K424 of the Collapse World

1037 Intensification

In the gap between dimensions.

Through the cracks on the surface of space that were burst by the dissipated energy, Shilis witnessed the war in the world ring. Facing the retreating civilization coalition of the Void Tree God Skeleton, the Earth Herrs in a dangerous situation found it increasingly difficult to fight against the monsters of the Void Tree Origin.

That guy finally took action...

She knew very well that the Ruler on the throne did not take action personally, but summoned the virtual tree god skeleton named Dimension Blueprint, which indirectly launched the Final Judgment on the fusion world, catching the civilization of all worlds off guard.

Just like Otto's initial judgment when he faced the God's Corpse, the current execution process of the Honkai Program is a completely unknown area for humans. Similarly, the interference from a certain original Ruler of the End is also an unknown and uncontrollable factor.

Although Hillary knew that the guy in the spectator seats would definitely do something, she could not accurately predict what she wanted to do, nor did she know how she would interfere in the war.

In short, the special virtual tree god skeleton that appeared inside the world ring was both expected and unexpected.

——It arrived as expected, but it brought unexpected trouble.

The divine skeleton structure that utilizes the energy channel of the power of the end and is directly connected to the virtual tree itself is enough to suppress ordinary Herrschers of a single universe by its status alone. The fact that it can achieve this with the coalition of civilizations and the Herrschers is probably the result of the main messenger deliberately holding back.

Although powerful new forces continue to join the battlefield of Honkai on the civilization side, these aids are still a drop in the bucket. Even the revived Yingjie will find it difficult to reverse the situation for a while, let alone the civilized coalition forces that do not even have a numerical advantage in front of the Honkai beasts.

The situation was getting worse and worse. Especially on Diana's side, the Herrscher of the Void's sub-void spear was simply unable to break through the thousands of gear mechanical arms. Every time she faced the attack of the God's Corpse, she had to launch ultra-long-range precise space jumps to barely avoid the God's Corpse's planet-level attack - if Diana made a mistake, the starship troops fighting alongside her would activate the jump engine and sacrifice themselves to protect her, even at the cost of turning thousands of lives into disposable shields.

Kiana's situation was not optimistic either. Although Yulandel's help helped her escape from the predicament, they were now completely under the will of the Herrscher of the End. It seemed that they had been touched by the energy from the other side of the imaginary number. No one knew what would happen in the next second...

Indeed, Kiana and Yulandel were both extremely special beings, but due to the limitations of their life forms, the potential stimulated by their wills was firmly locked within the boundaries set by their genes. Even if they were powerful enough to surpass the stigma of the Herrscher, they were destined to be powerless against the Apostles of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers.

What does that guy want to do to them? !

Seeing all this, Shirley became more and more shaken, and could hardly maintain the state of mindless concentration that simulated Taixu Jianxin.

(This won’t work...)

The metallic star body that was wrapped into a sphere by infinite chains of constraints suddenly cracked into several huge gaps, and countless golden lights overflowed from it. That was the energy of the laws that was decomposed and lost.

After all, they were Herrschers of the End at exactly the same level, and the temporary seal that Shiris had performed with the strongest restraint law was eventually caught up by the opponent's reverse calculation speed.

Sure enough, the next moment, a pale hand stretched out from the cracked gap and tore the dense chain leisurely, accurately destroying the nodes of the restraining force, and the body bound by the law began to resume movement...

Shirley shook her head, not caring at all about the end escaping again.

Overlooking the entire battle situation from the upper world, a war of this scale was like observing a group of microorganisms struggling in disinfectant through a microscope to Shiris. They were so small that the entire battlefield could be wiped out with just the slightest interference.

But the same is true for the other Herrscher of the End before him.

Now, Shilis is facing a dilemma.

She could either immediately stop sealing the Herrscher of the End in front of her, take the initiative to break through the space layer and return to the real solar system to interfere in the battle of the World Ring; or continue to maintain the seal of this gap dimension, trap one of the two Herrscher of the End here by herself, and hope that the power of the civilization of all worlds can deal with the only thing that is coming.

1037 Intensification >>

Choosing the first option means pulling the battlefield of the two Ends back to the real Milky Way. Both sides will have to continue the god-level battle in a fragile environment that can be destroyed in a snap. Shiris, who is protecting civilization, is destined to be restricted in the battle. Choosing the second option means letting civilization face the impending crisis on its own.

