K424 of the Collapse World

"Yes."

"I respect your choice. But before that, I hope you can listen to me first..."

"I am listening, Lord Alliance Leader."

——Swish

Walter stood up, threw the coat he was wearing onto the chair, and came in front of Iselin.

"If you desire the power to kill the Herrscher and want to become a warrior who can fight the Honkai head-on, then you don't necessarily have to borrow the technology of Destiny."

"But the research on the stigmata of destiny..."

"There is no need to develop that stigma of unknown nature."

"what?"

The girl’s eyes widened slightly, and looking at Walter with a subtle smile, she suddenly understood something, and her pupils shrank.

“Could it be that…?!”

"Since your genes carry the stigma factor, it means that you also have natural Honkai resistance. In this regard, your qualifications are better than mine."

"Master, are you planning to..."

"You are a genius scientist who is proficient in various fields, and you also have natural Houkai antibodies. Compared to me, whose life is like a candle in the wind, perhaps you are more suitable for that power than me now."

"..."

Iselin stared blankly at the smiling brown-haired man with her mouth slightly open. This was the first time she showed an expression other than indifference since she learned of Nina's death.

"Yes, I will give you enough power to fight against the Herrscher, but it will not be without cost..."

Walter gently opened his hands, and the silver-gray pyramidal crystals quietly appeared in his palms. Countless reflective flawless planes reflected the girl's surprised face, as dazzling as a kaleidoscope.

"You must show me your will and awareness! The core left by Joyce will not recognize a piece of trash who can only talk big! You only have one chance, Iselin Levicius, are you willing to accept this test?"

592 Their respective battlefields

Battleship, Hyperion.

This Far Eastern Branch's exclusive warship was hovering over the Siberian Plain. In this land that had been devastated by the Second Collapse, even if the optical camouflage function of the armor plate was not activated, there was no need to worry about scaring the local residents.

Inside the bridge, a girl with long purple-red hair sat at the main seat. She was wearing an officer's uniform with a white border. Her sharp cherry eyes stared at the display screen of the battleship terminal meticulously.

Captain of the Hyperion——Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple.

With the end of her "sick leave", the young lady from Penglai Temple returned to the command seat of the battleship. To the ordinary Valkyries on the battleship, the captain was still as calm and majestic as before, and it seemed that everything was the same as before.

However, only those who are truly familiar with Jiu Xiao know what earth-shaking changes have taken place in this former nominal captain...

"Colonel Wuliangta, please do not drink during combat."

Smelling a slight scent of malt, the purple-haired girl who was looking up information raised her eyebrows, turned her head with some dissatisfaction, looked at the red-haired mature woman sitting on her right, and gave a serious reminder.

"Gu...Ha~ Don't be so rigid, Miss Captain."

Sitting on the chair behind the captain's seat, the woman holding the beer can said nonchalantly, slumped her body completely on the armrest of the chair, tilted her head back and took another sip.

"Don't worry, it won't affect the combat. Rather, a small amount of alcohol will help you to exert your strength... burp~"

"But this behavior is not in compliance with military regulations. Moreover, you are an officer at the deputy commander level..."

"Ah, alas! If it were like before, when I had to command a battleship while on a mission, I would not dare to do such a suicidal thing. But now..."

Jizi flattened the empty beer can and pressed it into a small metal ball with her fingers, then threw it aside with a relaxed smile on her slightly flushed face.

"With you now in command, do I still need to interfere with the command of the battleship? My dear Captain..."

Looking at the red-haired woman, with a hint of ridicule and emotion, but without any

Seeing the questioning yet trusting look in his eyes, Jiuxiao frowned slightly, but finally sighed and let the matter go for the time being.

"So, before I lost my memory, you didn't do this when you went into battle? Why?"

Was I very strict in the past and would not tolerate any violations by my subordinates? This is not right... If this was the case, this Wuliangta Colonel would definitely not treat me so casually, right?

Miss Jiuxiao, who has lost her memory, does not know her past "glorious history". She only knows from her companions that she was once the captain of the Hyperion and also served as a mid-level executive officer of Anti-Entropy. Therefore, she has no idea about the strange behavior of Jizi and other few Valkyries when facing her.

