K424 of the Collapse World

"When you reach the next safe place, I will help you master the power of the Herrscher of the Wind. Then, according to your plan to gradually steal the power of Destiny, the next target should be the South American branch of Destiny..."

"Well, please."

"Other forces in South America may have noticed your actions, but it is still unknown whether they will interfere. In addition, the special department of Tianming may have noticed it. Before those guys are prepared, speed up your actions."

"Um......"

At the same time, across the ocean, the Destiny Headquarters...

In the Valkyrie training center, the blonde girl sat in the restaurant, looking at the terminal records handed to her by her partner.

"The ghost of Columbia...? Rita, is this the target of your latest investigation?"

"Yes, Lady Yulandel, I'm sorry that I haven't had the chance to share dinner with you during this period~"

The brown-haired girl in maid outfit answered softly, and gently took the terminal handed back by Yulandel.

"Tell me a little bit, I'm a little interested in that guy."

Hearing the blonde girl's voice, Rita nodded without hesitation.

"The Ghost of Colombia is the latest special criminal to emerge. It is said that several small organizations in South America have been infiltrated by it, and it has used the terminal systems of those organizations to obtain relevant information of the Destiny Branch through illegal means, while the perpetrator has not left any clues."

"Oh... It sounds like he's just a powerful hacker. Why give him an unlucky code name like Ghost?"

"Because, according to various signs, every time that guy infiltrates a special organization, he personally infiltrates and carries it out."

"Oh...? In other words, it's also an expert at covert operations? This is different from the hacker I had in mind... It can sneak in without leaving any traces, so its ability to act is probably stronger than Alvet's."

Hearing this, the blonde girl's expression remained calm, but her eyes lit up slightly.

Obviously, there has been a strong interest.

Rita could only smile bitterly at her captain's teasing of her team members. But as she continued to speak, the maid's expression began to become serious.

"In addition, the terminal leaders of each organization are suspected to have witnessed the full appearance of the 'ghost', as if the other party did not care about his appearance being exposed at all..."

"—?"

"However, when we questioned the witnesses afterwards, all of them, without exception, showed signs of speech dysfunction and mental disorder, and we were unable to obtain any information at all."

Rita picked up the teacup and took a sip, then continued.

"And the strange thing is, as long as you don't mention this to them, those people will return to normal within a few hours and forget everything that happened before..."

"Did the 'ghost' tamper with their brains?"

"That may be the case, but the medical equipment of Destiny cannot cure their mental problems at all. Considering that the ghost's ability is extraordinary and its purposeful behavior is beginning to become difficult to control, the command center will let me be responsible for the capture of this criminal."

"..."

After a brief silence, the blonde girl slowly raised her head.

"Rita, are you fully responsible for this mission?"

"That's right... Eh? Lady Yulandel, do you want to..."

"I'm a little interested in that guy. Rita, with your current authority, I should be able to join the operation as a support staff, right?"

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Hearing the blonde girl's proposal, Rita did not agree immediately, but went into a brief contemplation.

After a while, she raised her head again, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Lord Yulandel, as far as I know, the bishop should have assigned you the task of cleaning up the Second God's Key experiment, right?"

Although she was happy to work with this partner, as one of the senior leaders of the Destiny Force, Rita was well aware of the Valkyrie status of the Undying Blade and the changes in real-time missions.

"That's true, but in my schedule, these two tasks don't conflict."

However, facing Rita's questioning, Yulandel nodded naturally, with her serious look remaining unchanged.

"Although Bishop Otto has obtained the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle, before the actual activation of the God's Key, a large amount of simulation calculations and numerical analysis are required. The energy power must also be adjusted to the matching parameters of the previous experiment. Only after completing this large number of processes can the experiment using the real Second God's Key be resumed."

"Is that so?"

"Well, and as far as I know, there will be a gap of at least two months before the experiment is restarted. For me, this time is more than enough for me to take on another task..."

