K424 of the Collapse World

While handing out the bad check, Fenrir turned around, grabbed his wet coat, and walked out of the room.

She had traveled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean to this unknown town just for this short conversation. Now she was about to set off again, heading to the Anti-Entropy Headquarters in North America, a small base of her own.

Fenrir held up her umbrella and walked towards the station in the wind and rain. She yawned and looked very tired.

However, even if she felt tired, she didn't want to go back to face Cocolia. When two people with ulterior motives were together, they could only concentrate on being alert to each other's words and actions. Although Fenrir was quite good at this, it didn't mean she liked this feeling.

"I was almost led into a ditch by that vixen... But at least I accomplished my goal. Humph! Why do you think I gave you that information through such an old-fashioned method as a chip?"

The raindrops gradually became smaller, but Fenrir didn't care about it. She just looked at the distant horizon and muttered to herself.

"Wait for me, Lucia..."

"He's also a guy who will do anything to achieve his goal..."

Cocolia looked at the red-dressed girl from afar, smiled and shook her head. Based on Fenrir's performance, Cocolia could completely guess what she was thinking, so she couldn't help but look down on the so-called Fenrir.

"You just want to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with me..."

"Although I'm naive, I didn't gain hundreds of years of experience in vain... Never mind. I didn't expect to win her over before."

Talking to herself, Kokolia picked up the chip and put it into her personal terminal.

"You're still using this old-fashioned storage device... Is it because you've lived too long that it's hard to keep up with the times?"

Fortunately, Kokolia also used this old terminal in Russia, and the data disk was successfully read out. Kokolia looked through the data on the chip and frowned.

"Honkai manipulation? It's the ability of the Shaniyat family after all... But even if it's Cecilia, she shouldn't be able to directly affect the Honkai in a living being, right? And..."

Cocolia looked at a photo attached to the file. It was the photo taken by Bonnie when Lan Feng had just arrived in the village to rescue Kerry. Due to the distance, the face of the silver-haired girl in the photo was a little blurry, but looking at her, Cocolia felt a sense of familiarity, but she couldn't tell where she had seen it before...

At this moment, what Cocolia didn't know was that the chip she installed in the terminal suddenly emitted an electromagnetic wave, which entered her terminal and at the same time, sent the other information in her terminal to the machine in the red-dressed girl's hand outside the hotel without her noticing...

060 Before departure

"Xing, you've probably never washed clothes before, right? Then just stay in bed and don't make trouble."

"Oh……"

Xing left Lan Feng reluctantly. On the other side, looking at the little girl wearing only thin underwear, Lan Feng's eyes twitched and he sighed.

I don’t know when it started, but when I see the body of the “opposite sex”, although I still feel a little strange and awkward, I no longer feel overly flustered or embarrassed.

But it's also a good thing.

"Sister Shilis..."

"Hmm...? Ah! What happened?"

Lan Feng pondered for a moment before suddenly remembering that this was his current name.

Without Cocolia around, Lan Feng was completely relaxed, so much so that he made such a low-level mistake.

(No! I have to get used to this name quickly. I can’t let myself be exposed and let Cocolia find out. I am Shirley… I am Shirley…)

While hypnotizing himself, Lan Feng turned his head and looked at Xing who suddenly called out to him. The pink-haired girl hesitated for a moment, then timidly raised her head and stared at Lan Feng.

Seeing Xing's performance, Lan Feng felt a little strange. Why did this girl become so shy at this time?

(etc……!)

Suddenly remembering Xing's previous loss of control, Lan Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. Just as he was about to ask a question, Xing expressed her concerns.

"Sister Shilis...what's the matter with the scars on your body...will you die like mom and dad?"

"what?"

"If Sis Shilis dies too... Xing, ah... no, what should I do?"

Her big silver eyes were full of worry. She bit her lips, her hands trembling slightly, and just looked at Lan Feng.

"Oh...it's this matter."

Lan Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "She could feel that this girl was becoming more and more dependent on herself, which was not a good thing..."

She already understood why Xing had gone berserk in the alley earlier.

(At that time, she probably thought that I would be killed by Cocolia...)

