K424 of the Collapse World

Through the resonance of the stigmata, the loneliness that spanned a thousand years was transmitted to Lan Feng's heart through the induction of the inverted stigmata. She couldn't help but be shocked. Although she had known Fu Hua's story for a long time, Lan Feng realized at this moment that what the girl in front of her was carrying was completely beyond her imagination...

Perhaps it was because of the holy marks on Lan Feng's body and the aura belonging to Ji Xuanyuan that allowed this girl, who had been fighting alone for so long, to let go of the burden in her heart for the first time.

So what should I do now? I can't let her dwell on the sadness of the past...

Lan Feng raised his head and looked at the girl who suddenly became emotional. After thinking for a while, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the girl's slightly heaving chest...

"Hmm~~ No wonder Danzhu processed your image. Sure enough, you are really small..."

"..."

"..."

At this time, the atmosphere between the Ark fell into an eerie silence.

“Huh…? Please don’t look at me like that, I… was just joking…”

Looking at Fu Hua's slightly narrowed blue eyes, Lan Feng quickly let go of her hand, took two steps back and said, her voice trembling. Just now, the terrible loneliness sensed by the stigmata emptied her mind in an instant. Before that, she was thinking about how to cheer up this girl, so she directly put a bold idea into action. Therefore, Lan Feng did something that she could not even imagine...

Fu Hua probably hasn't realized what happened just now meant. Just when Lan Feng began to worry whether he would be hit by an Inch-Force-Opening Sky attack in the next moment, Fu Hua fell into deep thought.

"Danzhu...? This name sounds so familiar..."

At this moment, Lan Feng did not expect that Fu Hua did not react to his bold behavior just now, but was attracted by the name she accidentally said...

Seeing Fu Hua frowning slightly as she fell into deep thought, Lan Feng's eyes gradually softened.

"Those are... your former companions. They are all outstanding people, the ancestors who created Shenzhou..."

Lan Feng spoke softly, and walked closer to the girl in front of him again. Without hesitation, he gently put his arms around her waist.

Part of the fair skin was exposed from the hole at the waist of the combat uniform. Very soft, very tender... It is hard to imagine how such a fragile body could bear such a heavy responsibility and maintain it for five thousand years...

"Although they are all gone, but... Chi Yuan, you have inherited their will well..."

"I……"

"Although I am not your former partner and I am not qualified to discuss it, but I think they are very lucky to have a partner like you..."

"..."

"You have been fighting alone for five thousand years. If possible, let me be your new companion... I will never let you be alone again...

"

Lan Feng hugged the girl tightly while speaking. These words were all from her heart. Infected by Fu Hua's mood, Lan Feng unconsciously wanted to do something for this girl.

However, all she can do now is to express her feelings like this. She just doesn't know whether Fu Hua is willing to accept her?

"Red Yuan? Is this... my name?"

"Ah."

"If you are really her successor and you are really willing to accept my words, then... I am also willing to be your friend..."

Fu Hua leaned close to Lan Feng's ear, whispering softly, and leaned down to raise her hands, hugging the petite girl as well. At this moment, the gray and silver hair intertwined together, just like the Chi Yuan and Dan Zhu hugging each other in the dream...

Tesla looked at Lan Feng and Fu Hua, opened her mouth, but said nothing, just sighed slightly. At this moment, she just looked at the two girls quietly. Although she had many doubts in her heart, she didn't want to disturb them now.

Tesla had lived for more than a hundred years and had become very knowledgeable. She could see that this was what true friendship was like...

Gently shaking her head, she began to treat the wound on her leg caused by Fu Hua. She looked at the two people hugging each other again, and she felt a little uncomfortable...

076 Honesty

(I really can’t imagine… I would actually do something so bold…)

After releasing Fu Hua's waist, Lan Feng recalled what he had just done and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Impulse... is such a terrible thing. Before I knew it, it had developed into this situation...

"Excuse me...can you tell me what your name is now?"

Looking at the gray-haired girl in front of him, Lan Feng tried to ask. Fu Hua hadn't told him the name yet, so how did she want him to call her?

"My name? The man who sent me on this mission... Otto, he called me 'Fu Hua', that's my name now. But... don't you know my real name? Why..."

Fu Hua looked at Lan Feng with a puzzled look on her face and asked. After the frankness just now, she already regarded the girl in front of her as her friend. The other party had the aura of Ji Xuanyuan, and this alone was enough for her to trust her.

"Just remember your real name. In this era, we shouldn't reveal our past identities, right? Fu Hua."

As he spoke, Lan Feng smiled slightly and winked at Fu Hua.

"I see... I see. Then, what should I call you?"

"Well..."

Lan Feng hesitated. Which name should he use? Tesla and Fu Hua, who were present, already knew the two identities he had made up as Cecilia and Ji Xuanyuan. If he said his other names, would there be any problems...?

