I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Hey! Bronya! Who are you calling an idiot?!"

Bronya, glancing sideways at the sky, replied to Kiana's question:

"Ah...the sky is so white, the clouds are so blue..."

Seeing Bronya feign ignorance, Kiana couldn't help but show an angry expression, as if she wanted to duel Bronya. However, before Kiana could make a move, Raiden Mei stepped between the two, separating them with a helpless expression, and said:

"Alright, Kiana, Bronya, this isn't the time for fooling around. We should try to contact the headmistress and the others. They're probably worried about us suddenly disappearing..."

Upon hearing Raiden Mei's words, the two immediately stopped their playful antics. Bronya nodded and said to Raiden Mei:

"Yes, Bronya understands. She'll contact the headmistress and the others right away... Hmm? That's strange?"

As she spoke, Bronya tried to contact Theresa and the others, but to her great surprise, she couldn't seem to find the Hyperion's signal. This puzzled her. Seeing Bronya's confused expression, Raiden Mei and Kiana, who were standing nearby, also looked at Bronya with some curiosity and asked:

"Bronya, what's wrong? Is something the problem?"

Upon hearing Raiden Mei's question, Bronya nodded with a puzzled expression and said:

"Yes, that's right, Mei-neechan. I don't know why I can't find the Hyperion's signal."

Kiana, standing nearby, looked utterly astonished upon hearing Bronya's words, her mouth agape.

"Huh? How is this possible??? My aunt said the Valkyries' communications are linked to Schicksal's satellite, how could they not be contacted—hmm??? They really can't be contacted?!"

Kiana, after saying this, tried to open her communicator to contact her aunt's signal, but just as Bronya had said, she couldn't reach the Hyperion's signal either, which shocked Kiana.

When Raiden Mei saw that she couldn't contact either of them, she tried to contact the Hyperion using her own communicator, but her communicator seemed to be in the same situation as theirs.

"Me too?! What's going on? Is the communicator broken?"

Regarding Raiden Mei's problem, Bronya checked her communicator briefly and said:

"Hmm... The communicator is fine. It seems to be a signal problem. Maybe something is affecting our communicator."

After hearing Bronya's explanation, Raiden Mei was slightly taken aback. Then, as if realizing something, she looked at Bronya with a somewhat surprised expression and said:

"So—someone is interfering with our communications?! Who is it? Could it be Anti-Entropy?!"

Bronya's expression turned slightly unpleasant as she responded to Raiden Mei's words:

"Hmm...very likely..."

Kiana, who was standing nearby, heard their conversation and brandished her gun, saying:

"Hey, what's there to worry about with mere anti-entropy! If they dare to come any closer, I'll kick them flying!"

Seeing Kiana's eager expression, Bronya couldn't help but cover her forehead and sigh, feeling quite helpless. As someone who had once been on Anti-Entropy's side, Bronya was well aware of Anti-Entropy's combat power. Someone like Kiana, a mere paramecium, could hardly expect to defeat the Titan Legion, whose fists were each the size of Kiana.

Of course, Bronya wasn't afraid of the Titan Legion, but she was a little worried that they might encounter the guy who was suspected to be the First Herrscher and could use powerful gravity abilities. After all, the suspected First Herrscher was quite strong, and probably only Raiden Mei, with the power of the Third Herrscher, could fight against him.

"No matter what, let's go to the nearest city and at least try to contact the dean and the others. To be honest, Bronya has a feeling that something is not right."

Volume 1 [The Lazy Chapter]: Chapter 1307 [The Three Who Realized Something Was Wrong]

At a tourist attraction in China, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya changed their Valkyrie armor to the school uniforms worn by St. Freya Academy (the Ranger, Striker, and Tank uniforms). After all, Valkyrie armor isn't suitable for ordinary people to see, and the Honkai Impact 3rd update hasn't yet made the general public aware of this. So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, it's better to change into St. Freya Academy uniforms. At least if someone asks, they can say it's because they're cosplaying game characters.

Of course, Bronya wasn't floating either; she moved using the exoskeleton armor on her legs, while Heavy Bunny 19C entered quantum state to conceal itself.

After walking for a while, the three of them saw something like a notice board. From this notice board, they knew where they were. Looking at the Chinese characters on the sign, Kiana looked at the notice board with a puzzled expression and said:

"We're still in China, but where are we?"

Bronya also tried to look up some information about Kiana, but she couldn't find anything that matched the name of this place.

"Strange...why is this place's name not among the place names in the database that exist in China?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Raiden Mei looked at Bronya with a puzzled expression and said:

"Could it be because this place is relatively remote?"

"...Maybe that's true..."

Bronya hesitated for a moment after hearing Raiden Mei's words before replying, since Bronya didn't think this place was too remote.

However, the most important thing now is to leave this place and find a city or town, since the lack of network signal here makes it impossible for them to contact the Hyperion.

Following the signs, Kiana and her group left the scenic area. However, since it wasn't a holiday, there weren't many tourists, making Kiana and her group quite conspicuous. After all, foreigners like Kiana and Bronya are rare. As for Raiden Mei's Asian appearance, it didn't attract much attention, but her aristocratic air was quite unusual.

Kiana and her friends felt a little uncomfortable with so many people staring at them, as if they were small animals being observed in a zoo.

So they quickened their pace and left. After leaving the tourist area, Kiana and her group were a little unsure of what to do next.

"Although we've come out of the scenic area, what's the best way for us to get back there?"

Kiana sat on a chair in an empty rest area, sprawled on the table like a fluffy white ball, and said this. Raiden Mei, standing beside her, soothed the fluffy white ball, saying:

"Alright, Kiana, Bronya is still searching for her, so don't be too anxious."