Lan Feng thought about it, frowning tightly.

Xing has a kind of power that Lan Feng has no idea about, but it is obvious that this power is very similar to Honkai energy, and it will also go out of control when her emotions get out of control.

Lan Feng felt an indescribable bitterness about this. Xing should have considered him as the closest person to her. The feeling of being relied on by others... was not pleasant. Instead, it felt like a sense of responsibility was weighing on him.

"Don't worry. I'm strong and I won't die so easily. Besides, even if I'm gone one day, you'll be able to face life on your own by then."

"Really? But... there's no Sister Silis

I can’t imagine the days...”

"It should be fine. Xing, you will grow up in the future after all."

"That's right..."

"Yes, so don't worry about these things anymore."

After saying this, Lan Feng suddenly felt a little upset. She shook her head vigorously to drive these things out of her mind.

She started to continue what she was doing.

Although the hotel room was simple, it had complete water and electricity facilities. After Lan Feng took off his coat, he threw it into the sink and planned to wash it thoroughly.

By the way, he also washed Xing's gorgeous dress because it was also soaked by the rain. Besides, Lan Feng was idle at the moment and had nothing to do.

For Lan Feng, since he was picked up by Cocolia, he didn't need to think about what would happen next for the time being. He should deal with the hygiene issue first.

Before, Cocolia led the two of them to this room, and then left here and went to a room on another floor, as if there was something important. However, the soldiers who came with her were still guarding nearby. As long as Lan Feng carefully sensed, he could feel their aura...

(It seems like she doesn’t trust me… Never mind, that’s normal.)

After all, the impression that he had in Cocolia's eyes was that he was extremely capable in combat and good at acting. No matter what, he would not easily let down his guard against him, so he let these soldiers monitor him...

Lan Feng couldn't help but smile as he thought about it. If he really wanted to leave, those few people wouldn't be enough!

No... Cocolia at least trusts me a little. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just knock her out and take her away like she did to Bronya in the future?

While thinking about all sorts of things, Lan Feng had no choice but to continue wearing the wet and tattered shirt as he had no other clothes. He stood on tiptoe, touched the slightly high sink, rubbed the jacket soaked in the sink, and washed off the blood stains on it.

Xing sat on the bed, quietly looking at Lan Feng's thin back, with a thoughtful look and an inexplicable emotion in her eyes...

Lan Feng didn’t know what Xing was thinking, she was just thinking about the future.

(Are you just going to follow Cocolia?)

In addition, although it was a bit uncomfortable to say this, Lan Feng still had to admit that she did not have a clear goal at the moment. Going to Shenzhou in this world was just a long-term plan, and when she met Cocolia at this time, she just went with the flow.

(That's it for now. Anyway, judging from the plot of Honkai Impact 3, nothing will happen during this period...)

dong dong...

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which startled Lan Feng. He stopped what he was doing and was about to go over to open the door, but the lock made a slight sound. The door was opened directly by the key, and it was Cocolia who was standing at the door.

Seeing Cocolia walk into the room, Xing shrank back in fear. Lan Feng immediately adjusted his state and faced Cocolia as if he were facing a great enemy.

(Here she comes...! What is she going to do...)

Cocolia just placed the two girls in this room, and the key was still in her own hand. Therefore, she could open the door and come in directly.

(Knock on the door beforehand... and then open it with the key? Cocolia is not as overbearing and strong as I knew her to be...)

A little surprised by Cocolia's polite behavior, Lan Feng turned around, thinking in his heart, and looked at Cocolia with an expressionless face.

After browsing the information left by Fenrir, Cocolia came to Lan Feng. Now that she had completed the goal of this trip, she had time to chat with the girl she had picked up.

However, before that...

"you……"

The next moment after Cocolia entered the room, her eyes fell on Lan Feng. The tattered shirt was almost completely torn into pieces, and Lan Feng was almost completely naked.

The petite girl's exposed white skin was covered with scars. Seeing this scene, the contrast was so cruel that even Cocolia couldn't help but frown...

"That damn military...what on earth have you been through?"

