is currently only able to control the wind. Although this power is strong, it is not too troublesome. If it were in outer space, the ability to manipulate any fluid would be so terrifying that it is hard to imagine how terrible it would be.

After just a moment's hesitation, the girl rushed into the strong wind area without hesitation. As she expected, except for the most solid alloy channel wall, all the materials with lower hardness in the treatment area were crushed by the strong storm.

Of course, this also includes those workers who failed to evacuate the scene in the first place...

"Well......!"

Suddenly, a tiny bloodstain appeared on the girl's flawless cheek. Although it healed automatically in an instant, Shiris frowned, and her expression immediately changed from heavy to serious, and she constructed the Herrscher's Honkai energy defense field.

Her golden Houkai energy quietly flashed and quickly took shape, forming a light golden translucent hexagonal barrier and splicing them together to form a small shell-like barrier to block the strong wind from outside for her body.

Even though the new Herrscher was still weak, even the weakest Herrscher, with the power to ignore the laws, was enough to pose a threat to her.

The closer you get to the central area, the more serious the damage to the surrounding environment becomes. Outside the door to the hospital bed area, the destructive power of the wind has torn some glass and plastic products into tiny molecules. The messy tiny impurities are mixed in the bloody air. Under the dim light of the Honkai energy, purple light particles flicker in the air like stars.

Standing in front of the fault in the corridor, Shirley looked up and saw the figure floating in the air, huddled up with his hands on his knees. There was nothing in the radius of more than 50 meters around her! The extremely destructive wind field around her broke a spherical airspace inside the building. As the collapse energy gradually increased, the impact range of the wind field was also increasing. Shirley could clearly see that the smooth cross-section of the passage under her feet was being peeled off layer by layer by the wind...

"Wendy!"

The black hair on the back of the girl's head had been dyed a shiny light green by the Honkai, and her skin also showed glowing green lines, gradually spreading from her back to her entire body.

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Shiris' pupils shrank, and she couldn't help but call out the girl's name. She couldn't help being so surprised, because this phenomenon was the rejection reaction caused by the Herrscher's energy beginning to transform the body. In this process, human genes will gradually be transformed into another arrangement and combination, and cells and body tissues will also evolve to adapt to the collapse state of the Herrscher's energy. Generally speaking, this phenomenon will only occur when the Herrscher's personality completely controls the body, which means that the Herrscher has left the newborn stage and is gradually entering the complete body.

But, didn't Wendy just transform into a Herrscher? Why did she evolve so quickly? Was this also the work of the World Serpent...

"Eh...? Lady Shilis?!"

However, what surprised Shiris was that the girl, who should have been possessed by the Honkai personality, actually opened her eyes after hearing her voice. Although the diamond-shaped pupils flashing with green light were scary, the look of surprise and pain in her eyes was not unfamiliar. There was no doubt that it was still Wendy's look.

Great, looks like there is hope!

Golden wings spread out from behind her, and Shiris's feet moved slightly, and she flew up against the wind pressure. Even though this wind field was the power of the fourth Herrscher's origin, it was not enough to hurt the Herrscher who restrained the collapse. In a moment, the girl passed through the barrier of the wind that was enough to shatter steel and came to the front of Wendy.

On the other side, although Wendy was somewhat puzzled by the unusually gorgeous attire of Shirley, she still instinctively turned the wind into wings and hurriedly dodged backwards, thus re-distanced herself from the silver-haired girl who was rushing forward.

"No...No! Lady Shilis, please don't come near me!"

As if enduring something, Wendy raised her hand to cover her right eye, breathing heavily. The abnormal pupil in her left eye, which obviously belonged to the Herrscher, gradually faded away the light that shone with the Herrscher's stigma, and returned to its original slightly dim emerald green pupil.

"As you can see, Lady Shirley, I have lost the qualifications to control Honkai and have fallen into a true Herrscher. In a little while, I'm afraid I won't even be able to maintain my self-awareness. While I can still maintain basic control of my body, please destroy me immediately! Otherwise, I will definitely hurt Lady Shirley, and even the entire Australia..."

"Stop! Don't tell me this yet, Wendy. Don't you understand after seeing my expression?"

