K424 of the Collapse World

"Claire... participated in the A-level Valkyrie

's qualification assessment, and has no time to accompany us recently."

As she spoke, Lillian's eyes hid a trace of unwillingness. Ever since returning from the last mission, her partner, the beige-haired girl, had been stimulated by something and began to practice combat like a self-torture. Within a month, she had surpassed the level of the average captain's Valkyrie, and recently, she even obtained the qualification for the A-level Valkyrie assessment.

As she thought about it, Lillian couldn't help but tighten her grip on the file bag in her hand. If Claire passed the test and became an A-level Valkyrie, then she wouldn't even be qualified to stand by her side...

On the other side, after listening to Lillian's explanation, the blue-haired girl just nodded slightly.

"That's right..."

"Well... okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Elena, I came here this time to give these things to you."

After finishing the topic about Claire, Lillian lowered her head to adjust her expression, then handed the file bag in her hand to the girl.

"This is?"

"This is the notice that the academy just issued. Starting tomorrow, you will officially enter the headquarters center academy and become a Valkyrie. But speaking of which, are you really... okay?"

Lillian said, looking up with some worry at the blue-haired girl named Elena in front of her. She knew that this poor girl...her friends, brother, and neighbors were all killed in the horrific nuclear explosion. Even she herself almost lost her life due to the Honkai erosion. Although she managed to survive, she also lost her right arm and many precious things...

"I'm fine now. Thank you for your concern, Lillian. I understand... Sister Claire made that choice at that time out of helplessness, and it was completely understandable. I don't blame anyone... The only ones who are guilty are those things..."

Elena said, and although her tone was gentle and calm, there was not a trace of emotion that a human should have in her soft voice.

Hearing Elena's voice, Lillian felt a sense of self-blame for no reason, even though the launch of the nuclear bomb had nothing to do with her. This girl who had suffered so much, not only did not get redemption, but was thrown into the abyss of misfortune!

Lillian suddenly remembered the conversation she had with her superior Claudia some time ago...

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a month ago…

"Claire, Lillian, the decision on how to deal with the girl named Elena that you brought back from your last mission has been finalized."

"Sure enough...should I send him to an orphanage?"

Lillian speculated, while Claire, who was standing next to her, remained silent. The two people's positions seemed to have reversed.

Claudia glanced at Lillian and said nothing more. She handed the document in her hand to Claire calmly.

"The people above tested the girl's physical condition and found that her body has a very good adaptability to Honkai energy. Moreover, her bloodline has some connection with a former knight of the Destiny Organization..."

After a pause, Claudia continued.

"Moreover, according to her own wishes, she also tends to become a Valkyrie. And, under the guidance of the psychiatrist, she showed a strong hatred for Honkai. Therefore, the top management of the training center decided to let her undergo Valkyrie transformation."

"Huh...as expected."

Claire sneered softly and said nothing more.

Lillian looked at the two people who suddenly fell silent, somewhat confused, but she still expressed her question.

"But... that Elena, one of her arms is already..."

"As for this, we can just make her a prosthetic limb out of super alloy. It won't be a problem. Claire, and Lillian, I'll leave the task of taking care of her to you."

"Ok."

"I understand."

……

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Coming back to her senses, Lillian stared at the girl in front of her, still feeling a little uneasy.

“Elena, you don’t have to force yourself…is it really okay?”

Hearing this, Elena, who was flipping through the documents, raised her head and met Lillian's eyes...

At this moment, the fluctuation in Lillian's eyes instantly cooled down! Her eyes flickered slightly. Although she knew that Elena's original personality had changed after experiencing those things, she didn't expect that the change would reach this extent...

Lillian had seen Elena before she was transformed into a Valkyrie a month ago. At that time, the blue-haired girl was still basically a normal person, but now...

Lillian was shocked after only looking at Elena for less than a second. Those eyes were not a pair of human eyes! There was no emotion in Elena's eyes, no hope, no despair. But they were not empty, there was always a flame of emotion burning quietly inside...

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Elena spoke, not paying attention to Lillian's unnatural look.

.

"I will make them pay for taking Keri away from me, and then, they will disappear from this world completely...!"

As she spoke these words, the shadow in her eyes became more and more solid...

Lillian stood aside, moving her lips but remaining silent.

The top leaders of the Sentence organization concealed the matter of the nuclear bomb from the girl and only told her that the village was destroyed because of the outbreak of Honkai.

