K424 of the Collapse World

Standing in front of the scratched console, the girl gently wiped the black screen without power, and turned to Benares who was silent behind her.

"Do you still remember how I escaped from the Babylon Laboratory?"

"The laboratory's Houkai reactor... Lord Xilin, are you going to... again?"

"That's right! The reborn 'me' - Shiris was able to absorb the anti-entropy Houkai reactor and become a Herrscher under the influence of the memories of that Chuunibyou time traveler. Why can't I do the same thing and use this backup reactor to regain power? Here, the fluctuations of Houkai energy will be covered by the thousand-meter stratum and will not be detected by anyone."

"But... even if the Houkai Crystal is still preserved, the instruments here have long lost their energy support! How can something like this, which is more than ten years old, be started smoothly..."

Beep!

Before Benares finished speaking, a distorted electronic prompt sound suddenly resounded throughout the underground space! Xilin stood in front of the base of the console with a smile, blue arcs constantly blooming from her body, connecting to the core of the device that had already been activated.

"I've said it before, Shiris has always been Sirin, I'm just another individual controlled by another memory. The experience after K424's rebirth is also my experience, and the technique of controlling the transformation of Honkai energy is also a technique I can reproduce."

Xilin slowly opened her hands, and as the golden space ripples spread in her palms, a dark red diamond-shaped crystal quietly appeared in her hands. The huge energy fluctuations were trapped around the energy core, and the extremely dangerous reaction made Benares' pupils shrink.

"This is... the core of the Ninth Herrscher?!"

"Well, the core of the Herrscher of the Rock. I remember that it was also called the Herrscher of the Stars in a certain world line, but the name doesn't matter. After being restored by Xing, this core has been kept in the Far East Research Institute. Before I found you, I took it with me. Well... after all, with this thing, I can have a better chance of winning against her in the future."

Looking at the silver-haired girl holding the Herrscher of Stone core in one hand without any rejection reaction, Benares pondered for a moment and slowly bit his lip.

"Lord Xilin, are you really doing all this to declare war on Lady Shilis? Just like what Kiana and Diana did..."

"Oh?"

"No...please don't do this. Even if you are the resurrected Lord Xilin, you cannot harm Bella's current master!"

Hearing the girl's slightly flustered voice, a hint of irony emerged in Xilin's smile.

"Hey, Bella... Kiana should have told you something, right? Do you really not know what happened to my original body, or are you still deceiving yourself?"

"..."

"Forget it. I should have explained it to you long ago. Do you think that the thing inside the K424 that hid in the imaginary space is still her?"

881 Three Awarenesses

"I'm afraid Xing never thought that the kindness she showed to Shiris, despite defying the law, would be used by the Honkai Will and become a tool to gradually manipulate her... How ironic."

The source of the impact was indeed the collapse factor that was restored with the law of time. However, the slight collapse that even Lan Feng could expel suddenly turned the tables and completely defeated a strong will. Why was this?

It's just a coincidence, but it's not a coincidence.

If life is unfolded like a scroll, the thread of life must be a twisted and winding curve. At those bending points, there are countless forks that split out but have no way forward. These are the choices that have been abandoned.

Life has infinite possibilities. All it takes is a simple thought, a small decision, or a tiny interference factor to take your life on a completely different trajectory.

Realizing the danger of the half-body of the end impatiently interfering, the reborn Lan Feng took a wrong step and threw Shiris into the trap set by the collapse factor. Without realizing it, her soul was gradually eroded by the collapse factor...

Perhaps, this was just a malicious joke played by fate on the rebels. Or perhaps, including the actions of the End Girl, everything was calculated by the observer... Who knows? Humans and Herrschers are both chess pieces on both sides of the chessboard, and there is only one chess player.

A consciousness infected by Honkai may indeed regain its self, but it may also completely degenerate and transform into a true Honkai personality...

"Good intentions will only backfire, and good intentions will only backfire... Perhaps this is God's will. As a Herrscher, I really didn't deserve redemption from the beginning, didn't I?"

Looking at Benares who had been standing still, Xilin adjusted her emotions slightly. Her golden crossed pupils that were filled with murderous intent dimmed, and the sharp golden light faded.

