K424 of the Collapse World

The force of erosion controls all matter. No one knows what will become of these metals whose properties are being transformed at will by the law of erosion...

"I admit, you succeeded in stopping me...for now. But I have to say..."

“Herrscher of Reason… you really are an eyesore—!!”

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A tall figure in a blue and white windbreaker stood in front of the door. The man faced the tangible anger of the girl in front of him with an expressionless face, blocking the only passage of the base behind him.

"Kevin, what do you mean?"

The original experimental subject K438, the clone of Shilis who was disconnected from the main body, was glaring at the white-haired man in front of him with gritted teeth. The powerful intelligence system of the World Serpent received accurate information almost at the same time as the Herrscher of Corrosion came, and locked the specific location of the Herrscher.

In the next five minutes, after receiving detailed information from ME, Diana instantly activated her Herrscher ability and left the World Serpent base. Kiana followed closely behind and used the copied space law to disappear on the spot. Kevin did not comment on this. However, when K438 hurriedly wanted to rush back to the Far East Branch for support, he was stopped by the Lord of the World Serpent.

"Isn't the contract between us to help you capture the Herrscher to complete the Stigmata Project?! The Herrscher of Corrosion has already appeared, why are you still blocking me?!"

The girl growled with anger in her eyes. She was so anxious that she wanted to smash the man in front of her into the wall, and then go to the Far East Branch to fight against the rebellious Herrscher.

However, she was destined to fail. Since the World Serpent could give this body power, it could also take it back. But what she couldn't understand was why Kevin stopped her from fighting when the Jackal had already used the Simulacrum to restore some of her Honkai power.

However, the only answer she got was the man's cold words.

"Come with me, I have another task for you."

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"Dr. Tesla...Dr. Tesla!!"

“Ughh ...

Holding her head tightly, the red-haired girl's wide-open eyes were bloodshot. Her heart-wrenching screams and her painful trembling echoed in the ruins of the building, but these sounds were ultimately drowned out by the even more chaotic sounds of war and explosions.

"Please cheer up! Dr. Tesla!!"

Beside the red-haired girl, Theresa was calling out the doctor's name with anxious eyes. The silver-haired girl, covered in blood, supported her severely injured body and pressed her bloody hands tightly on the surface of the huge purple cross. She tried her best to summon the remaining power of the Key of God and extract the pure golden light from the purple strange glow.

Even though the core of the Key of Constraint has been fused by Shiris, Judah's Oath still has a small amount of residual power of law. Although it is not enough to suppress the Herrscher, at this moment, Tesla's biochip has been infected by the ability to corrode the Herrscher. So as long as these constraints are activated, the speed of the Herrscher's erosion can at least be slowed down...

“Ugh! Ahem…!!”

At this time, Tesla had gradually calmed down in the gentle golden light, but Theresa beside him suddenly coughed up blood! The girl's shaky body fell to the side, and her hands pressing on the cross suddenly loosened. But in just a moment, Theresa gritted her teeth and supported her body again, holding the grooves on the surface of the Judas Oath even harder.

"Ahem... Tsk, I guess I won't be the first one to give up..."

With a sad laugh and a self-deprecating look, Theresa lowered her head and glanced at her feet, where the blood was flowing.

The numerous wounds had already formed a pool of blood on the ground beneath her feet, which was still expanding outward.

She possessed the regenerative ability of Vishnu genes. The wounds that should have been completely healed within a few minutes were taking so long to heal. Even the small wounds torn by the gravel showed no signs of normal bleeding. Endless blood lines were drawn on the thin body of the silver-haired girl, and quietly sank into the deep red pool of blood at her feet.

The divine grace barrier of the Judas Oath is the nemesis of any special ability of the Honkai creature. As the user of Judas, Theresa, who has the gene of the Honkai beast, is also a Honkai creature in the standard sense.

At this moment, Judas was no longer complete, and the dissipated restraining energy was not enough to kill her in her weakened state. However, the weakened restraining force could still suppress Vishnu's self-healing power, making Theresa's wounds unable to be repaired...

