K424 of the Collapse World

The room Tesla prepared for himself was located in the basement of the Dongnanhai Electric Company, right next to this test room. This was Lan Feng's own request. After all, if the stigmata could not be used, it meant that she had lost a trump card, and she had to make up for the lost power. Therefore, these trainings were necessary...

She didn't know how long she had been here, but she knew that even after such a long time, the amount of Honkai energy consumed in her body was not much.

"The power that Honkai can exert should be far more than this. Let me try to see how far I can go with my current limit!"

Lan Feng muttered to himself and pressed a button on the console next to him.

The metal floor slowly opened up. Lan Feng looked at the thicker alloy plate rising from the ground. He moved his hands slightly, and purple spots of light slowly drifted out from between his silver-white hair...

089 Gradually Calming Down

“Hey, Shirley… It’s so late, why are you still here?! Wait… did you do all this…?”

After an unknown amount of time, when Tesla finally finished processing the documents that had accumulated while he was away, he yawned as he came to the test room where Lan Feng was. He looked at the mess on the ground with a look of astonishment and an ugly expression...

"Is there any problem? You said before that I could use these things as I pleased..."

"No... that's not the question. How long have you been here? Speaking of which, these are low-quality alloys used to test weapons. Although they are not very tough, their hardness is not inferior to steel. Even ordinary Titan mechas cannot easily destroy them. How did you do this...?"

Tesla said, looking around. He saw that the ground was covered with fragments of this alloy plate, which had already covered a thick layer. As she said, it was not difficult to destroy such metal plates, but Tesla found it incredible that this girl could destroy so many with her bare hands. She couldn't help but wonder, is this an alloy or some kind of opaque glass...

To this girl, they really were like glass...

At this moment, the girl was lazily leaning against a metal bracket beside her, moving her fists slightly.

"It's not bad. These metals are indeed very strong..."

Tesla felt helpless when he saw the girl's indifferent expression. Indeed, he was not a Valkyrie, so he didn't understand what these powerful Valkyries were thinking.

"I have something I want to talk to you about... By the way, Shilis... Has your current strength reached your previous level?"

"Previous level?"

Hearing Tesla's words suddenly, Lan Feng was a little confused, but after Tesla's next words, she understood what Tesla was referring to.

"Of course I'm referring to your true form, the S-rank Valkyrie, Cecilia Shaniat. Silis, is your current strength at this level?"

After hearing what Tesla said, Lan Feng was silent for a while and then shook his head.

"No, not at all. If it was not long ago, I might have been close to this level, but now, I am probably only close to Cocolia's strength..."

After experiencing the recent battles, Lan Feng has basically realized his previous strength level. When he couldn't use the stigmata, he was only slightly stronger than the fully armed Cocolia before.

"But you can destroy these metals like this..."

"This level is nothing... Tesla, my strength has weakened. If I don't think of other ways to strengthen it, then next time, if I confront the Destiny Organization, I'm afraid I'll be in trouble..."

After listening to Lan Feng's low voice, Tesla sighed, with some confusion in his eyes.

"I heard you say this before. You can no longer use the sword skills brought by the stigmata. However, you still have such fighting ability. I really can't see where you have become weaker..."

After hearing what Tesla said, Lan Feng's expression turned gloomy.

"It's different. This is not a combat capability. At most, it can only be considered a demolition capability..."

Lan Feng said this as he stood up again.

"The power of that stigmata, although in an incomplete state, only gave me experience in using the sword, nothing else. But relying on these stigmata memories, I was able to fight against Fu Hua. But now, the power of the stigmata Q group: 543659389 has been suppressed, and the connection with the stigmata memories has also been cut off..."

"This... you are referring to combat skills, right? These things should be acquired through learning, right? Besides, aren't you an S-rank Valkyrie? How could you lack combat experience? Don't you think you have trained too much?"

Tesla said uncertainly. After hearing her words, Lan Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly. If he really had Cecilia's combat experience, he wouldn't have been beaten so badly by the sickle warrior in that village.

"...Unfortunately, the missing parts of my memory happen to include those combat experiences. Also, it is not possible to start learning techniques now.

The best way to enhance combat experience is to practice actual combat. If you only practice theoretical skills, without more than ten years of foundation, it will not have much effect. "

Walking towards the metal plate standing in the middle of the room again, Lan Feng took a deep breath, and purple light spots resembling the Herrscher state appeared around him again...

"So, now I can only keep repeating this process of using strength, and by strengthening this 'demolition ability', I can improve my hard power... Although the efficiency is not high, I don't have a better way to exercise now."

