K424 of the Collapse World

There is no point in speculating on this, the next task is more important...

On the battlefield of the abandoned outpost, the two silver-haired girls looked at each other, and looked at the other petite silver-haired girl in surprise, almost unable to believe what the other had just said.

"Doppelganger...?"

"Yes, just like I said, my clone is remotely controlled by spiritual energy, and my real body still remains in the imaginary space."

Faced with Kiana and Diana's doubts, Shirley gave an answer casually, repeating the explanation she made to Asakura Miyuki in front of her two sisters.

"However, I thought that this K438 prosthesis could solve the problem. It seems that I underestimated your strength... and also underestimated the technological power mastered by the ME Company."

"So... it was just a clone of Sister Shiris who forced Sister Kiana into a desperate situation and made us use up the Chain of Naraku... it was just a clone?!"

Diana couldn't help but exclaimed, glancing at Kiana who had fallen into silence, her eyes full of disbelief.

"This is really too much... Sister Shilis, are you really a Herrscher like us?"

"Haha~ So, being able to defeat my clones is enough to make you proud! These K-series clones have a direct energy link with me, which means they have the same endless Honkai energy as me. They just can't use advanced laws, and the precision of their motion control is relatively low. In essence, they can still exert the power of a Herrscher."

Shirley explained with a smile, continuing to stroke Kiana's hair and skillfully combing the girl's messy hair. She was not surprised at the astonishment of her two sisters. After all, she knew very well how powerful her body was. Not to mention those extraordinary law powers, even the simple Honkai energy reserves were dozens of times more than those of a normal sublimated Herrscher...

"Is that so... So in your eyes, my betrayal is nothing to worry about, so you let me act freely..."

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After a long silence, Kiana's eyes slowly focused. Looking at Shiris in front of her, the girl spoke in a self-deprecating tone, as if her original worldview had collapsed.

She originally thought that even if her strength was not enough to defeat Shirley, she could still be on par with her temporarily. But now it seems that she who had such an idea was as ridiculous as a clown...

"That's not the case, Kiana."

Shirley stopped moving, and her smile faded slightly.

After you left the Far East Branch, I wanted to catch you back every moment. Although you are not as strong as me, I have to say that you are really good at running... From the Far East Branch to North and South America, and then back to the Far East, I couldn't accurately locate your location no matter what method I used. Sigh... Stupid girl, do you know how worried I am about you! "

At this point, Shirley puffed up her cheeks slightly, looking at the silver-haired girl lying on her lap with resentment in her eyes. Now, she really wanted to turn Kiana over and give this careless sister a few slaps on the butt, but looking at the weak girl who was seriously injured, she still couldn't bear to do so, and just gently tapped Kiana's forehead.

"Forget it... This wasn't your intention anyway, was it? You're also a victim of Honkai, so I won't punish you now. When I find that fake Lan Feng, I'll slowly settle accounts with the culprit."

"No...! Ahem... Sister Shilis, I am not controlled by Honkai. Everything I did was my own choice..."

"Okay, okay~ You're not controlled by Honkai, okay?"

Shirley interrupted perfunctorily, ruffling Kiana's hair again and combing it

The smooth and silky silver hair was ruffled again, and then, under Kiana's slightly dissatisfied eyes, he tidied it up without any boredom.

"Perhaps, as you said, you are not controlled by Honkai."

"..."

"After calming down, I realized that the matter is not as simple as we both think that the other is controlled by Honkai. Thinking carefully, there are indeed many doubts here... Take the battle just now for example, your mind was read by my consciousness law twice in a row. If you can really completely control a person's mind, it is impossible for you to be easily fooled."

Shilis Brick looked at Diana who was lost in thought beside her.

"Diana, why did you help Kiana catch me?"

"Eh? This..."

"Okay, no need to answer. No matter what, you can't be controlled by the power of the Law of Consciousness to attack me. Even if the Herrscher of the Void becomes more arrogant, it won't be so embarrassing."

At this point, Shirley's gentle tone began to turn serious.

"I'm curious, if Raiden Ryoma and the others didn't assist you because of your mental control, what made them willing to help you deal with me? After all, people as cautious as them won't believe someone's one-sided words."

Kiana looked at the girl in front of her with some surprise. Was it an illusion? She felt that after leaving the battle state, Shirley seemed to have returned to her original state. Compared with her previous arrogance and arbitrariness, she was completely different...

"So, I will follow you to the ME Club and see for myself whether it was a misunderstanding or some other reason that triggered the fight between us."

"Sister Shilis..."

Kiana seemed to be about to say something, but then her words stopped abruptly, as if she had noticed something, and she raised her head and looked upwards.

"Um... is it coming already?"

Shirley blinked, and as she listened to the sound of an aircraft breaking through the air approaching from afar, her expression relaxed again.

"Speaking of which, this sea area should be quite far from Changkong City, right? The efficiency of ME Club's operations is surprisingly high~"

"No, it's..."

