K424 of the Collapse World

That’s right, from that day on, the Judgment-level Honkai beast that made countless people shudder, the Demon Dragon Benares, disappeared, and all that remained in his soul was a naive girl.

She originally thought that such days would last forever, that the collapse would eventually be ended by them, and that she would be Bella, accompanying the Queen and her sisters forever.

Until two days ago, she received an order from Shirley...

"That's right~ After you find Kiana, you must launch an attack with all your might and deliberately destroy all the facilities in the passage to force the Far East branch to enter a state of martial law! After all, the Far East's normal alarm process is too inefficient. Only in this way can you have the best chance of catching Kiana..."

Why......

“What’s wrong? It’s just a little commotion. It’s okay if it affects the surrounding areas. I didn’t expect that you, a Judgment-level Honkai Beast, would still hesitate about such a thing. You’ve crushed countless buildings, so what’s the harm in adding a few more?”

On that day, although Shirley was still as gentle and kind as before, the cold aura she exuded was as if she had turned back into the "her" from more than ten years ago.

"You won't let me down, right? Bella~"

If it was just a matter of destroying the facilities, Benares would not have hesitated at all, but Shiris...she didn't even mention the people in the underground facilities, as if it was something insignificant enough to be ignored.

Yes... when a building is demolished, no one cares about the little bugs in the holes in the wall.

If compared with the former "Shiris", then Shiris has indeed become unfamiliar; but if compared with the former "Sirin", then this Queen has always been the same as before.

No matter what, she had to complete Shilis's orders. This was her obligation as a retainer and her unshirkable duty.

However... when he was actually in the underground passage, feeling the faint pulsating breath of life around him, Benares suddenly found that his instinctive destructive power was like a solidified quagmire, and he could not use it at all...

Dense life waves are all around him. As long as the power of Honkai Beasts erupts, those who are like him, who will be happy, sad, cry or laugh, will instantly disappear from this world.

The memory of being deprived of life still remains in his mind. Following the beast's instinct to destroy and kill is much easier than Saint Freya's philosophy class... But Benares can't do it.

, now she may never be able to do it again.

In front of Kiana and Diana, the girl transformed by the Honkai Beast collapsed and sat on the ground, covering her face and sobbing softly, like a helpless little girl.

"I'm sorry... Lady Silis..."

Looking at the girl crying bitterly, Kiana leaned down silently and gently hugged the girl's neck.

"Don't cry, Bella, you're right."

Kiana spoke softly, caressing the girl's hair tenderly. She had never been so gentle at any time before.

"Correct? I... failed Lady Silis..."

"Sister Shirley betrayed everyone, and I... betrayed Sister Shirley. Now, we are all sinners, except you."

"..."

"Give me a little more time, Bella...I swear, I will get Sister Shilis back."

Yes, by any means necessary...

848 Concept

In the endless imaginary space, Iselin tried hard to recall the combination of that golden energy body. She activated her construction ability for countless times, trying to simulate the free space energy core.

Just now, Shirley had shown her the essence of space energy. With the experience gained from this observation, Iselin became more and more comfortable in controlling the power of space, and it seemed that she was only one step away from complete control...

"Really... I didn't want you to imitate my creations based on your own ideas when it comes to energy structures. After all, if you can understand the operation mode of space on your own, the sublimation of this understanding will be extremely important for your ability as a Herrscher of Reason."

Shiris said softly. At this moment, she sat back on the edge of the void construct block again, staring indifferently at the green-haired girl who was manipulating energy on the platform below.

"Unfortunately, the time pressure is too great, and it has even made you lose your patience... There is no other way. I can only do the next best thing to speed up your understanding process so that you can stabilize the spatial layer of the channel more quickly."

Listening to Shirley's bored whispers, Iselin gritted her teeth and fully exerted the spatial energy condensed in her palm, once again constructing a shining halo in the air.

"Mimetaphor: One Thousand Worlds, second rated power activated!"

As the golden ring gradually expanded, the Herrscher energy, which was in sync with the space, impacted the surrounding space, squeezing out the interfered dimensional layer. In the expanding center layer of the halo, golden ripples began to ripple...

Click——

Suddenly, accompanied by a crisp sound like glass shattering, a hole suddenly appeared in the golden ring, and then the vortex-like flowing phase space layer became brighter and brighter, like an electromagnetic circle with energy overload, as if it was about to explode!

“Tsk…!”

Iselin frowned, looking at the halo that was beginning to lose control, and had to dissipate all the space energy. As the power that interfered with time and space lost its supply, the halo that tore through space began to dim, stabilize, and finally disappeared completely.

Even if the girl is steadily mastering the control skills, it is impossible to achieve success overnight. Before a scientific experiment succeeds, it is destined to experience countless failures...

"..."

Iselin panted softly, looking helplessly at Shirley who was sitting next to her, and the silver-haired girl was indeed looking at her with an expressionless face, as if she was not at all dissatisfied with her repeated failures.

