K424 of the Collapse World

"When her consciousness becomes a Herrscher, it will only make her originally relatively normal mind become more like a Herrscher personality..."

"Are you ignoring everyone else like you did just now?"

Being interrupted by Lan Feng's sudden words, the girl's shadow was silent for a moment and then continued to explain.

"As a Herrscher with a special consciousness, she despises lower-level creatures more than other Herrschers. Just like humans will unconsciously ignore the wild flowers and weeds blooming on the roadside, to Herrschers, humans who are essentially ants and grass will also be subconsciously ignored by them."

"Is that so..."

"The only ones they can look at are those they identify with or those who are powerful enough. This is a complete change in cognition that cannot be explained by common sense."

"..."

"Five years ago, when she first awakened as a Herrscher, your guidance allowed her to maintain her consciousness as a human. Your timely farewell and disappearance also touched her heart just right, preventing Honkai from interfering with her precious soul."

Having said this, the girl's shadow suddenly turned around.

"But now, as the power of the Herrscher of Time reverses time and space, her body is restored to the past, and her soul is merged with her past self. This leads to her second transformation into a Herrscher of consciousness."

"So, that dark consciousness will also come back?"

"No... Because of my interference this time, it has not yet been able to detect your existence. But now, even without the interference of that consciousness, she will continue to transform into a Herrscher. Although her current willpower will not lead to complete loss of control like a few years ago, this psychological state of a Herrscher will sooner or later restore her to her original Herrscher of the End..."

"So, how do we solve this problem?"

Lan Feng asked impatiently, his mind becoming more focused.

Seeing Lan Feng's anxiety, the shadow of the girl was about to continue speaking. But at this moment, her eyes, which had always been calm, suddenly widened slightly.

"Trouble..."

"What happened again? Can you please explain it to me?!"

Lan Feng frowned as he watched the shadow of the girl raise her head and mutter something mysteriously. However, when he followed the silver-haired girl's gaze upward, he also lost his voice.

Above the barrier shrouded in pitch-black fog, a huge eye suddenly appeared! The icy blue eyeball turned slightly and locked onto the two people standing in the fog...

"Hmph... I found you~ despicable rat☆!"

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As the blue giant eye in the sky opened and focused its gaze, the sharp sight of the condensed beam instantly pierced through the barrier constructed by the black fog! Under the powerful perception of Shilis, everything hidden in the consciousness space will not be able to escape...

"Are you really the one spying on me? It seems that the rebirth of another soul has indeed aroused your covetousness."

The blue eyes that occupied the sky revealed a hint of teasing as they stared at the shadow of the girl below. The next moment, a barrier that cut off space fell from the sky, landing between Lan Feng's consciousness and the shadow, completely separating them.

"You want to attack my friend in this mental space with a consciousness simulated by energy? Herrscher of the End, you are a little too arrogant."

Shilis spread her hands and used her powerful energy manipulation to directly distort the space of the mental world. On the barrier between Lan Feng and the girl's phantom, she instantly constructed several overlapping space layers and unfolded them, thus shortening the distance between the two consciousnesses to several light years!

She has a strong enough soul, and with the blessing of an unknown spiritual power, she can manipulate and modify the space of her self-consciousness at will. In the infinite sea of ​​consciousness, Shilis's power is comparable to that of a true god...

Even if he didn't use the power of the Herrscher of Constraint to defend himself, facing her now, even the power of the Herrscher of the Heart could not interfere with her will.

"Hmph... Has what happened to me been enough to alert you? This is probably good news for me, right?"

"..."

In the boundless pure white space, only the shadow of the end remained. As Shirley's voice echoed from all directions, the huge blue eye embedded in the sky quietly cracked a thin line, and the position of the eyeball burst with the opening of the fine line!

Then, the giant eye suspended in the air shattered quietly, and in the blue light particles scattered like stardust, the silver-haired girl's consciousness finally descended.

Her consciousness maintained the appearance of the girl before she shrank, with the Herrscher's ceremonial dress covering her body. A cross-shaped divine seal appeared behind her, with golden and purple light flickering. Two completely opposite energy systems coexisted peacefully in her body.

The restraining force that can suppress the collapse, and the pure and powerful collapse energy...

"You dare to break into my world directly, you are really courting death... Have you lived too long and want to experience the feeling of death?"

Shiris looked down at the phantom of the end trapped here and slowly raised one hand.

As she moved, a few golden waves appeared in this empty pure white world. The ripples distorted the pure white, constructing countless spears of light in the chaos. Together with the crosses that spread out like shields, they were densely distributed on all sides of the two consciousnesses, as if they were in a field of dazzling stars.

