The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"This...is this New Zealand?"

Looking at the bare world in front of her, Kiana felt an inappropriate sense of loss in her heart.

It is early spring in New Zealand, and the blue sky, white clouds, and green grassland that I imagined do not exist. The white clouds in the sky were stretched into threads, mixed in the blue airflow, and flowed slowly like matcha milk that had not been mixed well.

There was no grass at all on the ground, only layers of dark brown soil that had been torn over and over again like waves.

As for where is the grass? Kiana took a deep breath, but sneezed twice in a row. The flowing air was filled with grass fibers torn into flocs by the wind. It even made people wonder whether the cyan that replaced the blue in the sky was also caused by Stained by splintered grass?

Bronya looked around against the map on the terminal. It took a lot of effort to start with the shape of the coastline and barely distinguish the positions of the people at the moment. She then looked at another crooked red line on the map. This is the previous action route of the Snow Lotus Team. Compare it to the fact that the Snow Lotus Team disappeared near Queenstown, where the Oceania branch is located. Their mission is only to find the Snow Lotus Team and carry out rescue operations if necessary. This is convenient.

Bronya quickly planned the route and stood up.

"Don't be stunned Kiana, hurry up and follow me!"

Mikael and Rita did not act with them. In order to reduce the risk of Herrscher escaping, the two of them rushed from the beginning to the location where the last Honkai outbreak occurred, hoping to control Herrscher earlier.

But this was not the first time that the four girls acted alone, and they didn't think there was any problem with each other. They just looked at each other in tacit understanding and embarked on the road of search.

They first traveled south to the location where the Snow Lotus Team landed on the island, and then searched along the Snow Lotus Team's previous route.

The distance between the four people was nearly 100 meters. Mei and Kiana were on the far sides, occupying the high ground from time to time to search for the figures of the Snow Lotus team. Bronya was in the middle, walking on a barely distinguishable road, and was responsible for leading the entire team along the established route.

In fact, this formation can be spread out even more. When building a defense line, Tianming's A-level Valkyrie can even control a front line of thousands of meters by one person. The reason for not doing this is not only the lack of ability and experience of the four B-level Valkyrie, but also because the communication has been affected. Even short-distance communication is intermittently inaudible and they must ensure that they are within each other's sight. Inside, obviously safer.

Along the way, in addition to the charred black land, the "civilization" that humans are proud of is only left with some scattered wood chips, steel bars, broken cement blocks, and metal fragments. Even the corpses of humans themselves are either facing the The strong wind directly tore it into shreds before being blown up, or it was buried layer by layer by the black soil thrown into the air by the green wind. Some of them were buried shallowly, and occasionally a hand was exposed from under the soil. Or half a leg, this miserable look, even Bronya couldn't bear to look at it.

In such a devastated world, even if the Snow Lotus Team made some marks in advance, it would probably be difficult to stay...

wrong!

"Pause!"

Bronya suddenly shouted at the top of her lungs.

Although the sound was blown everywhere by the wind, luckily everyone was close. Even if they didn't hear what she said specifically, it was not difficult to hear the sound reminder and turn around to see her stop and not move. Understand what she means.

"What did you find, Bronya?"

Kiana's voice was very clear following the wind.

She saw Bronya squatting down and seeming to be fiddling with something on the ground. After a while, Bronya stood up again and waved to them. This action was naturally unambiguous. Kiana, Xier , Mei Yi came to her side soon.

"Have you noticed that there is something wrong with the wind here?"

Bronya did not inform the other three people of her discovery immediately, but asked a somewhat strange question.

"What is the problem?"

Bronya rolled her eyes at Kiana, looked up at the sky, then picked up a handful of soil from the ground and let it flow out from her palms.

Watching the fine pieces of soil drifting in the direction of the wind, Kiana blinked and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Mei Yi's eyes chased the mud dust, but suddenly she looked up at the sky like Bronya did before, and then closed her eyes again, as if she was thinking about something.

After a while, she echoed:

"It's really wrong."

Kiana looked at Mei and then at Bronya. She didn't understand why everyone saw the same thing, but she didn't understand it at all. She didn't understand it at all. She didn't even know what it was. So clear.

"Kiana's IQ is probably about the same as that of a creature like a paramecium, right?"

