K424 of the Collapse World

“What…what is this?!”

The Valkyrie opened her eyes wide, looking at something in astonishment as it pierced through the side armor, extended to the top floor of the cabin, and penetrated out...

It was a dark purple strip of substance about two meters wide and long, with a jelly-like translucent colloidal texture. From a single angle, it was impossible to tell whether it was a ribbon or a cone.

It was able to tear open the solid armor of the warship easily, but it gave people the feeling of a non-existent shadow or energy. The contradictory state between the real and the virtual made people feel uncomfortable at a glance, as if the surrounding space was tilted...

There is no doubt that this is the real person who launched the attack just now.

"...!"

Yulandel's pupils shrank slightly.

She knew this kind of thing... No, not only knew it, but was even very familiar with it. After the mission at the "Ether Anchor Point" was over, she took on a new job at the Vimur Laboratory in North Africa, where she had to deal with these twisted and strange "creatures" almost every day.

"Quantum Shadow...why would it appear in a place like this?!"

In the experiment of activating the "Key of the Sky", unknown monsters invaded reality from the mirror of unknown quantum layers. Yulandel can guarantee that she has never let any of them leave the experimental field...

In other words, this shouldn't be a monster that leaked out from the Key of the Sky experiment.

(As expected... this is what I had a feeling just now!)

Yulandel's eyes were gloomy. Although the monsters made up of quantum shadows were not a problem for her, the members of the Undying Blade did not have much experience in dealing with these mysterious creatures whose properties were completely different from those of the Honkai Beasts.

Moreover, even Yulandel herself had never seen a quantum shadow of such a large size...

The strip that touched the transport ship thousands of meters in the air and penetrated the entire cabin was probably just a part of its body.

"Captain! The tentacles made of shadows have grabbed our ship. The propulsion function of the warship..."

Swah——

Before the driver could finish his words, Yulandel drew out her lance and swept it forward. The thick strip of shadow lance was shattered, and the severed part instantly turned into a shadow and disappeared.

"Drink——!"

The girl used her lance to hold back the remaining part of the phantom, and directly activated the particle flow of the Moon Soul Armor to propel it forward, using her body to push the shadow tentacles directly out of the cracks in the battleship!

"I'll hold it back! Now is the time to get the transport ship out of the target's attack range. Everyone, get ready for battle!"

Yulandel's anxious voice echoed in the communication channel, and the Valkyries who reacted immediately took action. Rita immediately released the lock of the Moon Soul Armor and jumped out of the crack in the hull after Yulandel.

"Lord Youlandel!"

The scattered particle stream formed a solid energy spirit. The ice blade giant sickle of "Silver Moon" bombarded the cross section of the purple shadow, and cooperated with Yulandel's giant lance to suppress the shadow, splitting the quantum shadow in half like a bamboo board, and even condensing a layer of frost on the cross section...

"Um?!"

However, the purple shadows cut by the sickle did not disappear, but gathered again behind Rita, turning into countless spears that pierced Rita's back...

At this moment, relying on Rita's "White Shadow Moon" to create an opportunity, Yulandel also released the particle flow of the Moon Soul Armor to drive the phantom...

"Wake up, defender of glory!"

The Phantom Knight in blue and white armor thrust out his shield, and the attacking quantum spears crashed into the indestructible light curtain one after another. The next moment, the second Phantom Knight holding a giant sword swung a heavy blow, turning all the remaining quantum phantoms into fragments!

However, even though the phantom's counterattack was crushed, Yulandel did not relax her vigilance at all, and the alertness in her eyes became more intense.

After defeating the tentacles of the phantom, the true form of the quantum monster finally appeared before their eyes.

The blue wings were more dazzling than ever, but they could not hide the terrifying monster...

666 The Abyss and the Snake

Even though the Key of Space experiment had been conducted no less than thirty times, Yulandel had never seen a quantum monster in such a form.

It has the same dark blue translucent body, but its size is countless times larger than that of the Trampling Shadow, which is equivalent to a tank-class Honkai Beast, and is not much different from a super-large Honkai Beast of the hundred-meter level.

As for its specific size, it is impossible to judge. The existence of the superposition state of quantum shadows can distort the surrounding space. If you want to accurately observe a superposition state entity of an energy shadow from the overlapping space, the current technology is far from being able to do it.

What the two of them saw at the moment was just a blurry alien giant shadow. The extremely thick dark blue quantum layer was superimposed countless times, and the five fingers of the phantom claws became unreal and virtual, as if countless branches were split out of the overlapping shadows.

"Um?!"

Youlandel suddenly frowned. She could see clearly that the huge quantum shadow was only half visible at this stage. At the bottom of the shadow were countless tiny blue quantum chains, which were connected to the corpses of the Rulers...

(Quantum entanglement... That's right! Rulers rely on quantum entanglement to share brain waves regardless of distance. They themselves have the ability to interfere with the quantum layer. Then, even if an individual is killed, the quantum entanglement between them still exists and automatically gathers the scattered energy...)

