Do you think this world is serious?

Although deformed creatures lose their ability to move, this only happens to deformed creatures that are stitched together to the point where they can no longer maintain their basic shape. Deformed creatures that are stitched together less and still maintain their basic shape may still have the ability to move normally.

Once Chen Xiuming confirmed the direction he was heading, he carried Xi'er and began to walk forward, his steps slow but firm.

Those grotesque creatures could roam in the shadows of broken walls and ruins, so Chen Xiuming did not move forward quickly to avoid being attacked by them.

The city has been destroyed for a long time, and the ruins along the way are severely weathered.

There were no usable utensils or food, not even a habitable "dangerous building".

Whenever there are monstrous creatures nearby, Kiana, Janna, and Anila would remind Chen Xiuming, but they would not take action to kill the monstrous creatures.

Kiana did not attack the monstrous creature because Chen Xiuming was not in danger.

Even if Janna wanted to kill the monstrous creature, her weakened body was unable to do so.

Anila will actively kill the deformed creatures, but in the end, only the complete core of each deformed creature she kills will remain.

No matter how bizarre the monstrous creature may be, it is still essentially a "living being" and can still be affected by the Herrscher powers of the Herrscher of Death, ultimately leading to its complete demise.

This would cause the Honkai Beast remains stitched together by the deformed creature to die along with it, making them unfeedable for Janna to consume, so Anila was forbidden from taking action.

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84

Chapter 84: The Demise of Human Civilization Once Again.

Chen Xiuming carried Xi'er as they strolled toward the city's outskirts. Behind them, the Honkai energy spheres floating in the air grew larger and larger, and the number of monstrous creature cores contained within them also increased.

Although those grotesque creatures were grotesque and terrifying in appearance, giving off an indescribable sense of dread, they were not actually that strong. However, it was also possible that Chen Xiuming had not encountered any powerful grotesque creatures.

As they moved further away from the city center, the number of strange creatures decreased, and Chen Xiuming's pace quickened.

About half an hour later, Chen Xiuming and Xi'er were nearing the edge of the city. The number of broken walls and ruins in the vicinity gradually decreased, and most of them were the ruins of low-rise houses.

Seeing this, Chen Xiuming stopped going forward and instead looked for a suitable house nearby.

Due to the city's long-standing abandonment, it's difficult to find habitable housing.

Even "dangerous buildings" are extremely rare in this city.

After spending quite some time, Chen Xiuming finally found a house that was barely habitable.

This house is not a "dangerous building"; in fact, it can be described as a ruin.

—This is a perfectly intact room hidden among the broken walls and ruins.

Because it is hidden among the ruins, the room is not exposed. You have to pass through a narrow and cramped passage formed by the ruins to reach the door.

Judging from the layout of the room, it should have originally been a "study".

Chen Xiuming sculpted a Honkai Energy bed, placed Xi'er on it, and then began to tidy up and clean the room.

Wooden furniture such as bookshelves had become severely rotten and were no longer suitable for use, so Chen Xiuming cleaned them out and piled them at the entrance of the room to hide the entrance.

As for the only two single fabric sofas in the study, Chen Xiuming did not throw them away directly. Instead, he "recycled" them, disassembled and pieced them together into a simple bed, and then moved Xier to this bed.

He then left Anila to look after Seele and went out to continue hunting strange creatures and searching for usable or recyclable items.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city.

The green-haired girl, draped in old, gray clothing, arrived in the city weary from her journey, accurately located the nearby grotesque creature, and then fearlessly stepped into the shadow where the creature resided.

The girl's right arm instantly transformed into a giant, monstrous claw. Ignoring the grotesque creature's flailing limbs, she grabbed its exposed core and roughly ripped it off the creature's body.

Then, her right arm returned to normal, and she held the core of the monstrous creature, gnawing on it like an apple, making a series of crisp "crunch" sounds. At the same time, her other hand grasped the monstrous creature's limbs, dragging the creature's corpse forward slowly.

"This city is nice. There are many relatively weak [insect beasts] here, which should be enough for me to eat for a while."

Instead of continuing to hunt the grotesque creatures, the girl dragged their corpses to find a place to rest.

Surprisingly, the grotesque creatures nearby seemed to be afraid of her, and dared not attack her even as she passed by.

The cool night breeze ruffled her long hair, revealing the inner highlights that gradually faded from light green to light yellow, which, combined with her bright golden eyes, gave her a more "divine" appearance.

It was precisely because of this somewhat "divine" demeanor that those grotesque creatures dared not attack her.

In the area the girl passed through, grotesque creatures lurking in the shadows waved their irregularly twisted limbs, seemingly venting their anger, yet they dared not attack the girl who was walking further and further away.

"...We can't get close to the central city area; the [insect beasts] there have evolved to a very troublesome level."

The girl glanced into the distance, her golden eyes shining brightly, as if piercing through the night to glimpse the many strange creatures that remained silent in the city center.

The grotesque creatures there are even larger, and some of their bodies have even blended into the environment, making them more elusive and dangerous.

The small, grotesque creatures on the outskirts of the city dared not attack the girl, but the grotesque creatures in the city center had no such concerns.

Young girls are seen as "highly nutritious" by them, making them flock to them.

As the girl looked away, she suddenly smelled a scent that was both strange and familiar.

