K424 of the Collapse World

Into elements.

She stared at herself in the mirror, looking at her own face absentmindedly while analyzing her surroundings. As a rough girl who didn't pay much attention to dressing up and only looked in the mirror when washing, the feeling of standing in front of such a large full-length mirror was not particularly new.

Maybe it's because she has two twin sisters who look almost exactly like her in real life, so she is already familiar with seeing another identical self...

The past events flashed through the girl's mind along with the shallow memories, making her expression relax a little.

If the collapse ends, we do have a chance to go back to the past...

Kiana's gaze gradually moved down from the face of the person in the mirror, and when it reached the lips, she suddenly fixed her gaze.

Wait, why am I laughing?

She clearly saw herself in the mirror, with a faint and peaceful smile on her face...

Is it because I thought about the good times in the past and indulged in a short-lived fantasy?

Kiana shook her head slightly, intending to temporarily dispel the past memories in her mind and adjust her facial expression. But at this moment, she suddenly realized that her lips and teeth should have been clenched tightly due to the burning pain of the Flame Core. Why could she show such a relaxed smile?

wrong--!

She suddenly noticed that the mirror girl had a faint smile on her face, which was always revealed in front of her without any disguise, as if she was mocking her for not noticing this obvious abnormality for a long time...

The girl's palm on the mirror instantly clenched into a fist, and blasted the mirror in front of her with the Inch Power Open Heaven Style! Although the girl in the mirror also made the same action as her fist, the moment the two fists collided, the transparent mirror was immediately shattered by the impact.

The image of the girl in the mirror was divided into countless pieces as the mirror surface shattered, but disappeared in the next moment as the chip shattered into powder - Kiana's inch power was enough to shatter ordinary glass into micron-sized powder.

But before the girl turned around and retracted her fist, a clear and pleasant girl's voice came into her ears from behind the debris that had not yet fallen to the ground...

"Welcome to our temple, Miss Kiana."

The broken mirrors scattered down, turning into fleeting light particles the moment they hit the ground. Standing in front of Kiana was a silver-haired girl in a simple white dress, standing right where the mirror had been broken, as if she had been standing there from the beginning, and had never changed.

It was impossible to tell whether the broken mirror was a derivative creation of space superposition or an illusion caused by mental interference. When the diffused perception energy returned to her body, Kiana's analysis of this area also ended - she was familiar with the known elements of the solar system, but she couldn't even analyze the composition of the floor tiles under her feet!

"We will witness the end of this era here. Thank me. As an infinite world for observing four-dimensional space, this should be the most perfect overlooking point."

Hearing this, Kiana came back to her senses and her solemn expression froze again.

The silver-haired girl in front of him, except for the changes in clothes and hairstyle, still looked exactly the same as himself... and the girls of the Kaslana family!

And this breath should be...

Before Kiana could match the familiar energy reaction of the girl in front of her with a certain impression in her mind, the words spoken by the silver-haired girl made her almost stop thinking in a moment of horror -

"By the way, this should be the first time I appear in front of you in this image, right? Don't be so surprised. Considering the blood relationship between us, this is a matter of course, right?"

"...bloodline?!"

"That's right. After all... our good-for-nothing elder sister is also the original creator of the Kaslana bloodline."

989 Don't eat anything

The changes in cyclones and ocean currents, accompanied by the drifting and breaking of land plates, mixed with the increased concentration of collapse energy in the high altitude, gathered a layer of lavender misty clouds on the surface of the planet.

As time goes by, these highly toxic collapsing energies, which are enough to cause biological mutations, will gradually settle down from the atmosphere's exosphere, causing a devastating blow to the biosphere on the surface, and eroding the surface of the planet into a collapsing environment where civilized life cannot survive at this stage.

Although the unknown "crack" of the Herrscher of the End seemed to have temporarily stopped her main body from moving, countless Honkai beasts of all sizes had already emerged from the Honkai energy mist accumulated on the outer layer, using the infinite nutrients of Honkai to quickly evolve from their original forms into complete forms, rushing down towards the land under the sky like a dense rainstorm...

The remaining civilization of the entire world is about to experience a catastrophe. At that moment, the confused girl who was left alone in the empty starry sky had no idea of ​​the many disasters that had befallen the outside world.

What troubled her was only the cage of the dark void that replaced the real world, and the expectations and hopes that were imposed on her...

Is it really right to acknowledge this necessary sacrifice, to accept this cursed gift?

As humans are all carbon-based life forms composed of organic cells, why are we called humans and different from so-called livestock and beasts?

Is it IQ, emotion and consciousness? Or thinking or subjective initiative? In terms of concepts derived from civilization, and then answering from different perspectives of human rationality and sensibility, science and literature, there will be countless correct answers to this question.

But are all these human qualities really good things?

Not at all.

Wild beasts can devour their own relatives for the sake of individual survival, but humans with so-called rationality can hardly do that; when faced with natural disasters and enemies, animals can abandon everything just to escape, but humans are always tripped up by their instinctive emotions and are always unable to make a decision... Can these mental weaknesses, which can be called side effects, really allow a Herrscher to gain decisive power?