If it was just the skeleton of the imaginary tree, the civilized side might be able to achieve the final victory. After all, although those imaginary monsters are extremely powerful, they are not completely invincible.

But the real problem is the third Herrscher of the End who is still hiding in another upper space!

Based on Shiris' current understanding of the power of the End, she can conclude that the chance of the civilization of all worlds winning against any Ruler of the End is 0%.

Sure enough, there is no choice...

(After all, that guy’s target is me!)

As the original Herrscher of the End, she could have destroyed civilization with a wave of her hand and ended everything in an instant. But she chose this method of teasing, using a puppet of equal strength as the opponent of the coalition forces, and slowly exerting pressure.

Obviously, this dramatic behavior is intended to force Hillary to take action.

(Yes, she wanted to force me out of this space and ensure that the Herrscher of the End here would resume action, so that three Herrscher of the End would appear in the Milky Way in the real universe at the same time...)

I really don't understand... She has countless ways to defeat civilization, but she has to do this. Can the three false gods eventually merge into the true god?

The girl sighed in her heart, looking at the completely destroyed metal star a few light years away, and the other Herrscher of the End that escaped, and smiled helplessly.

"You tried your best to get out, didn't you? Now it's your wish."

Before she finished her words, Shirley slapped the layers of cracks densely covering the surface of the space behind her with her backhand, directly smashing the energy that blocked the space!

(Forget it... That guy has it in his hands. Rather than letting everyone face a hopeless fight to the death alone, I should be with them at this time!)

Looking at the brilliant Milky Way and the seemingly peaceful and tranquil tiny solar system outside the broken space layer, Shirley's figure turned into a stream of light and flew directly to the other end of the space gap.

However, she was unable to return to that familiar universe.

(Eh…?)

At the last moment of traveling through space, the energy of the law from the outside repaired the broken space blockade, forming countless complex space corridors. The disrupted time flow made it difficult for Shiris to easily touch the real four-dimensional space and time, and she was once again blocked back into the gap of this dimension.

Shilis turned around in astonishment and saw a silver-white reflection printed on the mirror of the space fault. It was the silver-haired girl who was smiling on the throne.

(You...why?!)

Shiris looked at the smiling girl in disbelief, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and punched towards the space corridor in front of her again!

But the next moment, light thorns made of countless starlight pierced through Shirley's body, leaving her no chance to resist, dragging her out of the space fault and smashing her into the distant planetary belt.

Another Herrscher of the End stood expressionlessly in the starry sky, turning the solidified beam of light into a crystal column in his palm, and pointed it at the stunned Shiris through the air.

"..."

The immortal body of the End was restored to its original state in an instant, but Shiris only had time to take a look at the fault before she was faced with the second round of attack from the Herrscher of the End in the crack space!

If it was just the power of the original Herrscher of End and End, as the dominant ruler of the gap space, Shilis could completely break the opponent's restrictions with brute force and regain control of the space laws here. But now, the Herrscher of End and End, who was originally trapped in the gap dimension, suddenly stopped breaking out, and instead cooperated with the original Herrscher of End and End who was reinforcing the space outside to try his best to contain Shilis in the gap dimension.

At this point, the situation in the gap dimension has completely reversed!

"I'm sorry, Onee-sama...but if this is the only way to reawaken your soul, then I have no choice."

1038 Induction and Decision

Perhaps, it was a carefully planned trap from the beginning...

The mysterious girl with an ambiguous attitude, the puppet End whose actions seem simple - they deliberately created a situation where civilization seemed to have no choice, and used the pressure of End's destruction to trap themselves in a closed space. Through countless mirror-like layers of space, they watched the war that was tantamount to a massacre.

The fleet destroyed by the God's Corpse, the Herrscher who was completely suppressed, the precarious battle line, all of this seemed within reach in the reflection of the mirror, but in fact, the worlds on both sides were blocked by countless layers of time and space, and the time sequence and coordinates were completely messed up. Although a small amount of divine consciousness could penetrate and provide vision, this undoubtedly widened the difficulty of observation and interference by dozens of dimensions.

Ironically, this interlayer dimension was indeed created by itself, which is the so-called self-entrapment...

Restrained by twice the energy of the End, Shiris no longer tried in vain to escape from the current dimension, and temporarily stopped the bombardment of the Herrscher of the End. She just calmed down, looking at the two of her kind in front of her - the Herrscher of the End right in front of her and the silver-white shadow on the other side of the space, waiting for the next change.