"So, because she took a wrong step, she could only watch herself gradually become unrecognizable and stained with a strange color. In the early days, she didn't even notice it. However, even though the extent of the impact was irreversible, when her intact part of the soul realized this, it did its best to subconsciously interfere with the affected body and planted a 'seed' of an idea in her heart."

The core of the Herrscher of Rock released dark red arcs of light, using the real Herrscher energy as a medium and cooperating with Sirin's own electromagnetic energy to drive the Honkai Reactor, reawakening these devices from more than a decade ago, and began to create Honkai energy through a unique fission reaction, slowly injecting it into the dried-up energy tank.

Looking at the core of the device that was faintly emitting a faint purple glow, a trace of nostalgia flashed in the eyes of the silver-haired girl, and she gently placed her hand on the cold metal wall.

"That's right... The idea is to split the gradually unified consciousness and use the fragments of the soul as a medium to manipulate the K-series experimental subjects as their own clones. The personality of the Herrscher tends to like to act spontaneously. And Shiris's final interference was just an excuse to "have fun", causing the gradually out-of-control main body to make this unwise choice, releasing the parts of the soul that have not been affected by the collapse at the same time, in order to preserve her last consciousness..."

"Those soul fragments that were already affected by the Honkai were remotely projected into the K-series experimental subjects and naturally became extensions of her consciousness. And those pure soul parts that Shiris intended to protect became the so-called 'linked abnormal individuals'. Under the full supervision of the clones, what will happen to them? I don't need to say more, right?"

In Benares's perception, as the silver-haired girl's palm touched the surface of the metal wall, the K440 experimental subject, who originally only had the breath of Xilin and was essentially fragile and tiny, began to expand at an extremely clear speed.

In just a few minutes, it had surpassed Benares, a Judgment-level Honkai Beast, and continued to grow without stagnation, gradually approaching the peak state of the Herrscher of the Void in the past.

But even in the Second Collapse, the five-core driver Super Sirin in her peak state probably couldn't defeat the current Siris, right? Besides, she didn't even have a real Herrscher core...

881 Three Awarenesses >>

Benares could see this, and Silin, as the "real person", was also naturally aware of this. Therefore, she certainly would not jump out and challenge Silis herself as she did before when she was inflated.

"Lord Xilin, if that's the case, then the real Lady Shilis has also split apart?"

"Well... maybe she has successfully split her original consciousness, but in that case, as 'abnormal individuals', those consciousnesses should not be able to escape the hunting of the main body. Alas... maybe she has already expected this, so she found the origin of Xilin's personality in the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness, mixed Xilin's memories with soul fragments, and combined them into a complete consciousness - that is me. Then she cried and begged me for help, asking me to find a way to stop the main body from gradually getting out of control... Well, this is probably the current situation."

"..."

"Oh... 'I' am such a disgrace, right? For your own comfort, you sealed away those painful memories in Babylon. And now that you are desperate, you use these fragments of my consciousness as a lifeline and push all the messes onto me... Tsk, forget it, there's no need for me to be angry with myself like a psychopath."

Although she said she was not angry, Xilin still puffed up her cheeks, and clenched and lowered her naturally hanging left hand, as if she wanted to punch someone hard.

"Don't worry, Bella. I know I'm different from the Shirley you're familiar with, and I don't intend to replace that guy. Once I beat up that misguided idiot and let the old Shirley return to you, my mission will be accomplished."

"Lord Xilin..."

"Why, Bella, why do you suddenly show such an expression? Do you still like me a little more than Cialis? Heh... Don't make yourself troubled. I've said that Silin is Cialis. Now I am just a 'thought' of Cialis, the embodiment of a memory. Think about it, do you want a complete Cialis, or one-fifth of Cialis?"

The silver-haired girl smiled and waved her hand. As she continued to absorb the Honkai energy, the girl's silver hair gradually began to mix with more purple, slowly forming a gradient of silver-white and pure purple...