"Hmm... why? I also want to know why I used to be the captain of the Valkyrie and the commander of the battleship at the same time, without any extra salary. But now, with such a reliable Captain Jiuxiao here, it's okay for me, an exploited laborer, to relax a little, right?"

Ji Zi said with a wry smile, recalling Jiu Xiao's brilliant performance in the tactical theory class a few days ago. Thinking about it now, she still found it a little hard to believe.

According to Shilis, Jiuxiao lost her original memory when she awakened the stigmata. Jizi didn't pay much attention to this news at first, but what she didn't expect was that this girl who lost her memory was completely different from before!

Swordsmanship, fighting, military theory, combat command... These were skills that Jiuxiao had never been able to master, but the amnesiac girl reached the pinnacle level the moment she came into contact with them!

If she hadn't known from the beginning that the girl named Penglai Temple Jiuxiao was just an ordinary high school girl, Jizi would have thought that the person standing in front of her was a general with the strength of a top female Valkyrie...

The silly and cute girl with severe paranoia seemed to have disappeared, and there was no trace of her past in Jiuxiao. Whether it was the amazing strength or the change in her personality, the only explanation for this abnormal transformation was the awakened stigma on her body.

It is not difficult to completely change a person who has lost his memory with the knowledge and memory from the powerful inheritance of the Stigmata.

Ji Zi had mixed feelings about the changes in Penglai Temple Jiuxiao. She had to admit that the current Jiuxiao was enough to completely crush her in any field! Speaking of the field of combat, which she was best at, Ji Zi also knew that even with Ji Xuanyuan's stigma and the tenth divine key, she would definitely be vulnerable in front of the opponent.

The intern who was still ignorant a few days ago suddenly became a strong man who was beyond her reach. It was the first time for Jizi to experience this feeling. With a complex mood that was difficult to let go, she drank alcohol for the first time during a combat mission.

Even though she was unwilling, she knew that Jiuxiao was now worthy of the identity of Captain Hyperion...

Jiuxiao couldn't understand Ji Zi's complicated look, but as a recognized Hyperion commander, she felt that she had an obligation to explain the interests involved to her subordinates.

"But Colonel Wuliangta, as the captain's adjutant, you will be responsible for the important task of temporary command when I am unable to issue orders..."

"Don't worry about that. Anna was my former deputy and communications officer. When I went out to fight as a Valkyrie, she was in charge of the command of the troops. She is much better than me in this area~! I guarantee it with my integrity."

Jizi said with a smile, pointing to a woman wearing glasses under the bridge, sitting a little straighter.

"In short, there's no need for a half-wit like me to get involved in command. Instead of participating in command, it's better for me to focus directly on combat missions. Miss Captain, just treat me as an ordinary A-rank Valkyrie and give me orders."

Hearing this, Jiuxiao's frown relaxed slightly. Although Ji Zi's words were not without reason, she still found it difficult to understand such a violation of military regulations. However, perhaps this is the characteristic of Saint Freya Valkyrie? After all, she is a Valkyrie who graduated from non-military training...

Jiuxiao thought so and sighed softly. But what she didn't know was that Miss Jizi beside her was already one of the most reliable Valkyries in the Far East Branch.

"Attention, Team 3 and Team 5. The airborne operation will begin in five minutes."

Suddenly seeing the feedback information on the terminal screen, Jiuxiao's eyes focused and he immediately connected to the ship's communication channel.

592 Their respective battlefields >>

"Oh! Has it started yet?"

"The advance team has already made contact with the Herrscher's followers. The battle will probably spread here in ten minutes."

Looking at the vast snowfield on the screen, Jiuxiao stared at the small dots flickering in the distance of the detection screen and quickly made this assertion.

"I understand."

Without any doubt about Jiuxiao's judgment, Ji Zi nodded slightly, then stood up, casually threw the cumbersome military uniform aside, turned and walked towards the metal door behind her.

"Although this is a small-scale annihilation battle, please don't be careless, Colonel Wuliangta."

"I never underestimate my enemies, even if they are just defeated remnants like me."

