People are collapsing, but the integrated strategy is launched

After throwing the fireball, Yanwei Xia Ling didn't bother to continue, but went straight to the depths of Changkong City in the distance.

On Xia Ling's side, after enduring several activated Honkai energy fireballs from Yanwei Xia Ling, cracks had already appeared all over the dark yellow shield. Xia Ling was breathing slightly, and most of the Honkai energy in her body had been consumed.

"Sister Xia Ling...what's this?" Raiden Mei stood behind Xia Ling and asked with a worried look.

If Xia Ling didn't know her identity as the third Herrscher, she would probably have called out to her other self to save the situation.

"This person is very powerful." Xia Ling said solemnly, "I'm afraid he is on the same level as Theresa."

"S-class Valkyrie?" They looked at each other and there was silence for a moment.

"Although she didn't kill us and doesn't seem to want to get involved with us." Xia Ling hung the Crescent Rose behind her: "But I still have to follow her to prevent her from attacking our other students."

"Bronya can fly, so she can go with Sister Xia Ling." Bronya immediately volunteered.

"No, you can't keep up with my speed." Xia Ling refused and directly activated the acceleration talent.

"But..." Bronya wanted to say something, but suddenly stopped the topic: "Sister Xia Ling... has left?"

Sure enough, Xia Ling's figure in front of him began to fade and disappear.

"Then we..." Kiana hesitated and said, "Should we follow them or..."

"Let's stay where we are." Bronya said, "On the one hand, we can't catch up with these two people at all, and going there will only cause more trouble. On the other hand, my intuition tells me that I should listen to Sister Xia Ling's instructions at this time."

"intuition?"

"Maybe it could be...an inexplicable subconscious or habit?" Bronya still had no expression on her face, but her tone was full of doubt.

"Anyway, Bronya thinks that we should stay where we are and wait for orders while sending a message to the Hyperion explaining the matter and requesting the support of the dean."

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Xia Ling was hanging far behind Yan Wei Xia Ling, and couldn't help urging her through the system space: "Can you fly faster? If you fly so slowly, Theresa will come to tie you up with the Oath of Judas."

"I want to, but I don't have much flying ability. Now I still fly by heating the air for suspension and explosive propulsion. I've only practiced for a few hours, and being able to fly is already a natural talent!" Yanwei Xia Ling said madly: "Don't rush me, don't rush me, we're almost out of the actual combat test range, and you can go back soon."

"Stop." Xia Ling obeyed the advice and stopped accelerating. She stood on the roof and watched Yanwei Xia Ling fly towards the center of Changkong City from afar.

Going deeper into Changkong City, the number of Honkai beasts and wandering dead soldiers suddenly increased. Yanwei Xia Ling melted a few of the approaching dead soldiers and began to shift her target, approaching the east of Changkong City.

At this time, Xia Ling also returned to Kiana and the other two.

"Sister Xia Ling, are you okay?" As soon as Xia Ling appeared, three people immediately surrounded her, concerned about her condition.

"It's not a big problem. Although she is very strong, she doesn't seem to be hostile." Xia Ling shook her head slightly: "And even if we fight, I am sure I can run away."

"What about you guys? Is there any situation? Have you reported to Hyperion?"

"Bronya has informed the dean of the situation. Just now, the dean has posted a notice on the Saint Freya internal website to terminate the training and began to evacuate the students urgently."

"Oh, by the way, Sister Xia Ling." Kiana interrupted, "Aunt also told you to go directly to the bridge to find her after you return to Hyperion and report this matter in person."

Chapter 36: The World Snake must have done it

"Xia Ling, are you okay?" As soon as they returned to Hyperion, Theresa, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came up and asked nervously.

"Don't worry, it's nothing. I just didn't catch up after chasing for a distance, so I consumed a lot of Honkai energy." Xia Ling relaxed her body and slumped down in a chair beside her.