"Okay, I figured out where the problem lies~"

She gently reached out her hand, picked up a strand of scattered golden energy powder, and sealed it above her fingertips, watching these energy particles gradually decompose, revealing the internal structure layer by layer in front of them.

Although these are just fleeting glimmers to ordinary people, Shirley's perception can easily capture atomic-level particles, and Iselin can also feel her own creations.

"The basic building blocks of constructive power are neither molecules nor atoms, but pure Houkai energy particles! Especially for something as special as the Key of God, it cannot be accomplished by those basic particles. Therefore, don't simulate Houkai energy into other particles, but directly construct everything with Houkai. This is the ability that a true Ruler of Principle should have."

While listening to Shirley's instructions during the break, Iselin's expression changed several times, and finally she lowered her head silently and no longer expressed any opinions.

However, her silence did not mean that Shilis would not bring up the topic.

"By the way, how long have we been in the imaginary space?"

"Two hours and twenty-three minutes, but if we count from the moment Kiana left, it should be two hours and fifteen minutes."

The green-haired girl answered without hesitation. After gaining the power of the Herrscher of Reason, Iselin made some minor modifications to her body, including intelligent scanning imaging on her retina and the clock function of an external thinking auxiliary component...

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"Um......"

After hearing the time reported by Iselin, Shirley did not respond.

Instead, he sat there with his chin clenched, as if he was thinking about something important.

Seeing the girl's expression, Iselin, who had originally not intended to say anything more, couldn't help but speak again.

"Shiris... Is it really okay for you to be like this?"

"what you mean?"

"Two hours is enough to get rid of the Destiny Forces without your interference. Is this really okay?"

"I know about this matter, don't worry."

As Iselin expected, the girl spoke softly with confidence, and just like before, she had no intention of giving a direct answer.

"But I can't understand it at all... For you, Miss Kiana's matter is obviously more important, and we are obviously just colleagues in Anti-Entropy. There is no further relationship between us. Miss Shilis, why do you care so much about my safety?"

"Just a colleague of Anti-Entropy? Haha... Miss Iselin, I chose to help you, not because of such a boring reason as being a fellow executor. Back then, Cocolia dared to detonate Tesla's sub-base. You should know very well that the executors of Anti-Entropy do not have a friendly relationship where everyone can coexist peacefully."

"Why is that? Please tell me, otherwise, I'm sorry I can't accept your help."

No one wants to owe others for no reason, and Iselin is the same. In her previous impression, Miss Hillis was an out-and-out pragmatist who would never do anything to harm herself. But now, Miss Hillis's behavior made her a little unpredictable...

Iselin wanted to know why Hillis suddenly treated a stranger like her so well, or what Hillis wanted to get from her...

"Because you are a Herrscher, a Herrscher like me."

"......ah?"

The answer given by Shirley was so unexpected that it even left Iselin speechless for a moment, not knowing where to start.

"Just because... I'm a Herrscher? But..."

"Is there any problem with this? Because you are one of our Fourteen Herrschers, and you have a self-awareness that is independent of the Honkai Will. Moreover, you and I are also an absolute ally. Just based on these, your existence is enough to win my attention."

"..."

"After all, we are all the same. Unlike those insignificant guys, people of the same kind are more worthy of mutual trust! By the way, I can't just abandon the future leader of Anti-Entropy here and ignore him..."

As if she was talking about a trivial matter of common sense, Shilis's calm eyes seemed to predict that Iselin would understand her words. However, despite her explanation, the doubt in the green-haired girl's eyes never dissipated.

She couldn't understand Shiris's logic at all...

In Iselin's eyes, even though she had merged her core and became a Herrscher of Reason, she still considered herself a human being, and so did everyone else. But Shiris...what she had just said clearly separated herself from humans.

A ripple appeared in the girl's heart.

Was it a mistake in the expression, or did I not correctly understand the other party's meaning, or... was there something wrong with Shiris's idea itself?

849 Transferred Vortex

The me company base in Changkong City, the reception room of the military area...

"Oh~!"

Looking at the blue-haired girl standing in front of her pinching the hem of her skirt, Elena widened her eyes in slight surprise.

"I never thought...the assistant sent from the Far East would be you?"

Elena, who used to belong to Claire's team, was an early member of the ME company when it was fortified, and she was already a captain of the elite team. And now, the "new member" she was responsible for receiving turned out to be an acquaintance.

"Hmm... Hmm! Xi'er Fule'ai will be transferred to the me company's Changkong City base from today. Please be good... Um, take good care of me..."

Surrounded by a circle of ten people, the blue-haired girl's face was clearly full of nervousness. When she was stammering about the introduction, she accidentally bit her tongue. This small mistake made the girl's face even redder...

A month ago, everyone in Anti-Entropy knew about Kiana Kaslana's "disappearance". But at that time, for some reason, Shiris refused the support of ME and Anti-Entropy headquarters and arbitrarily decided to investigate alone.