Leaving these words behind, the red-haired woman

He rushed out of the bridge and ran quickly towards the armory.

Slightly to the north of the snow-covered Siberian plains are the ruins of the Babylon Laboratory.

There shouldn't be any living creatures that can be controlled by the Honkai factor near this nuclear-damaged ruin. However, at some point, tens of thousands of Honkai creatures gathered in this radiation-filled deathland!

The pale creature with fiery red markings mixed with the high-level death soldiers in red, and with the cover of the ruins of the buildings and the surrounding snowfields, they were almost perfectly hidden in the blind spots of the satellite images.

With the advent of the Herrscher of Flame, her followers, the Honkai Beasts, began to appear in various places one after another. Unlike the Herrscher of the Void, who announced his sudden appearance to the world as soon as he was born, the Seventh Herrscher always hid his tracks, using his highly intelligent pseudo-Hershers followers and small-scale Honkai that were difficult to prevent, making the anti-Hunkai organizations around the world exhausted.

These Honkai creatures entrenched in the ruins of Babylon are obviously not something that ordinary anti-Honkai organizations can handle. The warlords in Russia who have mastered Honkai technology are eager to protect themselves, so they just spread the news of Honkai beasts and avoid these powerful Honkai creatures. In the end, only the nearby Tianming Far East Branch can solve this problem...

A few minutes ago, these Honkai creatures hiding here suffered a sudden and devastating blow.

The huge blue dragon wings swung suddenly, and the powerful wind and waves blew away countless medium-sized and smaller Honkai beasts! The white dragon roared and swung its claws to break the glacier. The shock waves and sharp ice chips directly crushed the surrounding Honkai creatures!

——Squeak

The Royal Guards holding sickles charged forward and swung with all their strength, only creating a burst of sparks and leaving a barely perceptible white mark on the dragon's hind legs. The next moment, the heavy dragon's tail swept over, accompanied by a shrill sound of breaking wind, smashing half of the attacking soldier's body into minced meat, and also smashed a chariot-class Honkai beast that was as big as a villa.

The Judgment-level Honkai Beasts, second only to the Herrscher, were naturally not something that could be stopped by low-level Honkai creatures. Even the several Lava Emperors deliberately created by the Herrscher of Flame could hardly stop Benares's attack. After the giant dragon showed its true strength, they were torn into pieces one after another in the blizzard caused by the dragon's wings.

Although they are also emperor-level Honkai beasts, the followers of the Herrscher of Flame can only excel in fire attributes. In the icy and snowy Siberia in winter, this is obviously a disadvantage for them.

Benares, who possesses four Honkai cores and three elemental attributes, will naturally not be restricted by the environment.

As this one-sided battle drew to a close, the battle on the other side also came to an end.

"Sister Bella, why didn't you use such a powerful trick earlier? Several guys almost ran away..."

In the outer circle of the snowy battlefield full of pits, hundreds of burnt Honkai beasts were scattered on the snow. A giant beast no smaller than Benares lay on the ground, with three magatama-shaped marks on its fox-like head. It shook its five large furry tails slightly, and pressed down a white man with a red hood with its claws.

"Especially this bad guy, he even wanted to burn my tail with fire! He doesn't look like an ordinary assassin~"

The red and white beast with the appearance of a fox raised its head and spoke with the clear voice of a young girl to the giant dragon not far ahead, slightly tightening its claws on the struggling man.

Faced with the huge fox so close to him, the pale-skinned man was already showing panic. Such a vivid expression was obviously not something that those dead men who could only roar and scream could produce.

Among ordinary Honkai creatures, only the high-level followers directly under the Herrscher, or the pseudo-Herrschers with pseudo-cores, have the ability to think accurately...

"Sister Bella, remember to keep a few intact ones! Sister Changguang told me that we need complete Honkai beast bodies to make weapon materials..."

"I know, Higyokumaru."

Responding with a cold voice, Benares grabbed a Lava Emperor with only its head removed in his claws, and after making sure that the Honkai beast had lost its ability to move, he swallowed it into his mouth in one gulp.

"Come to think of it, we're done here, so my elder sister and the others should be done soon too, right?"

