K424 of the Collapse World

However, just when she thought she was so close to the truth, reality shattered her hopes and presented more and more new mysteries to her, overturning all her evidence and speculations...

"If these abnormal situations are actually caused by the same thing... No, I have to leave here! Go to Sister Shilis, she needs me now...!"

(Calm down! Kiana, I understand your anxiety, but our top priority now is still to find a way to crack the rules. If we can't leave here, any plan is just a fantasy...)

Listening to the young man's voice coming from her mind, Kiana was silent for a moment, then shook her head vigorously and pinched the mimic black hole condensed in her hand back into her palm.

Even if this kind of physical attack was directed at the phantom, it would only accidentally hurt itself due to its collapse and expansion.

It must be said that she was able to maintain rational thinking until now, all thanks to the stowaway in the sea of ​​consciousness. The free consciousness that called itself Lan Feng had been with Kiana since she left St. Freya Academy, so that she would not lose her will in loneliness.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lan Feng... By the way, when you escaped from Sister Shilis, what did you find in our spiritual channel?"

Kiana asked in her mind. She suddenly remembered that the phantom in front of her had been dormant in her sea of ​​consciousness and connected to her spiritual space. So, did Lan Feng find anything in it when he escaped from Shirley through that inexplicable connection channel and found her?

Speaking of which, Shirley is just a clone of herself, so why can she connect with her sea of ​​consciousness? Moreover, if clones and their bodies have this kind of connection, then why doesn't Diana, who is number K423, have this kind of connection with her? Why don't other numbered experimental subjects have this kind of connection either?

Why was it Hillis, why was it her k424?

Or is it that this connection is not due to their shared Kaslana bloodline, but another reason that can only be explained on a spiritual level? !

For example, what was hidden behind that door...even though it was right in front of me, what was it? !

(Um... Sorry, if my spirit body is not deposited in the sea of ​​consciousness of others, it will become confused, like the half-asleep and half-awake state of being anesthetized. Moreover, the things in the consciousness channel are as abstract and difficult to understand as the pictures after closing your eyes. Moreover, in my state, it is really difficult to remember what is in it...)

"It's okay... It doesn't matter. I know the truth is not so easy to find."

973 Intermission>>

Kiana shook her head and pressed hard on the side of her forehead, trying to dispel all the branching thoughts that were emanating from her mind.

Whenever she tried to delve deeper into the abnormalities in herself and Shirley, she would always fall into more and more doubts. In the end, her mind was filled with these mysteries and she couldn't figure it out.

So, it's better not to think about these things. No matter what happens, she will always be the most important person to me...

So, I will definitely wake you up and save you!

Standing in front of the phantom incarnation, Kiana stared at the figure that was similar in size to herself, with invisible flames burning in her eyes.

Could it be that I would have to be trapped here, waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to lightly delay this last opportunity, and then witness another failure of civilization in the future when everything is irreversible?

No, it shouldn't be like this. It absolutely cannot be like this!

"Mr. Lan Feng, I want to ask you a favor."

The girl lowered her head and whispered in her heart.

"The channel of consciousness between me and Sister Shilis is

Although it has been blocked by the mental barriers of both parties, it still exists in essence, right?"

(That's right, although... well, the passage is so narrow that only the fragmented consciousness of microorganisms can pass through, but as you said, it still exists)

"Well, even after leaving the Far East Branch, Sister Shilis and I can still sense each other's presence, which is why this connection is always there."

(So, what is it you want to ask of me?)

"I would like to ask you... to return to Sister Shilis's sea of ​​consciousness once again."

As if she felt that her request was a bit unreasonable, Kiana's voice became even lower.

"I know nothing about the situation outside, but the target of this conspiracy is undoubtedly Sister Shirley. But now I am trapped here by the enemy and cannot move. I really want to know Sister Shirley's situation, at least to provide her with some help as much as possible..."

(Alas... I knew it, but this is the only way to contact the outside world at present)

"Will you... help me?"

(What else? Am I going to watch you run out of options and crash into that barrier and die? Besides, I’ve been catching fish for so long, it’s time for me to face some of my own responsibilities.)

Instead of the expected rejection, the young soul in the sea of ​​consciousness accepted her request with an open mind, obviously having expected it.

(However, you actually knew that I could pass through that passage without being interfered with by this barrier?)

"Well, the energy barrier created by that strange shadow seems to be able to block the inside and outside of the barrier into two completely independent spaces, and the gap between the two is infinitely extended by folding. It can be regarded as a law barrier similar to the Ruler of the Void. Although the rules have a high priority, it's a pity..."

(It’s a pity that the connection between you and Shirley seems to be higher in the realm of law than this barrier... Even I am a little curious, what is your true identity? How can a telepathic link between the two parties be stronger than the law above the Herrscher? This is completely out of the "future" I know)

"..."

