K424 of the Collapse World

"Energy attribute solidified to the extreme, Honkai energy carrier in completely inert mode - activate!"

“Ugh! Ugh!!”

Enduring the dizziness brought about by the ultra-long-distance extension of the Honkai energy, Iselin's law energy directly deviated from the diffusion route of the Herrscher and covered the affected area at a faster speed, turning the outermost layers of the two areas into her own control area.

"Hey, Iselin...!"

Looking at the blood oozing from the green-haired girl's eyes and ears, Walter was about to say something when he was interrupted by the girl raising her hand stubbornly.

"Don't worry...Mr. Walter, I can hold on. Compared with Miss Shilis's energy transmission across the alien space, this level is nothing!"

The power of the laws of the Herrschers cannot interfere with each other. When a collision occurs, only the side with stronger energy can normally activate the effect of the law. In other words, if the Herrscher of Corrosion wants to further expand his domain, he must first defeat Iselin.

However, it really hurts... The pressure on my brain seems to be about to burst at any time, my aching eyeballs are about to burst out, and my heartbeat is gradually becoming disordered, as if this is no longer the body of a powerful Herrscher, but a dying body that is terminally ill...

But no matter what, you must hold on!

"Ha... Fortunately, the Herrscher has only invaded the strategic network in the Far East, and only two areas have been affected... Could it be that this guy hasn't fully gained consciousness yet?"

Iselin was struggling to maintain her energy barrier. Thinking of this, her eyes suddenly moved and she began to control her energy extension, accurately connecting all the sending point terminals of the Far East Branch.

"...Everyone in the Far East Branch, can you hear me?"

916 Disaster

Very strange.

Looking at the strange world of light and shadow in front of it, it looked around blankly. Its empty mind and hazy consciousness made it difficult to judge the current situation.

Obviously, this is not the world I live in.

Even if the memory becomes messy and fuzzy for some reason, this common sense cognition remains unaffected. It is very clear that the place where it should be is the desk and chair in the cube room and the soft bed in the dormitory, not these strange spaces composed of data and light and shadow.

However, questions like "Who am I? Where is this?" were unnecessary. It was sure it could remember them if it wanted to. However, it was sure that none of them mattered anymore.

So…what happened?

It asked itself this question, and the sound of imagination resounded clearly in the world of its mind. Its mind, free of distractions, quickly began to operate, casting a net of will into the shattered sea of ​​consciousness and catching the scattered fragments of memories.

With hands wearing rubber gloves, he unscrewed the metal wall screws of the long passage, pulled out the metal strips that were coiled like venomous snakes, and then opened the tool box beside him...

Yes, I am an electrician, and I was probably checking a bunch of connecting cables in my area. The tedious work of maintaining these basic lines is what I have been relying on for a living. Although I have signed a lot of troublesome confidentiality agreements for this job, the salary I get is much higher than being a senior technician in an ordinary power plant, so it is not a problem.

Today's task is to inspect the equipment in the C21 to C2 area of ​​the base's negative 6st floor. The energy supply pressure brought by the severe compression of the application facilities is all concentrated on these specialized alloy cables. Because of the quality assurance of the equipment, daily inspection and maintenance is not actually a crucial task, but the rigorous Anti-Entropy Organization will not let go of any possible accidents. The daily inspection work is strictly regulated and there can be no slackness even in the slightest.

So, what is the status of the maintenance work?

It instinctively raised its arm and tried to grab the screwdriver in its hand in the last scene of the memory fragment, but it could not see any "body" of its own, and its empty hand could not feel the slightly rough wooden handle of the old friend. It seemed that everything in front of it was just an environment out of touch with reality, and no matter what happened, it was meaningless.

No! I didn't come here to continue my mediocre life, and my mission wasn't to bend over and sort out those damn broken coils. I already have a greater and nobler mission.

, is a great project that one can devote all one's will to without regrets...

What was it?

With confusion and doubt, it once again observed this extraordinary scene. The bizarre data flow world in front of it, the interlaced light and shadows and swirling characters formed a nearly infinite multi-dimensional space.

Without a doubt, this is condensed information that the human mind cannot process. But at this moment, it can easily read the familiar metal walls of the passage, the high-tech equipment laboratory that occasionally passes by, and the processors made up of countless advanced terminals in the conference room. It can even "see" the precise electronic boards and compression chips inside the terminal shells, and even the deeper codes and induction currents inside the chips, which can all be clearly reflected in the field of vision at this moment through the light and shadow of this piece of data.

However, compared with these most detailed perception images, it is easier to notice the "real reality" projected in the light and shadow -

The panicked researchers rushed out of the burning laboratory, but fell in front of the sentry machine gun in the corridor. One intact corpse opened its eyes wide in shock, as if it had never expected that it would die under the defense mechanism protecting the institute.

The armed fighter hid behind the bunker, roaring as he destroyed an out-of-control security robot. Suddenly, a cable protruded from the broken wall of the bunker, wrapping around the man's body like a deadly venomous snake, and stabbed the man's neck with the broken end of the flashing arc.