"That's good, that's good." Theresa finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Kiana and the other two and said, "You guys should go and gather first. Ji Zi should be waiting for you in the lounge. Xia Ling, come to my room and tell me what happened to that woman who suddenly appeared."

Xia Ling followed Theresa to her command room on the Hyperion. Theresa handed Xia Ling a glass of water and said softly, "Tell me what happened in detail."

Xia Ling nodded, and then recounted the entire process from discovering the high-energy reaction, to resisting the opponent's casual attack, to returning after the unsuccessful tracking.

"From what you said... at least this doesn't look like a Herrscher or a Pseudo-Herrscher, right?" Theresa leaned back in her chair and pondered.

"Yes, judging from her performance, she obviously has a completely independent mind, and her Honkai energy does not have the disorder caused by the excessive energy level of the Herrscher."

Xia Ling affirmed: "So it can be basically determined that she is definitely not on the Honkai side."

"Wouldn't that be even more troublesome?" Theresa laughed bitterly. "For someone of this level, it would be easy for her to restrain the Honkai energy fluctuations. She didn't show up when I organized the teachers to clean up before, but she jumped out when it was the students' turn for the actual test."

"And according to what you said, she only symbolically attacked you once and then left on her own. Isn't this a demonstration to us?"

"It sounds like another organization has discovered something in Changkong City, and is using students to warn us not to interfere?" Xia Ling speculated, and then casually proposed a possibility: "Theresa, I read in a book these days that the only organization that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Heaven's Fate is Anti-Entropy. Could it be them?"

"......" Theresa frowned and was silent for a while, then replied: "To be honest, it's unlikely. The Third Collapse was originally caused by the radical faction of Anti-Entropy. If Changkong City was profitable, it should have taken action before Anti-Entropy caused the Third Collapse, instead of taking action after Destiny took over."

"The most important thing is that after all this time, I haven't heard that Anti-Entropy has such a powerful female member..."

"Forget it, Xia Ling, you go back first. I'll think about it." Theresa couldn't figure it out for a while, so she looked up and said to Xia Ling, "After going through such an incident, the children must be curious about the reason for the suspension of training. You and Ji Zi will come up with an excuse and deal with it first. Don't spread this matter. As for Kiana, I have also asked Ji Zi to remind them."

"As for this side...I'll go explore it in the next few days. If it doesn't work, I can only ask grandpa if he has any clues."

After Xia Ling left, Theresa sighed, leaned back, and murmured to herself, "It can't be Anti-Entropy, then who could it be? Is it the one that Grandpa mentioned to me privately before, the World Snake..."

"I say, you may have to hide for a few more days."

After leaving the office, Xia Ling communicated with Yan Wei Xia Ling in the system: "I have tried my best to guide Theresa's thoughts towards anti-entropy and the world serpent. However, judging from Theresa's expression, if she fails to find the answer herself, she will probably talk to Otto about this matter."

"Are you sure you described my appearance in detail when you introduced me?"

"of course."

"That's no problem." Yanwei Xia Ling was full of confidence: "The cadres of the World Serpent have all been through the trial of the Paradise. The best among them have mastered techniques similar to artificial collapse. It's normal for them to have some animal characteristics. In addition, Siegfried has also experienced this kind of atavism. Otto must have studied this thing."

"As long as Theresa tells me all the characteristics of my dragon horns and tail, Otto will immediately associate it with the World Serpent."

"By the way, did Theresa say that she would personally go to Changkong City to search?"

"She didn't say, but it definitely won't happen today. She has to appease the students first and block the news. If something happens today and Theresa disappears on the same day, even a fool can see the seriousness of the matter."

"Then I'll have to work overtime before she comes." Yanwei Xia Ling had also rested well by now, and prepared to set off with the detailed map of Changkong City that Xia Ling had copied from the academy.

"Are we going to find the location of the 'nest' now?"

"Yes, the location described in the original work is the shantytown in the East District of Changkong City. This address is actually very detailed, so it shouldn't take much effort."