"Halaxiu~ It seems that the fusion went smoothly. Thanks to her not integrating the law of space at the beginning, I was able to seize this part of power from her original body. Hehehe... The true power of the Herrscher of the Void, even if it is only 0.1 nanoboom of Honkai energy, can create an endless corridor that subverts all laws! If not for this, I would not be able to escape from that laboratory so easily."

"..."

Benares raised his head slightly and looked at the slender figure standing on the platform. His confused eyes had regained their firmness.

Meeting Benares's eyes again, Xilin nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

"It seems that you have thought it through, Bella. After I drain these Houkai reactors, it will be time to contact my colleagues in Anti-Entropy... Although I still want to settle old scores with those old friends, business is more important, so I will forgive them for the time being~☆"

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Whether it is Silin who has escaped successfully, or Shiris who is in the imaginary space, or a girl who has lost all her memories, no one knows at this moment. K438, who lost the connection and disappeared in the battle with Kiana, is still in action...

The link is broken, splitting the consciousness into two completely identical individuals. Perhaps at the beginning they were indeed exactly the same, with the same personality and the same memories. However, when the two individuals are truly separated and experience different situations, will they still be as indistinguishable as at the beginning?

The answer is, of course, no.

882 Treatment and Opportunity

At this time, a subsidiary of World Serpent in Oceania, a research base established somewhere in the deep sea, has been completely taken over by an armed team led by Raven.

"Chen Tianwu! You have no right to do this. Our actions have been approved by Lord Jackal. What you are doing is betraying the organization!"

"Where is the alarm? Someone press the alarm! Stop this damn crazy woman!"

"Stop! What are you doing?! I am the vice president of the Naren Institute. This is my private laboratory. If you dare to attack me, Dean Caroline will not let you go..."

Faced with the armed team's violent takeover, although the original residents of the base tried to resist, it was of no use and they were directly suppressed by the elite armed team.

As the original person in charge, Caroline, and her executors were thrown into prison one after another, Kiana and Diana, who had been secretly detained before, and K438, Shirley, whose consciousness was separated, were also rescued and placed in the care of Raven.

After the treatment, surgery was performed to remove the remaining soul steel particles in the body.

"There's been no response from headquarters yet. Is it really okay to decide so quickly?"

In the corridor of the research center of the deep-sea base, the half-mechanized young man glanced at the raven beside him, leaned lazily against the load-bearing column, stretched, and asked casually.

As the raven turned around and saw the gloomy look in the gray-haired woman's eyes, he quickly added.

"Ah... Don't worry, I don't intend to interfere with your decision. However, you should know the discipline of the organization better than me. If something goes wrong, you will be easily treated as a traitor."

"Huh, you talk a lot more today than usual."

Raven snorted coldly, turned around again and looked at the laboratory group in the research center.

"That kind of Honkai-blocking metal is as poisonous as a Honkai creature. If we don't help them get rid of it quickly, I'm worried that something might happen. Don't forget, 'Shiris' here is just a clone. If something happens to her sister, do you think she will vent her anger on the entire World Snake?"

"But what if the headquarters doesn't want to release them, and instead decides like Caroline did, to use them as hostages to threaten the Far East?"

"..."

"Besides, they are Herrs, and they were bound by that lock, so Caroline took advantage of them. If they were allowed to recover their strength now, I'm afraid they could destroy this base with one hand, and our safety would not be guaranteed..."

"You don't need to teach me how to do things! This is the end of the problem. If you don't have anything else to do, go back and take a rest. You are just a subordinate who obeys my orders. Even if the sky falls, it won't fall on your head."

Seeing that Raven was obviously in a bad mood, Night Owl shut his mouth in time to avoid further annoying this elder sister.

However, the angry raven soon calmed down, lowered his head with some regret, and softly apologized to the young man beside him.

"Phew... Sorry Night Owl, I just..."

"It's okay. I'll go back and organize the materials for the follow-up report. See you later."

After saying that, the young man quickly left the passage and walked out of the electronic door of the research institute, leaving Raven alone standing in the empty building hall.

The gray-haired girl pounded her head in annoyance. It was under her recommendation that Night Owl joined the World Serpent. How could Raven not know that the young man with a cold face but a warm heart was just expressing his concern for her?

It's terrible...

