K424 of the Collapse World

"what......"

"Although this method can delay the birth of the Herrscher of Corrosion, you are doomed to be unable to resist the will of Honkai, and in the end you will just turn yourself into a time bomb. It's totally unnecessary. Don't worry about it. Even if a Herrscher of Corrosion descends now, I can pull out its core and crush it!"

Coldly watching the two pink-haired foxes being intimate with each other, Xilin snorted softly, turned around with her arms crossed, glanced at the cherry-haired girl with a gentle face, and walked towards the completely collapsed exit of the cave.

You're strong... but I'll protect you too! For Bella, and for myself...

"Hey... Let's get ready to go. Follow me, Ying. We are going to find Bella now, and take down a certain annoying troublemaker organization at the same time..."

"Do you know the identity of the attacker?"

Seeing that the girl didn't seem to intend to explain further, Yaezakura hurriedly followed her and asked out of curiosity.

"I don't know, I'm just guessing, but I think it's pretty close."

The girl waved her hand towards the pile of rocks blocking the cave, and an invisible energy wave spread out, instantly crushing the hard rocks into dust and forcibly opening up a passage through the collapsed rock wall.

"Bella's strength is not the best in this world, but she has never been a weakling. And the opponent can defeat her dragon form with the physical strength of the body alone. There are only five such people I can think of-"

As she spoke, Xilin gently raised her right hand.

"Shiris who was infected by Honkai, Yulandel who is the strongest Valkyrie of destiny, Kyushu of Houraiji who has awakened the stigma, Fu Hua who has released the power of the Key of God, and... Kevin Kaslana of the World Serpent."

Every time she said a name, the girl raised a finger, but when she finally said Kevin's name, she suddenly clenched her right hand into a fist and swung it towards the dusty front! Accompanied by the sound of a sonic boom, the roaring fist wind instantly tore through the barrier of smoke and dust, completely dispelling the haziness in front.

"Shiris's cognition was only slightly affected by the Honkai, so she won't be cruel to Bella; Otto is still busy studying his Thousand Worlds One Vehicle, and has no time to send Yulandel to cause trouble; the members of the Far East Branch will not use such cruel and ruthless means of attack... In the end, the only one left is that old popsicle who has no idea what he is thinking all day... Isn't it?"

904 No Choice

"You mean... it was the World Serpents who attacked Bella?"

"This is the most likely scenario. Although there is no definitive evidence, it is basically enough to confirm it."

Following the glacier passage opened up by a punch, Xilin was the first to walk out of the collapsed cave, looking at the endless snow and ice fields around her and said.

"In theory, even if you hide your abilities to fight, the energy factors left by the biological activities cannot be eliminated in a short period of time. However, I didn't sense anything..."

Having said that, Xilin suddenly raised her hand, peeled off a thin layer of ice from the ice cone next to her, and held it in her hand.

"Kevin's fusion warrior power comes from the Pavanti Houkai gene from the pre-civilization era, and the icy energy he possesses. Kevin, who has this special physique, will unconsciously emit this special cold energy even if he doesn't use Houkai in battle, and attach it to the surrounding objects in the form of trace Houkai particles. This is how it should be."

Feeling these transparent crystals taking away her body temperature, a sneer crossed Xilin's lips.

"But... the natural ultra-low temperature of the snow mountain conceals these Houkai particles and automatically transforms them into low-temperature energy of the same nature. That's why I can't detect any energy factors."

"So...what do we do next?"

Yaezakura also walked out and asked with a little uneasiness as she looked at the purple-haired girl's increasingly ferocious back.

"Of course...get Bella back first!"

The girl slowly turned around, her expression of extreme coldness and arrogance exactly the same as that of the Herrscher of the Void who viewed humans as ants.

Go save the world! I'm not someone like Walter who values ​​the overall situation. If something happens to Bella this time, the consequences will be terrible...

"And after this, no matter what, some of these ignorant guys will have to pay a price..."

In the Western Siberian region, deep in a snow-capped mountain that few people have ever visited, between the ancient rocks covered with layers of snow, a pitch-black aircraft slowly descended from it, passing through the tightly sealed ice layers as easily as if it were nothing, and entered the interior of the mountain...

The influence of the World Serpent is spread all over the world, and naturally there are countless secret bases in the territory of Cocolia, which served as a partner earlier.

Guided by the light from the base's apron, this 100-meter-class medium-sized aircraft slowly landed, and the door on the side of the fuselage opened outward, extending the access stairs to the ground.

"..."