"After you find it, you don't have to leave in a hurry." Xia Ling showed a wicked smile on her face: "You can hide near the nest, and then even if Tianming finds any traces, there are Xiaodao Exploding Crows to protect you."

"If you keep doing this, the raven will roll over." Yan Wei Xia Ling was also a little confused: "Next time the raven comes back and finds that his house has been robbed, it will say so, right?"

"In fact, due to some tacit understanding, even if this matter is reported to Otto, Otto will not do anything. On the contrary, if Theresa keeps suppressing the report and insists on investigating it herself, she may really find out something."

“So we have to put some more pressure on Theresa.”

The two quickly reached a consensus on this issue.

Then, Xia Ling went straight to find Ji Zi, Kiana and the other two, and they began to discuss how to fool the students that this was just an ordinary accident.

After rejecting several excuses including Xia Ling's "gas pipeline explosion", Kiana's "someone fainted from hunger because they didn't have enough lunch", and Bronya's "the dean was rushing back to grab the newly released Homunculus dolls", Jiko had no choice but to decide to use the excuse that Hyperion's energy system was malfunctioning, which received unanimous negative reviews from several people.

Yanwei Xia Ling avoided most of the Honkai beasts along the way and came to the East City District of Changkong City.

Although the location of the nest can be locked in the shantytown of Dongcheng District, Raven is also one of the world's top mercenaries. With so many children involved, Raven will not carelessly build its nest in the open.

And for the safety of the children, there are probably countless surveillance and protection devices left around the nest.

Xia Ling is not a professional intelligence officer, nor is she proficient in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, but this does not mean that she has no way of finding the location of the nest.

Chapter 37: Xiaokong's Secret Bodyguard

According to the main storyline description, ravens only return to their nests once every one or two months, and will bring some supplies and medicines.

But even with Theresa's brain, she knew that the supplies that Raven brought alone were definitely not enough for so many children, and she couldn't drive a truck to transport supplies every time.

What's more, the precious carrying space must be used first to carry the medicines and daily necessities that the children need.

Therefore, the children in the nest will go out in batches at regular intervals to look for some food and supplies.

In order to ensure the safety of the children to the greatest extent possible, the raven would definitely clear out all the Honkai beasts and dead soldiers near the nest every time it came back.

Then, things become very simple. Yan Wei only needs to evaluate the remaining supplies and the number of monsters around the shantytown to easily find out the approximate range of the nest.

On this basis, through the system's detection of Honkai energy and assessment of the living environment, or if all else fails, by just squatting for a few days, the exact location of the nest can always be found.

After determining the method, Yan Wei quickly took action.

"Well...most of the stores here have never been looted. We need to move on to another one."

After leaving a basement supermarket, Yan Wei opened the map, marked a big cross on the area, and then rushed to the next area.

A few hours later, Yan Wei fell into deep thought as he looked at the map filled with dense markings.

"We can basically determine the location of the nest..."

Connecting several areas without cross marks one by one, a circle of moderate size was formed. Yan Wei looked at the area and felt a little worried: "This area... is it because Raven has adopted these children for several months, their activity area has become so large?"

"And..." Looking at the detection area that was about to exceed the safe area, Yan Wei frowned: "Why is the direction they are exploring almost beyond the safe area?"

"These kids aren't very well behaved..."

[So, the host plans to be a nanny here for a while? ]

Looking at Yanwei who was already looking for supplies and seemed to be planning to stay here permanently, the system asked curiously.

"My goal is to fight with Raven, not necessarily to become enemies." Yan Wei retracted the horns and tail that had just been revealed due to her high-speed movement. This is also one of her abilities after she reached Elite 2. She can disguise her body like an ordinary person without using a large amount of Honkai energy.

"Besides," Yan Wei laughed foolishly, "These children are so cute, especially Xiao Kong. I want to hold him in my arms and pet him."