This was indeed a despicable act, and, originally, based on their identities, they and Claire would not have had the authority to know this, but as witnesses of the entire incident, there was nothing they could do. They were forced to sign a confidentiality agreement and deceived the girl together.

If she knew the truth of this matter...

Lillian couldn't believe what the girl in front of her would become at that time...

"Wait a minute, Lillian, it seems like my name is written wrong here?"

Suddenly, Elena came forward, pointed at a file in the documents, and asked Lillian.

"Ah, about this matter... Elena, those people in the upper class changed your last name a little bit, saying that it was the last name that truly belonged to your ancestors..."

Hearing this, Elena's hand that was flipping through the documents paused slightly, and then returned to normal the next moment.

Her full name was supposed to be Elena Nosia, but the name written on the file was another one.

Elena Rinaldo...

"A name... huh? Names don't matter. It just so happens that when I think of my last name, I'll think of my brother and my friends... But now, I don't have any of that. My only goal in life now is to completely eliminate Houkai!"

After hearing the girl's declaration, Lillian was stunned. She did not laugh at the girl's brazen words. Instead, she lowered her head unwillingly and clenched her fists. She knew that after the girl had undergone the Valkyrie transformation, before entering the Valkyrie Academy, she had begun to learn combat skills from Claire. And now, based on her demonstrated strength, she was probably not weaker than herself...

Thinking of her partner Claire again, Lillian's unwillingness became stronger. It's not that she hadn't thought about trying to catch up with her partner, but some things can't be achieved by hard work.

Before becoming a Valkyrie, I was just an ordinary person. I didn’t have strong motor nerves and my adaptability to Honkai was only average. I could only rely on my enhanced body and use heavy artillery weapons that were not that technically demanding...

Because I am not someone who has "talent" like them...

078 Their Changes>>

——Squeak!

With a teeth-grinding sound of hard objects being cut, the large Honkai beast with a huge shield fell down. Its lower body, including a small part of the shield, was completely torn apart by some huge force, and the whole thing was broken into two irregular pieces. Purple liquid gushed out...

Such a result happened the moment the girl with short beige hair passed by the huge Honkai beast. She never looked at the Honkai beast again. The next moment, she turned her body and swept the chainsaw sword in her right hand. The high-speed rotating chain blade made a sound of breaking wind and tore a charge-level Honkai beast that was preparing for a sneak attack into pieces!

She did not stop at all. After quickly defeating the two Houkai beasts, she threw down her chainsaw sword and leaped into the air before a huge beast landed on her position. The next moment, the huge chariot-level Houkai beast slammed heavily on the metal ground. While hovering in the air, the girl drew out the black sword on her waist, and turned around suddenly while falling. A black light flashed through the air, and cut off the head of the chariot-level Houkai beast with one blow!

After landing, her fingers holding the hilt moved slightly, and the blade of the black sword in her hand split outward from the center, and a scorching red light lit up from the cracked gap! As she slashed at the large Honkai beast, a blazing sword wave spread out with the slash, covering the Honkai beast in a sea of ​​fire...

The girl picked up the chainsaw sword that had fallen beside her, held the sword horizontally, and waited for the next wave of enemy attacks.

However, all the lights in the large metal room suddenly lit up, and cold mechanical synthesized sounds came from all around.

"Test completed, took 4 minutes 51 seconds 95, defeated 96 waves of Honkai beasts, totaling , overall score SS-. Do you want to continue the test?"

"No need, turn off the simulated combat system."

Following the voice of another woman, the huge metal door in front of the simulated battle field slowly rose up. The girl with short beige hair exhaled lightly, then walked out of the metal door with the big sword in her hand.

"Claire, you have already exceeded the level assessment. I admit that you are now qualified to perform the duties of an A-level Valkyrie."

Claudia's voice came from beside her. Claire stopped, turned around, and smiled slightly at her former instructor.

"A level, this is not easy

Is it? "

"That's right... With your talent, you should have reached this level a long time ago."

However, when Claire heard Claudia's words, she smiled ironically.

"Where do I get any talent? I... am just a piece of trash abandoned by my family because of my impure bloodline."

Claudia just shook her head at Claire's self-mockery.

"But now you have proven your strength. If they knew that you had become an A-rank Valkyrie, they would probably be happy to welcome you back, right? Moreover, they have been asking me about you recently..."

"No need for that. That kind of family that only values ​​bloodline and is rigid and traditional... Ever since my aunt passed away, I have been completely disappointed with that place."