Bronya lamented, holding her forehead.

"Paramecium, what do you mean?"

Mei Yi looked at Kiana and hesitated to speak. Now she understood. Wasn't it just to call her stupid? Why would she use such words that others couldn't understand... Wait! Where is she stupid?

"Didn't Xi'er notice it too?"

Kiana pointed at Xi'er with some annoyance, but saw that Xi'er had changed from her usual gentle demeanor, crossed her arms and said lightly:

"Is it a wind problem?"

"ah?"

Seeing Bronya and Mei nodding one after another, Kiana finally gave up her struggle, but she still didn't understand:

"Wind problem, what do you mean?"

"It's very simple. The wind we feel now is about level 6 or 7, and it can't even reach level 8. But what about the degree of damage in the surrounding areas? I'm afraid even level 11 or 12 can't destroy the town. It was so complete that not a single house was left, not a single intact corpse was left, and the wind force that caused the Hyperion to jolt in weightlessness and even blew away a rail gun was not something Category 7 winds could do. Arrived. And seeing as the Hyperion is still circling off New Zealand, I’m afraid the wind in the sky has not decreased. And I have another discovery.”

Bronya leaned down and pulled out a dagger from under her feet that no one had noticed before, as well as the scabbard that was fixed to the ground through the loop.

Meiyi took the dagger and sheath and looked at them. Both the sheath and the handle of the dagger had the emblem of destiny, and the dagger actually had an artificially engraved rose emblem.

"That pattern is Shaniyat's family emblem. Didn't the squad leader say before that the captain of the Snow Lotus Team is named Shaniyat. Obviously, this captain has rich combat experience and knows that electromagnetic communications may be interfered with, so he stayed here. After placing this mark, I believe there will be many such marks along the way. Although this may not be her intention, this mark left us with important information - the mark was not damaged and was not affected by the strong wind. , indicating that there has been no strong airflow at low altitudes since the mark was left.”

She probably felt that the situation was a bit serious. Bronya spoke very fast, and accordingly some of her words were not so organized. However, this did not affect Kiana's understanding, because even if she was explained slowly, she would not be able to explain it to her for the first time. I understood instantly.

As expected, she suppressed her dull hair that was swaying in the wind and said with a dull expression:

"So... oh Bronya, stop being so pretentious and just tell me the results!"

"I think there are two possibilities."

Bronya stretched out her right index finger and waved it in front of several people.

"The first possibility is that the land was destroyed by the storm before the Snow Lotus team landed on the island. Shortly after they landed on the island, the Herrscher erupted a second time for unknown reasons, but this time the airflow he affected was mainly concentrated at high altitudes. Huber As a result, the Lyon was blocked off the coast of New Zealand by strong air currents."

"What about the second possibility?"

"The second possibility is that the land was destroyed by the storm before the Snow Lotus team landed on the island..."

"Bronya, did you read it again just now?"

Facing Kiana who interrupted again, Bronya rolled her eyes, threw the dagger in her hand, and replied angrily:

"Didn't I say before that no matter what the situation is, the destruction of towns and buildings should happen before the Snow Lotus team lands on the island..."

"Did you ever say that?"

Bronya's fists clenched tightly, and then loosened weakly for a moment.

She decided to take the simplest approach to the stupid Kiana - ignore it.

"The second possibility is that the strong air flow in the sky has always existed. What I mean is that the strong air flow was the product of the Herrscher's first outbreak. The Southeast Asia branch's aerial battleship has not yet arrived, and the Snow Lotus team is riding The Valkyrie combat airship arrived in New Zealand after resupplying at a military base in northern Australia. In order to meet the combat needs of the Honkaiju, the combat airship flew at a low altitude, so it was not affected by strong airflow.

"In fact, I think this possibility is higher, but I can't explain two questions. First, why was the combat airship not seen at the landing site of the Snow Lotus team? Second, if the strong airflow in the high altitude has always existed , then what happened to the Herrscher-level Honkai energy reaction detected when the Hyperion hit the strong air flow and was turbulent? Why was the time stuck so coincidental, and this momentary explosion seemed to have no impact? ”

"The first question can be explained."

Mei Yi held the knife and silently observed the surroundings with her eyes.