"Wait, Master Yulandel."

Before the blonde girl could make a solemn promise, Rita spoke up and stopped her.

"I just checked your task schedule. The start date for assisting with the experiment on the Key of the Sky has been set for June 6, which is three days from now."

“Eh…?”

"Even if we don't count the round trip, this amount of time is not enough for you to help me catch that 'ghost', right? Lady Yulandel."

Hearing the maid's wry smile, Yulandel calmly opened her terminal. After confirming it with her own eyes, a trace of disappointment appeared in her eyes.

"It seems that the schedule was just decided... Well, there is really no other way. I really want to know how strong that mysterious ghost is... By the way, Rita, can you and your team really handle a guy with special abilities like that?"

Recalling the information she had just heard from Rita, Youlandel was eager to fight, but she also became more wary of the mysterious ghost. In response to her concerns, the maid gave her a firm but gentle smile.

"Don't worry, Master Youlandel. The so-called ghost does not exist. The more strange the other party's movements are, the more it proves that it has a reason to hide itself, and this must be its biggest weakness!"

Rita spoke softly, putting the cup back on the table and slowly closing her lace-gloved fingers.

"The biggest possibility is that the other party is just a hacker who has mastered special technology, with equipment for electronic intrusion and some high-tech props that can interfere with the thinking of living things. Of course, Ghost may also be a criminal who works as a team, using some kind of sleight of hand so that we can only observe the traces of a single person's actions. However, there is another possibility..."

"What is it?"

"Hmm... Hehe~ Nothing, there should be no other possibility. In the final analysis, it is just a clumsy lurker. All its actions were clearly intended for covert operations, but it ended up being noticed by us because its actions were too perfect. In the end, it ended up making things worse. This is enough to prove its stupidity."

Rita shook her head and continued to explain her guess. The brown-haired girl's calm tone was full of leisurely elegance, and there was a hint of

Hidden disdain for the enemy. However, it was difficult for Youlan Daier to be in the middle of the game? It can be seen that the maid's deliberate attitude was just to make her feel at ease.

"It targeted a subsidiary organization of the Skyward Fate, but only used small tricks to cover its tracks. This shows that it must not have the ability and courage to face the Valkyrie directly. Therefore, even if the Undying Blade task force cannot catch it for the time being, it cannot pose a threat to us in return."

"You're right... Rita. After hearing what you said, that guy doesn't seem as scary as I thought. Apart from his special ability of mind interference, his purpose is not much different from that of an ordinary petty thief."

As she spoke, the blonde girl let out a long sigh, and the gloom on her face disappeared, revealing a hearty smile.

"So, Lord Yulandel, you don't have to worry about this. Even if I can't act with you, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

Rita bowed and saluted, her elegant gesture carrying a calm sense of confidence, which was exactly the attitude she wanted to show to Yulandel.

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Even though…the task wasn’t as easy as she’d previously assessed.

(If all my guesses are wrong, then Columbia's ghost will be a tactical expert who has mastered mental interference technology and is proficient in electronic warfare!)

The maid was thinking silently, and in the depths of her wine-red pupils, there flashed a solemn light that did not match the smile on her face.

(And if the "special ability" she showed before was not actually a high-tech prop, but a special ability that truly utilized Honkai...)

When she thought of this, Rita's eyes suddenly became stern, and there was a rare moment of hesitation in her eyes.

(Then, the Immortal Blade might be facing an opponent as formidable as the Eighth Herrscher...)

In the Far East Branch, a month has passed since the day the Herrscher of Time was born and fell.

The damage to the facilities caused by the confrontation between the Herrschers and the World Serpent's intervention had been mostly repaired. Although the reconstruction of Saint Freya still required a lot of work, this month was enough for the Far East Branch's base to recover and continue to implement strategies against the Honkai incident.

