K424 of the Collapse World

Shirley knelt on the ground and gently rubbed her soft legs. Now, she could clearly feel that her body was not weak because of muscle lactic acid, but because of another kind of energy...

The only strange energy in her body besides the restraining force was the destructive law from the Herrscher of Flame in the battle three days ago. These corrosive special energies were like maggots in her tarsal bones, interfering with her physical recovery speed and affecting her body functions...

"I see."

But now that she knew this, she naturally had a way to get rid of these negative influences. Since only her Herrscher form was affected by the broken law, as long as she restricted the flow of some of the Herrscher energy, she could ensure that her normal state would be restored.

Normal activity.

However, until her ability to control energy, that is, her mental strength, is fully restored, she probably still won’t be able to move freely.

"If I want to recover from the mental backlash, I'm afraid I'll need to rest for another day or two... But if the dizziness has gone away, it's okay if I don't lie in bed, right?"

She slowly stood up by holding onto the wall. With her strong body coordination, she had adapted to her weak body. After all, this was the first time she had experienced this.

——Shua La

Walking to the window, Shilis pulled open the tightly covered curtains. Instantly, the bright afternoon sun instantly dispelled the darkness in the room. The slightly dazzling warm light made the girl squint her eyes.

"It's such a pity to stay in the room on such nice days..."

Outside the medical area of ​​the Far East Branch is one of the few green areas in the entire base. From the window of this ward, you can clearly see the garden in the atrium and the two rows of cherry trees lined up beside the path.

In a large-scale mechanized branch base, such scenery is quite rare...

At this moment, a rustling sound gradually came from far away, as if someone was approaching the door of the ward on tiptoe. Then, the door lock made a slight turning sound.

Click...

These barely perceptible noises had brought Hillarys back to her senses from her daze, and she turned towards the door.

The next moment, under Shirley's expressionless gaze, the short-haired girl who quietly peeked in from the ward door met her gaze directly.

The half pink and half purple short hair and the conspicuous heterochromatic eyes, the name "Xing Mal" instantly flashed in Shirley's mind.

“Eh! Sis… Sis Sis?”

"Yeah~ It's me, Xing."

After gently waving her hand and saying hello, Shirley turned around and leaned against the windowsill, looking at Xing who seemed a little at a loss, a smile unconsciously flashed in her eyes.

"Come in, Xing. Don't hide at the door now that you've been discovered."

"Woo..."

As Xing walked into the room awkwardly, Shirley discovered that the girl's right arm was in a cast, and her upper body under the hospital gown was wrapped in bandages...

By the way, Cocolia said that Xing was seriously injured in the war and hoped that she could go to visit him. But before she could see Xing, Shilis fainted. The accumulated fatigue and the backlash made her unable to get up. She was unable to fulfill her promise for three days.

I didn't get to visit Xing, but was visited by Xing instead. I always feel a little embarrassed...

Shirley thought silently, leaning against the windowsill without moving. Although she wanted to go over to greet him, given her current physical condition, if she acted rashly, she would probably fall to the ground in disgrace, causing others to worry.

Unless she trembled and walked along the wall like she did just now, or crawled on all fours like a small animal. But Shiris didn't dare to imagine what kind of expression Xing would show if she did that...

Not knowing what Shirley was thinking, Xing gently closed the door, her cheeks flushed, and she walked cautiously to the front of the silver-haired girl, and stopped four meters away.

"Sister Shilis, um, Xing heard that you were also in the hospital, so I wanted to come and visit you...um, how is your health?"

"Thank you~ I'm fine now! But Xing, since you're here to visit, why didn't you knock on the door instead of sneaking in?"

Having concealed the fact that she was unable to move, Shirley did not want to see her friend's worried and anxious expression.

Anyway, I'll be able to recover my mobility tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so it should be easy to hide it.

"Ah? No, no, that's not it... Xing just heard from the nurse that Sister Shilis has been sleeping all the time, and Xing was worried that she would disturb her rest, so..."

Xing was obviously relieved when she heard Shirley say that she was fine. Her soft and childish voice was completely different from her usual image of a child king.

"Okay, okay, I'm just asking casually, no need to explain so seriously. Xing is really cute when she's serious... Here, don't stand all the time, just sit there.

686 Storm is coming >>

Pointing to the chair beside the bed, Shirley didn't know why, but Xing, who was described by others as fierce and violent, always acted like a shy little girl in front of her. Her performance was not much different from six years ago when she was less than ten years old.