Looking at the black and red crystal in her hand, the girl was reluctant to integrate this Herrscher ability that was within her reach. She just stood on the top of the Starry Sky Tower, meditating quietly, and stretched out her other hand forcefully.

but me......

Didn't I, who hadn't accepted them yet, possess these human qualities? Or was it that they were willing to give me back these meaningless self-perceptions at the cost of my hard-earned new life?

Savoring the emotions brewing inside her, she easily analyzed those familiar feelings that she had experienced countless times before.

Regret, regret, and anger...

Yes, not long ago I did not have this kind of obvious emotional perception. I only had the natural fear of crisis and the survival instinct to maintain life. Apart from that, my heart was in absolute peace at all times. I would not be affected by disasters that had nothing to do with me, nor would I be touched by the sorrows and joys of others.

Being alone in a chaotic space where not even a bacterium exists, I regained the human consciousness of living together, but lost the two same kind who were accompanying me; my heart, which was calm and as solid as eternity, could have endured the loneliness until the end of time, but instead I had these mortal emotions... Loneliness and anxiety will probably accompany me like a chronic poison until the end when my sanity completely collapses... Is this what you wanted to see?

Grievance, pain...despair.

Just like a poisonous snake's body coiled around her heart, its sharp fangs gently scratched the tender and fragile myocardium, melting the deadly poison of despair into her blood vessels, flowing into her limbs and bones, extinguishing the burning will in her heart once again.

Yes, it was this familiar feeling... of consciousness gradually melting away. As long as I allowed my self-consciousness to be assimilated by the darkness that was eroding it, the torment from within would end.

Give up, I can't do anything now... Rather than suffering with these meaningless promises, it's better to just...

(No... that's not right!!)

The girl suddenly opened her eyes wide, and used all her strength to withdraw her hand that had reached into the dark chaos!

She gasped, suppressed the nauseous and dizzy feeling in her head, and stared at her palms, which were stained with a little strange filth, with fear in her eyes. She watched the purple-black skin gradually fade away in the light of the stars before she breathed a sigh of relief.

989 Don’t eat anything randomly>>

After relaxing, I feel deeply afraid.

Having accepted Xilin and Lan Feng's wishes, the girl certainly would not fall into depression again for no reason. All she did was stand at the edge of the Starry Sky Tower and reach out a hand towards the chaotic world outside the starlight...

I just stretched out a hand tentatively. Is the assimilation of the consciousness of the Law of the End enough to erode my heart?

But, I had clearly promised them, clearly made the decision, and clearly made a vow...

As a result, when truly touched by darkness, the fragile heart full of loopholes instantly collapsed and was swallowed up by the boundless negativity and despair... It's really ugly.

Is it because my willpower is not strong enough? But when I fall into a state where even my thoughts betray me and even the faith I pursue becomes the source of despair, what can pure willpower do?

"...Even if I say I regret it, you won't be able to come back and be with me again."

After sitting on the platform of the Star Tower and catching her breath, the girl's dull blue eyes with tear marks flickered slightly, but soon she raised her hand to wipe away the tears from her cheeks, and her eyes glowed with unyielding brilliance again.

"If I can help it, I don't want to touch this damn chaos at all..."

However, there is no way to escape. If you want to leave the final cage woven by this law, you can only face the darkness that corrodes the soul and step into its depths...only then can you find a way out to the outside world.

Otherwise, just like what I thought just now in the erosion field, it will collapse again and again in endless loneliness, and then be repaired and restored by the broken will of the Herrscher's physique, until the soul is worn out by time and loses its original color.

If I were still in my previous state of mind, I would probably choose the latter...

..

“But now, I’m not going to sit still.”

Assimilation from the law of the end can be temporarily resisted as long as you don't give up easily. Even if your heart is shrouded in despair, the countless powerful "selves" in different world lines will purify the eroded mind and let the light of resistance bloom again in this body blessed by thousands of wills!

Moreover, the key to breaking the deadlock has now been found...

The girl's eyes sank slightly, and she took in the stars on the platform under her feet.

Come to think of it, the Herr of the End will most likely regret having rashly eaten a large amount of something that cannot be digested.

"I am just Silis now..."

The girl leaned over and grasped one of the stars that made up the Star Tower. She looked at the familiar memories reflected in the starlight and tightly grasped the light in her palm...

"Even now, I hope to keep the essence of this identity pure and flawless. So, before this, I never really accepted these selves that did not belong to me..."

The light slipped away from her palm, but the girl did not show any surprise. She looked around and reached out to the Tower of Light in the starry sky with her other hand.

——The hand holding the Herrscher Core.

"But if it takes more 'me' power to break through the darkness ahead, then... I won't reject any me anymore."

I must fulfill my promise.

Even if it was a false name of Kaslana, she was destined to bear all the consequences alone. Even if the other fragments were not completed, the girl would not abandon this stubborn persistence.

"I will definitely find a way to the future, even if it is completely unrecognizable..."

She once again reached out to the invisible light and grasped the blurry images tightly in her palms.

This time, the light did not slip away again. Instead, it suddenly became distorted where the girl's palm reached, and was captured by the gravity of the black hole, flowing into the girl's slender palm...