The energy required to divide a "world" with the spear and shield of the collapse structure, if measured in the units of human civilization, would be an astronomical figure with gigajoules as the basic unit. If this huge energy that is completely beyond common sense could be reproduced in the real world, it would probably be enough to cause collapse and annihilation...

But for Hillis now, this is not impossible.

"Or is this also part of the 'test'? Ever since you told me the truth about Honkai, you've been playing with us wantonly. It was the same with Wendy, and the quantum shadow invasion not long ago was probably also your doing, right?"

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Shirley sneered and said, her body floating in the air leaning back slightly. The golden particles floating around her gathered together and quickly constructed a golden throne behind her, catching the lying girl.

Shirley slowly raised her legs and leaned lazily on the armrest beside her. The constructed throne was a little too large for her body, but this huge and gorgeous throne seemed to reflect the girl's increasingly swollen "will" in her heart.

Whether this will still belongs to her is still unknown. However, her abnormal behavior has become more and more obvious...

"Don't you want to say something? I remember you used to talk a lot... What, have you become aphasic after being autistic for too long?"

"..."

Despite Shiris' provocation, the phantom of the end still did not respond. As a symbiotic being that had been coexisting with each other for a long time, she knew very well that when facing this paranoid girl, any verbal rebuttal would only be met with her ridicule.

Even if I tell her directly about her current psychological problems, it is likely that she will only

Let her just laugh it off. After all, under the subtle influence of personality collapse, she would only think that her thoughts were completely her own and there was nothing wrong with them...

"You seemed to have beaten me up pretty badly the last few times we met... So, how do you think I should retaliate this time?"

As soon as the words fell, one of the stars flickered slightly, and golden light fell from the side, with the tip pointing directly at the chest of the phantom...

However, the shadow of the attacked girl did not dodge at all, allowing the spear of light to pierce through her, leaving a golden trail in the air behind her.

The spear of law with binding force attached to it can also eliminate the virtual consciousness constructed by spiritual energy, and has a fatal destructive power on the phantom of the end...

"Humph, it's really boring."

In the eyes of Shiris, the End Shadow's act of giving up resistance meant that the other party had acknowledged his defeat and did not intend to continue this meaningless battle.

However, this was also the result that Shiris had anticipated. After all, Shiris could also sense the strength of her soul. In this world dominated by spiritual power, the end consciousness of an outsider could never defeat her...

The girl in the incarnation of the end looked at the hole on her chest, and her body, which was made of shadows, began to fluctuate unsteadily again. As the black barrier she had constructed was torn apart by the spear of light, the function of shielding perception became ineffective. This meant that the soul revived by the law of time could no longer be hidden from the observer's perception.

However, this is not the end of the matter. After all, the soul of the outsider already knows everything. If it were him, he should know what is the right thing to do...

"Huh... When you find yourself again, you will understand everything I have done, onee-sama..."

"You are talking nonsense again... Well, I am tired of this farce. Let's fight again at the end of the world, Herrscher of the End. By then, I will defeat you... and put an end to all this reincarnation!"

As the girl's impatient voice fell, the stars in the sky formed by the light blades gathered at the midpoint of the blade at the same moment...

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From Lan Feng's perspective, as the translucent ripples passed by him, the shadow of the girl beside him and the huge eyeball in the sky disappeared at the same time, and the dark barrier around him also disappeared in an instant, returning him to the empty pure white space before, standing alone in this silent world...

"..."

However, Lan Feng was not panicked by this sudden change. When Shiris noticed the actions of the Herrscher of the End and intervened, he had already guessed what would happen next.

Given the current strength of Shirley's soul, the incarnation of the will from the End should be her opponent. Moreover, the purpose of the Herrscher of the End coming here is not to fight to the death with Shirley's soul, so the latter will most likely not fight with all his strength, allowing Shirley's consciousness to win easily...

The first thing that Shiris did when she entered the mental world was to separate Lan Feng from the incarnation of the Herrscher of the End and send them to this safe space. It can be seen that she should not be aware of what happened here before, and only saw the two consciousnesses covered by the blockade barrier. Based on what she saw at first glance, she should have mistakenly thought that the Honkai side wanted to attack Lan Feng's soul.

If not for this, she would definitely question the two consciousnesses present on the spot, instead of sending Lan Feng away and directly going into battle with the conscious incarnation of Zhongyan.

Indeed, when faced with such a situation, no one would doubt their partners at the first moment, especially someone like Shirley who values ​​friends so much. With her way of thinking, she probably has never doubted the friends around her.

Including myself...

Lan Feng thought silently, and when he realized the girl's trust in him, a little guilt arose.

Even though he knew in his heart that this was what he had to do to save her, he felt a chill in his heart whenever he thought of the heartbroken look on that girl's face after she discovered she had been betrayed...

