Honkai Impact, please stop imagining it.

The Assault-class Honkai Beast seemed to have spotted a transport plane flying at an altitude of over 1,000 meters in the sky, and the pilot asked a somewhat nervous question.

"You have reached the designated area. Do you wish to parachute?"

Lin Yu checked his parachute, said "OK," and then unbuckled his seatbelt and walked with Hua to the back of the transport plane to wait for the rear door to open.

Unstable air currents in the sky messed up Lin Yu's hair, while Hua, wearing a helmet, was unaffected.

Without hesitation, Lin Yu jumped from the sky. When he reached 600 meters, he opened his parachute. It was a low-altitude parachute jump. Actually, it didn't matter whether he opened the parachute or not. Even if he landed directly, it wouldn't have any effect on him. At most, he would feel uncomfortable for a short while.

Hua, without a parachute, parachuted onto the track and landed perfectly. As Hua landed perfectly, the corpses of the two Honkai Beasts that had flown into the sky to attack Lin Yu fell to the ground beside Hua as if they had been pierced by something.

Only the gun in Hua's hand proves that she did it.

The new recruit training mission to kill ten assassins with a single melee weapon has been completed, but that was without armor. Now that we have armor, these assault-class Honkai Beasts are no match for Hua.

Lin Yu slowly landed on the building next door. Hua put away the electromagnetic hand cannon, drew the long sword from his waist, and charged towards the building where Lin Yu had landed.

Like chopping fruit, the knife fell swiftly and decisively, splitting the assassin's body in two and rendering him incapable of fighting.

Lin Yu unfastened the safety buckle, and there were no more assassins on the high-rise building. There must have been no one on the roof when the collapse occurred.

It's also possible that there were people at the beginning, but they became suicide soldiers and jumped down.

Lin Yu went down the stairs, but the elevator was out of order. On the sixth floor, he encountered Hua. Hua's sword was stained light purple, and his armor was covered in blood.

Hua: "Are you alright, Lin Yu?"

"I'm fine, but you don't look fine."

Lin Yu swallowed hard, wanting to step forward and help Hua up, but he didn't know where to support her.

Hua casually wiped the purple blood off the sword with the rag in his hand and put the sword back into its scabbard.

"Let's do the mission first, or go find the person you want to go to. I just fired a shot from the sky, so I should have been spotted by the nearby rush-class Honkai Beasts. Let's leave here first."

Hua wiped the white wall next to her with her hand before reaching out to grasp Lin Yu's arm and walking downstairs.

Hearing the commotion, the assassins who ran out of the room were all taken care of by Hua with a single kick.

He wasn't that strong in training, but he performed so well in actual combat. "You're really suited for the battlefield."

Hua: "Yes, really? I think so too. Himeko said I'm a natural warrior, which is why she sent me to assist you."

himeko said that only I can protect you, only I can be with you, so I came here.

"Just a few months ago, he was hiding behind a trash can, crouching there for a long time. He wouldn't even dare to come out when he saw a rush-class Honkai Beast. He looked so cute, trembling and shrinking back. Now, he can handle both Honkai Beasts and assassins with ease."

Lin Yu followed behind Hua, watching Hua wreak havoc, and thought that it would be perfect if Hua were holding an axe at that moment.

"Oh, is that so? Well, actually I'm not that great."

Hua was a little embarrassed, "I was just a bit lucky."

"This is not a matter of luck. Changkong City is the center where Herrschers are born. The concentration of Honkai energy is much higher than outside. Both Honkai Beasts and Zombies are much stronger. You seemed to have a lot of trouble with those ordinary Zombies during training, but you are like a war god on the battlefield."

Hua is like a god of war, and Lin Yu is like the youngest son in the god of war game.

"Perhaps it's because there's danger everywhere that my thinking is clearer."

With Lin Yu around, it's equivalent to having the strength of a hundred people.

