K424 of the Collapse World

"So... you really want to destroy your soul before the trial of civilization?"

Watching coldly the spirit that was breaking through the law barrier like peeling silk from a cocoon, the Herrscher raised his hand and slowly brushed it across, erasing the shape of the girl's soul like erasing a picture with an eraser.

But just like countless times before, the soul fixed by time was reset again and appeared in front of the Herrscher intact again.

"Anyway, the civilized side will definitely not be able to defeat you. Just one Herrscher of Corrosion has turned the world upside down. When your "trial" comes, this era will basically be over. By then, no one can escape. Isn't this obvious?"

Sensing the real flow of time in the outside world, the girl's soul estimated the time of judgment and explained to the Herrscher girl in front of her.

She had learned the law of time reversal from Xing, and her only concern, the desire to survive, was also eroded into nothingness at that moment. Now, in a relatively eternal state, she no longer had to fear anything, and only had to complete what she wanted.

"In that case, let me satisfy my last curiosity. Anyway, an empty shell like me is meaningless according to you, and I don't care how I will leave. For those who are still fighting, I can disgust you once in the end. In my opinion, it's a sure win, isn't it?"

971 Front Line Turnaround>>

"..."

The silence of the Law Constrainer ended the negotiations between the two parties which were doomed to be fruitless.

This seemed meaningless - when the moment of judgment came, the restrained Herrscher could easily jump over an ant that could not be crushed and easily destroy the anthill behind it. The blocked space gap could not stop her steps, and the local independent law of time could not imprison her in this false world.

But now, she wanted to do something... Even if it was not for others, even if it was just for the personality of the Herrscher that was born out of thin air and took over the body, she wanted to avenge this body and take back the body of K424 that belonged to her!

At the very least, I had to let myself melt into my own body instead of disappearing with the reset of Honkai.

With the reset of the era, the power of the Herrscher of Time that Xing had applied would also disappear. By then, I, like the mortals of this era, would quietly disappear in the cycle of reincarnation...

The spiritual girl clenched her hands, and the energy tide turned into quicksand of time, trying to drag the Herrscher who was above the laws down from the throne. The dark golden light dust hit the multiple fused barriers of the Herrscher, like waves hitting reefs, returning empty-handed every time, but it would never stop.

At this moment, the Ruler of Constraint, who was thought to remain silent until the end, spoke again.

"Shilis, you shouldn't be tainted with more impurities."

"Um...are you going to start again?"

The girl's spirit was crushed by the aftermath of the recoil, but recovered like a crushed moon in the water.

"I am Shilis, both in the past and in the future."

"Okay, okay, you are Shiris, and I am just an empty shell without any will, okay?"

The girl shook her head impatiently, manipulating the energy of time to launch the next round of erosion attack.

"When you win, wipe out all life in this world, and you can claim to be who you want to be. But now, if you want to say such things, you might as well think about how to dissolve my consciousness first!"

The Herrscher of Restraint paused for a moment, a hint of emotion wafting through his words.

"You have no doubts about your identity, but you can use the virtual number connection of the collapse to transmit your will at will, and you can easily carve the mark of the soul in individual organisms. You no longer have a core, but you can still exist as an energy spirit like a Herrscher. What do you think you are?"

The Spear of Judgment that fell from the starry sky slid down from the outer wall of the world like an extended vertical line, and then it froze completely in Ji Zi's eyes.

This was not some abstract description of the power of the light gun, but it really stopped above Ji Zi's head.

It was right above her, no more than two feet away from her head.

"..."

Silence spread in the virtual realm of consciousness with colorful light and shadow. The messy white lines representing the external physical matter were winding around the light spear, and the end was connected to the cross-shaped light and shadow.

Judas's Oath hunting mode, the target is the falling golden light gun.

Of course, with this God's Key without its core, it is naturally unable to block the attack of the Self-Disciplined One.

In addition, the light spots in the shape of a giant sword and the mist shadows shaped like a sickle also crossed and blocked the light gun.

In his hand, the cursed sword burning with dark flames was held above his head together with several other weapons to defend against the danger falling from the sky.

The two parties, who were hostile to each other just now, united together at this moment just to block the attack falling towards Ji Zi.

“That’s the difference between now and then.”

Wuliangta Jizi in the virtual world came back to her senses and whispered to the silent phantom beside her.

"At that time, you lost your soul in endless loneliness. But I am different. I have never been alone."

After successfully blocking the light gun, the black flame's giant sword did not swing at the people around him again, as if the blackened heroic soul had briefly regained its sanity.

"Until now, they have not given up on me, and you and I now truly exist. The price paid this time may be redeemable."

