K424 of the Collapse World

As he spoke, Otto stood up and pressed a button on the terminal in front of him. With a slight sound, the relief wall behind Otto's seat suddenly split in the middle, revealing a large elevator hidden behind it.

Claudia's pupils dilated slightly, but soon returned to normal. She was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that there was such a mystery hidden in the bishop's office. She had never heard of the existence of this place before...

(Lord Otto, are you planning to let me get in touch with some secrets...)

"follow me."

After hearing Otto's order, Claudia followed him and entered the elevator with Otto.

“Hehe… Claudia, you probably don’t know the existence of this place yet. Below here is the Holy 7308 Research Institute of Destiny! What I need you to do is right here…”

At the same time, in the Ukrainian border forests...

A figure in a black coat squatted on the ground, observing something scattered on the ground.

Although it is already in tatters, it can still be seen that it is the remains of some kind of Honkai beast.

The man reached out and touched the wreckage on the ground.

The hand was slender and white, clearly the hand of a young girl. Her basic features could also be seen from her lips and chin exposed under her hood.

She gently picked up the remains of the Honkai Beast and stroked the smooth cut surface, which was obviously cut by something extremely thin and sharp. She was silent for a while, then stood up.

"It looks like this is the way."

She muttered to herself, turned around, and looked at the distance behind her, where the smoke and dust from the explosion had not yet dissipated in the sky. She shook her head and walked forward.

A breeze blew across her face, slightly lifting the hood of her coat. Her blue eyes flashed, and a few strands of gray hair were gently lifted...

052 Siegfried's Conjecture

forest……

Siegfried was walking on the road, thinking as he walked. Beside him, the little girl followed closely behind him, with an anxious look on her slightly pale face.

This direction is also the road leading to the nuclear explosion area.

(The girl with purple hair and purple eyes... who is she? What happened in that place?)

Along the way, "Qiana" has

He told Siegfried what had happened, and Siegfried decided to look for the girl while exploring the direction of the village.

So many things happened in this short night. First, the direction of the village was destroyed. Then he encountered a mysterious man who coveted his daughter. Later, after fighting with her, the location of the village exploded inexplicably, and his "daughter" was saved by another mysterious man...

Siegfried was now somewhat confused about the situation, so he had no choice but to move forward in that direction.

"Are you sure she was going this way?"

Suddenly remembering the girl who saved "Kiana", Siegfried frowned and asked, looking at the ground in front of him that was flattened by the shock wave of the explosion. It was bare and there was no trace of any living creature.

and……

Feeling the abnormality in the surrounding air, Siegfried discovered that the radiation in this area had become quite serious. With an ordinary person's physique, he would be close to shock at this time. Even he himself felt a little uncomfortable.

"Um... um..."

The girl answered in a low voice, already looking sick. Suddenly, her body lost strength and she fell down, gently falling on Siegfried.

Sensing something unusual behind him, Siegfried turned around and found that the girl's consciousness had become groggy. He quickly picked her up and suddenly remembered that the girl was different from him and could not resist these high concentrations of radiation...

"dad……"

"Don't talk. We can't go on. Your body can't withstand the radiation."

However, the girl didn't seem to be willing to give up. She forced herself to cheer up and tried to stand up.

"No... haven't found her yet... I'm worried she might..."

Before she could finish her broken words, she had completely fainted. Siegfried thought for a moment, then stood up and looked far away. However, he could not see anything on the flat wasteland.

(No... the area ahead should have been completely destroyed by nuclear weapons, right? And the closer we get to that area, the higher the radiation concentration becomes.)

Siegfried thought about it and had already given up the idea of ​​continuing to explore forward.

"Although I am a little concerned about the girl she mentioned... But if this continues, she will not be able to hold on..."

Siegfried talked to himself, looking at the silver-haired girl in his arms, and finally sighed. However, he secretly felt a little strange in his heart.

(A girl her size... can her legs be so strong? She disappeared without a trace so quickly...)

——!

Wait…no trace?

Thinking of this, Siegfried was suddenly stunned. He opened his eyes wide and had a terrible guess in his mind!

The little girl with purple hair... can ignore serious injuries... and has the ability to move without leaving a trace...