The thought of protecting Lin Yu immediately brought to mind the hero who rescued the princess. Hua's mind was incredibly clear, and she was also incredibly decisive when facing Honkai Beasts and assassins.

"Hua, your armor is dirty. Let's find a place to wash it first. It's almost noon, so let's find a place to eat while we're at it."

Hua: "Now is not the time for a vacation, Yu. It's dangerous with so many assassins."

He kept saying how dangerous it was, but in reality, he would take down a suicide squad with a single punch.

"Our mission will last a long time, a week, starting tomorrow. Today is just for travel. We've just attracted the attention of Honkai Beasts, and some of the Assault-class Honkai Beasts have already noticed this area."

Hua pulled Lin Yu away from the building and ran forward along the street in front of the snack shops. The attack of the assassins was also wiped out by Hua's sword. He cut melons and chopped vegetables with ease.

Lin Yu: "So we don't need to rush to do the mission. Compared to a tedious mission, I hope we can take it easier."

I came here to find someone and do some tasks on the side, while you came here to do tasks with me and find someone together. But actually, we don't really have any conflict, do we?

“There’s a special Honkai Beast that’s very close to us. We can take it out first and then go rest. Hmm... if you’re hungry, then never mind.”

Hua hesitated for a moment before speaking. Lin Yu scratched his head and looked up at the sky. Some of the rushing-level Honkai Beasts had already noticed the two of them flying down, but because the road was too narrow, they couldn't get down and were stuck on the wall. Cracks in the wall were falling around them.

But Hua was fast; she swept Lin Yu up in a princess carry, and then, with a louder sound of bones grinding against each other from her special operations boots, Hua quickly left the road.

They scaled the walls and escaped the sight of the Assault-class Honkai Beasts.

After leaving, Hua carried Lin Yu to the roof of a school building, checked the distance in the helmet, and nodded in satisfaction. "It's only 600 meters away. It should be hovering low over the street. Lin Yu, wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

Lin Yu, his body stained with a light purple liquid, stood bewildered beside the flagpole on the roof of the teaching building as Hua jumped off.

Lin Yu sighed helplessly. "Do you have to be so serious? It's not a big deal even if you don't complete the task."

It's just a single Rush-class Honkai Beast. Lin Yu isn't worried about whether he can handle it; it's just a matter of time.

Lin took out his phone from his pocket and tried to connect to the internet, but unfortunately there was no signal. He regretted not asking Himeko for a better satellite phone, since ordinary mobile phones had no signal at all in this city bombed by weapons of mass destruction.

Not only did cell phones lose signal, but everything powered by electronic devices became unusable, and cars wouldn't start. In technical terms, this is what's known as the EMP effect.

The Moth of Fire does not have an EMP bomb, but the EMP effect is a common consequence of the use of weapons of mass destruction.

Lin Yu looked down from the teaching building. This was Qianyu Academy... the school where Mei used to stay. The research institute and the teaching building were connected together.

The school was filled with wandering assassins, the school gate was damaged, and the assassins who had been killed by some blunt weapon lay on the ground, their bones exposed to the scorching sun.

Several months have passed, and it's summer, so even the dead assassins can't stop the passage of time.

Lin Yu saw the rooftop of another teaching building where he and Mei used to often eat together.

There are only two skeletons on it, which doesn't seem to be Kevin's. Kevin dealt with assassins during this period by hitting them one by one like chickens.

The assassins below, killed by blunt force, were likely Kevin's handiwork.

Hua specifically jumped up to bring Lin Yu here; this is Lin Yu's former school.

After extracting the Honkai Beast liquid, Hua left without hesitation. Before Hua left, A-Si said something to her.

"Once the mission is completed, leave immediately and don't stay in one place. If you need to rest, find a place to rest first."

The answer lies in the blood and tears of countless soldiers who paid the ultimate price with their lives.

Hua secretly went back down to the teaching building and climbed up. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lin Yu still sitting next to the flagpole.

Lin Yu: "This is my previous school, Qianyu Academy."