Kiana frowned. She remembered clearly that the recovery team did not arrive so early, and the selected aircraft engine definitely did not make this kind of sound...

boom--! !

The next moment, the ceiling of the hangar shattered in the flames of the explosion! Several figures fell from the gap, landing heavily around the hangar, surrounding the three silver-haired girls in the center.

Looking at the humanoid mechas coming from all directions, with their guns pointed at the three of them, Shiris narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Mechanical unit? This doesn't seem to be a model of ME company..."

"The ones who should be picking us up should be Seele and Bronya, not these mechas of unknown origin!"

Kiana struggled to sit up, and her eyes became extremely gloomy as she looked at the fully armed gray-white mechanical troops around her.

“What the hell is…!”

Shirley looked up at the sky with interest. A strange large aircraft was suspended in the air, and the dense ground attack system was aimed at her direction. She was sure that this should not be a machine from Anti-Entropy, at least not a product of ME.

"Kiana, it seems that your plan seems to have gone a little awry..."

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A moment later, an unidentified flying vehicle that disappeared into the depths of the ocean finally arrived at a hidden deep-sea base.

The circular mechanical elevator rises from the sea, and after it protrudes above the sea surface, it deploys a platform. After the aircraft completes its landing, the eggshell-like composite isolation device is closed again and sinks back to the seabed, leaving no trace...

Click, click, click

Accompanied by a continuous sound of mechanical operation, the closed metal walls inside the cabin separated layer by layer, and a narrow door opened on the tightly fitted wall, revealing three white-haired girls imprisoned inside.

"Hmm~~Are we finally here?"

Before the mechanical troops responsible for escorting came forward, one of the smallest silver-haired girls came out first, stretched without any nervousness, and began to scan the surrounding environment with interest.

After leaving the lightless cell, it was the main cabin of the aircraft. Through the glass, Shiris could easily see the whole picture of the outside space. The huge dark blue metal walls surrounded it. In the middle of where she was was an open space that looked like a helipad. In front and at the four corners were fully mechanized buildings.

This was a high-tech base that he had never seen before. It, including the top floor, was completely isolated from the outside world, making it impossible to determine its exact location.

(The smell of the sea... I see, it must be a building built under the sea~)

The silver-haired girl's small nose twitched, and her eyes showed a barely perceptible sharpness.

This kind of layout that mixes the helipad with the main structure of the base can confirm that this base is not very large. The area that can be directly observed is probably only half the size of the Eye of the Abyss. Even if there are other compartments or external structures, the total size should not exceed one pole.

The regional scope of the East Branch Research Institute.

After a quick glance at the external structure, Shilis's eyes fell on the aircraft she was in. Relying on the knowledge left over from the world line retracing, she could easily identify some of the aircraft's accessories.

(This is...m013 nano steel wire explosion-proof glass? I remember it was made by Tianming Baijin Industrial Park; this structure should be a lightweight aluminum alloy plate produced by M7.V Heavy Industry, a product of a Russian company; and the sensor of the internal detector... looks like a crappy thing from the Mackenni company? What kind of hellish combination is this! It definitely can't be something from a regular organization like Anti-Entropy...)

Without giving Shiris more time to complain, the surrounding humanoid mechanical troops quickly surrounded her, with the black muzzles of their guns pointed at the girl's head from both sides.

The next moment, the speakers inside the cabin emitted a specially processed electronic synthesized sound.

"You don't seem nervous at all, Miss Hillis?"

"Are you finally willing to show your face? Haha... You act like you know me very well when you speak. Do we know each other?"

Not caring about the countless guns aimed at her, the silver-haired girl folded her hands over her chest, raised her head with a sneer, and looked at the surveillance camera pointing at her.

"..."

Even though he was only being stared at by the silver-haired girl's cold eyes through the image on the screen, someone behind the scenes couldn't help but shudder, recalling some nightmarish memories.

But she soon forced away her old fear, used a voice processing device to hide the trembling in her voice, and responded with sarcasm in a calm manner.

"Of course I know you... and we're more than familiar with each other~ After not seeing you for a long time, Miss Shilis is still as aggressive as ever. However, in your current state, it should be difficult for you to even stand steadily, right? Don't waste your energy there..."

"Are you afraid of me?"

Shirley suddenly interrupted, glancing at the slightly flickering surveillance camera with a look of amusement that seemed to be able to see through everything.

"It's understandable. After all... you don't even have the courage to face me. You can only hide in a corner, pretending to be powerful with a remote device. Just seeing my eyes has caused you psychological trauma?"

“Scared? Hahaha…! You said I’m afraid of you? You’re kidding me, why should I be afraid of you?! A sealed and disabled Herrscher? Huh?!”

--boom

As the voice filled with anger fell, a mechanical soldier nearby suddenly fired a shot. The bullet accurately grazed the silver-haired girl's neck, leaving a shallow blood mark.

