Pre-Collapse Civilization, My Wife is a Snake Oh

"Whoosh!"

The Assault-class Honkai Beast was cut directly in half.

Of course, Ling Xi's actions also attracted the attention of the surrounding Honkai Beasts. They immediately abandoned their prey and swarmed towards Ling Xi.

Seeing this, Ling Xi naturally wouldn't just stand there foolishly. He decisively charged into the Honkai Beast horde. If he stayed with the civilians, he might accidentally harm them when he attacked, so he needed an environment where he could fight.

As Ling Xi moved, the surrounding Honkai Beasts also surged towards his direction, including the Chariot-class Honkai Beast blocking the front. It also abandoned the other survivors and slowly moved towards Ling Xi.

Unintentionally, Ling Xi had attracted almost all the firepower, indirectly saving more people.

However, some people, seeing that they were temporarily safe, took out their phones to record videos. They retreated while filming, no longer showing the initial panic. It seemed Ling Xi's appearance had given them confidence.

Meanwhile, Ling Xi was still charging towards the Temple-class Honkai Beast, constantly slaying the attacking Honkai Beasts. Soon, he was surrounded by the horde.

"He's surrounded!"

"What do we do now?"

Seeing Ling Xi trapped in the middle of the Honkai Beast horde, some people watching from a distance became a little nervous. While they weren't entirely worried about Ling Xi, if he fell, the Honkai Beasts would pursue them again.

"Roar!"

At this moment, Ling Xi had reached the front of the Temple-class Honkai Beast. The Honkai Beast directly raised its lance and thrust it towards Ling Xi!

"Swish..."

Ling Xi dodged directly, then held his sword with both hands, raising it high above his head. He concentrated the full power of his Stigmata and chanted, "Burn, here!"

"Boom!"

Instantly, accompanied by a firebird descending from the sky, it transformed into a pillar of fire dozens of meters high, shooting into the sky. The resulting shockwave instantly annihilated the Temple-class Honkai Beast. The surrounding gathering Honkai Beasts and death soldiers were also instantly reduced to ashes by the flames!

With this move, Ling Xi directly eliminated half of the Honkai Beasts!

However, glancing at his remaining energy, it was less than a tenth...

Ling Xi: "..."

Wasn't the consumption of this move a bit excessive?

But the power was indeed worthy of its consumption, however...

It was time to retreat. After all, his energy was almost depleted, and he had to retreat. Otherwise, once his energy ran out, he would be finished...

"Doctor, are you there?"

In a laboratory of the Flame-Chasing Moths in Changkong City, a green-haired girl walked in.

"Klein? Didn't I tell you not to disturb me when I'm conducting experiments?"

The woman called Doctor, also with green hair, put down her work and turned to look at Klein, smiling with a hint of helplessness. "Klein, if it's not something important, don't disturb me, especially... about meetings."

"Uh..."

Klein scratched his forehead and said, "Doctor Mobius, what I need to tell you isn't about a meeting, but about the Honkai incident in H City yesterday."

"The Honkai in H City?"

Mobius frowned and smiled with slight disinterest. "What does that have to do with me? That was just a minor Honkai. No Herrscher even appeared, and the strongest Honkai Beast was only Temple-class. The research value is too low."

"Doctor, you should watch it first."

Klein took out his phone and projected a holographic image...

The video was very blurry because it was filmed with a phone, and due to the distance and shaking, the clarity could truly be described as Renaissance-level. Calling it 360P would be an exaggeration.

However, even though the video was blurry, the general situation could still be seen. In the fleeing crowd, a young man in white, holding a sword, suddenly charged towards the Temple-class Honkai Beast. The sword in his hand ignited with crimson flames, cutting down Honkai Beasts along the way...

"Hmm?"

Seeing this, Mobius's interest was immediately piqued. What was this power? Technology? No... it didn't seem like it.

Of course, Mobius was only mildly interested, until...

A giant pillar of fire shot into the sky, instantly turning the Temple-class Honkai Beast into ashes, and then... the video ended.

"Klein, this video... was it from yesterday?"

Instantly, Mobius could no longer remain calm. That final power, the power that directly annihilated the Temple-class Honkai Beast, was definitely not a power that technology could provide. Although plasma cannons could achieve similar effects, but...

In the video, it was directly released by the young man, so... this was an unknown power!

