K424 of the Collapse World

"It's not about that! I mean Miss Kiana's matter..."

At an unknown anchor point in the imaginary space, Iselin took advantage of the time to rest and recover to try to talk to Shirley again.

"It's not that I doubt you, but... although you promised that Kiana couldn't escape, now you've trapped yourself in the imaginary space and let Kiana wander in the real space. Will there really be no problems?"

Observing that Shirley looked normal, Iselin asked tentatively, lowering her head slightly to hide the gleam of light that flashed in her pupils for a moment.

"I remember that Kiana has been infected by Honkai, right? In that state, will she be induced by Honkai's will to destroy a few bases over there, blow up a few cities, etc.? Or, in other words, obstruct our transfer plan..."

"Don't worry about it. The loss of several cities is just a planned loss. Although Kiana's strength has surpassed the conventional Herrscher level, it is still not enough to overturn the existing power of Destiny, Anti-Entropy and World Serpent. It is better to say that if she dares to do such a thing, she will be caught by the three organizations in less than half a day. So, if that girl still has a little bit of reason, she will not act so blatantly."

Shilis responded calmly. This time, she didn't even look back at Iselin beside her. She still maintained her original posture, quietly looking at the endless space in the distance of the imaginary space.

Observing the silver-haired girl sitting next to her, a hint of confusion gradually appeared in Iselin's eyes.

Her explanation was reasonable, her spirit was normal, and her determination to make choices about the city was almost the same as she used to be... Was what Kiana said before she left really just an indiscriminate slander?

Iselin looked thoughtful, and Shilis saw it, but she didn't care about Iselin's contemplation. After thinking for a while, she smiled and shook her head.

"Don't worry, Kiana knows very well that she can't beat me. All she can do now is probably like a student cramming before an exam, enduring the torture of panic and anxiety, racking her brains to think of a way to defeat me. By now, she should have laid out some interesting conspiracies..."

Shiris stretched, slowly retracted her legs that were hanging over the edge, and stood up from the cube of the void structure.

"Is this kind of thing also part of your plan?"

"No, with Kiana's tactical mind, if she really wants to deal with me, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble. Logically, the best option is to control her as soon as possible."

"But because of me..."

"Well, you can't travel through imaginary space alone, that's indeed the main reason."

Shirley nodded, then turned slightly to face Iselin beside her.

Seeing the silver-haired girl's actions, Iselin also breathed a sigh of relief and stood up swiftly. She knew that the time to relax her mind was over, and next, she would continue to try to interfere with the space layer.

"The main reason... Is there a secondary reason?"

However, before starting, Iselin asked casually while moving her stiff neck.

However, her casual question caused some ripples in the silver-haired girl's eyes.

"Well... it's a secondary reason. It's just an idea that came to my mind~"

As she spoke, Shilis blinked, and the depth and indifference in her eyes were replaced by a teasing and playful smile in an instant.

"It's rare for such an interesting thing to happen. If it ends in an instant, wouldn't it be too boring~☆?"

“Shiris, you…?!”

Iselin opened her eyes wide. The huge difference in the silver-haired girl's emotions at this moment brought with it an extremely inconsistent and weird feeling. She seemed to see a purple-black light and shadow covering the outline of Shirley's body at this moment.

But then, the scene disappeared like an illusion, and only the silver-haired girl's slightly cunning expression remained...

"Okay, keep busy with your work and don't worry so much. I've told you so many times, it's going to be okay!"

Looking at Iselin who was in a trance, Shilis smiled, patted the girl's shoulder, and then walked past her.

856 shocking change >>

The next moment, the silver-haired girl's pupils quietly turned into a purple and gold cross, and an energy aggregate that was enough to collapse space slowly gathered in her palm.

"But, it's time to give that kid a little surprise~☆"

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Five hundred miles west of the Far East Sea, in a place slightly closer to Shenzhou

On the islands, there is a defensive outpost built by the Far East Branch of the Mandate in the early 21st century. Today, the incidence of collapse in the Far East Sea has dropped significantly, and the former outpost was eventually abandoned, leaving only an empty shell of steel and concrete.

There were no Valkyries stationed in this long-abandoned building. But a few days ago, in a relatively intact guard room, electromagnetic instrument signal fluctuations appeared again...

"......Yes, the target's whereabouts are still unknown. Please place more spies near North America. Although we don't know why she stays there, if we detect her returning from the imaginary space, we must take action."

In the security room with cracked walls, a silver-haired girl sat in front of a shabby old terminal, holding the transmission line of the hub power supply in her hand. She used her own power as the energy source and operating system to maintain this antique machine that was several generations behind and communicate with a terminal somewhere.

