K424 of the Collapse World

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For Hillary, the name given to her by this special individual was not surprising at all.

"After all, you also think that I am a Herrscher... just like my naive sisters, blindly believing in your own judgment that is difficult to verify in panic. But it doesn't matter. At least in the eyes of ordinary people, what I do next will be no different from other Herrschers."

At this moment, the peaceful atmosphere was gone. Looking at the silver-haired girl who immediately distanced herself and took a vigilant fighting stance, Shilis shook her head with a hint of regret, and her posture of standing with her hands behind her back did not change at all.

"I thought I would have an extra follower... Never mind. Perhaps from the moment your consciousness split, you were no longer mine.

, but a new soul bound by my old memories."

K438's speech up to this point was tantamount to actively ending this discussion. Since she had already determined that she had become the messenger of Honkai, there was no need to say more about what she was going to do next.

But how was she going to stop me? Defeat me? What was she going to rely on to defeat me? Was she going to rely on the power of the law that she had barely recovered by implanting the nucleoid with the help of the World Serpent?

Looking at the endless Honkai energy surging around K438, Shiris's eyelids moved slightly, sensing the energy intensity that was not inferior to the Herrscher level, and her eyes, narrowed into slits, gradually became intriguing.

As a human, she couldn't help but admire the World Serpent's unique Honkai technology, which could actually use materials from the material world to imitate an energy core that was so close to the Herrscher's core.

But from the perspective of the Herrscher, how could this crude and ridiculous counterfeit, which was considered to be shoddy in comparison with his own Herrscher Core, possibly defeat a true Herrscher of Sequence?

Perhaps with the pseudo-nucleus in her body, she could use the memory of power to recreate some of the power of the laws she once mastered, but if she was not a true Herrscher, the upper limit of the power of the laws she stole would never be very high. Moreover, facing herself - a Herrscher of Constraint who had sublimated as a complete body, how much of a wave could those half-baked law energies cause?

In order to block the conditions for the Herrscher of the End to descend, Shiris has actively communicated with the will of Honkai and connected to the origin of Honkai as a true Herrscher. In other words, she can now directly receive the power of the origin of Honkai and has infinite energy. In this case, how can this abnormal individual who is ignorant of the depths of the world fight against a Herrscher who can absolutely restrain Honkai?

Facing a superior being who was superior in every aspect, no matter how she thought about it, her actions did not make any sense... Rather, only those puppet creatures that had been brainwashed by Honkai would mindlessly attack a powerful opponent with no chance of winning, like moths to a flame.

So, is Miss K438 in front of us a radical human who has determined herself to be a Herrscher, or is she a new toy controlled by the will of Honkai? The energy in her body is too mixed, even as a Herrscher of the divine position, Shiris can't tell whether she is entangled with the will of the origin of Honkai...

However, no matter what she was, it would not affect his next plan. How could a rat stop a mechanical train that was moving at full speed?

On the other hand, what does k438 think?

She wanted to use the power of her original body to fight against the coming final judgment. But she found out in despair that her original body had already succumbed to the enemy's will. What could she do in this situation?

With a determined expression, the girl opened her palms.

Wow——! !

The attack came without any warning. A vortex of flame energy burst out from the girl's palm. The particles of the law were combined into an extremely compressed beam of heat energy, which blasted towards the silver-haired woman's face.

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Shirley waved her hand to disperse the rays constructed by the flame energy, allowing them to deflect to the side and fall onto the floating crystal in the distance, turning the huge void crystal into a pool of dissipating light mist, which was completely annihilated by the flame that destroyed the law.

The Law of Destruction of the Herrscher of Fire is indeed a powerful weapon against the self-healing nature of Honkai. Even imaginary life forms cannot escape the fate of being burned to ashes.

Unfortunately, this purely destructive law power can be offset by other law energies. For Shiris, it doesn't matter if she accidentally gets touched. The burns it causes are generally incurable, but the law of time, which is closest to divine authority, can reverse the mark of the flame of destruction and restore it to its original state.