Humph, there is no escape~

A sly smile appeared on the girl's face, as if she was happy with her success.

However, even under the erosion of the Law of the Void, the Tower of Memory can remain unchanged and can never be dissolved and assimilated by the Ruler of the End. Can it really be changed by the mere law of gravity?

The real answer has probably been buried deep in her heart.

990 The Path of Destiny

The silver glow that replaced the moonlight reflected the stunningly beautiful face of the goddess in the starry sky, appearing clearly in the vision of everyone who looked up.

"It's hard to imagine a collapse of this magnitude until you see it with your own eyes."

Leaning on the top railing of the half-ruined building, Otto, who was also among those gazing at the stars at the moment, expressed his feelings sincerely.

"The Valkyrie of Destiny, the Anti-Entropy Mecha, the biological weapons used on the surface of the World Serpent... If it were a dozen years ago, I would have been scared to death by such guys even though I didn't know much about the world's forces. Humph, if I hadn't faced the real God of Collapse, I might have to thank those freaks for gradually raising my acceptance..."

He could easily change the atmosphere of a planet, penetrate a barrier that was strong enough to resist planetary impacts, and defeat the combined efforts of several Herrschers with just a flick of his finger. Once, only one Herrscher was enough to threaten the entire civilization, but in front of the final judge, he could not escape the fate of becoming a mere soldier.

This kind of casual destruction of civilization, the Ruler of Constraints who calls herself Shirley, the trial she promised is really just a hypocritical excuse...

Relying on the data shared by various forces, Otto could barely glimpse a glimpse of the truth of the power of the Herrscher of the End from those extremely exaggerated values.

Maybe it's just a lower limit, but it has already exceeded the strongest energy peak of all human creations in two eras...

Only the same collapse can compete with it.

Looking at the intelligence data floating on the holographic screen, Otto glanced at the characters at the top of the public server with a slightly sarcastic look, chuckled and shook his head.

"In order to continue the hope of all mankind... Haha, only at this time will the divided forces consciously unite and establish a unique alliance. If this is done earlier, will the situation be different?"

Although the human group has unlimited potential, the entire Federation, including the cooperation of anti-Honkai forces such as Destiny, can only barely protect itself from the aftermath of the Honkai attack. The core force against the Herrscher of the End has always been the individual strength of a very small number of extraordinary people.

There is little hope...

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of civilization successfully defeating the Herrscher of the End is close to zero, and humans in this era are basically unable to avoid a catastrophe of extinction. Perhaps we should study the cryosleep technology of the World Serpent in advance and prepare a way out for ourselves?

"However, given the contribution and influence that my status as the Bishop of Heaven's Fate has had on the progress of civilization, if I take the initiative to ask for help, there should be a place for me in the World Serpent's freezer, right?"

I laughed at myself as a joke

With these words, Otto turned off all the dozen or so terminal light screens surrounding him, and then picked up the goblet on the stone table.

This was one of the few glasses that had not been shattered in the disaster, and Otto took it to the rooftop of the experimental building. The deep red wine in the glass was just grape juice in a plastic bottle in the store. But at this moment, the impoverished Bishop of Heaven's Fate used it as a recreational prop to simulate an elegant mood, and on the surface, there was not much difference between it and high-end wine.

The taste of inferior saccharin ingredients was a novel experience for him...

The body of the Herrscher of the End is so huge that its specific shape is unclear, but its projection still follows the basic laws of physics and is reflected in the small wine glass in the blond man's hand.

The man took a sip of the "wine" in the glass, frowned slightly, but then relaxed, his eyes revealing a relaxed and helpless look.

990 The Path of Destiny >>

Still got to this point...

A person who abandoned his fleeting mortal body, carried his consciousness in an immortal soul-steel body, witnessed the ups and downs of civilization for centuries, and decided to explore the truth at the end of time. This doomsday scene was the future he had foreseen long ago.

Although it arrived much earlier than expected...

Honkai should have grown stronger with civilization. Based on the technological level of the civilization in the Fire Moth Era, the civilization of this era would need at least two to three centuries of sedimentation before it could barely reach the edge of the Stigmata gene editing and modification technology, which was already a fully mature technology in the previous era.

Ultimately, the course of collapse will not follow a regular pattern, nor can it be fully controlled by humans.

The wish to revive a loved one, the desire to seek the truth, the longing to transcend the end of the world will eventually disappear into thin air along with the destruction of the world... right?

After drinking the "fine wine" with a strong taste of industrial ingredients, Otto threw the glass to his side, and his light green eyes showed a frosty coldness.

(A cryostat that allows you to sneak into the future...? Humph, but I don't need that either!)

Even though his passionate teenage years have long passed, facing the impending end, even he... feels a little unwilling.

Otherwise, he would not have persuaded the leader of the World Serpent to provide help, nor would he have ordered the resources of all branches of the Mandate to be shared with the Federation, and sent the trump card of Yulandel to the center of the End Battlefield.

The Bishop of Destiny withdrew his lofty gaze from the unreachable imaginary tree and stepped back into reality. His wishes at this stage also returned to their original state.