The exposed cables of the machine occasionally sparked a few times, and it looked unsafe, but Kiana knew that there would be no problem with her control. Moreover, even with this old machine, she could write a confidential connection that was enough to block the Destiny network, so that no one could find her signal address...

"...Okay, I'll leave it to you, Mr. Raiden Ryoma. As long as we follow the planned operations and put Dr. Einstein's research results to use, we will control Shiris. The problem after that is to find a way to make her return to normal..."

Talking to the person on the other end of the line, Kiana's tone was as solemn as ever. It seemed that her blue eyes were slightly dimmed as a result of repeated fatigue, and her expression was also obviously haggard. After all, this was a matter closely related to Shirley, and the sweat and energy Kiana put in was naturally different from the ordinary Saint Freya mission.

The reason why she went to such great lengths to hide in such a place was naturally because of the sensitivity of her identity. If her secret meeting with Anti-Entropy was exposed, she would not be the only one wanted and rewarded...

"You know, Shilis is not a fool. Although I don't know why she has been staying in the imaginary space without taking any action, the moment she returns to the real space, she will definitely publicly announce her return in Destiny and Anti-Entropy..."

After Kiana hung up the call with Raiden Ryoma, the voice in her mind immediately echoed.

"By then, will our plan, which relies entirely on luck and is like fishing in troubled waters, really succeed?"

(Of course I know... there is a lot of uncertainty and the error rate is high. But right now, we really have no other choice!)

Kiana let go of the cable in her hand and let it fall to the ground. Without her energy supply, the terminal's light screen blinked out, and the entire closed room returned to darkness again.

(It doesn’t matter… As long as I can successfully lead her to that place, my overloaded explosive power should be enough to suppress Sister Shiris in a short period of time. As long as I create a split second of opportunity and let the Chain of Naraku take effect, the battle will be over.)

Slowly clenching her right fist, Kiana's eyes became firm again.

(Six years ago when we first met, Sister Shilis was defeated by me... This time, I will still defeat her and save her!)

"Ah, Kiana, I still feel that..."

"Haha~ I'm very relieved... Kiana."

The soft laughter that sounded so clearly in Lan Feng's ears made the voice that was echoing in his mind come to an abrupt end. Kiana's pupils contracted rapidly the next moment, and the uncontrollable astonishment froze in her wide blue eyes.

"But the question is, how are you going to defeat me?"

The extremely gentle words, at this moment, seemed like sharp thorns of ice in winter, piercing the girl's heart and freezing her in the abyss of fear...

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Why is this happening...

Everything in front of her eyes turned into fleeting lines and quickly retreated, until a violent impact shook her whole body and the girl regained consciousness.

"hiss......!"

Kiana rubbed her head gently as she looked at the ruins and brick debris all around her. As her vision gradually became clearer, the numbness on her back began to turn into pain.

Shirley's negotiation method was not as calm and gentle as her tone just now.

Kiana was stunned. In the moment of hesitation, a heavy punch from behind hit her back fiercely! Kiana, who weighed only the same as an ordinary girl, was easily knocked away by the punch with additional energy impact. After crashing through the barrier of countless layers of building wreckage, she finally fell into this open space that looked like a vehicle warehouse.

The existence of the constraint law made Kiana's permanent energy shield look like air, which meant that she was completely defenseless and took the heavy blow from Shirley that was strong enough to penetrate rocks...

(It’s a good open space for fighting. It seems that Sister Shiris has specially controlled the strength...)

"Kiana! How are you?!"

(I'm fine...

.Just some trauma and minor fractures, will recover soon...)

Kiana responded to the voice in her mind with a wry smile, clenched her teeth to support her nearly falling apart body, and climbed up with trembling arms. She pulled out several broken alloy cones that had pierced her chest, threw the bloody metal fragments aside, and then coughed up a large pool of blood and gasped heavily.

"By the way, could she hear our conversation just now?"

(Well, I can imitate Bronya's consciousness, so there's no reason why Sister Shiris can't do it)

Although she calmly answered Lan Feng's question, Kiana was also secretly shocked when she thought of this. After all, Kiana was currently completely unable to achieve such a precise level of observation in the consciousness space.

(Should I say that she is worthy of being the Herrscher of the End's symbiote? The ability displayed by Sister Shiris seems to be getting closer and closer to the so-called "omnipotence"... Is this also a byproduct of the influence of the Honkai Will?)

Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Kiana stood up with a slight stumble. She gently pulled off her coat, which was already like a rag, revealing the tight combat suit underneath which was also badly damaged. Then, she mobilized a huge amount of energy and transformed it into a Honkai Organism, which repaired the broken bones and necrotic cells at a high speed.