"Yes, Doctor."

Klein explained, "The video was filmed yesterday, but it was uploaded to the internet early this morning. According to current intelligence, after that young man killed the Honkai Beasts, he disappeared from the battlefield. Afterwards, the Flame-Chasing Moths unit arrived, killed the Chariot-class Honkai Beast and the remaining stragglers, and settled the survivors. This video was filmed by the survivors."

"So, was that young man found?"

Mobius didn't care about the so-called survivors; she only cared about the young man in the video!

"No."

Klein shook his head slightly. "Although the Flame-Chasing Moths unit conducted a search, they didn't find any clues. The key is that the video is too blurry, and the person was filmed from behind the entire time, so even with technical restoration, facial data couldn't be obtained."

"Hmph, I knew those guys couldn't do anything right. Not only was the rescue slow, but they couldn't even find one person."

Mobius casually complained about the Flame-Chasing Moths' troops.

Klein didn't say anything. After all, Mobius was speaking the truth. There was a reason why the Flame-Chasing Moths had such a bad reputation among the public.

"Ah, what a shame. If only I could find him, perhaps I could research that kind of power."

Mobius licked her lips and said with longing, "Mmm... new power, perhaps it's the power that will lead humanity's evolution... Alright, Klein, it's time to work. Also, keep an eye out for news about that person. Tell me the moment you hear anything."

"Understood, Doctor."

Klein nodded and then exited the room.

"Mmmph..."

Mobius replayed the video she had just watched. She was once again certain that this was definitely a new power, a power... that could fight the Honkai.

"I can't wait to meet you, my... little white rat."

Looking at the person in the video, Mobius's eyes were filled with anticipation and curiosity. She really... really wanted to research this kind of power!

Chapter 3: Night Encounter, Dr. Mobius!

"Ah, what a mess!"

It was late at night, almost dawn. Ling Xi was still walking alone on the city streets, pondering which city to go to next.

He had been in this world for two months now and had a basic understanding of the situation. Without a doubt, he had arrived in the Honkai world. There were all sorts of strange incidents, and occasionally, a couple of Honkai Beasts would pop out. This was indeed the Honkai world!

He remembered that when he first arrived in this world two months ago, he was right at the center of a Honkai outbreak and almost died immediately. Fortunately, he had managed to utter the universal password for the Honkai world in time, awakening his cheat, Sirin, who then directly gave him a five-star Stigmata. Although it was just a single piece, he had managed to counter-kill a Honkai Beast using the Stigmata's power!

After that, he had gone into hiding and escaped with the surviving refugees, eventually being taken in by the Flame-Chasing Moths army. Ling Xi thought he would be treated as an undocumented person, but to his surprise, he actually had a proper identity in this world – a student at Senba Academy in Changkong City, with all the necessary paperwork and records complete!

For a moment, Ling Xi even suspected that he might have soul-traveled rather than body-traveled, but...

That wasn't right. His body was exactly the same as before, even the scar he got on his arm when he was a child was identical. In the end, Ling Xi's conclusion was... he was still himself, just with a legal identity in this world!

So, now he was a student at Senba Academy, and an outstanding student at that, with sponsorship from the school that was enough to see him through to graduation. However...

Ling Xi had decided to leave this city. As for why, the reason was simple: this city was called Changkong City!

As a transmigrator who knew the Honkai storyline, Ling Xi was well aware that Changkong City was the location of the third Honkai outbreak. Working in this place, what was the difference between that and courting death? Although he possessed the power of the Stigmata to resist the Honkai's erosion, and even had some combat ability, but...

Even so, his current combat power was inferior to an A-rank Valkyrie, at most B-rank. He could still put up a fight against minor threats, but against Temple-class or higher, he basically only had the option to run, let alone Herrschers.

Therefore, his best option was to find a safe place to hide.

Perhaps, according to the normal trope, he should have stayed in Changkong City, waited for the Honkai outbreak, then sought out the "Big Three" and entered the harem plotline, but...

This was Changkong City, and it was also the Honkai world. The world and the location were correct, but it seemed he had arrived a little too early, because this was... the pre-collapse era, fifty thousand years ago.

Well, it was indeed a little too early...