Well, it seems its origin is pretty clear.

(That's actually the case... If the battlefield was cleaned up immediately after the battle, this wouldn't have happened, right?)

With a helpless and bitter expression, the blonde girl had already gotten the answer in her heart. However, when she was about to observe the target further, she suddenly sensed a trace of energy waves at the quantum level...

"What is this...? Rita! Be prepared to avoid it in advance!"

"...?!"

While observing the quantum alien in the air, the maid suddenly heard Yulandel's warning and immediately opened her eyes wide. Although she did not notice any attack from the target, out of trust in Yulandel, Rita still activated the jet module of the armor, ready to launch high-speed movement at any time...

"Don't be dazed, be careful ahead!"

"Front?"

Rita's eyes were fixed on the quantum phantom in front of her, without any deviation, but in her eyes, the huge purple shadow remained motionless. It neither launched an attack nor took any action...

(Could it be... that was an illusion-type mental attack? If so, who was the victim, me or Lady Yulandel? Or...)

The moment Rita hesitated, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by Yulandel, and the particle streamer wings in jet mode broke through the air and directly took Rita to another sky.

"Lord Yulandel, what on earth is going on..."

Still unaware of the source of the attack, the maid was resisting the wind pressure from the high-speed flight and was about to ask something, but then the translucent light and shadow that completely covered the sky made her swallow the question she had just asked.

Just now, the quantum monster did launch an attack, still with the same shadow tentacle that penetrated the cabin, but this time it was not just one, but a superposition entity of the entire Shadow Claw, splitting into hundreds and thousands of translucent tentacles, overwhelming the two of them...

Because the quantum monster's energy was too huge, and the space distortion caused by the superposition of the structural entity, she had the illusion that the target was not moving. If Rita had acted according to her intuition just now, she would probably have been hit by the phantom in an instant.

As for Yulandel, the strongest Valkyrie who is extremely familiar with the theory of quantum space, she must be sensitive enough to the flow of these imaginary energies.

However, after understanding the nature of the danger, the maid was even more surprised.

"This guy...! I am so sorry, Master Yulandel, I was unable to sense the Herrscher's attack..."

"Even you can't detect it?"

With eyes wide open in surprise, Yulandel turned to look at the maid beside her. After escaping the attack range of the quantum monster, she slowed down her flight speed slightly and digested the information she had just obtained.

The attack strength of a single Shadow Tentacle is enough to penetrate the alloy layer of the transport ship. With hundreds of Shadow Tentacles stacked together, I'm afraid few people are willing to confront them head-on...

"Fortunately, the transport ship left in time, otherwise, I would not have the confidence to save the entire battleship in the diffusion attack just now."

The purple shadows in the sky slowly dissipated. Yulandel looked at the tentacles of the Quantum Shadow slowly retracting, her focused gaze revealing a solemn look.

"Now I understand why the weak Thousand Herrschers dare to confront the strongest Constraint Herrscher head-on... Although their individual strength is very weak, if they activate quantum entanglement and integrate the Herrscher energy with imaginary energy, they can actively create such a monster..."

As we speak, a huge quantum shadow

There was a silent roar, and powerful energy vibrations spread out instead of sound waves, and the air seemed to become sticky.

The two Valkyries remained motionless in the energy fluctuations. Yulandel felt the energy level of the quantum impact and had a clearer understanding of the monster's strength.

"In a sense, this unconscious quantum monster can already constitute a true Herrscher-level disaster. But this is only the product of quantum entanglement of a part of the Herrschers. If all the Herrschers on the battlefield were to complete this ritual, I'm afraid that Miss Binding Herrscher would also find it difficult..."

666 Abyss and Snake>>

The blonde girl swung the lance in her hand, and the blue particle stream glow seemed to reflect the stars in the sky. At the same time, in her free left hand, the mysterious golden light gradually gathered and formed a slender sword shape...

"But... you let more than half of the Herrschers retreat, leaving only a small number to complete this back-up plan. Do you think that the opponent is no longer a Herrscher of Constraint, so there is no need to use up all your resources? We are really underestimated, Rita."

Holding the sword-shaped creature with golden glow, Yulandel stared directly at the quantum superposition of unknown identity, without any fear in her eyes from beginning to end.

Indeed, few people would want to confront this strange behemoth head-on, but Yulandel happens to be one of those "few people".

Moreover, she is capable of carrying out her own decisions.

Looking at the sword-shaped light in the girl's hand, the maid was silent for a moment, then raised the giant sickle in her hand with a look of nostalgia.

"Is that...Yulandel?"

"Well, to deal with these stowaways from the Quantum Sea, we should use the same method to expel them..."

Pointing the lance in her right hand at the quantum shadow in the chaos, the girl's eyes reflected a light called fighting spirit.

