K424 of the Collapse World

473 greeting

"St. Freya's Academy...?"

When she heard this word, Wendy was slightly stunned for a moment. She knew about the Far East branch's Valkyrie training institution. However, when she heard this name, some strange images appeared in her mind.

As the desire gemstone merged completely with the body, some long-forgotten memories gradually surfaced to the surface of consciousness...

"I remember now...! Wendy was also a graduate of St. Freya Academy before coming to this Oceania branch. But why did Wendy forget such an important thing? Could it be the influence of the Desire Gem..."

"No, the problem with your memory is probably something the World Serpent did to you. In order to better control you, it used this method to cut off your connection with the past. Now, the power of the craving gem should have broken the shackles caused by the drugs for you."

Shirley replied. From the very beginning, she knew from Wendy's information that she was from St. Freya Academy. However, in the subsequent conversation, Wendy seemed to know nothing about St. Freya. From then on, Shirley noticed the abnormality of the Oceania branch, but she didn't expect that the entire branch was infiltrated by the World Serpent...

"Don't think too much, Wendy. Whatever those guys want to do with you, it's impossible now. You are no longer the person who was at their mercy!"

Seeing Wendy lowering her head in deep thought, Silis comforted her softly.

For a Herrscher, controlling energy to stay aloft and flying is the most basic ability. Besides, Wendy's ability is to control airflow, so she naturally has no problem flying.

The two of them slowly rose at a constant speed, flying towards the large hole above that had just been hit by the missile. Compared to Shiris, who had already gotten used to her Herrscher form, Wendy was obviously more interested in her current Herrscher form. After the intense battle, she was finally able to study her abilities carefully.

"I never thought that humans could fly freely in the sky like birds. Although other people can do it with the help of some equipment, I always feel that being able to fly into the sky with my own power is really incredible!"

"Human? No, that's not right... In fact, we are no longer human..."

Like a fledgling that has just learned to fly, Wendy quickly swung and circled in the air, the cyan wings extending from her waist flapping happily. Like other Herrschers, her Honkai energy also formed some unique physical substances outside her body. Just like the wings and sub-sky spear of the Herrscher of the Void, Mei's crystal wings, and Shiris's cross-shaped phantom and chains. These Honkai structures are also the unique identification of each of their Herrschers...

I just don’t know how those soft-looking wings feel?

"Hey~"

Wendy spread her hands and used the reverse wind to pull objects from a distance towards her. This ability, like telekinesis, made her enjoy trying out her new ability. In response, Shiris smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying nothing. It is understandable that anyone would be so excited to suddenly have a wonderful ability that they had never imagined.

However, as Wendy used the hurricane to roll up the steel bars and rubble and scattered them everywhere, and even demolished the intact parts of the building ruins, the style of the painting was a little bit wrong. Shilis really couldn't let this naughty child's behavior go. So, when Wendy swayed in front of her, she reached out and grabbed the green wings behind Wendy's waist, pulling the girl who had just become lively back.

"Okay, Wendy, be quiet. We haven't left the Australian branch yet, so we'd better stay alert... I'll explain the details of the Herrscher body to you when we get back to Saint Freya. Now is a rare opportunity.

Let us test your abilities a little bit."

"Um~ I'm sorry, Lady Shilis."

As Shirley interrupted, all the reinforced concrete that was swept up by the hurricane fell down, rumbling into the ruins at the bottom of the hole. Looking at the more broken building layer, Shirley could only pray in her heart, hoping that no unlucky person below would be hit...

However, after experiencing the catastrophe of the high-concentration Honkai energy leak, there are probably not many survivors near this experimental area.

"Speaking of which, the distance between New Zealand and the Far East is about 10,000 kilometers. Now that you have mastered the true power of a Herrscher, it shouldn't be a problem for you to cross this distance."

"Eh? Lady Silis means... that we should fly directly back to St. Freya's Academy?"

"Yes, although it sounds a bit unrealistic, the speed of a Herrscher cannot be compared with that of an ordinary person. An ordinary jet airliner is probably not even half as fast as ours."

Looking at Wendy who turned around with a puzzled look, Shirley smiled and said, then she quietly released the tip of the cyan wing in her hand.

Generally speaking, the extra limbs and organs generated by the body due to the influence of Honkai energy are connected to the nerve center, and are extremely sensitive due to the new growth, such as Yaezakura's ears and Fenrir's tail. But from Wendy's reaction just now, her Honkai wings don't seem to have a normal sense of touch. This is good, otherwise in battle, this pair of conspicuous blue wings may become a weakness.

Although she thought so, for some reason, Shilis always felt a little regretful...