In the Valkyrie's army, everyone knows that the culprit of the incident is the invasion of the Herrscher of Time, but few people have heard of the name Xing Maer. After all, because the news of the Herrscher's death was completely blocked, the intelligence department has never received an investigation mission on the Herrscher of Time. And ordinary Valkyries will certainly not talk about the bloody and painful Herrscher disaster...

Just like that, the unimportant truth was forever buried in a corner where no one cared. The girl's name was also destined to disappear from this world alone, leaving only the phantom of sadness in the deep hearts of important people.

Recalling the heart-wrenching regret once again, the silver-haired woman standing in front of the cross closed her eyes slightly.

"It's really amazing... Maybe what you said before is right. I am really different from before."

"Siris..."

Seeing her companion lost in emotion, Theresa came to her side and held her hand.

On the top of the deck of the Hyperion, the turbulence of the warship could not shake their tiny figures at all. Because of this special mission, Theresa also had the opportunity for the first time to be alone with Shiris after the incident...

"I can still clearly remember every word and every move she made before she left. But the sadness and regret only lasted until the moment I started to recall it, and the rest was just emptiness... It felt like my mind had gotten rid of depression forever, and I would never fall into depression no matter what happened."

Theresa wanted to say something, but as the woman's heavy voice echoed in her ears again, she became speechless and didn't know how to respond.

Not only her, but after a month of settling down, everyone can notice the subtle changes in Shirley. Although her gentleness seems to have never changed, her arrogance and paranoia have doubled compared to before, and the difference in her attitude towards different people has become more and more obvious...

"Huh... But it's good this way. I won't be swayed by emotions at any time, and I will be more efficient. Besides, being unable to extricate oneself from sadness is probably a psychological barrier that only teenagers will have. Or have I never really grown up mentally before?"

Shirley laughed at herself, then took a step forward and raised her hand to grab the huge cross standing in front of her.

"Forget it. Theresa, don't take my opinion too seriously. I'm sorry for telling you a bunch of useless nonsense. Without further ado, let's get started... and find that troublesome little girl."

As Shirley's fingers touched the top of Judas, the dim purple ten

The cross suddenly glowed with its former golden light! Driven by the power of restraint, the power of the Key of God returned in full, and was even more powerful than the original Key of Restraint.

"Well, this is also my responsibility!"

Theresa nodded, and came to the other side of the Judas Oath, pressed her palm on the surface of the huge cross, and began to manipulate the God Key filled with energy. The next moment, countless golden chains emerged from the cracks on the side of the cross, like a huge net made of light, extending out from the top of the warship...

Judah's Oath - Hunting Mode

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In Judas's Oath - Hunting Mode, the enemy search range is much larger than that of the normal God's Key. As long as a small amount of specific Honkai Energy is used to contact it, the tracking system of the God's Key can be activated, and the internal restraint energy will be continuously transformed and condensed into a physical energy chain, which will continue to track the source of the Honkai Energy until the target is captured...

Of course, although it is possible to capture the target in the end, considering the energy consumption, most of the time, "hunting" is only used for simple pointing.

However, since the range of the search and capture depends on the energy value of the launch and is affected by the power of the law, in theory, as long as the energy launched is sufficient, even if the target escapes to the other side of the galaxy, it cannot escape the pursuit of the constraint lock.

Shirley didn't quite understand the operating principle of Judas. As a Herrscher of Constraint, she could only use the Herrscher's energy to support the law to release or deploy the barrier, and she didn't understand what the so-called hunting mode was.

Unfortunately, Dr. Mei, who created the Twelve God Keys, had passed away in the last civilization era. If she had survived to this era like Kevin, Shiris would definitely go to ask that great scientist for advice...

Back to the point, if it wasn't for the fact that her one-month-long solo search had yielded no results, Shiris would not have easily asked for help from others. At this moment, the reason why she and Theresa were standing on the deck of the Hyperion and jointly activating the power of the Key of God was naturally to find Kiana who had left alone a month ago.