Feiyumaru looked at the ruins of Babylon in the distance, and unconsciously rubbed the prisoner pressed to the ground with his claws, causing the poor Pseudo-Herrscher to scream in pain and continuously spit out liquid Houkai energy that looked like blood.

As a rare male Pseudo-Hermaphrodite who leads an army of thousands of Honkai warriors, he could have become the embodiment of disaster, sweeping across the continent and bringing divine punishment to all of Russia.

However, it was just bad luck for him to run into a Judgment-level Honkai Beast and the incarnation of the Herrscher of Corrosion...

"Lady Kiana and Lady Yaesakura's mission is to completely wipe out the bases of the Houkai creatures, so they should be slower than us."

Benares stepped over the shattered remains of the Honkai Beast and came to the side of Hiyomaru, intending to take a look at the captured Pseudo-Herrscher.

At this moment, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the ruins of the building in the distance.

"Huh? What is that..."

Before Fei Yumaru finished speaking, the light became dazzling in an instant. The strong light that was bright enough to compete with the sun and the moon instantly overflowed and dyed the sky and the earth white.

The next moment, the instantly converged white light turned into a rising flame and burst out! It completely engulfed the ruins of the entire building, and the remaining energy rose into the sky, forming a mushroom cloud emitting flames...

593 Surge of Shadows

As the shock wave of the nuclear explosion rose, a huge dark red armor appeared on the plain not far away, crossing the two swords in his hands to resist this extremely strong shock wave.

"Well......"

The cherry-haired girl holding the black sword frowned slightly, feeling the powerful force impacting the manifestation of Jizo's soul. There was also a hint of surprise in her eyes as she looked at the silver-haired girl beside her.

The mission was to clear out the Honkai creatures in the abandoned laboratory, but before he could even start, his companions suddenly launched such a terrifying attack.

With this kind of power, even razing a city to the ground wouldn't be a problem, right?

Yae Sakura thought silently, and continued to use the Key of God to bless the Armor of the Soul of Misfortune as a shield. Maintaining the real body of Feiyu Maru and this large energy structure at the same time was a little difficult for her. However, as long as she was not in the center of the explosion, it would not be difficult to resist the impact of these radiation and energy.

Soon, as the mushroom cloud gradually spread like clouds, the red flames that illuminated the entire sky slowly went out. Yaezakura let out a light breath, looked at the ruins of the Babylon Laboratory in front of her which had turned into a scorched earth pit, and turned her gaze back to the silver-haired girl.

"Ms. Kiana, what is this...?"

"I simulated a nuclear fission reaction by interfering with atoms using Houkai energy."

Kiana replied, looking at the ruins of Babylon that had completely turned into nothingness not far away, and then she dispersed the other ball of light that was constantly expanding in her palm, giving up the urge to fire another shot at the Honkai beast gathering point.

"Nuclear...fission? What's that?"

"A reaction of nuclear fission. I used Honkai energy to make it happen... In short, it is a method of combining Honkai manipulation with modern technology. I just chose the most efficient one to attack, but I can't control its power perfectly yet..."

Looking at Yaesakura, who had her ears pricked up and a serious expression, Kiana had no choice but to explain that this ancient person from five hundred years ago would definitely not know this knowledge about microscopic particles.

After spending nearly three years studying Einstein's theory and conducting a lot of control training, Kiana has mastered the use of Honkai energy to promote nuclear fusion and nuclear fission reactions, and can apply it to medium and large-scale battles to launch devastating range strikes...

Although she has a Houkai energy reserve close to that of a Herrscher, and an energy pseudo-core of annihilation nature, Kiana does not have any special abilities of her own. She can only use this method to learn and understand the nature of Houkai energy and use scientific knowledge to strengthen her own strength.

At this moment, in order to wipe out these Honkai creatures hidden inside the large laboratory, it is better to directly launch a small nuclear fission attack than to enter the building and sweep each area one by one. It is simple and fast, and no fish will escape.

Noticing Yae Sakura's hair was a little messy due to the blast, Kiana was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered her head and bowed.

"Ah... I'm sorry, Miss Yaesakura, I accidentally got you involved..."