No matter how strong the vitality of a living creature is, it will not be able to survive for long if it loses the blood that it relies on to maintain its circulation.

But... we must protect...

Theresa, who had lost too much blood, saw black and her vision was completely blurred, but even so, her hands never left Judas's surface.

After all...I had promised Shirley and Walter a long time ago that I would protect the two doctors they had entrusted to Saint Freya.

This is my promise, an oath I will fulfill even at the risk of my life.

Even until the last moment, don't give up!

Even if...

"You...stupid shorty!!"

Eh?

Suddenly, a hoarse, painful gasp mixed with a roar reached her ears. Theresa's dried and disintegrated blue eyes suddenly shrank, and then suddenly widened -

“Wait! You…!”

As her vision gradually dimmed, the red-haired girl no longer struggled in vain. Instead, she took a deep breath with a determined expression, raised her left arm covered with red mecha, and pressed it against her forehead amid Theresa's screams...

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The Far East Branch, which had completely lost communications, was inevitably crushed by the attack of the Herrscher.

The mechanical base controlled by the intelligent system went completely berserk. Out-of-control armed mechas and protective machine guns indiscriminately attacked the people they were supposed to protect. Broken and mutilated corpses were scattered among the wreckage of the base where arcs were flashing. The same scene spread over hundreds of meters.

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In the building area of ​​the temporary Valkyrie Academy, the originally tall and beautiful floors have become scarred, the windows with burning flames emit thick black smoke, and the smell of burnt and scorching heat lingers in the entire building.

In the messy rubble, a Valkyrie with long brown hair leaned against the broken wall of an unrecognizable classroom. Her chest and abdomen, torn apart by some explosion, were charred black, and her broken heart had long since stopped beating.

Next to her, a special pistol equipped with particle stream rays fell not far away. On the cracked handle of the gun, there was an emblem in the shape of a green lily, which was the family emblem of the Shaniyat family.

Six months ago, a girl from the Shaniyat family of the Far East Branch, with a bright smile and sincere blessings, presented this latest weapon to her best friend who was good at firearms in the academic lounge of Saint Freya...

That's right, she was once Saint Freya's Valkyrie instructor. When the out-of-control mecha rushed into the academy, this excellent Valkyrie instructor could have drawn her gun and launched an attack in an instant, but the slow-moving Thunder Mecha had no room to fight back in front of her. But she made a fatal mistake because of an unnecessary action - she dodged and pushed away a frightened young Valkyrie, stood in the sight of the Thunder Mecha instead of the locked girl, and pulled the trigger at the flying missile...

And this is just a small part of the battle of the Far East Branch.

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--boom! !

Under the heavy pressure of the blue-black mecha, the glowing sword blade finally broke with a crisp sound. The broken sword blade swirled in an arc in the air, and the iron fist, without any obstruction, smashed down.

The girl with the damaged weapon groaned, and her arm, which was swung away by the huge force, felt numb, but her opponent did not stop at all, and the huge reinforced impact mechanical arm came crashing down!

"Oooooh...! Take my super headbutt!"

Looking at the huge black shadow descending, the pink-haired girl pushed her sister away and ran headfirst into the Titan's iron fist. Her solid silicon-based horns barely blocked the falling iron fist, and the white tail behind her buttocks wrapped around it, using all her strength to drag this frozen earth assault Titan in place.

"elder sister--!"

"Hurry up, Lilia! Leave this to me, your sister!"

Looking at the pink-haired girl who was supporting herself, Lilia tightly grasped the cracked hilt of the sword, and looked hesitantly at the tall mecha fighting with Rosalia, and the blood-stained blonde woman behind her, and she was unable to make a decision.

"But sister..."

"Hurry up! Lilia, Mom's injury will be in danger if it continues. Take her to find Sister Hill!"

Another Titan rushed forward, and the pink-haired girl instantly released the tail that was clamped on the iron fist, and pushed the frozen earth punch to the side and smashed it to the ground, powerfully breaking the white tail.