The Herrscher of the End who was confronting Shiris remained silent, and the previous vacillation returned to its original calm, as if he was deliberately downplaying the existence of his self-consciousness.

Although this does not change the fact that Shilis already knows that she has a soul.

"That's good... If you keep quiet until the ritual is complete, it will save both of us some effort."

The silver girl phantom at the other end of the space said so. She looked up slightly, as if she was talking to herself in a pretentious manner, but the dimensional crack

There were no other life forms on either side of the subspace, and except for the other Herrscher of the End who was pretending to be dead, only Shiris could hear it.

"Now, sister, you can't do anything but watch civilization once again go to its end. Everyone sheds their last drop of blood in this doomed war, and is eventually buried in the mausoleum of history along with the entire era... ahem~ Doesn't this make you feel like the ultimate villain?"

"..."

“Aiya… don’t be so depressed, onee-sama. We are about to reverse the predetermined ending and return to the beginning of our destiny. Isn’t this something worth celebrating? However, it’s okay to just wait quietly like this…”

Faced with Yuan Zhongyiyan who took the initiative to speak, Shirley, who should have been shocked and confused at this moment, said nothing.

She knew very well that for this kind of riddle teller who talked to himself, asking questions while he was blabbering on and on would only result in a bunch of even more meaningless answers.

If the other party does not intend to say it clearly, it is useless to ask no matter how many times. And those riddles full of ambiguity and suggestion basically do not need to be interpreted carefully.

Reality is not a puzzle game. Most of the time, the speaker is just talking nonsense on a whim. It sounds profound but actually means nothing. In reality, the puzzle solver will not be as considerate as the puzzle game copywriter who cleverly hides effective information in simple words.

Judging from the current situation, Hillary felt that the other party seemed to want her to become a bystander, witness the entire process of civilization being destroyed, and then... collapse in despair?

Although the pseudo-god status of the Herrscher of the End could not make up for the spiritual deficiency, the willpower and mental strength brought by the upgrade had made Shiris's soul resilience far beyond that of ordinary life. To make her mentally collapse now, at least a mental pollution attack that transcends the law is needed.

Closing her eyes, she stared at the observation screen that was broken into countless pieces with her consciousness, but the phantom of the original beginning and end once again emerged in Shirley's mind.

The only thing we know is that she attaches great importance to the final outcome of this matter...

1038 Induction and Decision >>

Is the so-called ritual an observation experiment by the other party, or is it forcing oneself to make the next choice? Or... is the ritual itself a means of induction?

Sister Shilis...can you see me now?

Kiana, who was trapped in the siege and had a hard time, looked at the endless dark golden human figures among the increasingly dim stars, and couldn't help but think of the figure she regarded as her spiritual sustenance again.

She knew she shouldn't be distracted.

But mental fatigue has begun to make her concentration sag...

"Damn it, the number hasn't decreased at all!"

The Valkyries and the Half-Herrs who fought side by side were obviously unable to cope with the projection attack that the original End and End had deliberately intensified. The rhythm of the battle gradually became chaotic and disordered, and the tacitly coordinated fighting style was difficult to maintain. They quickly switched from the offensive to the defensive and were once again surrounded by the creations of the End...

"You know what? The soul of an outsider shouldn't exist... If she disappears completely, what belongs to you will become complete..."

The golden spear pierced through the dark golden humanoid figure, nailing it and the gears behind it into the dark abyss, but the torn gap in the encirclement was immediately filled by several other humanoids, leaving no trace.

"Your bloodline...and your destiny!"

The dense gun shadows suppressed the humanoid skeleton in front, but the monsters in other directions immediately pounced on the Valkyrie's back, making it difficult for her to launch an offensive, and she could only hurriedly defend herself.

"Aren't you curious about why the self in other world bubbles is completely different from this world?"

"...You're too noisy!"

The blonde girl gritted her teeth and swung her lance. The azure light condensed into a solid mist blade, smashing the humanoid projection created in the divine skeleton. However, these strange imaginary creations did not follow the material rules of this universe. Even if they were broken up and the solid particle chains were broken and decomposed, they could still be reassembled and restored to their original state, just like a liquid soul steel prosthesis that ignored energy consumption.

Those annoying whispers in her ears constantly affected Youlandel's mind. Some kind of illusion played familiar yet unfamiliar memory tracks in her mind, deeply engraved into her sea of ​​consciousness, eroding her true memory and personality in this life...