Just as Lan Feng was hesitating, another girl's voice suddenly came and answered the question for her.

"Her name is Cecilia Shaniat. Didn't you know it just now? The Valkyrie of Destiny."

At this time, Tesla, who was left aside, suddenly interrupted and walked towards Lan Feng and Fu Hua. She had already treated the wound on her leg. She couldn't stand the two girls being so affectionate in front of her, so she interrupted their conversation. Besides, she also had a lot of things she wanted to know and wanted to ask Lan Feng.

"Cecilia, you just said that the stigmata you accidentally obtained when you were at the European base because of connecting to Honkai energy belonged to that... um...? Ji Xuanyuan's stigmata?"

"Ah... that's right."

Lan Feng looked at the red twin-tailed girl who suddenly interrupted and responded in confusion. I should have explained this to her in detail just now, but why...?

"Ji Xuanyuan... seems to be a prehistoric person in Shenzhou, right? Cecilia, you still haven't told me what your relationship with this destiny's Valkyrie is, and what her identity... is?"

So this is what she wanted to ask.

Lan Feng suddenly realized, but at the same time, he suddenly felt embarrassed. Should he tell Tesla the full identity of Fu Hua? These two people were enemies before... Although now they stopped fighting because of him. However, these grudges should not be so easy to eliminate.

"Of course, Cecilia, if you are caught in the middle and it is difficult to answer, I will not force you to answer. Since I dare to bring this Valkyrie here, it is because I trust you, so, I believe that you will not let this Valkyrie do whatever she wants."

Lan Feng lowered his head slowly. Speaking of which, the Ark should be the top-secret base of Anti-Entropy. Although Tesla said it lightly, Lan Feng knew what Tesla meant by bringing in two outsiders, himself and Fu Hua. Moreover, it was because of him that she brought in Fu Hua, who was her enemy. With such trust, Lan Feng really didn't want to continue to deceive this girl who treated him well.

So, Fu

Should I tell her about Hua?

While thinking, Lan Feng turned to Fu Hua.

"Tesla once saved my life, so... can you tell her about what happened five thousand years ago?"

"Five thousand years ago...?"

Hearing Lan Feng's words, Tesla swallowed his saliva calmly, and looked at Fu Hua with more and more surprise. She found that she really couldn't see how many secrets this gray-haired girl had.

Hearing this, Fu Hua casually raised her head and looked at Tesla, her clear blue eyes showing a calmness.

"She is also your friend, right? If you believe in her, why not tell her? Besides, these are things only you know, and it is up to you to decide. Moreover, most of the memories about the past have been forgotten by me..."

However, even with Fu Hua's permission, Lan Feng still felt a little embarrassed. She lowered her head and carefully thought about the possible impact of doing so.

Tesla, as the executor of Anti-Entropy, has not had much interaction with Otto's forces since she defected from the Destiny. So, as long as Tesla can keep the secret, it seems that there will be no impact?

(Also, you all trust me so much, I feel a lot of pressure...)

Holding his forehead with his hand as he had a headache, Lan Feng raised his head the next moment, looking somewhat helpless.

"Tesla, let me ask you just in case. There won't be any surveillance cameras or anything like that in this place, right?"

"No. The Ark Room is a place for us, the executors of equal status, to hold meetings. No one has the right to film the meeting process."

Hearing Tesla's voice, Lan Feng nodded and sat down again.

(Is there nothing wrong with just telling them the most basic things? Sorry, Fu Hua. There are some things I can’t let you know right now… About the Jiuyou Ruins…)

"Okay, let me tell you something that happened five thousand years ago that is stored in my memory..."

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Honkai has existed in this world since the beginning of this civilization era. People in ancient times did not have any way to fight Honkai, but fortunately, the original Honkai beasts were just beasts controlled by the will of Honkai and did not have overly terrifying destructive abilities.

But in the face of the collapse, the early people still had no good way to fight it. There were only a few people who mastered the "stigmata". Under the pressure of the collapse, humans were defeated. However, at some point, several beings with "stigmata" suddenly appeared. They repelled the initial collapse and created the first civilization belonging to mankind - China.

These people, represented by Chi Yuan, are the survivors left after the destruction of the last civilization era.

If it weren't for these survivors of the last era, this era of civilization would probably have ended five thousand years ago.

After that, human civilization developed steadily for a period of time. Slowly, many settlements were formed and gradually grew stronger...

During this period, it is not that there is no Honkai. Any place may be attacked by Honkai, but in the land of Shenzhou, Chi Yuan, a super soldier of the last era, accidentally gained the ability of immortality. However, because of the agreement with his partners, he always stayed there to protect the land from foreign enemies.