"As far as I know, I will never give in to Honkai and help the evil even if I hit a wall! Look at what you are doing. You have degenerated into Honkai's lackey, and you are trying to find some hypocritical reasons to justify yourself for destroying civilization?"

With the cover of the dazzling flame of the light beam, k438 quickly adjusted its position and instantly jumped to the floating crystal on the other side, trying to fight the powerful enemy in front of him with guerrilla warfare - however, in the eyes of Shirley, all her actions could not escape the perception that covered the entire space. The classic tactic of using feints to cover up the transfer was just a clown act of covering one's ears and stealing the bell in her eyes.

Therefore, she had no intention of launching a counterattack and let the girl escape to the other side of the space, watching as thousands of golden chains with sharp blades pierced through like dragons in the starry sky, and were easily bounced off by a thin layer of golden curtain.

"Because I have seen the essence of human failure and I know something must be done about it."

"Your sophistry is as weak as your will!"

"Quibbling? No, this is the truth. Even if we steal a stronger Houkai power, we will definitely not be able to defeat the existence that gave us the Houkai power. Therefore, the trial of mankind is necessary. Only when civilization itself is no longer stupid and weak, can mankind have the possibility of defeating Houkai."

The countless chains that were bounced off collapsed in mid-air, but immediately reassembled into five huge golden crosses as big as mountains, falling from the four sides and directly above, suppressing the tiny silver-haired woman on the crystal plane.

And below...

"You also have my memories of crossing countless world lines. Let me ask you... I have shed my blood thousands of times to protect civilization. Have you ever seen the hope of victory even once? Do you really think that the power of a few Herrschers can defeat the higher-dimensional civilization behind the collapse?"

Colorless waves flashed past, crushing the five cross peaks into powder. Shilis raised her hand lightly, and K438, holding the golden spear, was pressed back to the surface of the crystal by an invisible force. The entire void crystal cracked under the pressure of the force...

"Ok?"

While suppressing the silver-haired girl with materialized thought energy, Shilis seemed to have discovered something, and her originally serious eyes revealed a hint of amusement.

"I see... The World Serpent is not that kind after all. You are just a target for those paranoid people to exploit."

Feeling some special signaling device being triggered inside the nucleus, Shirley sighed softly, but there was no tone of emotion in her words, as if she was just stating a simple fact.

"I know... but I am willing to be their tool! Even if I am used by the World Serpent, at least I can pass on the flame of hope."

As the spatial law was activated, K438's figure disappeared from the confinement and reappeared at the other end accompanied by purple light.

"Although it seems to be just a simple if function program, it can only confirm the fact that we are fighting. But for a guy like Kevin, he will definitely be able to find something from it and make a corresponding plan... At least that guy is still on the side of civilization now!"

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"So, that sinister and cunning bastard is really dangerous..."

Standing above the boundless blue sea and sky, the purple-haired girl whispered this softly, but her eyes were not on her companions beside her, but were looking directly at the small black shadow embedded in the center of the ocean in the distance. In the eyes of the Herrscher, it was as clear as a spider on a white wall.

That was the destination she had been pursuing for the past few days, a goal she was willing to abandon even for herself...

The World Serpents, who have taken root on Earth since the ancient civilization era, have secret bases almost everywhere. It is not surprising to find one or two if you search carefully.

However, if you want to accurately find the current location of the Lord from tens of thousands of world snake strongholds, the difficulty will increase thousands of times.

Therefore, when she finally locked onto the man's location, even Xilin suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment, as if she had found a new hidden boss in an RPG game that she had already completed.

Well, the sense of accomplishment was secondary. What was more important was the increasingly strong anger and worry. If that ignorant white snake hadn't dared to attack her people, Xilin probably wouldn't have easily provoked the strongest person on the human side.

"The two rebellious girls and the broken puppet all fell into his hands, allowing that stinky snake to have three more jokers out of thin air... and the active awakening of the Herrscher of Corrosion gave that guy the opportunity to cause trouble."

Xilin turned around and glanced at the cherry-haired girl with fox ears, revealing a somewhat helpless expression.