She was already too exhausted to care about Kiana's safety, and she was too exhausted to notice the hidden danger.

The energy that had been brewing for a long time began to flow, and the invisible hand touched Kiana's shoulder. The fingertips that condensed the energy of the end gently pierced the neck of the silver-haired girl...

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"—Is this what you want?"

At the same time, Shilis in the other dimension suddenly opened her eyes.

Sealed by two end-time individuals

Locked in the different dimension, after the overall space-time flow speed of the current dimension increased by about thirty seconds, Shiris began to act again.

"Forced... or induced? It doesn't matter - you know I won't let that happen, never."

She flashed and rushed directly towards another Herrscher of the End, her old rival.

"If the divine nature of no thoughts is the essence of the gods' power, then the passionate emotions are the source of mortals' power... Since we are all mortals with defects and cannot ascend to the throne of gods, isn't it very simple?"

1039 one half

The foreign civilization that conducted the Honkai experiment was the common enemy of both humans and Honkai. The first person to tell Shiris this key information was undoubtedly the original Herrscher of the End. It was for this reason that Shiris put aside her personal grudge with Otto and facilitated the second alliance between Anti-Entropy and Destiny.

It can be said that it was because of the information revealed by the original Lawgiver that the "Transfer Plan" jointly formulated by the two major organizations was formed. The three major forces eventually united and made the strategic focus of human technological exploration shift to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and the Sea of ​​Quantum...

Although plans cannot keep up with changes, the collapse system of the high-dimensional civilization took emergency measures, and the situation of civilization and collapse took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant; the full-range attack of the Herrscher and the loss of control of Shiris's consciousness caused the human transfer plan to fail. However, the quantum shelters arranged by Destiny around the world also protected the people on Earth in the center during the world fusion, leaving more than 90% of the civilization in the Axis World intact.

These are all off-topic, but we have to admit that all these developments are directly or indirectly related to the intelligence of the foreign enemies of the original beginning and end. Therefore, all along, Shilis could not be sure whether this ambiguous original beginning and end was an enemy or a friend, and the rare contact between the two sides also gave her no chance to get to know each other better.

Even after being promoted to the same level as the other party, she was unable to make a decision when facing the original Herrscher of the End who had once helped her.

Although the Herrscher of the Original Endless is an ultimate mystery monster, he has hinted more than once that the collapse and civilization in this world may stand on the same front. Shiris has thought a lot about this, such as whether there is some kind of restriction on the Original Endless that prevents her from resisting the collapse system and interfering with the reincarnation of civilization; or whether he actually has a way to end the reincarnation, but must hide it from her and use her to complete specific steps to achieve it... Such conjectures have piled up in the depths of Shiris's memory.

If the other party can really achieve the end of collapse and the continuation of civilization, Shilis doesn't mind becoming a pawn in the game between the end and the higher-dimensional civilization. But this uncertain conjecture, as the other party later called "Sister" more and more crazy, and his more and more unscrupulous and weird behavior, gradually made Shilis realize one thing...

This primitive Herrscher of the End did not seem to care about the survival of the world and the continuation of civilization. From beginning to end, the only person she was willing to look at was herself - the individual named Silis Kaslana.

Shirley didn't understand why a divine life form that transcended the normal biological form would be so interested in a mortal creature that was no different from dust and gravel. But before that, even if she couldn't figure out the other party's purpose, she would only increase her vigilance against Yuan Shichuyan in her heart, instead of completely putting the other party on the opposite side.

And now, the other party has brought the entire civilized world under control, deliberately using a condescending attitude to slowly destroy everything that Shiris loves...

This move was clearly to push her into a dead end! All of the girl's options were eliminated, narrowing down to the most extreme path.

Well, it seems that this is the other party's goal at the moment. Perhaps what I am going to do next is already what the other party expected.

But...I have to do it——

With the extreme activation of the Law of Space, Shiris came to the second Herrscher of the End without any warning, staring at the opponent who had once put her in a tough battle.

"If you still want to hide your will, then I'm afraid you will never have the chance to show your true intentions again."

At the same time as the girl's cold voice, the high-frequency energy waves that spread out in all directions after the self-disciplined force field shield of the Herrscher of the End was shattered were heard.

——Her single-particle body was pierced by a punch, entering from the chest and piercing out of the back. The precise energy manipulation seemed to have forgotten the process of evolving defense, allowing the impact of the collapse of the star to spread to the damaged area, causing her chest to explode and her entire upper body to be shattered!