Although Lan Feng himself wanted to believe that there was nothing wrong with Shiris's mind and that everything that had just happened was just the instigation and deception of the Herrscher of the End, the facts before him forced him to obey his own rationality.

As sensitive as she is, any prying eyes can't hide her perception. But now, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the things right in front of her... If this kind of behavior can be considered normal, there may be no normal people in this world.

According to the Herrscher of the End, although Shiris's mind will continue to be affected by the Honkai factor, her soul strength is enough to rival the Honkai, so she will not suffer from serious mental disorder.

Although her instinct as a "god" has made her begin to subconsciously ignore those humans who are as weak as ants to her, at this stage, when facing friends and family, she is still

The reliable and mature "big" sister she once was.

But if this continues, when her feelings as a human being are completely worn away, can those seemingly unbreakable relationships really be maintained?

"It's really a troublesome job... I just wanted to continue to be an indifferent person, but it seems that I can't be so indifferent anymore."

The young man in the sea of ​​consciousness sighed deeply, and a slightly bitter smile appeared on his face.

Whether for her or for myself, I must stop this from happening.

But how to do it?

The Herrscher of the End only explained the problem with the girl, but before he could explain the solution to the problem, he was expelled by Shiris, who noticed something unusual, leaving him alone to fumble around.

As a former partner of the "Observer", Lan Feng had indeed come into contact with the origin of the collapse, but now he was just a remnant soul recreated by the law of time. Even though the memories of the past and the future could be glimpsed through the memory remnants of Shiris's mental space, the cognition of the origin could not be reproduced in this way.

He has no idea what to do now...

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——!

At this moment, as familiar energy fluctuations emerged from the surroundings, Lan Feng knew that he would soon have no extra time to think.

Soon, in the pure white space in front of him where the distance was almost invisible, a soft golden light slowly emerged, forming the entity of a silver-haired girl.

"Sorry for the long wait... It took me a while to get rid of that guy just now. I'm sorry to leave you here without saying hello."

Whispering hello to the young man's consciousness, Shiris waved her hand and quickly floated to Lan Feng's side.

"I just didn't expect that guy to be able to invade my spiritual world without anyone noticing, without even leaving a trace. If I hadn't sensed your emotional fluctuations, I wouldn't have known that such a thing had happened..."

"My mood swings?"

Facing Lan Feng's questioning gaze, the girl did not doubt him and nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, it seems that because of the spiritual connection, when your consciousness is more active, my spirit will also have a similar resonance..."

"That's it."

Seeing Lan Feng acting as if nothing had happened, the worry in the silver-haired girl's eyes disappeared, and a relieved smile appeared on her little face.

"But fortunately, it seems that I discovered it in time..."

"Um...are you okay, Shirley? That's the consciousness incarnation of the Herrscher of the End. Is your soul damaged?"

Lan Feng blinked and said with some anxious concern, as if he had just recovered from the shock and remembered to care about Shirley's safety.

"It's okay. That guy's clone can't do anything to me. If she wanted to, she could cause me some trouble, but she didn't seem to want to fight a losing battle, so she just admitted defeat and left."

Shiris shrugged and explained in a brisk tone.

Hearing this, Lan Feng breathed a sigh of relief and looked somewhat fortunate.

"Huh... that's not bad. I was worried that if something happened to you, my nest in this mental space would be ruined..."

"Eh? So this is all you care about..."

Shirley pouted in dissatisfaction, but she also knew that it was just a joke from the young man, and she soon smiled again.

"By the way, you were dragged into that enclosed space by the Herrscher of the End. Did anything happen to you?"

"Oh...? I wonder what kind of accident you are referring to?"

"Be serious, I'm asking you seriously... Never mind, you don't look like anything is wrong."

Looking at the young man's subtle smile, the silver-haired girl shook her head helplessly and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to ask questions.

"Hey, don't worry, the Herrscher of the End is not some evil female devil, and she won't lock me up and do something weird. However, she did intend to do something, but you stopped her in time..."

Lan Feng spread his hands. His calm appearance made Shirley feel relieved.

"That's it for now, I have some things to deal with outside, so..."

"Well, go do what you need to do. I'm always here if you need any help."

"Um...thank you."

In response to the girl's thanks, Lan Feng just shook his hand without changing his expression, watched Shirley's consciousness disappear in front of him, and returned to the shallow consciousness space that controlled his limbs.

The next moment, the young man's expression became solemn again.

"So, where do I start..."

798 Rooting Seeds

When Shiris dived her spirit into the sea of ​​consciousness and fought with the Herrscher of the End in the mental space, her external body looked like an idiot in the eyes of Theresa and Jizi, standing there in a daze.