The Collapse Entity

Xiao Yu felt a slight lift on the back of her neck. She touched it, and the sensation immediately disappeared.

She swam underwater with the mechanical soldier all the way to the seabed, where, to her surprise, a huge portal appeared on the seabed cliff.

The mechanical soldier pressed something, and the mechanical door slowly opened. Xiao Yu immediately felt a strong suction force, and the two mechanical bodies were immediately rushed inside.

The gate slowly closed, and the two rolled several times before standing up from the water.

Xiao Yu looked around curiously and asked, "Where am I?"

"Crust Research Station No. 7"

"Number 7," Xiao Yu repeated softly. The other person had just called her "Number 7 Collapse Entity."

"What is Collapse Entity?"

"You'll see when we get there," the mech soldier said, familiar with the place. It was clear that the area was badly damaged, with many areas even lacking lighting.

The two walked for about half an hour until they reached an end, where there was another mechanical door. The mechanical soldier turned around.

"Only you have access to the research station."

Xiao Yu walked blankly to the door, a strange feeling welling up inside her. Suddenly, her eyes shone brightly with white light, and under this light, the door also became transparent and disappeared little by little.

"This is a nanomaterial, a product of Research Station No. 4."

Seeing this, the mecha soldiers were not surprised at all.

"Welcome back, Honkai Impact 7."

A figure stood in the center of the room—Xiao Yuanshan.

Xiao Yu stared wide-eyed at her "cheap grandfather".

"Yes, it is me. By blood, I am indeed your grandfather. Your father, Xiao Feng, is my youngest son. Because he was born to a lover, he was secretly kept outside the family. But unexpectedly, the one who truly inherited the family's glory was actually an illegitimate child."

Xiao Yu opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Are you dead?"

"You died. You were found by your family members and surrounded and killed. This is my mind box. I thought the mark I left on the Honkai code would guide you here, but I overlooked one thing: the Honkai code's erosion of the mark. You couldn't have come here because of that, could you?"

Xiao Yu nodded.

"So, what do you want to ask now?"

What is Honkai?

"The Honkai Impact is an escape plan that brings together the top scientists from the Empire, the Alliance, and the Federation. It uses the Earth's crust engine as its power source and all the advanced technologies at its core. Once the research is successful, we will have hope of escaping that advanced civilization."

"Advanced civilization, are you referring to the masters of the mother city?" Xiao Yu asked.

"That's right, that advanced mechanical civilization is called the Ancient Mechanical Aggregate. It is an ancient level seven civilization, and its power is unimaginable even among all mechanical civilizations in the universe."

"A level seven civilization, huh?"

Xiao Yu was unaware of just how powerful this Level 7 civilization was. In fact, even a senior engineer here would never believe that a Level 7 civilization was only one level higher than a Level 6 civilization.

A Type VI civilization is a galaxy cluster-level civilization, which covers an area of a galaxy cluster, and a galaxy cluster contains hundreds of galaxies, such as the Virgo Cluster that surrounds a certain Milky Way galaxy.

A Type VII civilization is a supercluster civilization, a super-universe system composed of hundreds of galaxy clusters and groups.

The two are not even in the same league.

"What is the escape plan? And why do we need to escape?"

"Because according to our agreement with that advanced civilization, once our civilization reaches level two, we must carry out social transformation in its way, just as you see today—the Cyber Test Site."

Xiao Yuanshan's tone finally revealed a hint of disappointment.

Although Xiao Yu didn't know what the past world was like, she knew how powerful the three mother cities were. If the three mother cities were so powerful, one could only imagine the beings behind them. So she asked, dumbfounded:

"So, I'm also part of the Honkai Impact 3rd Project, but can I alone fight against such a powerful being?"

"Of course, it's not just you."

Xiao Yuanshan gently waved his hand, and thirteen blurry black figures appeared. The seventh black figure overlapped with Xiao Yu's figure.

"You are Collapse Entity No. 7. Theoretically speaking, as long as all the Collapse Entity are gathered together, it may be possible to break free from the control of that advanced civilization."

"So that's how it is!!"

"You are Collapse Entity developed based on Imperial Mecha Technology, so you are born with powerful close-combat skills. These skills can be used not only in combat, but also in piloting mechas and controlling mechanical systems. These are among your talents. Remember, the original purpose of developing you was to pilot emperors!"

"Controlling emperors?"

"The Emperor is the pinnacle of the Empire's mechanical technology. Each generation of Emperors is the most powerful super mechanical entity. The most powerful generation is actually the last generation developed by the Empire using Honkai technology, the End Black Emperor."

"The energy that powers it is the most mysterious and unpredictable 'dark matter' in the universe."

"Dark matter, huh—"

The illiterate little angel had no concept of this, but she still had many questions to ask, such as who the other Collapse Entity were, or why her father had become so despondent after returning from his trip to the Mother City, and many other stories about the Empire.

However, the mechanical soldier next to him suddenly stepped forward, pressed a button on the wall, and directly shut down the 'Mind Box'.

Xiao Yuanshan's figure vanished without a trace.

"What are you doing?" the little angel exclaimed angrily.

"I think what we need to consider now is how to escape."

The mecha soldier calmly pressed a few buttons, and the remaining monitoring system was activated. Countless robots stormed in, equipped with embedded engines and weapons. Many of the robots were even carrying chainsaws. The style of these robots was exactly the same as that of the Welfare Gang.

The only difference is that these people are robots, and there are a huge number of them.

The number of robots flooding the cameras alone is probably no less than tens of thousands.

A terrifying thought suddenly popped into Xiao Yu's mind: he finally knew where the islanders had gone.

"Finally, the Collapse Entity has arrived."

A frenzied electronic voice rang out on the camera.

[Task complete, Experience +40,000, Specialization Points +2, Random Ancient Mechanical Blueprint]

"Hmm, what mission?"

The senior engineer glanced at the task panel and then remembered that there was a task chain about Xiao Yu's background.

Wow, the task recipients are even doing the tasks themselves now.

Soon, the second quest chain appeared.

[Second Stage of the Task: Xiao Yuanshan's Mind Box]

Difficulty: Hard

Mission Briefing: The Collapse Entity girl is being hunted by a strange robot army. Please rescue her as soon as possible, and also the Mind Box in her hand.

Task objective: Ensure the integrity of the mind box.

Quest Rewards: 50,000 Experience, 5 Skill Points, and a clue to the next quest.

"What is Collapse Entity? Your mission updates faster than I can complete them."

"Could it be related to the ground beneath my feet?"

At this moment, looking at the lava on the other side of the glass wall, and the boundless "Star Core Dyson Sphere", the senior engineer knew where he was.

An undamaged crustal engine.

60 years ago!

Or rather, the remaining data from that secret plan from back then is in the database.

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