Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

"Sister Leah, do you feel anything?" Shen Yunie walked slowly. They were about to reach the town some distance ahead. He didn't know what the situation in the town was like now.

Cecilia began to sense it. In the past, whenever she came to the town, she could always sense the vigorous vitality, but now it was dead silent, as if there were dark clouds covering the sky, but there was no breath of Honkai energy.

She was a little hesitant, "It shouldn't be a Honkai beast, right?"

Shen Yunie thought of the virus that could turn living people into zombies, and he couldn't help but wonder what else could cause the epidemic?

The originally bustling town became quiet at this time. Almost all the shops were locked and the desolate street scene looked like a dead town. Shen Yunie walked along the street. After walking for a long time, he saw someone appear. They were two doctors carrying a stretcher. The person lying on the stretcher was the old lady from the flour shop.

"Yune, it's that old lady!" Cecilia looked at the old woman and was stunned. She turned her head away with some pity, "How pitiful..."

The veins on the old woman's thin body were bulging and her blood vessels had turned dark purple, even on her cheeks. She seemed to be tortured by the virus. She shook her body in pain and her cries became weaker and weaker.

Shen Yunie walked up quickly, came to the doctor's side and asked, "Is she sick?"

The doctor saw a child running over without any protection and thought it was the naughty child. He immediately scolded him loudly: "Child, you can easily get infected like this!"

"Forget it, it's useless anyway." Another female doctor sighed and said helplessly that protection was useless in the face of this virus. Not only were the residents infected, but even many people in their hospital were infected with the virus. The terrifying thing was that the virus spread regardless of distance. Anyone could be infected and there was no solution. Looking at the boy's cute appearance, she reached out to touch Xiao Yunie's head, "Are you the old man's grandson?"

Shen Yunie dodged the female doctor's hand, shook her head and said, "I am a child from Mingri Welfare Home. I came to see how the illness in the town is."

"It's very serious." The female doctor withdrew her hand with regret. After hearing his purpose, she once again carried the stretcher towards the hospital and said, "You will know if you come and take a look."

Following the two doctors, they walked towards the hospital. It was called a hospital, but it was actually just a three-story clinic. What shocked Shen Yunie was that the hospital was completely surrounded by people, all of whom were infected with the virus. The wards were already full, so they simply stayed in the corridor. When the corridor was full, they stayed at the entrance of the hospital. If there were no beds, they would lie down on a blanket.

Everyone looked the same, with veins bulging on their bodies and blood vessels turning dark purple. They had lost the ability to move and could only wail.

"This..." Cecilia looked at the scene in front of her, and was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a moment, "It's too terrible."

At least half of the people in this town have been infected with the virus. No wonder the streets looked so desolate when we were walking down them earlier.

When Shen Yunie was looking at those people who were suffering, the female doctor came over again and squatted in front of him, "Little brother, are you here to help the welfare home check the situation? This virus is very dangerous, tell your nurses and the director to be careful, and you should leave here quickly, if you are infected..."

She didn't say the last words, but looking at so many people suffering, Shen Yunie could roughly guess the answer. They would probably be tortured to death in pain.

"Thank you." He was also ready to leave this place, so he thanked the female doctor and walked towards another street.

When Cecilia thought of those people before, she felt worried. She appeared in the air and walked on the road with Shen Yunie, "I'm afraid something happened to you. Shall we go back?"

"Is it really not caused by the collapse?" Shen Yunie asked hesitantly. If that was the case, he should leave as soon as possible. He was also afraid of being infected with the virus. After walking through a few streets, he saw someone arguing not far away. He approached and saw a policeman in uniform and a ragged man.

"I saw it with my own eyes. The virus was caused by that little girl!" The man grabbed the other's clothes tightly. His ragged appearance and panicked tone made him look like a madman. "That night she suddenly appeared outside the town with many huge monsters following her, and then the virus came!"

Having been harassed for a long time, the policeman helplessly grabbed his hand and comforted him: "Please don't grab me, we have sought help from higher authorities regarding the virus, and this matter will definitely be resolved.