"Perhaps, I should have cut off your fusion with the Key of God later, at least to delay the birth of the Herrscher until I find the trace of that stinky snake."

"terribly sorry......"

"What kind of apology are you making? If you want to blame someone, it's those stupid human leaders. Although they have stopped the civil war under the threat of Honkai, they still have their own ulterior motives and created this empty alliance. Humph... If that idiot hadn't become a toy of Honkai and used excuses to cover up her true intentions, I might really agree with her idea of ​​trial civilization."

The purple-haired girl turned her head again, her gaze falling back on the shallow sea facility that was about to turn into a sea of ​​fire. The sea breeze blew up her purple hair mixed with a little silver, and the scattered hair reflected the luster of the broken crystal in the sunlight.

As the former second Herrscher and the core successor of the Herrscher of Stars, Xilin did not think that this level of strength could defeat Kevin, but she was confident enough to make the big white snake cautious and try its best to avoid fighting with her...

No matter how much he hates the Herrscher, a guy whose sense of responsibility transcends humanity will definitely not use the future of the entire civilization to satisfy his own selfish desires.

————Crash!

But at this moment, the dark shadow of the underwater facility in the distance was covered by ripples, and then a dark red beam of light broke through the surging sea, causing a huge wave!

Then, the white-haired man who appeared in the same sea and sky turned his gaze to Xilin on the opposite side.

“…Eh.”

The girl was slightly stunned, as if she didn't understand how Kevin had discovered her when she had perfectly concealed her energy fluctuations.

However, when her eyes fell on Yaezakura behind her, an expression of realization appeared on her face.

"Yohoo? As expected, it was discovered in advance. Should I say it is worthy of being the famous world snake?"

"Sorry, Miss Xilin, it's my energy..."

"It's not your fault, my dear Sakura.

Miss, your energy control is not that bad, but the Key of God in your hand is a creation of the World Serpent. They must have a way to detect the creation of our organization."

Speaking casually to Yaezakura who lowered her head, Xilin flipped her hair and looked at Kevin who was standing in the air about ten meters away.

"Ah, look who this is~ The Lord of the World Serpent actually came to personally welcome us two insignificant uninvited guests. I am truly flattered~☆"

Listening to Xilin's pretended panic but actually teasing tone, Kevin's poker face that had been frozen for tens of thousands of years remained expressionless. He just looked straight at the purple-haired girl opposite him and raised a small device in his hand that looked like a personal terminal.

"......According to the genetic scan, you should also be one of the subjects of the Xilin Project, number 074-k440."

"Oh~ Have you even got the gene library code of the Destiny Core Laboratory? You guys are really a group of reliable allies. After gaining basic trust, you directly copied the document library of your allies, huh?"

Feeling the powerful aura of that man, Yae Sakura had already put her hand on the hilt of the sword with a fierce look in her eyes, but Xilin still looked nonchalant. She blinked with a playful expression and spoke to Kevin in a malicious and sarcastic tone.

Xilin's spatial ability can be activated instantly, and the passive defensive gravity field of the Star (Rock) Herrscher will not let her be knocked down easily. With her all-round strength combining defense and mobility, she does not need to act as if she is facing a formidable enemy even when facing Kevin.

Even if she can't win, it will be difficult to lose, unless she is courting death. But Xilin is no longer at the age of courting death, so... it's okay to mock her a little, right~?

"Tell me what you are here for...False Herrisher."

"Why are you here...? Since you can obtain my identity with that little machine, there is no need to pretend here, right? You should know my purpose best."

"Let me reiterate, to be clear, I have no idea why you are here."

"You #(Russian swear word)#...! You snake-skinned thing, are you really going to play dumb forever! Well, I am too lazy to beat around the bush with you. Saying one more word to you will make me feel sick and want to vomit!"

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Xilin clenched her teeth, her cold smile gradually faded, and she took a deep breath.

"A few days ago, you were the bandits who came to Siberia and destroyed my base and kidnapped my pets. Were you the ones?"

"Yes, that operation was ordered by me and carried out by the newly formed external force of World Serpent."

——? !

"Ha... I finally figured it out. You're just trying to irritate me, right?"