Wendy obviously didn't notice Shirley's little thoughts. After Shirley let go, she folded her Honkai wings, stopped wandering around, stayed beside Shirley and climbed upwards, and soon arrived at a position close to the hole on the roof.

"Eh? Can we fly faster than a jetliner? Hmm... Although I can basically feel the limit of my Honkai energy, I haven't really practiced it yet. What would it be like to fly at full power with this power..."

"So, isn't this a good opportunity to test it? From New Zealand to the Far East, the straight-line distance is nearly 10,000 kilometers, which is a good opportunity for you to get familiar with how to use the power. I originally planned to teach you this part in Saint Freya, but you unexpectedly mastered this power on your own, which completely disrupted my plan."

"Ah... Lady Silis, did Wendy cause you any trouble?"

"Hehe... not really. Rather, it saved me a lot of trouble. Wendy is really amazing~"

473 Welcome >>

Compared to Kiana, Mei and others whose Honkai energy goes out of control every now and then, Wendy, who completely controlled the Herrscher Core in just one go, can be considered a genius among these girls.

(Come to think of it... the top brass of the Oceania branch are completely controlled by the World Serpent. It's hard to imagine that a guy like Otto really doesn't know about this?)

As the girl and Wendy emerged from the hole created by the missile, they came to the top of the laboratory building. Here, the entire view of the dilapidated building appeared before their eyes.

"Huh... Although I had a premonition after the commotion inside, I didn't expect it to cause such a big disaster..."

Looking at the half-destroyed buildings, the girl couldn't help but sigh. Like her, Wendy also had a complicated expression when she saw the institute where she had lived for more than a year become like this. However, although it looked like such a tragic scene on the surface, thanks to the isolation valves running at high speed inside, the human casualties were not actually too great.

"Get ready to go, Wendy. The Oceania branch will be back in action soon, and the search and rescue team will arrive soon. What happened here has nothing to do with us anymore."

(By the way, was the Herrscher of the End summoned by the World Serpent, or did he get involved on his own... huh?!)

While thinking, the girl's pupils suddenly shrank, and she turned around and looked at the sky in the distance. At some point, dense tactical transport planes filled the area around the roof. These medium-sized aircraft engraved with the symbol of destiny were obviously the Valkyrie troops stationed in the Australian branch.

"If you find a suspected Honkai creature, surround it immediately!"

The combat order of the Valkyrie troops was automatically intercepted by the terminal modified by Tesla and displayed on the light screen in front of the girl. The next moment, these tactical aircraft quickly deployed their formations and surrounded the two people on the roof of the building. Then, the Valkyries wearing cushioned landing gear began to airdrop around the roof.

The unexpected trouble made Shilis frown.

(Ahhh~ This is really... Eh?! Wait, a nuclear weapon was just dropped in this area. If it explodes, these Valkyries will also be affected, right? Is that woman Caroline planning to destroy the main force of the Australian branch as well?)

She didn't care about the Valkyries who had pointed their weapons at her, but she didn't plan to stop them at this time.

Herrscher form, and then showed her S-rank Valkyrie identity certificate. Although the expression of the Valkyrie captain here would definitely become very interesting after suddenly changing from a Herrscher to a chief from the Destiny Headquarters, Shilis was not in the mood to make such a joke now.

Seeing the Valkyries closing in quickly, Wendy opened her mouth, as if she wanted to go forward and say something. However, before she could do something that might irritate the Valkyries, Shilis stopped her.

"Look carefully, Wendy. The other party has no intention of negotiating with 'monsters' like us. Ordinary Valkyries will not believe such a ridiculous statement that the Herrscher has humanity."

Shirley whispered, looking at the murderous Valkyries around her. Countless gun muzzles and cannon barrels had already been pointed at her and Wendy's heads. It only took a small "spark" for them to pull the trigger to detonate the battle.

Wendy's action just now could very well become the spark that detonated the scene.

"Then... Lady Shilis, what should we do?"

"Please be patient. I am using the terminal to hack into their command system. As long as their communication equipment is disrupted, these Valkyries will become scattered. Then, we will not be tracked after we force a breakthrough. Although these guys' weapons are not to be feared, it will be very troublesome if we are tracked."

Using Wendy's body as a cover, the girl secretly operated her terminal. These Valkyries would never have thought that the Herrscher, the enemy of civilization, would actually use the terminal to invade their intelligence system...

"Captain, the target is still not moving!"

"What's going on? Are these two Honkai creatures observing the situation or communicating? What a joke! How can these monsters have such intelligence..."