The conflicting sensations of the two senses intertwined, bringing back long-forgotten memories.

Perhaps due to the process of "evolution," the girl's memories are preserved very well, and she can recall her past experiences at any time.

For example, right now, she smells a scent unique to humans in the night breeze, and suddenly recalls bits and pieces of the time when human civilization had not yet perished.

"I should be the only human left in the world... no, I shouldn't even be considered human anymore now."

"Humanity, oh humanity... a fragile yet miraculous existence, yet still unable to escape the fate of extinction."

The girl gently shook her head and stepped forward to follow the human scent mixed in the night wind, leaving only her seemingly mournful murmurs to drift away with the wind.

Five or six years have passed since the extinction of humankind, and with the demise of human civilization, everything in the world is developing at an accelerated pace, from the evolution of grotesque creatures to the evolution of the environment.

If it weren't for the girl's special constitution, she might have become one of those grotesque creatures, or perhaps she would have already died in some unknown corner.

……

Using that room as the center, Chen Xiuming indiscriminately slaughtered the nearby monstrous creatures, allowing Janna to devour the remains of the Honkai Beasts, while simultaneously collecting cores of unknown use.

Now, Janna's true form has grown from the size of a palm to the size of a washbasin, making it unsuitable for her to lie on Chen Xiuming's hair. Instead, she swims around Chen Xiuming.

Janna of this size is capable of hunting relatively weak deformed creatures on her own, although the process will be quite difficult.

However, since Chen Xiuming hasn't rested yet, Janna naturally doesn't have to go through the difficult task of hunting down weak, deformed creatures alone.

"Jana, at this rate, how long will it take you to recover to your peak condition?"

I don't know~

Janna smiled and said, "I don't know if there are more powerful creatures in this world, so I can't be sure how much strength I can recover."

Consuming weaker Honkai Beasts allows Janna to get through her weakest period. However, as her physical condition recovers, the effects of the weaker Honkai Beasts will become weaker and weaker until they are completely ineffective.

Therefore, if Janna wants to continue to recover her strength in the later stages, she must devour powerful Honkai Beasts, or at least devour complete Honkai Beasts.

In the current situation, if Janna wants to restore the Honkai Beast remains stitched together by the freakish creatures to the point where they lose their effectiveness, she would need to consume a very large number of Honkai Beast remains.

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85

Chapter 85 Delta and the Queen of Insects.

Chen Xiuming controlled the Honkai energy chains to wrap around the core of the monstrous creature and send it into the ever-growing Honkai energy sphere beside him.

Angelia's premonition seemed to have come true; he had indeed become somewhat like a "tentacle monster."

Although not a true tentacle monster, his ability to control the Honkai energy chains with ease transforms him into a chain version of a "tentacle monster."

"This world bubble should be able to restore you to a better state. I'll look for other world bubbles filled with Honkai Beasts later."

The world bubbles in the Sea of ​​Quanta are incredibly diverse; perhaps one of them is entirely composed of Honkai Beasts.

Based on the current progress, Janna should be able to recover to a relatively good condition before leaving this world bubble.

Janna may not have considerable strength by then, but at least she won't be asleep so often.

"Good~"

Gana responded softly, always with that smiling demeanor, as if she would never refuse or oppose any suggestion or decision Chen Xiuming made.

As if sensing something, Chen Xiuming suddenly looked up and looked to his left.

At the edge of the horizon, a slender figure walked slowly, dragging behind her a grotesque, dead creature.

Janna let out a soft "Huh? Strange... That person should be human, but they seem like a Honkai Beast, and also have a slight Herrscher-like reaction..."

Chen Xiuming seemed to be deep in thought, and he vaguely had some guesses.

If deformed creatures unable to maintain a basic physical form are products of "evolutionary failure," then the figures at the edge of the horizon that maintain a normal human body should be humans who have "evolved successfully."

The human body and mind combined with the physical strength of a Honkai Beast, further enhanced by the powers of a Herrscher...

This made Chen Xiuming suspect that the human civilization in this world might have wanted to create "gods" but accidentally went too far, which led to the precarious state of human civilization, or even its extinction.

After standing there for a few seconds and thinking, he did not choose to avoid the figure, but instead waited quietly for it to approach.

Since that figure was human, it meant he could learn about the world bubble from it, and...

How exactly do these grotesque creatures, which can be seen everywhere, come into being?

These monsters, with their distinctly "K-style" aesthetic, don't resemble the art style of the Honkai Impact series.

Within the Honkai series, aside from a few "big bosses," it can be said that "everything can be anthropomorphized into a girl."

It's worth mentioning that Janna was once known as "Cthulhu".

Kiana snapped out of her daze and looked at the figure slowly approaching.

Seeing that the other party was very weak, like an "ant" that could be easily killed, he stopped paying attention to them.

Not long after, the figure walked to a distance of about ten meters from Chen Xiuming, then stopped and stared intently at the Honkai energy sphere floating beside Chen Xiuming.

"……Hello?"

Chen Xiuming tentatively greeted the other person, trying to attract their attention while subtly observing them.

This is a young girl with long, dark green hair that reaches her knees. Her beautiful face is filled with indifference, but her eyes are bright and lively.

Upon hearing Chen Xiuming's voice, she reluctantly shifted her gaze from the Honkai energy sphere and turned to look at Chen Xiuming.