Raising her hand to interrupt Wendy, Shilis exhaled, and the light wings formed by the restraint energy behind her suddenly opened, and the cross-shaped shadow formed by the golden energy became stronger. The whole person was like a big light bulb, illuminating the empty area of ​​the building. Wendy was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the silver-haired girl in front of her did not carry any props, but was wearing a light and gorgeous dress, but she released a Honkai energy fluctuation that was no less than her own...

"This... this kind of power? You are not even equipped with the Valkyrie Armor, how can you release such a powerful Houkai energy?! And, with energy fluctuations like this, why do I always feel..."

"It feels like this fluctuation is a bit like your Herrscher energy, right? Isn't this obvious? Because this is the same power as yours! Until now, have you not discovered my identity?"

"You, you are a Herrscher? But why... you clearly said before

, after becoming a true Herrscher, is there nothing you can do?"

“But I remember I said afterwards that this was just a joke! I once became a perfect Herrscher and committed unforgivable sins, but now, with the help of someone, I have been redeemed and successfully found my true self. Knowing this, do you still think that you have finished? When you defeat the Honkai consciousness, you can become an existence like me who steals the power of the Herrscher!”

Keeping flying, Shilis approached the dazed Wendy again and stretched out her hand to the hesitant girl.

"Wendy, as long as I am here, you will not be devoured by the Honkai consciousness. Someone has forcibly activated your Herrscher form. This level of power is not something you can control right now. So, don't say you have failed me so early. Your growth has just begun..."

Shirley slowed down her tone and reached out her hand to Wendy again. Her confident voice seemed to carry some kind of magic that made people calm down involuntarily. Wendy fell silent, looking at the silver-haired girl with a gentle smile. She was about to hold the hand she stretched out, but the next moment, she suddenly noticed that in the golden light behind Shirley, along with the flash of energy fluctuations, there was suddenly a trace of unnatural distortion.

"Lady Shilis! Be careful...!"

Before she finished speaking, the golden shadow suddenly condensed into a pair of arms, gently wrapping around Shirley's neck from behind. The next moment, in Shirley's surprised eyes, the golden light and shadow quickly extended outwards, condensing into a face whose facial features could not be seen clearly, and moved close to the silver-haired girl's ear.

"Onee-sama... As a traitor, it is not wise for you to let your guard down in front of your own kind~"

"you......!"

Hearing that familiar clear voice, the girl's pupils suddenly shrank! The collapse energy far beyond the level of ordinary Rulers poured out instantly, as if the dark golden energy solidified in mid-air, and the Ruler field that eliminated any energy had been activated in a small area around her!

Under the force of restraint, the energy shadow that was hugging the girl's neck suddenly dissipated like mist dispelled by the sun, but the next moment, it quickly re-condensed in another place not far away.

“Oh my, my sister is really rude… This is just a clone created with the surplus power of Miss Wendy. I don’t intend to attack you…”

"..."

Looking at the golden figure, Shilis's eyes were no longer gentle. A golden spear appeared in her hand, and the tip of the spear, which was condensed with extreme compressed energy, locked onto the human figure.

"Herrscher of the End...what can I do for you?"

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"Oh... I told you not to be so nervous, have you forgotten? This civilization is only in its third collapse, and there is still a long time before my real body awakens. This is just an avatar formed with the help of the collapse energy interference. I am no threat to you right now."

"..."

However, as if she hadn't heard the girl's voice, Shilis still maintained her previous nervousness, staring at the golden shadow in front of her, her heartbeat began to accelerate. Even though she knew that the other party had no ill intentions at the moment, and that the one in front of her was just a clone with energy equivalent to that of a breakthrough-level Honkai beast, after encountering an attack like the previous one, she dared not slack off any more.

With the help of the Honkai energy that Wendy accidentally leaked, he could condense into a physical clone and project his consciousness behind her without her noticing? This already shocked Shiris. With this incredible ability, what would happen if the opponent wanted to launch a serious attack?

"Sorry, it was just an instinctive reaction. Facing a dangerous guy like you, I dare not take my attention away from you. Besides, the guy who sneaked up behind me said he had no ill intentions? Ha... Do you think I will believe your lies?"