Claire refused without hesitation. When she talked about her family, a strong look of disgust appeared on her face.

Seeing Claire's expression, Claudia stopped talking about the matter. She sorted out the stack of documents in her hand, which were all Claire's grade review certificates. She was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something and turned back.

"By the way, you are now a quasi-A-level Valkyrie. Once all the formalities are completed, you will be a formal A-level Valkyrie. Do you plan to join any elite team in advance?"

"I'm sorry, Big Sister Claudia, I don't want to be the team leader in the near future... Please give me some more time. Before the official procedures are issued, I want to stay with Lillian..."

As she spoke, Claire took the lead and walked out the door. This behavior was not polite in front of the superior, but this time Claudia said nothing, just turned her head and looked at the figure of the beige short-haired girl walking away, her eyes gradually became sharp.

"It looks... something is wrong. Could it be that, Claire... you have doubts about the Destiny Organization?"

Claudia muttered to herself and waited until Claire disappeared around the corner before she turned around and walked towards the elevator.

"Hmph... Do you want to be a traitor to destiny? However, I will not take action against you before I get definite evidence, Claire Shaniat..."

After Claudia entered the elevator, she stood in front of the identification device to be scanned and her identity information read. After the identification was completed, all the elevator buttons turned green, indicating that they were ready to go.

Starting from the third-to-last layer, ordinary members of the Destiny have no authority to enter alone. However, as Otto's adjutant and an S-level Valkyrie, Claudia naturally has high enough authority to enter those secret places of the Destiny.

"Now... go see her? Forget it, let's deal with Claire's files first..."

Claudia directly pressed the elevator button to the bottom floor, closed her eyes, and waited for the elevator to reach her workplace.

St. 7308 Institute...

"Um... Lord Changguang, if you do this, it will be very troublesome for us..."

A group of people wearing white coats and looking like researchers looked embarrassed as they looked at the black-haired girl in casual clothes in front of them.

Chang Guang, the director of the Saint 1504 Research Institute...

But at this moment, she came to the Saint 7308 Research Institute, looking down at the researchers in front of her.

"Lord Otto asked me to come here and report on the progress of the task assigned to me recently. But you stopped me here. If things get delayed, who can take the responsibility?"

"Haha... Miss Changguang, I can take all the responsibility."

An old voice came from the crowd, and the researchers around made way for the old man who was walking towards Changguang.

"Look, that's Director Dean..."

"There's a good show to watch!"

……

Changguang raised his delicate eyebrows slightly, and as he looked at the smiling old man, his eyes gradually became intriguing.

"Dean...can you tell me why I'm not allowed to enter the institute? I remember that no one stopped me when I came here last time."

"I'm sorry, Miss Nagamitsu. This is a new order from Lord Otto, and an old man like me dare not disobey it."

As the two of them confronted each other, the atmosphere in the research institute became tense.

"Lord Otto's order? So what? This time, he personally invited me here. Otherwise, why would I come to this boring place?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know about this... Master Otto is in contact with the experimental subject K-0. How about we confirm this matter after he comes out?"

When Changguang heard Dean mention the K-0 experimental subject, his eyes moved slightly, but soon his gaze gradually relaxed.

"Well, Mr. Dean... since you said so, there's nothing I can do. After all... this is your territory."

As she spoke, she sat down on a wooden chair beside her, rested her elbows on the armrests, and spoke with her chin in her hand, as if she didn't intend to continue.

Seeing this, a group of researchers nearby

The researchers all breathed a sigh of relief.

Before, it wasn't that they deliberately made things difficult for Changguang. It was just that, since a certain project was launched, the Saint 7308 Research Institute had entered a strict closed state, and except for Otto himself and the people involved in the experiment, no one else was allowed to enter. Even the other high-level people in Tianming who once had access rights lost their qualifications to enter the Saint 7308 Research Institute during this period.

"Haha, thank you Miss Changguang for your understanding, but since it was Lord Otto who invited you here, he should be able to give you an answer soon, right? But... you seem a little anxious? Could it be that the K-0 experimental subject has some special relationship with you?"

"Huh...are you kidding me? It's just a test subject, isn't it?"

Looking at Changguang's sarcastic smile, Dean's expression froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"I'm sorry, Miss Changguang. That's right... After all, it's you. You've been here for so long and have seen countless people die. How could you feel sympathy for a mere experimental subject?"