(Forget it, you definitely don’t know either, otherwise we wouldn’t be manipulated by those guys. I just hope that the truth is not too far away from us.)

"Thank you......"

Kiana muttered silently, feeling a foreign object in her spiritual world begin to fade and quickly disappear in her own world of perception.

The glimmer of hope that I had originally placed in my heart was suddenly filled with worry and sadness.

Although I know that person is not Sis Shirley, and even the gender of his spirit body is different, he is also a part of Sisley's consciousness, and his similarity to her true personality is like a gender-transformed version of Sisley.

Putting this reason aside, the other party was, after all, her travel companion for several months, so it would be natural for her to feel reluctant to part with him.

If possible, I would also like to enter Sister Shilis's spiritual world myself...

Kiana thought silently, but the next moment the voice that echoed in her mind made her open her eyes instantly.

"Don't worry, you are the last fragment, and maybe even the extra one."

"—?!"

974 The Fourteenth Herrscher

The fragmented space, under the law of time reversal, flows back and pieces together again. Countless reflective mirrors and shining fragments of stars become a complete piece again.

The girl, who was shattered along with the entire gap in the space, reappeared in the center of the universe along with this countercurrent world, and took a step towards the Herrscher who was right in front of her.

The next moment, countless dark purple substances twisted like thorns stretched out from the void in all directions toward her body. These structures of forbidden Herrscher's energy were the sediment of the root cause of the collapse of this world. Under the direct control of the Herrscher of the End, they were enough to destroy the imprints of all laws.

Then, they stopped around the girl, and under the cover of dark golden energy, they quickly retreated just like when they emerged, and were forever sealed by the law of time at the moment before they appeared.

——The girl naturally wouldn’t let them touch her.

Then, the space from which the ether factor was forcibly extracted instantly lost its relative stability due to the interference of the Constraint Lawgiver, and the superimposed cosmic storm that erupted instantly melted and engulfed the girl's virtual body.

However, just like the space was shattered before, this turbulent and turbulent universe immediately stopped, as if it was coated with a layer of dark golden law barrier, like an invisible hand that tidied up the messy room and restored everything to its original state.

The unharmed silver-haired girl once again stepped into the universe centered on herself and took her second step towards the Herrscher.

Then, she saw a blood-red galaxy, with countless bloody remains of locusts sweeping in, and a huge shadow that was ready to move coming from all directions. The twinkling stars in the sky turned into bloodshot eyeballs, gradually dyeing the entire starry sky into a strange dark red...

Just an illusion.

The girl remained unmoved and allowed these attacks on her mind to

One's own mental world turned into purgatory, tearing one's consciousness into pieces.

Time Domain, Local Activation——

The consciousness pollution that raged in the girl's spiritual world destroyed everything in her mind world, and then disappeared into the void along with the collapsed and disintegrated mental image world. Then, the time in her body was reversed to before the attack, and a complete consciousness body filled the phantom body.

The brilliant Milky Way in the gap between the universes is still twinkling, as if nothing had happened in this half second.

The girl then took the third step.

There is no doubt that the mark left on Xing before she disappeared locked her to the timeline of the Honkai system, and even the power of the Herrscher of the End could not easily shake it.

If the Herrscher did not choose to retreat, he would touch her body within ten steps, and as he had said at the beginning, forcibly merge the minds and souls of both parties into a new consciousness.

If she is unwilling to get around herself, the final result will be the loss of herself at this moment...

No matter what, the result will happen as you want it to, right?

The Herrscher woman stood still on the other side of the galaxy, without launching another attack to block the attack.

Then the girl took the fourth step.

At some point, her previously calm and indifferent expression was tainted with a barely perceptible irritation.

Why? She was clearly certain to win. Either her divine authority was tainted by filth, or she had to back off and compromise, finding another way to the real world... But why did she suddenly become more restless?

Is it because of what the Herrscher just said? What did she want to express? Why can I use the nodes of the collapse, why can I hide in other people's consciousness, and why can I construct energy bodies like the Herrscher... Is this obvious? !

I master the operation of multiple powers, which is enough to drive the laws of the Honkai system and steal its energy nodes; I can simulate the feathers of the key of consciousness, so I can hide in the spiritual world of others like Fu Hua; I have the memory of infinite reincarnation timelines, and have learned the technology and secret arts of countless civilization eras. The skills to transform the spirit into an energy body are as simple as eating and drinking.

So, in the end, it is still a meaningless cognitive error. When you regard yourself as Shiris, you judge others as the wrong consciousness born from Honkai?

That's enough...

The Herrscher stretched out her hand, and a dark blue mist of extreme ice spread from her fingertips. The cold current, like a solid entity, froze everything in the universe, and even the movement of time and space was frozen.