In my impression, there is only one being that meets these conditions...

"The Second Herrscher—Sirin!"

A hint of cruelty suddenly appeared in Siegfried's eyes. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out the name.

The mastermind behind the second collapse, the murderer who indirectly killed his wife, Cecilia!

"But, she was clearly killed by Cecilia... I saw the body with my own eyes... And if she was really the Second Herrscher, why did she save her...?"

Siegfried lowered his head and looked at the silver-haired girl sleeping in his arms. His angry eyes slowly softened. After a while, he had completely calmed down. But the deep doubts, like strands of spider webs, shrouded his heart and lingered for a long time...

“Who is she…?”

If the person who saved "Kiana" was really Xilin, then what should I do when I meet her... avenge Cecilia? Or let her go for this one time?

Siegfried hoped that his guess was wrong and that he was just a stranger on the street...

"Forget it... The most important thing now is to get out of this radiation zone and then... leave Europe."

No longer thinking about these complicated things. Holding his "daughter", Siegfried turned around and continued to head towards his original destination. He had wasted too much time in this area, and the pursuers of destiny might arrive at any time.

Now, I am just a wanted criminal on the run...

North America, Dongnanhai Electric Co., Ltd.

This institute was a company left by Edison, dedicated to the manufacture and invention of civilian electrical appliances. Now, it is an electrical and mechanical research center of Anti-Entropy. Although it still claims to be a civilian electrical appliance company, in fact, it is directly engaged in weapons research and development. The current top person in charge of this institute is Frederica Nikola Tesla.

Therefore, it was because of these foundations that Tesla was able to have a large amount of research funds to carry out project research. By the way, the Institute of Quantum Leap was a project she and Einstein worked on together.

At this moment, the sky is just getting light.

Tesla, chairman of the Southeast Sea Company, stood on the radar station not far from the helipad, staring at the distant sky.

She was waiting for someone, or more precisely, waiting for the information that person would bring.

I don't know how long it took. Finally, I saw a small black dot slowly enlarging in the sky, and Tesla's eyes lit up!

finally come……

In terms of mechanical manufacturing, Anti-Entropy has more advanced technology than Destiny. This medium-sized aircraft invented by Anti-Entropy, which can generate Honkai energy, crossed half the world and returned to Anti-Entropy's headquarters in just a few hours.

The streamlined high-tech aircraft stopped steadily on the runway. The next moment the hatch opened, a girl with long fiery red hair jumped out of the cockpit.

"Ha~ I'm back... The air here is more comfortable after all~"

She had just stretched when Tesla, with a puffed face, came over in a hurry.

"Fenrir! You..."

"Stop! Frey, this is not the place to talk, and... I just came back, I'm really tired..."

Fenrir interrupted Tesla instantly and walked towards the building while smiling. Seeing this, Tesla hurriedly caught up with her. She was waiting here specifically for the news about Cecilia that Fenrir knew. How could she let her leave like this?

"Fenrir, wait, what do you know about that girl...?"

"Oh...don't be impatient, Frey-chan, I'll tell you soon~"

……

As Fenrir and Tesla left, the apron was suddenly empty. At this time, a woman dressed as a clerk slowly walked in from the side door of the building. She stood up, looked around, and after confirming that it was safe, she opened the storage compartment of the plane.

052 Siegfried's Conjecture>>

"Are they the ones? Lord Fenrir's order is to secretly take these two people out of the base..."

The woman murmured, and after confirming the mission objective, she opened the cockpit door, got in, and started the aircraft...

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"Alright! Fenrir, stop messing around! Tell me quickly, this matter is really important!"

In the luxurious office, Tesla sat on the sofa, staring at another red-haired girl sitting opposite him with a serious expression.

"Um……"

Fenrir still looked nonchalant. She gently picked up the teacup, blew on it, and drank a small sip like some small animal, then blew on it again... She did these actions very slowly, but very naturally. Tesla had no choice but to wait for her to finish the cup of tea.

In fact, including Fenrir's previous actions, her purpose was to buy time to ensure that the woman completed the task she had assigned.

Fenrir estimated the time and felt that his subordinate had almost left here secretly, so he put down the teacup and looked directly into Tesla's eyes.

