K424 of the Collapse World

For some reason, after a conversation with Rita, the gloomy feeling that weighed on her heart also dissipated a lot. Although Xing's matter was still a new scar in her heart, at least now, she would no longer spontaneously seek to confide in others like before...

Rita watched the silver-haired girl's actions, her polite smile, which could not be told whether it was genuine or not, remained flawless.

"Hehe... This is not a problem. After all, I am only offering a choice. The decision is entirely in Lady Shilis's hands."

"..."

"But, personally, I am very happy to be able to chat with a lovely young lady."

Hearing this, Shiris, who had already gotten rid of her depressed state, chuckled and shook her head without hesitation.

"No, I don't want to discuss such private topics with strangers. If you are really curious about this matter, why not wait a few days?

Go check the Destiny database. With your S-rank Valkyrie status and authority, you should be able to easily find out everything about the period before An became a Herrscher, as well as information about the Herrscher of Time...”

Looking at the maid who nodded slightly and seemed a little regretful, Shirley couldn't help but smile.

“I didn’t realize that Miss Rita also likes to judge people by appearance… Although my body has become smaller due to the power of the Herrscher of Time, my essence has not changed at all. Please remember this.”

Shirley's fingers were shaking slowly. Although her eyes still looked forced, her dark blue pupils had regained some of their former liveliness.

"Well, if you don't think it's necessary..."

Rita sighed, stood up and walked to the battleship's terminal control screen, reopening the messages that she had blocked.

But the next moment, the maid turned around again.

"It's great to see you cheer up again~"

"cheer......?"

Shirley was slightly startled, and then she realized that the heart-wrenching throbbing feeling just now had returned to calm, and before she knew it, she started chatting with Rita one sentence at a time.

"Really... this is amazing."

Without denying her surprise, Shirley looked at Rita's slender back with a complicated look in her eyes.

Did she want to help herself from the beginning?

Although she didn't look back, Rita smiled knowingly and spoke again.

"The state of loneliness is not suitable for bearing sadness. Lady Shilis, only at this time, you should not deliberately close your heart and immerse yourself in pain. Just chat with others casually and think of something interesting, whether it is to divert attention or to determine the next goal, it can help people break free from depression."

"I see......."

Shirley took a deep breath, jumped off the chair, and walked to the terminal where Rita was standing, intending to see the next action plan of the Destiny Fleet.

As far as she knew, the Honkai reaction at the Saint Freya ruins seemed to indicate some abnormality, and the fleet of Heaven's Destiny was dispatched urgently, apparently to deal with the trouble there.

Now that the confusion has been dispelled, it's time for me to do something serious...

"Let's end the small talk, Ms. Rita, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Lady Shilis is willing to assist us? Thank you very much... With your help, the estimated losses should be reduced a lot."

As she spoke, Rita also called up the mission information for the annihilation war and began to browse the combat intelligence on the front line...

"and many more!"

At this moment, Shilis' pupils suddenly shrank, and she rushed to the battleship's detection screen. She could feel a special and powerful collapse wave spreading from afar...

"How could a quantum creature... appear in a place like this?!"

781 Crisis

There are many organizations in the world that are aware of the Honkai, but in some smaller organizations, few people know that in the alien space of the Quantum Sea, there exists a special monster called the Quantum Shadow...

Their appearance is basically the same as that of Honkai Beast, but as special creatures in a quantum state, these quantum monsters are very different from real physical creatures in terms of both physical properties and internal structure.

Like Honkai beasts, their power comes from the energy core in their bodies, and they have the appearance of regular Honkai creatures. However, the unstable superposition quantum layer outside the core allows them to change their form at will. Moreover, as long as the core inside is not damaged, they can continue to restore their bodies even if the superposition quantum layer is destroyed.

These dangerous creatures roaming in quantum space are the nightmare of all quantum investigators...

According to the continuous research of the Anti-Entropy Organization, it is found that when the collapse reacts with the special energy of the quantum space, this powerful and strange "collapse beast" will be born. Of course, they only exist in the quantum layer and are generally neither observable nor interfered with. However, considering that the physical rules of the quantum sea are completely different from reality, the research on the quantum shadow has been put on hold until the world's first-tier scientific research team has thoroughly studied the quantum sea.

