Collapse: The World I Live In

"Who... are you?" Hua thought for a while and asked his boss who was looking at him with his hands behind his back.

"Is that all you're asking?" The boss stroked his chin and said, "Since you've come here, you should be suspicious of me... You can call me Kotomine... As for my identity, I'm the only priest in this city and the owner of this restaurant. Is there anything else you want to ask? The little girl from the Fire Moth."

After hearing the priest's story, Hua became alert instantly. This shouldn't happen. How could he know? Ying and I came here secretly, out of sight of the branch... Looking at Hua's expression, the priest raised his lips slightly, "You don't have to be so cautious. When you set foot in this city, your every move is under surveillance, whether it's the church or the prison outside the city."

"...How did you do it...We made sure there were no people around before we took action..." Hua asked the priest. She did not expect the priest to answer her question. After all, from the priest's words, she could tell that he would become her enemy in the near future. However, the priest answered Hua's question and said with a chuckle, "Who said that the people being monitored must be people? There should be a white snake following you all the time. Oh, look, it's right there." The priest motioned Hua to look up, and Hua quickly looked up. Sure enough, a white snake was coiled on the beam.

Seeing that his position was exposed, the white snake left in a hurry. On the other side of the white snake's vision, in a dark cave, a man in a red robe watched the priest's behavior through the snake's vision. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "That priest... is really nosy!"

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Back to Hua, Hua was very surprised, because when he was investigating, he had seen such a white snake, but he thought it was just an ordinary white snake and ignored it. He never thought it was a spy. He was careless...

"How is it? You must have seen a snake like this before." The priest looked at Hua who was surprised, and said while washing the dishes, "Let me give you another piece of information. The church, the prison outside the city, and the cave. I don't know if you are lucky or what, but the places you have been to are all suspicious points. It's really interesting."

"You should be standing opposite us and your enemy... Why are you telling us this? What is your purpose?" Yi propped himself up and said to the priest.

"Why? Just to increase the difficulty for that group of people. After all, it's boring if things go too smoothly. So, isn't it fun to provide you with some information and betray your teammates? Otherwise... this game will be too boring." The priest said to Yi.

"Are you so confident in yourselves? Don't forget what you are facing!" Yi said to the priest. The frivolous look of the priest made Yi feel uncomfortable for some reason.

“No, we are not so arrogant... Who can stop the fire-chasing moths that gather the power of the world? But it would be different if we had someone inside..." The priest shook his head, and looked at Yi with his dead eyes and said, "It's getting late, let me tell you one last thing... There are no nuns in the church... The predecessor of the church was called the Honkai Cult, and there may be something underground... There is no safe place in this city... You should leave..."

"You..." Yi wanted to ask something, after all, they had their people inside the Fire Moth, and this joke was not funny. But his communicator suddenly rang, interrupting Yi's words. And it was not just him, but all their communicators rang, which meant that something big was going to happen in the Fire Moth. Yi glanced at the priest fiercely and said to Hua, "Wake them up... let's go..." After that, he woke up everyone one by one, and they walked out of the noodle shop under the gaze of the priest.

After everyone had left, the priest could no longer hold back his laughter, "Joy, hahahaha! The war is about to begin!"

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"This noodle shop is really weird... My stomach still hurts now..." Padu lay on the bed with a pillow in her arms, and her tail drooped behind her.

"Okay, Padu, have a good rest. We may have to go on a mission later." Desdobia touched Padu's head and rubbed Padu's cat ears. To be honest, Padu's cat ears felt really good! Compared to Kosmo's cold horns, Padu's cat ears attracted Desdobia's attention more.

Kosmo, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but sneeze, thinking to himself, "Strange, someone scolded me?"

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Then he looked at Yi, and saw him press the switch, and Mei's projection appeared among the crowd.

"Mei, is there any emergency?" Kevin asked first.

Mei nodded. Even though she was just a projection, she could still feel Mei's frown. "The European branch... officially declared war on the Fire Moth... They have also changed their name to Akatsuki. The predecessor of this organization was the Honkai Cult that was wiped out by the Fire Moth three years ago... The survivors at that time somehow managed to sneak into the European branch and took a dominant position, turning the entire branch into a gathering place for believers... Maybe... the top management is not clean now..."

After hearing Mei's words, no one said anything. After all, although they had fought against others before, they were mainly fighting against Honkai. But this time it was different. It had escalated into a war... It was not something that could be ended by just one or two people. The consequences of the war might be more serious than Honkai...

"Mei, what do you want us to do..." Yi said after letting out a breath. This was not the time to hesitate.

"You will mainly go to four places." After hearing what Yi said, Mei no longer wasted time, and waved her right hand, and four images appeared in front of everyone. "The first place is the prison outside the city. The satellite of the Fire Moth has detected a large amount of unstable Honkai energy there, and... the frequency fluctuation of Honkai energy is similar to that of Fusion Warriors. This should be the location of the "Fusion Warrior" Corps. This place will be carried out by Kevin and the Fire Moth troops who came here. Although the number is large, the effect displayed by the incomplete fusion technology is not complete. Those soldiers do not have the powerful abilities of Fusion Warriors, and Kevin Tianhuo is already on the way. That place is left to you." Mei said to Kevin seriously.

"Don't worry, leave it to me." Kevin said coldly. There was no emotion in his words. It might be a side effect of being a fusion warrior.

"The second location is the branch's headquarters. We need to get their research data. They have kept many of their experiments a secret from the Fire Moth, so their research reports are extremely important to the Fire Moth. This mission will be carried out by Padu and Desdobia sneaking into the branch, while Hen and Kosmo will stay outside to attract attention."

"Understood!" The four answered at the same time. Even Paddo stopped lying on the bed and stood up to give a not-so-standard salute.

Mei nodded to the four people and looked at Ying. "There's something strange about the church in the city center. None of the people we sent out have ever returned from that place. In addition, the signal of the Sixth Herrscher's core has appeared in that place before. So, this mission will be handed over to the three of you, Ying, Hua, and Qianjie."

"Understood." Hua and Ying were the only ones who agreed to Mei's request. Qianjie, on the other hand, folded his hands and said as if it had nothing to do with him, "Investigating this thing is not suitable for me. I am more suited to destroying the enemy!"

"Qianjie!" Ying glanced at Qianjie. Mei is the current leader of the Fire Chasing Moth. If you are so rude to her, aren't you afraid that she will make things difficult for you? Although Mei would never do that.

"Hmph!" Qianjie snorted coldly and turned his head to the side to show his agreement.

"The last place..." Mei said, and a photo of a cave appeared in front of everyone. "According to satellite observation, there are small white snakes constantly crawling in and out of this place, but there is only one Honkai energy fluctuation inside... This Honkai energy fluctuation is similar to that of a fusion warrior, and is even close to that of a former Herrscher... But there is no doubt that the mastermind behind this should be there... His goal should not be to hide, he wants to attract you to go there... So, this task is given to Yi, Alicia and Su."

"Understood!" the three replied.

"When the Fire Moth combat troops arrive, the mission will begin... Then I wish you all good luck in military affairs and everything goes well..." Before Mei could finish her words, the communication was intercepted and Mei's projection disappeared in the air.

"...The enemy should have discovered our purpose. If nothing unexpected happens, the signals of the entire city should be blocked. So we can't just sit and wait for the troops. We should take the initiative to attack..." Yi said.

No one present refuted Yi's opinion. Qianjie couldn't help but kick the door open and walked out after hearing this. He couldn't stay there for a moment longer. No matter what the mission was, he just had to eliminate the enemy!

Then everyone set out to their respective mission locations.

The war has officially begun!