Through some vague intuition, although Shirley could sense the existence of the girl, it was a bit difficult to track her down. Using perception to search directly was like using a signal capturer to find someone around the world. Although the energy capture range reached hundreds of kilometers, on the other hand, Kiana also had the same powerful perception ability and would take targeted measures against Shirley's actions.

After all, if Shiris wants to actively release her perception and maximize the range of her spiritual perception, it will inevitably be accompanied by the release of a huge amount of Honkai energy, which makes her presence as obvious as a light in the dark. Imagine that when a person holds a torch in a dark forest to find another person, he will naturally expose himself completely to the eyes of the other person hiding in the dark. This means that under normal circumstances, the escaper will always have an advantage over the pursuer...

With the mobility of a high-level creature like Shiris, she has used her perception to scan half of the earth in a month, but has not found any trace of Kiana. The only possibility is that Kiana is hiding on her own initiative.

Faced with the situation where Kiana was deliberately avoiding her, even someone as powerful as Shiris was helpless.

But now, with the help of Theresa and Judas, she will be able to break the deadlock easily!

The Hyperion left the Far East Airport fully armed the day before, with Captain Penglai Temple Jiuxiao in command of the battleship, carrying Theresa and Shirley and began the tracking operation with the help of Judas.

At the same time, the upper power of the Far East Branch was fully mobilized to participate in this special operation. For the current Shilis, she would definitely not trouble others if she could solve the problem herself, but once the matter was beyond her scope of handling, she would mobilize all the power she could borrow and solve the problem in an efficient way.

As the influence of "divinity" deepened, and extraordinary rationality dominated her thinking, Shirley would no longer be infinitely strong, but would use any means to solve all problems in a domineering way. For example, this search for Kiana...

Even if I have to break all the bones in her body, you must bring that damn little girl back to me!

——Before taking action, Shirley declared this in front of all her relatives and friends in an unquestionable tone.

Although Shirley's expression was full of gritted teeth, to the friends who knew each other well, these words sounded more like Shirley was too worried about Kiana's comfort, and said them in anger in a hurry. No one thought she was serious.

However, in reality, if Shiris caught Kiana in person, and the girl dared to continue to run away, she would fulfill her declaration without hesitation...

At this point, five minutes had passed since the hunting mode was activated, and the chains circling the sky had covered hundreds of kilometers of the sky like a golden nebula.

The deeper into the cloud, the stronger the Honkai energy becomes. In the center of the chain, the concentration of Honkai energy is already

It has reached a terrifying value that cannot be detected by the Destiny Equipment, and it is still getting stronger.

Who could have imagined that this terrifying energy field, which was powerful enough to change the trajectory of a planet, all came from that tiny figure on the deck...

The huge amount of energy constantly collides and squeezes the matter in the surrounding space, and there are annihilation reactions of energy collapse everywhere. However, as a restrained energy that has the nature of "elimination", this earth-shaking energy barrier will not produce any energy fluctuations outside the coverage range.

Therefore, Kiana was unable to detect these energy chains that pointed out her location...

"The general position has been locked! Shiris, quickly withdraw your Honkai energy."

Suddenly, Theresa seemed to realize something. She quickly opened her eyes and shouted loudly to the silver-haired woman in front of her, then moved her hand away from the surface of the cross.

"..."

Hearing this, Shirley's brows moved, and the golden light on the surface of the cross began to fade. Then, countless dense chains, like a raging flood, all sucked back into the cross in the middle! Not long after, the sky that was occupied by the dazzling golden light returned to the embrace of the sun and restored its original blue color.

The silver-haired girl took several deep breaths, raised her hand to wipe away the sweat on her forehead, and opened her eyes.

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"What is the predicted range of the location this time?"

"Huh... It's still pointing to the southeast. According to the spreading trend of the chain, this time it's within 200,000 square kilometers along the northern coast of South America! According to the location of the last detection, it should be in Suriname now."