The silver-haired girl in dark grey combat uniform walked out of the cabin, turned her head and forgot to look at the team members who were walking out of the aircraft one after another, leaned against the landing gear with a depressed look and folded her arms.

"Kiana..."

"I'm fine, Sister Shilis, don't worry about it."

When another relatively shorter silver-haired girl came over, Kiana interrupted her without thinking before she could finish her words, and slowly lowered her head.

"This isn't the time to do this..."

"Yeah, I know...but Kiana, we don't have any other choice besides this."

The Shilis who stayed in the World Serpent - the K-438 individual of the Shilin Project took two steps forward, not caring about the girl's resistance, gently rubbed Kiana's head, and turned to look at the open hatch on the side of the aircraft.

Facing Silis's gaze, the white-haired man in a coat slowly walked out of the cabin and stepped firmly across the tarmac.

He walked past the two silver-haired girls without looking away and headed towards the dense and complex base construction area in front of him.

A few minutes ago, the World Serpent raided the iceberg near the Babylon ruins, defeated and captured the Judgment-level Honkai Beast Benares stationed in the temporary base, and quickly returned to the division base hundreds of kilometers away.

All of this has to go back to the conference room of a deep-sea base of World Serpent. As the conversation between K438 Shiris and Kevin ended smoothly, their cooperation agreement was also reached.

Kevin will help stop the gradually out-of-control body of Shilis, but the three Kaslana girls who accidentally fall into the World Snake Organization will serve as external aid for the World Snake and follow Kevin to participate in the actions of the World Snake Organization... just like their siege of Benares.

904 No choice >>

In terms of how the Fire Moths initially treated the Herrscher, this was undoubtedly the maximum freedom. But the price was that they had no right to interfere with any actions Kevin had planned, and could only participate in the battle as executors...

If they still want to rely on the power of the World Serpent.

"But that kind of thing... doesn't Sister Shilis think it's too much? Bella is obviously our partner..."

"But Bella would never act on her own. She built a base in Siberia by herself. She must have accepted my orders to do so. It is not difficult for me to understand why the World Serpent detected her actions and chose to start from here."

Following Shiris's low voice, two World Snake mechanical soldiers came out from behind the cabin door carrying a stretcher.

"..."

Seeing the unconscious purple-haired girl on the stretcher, Kiana clenched her teeth slightly and looked away with indignation. Beside her, looking at the girl's bloody cheek and bruised body, Shilis's eyes also became heavy. She silently clenched her fists and watched the purple-haired girl being transported to another facility in the base.

They did not directly participate in the action just now, but watched Bella being ruthlessly beaten by Kevin, and eventually lost consciousness and was captured and taken back to the World Serpent Base...

"Sister Shilis..."

The silver-haired girl who was walking beside the stretcher stopped beside Kiana and Shirley and stood with her two sisters.

"Bella...will you be okay?"

"Don't worry, once the World Serpent obtains the necessary information, it will hand Bella back to us, and nothing will happen."

"But......"

"It's okay, I promise."

Silis said softly, gently holding Diana's hand, trying to calm the girl who was also depressed.

She didn't want to hurt her companions, nor did she want to see her companions get hurt, not at all... If it weren't for the agreement with Kevin, if she wasn't really on the verge of madness, even if she only had this fragile clone, she would still resolutely guard in front of Bella and never retreat a single step.

But this time, this courage cannot solve the problem.

All of this is necessary to find out the truth about "myself" and find a way to stop it...

Yes, necessary...

Ah.

"Kevin."

Even though she knew all this, Hillary still couldn't help but raise her head and shout towards the receding figure.

"I won't tell you what to do, nor will I complain to you."

"..."

The white-haired man in the distance still had his back to her, but he had stopped and was waiting for the girl's next words.

"But you must tell me! Following your plan, paying the price of blood and pain, can you really achieve your goal and stop my real body?"

"I can't make you any promises, Shirley."

The man answered in a low voice, his cold voice floating past the girls' ears, as calm as ever.

"But this is my goal. To prevent the Second Ascension of the Ruler of Constraint, this is a higher priority than the Stigma Project."

Shirley clenched her fists, then slowly relaxed them. After repeating this several times, she adjusted her emotions and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Hmph... Then you'd better not let everyone down. Also, leave Bella's interrogation to me. I have a way to make her talk, so you don't have to waste your "public resources."

"can."

After giving a brief and concise answer, Kevin continued to move forward, heading towards the facilities area of ​​the base under the gaze of others.

As the man's figure completely disappeared, Shirley was about to pull her two sisters back to the lounge, but the movement behind her made her pause.