"Well, Dr. Tesla, I will tell you what I know..."

Her expression also became solemn, but the slightly fluctuating playful eyes revealed her true thoughts. However, Tesla was in a state of anxiety at the moment and could not pay attention to these details.

"Actually... I went to that place to meet an old friend... We used to work together for Destiny. But later, we couldn't stand Destiny's actions, so we tried every means to leave the organization. So, I joined Anti-Entropy, and he chose to live in seclusion..."

Fenrir lowered his head slightly and spoke in a low voice. Tesla nodded. She was also a rebel from the Fate of Heaven, so she naturally understood the feelings of the girl in front of her. But she was a little surprised that Fenrir was also a Fate of Heaven...

However, what she could not have imagined was that the above words were all made up by Fenrir based on Tesla's relevant information.

"Dr. Tesla, you should know that we have been secretly wanted by Destiny. With our identities, we can never enter Destiny's sphere of influence openly. So, I chose to sneak over..."

"Is this the reason why you ignored the risks and quantum leaped yourself...?"

Tesla's eyes twitched a little. She looked at Fenrir in front of her suspiciously, doubting the truth of what she said...

Fenrir lowered his head, but his eyes were slightly focused. Quantum jump has been proven to be risk-free, but Tesla didn't know that Bonnie's disappearance was caused by him.

(It was a mistake...)

Fenrir's brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to cover up this lie.

"Yes... it's true! He really is my very important friend...! I... it's just that after so many years, I really want to go see him... wuuuu..."

As she spoke, Fenrir tried to squeeze out a few tears, her voice was filled with tears. She couldn't think of a way to explain her behavior for the time being, so she had to try this method of gaining sympathy. Anyway, even if she was found out, she wouldn't lose much, at most she would just become enemies with Tesla's group.

On the other side, Tesla looked at the tears rolling down his face.

The girl with the pearl sighed. Originally, with her personality, she would not be moved by this. However, because of that girl, her heart became a little more delicate... and because of her worry about that girl, she was temporarily infected by this emotion.

"Okay... stop crying. Your friend... is he okay?"

"No... The village where he lived was inexplicably discovered by Tianming! And then..."

(I’ve already pretended to cry, so I might as well use it as an opportunity!)

Thinking of this, Fenrir tried to recall the things that had made her extremely sad, letting go of her emotions and letting her tears roll down drop by drop...

"Woo woo... fate... those crazy guys actually used strategic weapons to completely destroy this village!"

Fenrir didn't know about the Honkai outbreak, but Tesla also knew nothing about it. Therefore, Fenrir's lies will not be exposed here...

"What……!"

Hearing this, Tesla's eyes widened and he couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

(Just because of one person... an entire village was destroyed? Heaven's will is exactly the same as before...)

Tesla couldn't help but sigh, but suddenly, she thought of something, her eyes suddenly became flustered, and she hurriedly looked at Fenrir:

"I'm sorry to bring up your sad story, but what about Cece... that silver-haired girl? She was there too?! Did anything happen to her?"

Fenrir heard Tesla's flustered words and secretly chuckled. As expected, Dr. Tesla in front of him was very concerned about Siegfried's daughter. Although he didn't know why, Fenrir could feel the worry and concern in her words...

(So... I can't tell you...)

Fenrir thought to himself.

(Oh~ It seems that she obviously knows the identity of that girl... She blurted out "Ceci" just now, but she actually wanted to say "Cecilia's daughter"... So now, if I tell her that the girl has died in the explosion, I wonder how she will react...)

With malicious guesses, Fenrir adjusted his expression, raised his head, and just as he was about to put his thoughts into action, his eyes met Tesla's...

Fenrir was stunned when he saw her hopeful, expectant and worried eyes through Tesla's glasses. She moved her mouth but couldn't say anything. Driven by an inexplicable emotion, she tore up the speech she had carefully prepared in her mind and gave it up.

"She was also in that village... But she's fine! When the missiles hit, she... She and a few other people happened to have something to do and left the village. She should not have been affected by the explosion..."

Fenrir stammered out contradictory reasons. She felt that this clumsy lie was full of loopholes and even a child would not believe it. Feeling Tesla's burning gaze, she lowered her head involuntarily while speaking...