Leaning against the wall in a somewhat restless manner, Raven knew that her decision was too hasty. Regardless of the armed occupation of the Naren Laboratory, it was the Jackal who first violated the treaty, and she was only exercising her supervisory power as a cadre. But after taking over the three Herrschers of the Far East Force, she took the initiative to help them perform recovery surgeries, which was obviously acting on her own initiative.

Even if Kevin is willing to resolve the issue peacefully, he would definitely prefer the World Serpent to take more initiative, rather than letting the three Herrschers who have recovered their strength take over...

"Well, should I tell her?"

The raven muttered to himself, then shook his head silently.

Forget it, it was all her own fault. At least, as a reward to Shilis, this would also help her get rid of a knot in her heart.

If you owe someone a favor, you can be thick-skinned and not care about it, but to Silis Kaslana, Raven owes too much...

"Anyway, let's leave it at that for now... maybe the Lord won't care about these little things?"

After a moment of worry, the raven stood up, shook his head, and cheered up again.

That's right, as long as you look at it optimistically, it's not a big deal, right? I've helped Shiris a lot this time. She's the strongest Herrscher in this era, and she also owns a powerful organization like the Far East Alliance. Even if I'm fired by the World Serpent, I shouldn't be left with nowhere to go, right?

882 Treatment and Opportunity >>

"Do you feel any pain anywhere now?"

"It's basically gone, but my back is still a little numb."

"Don't worry, it's just a side effect of the beam cutting surgery. It looks like it's fine. But Ms. Hillis, the test results will take some time to come out. Please wait a moment."

"Ah."

Q group: 543659389" "By the way, can you please open your mouth?"

"Ah~"

"Very good, keep it like this."

"Uh-huh?"

"Please wait a moment. We need to collect a sample of your saliva. Um... the purpose is just to conduct accurate testing. Don't worry, these additional services are completely free~"

"..."

"That's right! Although the metal particles on the blood vessels and bone surfaces have been cleaned up, there is still a possibility that some remain inside the bone marrow, so..."

In a laboratory at a biological research center, a bald silver-haired girl sat in front of an operating chair with a look of despair on her face.

She let the two female researchers continue to play with her body.

Isn't it just an excuse to collect my genetic samples? What about additional services? Although the operation was performed under general anesthesia, Hillis also knew that the two researchers who worked as part-time doctors secretly cut a small tuft of her hair and scraped off some debris from her toenails.

If she hadn't regained consciousness quickly, the two men would have even used physical means to stimulate her to urinate...

I have to say, it's a bit too much.

However, as long as I use the excuse of checking the metal particle residue in the kidneys, I can still get her urine sample in a fair and honest way, right?

Shirley sighed, but didn't pay much attention to the little tricks of the two World Serpent researchers. After all, the World Serpent had done its utmost to stop harming them, but it was unexpected that they were willing to help them clean up the soul steel particles in their bodies. Since she had received a favor, she naturally didn't mind the other party taking a little reward from her.

However, he is not the real body now, and the data of this K438 experiment may disappoint them. However, Kiana and Diana must have received the same considerate "additional services", and the World Snake will definitely not lose.

However, not only did they dare to perform surgery on the Herrscher, they even dared to blatantly take advantage of the Herrscher who had recovered his strength. These World Serpent researchers were also talents in a sense...

"So, sisters, what other body samples are you going to collect from me?"

"Ah, and sexual stimulation... ahem! Ms. Hillis, we are a formal biological research team. The samples we collected are all for your final test report. Please respect our profession!"

"......oh."

Looking at the two researchers who seemed to be acting so confident, Hillary rolled her eyes and continued to watch them excitedly find all kinds of testing equipment and fiddle with them on themselves.

Forget it, let them do as they please... These things are harmless to her body anyway, and she will also be able to get a copy of the test results later to see the information parameters of this body.

After the operation, Shiris could clearly feel the stagnant Houkai energy in her body begin to recover. Although she had lost the connection with her main body and did not have a core organ that could hold Houkai energy, this body that had been tempered by the Herrscher's energy could still recover to about the Houkai energy reserve of an emperor-level Houkai beast, so she would not become completely useless.