Although the ability of Quantum Shadow is indeed strange and dangerous, after all, it is an enemy that is completely invisible under normal circumstances and poses almost no threat to humans. Naturally, the priority of dealing with it should be ranked after the conventional Honkai disaster.

Yes, under normal circumstances...

In the outer sea area in the far east, a giant purple shadow fell from the sky, broke through the barrier of space, and crashed onto the surface of a small island.

With the smoke and dust billowing up, the Chaos Shadow, which had transformed into a sphere, reshaped its appearance again and returned to the form of a tidal-level Honkai beast, the form of the Broken Abyss Shadow. Then, it raised its giant claws without stopping and swung it violently towards the front!

——Bang! !

Amidst the dull thud, the crab claws slammed heavily against a layer of translucent barrier, creating a shock wave that shook the island and reached far beyond the coastline,

A huge radial wave expanded outward from the island...

"Ugh! This damn crab...!"

The girl's low roar came from behind the barrier in the smoke and dust. Diana gritted her teeth and held up the hexagonal shield condensed by the Herrscher's energy to resist the giant claws of the Chaos Shadow.

Behind her, Charlotte half-knelt on the ground, holding the weak cherry-haired girl in her arms, looking at the falling crab claws of the giant beast with lingering fear.

“Hey! What’s going on with the corrosion reaction on your body? I’ve never heard of a Pseudo-Hermaphrodite being corroded a second time by Houkai!”

At close range, Charlotte sensed the strange and runaway Honkai energy in Yae Sakura's body, and her expression immediately became shocked, and the pointed ears on the top of her head began to tremble uncontrollably.

A moment ago, when the Shadow of Chaos launched a downward attack from high altitude, Diana, who failed to intercept, could have chosen to evade, and Charlotte and Yae Sakura could have avoided such a direct attack. But at this moment, Yae Sakura suddenly collapsed for some reason, and was exposed to the attack range of the Shadow of Chaos without any preparation.

Seeing this, Diana immediately gave up teleporting and used the Herrscher's energy to construct a large-scale spatial fault to block the falling trajectory of the Chaos Shadow; before Charlotte could dodge, she rushed to Yae Sakura and picked her up, then tried her best to dodge backwards...

The spatial fault is a creation of the law and cannot be penetrated by any attack from any physical phenomenon. If you try to break through it by force, something that cannot resist the law will only be torn apart by the energy turbulence of the imaginary space.

According to Diana's prediction, the Chaos Shadow that hit the space fault would be directly annihilated by the powerful energy and forced to change into a quantum collapse state. At that time, she only needed to activate the Sub-Space Spear to instantly shatter its core, and the powerful high-level quantum creature would die!

However, what Diana didn't expect was that the moment before it touched the fault, the Chaos Shadow directly entered the phase travel state in a flash, moved through the fault set by Diana in the quantum layer, and reappeared in the next moment, crushing down with a tremendous force...

Smoke and dust rolled, and a huge crater-like depression appeared on the small island of the outpost.

At the last moment, the girls barely managed to dodge the direct attack of the Chaos Shadow, but were blown away by the wind and waves caused by the shock wave. Then, the Chaos Shadow swung its giant claws, and Diana also threw away the power of the law and activated the physical shield constructed of pure energy to block the attack...

Even though the power of the Herrscher was immense, Diana was still shocked by the might of the Chaos Shadow's attack.

The force acting on the surface of the shield is not only the impact force brought by kinetic energy, but also the imaginary interference force of the quantum monster itself, the dissolving energy from the collapse energy, etc. Under the effect of the superposition of these multiple forces, the girl's barrier was almost broken by one blow, and under the impact of the giant claws, unstable cracks and ripples were swung out...

But in the end, she managed to block the attack.

"Little fox, what happened to your elder sister? Could this corrosive energy be caused by that knife?!"

781 Crisis>>

Holding the unconscious Yaesakura in one hand, Charlotte saw Hiyomaru floating beside her but unable to do anything. She immediately reached out and grabbed the little guy and asked hurriedly, trying to find out as soon as possible why Yaesakura became like this.

"..."

But the little fox seemed a little hesitant in answering Charlotte's question.

"Wow...Elder sister..."