"Hey, hey, pay attention to that obscene smile of yours. I came into the channel to listen to you talk about the situation over there, not to listen to you getting horny." Xia Ling, who had just entered the communication channel set up by the system, said speechlessly.

"Ahem, okay, okay, I lost my composure." Yan Wei put away his smile and said seriously, "These children will achieve unlimited success in the future. It would be a pity if they died in a place like this. Although I don't know why their search route for supplies has deviated so much, it won't hurt to protect them a little while avoiding pursuers."

"It would be even better if you were 'accidentally' discovered by the raven, right? I could also improve our relationship." Xia Ling could tell at a glance what the other self was up to.

"Hehe, after all, we must go to the paradise in the end. After all, this is our goal for this year." Yan Wei said with a smile: "It's not good to make the relationship with Raven too awkward. We may still be colleagues in the future. It will be so awkward to see each other every time we look up."

......

In the abandoned city, in the shadow of the streets, a small head with purple-pink hair poked out, looked around vigilantly for a while, and then slipped out quietly along the corner of the wall.

After a moment, after making sure that the surroundings were safe, the little girl with purple-pink hair turned around and whispered, "Lyle, come here!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a little boy with white hair jumped out from the corner and quickly followed the girl.

After making sure that her companions were not left behind, the girl took out a crumpled map and began to determine the next route.

These two children are naturally the two key characters in the story among Raven’s group of children, Xiaokong and Lyle.

Not far behind the two children, Yan Wei was sitting on the edge of a tall building, looking at the two children from afar.

After two days of observation, Flame Reed successfully saw Lyle's trace during one of his outings. After a morning of tracking, Flame Reed finally found the location of the nest as he wished.

During the tracking in the next few days, Yan Wei, who had a complete grasp of the children's exploration routes, also discovered the reason why they changed their exploration direction.

Because on the other side, several tank-level Honkai beasts appeared and wandered over from nowhere.

So for safety reasons, Xiaokong thought that even if he continued to move in the current direction until the edge of the safe zone, it would be better than facing the cars on the other side that might appear at any time.

Although Xiaokong didn't know where these Honkai beasts came from, Yanwei, who had a complete map, knew it clearly.

Because St. Freya's Academy cleared out a large area of ​​Honkai beasts when preparing for the test, causing a lot of noise, so these Honkai beasts were probably "driven" out of their original area, so they began to wander around.

As for why they were chased away instead of killed on the spot, it might be because the Valkyrie who was in charge of the cleanup was not strong enough, or because there were too many of them and some of them slipped through the net. In short, these Honkai beasts escaped.

However, as the date of Raven's next return draws closer, Xiaokong and her friends' resources become increasingly scarce. Now, Xiaokong has reached the edge of the safe zone designated by Raven at that time. It is no wonder that the two children are so vigilant.

So for safety reasons, Yan Wei became the secret bodyguard of the two children. After killing those Honkai beasts, Yan Wei hid in a position close enough but unable to be discovered by the two children, and observed them silently.

As for Saint Freya, according to Xia Ling's description, during the dinner on the night of her return, Kiana inadvertently mentioned the attack, and Xia Ling seized the opportunity to once again describe Yan Wei's strength with exaggeration.

After being severely criticized by Xia Ling, Theresa secretly called Otto that night, and then the next day, Theresa issued an order to symbolically search Changkong City.

Since it was a symbolic search, there would naturally be no pressure. Not to mention Yan Wei who had hidden in the dark in advance, the search drone didn't even see Xiao Kong who came out to search for supplies.

Chapter 38: Island Explosion Crow

"Oh, the days of being a nanny are so boring. Raven, oh Raven, when will you come back?" Yan Wei sat bored at the edge of the building, muttering softly.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Yan Wei's eyes became sharp. In her perception, a ranger was quietly approaching the two children, and the two children seemed to be unaware of anything.

"Tsk, looks like I have to work overtime."

After complaining, Yan Wei's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

On the other side, Xiaokong and Lyle were still looking for something in a small convenience store.