Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

"Don't worry, I mean no harm. My name is Su. In your words, I am a pioneer. My mission is to protect the people of this era and help you defeat the threat called Honkai."

The fallen leaf in Su's hand floated up and vanished. At the same time, the image that had previously shown Durandal's life began to transform into countless other images of different lives, but all of them depicted Durandal…

"These are all me?" Durandal stared in disbelief at the images of countless versions of herself living different lives. Some were ordinary, some were heroic, but without exception, Durandal saw her own reflection in each of them.

Su had her eyes closed, but her "Spiritual Eye" could still clearly sense Durandal's shock. However, Su hadn't expected that Durandal's shock wasn't due to the existence of a parallel world, but rather...

Durandal was extremely curious and shocked. Why was it that in the countless lives of people here, not a single person had a life before the age of eight? And in the previous images, why were Jiuxiao and Kiana not part of her own life?

Su: "The Second Divine Key grants insight into three thousand worlds, but this is merely a small fraction of your infinite possibilities. Behold, unlike the 'dreamlike illusions' of the Quantum Sea, these worlds are still functioning normally, all phenomena as usual..."

"Using the Second Divine Key, I will observe countless parallel worlds within this tiny space. This is my mission. One day, I will find the most perfect way to combat the Honkai within them."

Now, that day has arrived. And you, Bianca Durandal Atagina, are the most important link in this chain.

"Miss Bianca, to save the world, I need you to follow my instructions."

"Save the world? Whoa—"

Durandal took a few deep breaths to recover from her shock. Then she smiled silently and shook her head at Su.

Chapter 227 Sorry, I forgot to close it.

"This is really troubling... Pioneer Su. Before trying to win over others, at least explain how to defeat the Honkai."

Su: "I'm sorry, it's not that I'm unwilling, but that I can't. There are many singularities that need to be overcome to bring this world together as a 'world that has overcome the collapse.' The intricate web of cause and effect here is so complex that it cannot even be described in words."

Trust me, Miss Bianca, this is my request. Complete the task I've given you and save the world from the clutches of those behind your back.

"After all that talk, it's all just empty talk; you can't provide any evidence. It's too difficult for me to trust you under these circumstances."

Durandal rejected Sue again and reached out to gather the Star Spear. This was the power Durandal gained after merging with the World Bubble, which could help her travel through the World Bubble.

"I'm leaving now. It's a pity that your worldly bubbles can't hold me. This isn't the first time I've traveled between worldly bubbles."

“I know, Miss Bianca, I foresaw all of this. Including your suspicions…” Su opened his closed eyes, revealing his cherry-red eyes.

Su flashed to Durandal's side, grasped the star spear Durandal had gathered, and then crushed it. "Go, sacrifice yourself for this world."

"what you up to!"

Realizing what was happening, Durandal immediately retreated, creating distance between herself and Su. Now Durandal was certain of one thing: Su was the enemy.

“Miss Bianca, since you have refused to cooperate with me, I cannot let you go back…”

In my prediction, there will only be a very few times when you unconditionally believe me—the probability of that is one in a billion…

So, just to be on the safe side, I've prepared a solution.

Su stretched out her hand and conjured a puppet that looked exactly like Durandal around her.

“A substitute, she possesses all your memories, almost exactly like you. The only thing she lacks is the power you obtained from the Sea of ​​Quanta. Miss Bianca, now I am going to extract that power from your body.”

"drink--"

Durandal, not wanting to continue the conversation with Su, unleashed a powerful straight punch.

Su caught the punch, but was still knocked back several steps.

“Miss Bianca’s power is truly remarkable. But it’s not enough…” After saying that, Su’s figure disappeared quietly.

Durandal was on high alert, warily looking around, searching for Su's possible location.

Suddenly, some illusory leaves appeared beside Durandal, but then an invisible attack struck Durandal's face like a heavy punch, sending her flying backward.

This feeling... is it my own boxing?

Durandal coughed up a mouthful of blood and coldly stared at Su, who had appeared before her.

“It’s over, Miss Bianca. Your sacrifice will not have been in vain, I assure you.” Sue raised her hand, preparing to deliver the final blow to Durandal.

"Pioneer Su, aren't you underestimating me? It's too hasty to end like this. Now, let's begin the second round!" Durandal wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

"Come out, King!"

King, the guardian knight carrying a massive longsword, instantly gathered behind Durandal and unleashed a devastating slash at Su.

"Alas... all the struggles are in vain."

Sue dodged King's strike with the perfect angle. At the same time, the illusory leaves in the sky coalesced into a giant sword identical to King's, slashing towards Durandal.

"Cause and effect reversed; within my domain, your attacks will be returned to themselves. The stronger the power, the stronger the backlash."

As the greatsword fell, Su turned and left. In his memory, Durandal couldn't withstand this sword strike.

bang——

A loud clang of sword and shield striking each other caught Su off guard.

Su suddenly turned around and looked at Yulandel.

Amidst the smoke of battle, another colossal guardian spirit knight appeared, wielding a shield that protected Durandal, shielding her from the sword strike.