Maybe it's because this child really treats me as his sister...

"Xing, do you want to eat anything? I have some fruits among the gifts."

"No, no..."

"I heard from Cocolia that you were injured in the battle. How is your injury now?"

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury, it's almost healed."

Xing shook her head slightly and continued to sit in the chair, looking at the silver-haired girl leaning on the windowsill with some confusion.

(Sister Shiris... feels a little different?

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For some reason, Xing did not take the initiative to approach Shirley, but kept a polite distance like she did with other people. After all, many children in the orphanage were afraid of her, and getting too close would easily scare the timid children, so only by keeping a distance could they communicate normally.

Over time, Xing developed this habit. But to her surprise, Sister Shilis, who would always come to ask about her well-being in the past, did not move this time. She just stood at the window, neither approaching her nor sitting next to her to stroke her hair like before.

Could it be that Sister Shilis has started to hate me too?

Indeed, with my bad personality, I won't be liked anywhere, right? It turns out that it's the same with Sis Shilis...

It doesn’t matter. Even if Sister Shiris starts to hate me, I will never hate her.

The girl's eyes flickered slightly, and the mist of tears quickly enveloped her eyes, blurring her vision...

Despite her character flaws, Xing, as a relatively precocious child, had already learned how to conceal her emotions and avoid making others worry about her.

Xing quietly responded to Shirley's question, feeling sad. But how could she have imagined that Shirley was leaning against the wall because she couldn't walk? In order to avoid worrying others, she didn't want Xing to know her physical condition, so she deliberately made a natural posture, as if there was nothing wrong with her body.

(Is this child alienated from me? Yes, when children grow up, there is indeed a natural gap between them and their family members... But is it really like this?)

Seeing Xing's inexplicably low spirits, Shilis was also confused and could only try to find various topics to liven up the atmosphere. How could she possibly guess that Xing thought she was hated because she didn't stroke her fur...

"By the way, how is life in Saint Freya? Are you still keeping up with the theory courses for the junior Valkyrie?"

"Well, there is no problem with Xing's course. She has already obtained the B-level Valkyrie certificate."

"Haha, I didn't realize Xiao Xing is quite capable. I thought you were only good at..."

Just as she was saying this, the sound of the door lock interrupted her next words.

As the door of the ward was pushed open by a hand, the next moment, Einstein, with an anxious face, rushed into the room. Seeing Xing sitting beside the bed, he was stunned at first, but did not say anything. He quickly turned his gaze in the direction of Shirley.

"...Aiyin?"

"That's right, Shirley. Now that you're awake, Dr. Tesla won't blame me for disturbing your rest."

Einstein spoke very quickly, and walked quickly to the window next to Shirley. After a moment's hesitation, he spoke solemnly.

"The monitoring personnel we sent to Haiyuan City were attacked by a large number of quantum shadows and have now lost contact with all of them."

"what?!"

"Although the situation is still uncertain, I guess that the Eye of the Abyss may have opened automatically for some reason, and the snake trapped in the Quantum Ocean has come to our world."

"..."

After the shock, Shirley lowered her head and remained silent. Now that the Far East Branch had suffered a heavy blow, Kevin's early escape was not good news.

Although she was sure that Kevin would always stand on the side of humans, the stubborn and extreme old popsicle was too hard to figure out. Faced with the current situation, who knew what decision he would make...

Destiny and Anti-Entropy have certain principles, but World Snake does not! For the sole purpose of defeating Honkai, they can easily do anything unimaginable.

Action must be taken in advance, or at least be prepared!

"Does anyone else know this news?"

"The news that the branch personnel are missing is public, Shilis."

"Well, since everyone already knows about it, it saves us a lot."

As she spoke, Shirley stood up a little straighter by leaning against the wall and extended a hand to Einstein.

"Aiyin, help me... Never mind."

Looking at the thin blue-haired girl in front of her, Shilis immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking Einstein to support her, and instead turned her gaze to the dazed girl sitting on the chair.

Xing's strength is equivalent to that of a B-rank Valkyrie in armed state. My weight of about 40 kilograms should not be a problem for her, right?

"Xing, are you sure your injury is not serious?"

"Eh? Um... the doctor said we can take the bandages off tomorrow."

"Okay! Xing, can you give me a hand and take me to the core area of ​​the branch base?"

"Ah? What do you mean by 'help'?"

