Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

[Is this the price I have to pay? I hate them so much. I would rather die in a snowstorm with my mom.]

Malnutrition and constant blood draws made the girls become like rag dolls being ravaged by their masters, and they gradually became broken. Xilin was the most seriously injured. Her mental state was already very poor, and after many blood draws, she was even worse than before, with a completely sick complexion that could never be restored.

[Help, help...I'm in so much pain...]

The girl squatted against the metal wall, her face buried in her knees, her soul wailing and in pain, her body trembling but unable to cry. In order to stimulate their potential, the researchers prohibited them from drinking water for two days. The dry black bread was completely inedible and would scratch their tender throats if they were eaten.

"Xilin." Shen Yunie stood beside her, her dark eyelashes covered her eyes, revealing a complicated look. It was already an established fact, and he was powerless to change it. This world was cruel and imperfect.

As a bystander accompanying his sister and seeing the pain she was going through, Shen Yunie also had the same pain growing in his heart.

[If you continue like this, you will die. ]

Xilin is the youngest among all the girls. The other four girls take good care of her and take over almost all the experiments, just hoping that the pain that befell Xilin would be less.

As time went on, one of the girls could no longer bear it and died in the incubator due to the large amount of Honkai energy implanted. A haze hung over Xilin, and after no one took over the experiment for her, the same pain reappeared.

After an experiment, she dragged her tired body through the metal passage, with a researcher holding an electric shock gun behind her to supervise her return to the room. When passing a fork, Xilin accidentally saw the iron bed in the empty room, with a white cloth covering the dead girl.

The fiery red hair was no longer vibrant, hanging from the edges like faded fabric.

[Agata, why didn't those people bury her? Do they have any experiments to do with her here?]

[Agata was very kind to me, but they killed her. I hate these people so much, I want to kill them for revenge...]

After endless suffering, an extreme personality emerged in Xilin's mind. She had never received any relevant education. Her mother taught her to be a good person, but it had disappeared in the pain of these years. She wanted to avenge her friends and kill those who made them suffer.

123. Brother...

Most of the experiments in the Tower of Babylon resulted in death. The experiments here were too extreme and the young girls could not bear it at all.

New knowledge about artificial stigmata surgery was born in this crazy experiment. The experiments did not stop. There were more and more needle holes on Xilin's hands and legs. The girl had to use bandages to tighten them to prevent bleeding from the wounds that would never heal.

After her desire to survive was completely exhausted, only hatred grew. She began to hate those who locked her on the research table, those who drew her blood, and those who anesthetized her and implanted viruses into her body.

Kill, kill, kill.

[Kill all these demons. They killed Galina, Agatha, and Aurora...]

As her emotions changed, Celine's mind became increasingly frantic, she began to smirk at the researcher who was drawing her blood, she used the blood from her wounds to draw a rose pattern on the ground, her gaze changed from that of a wounded fawn to that of a venomous snake hiding in a cave, able to endure indefinitely, just for the chance to bite it.

Then use the flesh-dissolving virus to torture the opponent to death.

【The needle could have pierced her neck.】

[I can remove a corner of the bed board and grind it into the shape of a knife, so that I can chop off her head. ]

The voice from the girl's soul made Shen Yunie fall into silence. He was just watching from the sidelines. It was difficult for a girl to not be distorted to the extreme by that kind of pain.

He could not interfere with his sister's past pain, and he just wanted her to no longer suffer in the future.

The morbid thoughts eventually attracted the attention of researchers. According to the psychologist's judgment, Xilin had suffered from severe mental illness and mania. She had a terrible antisocial personality and would have all kinds of distorted hallucinations.

If such a person were released into society, it would surely cause a disaster. Fortunately, this was just an experimental subject. To prevent terrible things from happening, Xilin had chains on her wrists and ankles. The blood drawers were accompanied by gunmen. Every time an experiment was conducted, she was given anesthesia and a large amount of tranquilizers.

[Why, I didn't do anything, why did you treat me like that? 】

[It hurts, someone come save me...]

There were more and more needle holes on her arms and thighs. The bandages wrapped around Xilin were very thick. She looked like a blood servant raised by a vampire in the movie. It seemed as if a gust of wind could tear her body apart. Her gray eyes had lost even the light gold color. The anklet had rubbed a layer of blood marks on her delicate skin.

She walked slowly and had to endure the fear and anger of the supervisors behind her, who were afraid that she would deliberately slow down to seek a chance to escape.

The iron butt of the gun hit Xilin's back hard, and her consciousness became blurred and she fell to the ground.

"Hurry up and get up, don't think I don't know you're pretending!"

Xilin's pupils gradually dimmed. She struggled to support herself with her hands on the ground for a long time before she dragged her body forward. A trail of blood had already been left on the metal floor.

[Save me...]

The hatred was consumed by the endless pain. When Xilin's soul cried out in grief, Shen Yunie could only stand there and watch silently, taking a deep breath to calm himself down. But no matter whether he was calm or angry, he couldn't do anything.