As she spoke in a deep voice, the silver-haired girl lowered her body and held the spear tightly under her armpit. The golden energy surrounding her shrank and condensed, and her whole body was tense like a spring. With just a thought, she could launch an attack with a destructive range of hundreds of meters, and condense all the energy of this attack on the small spear tip, piercing the enemy in front of her...

"When we last met, you weren't as impatient as you are now, onee-sama. Or is it that just facing me like this is enough to scare you?"

"You can try it... See if there is any smell of fear on my spear...!"

Shirley replied coldly, and as if to confirm her inner hesitation, the golden light particles wrapped around her body began to fluctuate unsteadily.

"Huh~ I told you not to get so excited. I suggest you not waste your energy. As long as there is a high concentration of free Houkai energy in the environment, my clone will be immortal. Now it seems that even though you know the truth about Houkai, you don't seem to be willing to accept my original proposal?"

Guangying spoke softly, turned sideways, and looked at Wendy not far behind with her blurry face, then turned back again and looked at Shirley.

Wendy's heart was already in her throat after that extremely brief gaze. It was obvious that the Herrscher of the End, whose power far exceeded that of other Herrschers of the same kind, was fundamentally different from her. Even though it was just a clone, the pressure from the superior existence instantly made Wendy instinctively want to bow down and worship.

In fact, when facing the end, Shiris had the same feeling. However, since she had clearly regarded the Herrscher of the End as an enemy, she naturally had no impulse to submit and obey. The majesty of the Herrscher of the End made her feel more of a strong sense of threat, which caused her tension and a little fear, but also made her fighting spirit rise...

"Although the result is basically certain, I still want to hear you tell me in person, elder sister, what is your choice?"

When he said this, although the facial features of the body transformed by light could not be seen clearly, Shiris could still feel that this Herrscher of the End, who came through the clone, became a little more serious.

Her proposal... yes, to persuade herself to return to the camp of Honkai and continue to maintain Honkai's reset of civilization, so as to ensure that the civilization power of this planet stops developing and will not pose a threat to outside civilizations.

Not going to accept the advice? Isn't that natural? What the girl is doing at this moment is already the answer to this question.

"Well... Regarding the issues left over from last time, I can now clearly tell you that the destruction and reset of civilization will completely end in this era! Regardless of whether our final resistance will be successful or not, it is better to fight with all our strength than to be slaughtered like a lamb to be slaughtered and go through the cycle forever!"

Completely different from the hesitation and confusion last time, Shirley's decisive voice echoed in the empty ruins of the building. The violent hurricane barrier could not conceal her unwavering declaration.

"Is that so... Even if it means self-destruction, you don't want to continue living with false happiness?"

Facing the girl's answer, the shadow seemed to have expected it, but still lowered his head with a little disappointment. There was still a hint of hope in his tone, as if he hoped that the girl would change her mind.

Shiris didn't know whether this was the true feeling of the Herrscher of the End or she was just being mysterious. However, the latter possibility should be relatively small. For a strong person like her who holds absolute power, there is no need to hide her emotional changes in front of the weak.

"That's right. Even if it's a desperate gamble, it's better than being played around with without any resistance!"

"Oh, how stupid..."

"Think what you want. As the perpetrators, it is not your place to make decisions about human beings. Now that you know my answer, please go back, Herrscher of the End. It is not your turn yet!"

As soon as the words fell, the spear in the girl's hand flashed out like a beam of light! A golden light crossed the space, spanning thousands of meters, piercing a small hole in the entire experimental area and then disappeared in an instant. The golden shadow on its path was completely defeated by this beam without any resistance, and turned into light particles and scattered.

"...Excuse me, it's up to me to decide whether or not I want to leave now."

The next moment, the light and shadow re-condensed in another place. As she said before, in such a high concentration of collapse environment, she can use this energy to create a new clone at any time.

"I've already said it before. The Houkai that seems to be torturing humanity is actually protecting the continuation of the human race...! Onee-sama, the resistance you thought was redemption is actually destroying everything!"

"But I also said that as long as we break free from the control of those guys, we won't have to create tragedies again and again! As for you, your power far exceeds that of other Herrschers, and you also have an unrestricted mind. If you are willing to assist us, wouldn't the success rate be higher?"

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