Hearing Kevin suddenly and openly admitting the actions of the World Serpent, Xilin's eyelids twitched slightly, and she laughed out of anger. The veins on the back of her hands that were clasped in front of her chest were bulging, and a golden light slowly surged in the thin blood vessels.

"Let's not talk about the demolition of my base for now. Let me make it clear to you first. I came here just for the stupid dragon you captured!"

"Although that stupid dragon is dumb, silly and naive, it is still my pet for quite some time. Moreover, during the more than ten years since I fell and slept, that idiot has been waiting for me in the icy land of Siberia. He refused to leave even when he was chopped by a Valkyrie or bombed by a missile. If I abandon him like this, where can I find such a silly and cute little follower?"

At this point, Xilin's eyes showed a little tenderness, but when she locked her eyes on Kevin again, they were immediately replaced by murderous coldness.

"Give my Bella back to me immediately, otherwise... I have detected more than 2,000 World Serpent bases in the past two days, with nearly one million members of the organization. Do you believe that they will appear in a world bubble in the Quantum Sea within half an hour?"

"..."

"I'm talking to you, do you hear me? This is my last warning. Don't think I'll go easy on you!"

"I accept your request."

However, the next moment, following Kevin's immediate answer, Xilin showed a suspicious look, but she didn't know how to question it, so she could only grit her teeth and growl back at Kevin's words.

"Then send her to me right now! I really don't understand why you guys...why did you suddenly capture that stupid dragon that has nothing to do with the current situation? It won't do you any good to provoke me."

"Indeed not. I just wanted to confirm one thing. And now, with your appearance, this experiment has come to an end. I have confirmed my judgment."

"Clam......??"

"You are not a Herrscher, at least not a Herrscher loyal to Honkai."

"..."

Hearing this, Xilin frowned sharply and was about to ask back the question, but suddenly she thought of the answer she had just given casually, and she froze in place.

Human nature... Haha, such an obvious expression, so this is the guy's purpose?

"You bastard...! Humph, I see! You captured Bella just for me... and this damn test!"

"

Former Herrscher of the Void, I need you to assist the World Serpent..."

"Get lost! Give Bella back to me, and then get back to your broken base immediately. We should stay out of each other's way. Otherwise... my threat just now was not just talk!"

"The consciousness inside the experimental subject K424 is no longer her original self. I need you to find her true soul and then turn Silis Kaslana back to her original appearance."

Kevin ignored the girl's bad response and continued. Xilin was annoyed by his self-talk, but she subconsciously responded to his words.

"That's easy to say! How easy is it to find the real her? After the Herrscher separated the soul fragments into multiple individuals, it is impossible for him not to notice such an obvious 'abnormal individual'. The real her may have been crushed to ashes by the Herrscher... Wait! How do you know her condition?"

"I sent K438 into the imaginary space to look for K424, and now, the feedback signal from the nucleus tells me that a battle has taken place between them."

"There was a fight? Hiss..."

That's right... Although 'myself' likes to solve everything with fists, when facing the true self, there is no need for souls with the same consciousness to use fighting to distinguish the superior and the inferior. If the true self is willing, it only needs a thought to rebuild the connection and absorb the split consciousness in front of it.

Unless, her soul is no longer the same...

"You actually used this method... So, I'd rather be surrounded by idiots like Bella than deal with so-called smart people like you..." (Yae Sakura rolled her eyes after hearing this)

"Benares is in the isolation room on the upper floor of this base. You can take her away at any time. In addition, the commission from the World Serpent..."

"Bah! No way! Who wants to work for your scoundrel organization for free? Come on, Sakura, let's go pick up Bella and leave this unlucky place right away!"

Bypassing the airspace where Kevin was, Xilin grabbed Yae Sakura's hand and flew towards the World Snake Base that had floated to the surface of the sea. Without encountering any obstacles, they entered the base through the open main gate.

So, was K438 considered an abandoned child? Given Kevin's personality, this was not surprising.

Finding the real Silis...

If she hasn't lost her soul yet, it seems necessary to do this for the promise she made to herself, right?