"Forget it, take care of yourself first!"

Seeing that Hiyamaru seemed to be hesitant to speak, Charlotte waved her hand impatiently, put the longbow behind her back, picked up Yaezakura by the waist, turned around and ran towards the ruins of the building on the outpost island.

Although she also wanted to help Diana hunt down the Shadow of Chaos, she had to first properly settle this girl who had lost her fighting power before she could return to the battlefield...

At the same time, the offensive and defensive battle between Diana and the Shadow of Chaos turned into a pure struggle of attack and defense.

"Give me......"

Faced with the increasingly powerful crab claws, the silver-haired girl took a deep breath, and six platinum-colored sub-sky spears appeared behind her, but the next moment they disintegrated into free-state Herrscher energy, flowing towards the energy shield she was maintaining in front of her.

"...Bounce away!"

The shield mixed with the Herrscher's energy suddenly exploded, and the shock wave of spatial turbulence burst out in front! The giant claws against the surface of the barrier were hit at zero distance by the burst of energy and disintegrated on the spot! The dissipated quantum fluctuations dissipated in the air, and the half of the body affected by the impact began to become unstable, gradually turning into a definite collapsed state...

Swish-!

The light band formed by the energy body extended out and was pulled by the hem of Diana's spiritual dress, turning into a thin line-like spatial blade, which was thrown towards the constantly fluctuating energy section of the Chaos Shadow, and directly cut it into two with a slash!

The attacking spirit suit shattered and dissipated, and the damaged Chaos Shadow also fell into more violent fluctuations. Then, the Chaos Shadow no longer maintained the appearance of the Broken Abyss Shadow, and as a physical body,

The quantum layer stretched out like mud, turning into long and thin spikes that shot out, and in a flash it was within reach of Diana.

Although the trajectory of the spikes was as soft as an octopus's tentacles, the unknown energy contained in the spikes that flashed with purple cold light was enough to make any strong person's heart palpitate...

"too slow!"

However, a flash of golden light completely dispersed the sudden cold light.

Holding the energy-constructed Sub-Void Spear, Diana avoided these attacks by using space jumps, and cut off these extended quantum tentacles with her backhand. After the third flash, she directly crossed a distance of 100 meters and appeared right above the Shadow of Chaos, stabbing it down fiercely with the Sub-Void Spear!

When the Herrscher of the Void fights, her attacks are mostly based on precise and deadly remote control attacks, and she rarely engages in close combat. Due to the characteristics of the Herrscher's abilities, coupled with the "arrogance and laziness" that comes with the Herrscher's personality, the Herrscher of the Void will basically not risk her life to attack with her main body...

As a high-level quantum collapse beast, Chaos Shadow possesses the reverse calculation ability of an intelligent system. After confirming that the target is the Herrscher of the Void, it can also make specific countermeasures based on the combat style of the Herrscher of the Void.

According to common sense, using a storm-like offensive to interrupt the remote control of the Herrscher of the Void is the correct way to suppress the Herrscher of the Void. Unfortunately, however, this generation of the Herrscher of the Void, Diana Kaslana, does not like monotonous attack modes.

Diana drove the Sub-Earth Spear in her hand deeply into the interior of the quantum creature, and the energy attached to the spear exploded. With this blow, the virtual body of the Shadow of Chaos completely disintegrated, and the original energy hidden inside turned into a condensed round sphere. The purple superposition energy completely faded, and it had completely fallen into a collapsed state of observable interference.

The collapsed state is the state determined by observation in quantum mechanics. Since it can be interfered with, it can also be destroyed!

Even though she didn't understand the theories of quantum science, Diana could see that the enemy in front of her had exposed his weaknesses.

Just destroy the fixed white sphere to kill this tricky monster...

Diana stretched out her hands, and another Sub-Earth Spear was constructed by her. As the Herrscher's energy was consumed again, one of her remaining two energy hubs turned into light particles and shattered. The last remaining one floated alone behind her, and the golden light had become weak.

The Herrscher has consumed too much energy, but it doesn’t matter, she can end this battle with just one strike!

The girl's toes tapped slightly in the air, and her body turned into a stream of light and fell rapidly, like a wasp launching an attack, rushing towards the target with a deadly stinger...