Since then, at least in the military department of ME, no news about the search has been heard. As for Kiana's friends, including Elena, although they are anxious, they can't help much.

As a result, except for the Far East Branch of the Destiny that was caught in the center of the vortex, the rest of the alliance also returned to their previous order. After that, considering that the Far East Branch of the Destiny had difficulty maintaining its anti-Honkai function, Theresa simply handed over the execution of the Far East's Honkai to Anti-Entropy, and transferred the Anti-Entropy members who had entered Saint Freya for further training back to me

Community base.

That's right, Xi'er has also become one of the members who have been transferred back. She was originally a member of Anti-Entropy, and because of the alliance between Shilis and Theresa, she entered the branch of Tianming together. And now, due to the influence of that series of events, she was able to return to where she used to work.

However, Xier always felt something was strange. After all, compared with the dispatched personnel of the same period, her dispatch was nearly a month later. On the way to Changkong City, she wondered more than once whether there was any special mission with higher risk that required her assistance...

Time goes back to the present. Although several years have passed, Seele still can't adapt to social situations, especially speaking in front of many people like this. If Bronya is not with her, her introversion and shyness will be even worse.

Just like today, this girl seemed like a little princess who had never left the castle. She was totally different from the little Valkyrie holding a huge scythe and with cold eyes on the battlefield. Her timid look even made people want to bully her.

But now, the person who liked to play tricks on her is no longer here.

"Okay, Xier, why are you so nervous? Let's not talk about me and Elena for now. The others are all former colleagues in the special forces. Aren't we all acquaintances? Don't tell me you have forgotten everything."

Next to Elena, another "beautiful girl" with long light blue hair came over with a wry smile. Her hip-length blue hair was tied up high with a hairband and tied into a neat high ponytail that fell down from the back of her head.

"Hmm~ For Xi'er's welcome speech, instead of 'Welcome to Special Forces Group 41', wouldn't it be better to say 'Welcome back'? Don't you think so, Chris~?"

"Ugh! Sister...!"

Although he had long been accustomed to Elena's bad taste, Kerry still couldn't help but protest in a low voice. Now, he still looked like the long-haired beautiful girl in the past. After all, after the side effects of Honkai energy fixed his body structure, he would no longer age like a normal person. Therefore, the agreement that Qqun:543659三89 had made with Elena to let him cut his long hair when he grew up became empty talk.

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"I told you not to joke about this anymore!"

"Ah, did we ever have such an agreement? Besides, I don't remember having a younger brother. Hasn't my family always been a younger sister?"

"Tsk...don't go too far!"

Although Kerry's position as an anti-entropy executor was much higher than Elena's in terms of status and authority, he was always dominated by his sister. Apart from regular combat missions, their superior-subordinate relationship seemed to be reversed in other matters of life.

While Kerry and Elena were arguing, the other members of the operation standing around also greeted Xi'er. Looking at these familiar or unfamiliar former teammates, Xi'er finally slowly recalled the time when she cleaned up the collapse of Changkong City when she was in the ME Club, and she was no longer as shy as before...

"Okay, let's talk while we walk. You know, the special deployment was originally over, but Xier was suddenly transferred here again. There must be some special circumstances, right?"

Suddenly, Kerry clapped his hands, bringing this brief meeting to an end. He took a step forward and came to the energy authentication sensor not far away, preparing to open the door to the passage outside the reception room, but Elena used her robotic arm to input a remote command first, causing the passage to open automatically.

He smiled and looked at Kerry who had made a wasted trip.

"It seems that my sister is becoming more and more rigid. Why is she talking about such a serious topic right at the beginning? Anyway, there is nothing important. I want to take Xier to the central tower first..."

"I'm sorry, Sister Elena."

Kerry said calmly, activated his terminal light screen, and displayed the latest mission instructions on it.

"Yes, escort Xi'er Fule'ai to the 71-403 conference room of the Fourth Core Command Center. Execute immediately - this is a direct order from the president."

"Ah...? Okay, okay. Hey~~ President Raiden's orders are still as efficient... and rigid as ever! Xier just came back from a long distance, and I want to let her rest, so I'll take her to the recently built heavy industry area."

"Okay, sister. The mission is more important. Xier should just be attending a regular meeting, which will be over soon. Besides, there are no missions that need to be launched recently. We have plenty of opportunities for this kind of thing."

"Eh?! Attend the regular meeting?! I... let me go?"

When Xier, who was standing next to her, heard this, her body stiffened involuntarily and a look of fear appeared on her face again.

"Don't be nervous, Xi'er. This isn't your first time attending a meeting, right? When you were here before, didn't you often go to regular meetings with Captain Nakora? I thought you were used to it."

At the front of the passage, a small transport device similar to a maglev train was hovering in front of the electromagnetic track. Elena walked in first and started the small vehicle.

"But since it's a mission, there's nothing we can do about it...