“I know, it’s very close to your house, I have a map inside my helmet.”

Hua tapped his helmet. "Want to go down and take a look? I can help you clear out the assassins first."

Lin Yu pointed to the school gate, "They escaped, Kevin and Mei."

Lin Yu wasn't a professional investigator, so how could he possibly know where Kevin went based on traces from months ago?

"You can ask Himeko if there were any planes or people sent by the Moth of Fire headquarters to Changkong City when the Honkai outbreak occurred."

Hua followed Lin Yu down the teaching building. In Mei's physics research classroom, Lin Yu saw Mei's schoolbag and the bottle of Chinese medicine next to it.

The backpack was covered in dust; no one had touched it since the Honkai outbreak.

Hua cleared out the few assassins in the classroom.

Lin Yu touched the bottle opening but didn't take it; the Chinese medicine had already expired.

After rubbing the dust off his hands, Lin Yu confirmed, "Kevin took Mei away; they've left."

"Um, Himeko's phone call..."

Hua interrupted Lin Yu's recollection somewhat awkwardly and handed the phone to him.

Lin Yu answered the call, "Himeko-nee, have people from the Moth of Fire headquarters been here in Changkong City?"

Lin Yu said with absolute certainty, leaving Himeko, who had originally intended to stall, speechless.

"Of course we've been here. This is where the Herrschers were born. It's perfectly normal for the Flame Chaser headquarters to send people here. They wouldn't let Australia and China handle it on their own, would they? So what?"

Lin Yu's eyes lit up. "Mei and Kevin may have been taken away by the headquarters of the Firemoth."

himeko: "???"

Wow, are you that smart? You've only just arrived in Changkong City, right? What evidence did you see that makes you so certain of what you're saying?

"It's possible..."

Lin Yu: "Himeko, you know where Mei and Kevin are, right?"

himeko: "They're conducting classified research at the Moth of Fire headquarters. I don't have the authority to know what Mei is researching, but I have a vague idea."

himeko was interrupted by Lin Yu before he could finish speaking, and Lin Yu suddenly realized what was going on.

"I was wondering why you didn't tell me where Mei was before."

himeko: "Eh?"

Lin Yu: "Can I talk to Mei?"

himeko: "In principle, that's definitely not possible. Mei can't even talk to her parents right now. Only those of us with high-level access can communicate with her. You need to know Lin Yu, the confidentiality of researchers is very important."

Lin Yu suddenly realized, "Damn it, no wonder you kept telling me not to go find Mei. So you knew where Mei was, but you couldn't tell me because of your status."

Lin Yu slapped his head, closed his eyes, and looked regretful. "I was so stupid, really. I only knew that Mei and Kevin would join the Fire Moth, but I didn't think that even if they joined, I wouldn't have been able to find out."

himeko: "You can't tell anyone about this. Mei's identity is kept secret from the outside world, and... she's researching some very terrifying things."

Lin Yu: "Researching human experimentation?"

himeko: "Huh!!? How do you know everything? Who told you this? Did you secretly get in touch with someone? Tell me who your mole is."

Lin Yu: "Many people died while researching the Chimera Project, so my identity was kept secret. You didn't tell me because I'm not one of the Fire Moths, just a family member, and I'm not qualified to know about this."

himeko: "No, no, no, you are a child, and she is a demon researcher who has killed countless people. Your body is also very special. What if I let you run away with her and she does something to you?"

Lin Yu was about to retort when he suddenly froze, at a loss for words. It seemed that he was right.

himeko: "I can let you talk to Mei, but no matter what Mei says, you can't believe it or agree to anything, especially not go with her."

himeko covered the microphone of his phone and spoke softly, afraid that Mebius, who was not far away, would hear him.

"You need to understand that Mei is a cold-blooded and ruthless demon researcher who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. If you are the goal, that's fine, but what if she only uses you as a means to an end?"

Lin Yu: "So the reason you suddenly agreed to let me come to Changkong City to find them is...."