As for the giant monster you mentioned, can we investigate it later?"

The man's hand loosened a little bit, and then he lost his strength and fell to the ground, muttering the previous words, "That girl brought a lot of monsters. She is the god of the snowfield. We have offended the majesty of the god, and she has come to punish us..."

The policeman sighed helplessly. More and more people were infected with the virus and there were many different opinions. Even they didn't know who to believe. He turned and left.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Shen Yunie frowned slightly. If a normal person saw a ragged man suddenly telling you that there are monsters in this world, he would probably be regarded as a lunatic.

But those who have witnessed the Honkai Beast can actually guess that he might have encountered the Honkai Beast.

Compared to knowing whether the Honkai Beast is related to the virus, Shen Yunie is more concerned about whether the appearance of the Honkai Beast will affect the safety of the welfare home.

Watching the man leave in despair, Shen Yunie asked Leah, "Sister Leah, if we have the Black Abyss White Flower, it shouldn't be a problem to kill the Honkai Beast."

"But we don't even know where the Honkai beast is, and didn't you hear what that man said? There might be more than one." Cecilia was very worried, thinking about the conversation between the two.

Could it be that the man really has mental problems? How could a little girl lead a group of monsters?

Between his own safety and the safety of the welfare home, Shen Yunie chose the latter. He was really powerless to stop the virus in the town. "Then let's first determine where the Honkai Beast will appear."

20. Worship the Snow God

After staying in the inn in the town, Shen Yunie and Liya went around the town again. This time, the disease appeared, and most of the people in the town were infected with the virus and there was no cure. The rest of the people gradually had various explanations, and the most common one was that it angered the Snow God, just as the man said.

Although she didn't know what the connection was between the disease and the Honkai beast, Cecilia didn't believe what the residents said. She sat on the bed in the hotel and said, "Do gods really exist in the world? This place is too feudal."

The town is located on the edge of the Siberian snowfield and is surrounded by high mountains. Most people have left and few have settled here. Although the outside world is technologically advanced, this place still looks like it did in the last century, and superstitions about gods and ghosts still exist.

"If it's true, once they appease the Snow God, the disaster might disappear." Shen Yunie said lightly, although the probability of this happening is almost impossible.

The time when the Honkai Beast appeared was at night. In his spare time, he released the Black Abyss White Flower, and the golden spear lay quietly on his knees, looking at the gorgeous patterns on it. Although it was just an energy body, the feeling of using it was exactly the same as a real knight's spear, and it looked sharper, but there was something in it that could not be used yet.

"If Sister Leah is a Valkyrie, she must be very powerful." Shen Yunie smiled and spoke with some admiration in his tone.

Cecilia shook her head gently. She was preparing clothes for the little boy. Thinking of the scene she saw in the hospital earlier, she couldn't help but feel panic. She was afraid that her little boy would also be infected, so she made her black long clothes and cloak thicker. Then she said worriedly, "Yune, try on the clothes. Be careful at night."

During the Demonic Hour, as the sun sank into the horizon, the town was completely shrouded in darkness. Shen Yunie, dressed in black, left the hotel and walked on the street. The bleak street scene during the day became particularly creepy at night, with only the faint light of the street lamps, and there seemed to be faint wailing sounds.

Cecilia looked around, thinking about how to find the Honkai beast, but she found a large group of people gathered at the corner of the street, "Yune, there's something going on over there."

Hearing this, Shen Yunie quickened his pace. The black clothes were well designed, and he seemed to really disappear in the shadows. He walked closer, and Cecilia saw what the crowd was doing.

Many patients from the hospital during the day appeared here. They lay on stretchers and groaned in pain, unable to use any strength and letting others do whatever they wanted. The rest were people who were not infected with the virus and stood up. They lifted the stretchers in pairs and followed the instructions of an old man in the front.

"Take care of your family members. Now we are going to appease the Snow God. It will cure our illness." The old man said seriously, "Those who don't believe in the Snow God will eventually suffer the consequences!"

After she finished speaking, many people echoed her. I don’t know whether they really trusted her or if they had no other choice, but the crowd shouted slogans along with the old woman.