If it were the current civilization, with the efforts of Otto the dog, Kevin the ancestor, and the Anti-Entropy duo, perhaps the world could have survived. After all, the Herrschers of the current civilization were generally weak. As long as they could hold on, there was hope. Ling Xi had initially thought the same, to join Schicksal and contribute his part, but unfortunately...

This was the pre-collapse era, and the Herrschers of the pre-collapse era could destroy an entire continent with a single attack, or swallow a continent with a black hole. And then there was the Finality that destroyed the world!

Damn it, what kind of messed-up situation was this!

If he had transmigrated to the current civilization of the Honkai world, he might have survived with good luck, and perhaps even found a Valkyrie to marry. But if it was the pre-collapse era, it simply meant there was no hope, just wait for death, goodbye!

After all, Ling Xi, who knew the plot, was well aware of the pre-collapse civilization's ending. After the appearance of Finality, apart from a small number of people who entered hibernation pods and a few Archons who were carrying out their respective plans, human civilization... was wiped out!

So, this was why Ling Xi had just sighed. It was too difficult to survive in the pre-collapse era...

"Sigh..."

Thinking of this, Ling Xi sighed again. Although he didn't know where he was now, at least the third Honkai outbreak shouldn't have happened yet, because Changkong City was still here. So...

Although he didn't fully understand the timeline of the pre-collapse era, it should at least be about ten years before Finality appeared. But this didn't mean he could safely get through ten years. In fact, starting from a few years later, human life would no longer be called life, but rather... survival!

Forget it, forget it. Let's not think about it too much. For now, let's just leave Changkong City. After all, this place was no longer safe.

"If you don't want to get hurt, just come with us obediently. Doctor, you're a smart person, you know what to do!"

Suddenly, Ling Xi heard someone speaking ahead, and... he had a familiar sense of déjà vu.

Without thinking too much, Ling Xi decided to go and join the fun. If he encountered a plot he was happy to see, he wouldn't mind meddling!

After turning a corner, Ling Xi saw three people dressed in black, wearing black cloaks, cornering a woman in a white shirt in an alley. The three of them were positioned to completely block her escape route.

"So, please come with us."

The man in the lead said in a cold voice, "Doctor, don't force us to act."

"So... Klein was sent away by you guys, right?"

The woman in the white shirt had green hair. At this moment, she seemed a bit drunk, but her consciousness was still relatively clear. She looked at the three people in front of her and said with a half-smile, "I didn't expect them to actually do something like this. Do you know the consequences?"

Mobius carefully observed the three people in front of her. She didn't care who they were, but she could roughly guess who sent them.

She had thought that academic competition was just that, but she didn't expect the other party to start breaking the rules of the game.

"Attack!"

Seeing that Mobius had no intention of surrendering, the other party clearly didn't want to waste any more time and directly signaled his companions to attack.

"Ugh..."

Mobius's blue eyes flickered slightly, as if she was contemplating how to deal with the enemies in front of her.

"Yo, looks like there's a mission!"

At that moment, a familiar interface suddenly popped up before Ling Xi, and then Sirin smiled as she issued the mission.

[Sudden Event: Faced with the current situation, what is your choice?]

[A: Rescue and take good care of them until they sober up! Mission Reward: One Supply Card!]

[B: Pretend nothing happened and go home to sleep! Mission Reward: None!]

[C: Shout at the three of them, "Let that girl go and come at me!" Mission Reward: I love a dog!]

Ling Xi: "..." Wait, I can understand the first two options, but what the heck is with the last one?

Chapter 4: What To Do When Snakey Gets Drunk? Just Take Her Home, Of Course!

"..."

Ling Xi directly ignored the third option and decisively stepped forward, "Hey, you guys, trying to forcibly take someone away on the street, isn't that a bit too much?"

Regarding the recent options, Ling Xi naturally chose the first one without hesitation, smiling slightly, "Or perhaps this is worthy of Changkong City? I didn't expect to actually encounter a scene from a movie."

"Mhm..."

Seeing Ling Xi suddenly appear, the three men's eyes changed slightly. The man in the lead directly said, "Just knock him out..."

"Whoosh!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in black immediately drew his katana and slashed at Ling Xi.

"..."

Ling Xi was instantly startled and quickly dodged to the side. Damn it, do people in the Honkai world just draw their swords without a word?

And didn't you say knock him out? What's with drawing your sword directly?