The girl swept away the attacking Titan Mech without any unnecessary movement. She quickly raised the half-broken sword in her hand again to block the new round of attack from the Frozen Earth Mech.

"Don't worry, Lilia. Rosalia won't lose to anyone! I'll catch up with them once we've dealt with them!"

Looking at the determined back of the girl in front of her, Lilia finally threw away the broken sword and carried the blonde woman who was lying on the ground, her life or death unknown.

"Well... Lilia believes in her sister!"

"Just leave it to me~!"

.........

......

...

Sorry, Lilia.

Listening to the footsteps behind her gradually fading away, the pink-haired girl's excited expression of ease gradually disappeared, replaced by a look of relief.

It's really a bit difficult to deal with the latest enhanced frozen mecha and dozens of indestructible Titans with my own strength...

"But it doesn't matter even if it's a solo~ The Vodka Girl's show won't end so easily~!"

921 The Self in Front of Me

Under the cloudless sky, the midday sun shines on the crystal clear sea surface, and the ripples scatter in all directions amid the swaying of the waves, spreading a calm and peaceful atmosphere over this danger-free sea.

A cruise ship from the Far East sailed across the calm sea, and the passengers on the deck felt the gentle sea breeze. Parents and children pointed at the seagulls in the distance, lovers leaned against the fence and had a youthful conversation, and free travelers pressed the shutter of their cameras facing the sea. Everyone enjoyed the most peaceful side of the ocean. The world is beautiful, and it is so for them at this moment.

Even though the truth of the collapse has long been made public, no one would think that such a terrible natural disaster that had never been seen before would appear before them in the future.

But what would they think if they knew that a deadly battle between Honkai and Valkyrie was taking place on an artificial island hundreds of miles away?

Of course, as long as the Valkyrie is victorious once again, the outcome of this battle will have nothing to do with the outside world, just as it always has.

As long as I can win...yes.

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The green trees fell to the ground with a creaking sound as they could not bear the weight, and the scattered leaves sank into the burning branches, turning into equal charcoal in the swaying flames, becoming one of the embellishments of this endless fire.

The tight and beautiful island base has been transformed into a hellish battlefield amid the rioting machines. Metal fragments flashing with arcs mixed with human limbs and blood are spreading from the outside to the inside of the land. All that can be seen are the burning ruins of broken walls, venting their remaining pain and anger.

The anti-entropy mechas entangled by the black wave will be able to reassemble and recover like a living body even if they are destroyed. Only when they are broken into tiny fragments that cannot be reassembled will they be abandoned by the Herrscher factor that hosts them and rely on other intact technological creations. This allows the mecha units that already restrain the Valkyrie to gain an absolute advantage under the rules added by the Herrscher.

No one could foresee this sudden disaster, and no one could resist this divine punishment-like attack, just as it destroyed the Valkyrie's sea base in an instant, as if it was impossible to stop it.

The trace amount of Honkai energy particles floating in the air are difficult to infect even ordinary people, let alone the resistant Valkyries. However, under the blessing of the Law of the Herrscher, these extremely small amounts of Honkai energy can easily intercept the control of mechanical technology as long as they come into contact with the electrical signals of mechanical technology, and launch indiscriminate attacks on the surrounding humans, as if the killing will of the Honkai beasts has been given to these cold machines.

Like a sophisticated machine, the Herrscher of Corrosion can steal the strategic weapons rights of the entire world and carry out a tight coverage attack on the surface of a planet. It can also spread its power like other Honkai Messengers and create its own unique followers.

As long as the factors of the Law of Honkai cannot be fundamentally destroyed, the battle will not stop until all the mechanical creations in the entire base are dismantled; as long as the Herrscher who spreads this energy cannot be eliminated from the root, the same cruel battlefield will instantly appear anywhere on the planet after Iselin's power is exhausted.

There is no seesaw battle of small wins and small losses in this collapse. Humanity has no way out from the very beginning.