The man in the technician's uniform rushed out of the sea of ​​fire holding his head, and ran towards the wide-open metal door of the exit. Before he could show his joy of surviving the disaster, the rewritten sensor system of the exit responded, and the metal door that was supposed to be raised fell heavily, smashing on the young man's head and crushing him;

A senior technician in a suit and tie rushed to a terminal, trying to operate the base's main program, but was knocked to the ground by an arc of electricity flashing from the keyboard;

The seriously wounded and dying agent lay on the ground, watching the mutilated body of his comrade gradually turn pale and distorted, and his eyes with dilated pupils reopened...

The word "disaster" is the best way to describe this scene.

And it knows—

(That’s right…)

(I did it...)

Some memories from the fragmented thoughts reminded it that it was itself that interfered with and modified everything unconsciously, easily turning this powerful military base into a mechanical tomb for burying these people.

This instinctive malice, like an intelligent virus that acts autonomously, easily penetrated the strict network surveillance of the Anti-Entropy Base and quickly eroded the entire underground base...

I looked away from these superficial images and tried to touch the light and shadow of the nearest picture with my non-existent hand. The next moment, it penetrated the barrier of illusion without any surprise, and the world in front of me suddenly became clear, just like a program that was launched by double-clicking on a computer screen, showing everything in this familiar environment in front of me.

Unbelievable... isn't it?

The electronic world that is operated by inputting commands on the keyboard is now in its simplest form. The flowing radio waves and flashing symbols can easily reveal the essence of these messages. The hard walls and solid ground are like an extension of the will, without any obstacles! There is nothing that cannot be understood, as if the whole world has become a real form of data and coding...

916 Disaster Comes to the World>>

And in your hands, you have the only editor for these world codes!

(Oh, I remember my mission~)

The chaotic will gradually becomes clear in the unknown transformation of unraveling the mystery, as if the omnipotent power makes it ecstatic, and the extraordinary power that is unimaginable to humans makes it offer its loyalty to the existence that bestows power from the bottom of its heart.

Through a phantom among the countless lights and shadows, the only thing left in front of it was the green-haired girl half-kneeling on the ground in the twisted passage.

(First... destroy their immediate hopes!)

"That voice... Iselin! Is that Iselin?!"

Hearing the familiar girl's voice in the terminal, Tesla seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. Looking at the flashing "audiounly" characters on the communication screen, he couldn't help but shouting loudly, trying to convey his voice to the other party.

Yes! Iselin... this active Herrscher of Reason must have a way to resolve this weird situation!

"Iselin, can you hear me? It's me, Frederica!!"

However, Tesla, who had lost his composure, overlooked the fact that this long-distance communication covering the entire Far East base must be one-way. Iseline did not have time to answer all the questions of the thousands of people in the Far East branch, and could only use this method to convey the most important information at the moment.

"Ahem... I repeat, please stay away from all intelligent mechanical creations around you and destroy your own terminals. If you can hear my voice, immediately leave the place where the sound comes from and stay at least 20 meters away! The attack of the Herrscher is to use the radio waves of these terminals to launch... Ugh! Ahem... Ahem..."

Sizzle...

Amid a cough, the flashing communication page was completely interrupted.

, leaving only the red-haired girl with a look of horror on her face.

"Iselin?! What's wrong with you? What happened?!"

Tesla could clearly hear that Iselin's clear voice gradually became trembling, and her weak cough at the end revealed that she was at the end of her strength. Perhaps, she even forced herself to send this long-distance communication.

Something happened at the headquarters too...!

Tesla's clenched teeth trembled slightly, and the worry that erupted in her heart destroyed her last bit of composure like a bone-eating poison. The North American headquarters of Anti-Entropy, the birthplace of all their foundations, the main base where countless allies gathered, also suffered this devastating disaster? !

The Ruler of Corrosion...huh?

Tesla knelt on the ground, holding tightly the terminal that had lost its signal with trembling hands. The flames of the explosion and the distant screams echoed throughout the chaotic branch base, embellishing this nightmarish hell.

"Tesla...hurry up!"

"Well--!"

Following Theresa's faint voice, the red-haired doctor shuddered in surprise and quickly threw the terminal in his hand with all his strength. He watched his terminal draw an arc and fly out of the building, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

As a pure scientist, the power of the Herrscher was definitely not something her electronic technology could resist. And without the terminal, she could do nothing.

However......

“Hehe~~!!”

As a laughter that was approaching madness sounded in his ears, Tesla's pupils suddenly shrank! He turned his head quickly, but only saw Theresa who was seriously injured, and nothing else...

The next moment, a dark shadow suddenly flickered in front of her eyes, which made her realize instantly that this was not an illusion!

(Hallucination...? No! This is...)

Tesla held her head tightly, and the intense pain that followed made her collapse and curl up on the ground.

"Dr. Tesla! Dr. Tesla!!"

"Well......!"

Theresa's increasingly ethereal voice echoed in her ears, but Tesla could no longer respond. She already knew what had happened to her.

In order to assist the limited computing power of the human brain, she installed a computing chip in the brain that was connected to the cerebral cortex. At this moment, it became a destination for demons to take advantage of the situation.