Celine's mental breakdown led to the death of the last girl she depended on, Bella. Of the five girls who were traveling with her, only Celine survived the endless torture.

The girl's eyes trembled violently, and the pain from her eyeballs spread throughout her body. She seemed to be unable to feel her breathing and heartbeat. Space seemed to be frozen, and she stood there like a statue, with the dead Bella in her sight.

Bella's death was not peaceful. After suffering from mental illness, she began to torture herself. Her hair was pulled into a mess, and the scattered hair of varying lengths covered her face. It would never be as smooth and bright as silk as Xilin had praised. Her pupils were disintegrated, leaving only light-colored whites.

Her limbs seemed to have shrunk to the size of a six or seven-year-old child. Her collarbone was clearly visible under the rough hospital gown, and several of her ribs were protruding due to malnutrition.

She died in the same way as the other three girls, in agony.

"Bella?" Xilin called out the name in a daze, but received no response.

Several researchers who had been searching for the girl noticed her. Seeing her utter despair, alarm bells suddenly rang in their heads, "Hey, what are you doing?! You are forbidden to touch the dead! If you do this, we will apply for a three-day fast for you!"

It didn't matter anymore. Xilin just wanted to die or kill these people. She was violently pushed to the ground, and more chains were wrapped around her body, tying her hands and feet together. She was dragged on the ground like a lamb to be slaughtered.

[I have received your offering of pain, which is a perfect sacrifice~]

[Do you want to become a messenger of God and change this world into what you want? Just give me all the pain. 】

A disembodied voice rang in Xilin's mind. She couldn't tell whether it was young or old, male or female. The voice was like a good medicine, which made all the pain in her body disappear.

The girl asked in an emotionless voice, "Messenger of God, what is that?"

[A tool of revenge, you can use it to kill anyone you want. ]

Xilin's eyes moved, "I want revenge... Who are you?"

[Then come and touch me, in exchange for your soul, I will give you the power of God, and I am God. ]

The girl had been lifted up by several researchers. She would be taken to a prison-like room and fasted for a few days before blood was drawn and experiments were conducted. This kind of suffering should be over. Xilin's arm rubbed against the iron chain, and her whole hand was rubbed bloody. She pulled it out from the handle of the iron chain.

She wanted to touch the seemingly non-existent god and use the power it gave her for revenge and destruction.

[That's it~ Your pain is unparalleled, so you will also be the strongest apostle! ]

"Give me your strength, and I will give you my soul."

The next moment, a hand suddenly stretched out and clasped Xilin's hand. The girl's vision suddenly became blank, and the chains on her body disappeared. She fell into an embrace, and her head was hit by the strong muscles, causing pain. The pain on her arm did not disappear, and her body was still painful.

It also does not have the power to destroy the world, which is completely different from the deal the gods told her.

The girl raised her head with difficulty and continued to look along the chin, and saw a beautiful face with long black hair.

Shen Yunie also lowered his eyes and looked at the girl, his eyes full of heartache, "I found you, Xilin."

In that moment, he still found an opportunity to catch the girl. He couldn't make a deal with the gods, or he would repeat the same mistake. Even if it was just an illusion, the real events didn't exist at all, and the facts couldn't be distorted.

"I'm here to find you, come back with me."

Xilin's throat moved, and she uttered a word slowly, "Brother..."

A lot of memories began to appear in her mind, from accepting the will of Honkai, killing countless people until her death. As a combination of evil thoughts and humanity, she did not have too much regret in her heart, she just felt that those people were guilty for their crimes.

She suddenly felt a little disgusted with the man who caught her. If he hadn't been blocking her, she would have completed her revenge long ago.

[Xilin, my best apostle~ Even if you have humanity, you should know that it is something that should have been abandoned long ago. Can you still accept this world that brings you pain? ]

【Wake up again, and choose me again. 】

Shen Yunie didn't want to give up Xilin's soul, and the will of collapse wouldn't give up either. This was a plan that had been planned long ago. At the moment when he communicated with the soul, the will of collapse also descended at the same time, using its supreme power to drag the girl back into the abyss.

Only a girl who has experienced the abyss and is completely sick will make the same choice. As for those warmth and promises, they are all worthless in the face of pain.

Shen Yunie also heard the sound. He frowned, but then relaxed in an instant, looking at Xilin's scar with heartache. He massaged the edge of the wound with his fingertips, which relieved the pain a lot.

He had also witnessed the pain, and it felt like there was something blocking his throat and he couldn't speak.

Yes, with such pain, how can we expect those who have experienced it to be good people?

"Xilin, come back with me."

What an unreasonable request.

The Xilin in front of him was no longer a girl full of humanity. She still had deep malice. As if stimulated by the words of the Honkai Will, the girl asked sarcastically: "Do you want me to give up with this sentence?"

"Um……"

Shen Yunie suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Xilin bit his shoulder, as if to vent all the grievances and anger in her heart. She bit very hard. Gradually, his clothes were dyed blood red. The pain did not make Shen Yunie frown, but he just lowered his eyes.