Later, the Red Kite was regarded as a myth by the people of Shenzhou and was praised until modern times...

"Then... I must have lost almost all my strength after something happened. I had no choice but to seek help from that man..."

Fu Hua spoke calmly, her voice neither sad nor happy, and she did not show any emotion about the fact that she had lost her power.

"But... I'm sorry. Even if you tell me this, I still don't have any specific impression in my mind..."

Fu Hua turned to Lan Feng and said softly, "Cang Xuan... Dan Zhu... Although the names sounded vaguely familiar, she really couldn't remember who they were...

“It’s… unbelievable…”

Tesla stared at Fu Hua in front of her in a daze. She felt like she was listening to a fairy tale, but what they said was obviously not false. Thinking that the gray-haired girl in front of her was a "god" who had lived for more than 5,000 years, Tesla felt a strong sense of unreality.

However, the loneliness she felt from Fu Hua before did not seem fake. So, this girl who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old had actually lived alone for more than thousands of years?

Although Tesla felt sympathy for Fu Hua, she did not show it. In fact, she still had some doubts about the authenticity of the incident.

“Huh…? I’m actually talking to someone who lived five thousand years ago… Are you kidding me… Hey! Cecilia, are you guys really not playing a prank on me?”

"Dr. Tesla, you have transformed your body with Houkai energy and lived for more than a hundred years, right? There is nothing to be surprised about."

Before Lan Feng could say anything, Fu Hua, who was standing next to him, spoke calmly. When Otto asked her to capture Tesla, he sent this information to her terminal. Tesla

She was originally a member of the North American branch of Tianming, and although she later rebelled, the relevant information is still recorded in Tianming's database. Although this level of intelligence is confidential, Otto trusts Fu Hua very much, so he sent it directly to her.

"But... this kind of thing is really incredible, isn't it? Five thousand years... You want me to accept it so quickly, it's really a bit..."

Lan Feng glanced over and saw that Tesla still looked unconvinced, so she sighed. She bit her lip and looked directly at Tesla with her big blue eyes.

"...Tesla, no matter how outrageous this matter is, these are indeed the truths you want to know. In this matter, I... I can swear that I didn't tell a lie just now."

(No, there is no lie, just hiding something... something that is completely insignificant to you.)

The girl's expression was filled with anxiety and grievance, which made people want to comfort her...

"Ah... No, Cecilia, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this kind of thing is too unbelievable. Let me adjust myself a little bit..."

Seeing the silver-haired girl's expression, Tesla said hurriedly that she didn't want to make the girl sad. However, this kind of thing is really...

At this time, Fu Hua looked at Lan Feng and Tesla and joined their conversation.

“Frederica Tesla. I told you this because I trust Ji Xuanyuan… no, I trust Cecilia. So, now that you have received this information, shouldn’t you show your sincerity?”

After hearing Fu Hua's words, Tesla's gentle look towards Lan Feng just now disappeared in an instant, and the expression of "I'm very unhappy" appeared on his face again.

"Hmm? What do I have to say... Do you know what this place is? The Ark is a top secret of Anti-Entropy. I brought you here, do you think I am still holding back? By the way, why did you work for that old bastard Otto? Oh, and you wanted to arrest me before...? Why?"

076 Honesty>>

Tesla first sneered at Fu Hua's previous words, and then she suddenly remembered the previous battle and asked. She suddenly wanted to know what Otto was planning by sending a strong man to the Far East of Russia...

"I remember, I have already said it just now, I don't have enough power to fulfill my promise now, so I made a deal with Otto. I will do things according to his orders... As for why group: 9 arrested you, that was Otto's order, how would I know? Besides, my original mission target was her."

As she spoke, Fu Hua raised her hand and pointed at Lan Feng, who was standing nearby and watching them.

Lan Feng, who was still distracted and thinking about something, suddenly noticed two pairs of eyes focused on him and raised his head in confusion.

"what happened?"

"that……"

Tesla was about to say something when Fu Hua asked Lan Feng a question first.

"Cecilia...can I call you that?"

"Ah... um."

Lan Feng nodded, but he felt helpless. He didn't want to run around with Cecilia's name all the time, but it was inconvenient to say anything now.

"You know, actually, Otto is planning to arrest you..."

Lan Feng smiled when he heard the news from Fu Hua. Obviously, this girl already regarded him as a companion. Was she worried about him?

"Yes, I know. And I also roughly know why he wants to capture me. My current body is just... a clone made with my daughter's body as the base. I guess it's because I don't look like a clone with incomplete consciousness. So, in Otto's eyes, I am regarded as a precious experimental material."

Lan Feng guessed, then chuckled and waved his hand.

"But it doesn't matter. An ordinary Valkyrie can't defeat me, so don't worry."

"……All right."