Inside the flagship in the sky, the commander-in-chief of the Valkyrie Army looked at the two girls on the screen with a frown. In her opinion, without a large-scale collapse, the resulting collapse creatures would definitely not be Herrscher-level creatures. Even if the two girls-like collapse creatures were somewhat special, they were at most high-level death warriors.

"Ridiculous...! How could such a low-level killing machine have the intelligence to communicate?! Miss Adjutant, get the entire army ready to attack! The energy response of these two guys is very strong, it should be a tough battle..."

"..."

"Miss Adjutant?"

Not getting the usual decisive response, the Valkyrie commander could not help but turn around to see what this usually serious and responsible adjutant was doing. She saw the woman staring blankly at the terminal display screen, and following her gaze, she also showed a surprised expression on her face.

"This is......"

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"Lady Shilis, how is the invasion going? I feel like these Valkyries are ready to attack at any moment..."

Wendy became more and more nervous as she watched the Valkyries outside the encirclement, but what she didn't see was that the silver-haired girl beside her had stopped her movements at some point.

"It's not necessary anymore, Wendy."

"Eh?"

Shirley raised her head and looked at the blurry black shadow slowly appearing in the sky, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"Those guys... I don't know who they got my location from, but since they've arrived here, we don't have to spend any more effort."

As he finished speaking, the blurry giant shadow in the sky gradually became clearer. As it descended lower and lower, its true form finally emerged from the cover of the clouds...

The huge ship that blocked out the sun like a fortress, painted pure white, and with the iconic super-electromagnetic railgun, at just one glance, Shirley recognized this extremely familiar large battleship.

Far Eastern Branch Battleship - Hyperion

474 Useless Negotiations

When Hyperion suddenly descended upon the battlefield, all the Valkyries who were preparing for battle stopped their actions, raised their heads, looked at the enormous battleship, and fell into a daze.

In the remote branches of the Mandate of Heaven, there are almost no battleships that can compete with the Hyperion. Even the flagship of the Valkyrie Commander is less than one-third of the size of the Hyperion. This battleship, which was converted from a mothership, has long lost its original appearance after years of repairs and enhancements by Theresa and Jizi. Compared to a battleship, it now looks more like a small air fortress.

Not to mention the size of the warship, which was larger than that of an ordinary warship, the nuclear reactors that drove the warship were all converted into Houkai furnaces for base use, and external floating guns and landing gear were installed on the deck of the warship, which expanded the entire ship by nearly half. Not to mention the energy shield driven by the Houkai furnace, the close attack system and various secondary guns alone were all over every metal plate on the side of the ship. At this moment, Hyperion, which was suspended above the Australian Valkyrie troops, could annihilate all of them in two rounds of attacks at most if all the armed systems were activated!

“Lady Shiris! This…?”

"This is the Far East Branch's main ship.

, the Hyperion. Don't worry, Wendy, it's on our side."

When Wendy saw the full view of Hyperion, she showed a panicked expression as expected by Shirley. When a huge object approaches, it is easy to cause a sense of oppression to people. Although Wendy has become a Herrscher now, her consciousness and psychology have not changed at all from when she was a human. Seeing this magnificent fortress-class battleship, the strong sense of oppression almost put her into a state of war...

"This is the battleship Hyperion belonging to the Far East Branch. I am the captain, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao. Colleagues from the Australian Branch, please stop the attack immediately and stand by!"

The next moment, a clear and majestic girl's voice came from the army's public channel. Although the speaker's voice sounded unusually young, her arrogant tone of a superior and the identity of Captain Hyperion had already stunned everyone. The Valkyries present looked at each other and put down their weapons at the same time.

Originally, although the military ranks of the senior officers of different branches were different, in principle, branches generally had no right to interfere in each other's internal affairs. What the Hyperion captain was doing at this moment had clearly violated the rules of the Destiny Organization. However, after hearing the order Jiuxiao had just issued, not only did the Valkyries follow it seriously, but even the fleet commander of the Australian branch looked solemnly at the purple-haired girl in a white-bottomed, gold-rimmed military uniform on the communication screen, and did not dare to say a word of doubt.

On the one hand, she was shocked by Hyperion's sudden appearance, and on the other hand, the captain's tone seemed to have a kind of magic that made people unconsciously ignore her young appearance. Her tone was too serious, and the intuitive impression given was that she was obviously a person in a high position who did things in a methodical manner. She could hardly imagine that such a person would violate the rules of destiny, so this Captain Jiuxiao was probably here to carry out a mission under the order of the headquarters...

Jiuxiao didn't know that the speech she had prepared had lost its necessity due to the excessive speculation of a certain commander. When she saw the obedient appearance of these Australian Valkyries, she was also stunned. However, with her excellent psychological quality in her middle school state, she did not lose her temper, and quickly came to her senses after being reminded by her companions.