"I'm sorry... Xing, I lied to you just now. Actually, my body is still unable to move independently. I'm afraid I can't even stand up without support. Of course, if it's inconvenient, I can also ask a nurse to help..."

"No! It's not inconvenient. Xing...Xing is happy to help Sister Shilis!"

Seeing the girl suddenly stand up and look a little excited, Shilis was a little

He was a little confused, but didn't care too much. He just let Xing hold one of his arms and lean on the girl.

"Let's go, Dr. Einstein. Please inform Theresa to prepare for an emergency meeting and summon the Far East branch's top leaders and Anti-Entropy personnel!"

"Got it. But Shirley, your body..."

"It's okay, trust me."

"I see......"

As Silis and the other two quickly left the ward and walked along the corridor to the exit, no one noticed that a camera at the end of the corridor in the ward area slowly deviated in direction...

687 Surveillance and Counter-surveillance

The camera slowly turned and returned to its original position as the people turned the corner, as if nothing had happened.

Although Shirley could sense the prying eyes of others, she was in the Far East Base full of surveillance cameras and had long been accustomed to the feeling of being watched all around her, so it was difficult for her to realize what was unusual behind her.

However, in a place that the camera could not see, the girl showed an inexplicable smile on her face...

After being sent to the ward by Tesla, Shiris did not find her Valkyrie uniform in the room. It seemed that it was left in the medical examination room. At this moment, she was only wearing a thin off-shoulder nightgown, and no one knew who changed it for her.

But in her anxiety, she simply borrowed a white coat from an operating room along the way and put it on, then continued to rush to Theresa's office.

After leaving the tidy ward area, the girl's bare feet were quickly covered with a layer of dust.

"Sirius, where are your shoes?"

Einz was still fiddling with the terminal in his hand on the road, and suddenly noticed that Shirley was barefoot, and asked subconsciously.

"I don't know. Tesla was not brought to me. Maybe he left it in the medical examination room."

Shirley shook her head and didn't care about her dirty feet. She tried hard to recall Kevin Kaslana's style of doing things, trying to find more useful information from the memory fragments of reincarnation, and predict the man's next possible actions...

Kevin escaped early, and the original plan of negotiating an alliance became a dead letter. It might not be so easy to borrow the power of the World Snake to fight against the collapse. Moreover, the World Snake might not agree with his plan to transfer the Quantum Sea.

According to the information she had just obtained, the World Serpent seemed to have begun to prepare to take action against the Destiny. Indeed, given Kevin's hatred for Honkai, the first thing he would do after leaving the Quantum Sea would probably be to clean up the security risks in the anti-Honkai organization. If this was the case, Saint Freya's Herrscher and the humanoid Honkai beast would naturally become his primary targets.

However, he had just left the Quantum Sea and should not have recovered his peak strength yet. Even if the Destiny Organization was seriously injured at this time, it would not be easy for their World Snake to take them down.

In fact, as long as Shilis stays alone in the Far East Branch, the threat from the World Serpent will be greatly reduced...

I just hope that some guys won’t do unnecessary things and it would be wisest to stop in time.

"Okay, I've already contacted Theresa. I'm sure she knows this matter is of great importance, so she should be able to arrange a meeting place for us."

Soon, Einstein finished his report, put away his terminal, and placed his hand on the silver-haired girl's shoulder.

"Shiris, don't be so anxious. It will take some time for the other participants to arrive. Before that, you should tidy up your appearance a little bit, right?"

"Instrument? Why is such a thing necessary..."

"At the very least, don't limp over here like this, right? I don't care about my appearance, but you look like a seriously ill patient who ran away. How can anyone be at ease with you? Xing, you and Shirley wait here for a while. I'll go get something."

Having said that, without waiting for Shirley to say anything, Einstein turned to a room next door, opened the door and walked in.

"Wait a minute Aiyin...Alas, old people are really stubborn."

Shirley sighed and looked at the sign on the side wall, only to find that the three of them had already reached the outskirts of the base's medical department, where the equipment warehouse was located.

Well, it looks like Einstein is going to find her a cane.

Looking at the "human crutch" she brought, Shilis couldn't help but smile bitterly, stroked Xing's head, and gently broke away from the girl's hand.

"Xing, let me go first. You don't have to hold on to me all the time. I can stand firmly by leaning against the wall."

"It's okay, Sister Shilis isn't heavy at all!"