By constantly consuming Houkai energy, the reserve becomes larger and the energy that can be exerted becomes stronger. To put it bluntly, it is to use brute force to make up for the shortcomings of skills.

Although this was a bad idea and there were unknown risks involved, as Lan Feng herself said, this was the only way she could exercise now.

He raised his right hand, and the purple light slowly condensed into crystals, forming the shape of a javelin in his hand.

Lan Feng felt that after she lost her sword skills, it would be better to use a javelin with greater direct destructive power instead of using a weapon condensed from the Honkai crystal.

He twisted the javelin in his hand, holding it upside down, and slowly bent his right arm backwards, making a motion as if he was ready to throw the javelin. The destructive power formed by applying the power of Honkai energy to the javelin together with his own strength should not be underestimated.

Just as she took a deep breath, gathered the Honkai energy in her right hand, and prepared to exert force, Tesla's hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed her wrist fiercely. Lan Feng was startled and stopped her movements abruptly.

"Tesla, what are you doing?! It was very dangerous just now, you know?!"

"You still want to increase the reserves of Houkai energy? Do you want to die?!"

"...?"

Hearing this, Lan Feng showed a puzzled expression. In response, Tesla gritted his teeth and took out an analysis report that Einstein had made not long ago.

"Listen carefully, Silis... Aiyin told me before that the huge amount of Honkai energy in your body is stored safely in your body by relying on the suppression of the stigmata. But the amount of Honkai energy is too large, and your stigmata can barely suppress it. At this point, you still want to increase the amount of Honkai energy? If the load exceeds the range that the stigmata can bear, do you know what will happen then?!"

"I know all this."

"Then you still...?"

"Don't worry, I can feel it. Although the stigma cannot exert its power due to being suppressed, it is more than enough to seal the current level of Honkai energy."

Lan Feng said calmly, intending to continue his practice. Seeing this, Tesla couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Let's not talk about that for now! Shiris... It's already three in the morning! Even that chicken-head has stopped doing experiments and gone to sleep. Don't you think it's been too long? Besides, this is only your fifth day here. Even if it's practice, you should be able to relax and work hard, right?"

Tesla grabbed Lan Feng's shoulders and looked directly at the girl with a slightly panicked look. She spoke loudly without letting go.

In response, Lan Feng simply clenched the javelin in his hand and shook his head slowly.

"No, I absolutely cannot let my guard down... If I am not strong enough at that time, how can I redeem those things...?"

Lan Feng spoke softly while falling into deep thought.

(If I do nothing, Seele will disappear, Wendy will die at the hands of Cocolia, Kiana will be taken away by Otto, and Himeko's life span will be less than a year. It is obvious what will happen... If my ability is not strong enough, how can I stop these things?)

Thinking of this, Lan Feng couldn't help but clench her teeth. She was not a wise man who was good at planning, nor a leader with leadership skills. What she had now was only the Honkai energy obtained by chance and the innate ability to manipulate Honkai. In short, it was pure power.

If there is something in the world that cannot be solved by force...

(That must be because my current strength is not strong enough.)

Lan Feng firmly believed this. After all, this collapsed world was completely different from his previous world. The outbreak of various disasters, the rampant collapsed beasts and the dead soldiers were the main theme of this world... He had no other talents, so for Lan Feng, only a strong enough power could occupy a place in this world.

“Cielice… No, Cecilia! Although I don’t know how heavy a responsibility you are carrying right now, first of all, you should not ruin your body no matter what!”

Hearing this, Lan Feng was startled and slowly closed his eyes. After a while, he spoke softly.

"I know my limits very well. If it's just this level, my body won't have any problems..."

Lan Feng said this but did not break away from Tesla's hand. Instead, he was thinking about something silently.

Tesla heard her and was about to say something, but unexpectedly, Lan Feng spoke again, his voice softened.

"But what you said makes sense. I can't become so strong overnight using this method... I'm sorry to have made you worry, Tesla."

Lan Feng finished speaking

, he loosened his hand, released the crystal javelin in his hand, turned around and looked at Tesla.

"Huh... I'm glad you can think it through. To be honest, I've been busy with official business recently and rarely had time to see you... But who knew you were doing this kind of self-torture exercise. Fortunately, I arrived in time, but speaking of it, Shilis... Why are you so eager to train yourself?"

089 Gradually Calming Down >>

"No... that's not the case..."

(I just can’t accept that I’ve become weaker after losing my stigmata memory…)

Lan Feng thought about it, but she didn't say it out loud. She knew very well that this was just a self-defeating behavior, but no matter what, she couldn't let it go in her heart...