"Then please ask your commander to establish a communication link with Hyperion."

"......"

After a brief silence, the commander of the Australian forces followed Jiuxiao's orders and accessed the Hyperion's communications.

——Never judge the essence by appearance. This is the common understanding reached by all levels of the Destiny. Because you can never know what age those Valkyries who look young and cute are actually. Originally, it was only a rare case of a few special cases. After Theresa Apokalis's existence was known to people, there began to be more and more such people in the Destiny organization.

Not to mention the forty-something granddaughter of the Bishop of the Destiny Organization, Miss Guang, the captain of the Saint 1504 Research Institute, and Leanna, the strongest S-class Valkyrie of the previous generation, all of whom can be easily identified by their appearance. Even the Bishop of the Destiny Organization himself, isn't he an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years?

Compared with these people, a young female captain like Penglai Temple Jiuxiao is not strange at all.

"..."

In an instant, except for the troops closest to Shirley and the other person who were still on guard, the other Valkyries all put away their weapons and organized their formations, standing in neat rows, as if the person in the sky was not Captain Hyperion of the Far East Branch, but the Bishop of Heaven's Destiny who came to inspect the branch on the Glorious Covenant.

Shirley and Wendy suppressed their Honkai energy fluctuations to the minimum in advance. The Honkai energy that was barely at the level of a high-level death warrior would naturally not be taken seriously by these Valkyries.

"Um... Lady Shilis, is the Far East Branch's power in the Mandate of Heaven already so great that it can openly interfere in the affairs of other branches?"

"About this... I don't know either. Who knows what those girls have done..."

Different branches cannot interfere with each other. Even Wendy knows this common sense of destiny, so Shiris naturally knows it. She was still wondering how Hyperion's companions would take her and Wendy away from these Valkyries. However, Jiuxiao actually made these Valkyries obey orders with just one sentence. She didn't understand this operation at all...

Could it be that during the time I was away, Jiuxiao passed the examination for a more advanced civil servant certificate?

Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with Saint Freya's people intervening in the incident, since they were here to clean up the mess for her, Shilis was happy to be free, so she stayed there with Wendy and watched the subsequent developments...

Outside, the Valkyrie did not know that at this moment, the nominally best leaders of the two forces were negotiating through the terminal.

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"Ahem... I'm Ganar, an A-rank Valkyrie from the Oceania branch. I'm currently the commander of the Fourth Fleet. Miss Horaiji, what can I do for you?"

"Well, Ms. Ganar. The matter is urgent, so I will speak directly to the point. According to the will of heaven

The headquarters has decided that the two Honkai test subjects below will be received by the Far East Branch."

Without explaining any reason, Jiu Xiao stated her request directly. Even though they were separated by the terminal screen, the commander on the other side was shocked by her overbearing words.

"this......"

"Any questions?"

"Ms. Penglai Temple, those two special Houkai creatures below may be important clues to the destruction of the New Zealand Research Institute... If you want to take them away, can you show us the permission documents from the headquarters?"

"..."

Shilis's terminal was connected to Hyperion, and she also had the highest level of authority in the command hierarchy. Naturally, she was watching the entire conversation between Jiuxiao and the head of the Australian forces.

(Are you not going to reveal my identity? This is not a bad way to deal with it... I really shouldn't show off my current identity too much, but it feels like it's getting more and more complicated... Can they really handle it?)

If she hadn't stopped the original plan, Shilis would have completed the system invasion by now, and then took Wendy away while the Valkyries were in chaos. What Jiuxiao and others did was actually unnecessary.

Just as Shilis was thinking whether she should restart her plan number one and take Wendy back to the Far East area, the next moment, a sudden burst of strange energy reaction from the building below aroused her vigilance.

(The reaction of Honkai energy is intensifying?! What's going on? Could it be that the leaked Honkai energy has bred a new special Honkai beast? But the speed of this intensification is a bit too fast... Could it be that Wendy's pet... follower was born?)

——Ding ding!

While thinking, the terminal in the girl's hand suddenly issued a warning sound of Honkai energy. Unconsciously, the strength of Honkai energy has reached a level that can be sensed by machines! As the Valkyries started to stir. At this moment, Shilis suddenly thought of something, and without caring about the Valkyries who were on guard around her, she quickly activated her Honkai energy. Then, a huge golden cross-shaped light and shadow stood behind the girl in the astonished eyes of the Valkyries!

"It's the Houkai Reactor! The Houkai Reactor in the laboratory is overloading and will explode soon!"

She shouted at a very fast speed, and her anxious voice echoed directly into the bridge of Hyperion through the communication connected to the Hyperion terminal.