It's useless. Even if the power of the Law of the Ruler of Ice is enough to freeze time and space, the power of the Ruler of Time overrides the rules of the surface of the world. The completely independent time domain will not stagnate with the stillness of the world!

The biting frost retreated in front of the girl and could not stop her at all.

The girl took the fifth step lightly.

A walking corpse without will and spirit, or a puppet clinging to a false name, who is the empty shell?

It doesn't matter. This kind of argument will never get any results, so no matter how much you talk, it's useless. So, why not try to put the two empty shells together? As long as the two divergent consciousnesses become one consciousness, won't the dispute be automatically eliminated?

974 The Fourteenth Ruler >>

Step 6...Step 7...

The Herrscher still stood in the air, calmly facing the girl's body that was getting closer and closer. No one knew whether she refused to retreat because of her dignity as a Herrscher, or just ignored the tiny existence in front of her like before.

The truth will soon be known...

If the fusion of consciousness is successful, the world shrouded in destruction will have a glimmer of hope. If it fails, she will just be thrown into a washing machine that resets reincarnation, and all her emotions and memories will be washed away. Fifty thousand years later, she will be a cute and beautiful girl again.

Well...it could also be a beautiful boy.

The distance between her and the Herrscher woman was within reach, and the virtual girl leisurely stretched out her hand and casually touched the tall woman's cheek.

Perhaps the opponent will, like before, burst out with the power of the law of self-discipline, crush his own energy body, and tear apart the space layer between the two parties, manually creating infinite distance.

But these means, in the face of the ultimate law of time, are nothing more than a useless means of delay. No matter what she creates, the power of time can turn it into nothingness.

In any case, she has to make a choice here...

There was no explosive explosion of energy, nor was there any sudden shattering of the universe. The girl's semi-virtual fingers just lightly touched the face of the Herrscher woman.

It was slippery and cool, just like when he was half dead after being eroded by the Serenity Gem after being experimented on by Destiny. His body temperature was completely out of the range of warm-blooded animals...

The girl didn't expect that the Ruler of Constraint would just let her touch him without dodging.

But before she could activate the power of the law of consciousness, she saw the body of the Herrscher woman begin to dissolve, gradually blurring like an ink painting immersed in water.

The briefly intersecting consciousnesses separated again at this moment.

crack.

"It's a little later than expected. It seems that the kid did something extra."

The Herr of Restraint said, ignoring the girl's surprised expression, and took her hand off her cheek. Then, her own hand also dispersed in the blur, returning to pure unknown energy, floating around the two of them...

"The emergency procedure of the Honkai system has been triggered, and the authority of the Herrscher of the End has been forcibly activated."

"What did you say?"

"The original condition for the Herrscher of the End to descend was that the final Herrscher would reset the Herrscher after all the previous thirteen Herrschers had cut off their connection to the Honkai Will. But now, the emergency procedure has been triggered, which means that as the Herrscher of the End, I will be directly erased by the Honkai Will, in order to awaken the real Herrscher of the End."

The body of the silver-haired woman became increasingly blurred, and eventually even her basic human form could no longer be discerned. However, the girl felt that a more terrifying substance had emerged from the free energy that had restrained the Herrscher, and the reshaped Herrscher's body was gradually undergoing a complete transformation...

"This is what I call the time of judgment."

At this moment, in another space and time outside the crack, under the dark sky of the universe on the back of the moon, a silver-haired girl wearing a true red armor and holding the Godfall Sword was standing in front of the broken pure white palace, watching the white throne turn into drifting stardust in the fire.

Relying on the Blank Key fused with the Plague Gem, and the powerful energy of being the Ruler of the Void, Diana split the Moon Palace in half with just one strike. The burning God's Falling Sword condensed the flames into an extremely huge blade, and slashed down the pale human figure sitting on the throne together.

"..."

Diana held the greatsword in her hand and watched coldly as the pure white figure gradually disintegrated in the flames and was soon devoured by the fire.

However, until the last moment, the human figure maintained an elegant sitting posture with legs crossed. Although the face was empty, for some reason Diana always had the illusion that the other person was smiling.

"What's so funny..."

Watching the human figure completely disappear, Diana swung her sword again, cutting through the remaining palaces with one blow, causing these buildings of unknown material to collapse and become part of the lunar rock formation.

"In this way, the original will of the collapse will fall into a brief silence, and the starry sky barrier spreading outside the planet should also disappear temporarily, giving civilization a chance to breathe..."

Diana muttered to herself, crossed space and returned to the sunny side of the moon, then turned to look at the blue planet.

But at this glance, her wide eyes could no longer turn away.

The boiling energy tide, like the Milky Way, quickly gathered not far from the Earth. The chaotic starry sky gathered towards one location. Under the huge physical energy, a human-shaped light and shadow that far exceeded the scale of the planet gradually formed...

975 A World That Can Be Gripped