Durandal stood between King and Queen and said, "Thank you for your explanation, but I've already roughly guessed your abilities."

"These monsters actually possess two of these... But controlling such weapons must consume a considerable amount of energy. That so-called all-out attack just now was probably just to figure out my abilities, wasn't it? Miss Bianca's intelligence truly exceeds my expectations."

Su shrugged. Since the Queen could block the rebounding attack, it seemed his Causality Reversal Domain was useless. After all, his body wasn't that strong; it couldn't withstand a single slash from King.

Just then, ripples appeared on the spatial wall of the Sumeru Mustard Seed, and an unexpected person barged in.

One after another, purplish-black gravity balls rained down on Su from above. Su could only resort to the same old trick, dissipating into illusory leaves to dodge the gravity balls' attacks.

"It seems the conversation isn't going very well. So, why don't you tell me what you were talking about?"

Jiuxiao raised his left hand high, using the black hole to completely cover the entire Sumeru Mustard Seed, while his right hand held several gravity balls, ready to launch another attack.

"Nine Heavens, be careful. His domain can reflect attacks back onto the attacker." Durandal flashed to Nine Heavens' side, the Queen's Heroic Shield protecting the two of them. Then she quickly recounted the situation to Nine Heavens.

"Nine Heavens...? Who exactly are you?"

Su's figure reappeared, and this time he had opened his eyes again, his expression more solemn than ever before.

The abilities Jiu Xiao displayed in just a few seconds proved that he couldn't possibly be an unknown figure. But if that's the case, why is there no such person in the countless parallel worlds that Su observed?

"Who am I? What, weren't you supposed to be observing countless parallel worlds? Looks like you haven't seen enough!"

Jiuxiao reached out and grabbed at Su. The plants inside the Sumeru Mustard Seed began to grow rapidly, sending out vines that pierced towards Su like sharp swords.

Su activated "Omniscience," simulating and calculating all the attack paths of the vines summoned by Jiu Xiao. Then, from countless possibilities, he selected the most perfect path to dodge all of Jiu Xiao's attacks.

Then, Jiuxiao's attack was reversed by cause and effect and returned to Jiuxiao.

"Nine Heavens, watch out!" Durandal controlled the Queen to stand in front of Nine Heavens, but the vines bypassed the Heroic Spirit Shield and shot towards Nine Heavens.

duang——

The vines collided with Jiuxiao's body, producing a crisp metallic clang...

Durandal & Sue: "???"

Chapter 228 The Truth About "The Herald of Humanity"—Symmetry Breaking

Yulandel warily instructed King and Queen to keep an eye on Su, then, like a curious child, she silently took two steps and tapped Jiuxiao's body.

"So hard... What did you do? Did you choose mechanical ascension like Bishop Otto?"

"Sorry, sorry, I only thought of this cheat recently and forgot to turn it off." Jiu Xiao patted the spot where the cause-effect reversal attack had just occurred and straightened his clothes.

"What? Hang up?"

"Hmm. I was disgusted by my encounter with Mistelin, a World Serpent executive, and then I remembered a movie that Kiana and I watched, so I gave it a try."

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Durandal and Sue in the distance were enveloped in an eerie stillness, with invisible crows flying overhead on both of them.

They were still completely confused. What did watching a movie have to do with your steel body?

"Wait... Superman's Iron Body?!" Durandal exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes. I used my powers to alter the gravitational suppression on myself to simulate the Kryptonian gravity, which is tens of thousands of times higher than Earth's. Combined with the power of life and death to modify my genes and adapt to evolution..."

Jiuxiao used Honkai energy to create a gargoyle mask and put it on himself.

"Human abilities have limits. The more skilled a person is in scheming, the more likely their schemes will fail due to unforeseen circumstances, unless they become beings beyond humanity... So... Durandal, I'm giving up on being human!"

"Sigh..." Durandal sighed helplessly, rubbing her forehead. The tense atmosphere vanished instantly.

"Heh, Mr. Jiuxiao really knows how to joke..." Cold sweat trickled down Su's forehead; he felt slightly embarrassed. Because of Superman or whatever, he couldn't understand a word of what Jiuxiao and Durandal were saying...

"So, are we still going to fight?" Jiuxiao floated above Su, looking down at him.

Jiu Xiao and Su stared into each other's cherry-red eyes. Unlike Su's somewhat calm gaze, Jiu Xiao's eyes were already glowing red.

Superman's flight utilizes his bio-field to alter his own gravity, while Jiuxiao can achieve the same through his Honkai energy field and power. Superman's heat vision involves converting stored solar energy into high-temperature red beams of light, something Jiuxiao can also do, but by converting Honkai energy into powerful energy shockwaves.

"Mr. Jiuxiao, there is no need for us to continue fighting... Whether it's my 'foresight' or my personal experience, I am no match for you."

Su shook his head, having lost the desire to fight Jiu Xiao. After all, he was just an ordinary mental perception-type fusion warrior and an ordinary doctor, without the powerful strength of Kevin Qianjie.