Life in the collapsed world from scratch

"Father, I am guilty."

Before the priest could finish his opening remarks, Cheng Xi interrupted.

The voice on the other side obviously choked, and continued after a while: "Everyone is born guilty, as long as you admit your mistake, God will forgive you. Tell me, child, God is listening."

"But..." Cheng Xi hesitated for a while, scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "A Protestant missionary came to me two days ago and publicized their teachings and salary. To be honest, it is better than here. Quite a few."

"Of course none of these can tempt me. I am extremely devout in my belief in God. How can money be able to shake it... But then I found out that their saintesses are actually quite beautiful, so I decided to apostate."

Priest: "..."

The door of the confession room was opened, and a middle-aged brown-haired man wearing a godfather stood at the door, looking at Cheng Xi with a disgusted look: "Go to hell, heretic!"

"Don't say that, Abel, it's just a joke." Cheng Xi stood up with a smile, took out a newspaper from his pocket, and said, "It's just that your password today is a bit too awkward, and besides, we are all acquaintances. There is no need to engage in these forms.”

The ironic words revealed his familiarity with the person in front of him. As a pawn inserted into Europe by Anti-Entropy, Abel’s most common job in his daily life is to collect the recent actions of Destiny, which can be called It can be regarded as the head of intelligence in this area.

And Cheng Xi has been active in Europe recently, so contact with this intelligence leader is naturally indispensable.However, for the sake of concealment and safety, communication is usually done online, and this is basically the first time offline like this.

"Do you think that without these 'troublesome' forms, how did I survive in the enemy's base camp until now." Abel snorted.

After finishing speaking, he glanced in the direction of the door, passing through the open church door, just in time to see the blond girl sitting on the pew dangling her legs boredly:

"By the way, who is that girl outside? You seem to have a good relationship just now?"

"Tell me about her." Cheng Xi replied with a smug face, "She is the tour guide I tied up on the road today."

"How about it, isn't it cute?"

"..." The extremely dangerous speech silenced Abel, took out the phone from his pocket expressionlessly, and pressed a few buttons:

"Hello, the police?".

Chapter 24 name

"Hey! Don't!" Cheng Xi hurried forward to stop him.

What if the police really come?He didn't want to leave a criminal record in Europe.

Oh, it seems that his current identity is also fake, that's okay.

"I lied to you." Abel gave him a blank look, and handed over the phone.

Cheng Xi took the phone and found that an unfamiliar phone number had been connected to it.He glanced at Abel, and he could roughly guess who was on the other end of the phone.

"Hello? Good evening."

"You are so tall! Didn't you agree that you will contact me at noon?" Tesla's familiar voice came, and Cheng Xi couldn't help but move the phone a short distance away.

"This...I'm in a hurry. You know, sometimes the plan can't keep up with the changes." Cheng Xi shamelessly classifies things like "going shopping with a girl in the town" as an "urgent matter." in the category.

Tesla snorted, obviously not believing his nonsense, but he didn't pursue it any further, and instead asked, "You've arrived at the mission location now, how do you feel?"

"How should I put it...it's a pretty peaceful town." Cheng Xi made a judgment based on what he had seen and heard all afternoon, and after thinking about it, he added: "It's just that the businesses here are a bit unscrupulous. The starting price...can I apply for an increase in the budget?"

"Rejected!" Tesla refused without hesitation.

"Cut, stingy..." Cheng Xi deliberately whispered in a voice that the other party could hear.

Tesla pretended not to hear it, and changed the subject: "Okay, it's time to get down to business. You haven't forgotten that you have a mission, right?"

"Of course." Cheng Xi replied, "Otherwise, why would I travel all the way to this place?"

Three days ago, the anti-entropy satellite suddenly detected the energy response of Herrscher's core in this small town.

At this point in time, there are only two Herrscher cores in Destiny's hands, and the core of the Herrscher of the Hollow should have been implanted in K423 at this time, so the only thing left is the Serenity Gem that controls the power of death.

And Cheng Xi's goal is this quiet gem.

Speaking of this incident, he became angry. At the beginning, he desperately snatched all four gems from Anti Entropy, but in the end, he was "robbed" by Mandate of Heaven, who used all kinds of coercion and lure to get them back. took one.

"Sure enough, things can't go so smoothly." Cheng Xi, who heard the news at the time, sighed and thought.

That guy Otto’s goal from the beginning to the end is not to fight against Honkai. He only wants to resurrect Kallen. He doesn’t care what happens to other gems. He can’t let go of the Serenity Gem that only controls the ability of the Herrscher of Death. .

"So, did I count as working for Tianming at that time?" Cheng Xi complained in a low voice.

"Do you think I think so? If you don't agree to exchange gems at that time, the Valkyrie troops of Destiny will probably come to your door." Tesla snorted and continued: "The ultimate purpose of anti-entropy creation is to fight against Collapse, not internal friction. Besides, we have also gained a lot of benefits."

"If it wasn't for your strong demands, the lord would not have agreed to your previous actions at the risk of tearing face with Tianming, don't get cheap here and act like a good boy.

"Yes, yes, I understand." Cheng Xi's attitude of admitting his mistake seemed insincere.

"It's good to know." Tesla, who is familiar with his personality, didn't care, and continued: "This morning, our satellite detected another energy reaction in the town where you are. Now it can basically be confirmed. , Destiny is indeed conducting an experiment on the gem of tranquility in this small town."