"Let's go to the snowfield together." The old woman even prepared the so-called tribute, and her method was to take the patient to the snowfield and hand over the tribute. After receiving the tribute, the Snow God would cure the patient.

A group of people were preparing to leave the town and head for the nearest snowy hills. After hearing what they said, Cecilia couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise. Did the residents become so superstitious in the face of a disease that they were powerless to treat?

Those patients infected with the virus would not be able to survive on the snowy plains for a while, let alone be cured by the Snow God. They would probably freeze to death.

There were not only adults among the patients, but also several children who were going to be taken there. Leah stared blankly at the crowd leaving and said absentmindedly, "They are going to the snowfield. Many people will die."

"Are we going to stop them?" Shen Yunie asked. According to their purpose, they should now go to the place where the Honkai beast might appear to look for traces. Neither of them likes to meddle in other people's business, because it is easy to get themselves into unnecessary trouble.

Cecilia was a little hesitant. The kindness in her heart made it difficult for her to let go of those children. They were already tortured by illness, and now they were taken to the snowy plains by adults who didn't understand why to suffer a second torture.

But how can she stop it? She was also afraid that Yu Nie would be in danger.

"They won't lure out the Honkai Beast, will they?" Leah's kindness made her unable to watch her child die in front of her eyes, so she thought of a compromise, "Let's follow them. With so many people, they might lure out the Honkai Beast."

Shen Yunie understood Sister Leah's kindness, so she quietly followed the crowd at a distance and left the town together.

The snowfield was not far from the town, and the outline of the town behind them gradually disappeared into the darkness. The crowd kept moving forward, and a man lying on a stretcher in the middle regained some consciousness and wanted to escape, but was forcibly pushed back.

Seeing this scene, Cecilia felt a little sad. Her worries seemed unnecessary. "Yune, do you sometimes feel that your sister likes to meddle in other people's affairs too much?"

"Sister Leah, you taught me that people should always have a kind heart." Shen Yunie slowed down his pace and comforted her softly.

When I was young, I had a hard time living because of my vision problems. I would often break down and take my anger out on others. It was Sister Leah who comforted me gently and taught me a little bit that helped me develop my current personality.

Otherwise, being alone, with my physical disability and bad temper, I might develop an extreme personality.

"It's okay, we are doing good things." Shen Yunie comforted.

As they were getting farther and farther away from the town, a cold wind suddenly blew on the path. Shen Yunie subconsciously shrank his body and was already close to the snowfield.

A little further ahead, white spots of light floated down from the sky, and dissipated in the air before they fell. Shen Yunie took another step and could feel the chill coming, and the world turned from colorful to pure white.

The crowd that followed them had not yet stopped. There would be a small hill ahead, and then there would be a vast snowfield. It was said that a great disaster had occurred here, so that some of the residents living in the snowfield disappeared completely.

"They stopped." Cecilia watched the crowd stop.

The old man stopped and led the other two to start preparing the so-called sacrificial offerings, while the patients were placed directly on the snow.

Some people could no longer bear it and wailed violently. The children that Cecilia cared about frowned and their breath was very weak.

Leia was a little nervous. There was a strange smell in the air. When she smelled it, her face suddenly changed. "The human smell attracted the Honkai beast!"

21. Collapse Pathology (I)

The smell of Honkai beast in the air suddenly became much stronger. Smelling the scent of humans, the monster began to approach this side.

Those who were worshipping had no idea that the so-called mountain god they were talking about was actually a Honkai beast, and the patients had become food offerings!

Shen Yunie's spirit suddenly became tense, and the black abyss and white flowers condensed in his hand. He hesitated whether he should go forward to inform this group of people, or focus on how to save the children. There were too many patients brought in, and he couldn't save them all.

He couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly, nor could he sense the breath of Honkai energy, so he asked in a low voice: "Is the Honkai beast coming?"

Ever since she recalled the Black Abyss White Flower in her mind, Cecilia's perception seemed to have deteriorated. She felt it quietly for a long time but still could not come to a conclusion. "This smell has not changed. I don't know where the Honkai Beast is..."