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Although all the battles taking place in the Far East which is blocked by the barrier are unknown to the public, it does not mean that the people who are safe at the moment are unaware of the danger.

In fact, before the external support of the base was fully deployed, the light curtain barrier cut off all contact with the outside world of the Far East Base. Even Ji Zi from the nearby airport command center was unable to enter the blockaded battlefield in time.

"Destiny and the World Snake... and Dr. Einstein of the ME Society, did they really say that?"

Above the Far East Branch's mobile airport, Wuliangta Jizi frowned and looked down at the barrier covering the entire artificial island. This Law Barrier of the Ruler of Truth was like a dark blue glass disc inverted above the Far East Base.

It was still unknown whether it was as fragile as glass, but the only thing that was certain was that she could not easily order the order to break through the barrier and provide support to the interior.

"Yes, this is a necessary measure to block the infectious energy of the Corrosion Ruler. Once it is out of control, human beings' current scientific products will not be able to defend against the erosion spread by the network, and the world's technological weapons will become its possession."

The female sergeant beside him responded softly. She was not a former member of the Far East Military Department of the Mandate of Heaven, but a cooperative messenger from the Mandate of Heaven headquarters. During the period when the three organizations put aside their past grudges and temporarily cooperated, their members also began to exchange and communicate with each other.

"I see. So what is the Herrscher's strategy? What do we need to do now?"

Suppressing the raging anger in her heart, Jizi silently clenched her fists and asked in a calm and cold tone. Knowing that the other Valkyries were fighting desperately in the barrier below, she was helpless outside. Such a situation would be unbearable for any ordinary soldier, not to mention the commander who was responsible for the lives of his subordinates.

"The top leaders of the Church Council are currently analyzing countermeasures. Next, they are preparing to contact the top leaders of the World Serpent and hold a joint meeting. Please wait for the results of the combat meeting."

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"Prepare......?"

Ji Zi's light golden eyes slowly widened, and after a brief silence, the anger that could no longer be suppressed engulfed those eyes that were burning with emotion.

She grabbed the female officer by the collar and pointed to the dark blue barrier under her feet.

"See? The Herrscher is attacking our base, our Valkyries are fighting desperately, but you tell me those bastards are still preparing for a meeting? Are you kidding me?!!"

"Please calm down, Colonel Wuliangta. We currently have no reasonable means to interfere with the Corrosion Herrscher, and the Far East's command is trapped in a battlefield blockade. External forces such as the airport will be temporarily incorporated into the headquarters' command system. Please wait for the next instruction..."

"But what do you want me to wait for? The lives of my subordinates and friends?"

"..."

"Feel sorry......"

Silently letting go of the female officer beside her, Jizi covered her forehead and turned away. She knew what the leakage of energy that eroded the Herrscher meant. If there were no reasonable means to restrain the special collapse energy that invaded the electronic network, even if she broke through the barrier with passion for her companions, it would only indirectly help the Herrscher destroy the world.

Extraordinary power should be countered with extraordinary power. But now, those girls with such power are missing. Can the remaining human Herrschers in the Far East really fight against this unprecedentedly powerful Herrscher of Corrosion...

In the end...what should I do?

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"Ugh~ cough cough cough..."

In a coastal waters of Southeast Asia, a silver-haired girl, soaking wet, was lying on a dark reef. Her long, shiny silver hair was draped over her body like wet seaweed. She was holding her stomach, trying to vomit out the seawater in her bulging belly.

“Cough cough cough… huh… huh…”

After a violent coughing fit that almost made her internal organs burst out, the girl turned over with great effort like a salted fish, gasping for breath to relieve the burning pain in her lungs.

"Huh... After the mental connection was cut off, did this body fall directly into the sea? This is... really unlucky. This is obviously the closest prosthetic body to the Far East..."

The result of completely synchronizing the senses through a remote mental connection was that Shiris experienced the real feeling of drowning and dying. It must be said that the experimental subject who was still breathing instinctively after losing control and was still alive after soaking in the sea for dozens of minutes was already very lucky...