K424 of the Collapse World

"It's okay, Red Kite Sage. Bronya has already realized the danger."

Bronya answered without hesitation, staring into the abyss below with a sharp gaze.

"It seems that you are ready... Then go ahead, Lady Bronya. Since you can control the power of the Herrscher with your heart, I have no need to question your will."

Bronya nodded, weakened the anti-gravity energy that kept her aloft, and slowly fell into the darkness under the starlight...

But suddenly, she seemed to remember something and suddenly looked towards the Red Kite Immortal.

"Wait, Red Kite Sage. Can you come with me into the inner world of the mind image? Bronya can feel that even if you are just an afterimage of the Key of God, you are still a complete conscious being now..."

"No."

"why?"

"I do have an independent consciousness, but this form of existence is abnormal. As the memory of the Red Kite Immortal, it has completely turned into firewood for the Key of God, and there will be no residue on Fu Hua. In other words, no one knows whether this consciousness is still Fu Hua's consciousness, or the "Yu Hua" who possesses this memory.

"Duchen" will..."

The Red Kite Immortal explained in a low voice, and his indifferent expression became serious for the first time.

"If it is the latter, if this consciousness is brought into the mind image, then Yu Duchen's predecessor - the Eighth Herrscher of the pre-civilization era, will have the possibility of being reborn in 'Fu Hua'."

"—!!"

"Well, I have a feeling...interfering with the mental world with this abnormal existence form may cause irreversible consequences. Moreover, due to the mental attack of the Herrscher, my mental world may have been damaged. Too much interference of will may accelerate its collapse, so I'm sorry, I can't provide any assistance."

This is where the Red Kite Immortal finished his words, and Bronya just sighed without much regret in her eyes.

"Hmm... Bronya understands. Even if there's only one person, Bronya will wake you up."

"..."

Watching Bronya sink into the black abyss, the Red Kite Immortal gently closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in meditation in the void.

"My future self... If your will has not been lost in the long river of time, then follow this child back... Since an "inheritor" has risked his life to save you, your responsibility is far from over..."

The moment she entered the pitch-black fault, Bronya suddenly felt something under her feet, and along with the sound of shattering cracks, the darkness in front of her eyes suddenly turned into fragments like glass!

"This is......"

The darkness lasted for less than a second, and then the galaxy with intertwined stars returned to its original state.

Bronya raised her head and looked upwards. What she saw was still the hazy purple moon and the endless stars. The dark barrier had disappeared, and the place where the Red Kite Immortal had just been was also empty...

Even if he flew up again, he would not be able to enter the outer spiritual space.

“Is this the real world of mind images?”

Bronya frowned and looked at the vast night sky. Could it be that, as she had guessed before, she still had to go into the universe and search for that consciousness like looking for a needle in a haystack?

"what?!"

However, in the next second, she decisively overturned this assumption.

"Is this... Earth?"

The scene beneath his feet was no longer the dark chaos, but a huge azure sphere!

Bronya is now at the upper end of the atmosphere, just in time to see the entire planet...

"The world of mind images... Well, it is indeed a world, just like the stigmata space, a world that exists in the mind and soul... However, after all, it is the world in Fu Hua's mind, so it should be different from the real world, right?"

Bronya smiled faintly, and immediately activated the energy of the Herrscher to fly downwards. In this space where the physical laws were the same as in the original world, her Honkai energy drive did not change at all.

The speed of the Herrscher cannot be underestimated. In just a few tens of seconds, she had already descended into the troposphere, getting closer and closer to the ground.

At this moment, suddenly, a violent and powerful energy wave erupted from a place not far from her! Then, above the continent below, a dazzling pillar of fire rose up in the blink of an eye!

This is a flame that is enough to ignite the entire continent. Even in the far sky, Bronya can feel the incomparable heat, which brings a tremor from the soul!

Faced with this power of the law that represents destruction, Bronya's pupils slowly dilated.

She would not forget so quickly that the Double Herrscher who invaded the Academy Island two days ago...

“That’s the Herrscher of Fire! But why… did she land on the continent of Australia?!”

674 Chasing the Fire Dust: Encounter

"Yo, are you still alive?"

"..."

"It's pretty tough to escape from there."

"Who are you?"

"Come with me, I will teach you how to fight."

......

That day, in the rainy alley of Canghai City, she stood at the end of the corner and extended her hand to the survivor girl curled up in the corner.

The silence lasted for a long time. But finally, the girl raised her head and gently held her hand...

That was my first encounter with her.

She was like a ray of light, appearing out of nowhere in this dark and desperate world, finding me as I hid in an alley waiting to die, and giving me hope to hold on again.

So I followed her footsteps into that organization and joined her army.

The fifth squad of the Australian branch of the Fire Moth.

She is our captain——himeko

After that, many things happened, but the memories were already blurry. It was as if the blazing fire before my eyes was turning the fragments of memories into ashes.

"team leader......"

She stood in front of me, still wearing paint

She usually wears a black evening gown with her long, loose rosy hair, which looks even more charming and attractive in the reflection of the blazing flames.

She was still the same, just like two years ago, and she reached out to me again.

The radiating flames entangled her fingers, and as they slowly approached, the burning breath began to fill her nose and lungs...

She is still her, but she is no longer her.

"Captain, why..."

I don't know what my expression is now, but it should be very funny. Facing the "Herrscher", instead of running away, I stood there like a frightened citizen, waiting to be turned into ashes by the soul-burning fire...

This was obviously not how a combatant should react, but right now, it didn't matter.

Why on earth? Why would the captain...

He let the flaming hand slowly approach without taking any action.

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“Hua! Get out of my way—!”

At the last moment, the leader of the second team rushed into the fire, dragging the dazed girl with him, pulling her away from the red-haired woman and throwing her backwards.