"The Snow Lotus team may use a three-dimensional propulsion method, with the main force advancing from the ground, while the combat airship is responsible for performing reconnaissance and fire cover tasks in the air."

Bronya shook her head. Of course she was not denying Mei Yi's words. In fact, how could she not have thought of this situation?

Mei Yi quickly realized that although Bronya mentioned two unexplainable problems, it was obvious that the only truly unexplainable problem was the latter.

Honkai energy reaction doesn't mean anything. Who said that there must be destruction when Honkai energy appears? Who stipulates that the Honkai energy reaction must be sent by the Herrscher? The real question is why the Honkai energy reaction was emitted while the Hyperion was jolting.

It can't be a coincidence, right?

There are countless incredible things in this world that can be attributed to coincidence, but coincidence is just a way to escape. As long as your mind is clear, using coincidence to explain everything will not make you feel better, but will make people feel flustered.

In fact, there is an easier way, which is to rule out the second possibility. But things in the world are like this. The more you can't get it, the more you want it. The more you can't figure it out, the more you have to figure it out. The atmosphere between the four people suddenly became a little silent.

"Let's move on first. Just standing here is not an option."

Continuing forward, we found many traces left by the Snow Lotus Team along the way. There are Valkyrie badges held down by stones, Valkyrie ribbons worn on uniforms, and even bullets stuck upside down in the soil with their butts pointing upwards.

The interval between each mark is about two kilometers. This regular distance interval clearly confirms Bronya's previous guess - after the Snow Lotus team landed, there was no strong air current on the ground. At least this point is beyond doubt.

Not long after, when they approached Queenstown outside the Oceania branch, they actually received a communication from Hyperion.

"Bronya, you... you have arrived in Queenstown?"

Jizi seemed surprised by their speed, but before they could explain, she seemed to understand everything.

"I see, it seems that the wind on the ground is not strong."

Bronya shook her head, not knowing whether it meant "not strong" or "let's not talk about this for now."

"Why did the communication suddenly resume?"

"The electromagnetic field of the southern half of New Zealand has returned to normal, so we can keep in touch with you now. But there are two points. The air currents in the high altitude are still so strong, so it's best not to expect Hyperion to bring you much help. Second... Mikael and Rita's target is across the strait, which means that we don't know their situation at the moment. Let's not talk about that. The most important thing is that the communication of the Snow Lotus team has not been restored."

"Is that so? It means that the Snow Lotus team has indeed encountered problems, and we have also made some discoveries here."

Bronya roughly talked about the discovered marks and her own speculations, and what greeted her was silence on the other end of the communication that lasted for five minutes.

Five minutes later, Jizi sent a new order:

"Keep going, you continue to the east for less than five kilometers to the Oceania branch, and the Snow Lotus team lost contact nearby."

It's called a new order, but it's actually no different from the previous one.

The four of them did not separate and advance at a certain distance. Since they already had a clear goal, they went straight to the Oceania branch.

Five kilometers is not a long distance for the Valkyries equipped with artificial stigmata and armor. When they saw the half-collapsed gate of the Oceania branch, only three minutes had passed.

The situation of the branch was much better than expected. Most of the houses, buildings, and walls were preserved, although in an extremely incomplete mode.

Very strange.

Logically speaking, no matter how strong the military buildings are, they are still not good enough in front of the storm that can flatten the entire land.

But here, it seems that someone has specially protected it...

They soon found survivors.

In the garden behind the entrance of the Oceania branch base, in front of a fountain that no longer sprays water.

"You..."

Seeing the figures of several people, the blue-haired girl spoke first.

But before she blurted out the words that followed, everything seemed to be frozen at this moment.

The girl's lips were slightly open, and the four Valkyries opposite her had different expressions. Several people have been maintaining this funny posture, as if the world can never enter the next second.

But time has not stopped.

The communication was Ji Zi's sudden rapid breathing, but this rapid breathing was slower than before. In the clouds above his head, "Matcha Milk" was still moving slowly and firmly, just a little slower.

The world has never had a problem, only the spirit of the person involved has a problem.

What a pity - the man standing among the rubble sighed like this.

No one can see him, and he will not look at anyone, because he always closes his eyes.

But now, there are still some complaints to be made:

"I hope they can move faster over there."

The figure of his comrade flashed through his mind. He believed in her and them.

But he is the opponent after all...