She asked in a low voice, with more pity in her eyes as she looked at Lan Feng.

Noticing Cocolia's gaze, Lan Feng lowered his head and looked at the scars on his body. Most of these wounds were caused by Aimiye's sickle when he was in the village. With Lan Feng's extraordinary recovery ability, the wounds from a few days ago have completely healed and faded, as if they were old wounds from many years ago.

(I see, this scar is very consistent with my current "identity"...)

Indeed, in Cocolia's eyes, Lan Feng was completely determined to be an elite trained by a local military government. After countless battles, these scars were the best testimony.

Cocolia couldn't imagine what kind of things this child, who looked only about ten years old, had experienced to have so many terrible scars on his body?

"So many injuries... You must have been in a lot of pain back then..."

"No, I'm used to it."

Keeping his usual tone in front of Cocolia, Lan Feng spoke calmly, lowering his head so as not to let Cocolia see the unnaturalness of his expression.

"Don't worry, under my protection, you will never have to return to those battlefields again."

The scars on the girl's body really touched Cocolia. As she spoke, she walked towards Lan Feng and reached out to touch her head.

Feeling the girl's body tremble slightly, Cocolia felt even more sympathetic to the girl named Shilis. Obviously, she didn't trust anyone, otherwise she wouldn't be so afraid of herself. The reason why she didn't resist until now was probably because she had no choice.

"Relax, no one will hurt you here."

Cocolia squatted down and hugged the girl in front of her. Feeling her stiff body trembling slightly, Cocolia sighed. It seemed that it would not be easy to get her to relax her guard.

060 Before departure >>

Cocolia was not worried that the girl would take the opportunity to attack her. However, Lan Feng did not intend to take this opportunity to attack Cocolia.

(Cocolia... this character in the original novel received mixed reviews. What kind of person is she?)

Lan Feng lowered her head and thought, she could feel the sincerity of this woman towards her. However, thinking of what Cocolia did afterwards, Lan Feng felt a little confused.

If he wanted to stick to his idea, he would have to be an enemy of Cocolia in the future. But should he use force against someone who treated him well?

At this time, Cocolia let go of Lan Feng and smiled.

"You should know who I am, right? The military wanted to get rid of me, so they must have told you. But you didn't take the opportunity to attack me just now. Shirley, you are also a gentle child, right?"

Lan Feng was slightly startled. Was Cocolia's behavior just now also a test? What a scary woman...

In fact, Lan Feng had some misunderstandings. What she said just now was just a casual remark by Cocolia. The main reason why she hugged Lan Feng on a whim was because of her confidence in her own strength.

"I've met countless kids like you. Most of them came with the intention of killing me."

"What did you do to them?"

"Oh...? Why do you ask?"

Facing Cocolia's somewhat surprised look, Lan Feng thought about his current image, estimated the intelligence he should show, and spoke slowly.

"Since you are standing here, it means that their goal has failed. So..."

"Don't worry, I don't kill children. I have adopted most of them. I think children like you should not appear on the battlefield..."

Cocolia said, looking at the girl in front of her with some approval. However, she also thought that this girl would have such a meticulous mind.

"So, those few...?"

"He committed suicide. As a 'death soldier'."

Hearing this word, Lan Feng was slightly startled, and then he suddenly realized that this did not refer to the dead soldiers who were eroded by the collapse, but the literal meaning.

"Anyway, that's it. Do you have any other questions?"

"No more, Miss Cocolia..."

Not paying attention to Lan Feng's address, Cocolia smiled and turned to Xing who had been silent beside her.

"Your name is Xing Maer, as I recall, is that right?"

"I……"

Xing's body trembled a little, and she shrank back again. Obviously, Xing was not as indifferent to Cocolia as Lan Feng.

For some reason, Xing was instinctively afraid of the woman in front of him.

Seeing this, Lan Feng frowned slightly. This is not a good sign... If this continues, Xing will not be able to grow normally.

"It's okay, Xing, there's no need to be so nervous. Cocolia won't do anything to you."

After a little hesitation, Lan Feng walked forward and tried to comfort Xing, who was speechless due to nervousness.