At this moment, Diana, who had already concentrated all her energy on launching the attack, suddenly felt a chill seeping into her chest.

"—?!"

Before she could come to her senses, the waves surged again! A huge special creature rushed out of the sea in an instant, and two crossed purple blades slowly enlarged in the pupils of the silver-haired girl...

(The second one...?!)

782 The End of the White-Hot

Facing the blue shadow that suddenly attacked from below, Diana was caught off guard in the air, and watched helplessly as the crossed double blades slowly approached her body...

The other quantum shadow hidden under the sea suppressed its energy fluctuations from beginning to end during the battle between Diana and the Chaos Shadow. It was not until the girl, who was concentrating on the battle in front of her, delivered the final blow to win, that she became less alert to the surroundings, that she suddenly launched a sneak attack!

Obviously, it is different from the Honkai beasts that have no intelligence and act on instinct. It has some kind of sophisticated hunting thinking...

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

(Shield... No! Too late...!)

Not to mention generating an energy shield, with the ability of the Herrscher of the Void, it is not difficult to dodge such a direct attack by using space flash. But just now, Diana really put too much energy into the battle against the Chaos Shadow, fighting with all her strength without reservation, forcing the powerful Chaos Shadow into a desperate situation. Because of this, when facing the second monster that launched a sneak attack while falling at a high speed, she couldn't even make a change of moves under the extremely high collision speed...

However, before the silver-haired girl was torn apart by the double blades, her support barely arrived.

A purple crystal arrow flashed by, brushing past Diana's shoulder and stabbing towards the attacking quantum shadow!

Ding--! !

In this split second, the Quantum Shadow, which had slashed out with its claws, immediately retracted its blades and returned to defense, deflecting the arrow that was attacking its core. Taking this opportunity, Diana finally changed her tactics, stopped the falling attack, flashed backwards, and escaped from the attack range of the Quantum Shadow...

"Hey! Why are you white-haired guys so brave? This isn't a duel between knights, at least pay attention to your surroundings when fighting!"

Charlotte, who had already settled Yae Sakura and rejoined the battlefield, spoke loudly as she aimed her arrow again at the second quantum monster that had just appeared, and shot out the fully charged crystal arrow!

She knew the code name of this quantum creature. When it was first observed, Anti-Entropy had given this powerful high-level quantum monster a code name...

Tonatiuh - Shadow of the Sun

--boom! !

The Sun Devouring Shadow swung the claw-like double blades of its arms again, slashing down the arrow that was much faster than the initial speed of the bullet, and a light arc of energy impact was released in the air. Then, its figure suddenly started to shuttle in quantum form, disappearing from the real space in an instant, causing Diana's Sub-Sky Spear to chase it to fail.

Without giving the two a chance to breathe, the Sun Devouring Shadow's counterattack had already arrived! The huge figure of the Quantum Shadow appeared in front of the two people in an instant, moving through the void, waving two huge claws and sweeping across, and a large-scale fierce slash forced the two people back at the same time! And then, the advancing Sun Devouring Shadow began a dizzying high-speed continuous slash, forcing Diana and Charlotte to retreat and evade, trying to drag them to the spot...

Elite Valkyries with less strength might be overwhelmed by this fierce attack. However, in front of Diana and Charlotte, this level of attack is not enough.

Boom——!

With the sound of the bowstring vibrating, the instantly shot arrow suddenly hit the side of the Sun Devouring Shadow's arm, causing its high-speed swinging blade to suddenly stop. At the same time, the figure of the silver-haired girl also flashed to its side and rear, holding the monster's other claw with her spear...

At the same time, Charlotte's second arrow also landed at the core of the Sun-Eating Shadow. Although this attack was blocked by the superposition shell, the extremely destructive penetrating attack instantly destroyed most of the physical parts of the quantum layer, exposing the Sun-Eating Shadow's weakness in front of the two.

The Sub-Sky Spear that Diana had constructed in the air had already taken shape, and the tip was aimed at the core of the monster. The imaginary energy in the locked state began to transform into a powerful propulsion force...

Although it was their first time to cooperate in battle, their tacit understanding was unexpectedly high. With just one attack, they resolved the offensive of the Sun-Eating Shadow and launched a fatal blow against it!