"That's right..."

Almost at the same time as Kiana stood up, a girl's voice with a hint of smile came from the other side of the broken hole in the metal wall behind her.

"If you can't even withstand my attack, your impassioned declaration just now will become a complete joke~"

Accompanied by a burst of crisp footsteps, another silver-haired girl slowly stepped into the mechanical warehouse behind the dusty hole and stood at the other end opposite Kiana.

"..."

"Ah, you don't plan to say anything more? You think I'm controlled by Honkai, right? If that's the case, how about imitating the famous scenes in hot-blooded works and waking me up with your voice?"

Looking at the silent Kiana, Shirley still had that casual and relaxed expression, as if the solemn confrontation on the battlefield was just a game for her.

"You're so cold... I can see that you don't feel like joking right now."

Shirley spread her hands and shrugged.

"You seemed surprised when you found me just now... Could it be that my sudden attack disrupted your plan? You never thought of such an emergency at all?"

"..."

"My poor Kiana, I remember you were always very withdrawn, and now you've been away from home for more than a month. Don't you even know how to speak?"

As if somewhat dissatisfied with the girl's silence, Shilis took a step forward, shortening the distance between the two sides.

"However, after listening to your conversation just now, I have almost understood it. That guy... not only controlled your consciousness, but also deceived your heart! He was clearly betraying humanity, but he made you think that all he did was to save me."

"..."

"You think so even now, don't you?"

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When she said this, the sarcastic smile on Shirley's face was gone. But in contrast to the solemnity in Kiana's eyes, her expression was still nonchalant.

"Alright, call out that impostor. Since he has identified me as a puppet of Honkai, let him face me in person!"

"..."

"What's wrong, Kiana? Your mental fluctuations are still in normal shape, so you should still be awake. Since you are determined to believe that guy, why not let him out now and confront me face to face! He escaped in the imaginary space, so now is a good time to continue our last conversation."

The girl did not respond to Shirley's words from beginning to end. She just kept facing Shirley, with an impeccable posture, exuding a surging fighting spirit in the surging energy fluctuations.

"Kiana! Just listen to her now and let me talk to her. At least try to delay the time..."

(No need. You should know that the person in power in the Far East is still Sister Shiris. The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us.)

"But you are no match for her."

(We have to try it to know, and we are not alone...)

Looking at the silver-haired girl in the black and gold dress in the Herrscher form, Kiana hesitated and shook her head secretly.

Since their last meeting in the imaginary space, Kiana had already determined that it was meaningless to negotiate with Shiris in her current state.

No matter what you say, it's all nonsense, and the final result is bound to be a war...

(Indeed, it is an overwhelming disadvantage.)

I have mastered many different laws of Herrscher, but Shilis has the same or even stronger ability. Moreover, her original power, the laws that constrain Herrscher, can also completely eliminate these uncertain factors.

(Sister Shirley's restraining power, when activated normally, can only invalidate other energies in equal amounts. Although the law domain has absolute suppression power, it also has no effect on the life of the person who activates it.

effect.)

Kiana secretly analyzed the battle situation and began to exert slight force on her toes.

(A battle at the Herrscher level will cause devastating damage to a large area of ​​the environment, and the mobility enhanced by energy will also make the battle extremely chaotic... With Sister Shiris's personality, she will never leave me any chance to escape in the chaos)

In other words, she will activate the constraint field at the beginning and turn the battle directly into hand-to-hand combat.

So, seeing through this...

--boom! !

As Kiana swung her right fist suddenly, the bursting energy beam turned into a golden beam of light, whizzing towards Shiris in front of her!

At the moment of launching the attack, Kiana saw it clearly. As she suddenly jumped up to launch the energy attack, the silver-haired girl on the other side also gently raised her hand. A relatively dark golden halo gathered in her palm, which was obviously the energy of the law of restraint.

The next moment, Shilis will directly deploy the constraint field to completely dissolve the energy attack rushing towards her, and then launch a counterattack with close combat.

(Now...!)

The dazzling golden light of the energy beam was enough to overshadow any other colors around it. But the energy shock released by Kiana was actually just a feint with only brightness.

Following closely behind the energy beam, he quickly closed the distance with the help of the cover of strong light. The moment Shiris deployed her domain, he took the lead in attacking with all his strength in close combat to seize the initiative!

If we ignore the energy enhancement and only consider the physical strength, Kiana and Shirley, both of whom are Herrschers, are equally matched. Therefore, as long as she can gain an advantage at the very beginning, she will take the initiative on the battlefield and force Shirley to change her tactics.

By then, the balance of victory will tip towards her...