"But before that, I don't want to cause trouble to the world over there, so... I'll beat it into a collapsed state first!"

As a relic of the former civilization, Haiyuan City was originally the target of the Honkai Alliance. As a countermeasure for the "Observers" to restrain the Herrschers, the Herrschers who descended at the same time were also given such instructions.

However, with the defeat of the Herrscher of Flame and Herrscher of Heart in Saint Freya, and the subsequent Herrscher of Rock breaking away from the orders of the Honkai Will and acting alone, the subsequent plan to attack Haiyuan City also failed. In any case, it is impossible to break through the defense of Haiyuan City with the remaining hundreds of Herrschers.

The transfer plan was temporarily shelved due to the Herrscher's attack, and the Eye of the Abyss, which was the core, was still closed. Without the instructions of Walter or Shiris, Einstein would never activate the control console of the ruins at will.

She was not a mad scientist with an overly strong desire for research, nor would she act casually like a certain red-haired girl with twin ponytails. Einstein always kept a sufficient distance from the Eye of the Abyss, which was full of unknowns, and did not do anything unnecessary.

Even if the mysterious existence from Haiyuan City came to the door on its own initiative.

......

"I will not change my position, visitor from the abyss, this matter must be decided by the person in charge."

Einstein tapped on the terminal keyboard, converting the string of characters into recognizable energy state information and transmitting it into the energy tide of the Eye of the Abyss.

When the imaginary energy of the Eye of the Abyss fluctuated, Einstein knew that an unknown being from beneath the abyss had sent her a message.

One day before the Honkai attack, that being tried to get in touch with the outside world. By analyzing the energy state information it sent, we can basically know what the other party wants, which is probably to request to open the Eye of the Abyss and negotiate with the outside world.

This was originally the base of the World Serpent. Einstein could basically guess what was in the abyss...

So she refused without hesitation.

"I'm sorry, to put it bluntly, I'm just a gatekeeper. I don't have the authority to decide on the activation of the Eye of the Abyss, please forgive me."

After sending the words according to the other party's transcription method, Einstein held his face and waited for a response, and couldn't help feeling a little excited.

Hidden inside the Eye of the Abyss is nothing but the so-called "snake". If I ignore and reject the requests made by that fellow over and over again, and repeat it a few more times, will it get angry like a human?

With nothing else to do anyway, this seemed worth looking forward to…

Anyway, they have already gone to war with the World Serpent and robbed their ruins base. Now that things have come to this, Einstein is naturally not afraid of offending the other side's leader.

"Oh? Shilis Kaslana is facing a life-or-death crisis. I can provide you with help..."

Reading the reply he had just received, Einstein couldn't help but be a little surprised.

It seems that the Quantum Sea Snake also has a way to obtain information from the outside world. At least, He also knows about the joint attack of the Herrschers.

However, the timeliness of the World Serpent's news seems to be not very good. Although he stayed in Haiyuan City, Einstein had already known that the Far East Branch had repelled the Herrscher and ended the battle...

"real

"Oh, great world snake leader...are you really willing to put aside past grudges and help us fight the invasion of Honkai?"

After sending the transcribed text, Einstein received an affirmative reply from the other party shortly afterwards. Compared with the previous reply speed, this time was obviously much faster, which indirectly proved that the other party was indeed quite excited.

Einstein raised the corner of his mouth slightly, pressed the send key, and sent out the reply prepared in the dialog box.

"But I refuse!"

667 Heavy

In the intensive care unit of the advanced treatment department of the Far East Branch's medical center, a pretty oriental girl was lying on her back on the bed, motionless.

A translucent respirator covered half of her face, and her body was connected to various large and small tubes, connected to several huge mechanical instruments.

Her breathing was relatively steady, her skin was fair and smooth, and her long gray-black hair spread out under her like a strand of silk, radiating a crystal-like luster.

On the surface, the girl looked very healthy, not at all like the other seriously injured and dying patients in the critical care unit.

However, it is impossible to let a healthy person take up precious ICU resources. Even if the limited medical staff of the Far East Branch are in a panic, they will not make such an absurd mistake.

At the head of the girl's bed, there is an electroencephalogram (EBW) detector, which serves as a superior substitute for an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine.

Several tiny electrodes were attached to the girl's head, connected to the sophisticated instrument by cables.

The instrument's photon display screen was filled with all kinds of obscure professional terms and symbols. But as long as you knew that this was a brain wave detector, even a layman could guess what the flat white line in the middle meant...

Yes, the reference curve showing the frequency of brain wave activity remained flat from beginning to end, without any fluctuations.

Just like an electrocardiograph, even people who are in deep sleep have regular and obvious brain wave responses.

In the medical institutions of destiny, there is only one situation that would manifest like this.

--die

Or rather...brain dead.

The girl's heart was still beating, her blood was still flowing, and her warm body was full of vitality, as if she had just fallen into a deep sleep.