Collapse, survive

Knowing all this, and even more, is of no help to Fang Jie in crossing the snowfield.

Back in the icy wilderness, he coughed up a mouthful of black blood, which froze into ice before he even hit the ground.

At this moment, his skin appeared to be cracked, spreading out like intertwined circuits, and forming purplish-black crystals.

Because he failed to escape immediately, the massive collapse that erupted in the sky overwhelmed his resistance with excessive collapse energy, eroding his body from the outside in.

Therefore,

"I am back."

The tone was quite...heartbreaking.

On the pure white earth, the insignificant variegation, the simple shelter buried under the wind and snow, relies less on it to withstand the cold winter and more on the boundary that stands there to anchor it.

A product of divine power, proof that nameless visitors have visited the planet.

Fang Jie clenched his teeth, which were trembling with cold, and forcibly suppressed his fear of the snowy environment as he reached out his hand.

There was no activation-like lighting up; it remained silent, simply existing there. But with each touch, Fang Jie absorbed the pure and free energy of its destiny.

Just like rain and dew nourishing the earth.

The cracks on his skin, under the sweeping force of this even greater energy, melted away little by little, just as they had recently overwhelmed Fang Jie's 'isolated and helpless' resistance.

The pain of the Honkai invasion gradually subsided, but the pain of being chilled returned. He slowly got up, looked around, and saw no wandering Rift monsters, but he still felt uneasy.

Really bad.

The last time he had such a terrible experience was when he had just landed on this snowy plain, he suddenly rolled over on the bed to find a charging cable, and then in the blink of an eye he was plunged into the snow, with nowhere to escape in his confusion.

Alone, facing life and death.

Life is like a candle flickering in the wind.

Suddenly, like a dream, all that could be seen was the pale frozen earth that devoured all life; nothing else existed in its eyes, and any cries for help were choked by the frost.

I don't know why I'm going to die, and I don't know why I'm still alive.

It was so terrible that he instinctively avoided it, even though he was being eroded by Honkai energy, he was too afraid to go back even once to replenish his imaginary energy.

But in the end...

"I can't go on living, I'm going to die... but I want to live."

A lingering fear, or perhaps a sequela, erupted when he faced a similar calamity again, making him tremble with fear.

There's movement!!

In the howling wind and snow, he sensed something, and his breathing stopped abruptly.

His breathing slowed to an extreme, to the point that he almost stopped breathing, and his heart rate dropped to a level that was almost like that of a dead person. Consequently, his blood flow, metabolism, body temperature, and a series of other physiological functions were even more absurdly low than those of reptiles, making it a state of suspended animation that was even more extreme than hibernation.

Incredible technology that surpasses human imagination!

It would be more appropriate to consider him in this state as an inanimate object; at least in the face of the Rift Monster, he, along with the tall buildings, the ground, and the trash cans, is merely a 'background object'.

Their logic of prioritizing killing life means they don't hesitate to destroy these substances, but they also lack a proactive approach to targeting any particular object.

Even the Destroyer Legion wouldn't do that.

As long as they don't block the way, hinder them, or expose themselves to intelligent individuals, they can coexist peacefully.

Fang Jie thus survived. Although it was initially just a chance discovery when he was on the verge of death from the cold and snow, yet he persisted in refusing to die, he was trekking and crawling through the snow, passing by monsters that roamed among them. He was drawn to the only unusual color in the pale white, and his survival instinct almost stopped his thinking. Finally, he touched the boundary and anchored...

Use it here!

Even in this state, he could still move freely, gazing at the direction of the wind and snow, seeing the rift elements patrolling by, the lowest level monsters in the game, terrifying enough to kill any ordinary person who dared to touch them in real life.

Fortunately, as always, the monster did not find his trail and left the vicinity.

Once again, I survived.

But Fang Jie didn't like this at all, especially since something similar had just happened right before his eyes—a sudden, irresistible calamity...

How can humans possibly adapt to walking on the edge of death?

He slowly withdrew his hand. The life force energy within his body had been replenished, and he could no longer expand that limit. Perhaps he needed to truly explore something new.

It's actually collapsing...

After being washed away by the energy of destiny, their erosion was violently stopped, but this does not mean that nothing happened. The energy of destiny that opened up the way gave Fang Jie a passively strengthened physique, rather than a purification.

Therefore, Honkai coexists in a way that is like an ordinary person who can survive in the Honkai world, and it has even been integrated into the energy within Fang Jie's body.

Upon closer examination, he felt a jolt of realization.