--clatter

With the crisp sound of heels hitting the ground, Shilis turned her head almost at the moment the sound echoed, and what came into her sight was a woman wearing a black jackal mask...

905 Balance

A woman in a wolf mask?

There is no need to search for information about the World Snake in your mind.

Liz quickly recognized the uninvited guest.

One of the World Serpent's officers, the culprit who brought the three of them here a few days ago - "Jackal".

Facing the brown-haired woman who was walking straight towards her without looking around, Shirley frowned in confusion.

What was she doing here? In this world line, it seemed that I had no connection with this crazy scientist, right?

"Hey! Doghead, what are you staring at Sister Shilis for?"

Before the jackal approached Hillary, Diana stepped forward and stood between the two of them. She raised one hand to block Hillary behind her, pointed at the jackal and asked loudly in a bad mood.

"If you have nothing else to do, please stay away from us, Lady of the World Serpent."

Kiana also stepped forward and stood side by side with Diana, protecting the relatively short Shirley behind her. Her tone was calm and gentle, but it carried a clear threat.

However, under the intimidation of the two Herrscher-level creatures, the woman calmly put one hand on her waist and looked proudly at the two hostile silver-haired girls. The dark wolf-head mask made it impossible to guess what her expression was at the moment.

"My code name is Jackal, World Serpent Strategic Advisor and Director of the Biotechnology Experiment Center. Silis Kaslana, the Lord asked me to complete your core filling plan."

Ignoring the two girls standing in front of him, the Jackal looked forward, looking at the silver-haired girl behind the two, and spoke loudly with his head held high. In that high-pitched and arrogant tone, a strong sense of arrogance almost overflowed.

However, when she said her code name, Kiana and Diana's eyes moved at the same time.

During the time they were in the deep sea base, they were not completely ignorant of these situations. At least the two girls still remembered the code name of the mastermind who attacked them very clearly...

"What plan are you talking about? You kobold, are you planning to use Sister Shilis as an experiment?!"

"I have never heard of such an arrangement, Ms. Jackal. Moreover, according to your Lord's instructions, we have to go to the interrogation room to handle official business. We don't have time to accompany you to participate in any inexplicable experiments."

"That's right! That's it. Get out of here before I can't help kicking your head. Otherwise... you'll have to settle the score for ambushing us before!"

Kiana and Diana continued to speak without giving in, and took another step closer to the jackal, releasing the dangerous aura of powerful Honkai energy without restraint. In front of ordinary people, this kind of mental oppression is enough to make people hallucinate them as the source of fear.

Faced with this bloody and murderous feeling, the jackal seemed unable to bear it.

"I'm not talking to you, don't try to annoy me... Stupid Honkai creatures! You guys were supposed to be experimental materials, but the Lord showed extra grace and allowed you to join the extra-commissioned forces. How dare you run wild in front of me... in the territory of the World Serpent?!"

As if to give himself courage, the jackal roared at the top of his lungs, and the sharp sound even made the fighters on the sentry post not far away look sideways.

In response, Kiana remained motionless, while Diana was the first to raise her fist without any hesitation.

"Believe it or not, I will give you your dog head right now..."

"Okay, everyone, stop for a moment."

Finally, it was Shirley who interrupted this meaningless argument, patted her two sisters on the shoulders and signaled them to relax, then she took the initiative to walk past the two girls and stood at the forefront, revealing an Otto-like polite smile.

"The core filling plan...can you tell me the details first, Ms. Jackal?"

With Shirley's intervention, the tense atmosphere around them eased. The Jackal secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and looking at the well-behaved and kind silver-haired girl, he put on his arrogant attitude again.

905 Balance >>

"Oh? That's more like it. Miss Shilis is indeed a leader. She is really different from those two uneducated monsters..."

"Please don't insult my sister, otherwise, I might let you experience the whole process of the law of consciousness erasing the spirit."

As his body felt like it was falling into an ice cellar again, the Jackal saw the young silver-haired girl speaking with a warm smile and her unique tender and sweet voice, which made the temperature around them suddenly drop.

"You...tsk!"

After being speechless for a long time due to shock, the brown-haired woman finally looked angrily at the trio in front of her, suppressed her anger, and spoke in a deep voice.

"As far as I know, Ms. Shilis's current body is not the original Herrscher body, but another weak K-type experimental body, right?"

"Oh, so what?"

"So, in order to prevent you from suddenly dying in a future battle, the Lord asked us to give you an improved model of the "Chiyou" Honkai gene, so that you can condense a pseudo-nucleus as an energy carrier to drive the Honkai power."