Sensing those familiar auras, Ji Zi hesitated for a moment and once again invited the figures to cooperate.

"Xuanyuan, I need your help."

972 Beyond Collapse

The intercepted light gun had all its destructive power offset by several crossed sword blades. After a burst of unwilling light and shadow fluctuations, it disintegrated in the air into golden particles.

Under the impact of this light gun, the surface of the island collapsed at least twenty meters with it as the center, and the affected area reached several thousand meters, just like a crater on the moon, turning the surface of the Far East Base Island into an open shape like an ashtray.

This was the result of several powerful warriors close to the Herrscher working together to unload the force. If its power was more dispersed, or if the infrastructure material of this artificial island was a little more fragile, this base containing the underground shelter would probably have completely collapsed into the sea.

"what......?"

After blocking the light gun that fell from the sky and was aimed at Jizi, Claire was preparing to prevent the woman from turning the greatsword around and continuing the attack, but she discovered that Jizi, who was holding the black flame greatsword, did not make any move.

Even though the light spear above her head had been dissolved, she still held the black Xuanyuan Sword and maintained a blocking action. The blade pressed against Jiuxiao's giant sword and Hill's sickle, as if she were cast into a statue.

Even though the out-of-control Ji Zi stopped moving, the two people next to her still didn't dare to act rashly. Only Theresa carefully removed the Judas Chain that had lost its target and slowly approached the three people.

"Himeko?"

She called out softly, trying to confirm whether the woman in front of her had regained her sanity, but received no response.

In their eyes, the woman with black energy particles all over her body still had the same dull and lifeless expression in her eyes as before, and the fluctuations of the collapsed energy around her showed no signs of change, so there was no way to judge her mental state at the moment.

Theresa gently placed the cross aside, saw the red feathers floating not far away, and turned to look at the girl holding the lotus-shaped key of God.

Although the situation is not clear, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity.

"Fu Hua, shall we start? For the last time..."

"Well, I will use Yu Duchen to examine her consciousness again. Please just stay still and don't move randomly."

The phantom-like feathers, real or unreal, seemed to be blown by a breeze, flying messily towards the three people whose swords were clashing, and lingered around Ji Zi.

The next moment, these Yu Duchen that were attached to Fu Hua's consciousness were reflected in Ji Zi's empty eyes, gradually becoming still and settling in her pupils, and finally blending into the depths of her golden eyes that were emitting a faint glow.

As the holder of the Eighth God Key, Fu Hua had already mastered the art of traveling through other people's seas of consciousness. Unlike the previous blockage and resistance, this time she sank rapidly along the dark ocean and reached the deepest part of Ji Zi's consciousness in a few breaths.

On a deep consciousness platform where perception could hardly be extended, Fu Hua's consciousness reconstructed its appearance and stood in the pitch-black darkness.

Then, she saw the red-haired woman not far from the platform, speaking something excitedly to a dark shadow.

Fu Hua's spirit body moved a little closer, and the red-haired woman's spirit body seemed to sense something. It immediately turned around and saw the uninvited guest in its consciousness space.

"Fu Hua?!"

But before she could show her surprise and joy, she noticed that Fu Hua had a strange expression on her face.

Because she saw -

Standing opposite Ji Zi was another familiar yet unfamiliar shadowy figure.

"It is so... After all, that sword and that set of stigmata are your relics."

After briefly meeting Ji Zi's eyes, Fu Hua walked straight towards the other consciousness hidden in the darkness, which was willing to play ostrich until the end.

She already knew what to do.

"This is truly... a rare visitor."

Looking at the silver-haired Herrscher coming out of the portal, Otto raised his eyebrow slightly, then stood up from the half-stone pier with a smile and walked towards the girl.

Reach out.

This is the location of the Destiny Headquarters. In the ruins of a city that seems to have experienced a tragic war, the surviving Valkyries in the headquarters, under the leadership of the commander, are searching for survivors and supplies from the surrounding ruins to build a temporary base of operations.

In the Mediterranean Sea not far from the city, half of an island was floating alone on the sea. The complex of buildings that was mostly submerged in the sea, the airport with several sections missing, and the entire crooked tower of the Destiny Church revealed the identity of this "island".

972 Beyond Collapse>>

Previously, the sky base of Skymandate was eroded, and the floating island with its power reactor destroyed fell rapidly, eventually falling into the sea below, causing the symbol of Skymandate to completely disappear from the European sky.

And just after the disaster of erosion ended, a certain bishop, who was sitting on a pile of open-air instrument racks fiddling with the terminal, welcomed an unexpected visitor...

Raising his hand to point to the floating island soaking in the water in the distance, Otto sighed helplessly.