"Zi!"

Suddenly, crackling sounds filled the dry, cold air as static electricity exploded. A flash of purplish-black lightning pierced and vaporized the snowflakes dancing in the air.

Seeing this, Fang Jie didn't know how to describe his feelings, but he couldn't help but continue to mobilize the energy in his body, finally able to release it outside his body instead of passively accepting the enhancement.

"Zi!"

Another flash of lightning.

"what is this?"

Fang Jie kept sipping with great interest. It wasn't that he thought there was anything wrong with the energy of destiny, but mainly that the feeling was like a thirsty person on the ocean suddenly encountering a downpour. There was an endless supply of fresh water falling, but all you could do was open your mouth and catch a tiny bit to moisten your throat.

After moistening their throats, they still wanted to find something to eat.

Honkai energy, you can eat it!

He subconsciously described and explained the phenomenon in a certain way. It was easy to find examples of people who gained abilities after being baptized by Honkai energy; he could just consider himself one of the lucky ones.

The correctness or incorrectness of this idea is irrelevant; the key is to strengthen this understanding so as to convince oneself to accept it.

Just as he convinced himself to accept the energy of destiny, to accept the common sense of the world he lived in, and the galaxy he inhabited.

It's easy to convince yourself that even in the original reality, as we all know, the little planet is constantly revolving and rotating around the sun, which is why there are seasons and night and day. But from another perspective, it is the sun that pulls the little planet, constantly traveling through the universe at a speed of 79 kilometers per hour.

I can already picture Pluto, who's fallen behind, screaming at the top of his lungs: "Wait for me! Wait for me! I didn't get on the bus! I didn't get on the bus!"

In short, energy exists in the universe. Even if cosmic energy is not available everywhere, when the sun brings the small planet to a place with abundant cosmic energy, all life on the planet will be nourished by cosmic energy, and new common sense will emerge.

The energy of destiny is such common sense, which Fang Jie actively accepts in both mind and body.

So, what about Honkai?

"I admit I was somewhat skeptical before, and I still am now. This kind of power is too dangerous; I need to study it carefully."

After stopping the hissing, Fang Jie touched the boundary anchor again to replenish his energy.

The influx of life energy dispelled his physical fatigue, healed his injuries, and allowed him to gladly accept the new power.

There's nothing to doubt. Even if Welt came, he would still create black holes in Honkai. Honkai energy and destiny energy are both forms of energy, but the former is born with disasters and is not so friendly. It may even be annihilated upon contact.

Isn't it still alive?

Perhaps simply absorbing Honkai energy would lead to a situation like those who die at sea, where the more seawater they drink, the faster they die. But he still has Destiny Energy, which can continuously obtain fresh water. Seawater can be used to replenish salt and minerals, even if it is poisonous... Humans have been eating poisonous salt all along, haven't they?

No longer doubting himself, no longer worried that he would be instantly killed by the Honkai without having a Stigmata or being a Fusion Warrior, it's no exaggeration to say that if even the Honkai energy of the High Honkai concentration couldn't kill him directly, the attraction of the Honkai world to him suddenly skyrocketed.

After all, this is Belleburg.

The future is promising, there is still hope, and the prospects are bright... The antimatter legion is right under our noses, and the rifting invasion spreading from the star core is about to destroy the last embers of civilization.

He hated the snowfield, terribly. Without hesitation, he activated his mental, no, cognitive, version of 'Kiana's attack' once again—

It was as if he had come into contact with a huge cosmic energy field. In his conjecture, in his self-suggestion and self-persuasion, space in this energy field would be distorted, wormholes would be opened, two very distant planets in the energy field might have a brief contact, and even after the wormhole was opened, parallel worlds could be discovered.

He connected to a wormhole, and with enough energy, he could open it. Although it was a short time, it was enough to travel to the other side of the wormhole.

He used to not know where the other end led, but now it was clear.

——Changkong City!

It is springtime.

Not far from Qianyu Academy, Fang Jie, who had suddenly disappeared and reappeared, looked at the broken shop walls on the street and turned his gaze away from the direction of the sun.

"I am back."

Surrounded by an energy field with a concentration of 1000 HW or higher, he restored the protection of his life force energy while slowly absorbing Honkai energy.

And, I saw rivers of blood.

"This is Honkai."

You should remember this as poison.

Compared to the snowfields of Beloborg, where one only needs to survive alone, the collapse of a city, or the collapse of an entire city, when the settings he knew were presented in such a bloody manner before his eyes, inevitably shook his soul.