"Herrser, your opponent is me!"

The woman holding the greatsword high roared and took a step forward, slashing the thermal magnetic cutting sword in her hand at the woman, but the next moment, before the arc of the sword blade could draw a trajectory, the surging flames swallowed her up, and the woman's figure merged with the fleeting flames, leaving no dust behind.

She failed. She was unable to stop the Herrscher for even a second, nor was she able to consume even a bit of his energy. The dissipated fire energy alone was enough to destroy her fragile body.

In front of a powerful Herrscher, a reinforced warrior would just be like a moth to a flame, dying without any value...

The woman, surrounded by flames, continued to walk along the road like an unshakable mountain. The flames spread, turning more and more land into a purgatory of red lotus fire.

"Captain Farah! Damn it... Captain Fifth! So you are really the Herrscher!?"

The eyes that were about to burst out were focused on the red-haired woman. The fully armed enhanced warriors blocked her way, and countless weapons were aimed at the red-haired woman.

"We must stop her! If she continues like this, the Australian branch... no, the entire Australia will be destroyed by her!"

"But, that is the real Herrscher..."

"Don't be afraid. Dr. Mei has already learned about the Honkai outbreak. Support will arrive soon."

"The glory of the Fire Moth will live forever. Second squad, charge!"

The roaring warriors rushed forward, stepped into the sky-high flames, and pointed their weapons fearlessly at the most powerful monster in the world. But the result was still no suspense. The Herrscher walked slowly forward without any action, and the heat wave that erupted rolled up a strong wind, tearing a gap in the warriors' formation, and swept in all directions with a devastating force.

In just a blink of an eye, more than a dozen enhanced warriors were thrown away and crushed by the hurricane of fire! The charred flesh and blood fell in pieces all around, and the burning smell mixed with the smell of blood filled the air, making it increasingly difficult to breathe.

The enhanced warriors risked everything and charged forward with all their might, but they collapsed in a glance from the Herrscher, as if the name "Fire-Chasing Moth" was an irony. Perhaps the name of the organization was given by the senior cadre in self-mockery...

"It hurts... Help me..."

"Uhhhhh..."

Many people were simply blown away by the aftermath, and their bodies were already severely burned and carbonized by the heat wave. The internal organs and ribs in their chests turned into ashes, and their hoarse screams at the moment of death cast a shadow of despair over the battlefield.

Not everyone has the courage to face despair, especially when courage is meaningless.

Their only hope is reinforcements from headquarters...

However, at this moment, what was happening in the Australian branch was being displayed on the big screen at the Fire Moth headquarters.

Sitting in the middle chair, the black-haired woman in a white coat was looking at the overhead image on the screen. She stared straight at the horrifying charred remains, but her eyes did not waver at all.

"Dr. Mei, the Australian branch has sent a distress signal for the third time..."

"Tell them that we have received it and continue to collect information about the Herrscher."

The young woman quietly interrupted the communicator's report and spoke lightly, without even taking her eyes off the light screen that projected the image.

"Dr. Mei, Captain Kevin requested to attack. May I ask..."

674 Chasing the Fire Dust: Encounter >>

"turn down."

The woman shook her head, her eyes still calm.

"Kevin is the only fusion warrior of the Fire Moth. The ability of the Herrscher of Flame is still unknown. We must use these images to collect enough data to ensure a higher success rate before deploying our only trump card."

"...I see, Doctor."

The correspondent replied hesitantly, looking away. In fact, everyone present knew that Dr. Mei

The judgment was correct. However, ignoring the branch's call for help and using the blood of compatriots to gain a chance of victory, even if they knew it was right, no one could accept it with a clear conscience...

This is also the reason why Dr. Mei, who is in a research institute, is able to gain the respect of all cadres and obtain command power.

At this moment, Dr. Mei, who faced the complicated gazes of others calmly and seemed rational and cold-blooded, secretly clenched his teeth, and the fingers holding the pen trembled slightly.

No one noticed her abnormality, and no one knew what she was thinking.

The battle on the screen continued. As the second and third waves of enhanced warriors launched their attacks, the Herrscher released a spreading ring of flames. The strong light instantly turned the image gray. When the screen was restored, the charging warriors had disappeared without a trace. Under the extreme high temperature and the law of destruction, not even their ashes could remain...

"Unknown Honkai particles detected, analysis in progress..."

At this moment, the artificial intelligence prometheus of the Fire Moth terminal suddenly spoke, apparently having sensed the activation reaction of the Herrscher's energy and automatically recorded it.

"Dr. May..."

“It’s not enough, we need more data.”

Mei replied in a deep voice, still looking at the screen expressionlessly. At this moment, the base's detection system suddenly sounded an alarm...

"Report! An extremely strong energy reaction has been detected breaking through the atmosphere at high speed, and is approaching the center of the Australian collapse!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Mei immediately opened the terminal operation page and entered several commands in succession, projecting the images captured by the satellite onto the light screen next to her.

"This is......"

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She slumped on the cracked ground, her eyes dull.

Even after being rescued by Captain Farah, the young girl did not take any action. Seeing the person closest to you become the most evil enemy, no one can easily escape the vortex of shock and confusion.

I still can't believe that the captain who was still processing documents yesterday would suddenly become a herrscher who destroys the world...

The Herrscher of Fire stopped, his burning red eyes sweeping across the shattered battlefield, looking at the charred corpses and the restless warriors on the ground, his gaze finally fixed on the distraught girl.

The corners of her mouth raised in a playful arc.

"Hehehe... Is this what humans are like? Fragile, insignificant, arrogant, ignorant, and cowardly... In the final analysis, you are just a group of ants. You don't deserve to own this world!"