The crowd was completely unaware that a monster was nearby and continued to perform the so-called worship. The old man led everyone to kneel on the snow and pray devoutly, chanting something like "Please calm the anger of the snow god" and then kowtowed to the vast white snowfield.

The old man stood up, looking as if all the patients had been cured, and said to the crowd in an unquestionable tone: "Okay, let's go. The Snow God doesn't like to be seen. Once it eats the offerings, it will cure the patients."

"Do you really want to leave my daughter in a place like this? How long will it take for her to get better?" The person who spoke was a father. He looked at his daughter worriedly and was a little hesitant for a moment. Even he was shivering in this place.

"Under the protection of the Snow God, nothing will happen. Let's go!"

"Okay, okay..."

The father finally listened to the old man and followed the crowd in another direction. This was a hill in the snowy field, and in front of them was a slope that was close to a cliff. They left the hill and went to a place where they could not see this place, quietly waiting for the so-called snow god to come and treat the patient.

“Yune, hurry up and save the child first!” After making sure that the crowd had gone far away, Cecilia quickly said to her little boy, “He’s just in front!”

If she hadn't been used as an eye, she would have been unable to resist coming out to help. Shen Yunie listened to Leah's instructions and quickly came to the front of the patients. The children were dying from the virus and low temperature. What the two didn't notice was that these people had purple-white skin starting to spread from the heels.

Shen Yunie grabbed the two children and brought them to the big tree where she had been hiding before, where they could barely avoid the cold wind, and then turned back to bring them back. There was another troublesome thing at the moment, there were seven children in total, and they couldn't take them all away at once.

"Bring everyone here first, and we'll find a way." Cecilia appeared in the air, moved her mind slightly, and then put her hands on the foreheads of several children, trying to keep them warmer. Her face changed slightly and then immediately returned to normal, and she continued to keep the rest of the children warm.

Shen Yunie was stunned for a few seconds, opened his mouth but no sound came out, turned around and walked towards the last child. According to his previous memory, he came to the girl and held her in his arms. Because there was no guidance, his pace slowed down a lot, for fear of touching other patients.

There was a faint sound of footsteps on the snow, and a figure hurriedly walked over here. It was the father who was worried about his daughter, so he quietly ran back to check on her. The patients appeared in front of him. He took another step and then froze. In front of him, a little boy was holding his daughter and slowly walked around the other patients to the other side.

He came to his senses and immediately shouted angrily, "Hey! What are you going to do to my daughter!"

Shen Yunie stopped and realized from the sound that someone had discovered him. He was at a loss for a moment. Leah looked back and immediately returned to his mind, "We have been discovered..."

The father quickly stepped forward, snatched his daughter from Shen Yunie's arms, then glared at him angrily and pushed him hard, "What are you going to do?!"

"I..." Shen Yunie didn't know how to explain, "These children can't stand it anymore. You will attract monsters like this."

After hearing the noise, everyone came over and watched the confrontation between the two. Many people recognized Shen Yunie as a child from Tomorrow's Orphanage.

"Isn't this Shen Yunie from the welfare home? What are you doing here?"

Shen Yunie sighed deeply and said to the crowd with a serious look: "There are no snow gods here, only monsters. If you leave people here, they will not freeze to death but will attract monsters."

Everyone turned around and looked at the old man without saying a word. They made way for him. The old man walked over quickly, staring at Shen Yunie angrily and seriously, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid! How dare you call the Snow God a monster? Go away! If you anger the Snow God, you will also be infected with the virus!"

She waved at Shen Yunie and reached out to push him aside. An old man and a child had two different stories, and most people chose to believe the former. Seeing that many children were taken away, they immediately brought them back.

"Hey!" Shen Yunie felt a little angry. He felt uncomfortable with not being trusted for his kind reminder. He secretly clenched his hands. If Sister Lia hadn't been really worried about these children, he would have turned around and left long ago.

The old woman was very satisfied with the others' belief in her. She came to the front of the ramp and opened her arms to welcome the strong wind. "As long as we are pious, the Snow God will definitely help us."