"However, the accuracy of the equipment carried on the satellite is limited after all, and there is no way to locate the specific location of the Destiny Laboratory, so I need you..."

"Okay, you don't need to repeat the task content with me again." Cheng Xi interrupted aloud: "Don't forget, I proposed this task on my own initiative."

"..." There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and Tesla's slightly worried voice came: "Europe is the headquarters of Destiny, and we can't provide you with effective support... Anyway, be careful."

"Don't worry, don't you know who I am? The word 'accident' doesn't exist in the dictionary!" Cheng Xi said confidently.

It's because it's clear that I don't worry about it.Tesla complained in his heart.

"By the way, I have something to confirm with you." Cheng Xi paused and continued to ask: "I read in the newspaper that scientists in North America found traces of life activities in rock samples from Mars... ..."

Tesla was stunned for a moment, and then he realized: "You said this, it was discovered by a scientific research institution funded by us, and the samples were also brought back from Mars by our people. Didn't Jiwotou propose a 'deep space' a while ago?" Exploration' plan... Speaking of which, it was suggested by you, have you forgotten?"

"Uh, is it?" Cheng Xi felt that he might be a little forgetful recently, but it's not a big deal, isn't there a saying that noble people forget things more.

"That means the report is true?"

"Of course it is true." Tesla replied without hesitation: "Not only that, but we have actually found living cells in the samples, but they have not been reported."

"...I see." Cheng Xi sighed, said a few words to Tesla and hung up the phone.

"You seem to be in a bad mood?" Seeing that this is over, Abel, who was standing in the distance to avoid suspicion, came forward and asked.

"It's nothing." Cheng Xi handed the phone back to him: "It's just confirming something that should have been figured out a long time ago."

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Abel took the phone and asked casually out of professional habits.

Cheng Xi thought for a while, looked at him and asked curiously, "Does your religion have a saint?"

Abel's face darkened immediately.

……

When Bianca saw that Cheng Xi was almost kicked out of the church gate, she knew that she should be able to go back.

"Is the matter over?" She stood up from the bench and greeted her, and asked.

"It's over." Cheng Xi looked up at the sky, and the sun in the sky was only half of his body sinking slowly.

"Go back, it's getting late."

Bianca nodded without speaking.

Cheng Xi looked at the girl who suddenly fell silent strangely, not knowing what was wrong with her.

In this dull atmosphere, the two walked towards the direction of the orphanage one after the other.Because they didn't wander around like they did in the afternoon, it didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at the gate of the orphanage.

Through the iron gate of the fence, the orphanage can be seen to be peaceful. Bianca's disappearance did not cause much commotion, or they didn't realize that the girl had disappeared all afternoon.

"Let's go here." Bianca stopped, and returned the plastic bag in her hand to Cheng Xi, "You go back too, that's it... goodbye."

After speaking, she turned and walked towards the orphanage.There is no sadness, no reluctance, after all, the relationship between her and Cheng Xi is not very deep.It's just a pity, the feeling of staying with him makes the girl very relaxed, as if the two have known each other for a long time.

"If we can get along for a while longer, we should be able to become very good friends?" The girl thought to herself.

But it doesn't matter, the experience in the orphanage for so many years has made her used to parting, it's not a big deal.

only……

"Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet."

While Bianca was thinking wildly, Cheng Xi reached out and grabbed the back collar of her dress, pulling her back.

"Tomorrow morning, wait for me in that forest." Ignoring the girl's doubtful eyes, Cheng Xi said to himself.

"Huh?" Bianca froze for a moment.

"Ah, what? You don't think I'll just come here for a day and then go back?" Cheng Xi gave her a strange look.

Next, he needs to install the Houkai energy monitoring equipment in some corners of the town, so as to find out the specific location of the Destiny Research Institute. It would be too inefficient if no one leads the way during this process.

Anyway, he had already caught a coolie once, and Cheng Xi didn't want to go to another place to catch another tour guide.

Although he is a little younger, he is quite satisfied with the current tour guide.

"Don't forget your current identity. You are a hostage I managed to capture. I didn't say I would just let you go...By the way, what's your name?"

Cheng Xi scratched her head and realized that she still didn't know the girl's name.

"... Bianca."

The girl let out a sigh of relief, looked up at Cheng Xi and introduced herself seriously:

"Bianca Atagina.".

Chapter 25 Ragnar

"This is the last place."

Sticking the button-shaped device to the hidden place under the leaves, Cheng Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Bianca, who squatted down and held a branch to tease the stray cat not far away.

"Since when did you have the leisure to start raising children?"

A familiar voice came from behind, and Cheng Xi knew who was coming without looking back.

"It's none of your business, she is the tour guide I worked so hard to catch." He retorted bluntly.

Meeting Bianca can be said to be an unexpected joy. Before coming to the town, Cheng Xi never thought that he would meet the juvenile body of the next strongest Valkyrie "Urandale" in the future.

Although he knew that Bianca should be in an orphanage in France at this time, he never expected to meet her by such a coincidence, so when the girl said her name, he was indeed a little surprised.

But since we met, it is natural to get acquainted first. This kind of opportunity to gain favorability is very rare.

If you don't "bully" the girl now before she grows up, and wait for her hacks to arrive one by one in the future, there may be no such opportunities.

"By the way, do you have something to do? I'm very busy." Cheng Xi said.

"Are you busy, are you busy shopping?" Abel gave him a blank look, and said angrily, "If I have nothing to do, why don't I come to you and lie in the church and bask in the sun?"