Meanwhile, Bronya was clicking on the projection screen. Of course, to an outsider, it looked like she was just clicking on thin air. Soon, Bronya stopped what she was doing, looked at the projection screen with a slightly puzzled expression, and said:

"Strange, why can't I find it?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Raiden Mei, who was patting Kiana's head, looked at Bronya and asked in confusion:

"What's wrong, Bronya? Is there a problem?"

Bronya explained to them regarding Raiden Mei's question:

"Sister Mei, do you remember what excuse we used to disperse the residents of Canghai City when we were on our operation there?"

Upon hearing Bronya's question, Raiden Mei thought for a moment, then looked at Bronya with some confusion and said:

"I only remember that it was related to some kind of dangerous gas leak, right?"

Bronya nodded in agreement with Raiden Mei's answer and said:

"That's right, that's the reason, but I haven't found any news reports about the alleged leak in Canghai City in the news here, which makes me very suspicious."

Kiana, who was lying on the table, looked at Bronya and the others with a puzzled expression and said:

"Huh? Could it be that they forgot?"

Bronya, upon hearing Kiana's words, couldn't help but look at Kiana with an expression of utter disbelief and said:

"You idiot Kiana, do you think everyone is as careless as you?"

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Kiana stared at Bronya with wide eyes and said:

"You stinky Bronya, who are you calling an idiot?!"

Bronya looked at Kiana with a pitying gaze, as if she were an idiot, which infuriated Kiana and made her want to fight Bronya. However, Raiden Mei, standing nearby, looked at Bronya and said:

"So, what happened in Canghai City wasn't reported in the news?"

Bronya shook her head after hearing Raiden Mei's words and said:

"That's unlikely. After all, the upper echelons of Shenzhou know about the collapse. They wouldn't take such a big risk by not blocking the roads in Canghai City and not broadcasting the news."

Bronya then continued:

"And most importantly, there is no news about Canghai City on the internet, as if it has been erased."

Kiana and Raiden Mei immediately sensed something was wrong when they heard Bronya's words. It would be understandable if such news reports were not broadcast, but the complete absence of any information about Canghai City was highly suspicious.

After all, is it possible for a developed city to have no news at all?

It was obviously impossible, which is why Bronya felt something was wrong, and even Kiana noticed something very wrong.

"That's strange. It seems unlikely. No matter how strange it is, they wouldn't delete anything related to Canghai City, would they?"

Bronya nodded in agreement with Kiana's words, as if to say:

"Although I really don't want to agree with Kiana, she's right this time. No matter what, the other party wouldn't go so far as to hide or delete everything related to Canghai City."

Raiden Mei looked thoughtful upon hearing Bronya's words. If what Bronya said was true, then something was very wrong.

After investigating the map, Bronya discovered a very strange problem: the location was not China, but the Celestial Empire, which left Bronya completely bewildered.

Raiden Mei, noticing Bronya's bewildered expression, asked with some concern:

"What's wrong, Bronya? What's the problem?"

When Raiden Mei came to ask her questions, Bronya looked at the projection screen in front of her with a puzzled expression and said:

"How strange, why isn't this place called Shenzhou? Why has it become the Celestial Empire???"

"Celestial Empire?"

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Kiana and Raiden Mei were stunned. They were clearly unfamiliar with the name, which gave them a bad feeling. Raiden Mei asked Bronya to investigate the news about her father. Although some time had passed, the fact that the president of the world-renowned multinational electronics company ME Corporation was imprisoned for alleged economic fraud was, in a sense, very newsworthy.

If they can't find this, then their situation might be in serious trouble.

After hearing what Raiden Mei said, Bronya also tried to investigate Raiden Ryoma. Although she did find out, the results shocked Bronya and the others. The reason was that the information found on the search engine showed that Raiden Ryoma was a game character.

Volume 1 [Lazy to Divide into Chapters]: Chapter 1308 [Mr. Zhongli, who was sent to the police station for dining and dashing]

Looking at the content displayed on Bronya's projection screen, Raiden Mei also had a blank expression. It was clear that Raiden Mei was not able to react for a while to the fact that the search engine showed that her father was a game character called "Honkai Impact 3rd".

After all, Raiden Mei probably didn't expect this situation either.

Kiana, standing nearby, was in the exact same situation as Raiden Mei. After all, Kiana hadn't expected the search engine to describe Raiden Mei's father as a game character. But that game called "Honkai Impact 3rd" sounded like it was related to Honkai, didn't it?

After Bronya and the others reacted, Bronya, also looking at the encyclopedia entry with a puzzled expression, said:

"Strange? Why is Mei's dad being described as a game character?"

Regarding Bronya's question, Raiden Mei also looked at a loss and said:

"This... Bronya, could there be some mistake somewhere?"

Hearing Raiden Mei's words, Kiana, who was standing to the side, put her hands on her hips, looked at Bronya, and nodded, saying:

"Yes! Yes! Bronya, are you sure you're not mistaken about something?"

Bronya, upon hearing Kiana's question, gave her a look as if she were looking at an idiot and said:

“Bronya isn’t as stupid as Kiana. How could she possibly make a mistake about something so simple? Besides, Bronya did some research on the Honkai Impact 3rd game.”

As she spoke, Bronya also brought up the Honkai Impact 3rd game icon to show Kiana and the others, saying:

"And besides, the game's mascot is Kiana, that idiot."

Upon seeing the images Bronya displayed, Kiana, who was about to say something, widened her eyes in disbelief, clearly as if she had seen something unbelievable.

"Wait, isn't that me?!"

Kiana looked at herself in front of her, who was making a gun gesture and squinting one eye, and had a completely bewildered expression. Kiana obviously didn't expect that she would become the game's icon.