The warm liquid dripped and melted, tears welled up in Xilin's eyes, and her voice came out choked and unclear.

"Why, why?"

"Didn't the people who hurt me have their reasons? Even if it was an illusion, I would kill them a thousand times over again!"

"Why didn't anyone come to save me in the first place? Both you and Cecilia tried to influence me afterwards. Wouldn't the pain I experienced disappear then? It would only be engraved in my bones like a brand.

It makes me have nightmares all the time and remember that hatred all the time!

You are not worthy, you are not qualified!"

Shen Yunie felt as if the flesh on his shoulder was torn apart. The girl's mouth was full of blood, and her gray eyes hid a slow anger. The next bite was on his neck again, and the sharp fangs scratched the skin in front of the blood vessels. She wanted to penetrate through and release all her blood.

This world is imperfect, and everything that has happened cannot be repeated. Even if the people here have advanced technology and special abilities, the past can never be reversed.

"I want you to stop suffering this pain. If Xilin hates this world, then abandon it. Stay by my side, let me protect you, and let me make the world what you want it to be."

"I want to face the cruelty of this world with you."

124. I Choose You, Shen Yunie

The East China Sea base was placed on the highest alert, although the sea and sky were still blue, the sun shone warmly on the lush green vegetation, the waves washed the golden beach, and occasionally a few sea creatures were pushed up.

In comparison, the base seemed particularly strange with flashing red lights covering all the passages and emitting piercing alarms.

All ten entrances and exits of the base are equipped with alloy iron doors several meters thick, and are set to not be opened within 48 hours.

A rumbling sound like an earthquake was heard, and the alloy door closed the last gap. No matter what means the people inside used within two days, they could not leave unless they opened a road through the mountain.

The people outside were the same, but the walls of the East China Sea base were made of alloys that were nearly ten meters thick. Even if a Honkai energy fission bomb fell, it could only raise its internal temperature to thousands of degrees, but could not break it.

Dozens of Anti-Entropy staff stood outside the iron gate, looking at each other with wide eyes. They didn't know what was going on.

But suddenly, the whole base was filled with red light, and the alert level was instantly raised to the maximum level. That was the alert level that would only be in place when the Herrscher appeared.

Then they were all ordered to leave the base temporarily, otherwise they might be infected and become dead.

The Herrscher showed up in the base without being detected?

The red warning light in the East China Sea base gradually dimmed. There were no innocent people here anymore. The rest of the people gathered in the laboratory, surrounding the culture chamber containing Shen Yunie.

He was stripped of his upper body clothes and floated in the liquid medicine with a ventilator. His well-proportioned and strong body had various cracked wounds, and the blood almost dyed the liquid dark red.

Shen Yunie had anticipated that communicating with souls would cause injuries. After falling into a coma for eight hours, his physical injuries increased, so many that Yaezakura was unable to handle them and she had to ask Jiko for help.

Shen Yunie was moved into the incubator and treated with medicine. In such a serious situation, Theresa suppressed all her doubts and waited for him to wake up.

Two hours later, an astonishing amount of Honkai energy erupted from Shen Yunie's body, and he easily reached the Herrscher level, and the entire base fell into crisis.

Through quick decision-making, Jizi, Kiana, Yae Sakura and other people who were close to Shen Yunie all stayed, while the rest left the base and sealed it off.

They have to wait, and no matter what happens to Shen Yunie next, they will have to bear the consequences.

The laboratory fell into a kind of deathly silence. The subtle breathing sounds were particularly clear, and no one knew what to say.

Finally, Einstein, who was staring at the numbers in front of the computer, broke the silence, "The Honkai energy value will not increase, but this does not mean that Shen Yunie cannot transform into a Herrscher.

Take Wind Herrscher Wendy, who had the lowest release value when she was born, for example. Shen Yunie’s current value is enough to give birth to three Wendys.”

After receiving worse news, Qiana was too confused to look at Shen Yunie. She lowered her head with a gloomy expression, "How could this happen..."

Xilin should be inside her own body, and everything that happens should come out of her body. Why, at a certain moment, after she felt a sense of emptiness, all the dangers went to Shen Yunie.

What did he take on alone?

Jizi wanted to comfort him, but seeing her brother's condition, the words stuck in her throat. Even if she said it, she felt like she was deceiving herself.

Shen Yunie now, apart from the wounds crisscrossing his body, seemed to be divided into two halves starting from his face. One side was his original body, while the other side was that of a girl with smooth purple hair.

The girl's facial features were small and delicate, with long eyelashes and thin lips dyed dark red by the liquid medicine. She was much smaller than Shen Yunie, with a curvature in her chest, and her slender arms and legs were entangled with a few strands of hair.

That was Xilin, she appeared on Shen Yunie's body.

Perhaps sensing everyone’s low spirits, Tesla spoke up: “He’ll be fine.

Now there is no other way except to believe him. What will Shen Yunie in your memory do?

Once he has promised, he will rarely break his promise."

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