What does it mean for a chip directly connected to the thinking center to be eroded by the Herrscher?

Hehehe...hahahahahahahahahaha...!!

Go to hell!

Go to hell!

go to hell! !

The trembling laughter tore her nerves, and the curse of pure malice kept echoing in her mind! The dark shadow held her brain with a grin, and the pain that was enough to tear the soul apart rushed through her head. Tesla hugged her head tightly, and her eyes opened uncontrollably and were already blood red.

Theresa struggled to crawl to her side and seemed to be trying to shout something in her ear, but Tesla could no longer hear anything.

In the depths of her dark consciousness, a name gradually emerged.

"Shirley...Sirly..."

The girl opened her mouth in vain, but only a silent roar echoed in her heart.

Shirley, where are you?

917 No-show

The alien space composed of pitch black and deep purple was crumbling in the energy aftermath of the collision of rules.

Two light curtains that penetrated the sky and the earth were erected at the two ends of the world. Endless chaotic and destructive energy filled the center of both sides. The fragile space plane continued to ripple under the pressure of these energies, like a thin piece of paper torn madly by a rainstorm, constantly shaking in the twisted light waves interwoven with purple and gold.

Shirley opened her arms with a fierce smile, as if she was embracing the entire world in her arms. The Herrscher's energy, which was enough to penetrate the barriers of the world, turned into pure destructive force under her control and surged forward, mixing with the equally exaggerated energy torrent on the other side. The light of energy domineeringly devoured the dark world, completely covering up the original color of the void!

The shadowy figure of the girl also raised her hand, fighting the girl with the same level of strength. Although her flickering body became increasingly blurred, she still steadily resolved the opponent's ruthless attack.

"Well, it's not that easy after all."

The battle with the Herrscher of the End (the clone) in the imaginary space quietly began a moment after Iselin disappeared. Facing the final apostle who was in ruins, Xili took out her trump card without hesitation - using the super energy formed by the fusion of all the laws she mastered to wipe out the opponent's will in the infinite void!

But unfortunately, even if it was just a remnant soul, a clone in the energy state, the opponent was also the incarnation of the will of the Herrscher of the End, and the power of the law that surpassed the stars far exceeded the power of the normal Herrscher. Whether it was the cosmic storm caused by the flow force, or the gravitational collapse that annihilated the black hole, or the restraining force that was enough to overturn the table and deny all of this, it was completely blocked by the abyss-like special collapse energy, turning it into a simple wrestling match.

That’s right, the contest of the laws themselves no longer requires the involvement of any tactics or techniques; victory or defeat is determined solely by the scope of power and the intensity of energy.

"Don't

for......"

Shirley clenched her raised hands suddenly, and the collapsed energy that was scattered like sand waves twisted together and pushed forward into the energy field with greater density.

"I really can't do anything to you!"

The attacking side, whose energy condensation increased by one level, instantly seized the advantage of the battle. The void energy sediments in all directions, those dark purple cubes floating in the endless void, were even instantly shattered under the aftermath of the terrifying power of both sides. The collapsed energy quality deflected and twisted again, constantly spreading the light of destruction in this imaginary world.

"...You still don't understand."

The shadow-like girl felt the overwhelming pressure and suddenly let go of the energy, allowing the devastating force field to crush her. But then, another completely different energy structure came into operation, defeating the fusion law once again.

"I only warned you and showed no hostility towards you, but you insisted on starting this unnecessary battle..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Because you are the Ruler of the End, the enemy of all civilizations. For me, it is enough to know this!"

Responding angrily to the voice coming from the depths of her soul, Shirley angrily withdrew her own power, and reversed the calculation based on the energy structure of the phantom girl, and once again blasted out this huge Herrscher energy that was enough to tear apart a star.

"Even if it's just a clone condensed from thoughts, destroying you can slightly weaken the power of the End's main body! This is what I should do!"

Shilis responded with a hint of annoyance. She was upset that her attacks were continuously resolved by the Avatar of the End, but these insignificant emotions could not affect her fighting style, nor could they make her give up.

Shilis had countless reasons to go to war with Herrscher of the End, but the most important one was that she could no longer trust him.

Although it was undeniable that the Herrscher had revealed some important information to her, the inexplicable attacks and the Riddler-like communication style of the other party were extremely infuriating. Moreover, Shiris had not forgotten the incident in which the other party had directly invaded her sea of ​​consciousness, which indirectly led to the escape of "Lan Feng".

Moreover, it was the Herrscher of the End who reminded her that the world was facing a crisis? It was like a tiger telling a rabbit that a group of wild wolves were bullying its cubs, so it was time to go back and take a look. Such an irrational reminder would only make her think it was a conspiracy.

917 No-shows>>

Since you want me to leave here, I must stay!

——Perhaps the emergence of this idea is still the result of abnormal consciousness distortion, but this is exactly what Shiris wants to do now, so... no need to think too much!

"Anyway, as long as you kill your clone, I will naturally solve the collapse over there, so don't worry about it."

"Is that really the case? You knew that the world over there was in danger, but you still made such a choice. Was it really to defeat Honkai?"