"Miss Kaslana came to visit unexpectedly. I should have treated her as a distinguished guest, but unfortunately, the Skybase of Destiny has become like this. I am sorry that I cannot fulfill my duties as a host..."

"Otto Apokalis."

Ignoring the man's outstretched hand, the girl faced the hateful and vigilant gazes of the people around her, calmly walked through these angry people, and casually picked up a piece of reinforced concrete and sat down next to Otto.

"She is a Herrscher..."

"How many more people do these bastards want to kill?"

“Damn Herrscher…!”

"..."

Several Valkyries had already grasped their weapons at their waists, wishing to crush Diana to dust. They took out their anger on this Herrscher girl who was also a Herrscher for the suffering they had suffered from the Herrscher of Corrosion.

The extreme hostility and anger almost broke through the strict order of the Tianming Headquarters, causing them to act beyond orders...

But these imposed hateful looks did not shake the young Herrscher girl in the slightest, at least on the surface.

"Take good care of your people. I don't want the remaining power of civilization to be further reduced. I believe you feel the same way."

"My fellow officers, please lay down your weapons. This lady is not our enemy. Although she is a member of Anti-Entropy and has some connection with Honkai, at least for now... she is on the side of civilization."

After hearing Otto's calm explanation, the surrounding Valkyries retreated one after another, but the rejection and hatred in their eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

Diana just watched the Valkyries retreat indifferently without saying much.

She could understand that Otto completely split the relationship between the two sides for the sake of stability in the current situation.

After all, the starry barrier covering the sky seemed like the world was entering a countdown to doomsday. These survivors, whose spirits had reached their limits after the disaster, would inevitably affect the leadership of the Destiny Organization if they knew that their leader was related to the Herrscher.

However, none of this has anything to do with her.

"In the name of the Far East Branch, I would like to borrow the Thousand Worlds and the Blank Key from the Sky Destiny Headquarters."

"..."

Otto's expression did not change, but a subtle sharpness was revealed in his eyes.

"It's an application in the name of the Far East Branch..."

With a serious look on his face, Otto raised his head slightly and looked towards the sky, as if he was really considering the feasibility of the Outer God Key.

But after a moment, as Diana expected, the man shook his head slightly hesitantly, and his embarrassed expression looked just like the real thing.

"Then, as the current leader of the Mandate Headquarters, I reject the application of the Far East Branch. The two God's Keys are important weapons against the Honkai anyway. I have an obligation to make long-term considerations for the headquarters' war situation in Europe..."

"The energy of the imaginary space remains in your body. I believe you have seen her true form."

"..."

Diana suddenly spoke, causing Otto, who was pretending to speak in an official tone, to listen subconsciously, his eyes fixed on the silver-haired girl again.

"Then, you should also know that the collapse of this world is not a true 'collapse'."

Diana said expressionlessly, noticing the slight ripple in Otto's irises.

"Our goals are the same. In exchange for all the truth I know, I would like to borrow the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle and the Key of Blankness. Bishop of Destiny, will you accept this time?"

973 Intermission

Kiana felt herself becoming increasingly irritated.

For a full two hours since the erosion began, she had been trapped in the ruins of the Anti-Entropy Headquarters by the visible phantom. No matter how hard she tried, even if she overloaded all her energy, she could not break through that illusory realm at all.

What was the situation on other battlefields? Were the remaining remnants of Honkai wiped out? Was there any improvement in the situation? Did this unprecedentedly powerful and terrifying phantom appear in front of other people?

Kiana didn't know. She couldn't observe outside the building.

Everything, even the most basic vision and hearing, were restricted within the building by the dark and chaotic windows.

After the last conversation, the slender shadow no longer communicated with her. It stood there like a mechanically synthesized projection, ignoring Kiana's questions and roars, as if it had directly turned on the communication block face to face.

"You are clearly powerful enough to kill me in an instant, but your purpose is just to trap me here... In other words, my existence will inevitably have a huge impact on certain things outside, so much so that a power far beyond that of a Herrscher is needed to become a tool to restrict me here..."

The girl slowly clenched her fists, and then relaxed them again for who knows how many times. She knew very well that with her own Honkai power, she could not destroy these creatures of the same origin as her, but with far higher authority than her. Simply venting violence was just a waste of herself.

"Moreover, that important matter is undoubtedly related to Sister Shilis..."

After the incident with the Herrscher of Time, Shirley, who had obtained the power of time, became more and more strange. Kiana witnessed the whole process of Shirley's transformation from her most familiar and close sister to a strange and cold executor. At that time, she was the first to notice the abnormality and made the move of defecting from the organization on the surface but actually investigating secretly.