"Cha-"

The sound of footsteps on the snow was heard, and Cecilia's face suddenly changed. A figure slowly appeared in front of the old man in the snowy field. It was nearly six meters tall, bigger than an elephant, with huge forelimbs like a gorilla, but its whole body was covered with purple-white hard skin. It was a Honkai beast!

Shen Yunie's spirit instantly tensed up, and she subconsciously wanted to use the Black Abyss White Flower. I thought the old woman would be scared by this Collapse Beast, but unexpectedly, she was not afraid at all, but looked at it with surprise, "Snow God, the Snow God is coming!"

She cheered and looked at the Honkai beast, not knowing that it was a man-eating monster, but mistook it for a snow god. The others were frightened by this scene, and when they saw the old man walking towards the monster without any fear, they suddenly saw the monster raise its huge forelimbs high and smash down on the old man.

"Snow God..." The old woman hadn't finished her words yet, and her voice was blown away by the strong wind. She stared blankly at the falling front limbs without even thinking of dodging.

22. Collapse Pathology (II)

The so-called Snow God is a man-eating monster. When the Honkai Beast attacked the old man, no one was able to react.

"Boom--" A roar sounded in an instant, and the old woman watched as the huge front limbs of the Honkai beast swung down, but did not land on her. In front of her stood a small figure, holding a golden spear that was not in line with her height. The front limbs of the Honkai beast had completely disappeared, and a huge hole was replaced.

"This is a monster!" Shen Yunie said coldly to the crowd behind him. Although he was not believed, he still chose to save this group of people. Purple blood gushed out of the body of the collapsed beast, and dried up instantly after falling on his body. Some of the remaining blood fell on the old man.

"Ah!" A wailing sound came from behind. It came from the old man.

A shocking scene occurred. The old woman who had been rescued suddenly had her skin turn purple-white after coming into contact with the blood of the Honkai beast. The color quickly spread as if it had come alive. A sharp pain made the expression on her face suddenly become hideous and distorted. She reached out to grab her skin, but even her nails broke and she couldn't stop the purple-white color from spreading.

“Ahhh!” The wailing became louder and louder. Everyone took a few steps back in fear and watched the old man collapse to the ground, twitching all over and suffering from terrible diseases.

"Hengkai..." Shen Yunie was also frightened and took a few steps back. He realized that the blood of the Honkai beast was also highly toxic and would turn humans into zombies immediately, but why didn't he encounter this disease? He didn't have time to think more. The Honkai beast behind him, whose forelimb was pierced, had not fallen down yet, and the only remaining arm was also attacking him, "Don't let the patient come into contact with the monster's blood."

He shouted but no one responded, only a few people with strong mental abilities began to pull the patient aside.

Shen Yunie faced the Honkai beast, and its huge forelimbs smashed down towards him fiercely.

The terrifying impact hit the Black Abyss White Flower hard, and Shen Yunie only felt a sharp pain in his palm, as if it was broken by the shock. Cecilia appeared behind him, and the two of them held the Black Abyss White Flower together to block the impact. The Honkai Beast is an absolutely terrifying monster, and this kind of power can completely crush a car. Leah returned to her body, and when faced with this panic situation, she was unusually calm, "Don't be afraid, Yunie, use what your sister taught you to deal with it!"

Leia was sure that the shooting skills she learned were specifically designed to target Honkai beasts.

Without paying attention to the old man's illness behind him, Shen Yunie focused on facing the Honkai Beast. The noisy and chaotic voices were gradually excluded. He seemed to have come to a world where only he and the Honkai Beast were there. A violent gust of wind hit him in front of him, and the Honkai Beast's attack came!

After learning the direction of the attack from Cecilia, Shen Yunie held the Black Abyss White Flower with both hands and stabbed the forelimbs with the tip of the spear. "Bang——" The tip of the spear seemed to penetrate its hard armor and pierce into its flesh, and both hands were also bounced back by a sudden shock. This time, there was no pain in the hands, which meant that his spear skills could really deal with this monster.