The Great Collapse is when people without Collapse resistance are instantly reduced to ashes. Those with Collapse resistance lower than B-rank Valkyries will basically become undead within half an hour.

The second Great Honkai Disaster, the most threatening disaster in the history of modern civilization, even without considering the direct destruction by the Herrscher of the Void and Honkai Beasts, the excessive and accelerated spread of Honkai energy will completely cover Siberia in three hours and may cover the Earth in 117 hours, bringing annihilation to civilization.

The ongoing third major collapse is not going to end there, but Changkong City is already dead.

A city was destroyed before our eyes in this way...

It was springtime, and although there was a cold snap and thunderclouds obscured the sunlight, he didn't feel cold after emerging from the snowfield. Instead, he felt warm. However, his entire body was frozen in a bone-chilling cold, a feeling that came from the bottom of his heart... cold.

A certain joy vanished, and I exhaled a heavy breath, feeling a pang of sorrow for my kind.

But in a sense, it's also a kind of luxury.

Now, no one in Changkong City is more extravagant than him. He can remain detached from those who cannot live, those who cannot die, and many more who struggle to survive, those who are annihilated in ignorance, and those who mutate in ignorance.

Fang Jie gazed at all of this deeply, deeply, and remembered it all.

"I'm just trying to survive!"

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Chapter Six: Ice, Hunger, Madness, and Blessing

As one of the top private schools in the Far East, Changkong City's Chiyu Academy is considered a prestigious high school. The surrounding area is naturally a high-end community, with various facilities and buildings occupying a large area of ​​land and dividing it into independent zones, resembling a small town. Together, they served as the central area of ​​this Great Collapse.

Therefore, not only are multiple suicide soldiers, which are the minimum standard B-rank required for superhuman Valkyries to be able to go to the battlefield, born here, but also giant Honkai Beasts that only A-rank Valkyries dare to say they can reliably defeat are constantly being born and wreaking havoc on the city.

"It's good news. At least they're all just lower-level Honkai Beasts, just in larger numbers."

Witnessing firsthand the terrifying sight of a monster as tall as a ten-story building, roughly square in shape, charging at high speed—and that was just the relatively weak Tank-class among the many lower-ranked Honkai Beasts… Damn Tank-class! What did it eat to grow up like that?! Ten or twenty meters is one thing, but this is over thirty meters!

Fang Jie had no doubt that such a Honkai Beast could wipe out Paradis Island.

Having just gained a bit of 'electrostatic' ability, he held his breath, his eyes clear, and searched the city ruins for usable tools—to find something for self-defense, a weapon more powerful than an orbital cannon that could penetrate Honkai Beasts.

The requirements are a bit high, but Honkai Beasts that are over ten meters tall are just that tough!

As for those whose height does not exceed ten meters...

For example, a group of suicide soldiers also wanders among the ruins of the city, a nightmare for those survivors who have withstood the ravages of the Great Collapse.

Therefore, Fang Jie's ability to wander among the ruins is a luxury. No one in Changkong City is more luxurious than him now. People who want to live but cannot, Law Masters who want to die but cannot, and many more lives that are annihilated in ignorance and unconsciousness, as well as lives that mutate in ignorance and unconsciousness, can quietly stay aside as if they are detached from it all.

"Swipe!"

A multitude of assassins approached, their roaming aimed at tracking down any survivors.

It's so ugly. It's not as clean as the model in the game at all. It's grotesque, giving the human appearance a layer of death, and the uncanny valley effect is at its peak.

"Roar!"

A massive Honkai Beast, as large as a skyscraper but only five or six stories high, roared and charged, flattening a building and chasing after the living people it had spotted during its low-altitude reconnaissance mission amidst the collapsing steel and concrete.

This is also a tank-class vehicle. It's not like the tiny, cute 'tanks' that humans create without relying on Honkai. Visually, it's a moving castle that instills fear of colossal beings while carrying out destruction with efficiency far exceeding that of any bulldozer.

Even if it means flattening a street and affecting a group of assassins, the efficiency to kill one person is paramount!

Fang Jie is also within that scope of impact.

A faint purple-black lightning flashed, and he leaped high into the air. In a few leaps, his greatly enhanced body met the side of the Honkai Beast and passed through a safe gap that could be passed through.

The two sides were so close, yet so distinct.

Amidst the crashing sounds, he escaped danger without any surprise. Just as the monsters that erode the boundary wouldn't prioritize destroying a trash can, neither would the Honkai Beasts.