The power that was already acquired was lost again? This kind of thing...

"Shilis...Shilis? Why are you in a daze again? Are you really okay?"

"Huh...? Well, I'm fine."

At this time, Tesla's expression gradually became serious.

"I think you should stop this kind of exercise for a while. Haven't you noticed? You've been a little absent-minded lately! How can you be okay?!"

Tesla frowned, looking at the girl who fell into deep thought after just a few words, and felt worried again. In fact, she didn't know anything about this girl. Strictly speaking, the two of them were just a partner at the moment, and she shouldn't interfere with the other's decision. However, subjectively, she didn't want to see any accidents happen to this girl, didn't want her to get hurt, didn't want her to be sad...

Want to protect her...

"What's wrong? Tesla...are you concerned about me?"

Lan Feng came back to her senses, looked at Tesla's worried face, and couldn't help but smile and asked. Although she was extremely upset at the moment, she still felt a little more comforted that others were worried about her.

"Ah! Yes, I am worried about you, you idiot! Look at you like this, how can you take care of yourself?"

Lan Feng couldn't help but feel surprised when she heard Tesla's angry voice. She didn't expect that this arrogant guy would actually admit her thoughts.

"Hey...Tesla, when did you become so frank?"

Tesla ignored Lan Feng's joke and spoke seriously, grabbing Lan Feng's sleeve tightly and never letting go from the beginning.

"Anyway, if you still consider me a friend, leave here with me immediately. It's obvious that you need to take a good rest, Miss Shilis!"

"But, I don't have anything to do, right? Perhaps, you should give me some work? For example, to defeat Honkai beasts or something..."

"Okay, I'll think about it later! Now, tell me what your decision is!"

Looking at Tesla's serious expression, Lan Feng curled his lips and sighed.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you first... Maybe I should change my mindset and think about how to strengthen myself..."

"Don't think about these things now, you just need to calm down and have a good rest!"

Seeing that the girl finally compromised, Tesla breathed a sigh of relief and his serious expression began to ease.

"Let's go, Shiris."

"Wait a moment, I'll remove the test equipment here first..."

"You don't have to worry about this kind of thing, just follow me!"

Tesla said this in a decisive tone, and almost dragged Lan Feng out of the test room.

Tesla suddenly remembered Einstein's analysis of this girl's ability not long ago, and her face turned a little ugly. She didn't want anything to happen to this girl, but if this was her choice...

"Hey Tesla, where are you taking me? Isn't my room right next to the testing room?"

Lan Feng said as she let Tesla drag her away. In fact, if Lan Feng didn't want to leave, even ten Teslas might not be able to pull her away. But now, she didn't want her friend to worry about her.

"Huh?! Have you really been to your room? Your room is the second one next to the testing room! Could it be that... you have been staying in that testing room all this time?"

“Oh… no.”

Lan Feng touched her nose with a guilty conscience. Although she had been to her room, it was only once. After staying in the closed test room for a long time, she had forgotten these unimportant things.

Seeing the girl's embarrassed look, Tesla suddenly felt very angry.

"You...! Well, I'm also wrong about this. It must be boring to stay here lately, right? I think I should find something for you to do..."

Hearing Tesla's somewhat angry voice, Lan Feng smiled faintly and shook her head. She also knew that she was indeed a little too nervous recently. Nothing big would happen in the next few years, so maybe there was no need to be so anxious, right?

(Come to think of it, now... it seems that there is nothing too urgent, so maybe I should relax a little.

Woolen cloth?)

While thinking about this, Lan Feng followed Tesla and let herself be pulled forward by her.

"Well... I've decided! Starting tomorrow, you won't have to live in this underground area anymore. I'll give you a public identity, and then... you'll become an employee of this company!"

"Well...hiring child labor should be against the law, right?"

"Stop talking so much! I have a way to deal with this. Anyway, I can't leave you alone any longer. If you continue like this, who knows what you'll end up like..."

Listening to Tesla's mumbling, Lan Feng waved his hands helplessly.

"Yeah~ Yeah~, I'll listen to you. Sigh... Anyway, I'm in your hands now. No matter what you want to do to me, I can't do anything..."

"Hey, don't say something that could lead to misunderstanding...!"

"What does it matter? There's no one else here anyway."

"Cecilia, you've changed. You were obviously not like this before..."

"Really? Actually, this is probably my true personality..."

Facing a trustworthy person, Lan Feng had unknowingly dropped his disguise.