"See? If I want to kill you right now... it's easy!"

Someone in secret said this with gritted teeth, and was about to give another order to the mechanical troops, but suddenly realized something and forced himself to calm down.

"Forget it, I forgive your rudeness. Humph, you sharp-tongued little wild cat...If you dare to provoke me again, I will make you suffer!"

"..."

The silver-haired girl nonchalantly wiped the wound on her neck, her eyes slightly gloomy, as if she didn't care about the other party's threat at all.

(Arrogant and too hypocritical, likes to declare his superiority in a sarcastic way, and seems to have been defeated by me... I seem to have met many such guys? It's not easy to identify them...)

Powerful and noble opponents deserve to be remembered. Who would deliberately remember those stupid minions?

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Listening to the familiar tone, but unable to remember where she had heard it before, Shilis narrowed her eyes slightly, gave up the idea of ​​continuing to mock the other party, and gradually put away the faint smile at the corner of her mouth, leaving only a cold look.

"So... who are you anyway?"

"Well, let's just leave it as a surprise. Speaking of which, transportation is not the place to have a conversation. Please move on to the room I have prepared. I will personally entertain you three and see who is afraid to face whom. Hehehe..."

The base owner's voice ended with a strange laugh, and the surrounding mechanical soldiers slowly dispersed. In the end, only five mechanical soldiers with guns were left, escorting Diana and Kiana out of the metal cell and bringing them to Shirley's side.

Looking at the two silver-haired girls supporting each other, Shiris ignored the guns pointed at her, walked through the obstruction of the mechanical troops, and took the injured Kiana from Diana's arms.

"Sister Shilis, that..."

Meeting the slightly complicated gaze of the silver-haired girl, Shiris calmly looked away, put Kiana's arm on her shoulder, and walked towards the building facilities of the ocean base under the guidance of the mechanical troops.

"Sister Cialis, please recall, do you still remember your interactions with other ordinary members of the branch when you were tracking me? Bronya told me that you turned a blind eye to others more than once, and even almost caused danger... Sister Cialis, if you still remember these things, can you explain your reasons to me?"

A few minutes ago, Kiana asked her this question. And when Shiris tried to recall

When I think about these details, I find that what happened less than a month ago is like a fog in my mind. I can only remember the general experience, but I can't remember the specific process at all...

No more, no less, the part where my memory is vague is exactly within that month.

In response, she fell silent and did not give Kiana a direct answer until the aircraft arrived at its destination.

Could it be a side effect caused by the fragments of consciousness leaving the body? There is indeed no precedent for my current situation, so this is a possibility. But...what if it is really as Kiana said, that there is something wrong with my consciousness?

Although the most important thing now is to find out the details of this unknown base, those questions still linger in Shiris's mind and cannot be dispelled for a long time...

"Speaking of which, Sister Shilis..."

At this moment, Diana's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Shiris's thoughts.

"What's wrong Diana?"

"Sister Shilis, don't you find it strange? These guys didn't do anything to us, they just escorted us..."

"Nothing? Um... do you still want us to unlock a few defeat cgs?"

"Uh......"

Faced with Shirley's half-smiled question, Kiana was stunned for a moment, then suddenly blushed and shook her head vigorously.

"That's not what I meant! Remember when the Far East Branch captured Mei, they used all kinds of restraint suits, limiters and shackles, and wrapped Mei up like a caterpillar before they dared to wake her up through more than ten layers of glass. But these guys... actually dared to let the three Herrschers move freely. Don't they take us seriously?"

"Hehe... What a boring question. Who knows~?"

Shirley pouted and answered perfunctorily, glancing at Diana in a reproachful manner.

(Since they were able to steal the "secret plan" of you two little fools and come here to pick up the leak with precise positioning, how could they not know the effect of the Chain of Naraku? If they were not absolutely sure, who would dare to pick up three Herrschers and put them in the base...)

Of course, she couldn't say these words. No matter how confident the other party was, it would be foolish to expose the truth of her desperate situation. If the other party knew that the ease she had just shown was actually just a facade, things would be troublesome...

If I still maintain a connection with my original body, I can directly control another clone to smash this base with a punch to accompany the Titanic, and then catch the mastermind and return to the Far East. But now, I have unexpectedly become an independent conscious individual, and my power has been blocked. What was originally a simple matter has now become a real crisis.

It doesn't matter what happens to this clone. I've long been accustomed to pain and torture. The inability to recover the memory of the fragmented consciousness is also an acceptable loss. Anyway, the real body will find out the truth sooner or later. But the problem is that Kiana and Diana have also fallen into the hands of the other party...

This is the worst possible scenario.

Shirley smiled bitterly in her heart, but her eyes reflected a sharp light.

At least there is good news, that is, the other party is still afraid of me, and the strong psychological shadow is even enough to affect my judgment...