Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

"But it's obvious that you're not as good as you claim, is it?"

Jiuxiao transformed his hand into a blade, shattering the bone spurs that had pierced Kevin's body. Then, smiling, he walked to Kevin's side, patted him on the shoulder, and headed straight for his Frozen Throne.

Jiu Xiao tossed his hair and plopped down on Kevin's throne. Mimicking Kevin's earlier pose, he propped his chin on one hand and coldly looked down.

"Garuda's immortality is impressive, and you, Kevin, are impressive too. But so what? You're still trapped here, for thousands of years."

The space here isolates us from external Honkai energy and is constantly absorbing the Honkai energy from our bodies.

Having been trapped here for thousands of years, you have long since lost all Honkai energy. You have survived until now only because of the special nature of your body.

You're really amazing, relying on your... "Karma Demon"? Yes, "Karma Demon". But that doesn't change anything. You and I are both immortals, but everyone's resurrection requires energy.

We are all beings from the imaginary side, and we cannot replenish Honkai energy in the Sea of ​​Quanta. However, I can actually obtain Honkai energy from the Sea of ​​Quanta, although the amount is limited due to the isolation provided by this bubble of existence.

But compared to you, who have lost supplies and Honkai energy... how long can you hold out, Kevin, relying solely on your bloodline energy?

"If it gets crushed to dust like before, it won't be long. But that's enough." Kevin stood below, arms crossed, calmly watching Jiuxiao.

If, in the end, Kevin runs out of energy, he will choose to devour the Nine Heavens... relying on the Nine Heavens' energy to fight them together again.

Besides, Kevin had spent so much time in this space that he'd caught countless quantum creatures, all of which he'd subdued and made his underlings. But he could simply eat his underlings while fighting Jiu Xiao. If he could replenish his energy by eating quantum creatures, Kevin didn't believe Jiu Xiao could either.

"Yes...that's enough."

What Kevin could think of, Jiu Xiao could also think of. If Kevin really dared to eat him, Jiu Xiao would show Kevin what spatial manipulation was...

"But I don't have time to waste with you until then. The longer I waste time with you, the worse things will be for Durandal..."

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As Jiuxiao suddenly stood up, he felt an unusual coolness in his lower body; his lower body was free at that moment...

Because Jiuxiao's pants were frozen and stuck to the Frozen Throne, Jiuxiao miraculously managed to stand up and tear his pants apart...

Jiuxiao: "..."

Kevin: "..."

The speechless crow: "..."

Jiuxiao's face instantly turned red. He then created a black hole within himself, halting the immortality of the Death Law and choosing to be reborn deep within the Quantum Sea.

Although Jiuxiao had originally planned to return to the Sea of ​​Quanta and then head back to the Sumeru Mustard Seed, given the current situation, he figured if he ever saw Kevin again, he'd better dig a hole and disappear into it first…

Kevin was completely stunned by Jiu Xiao's suicide. He had been prepared to fight to the death, but Jiu Xiao committed suicide out of shame.

Finally, Kevin looked at the pants that Jiuxiao had left on the Frozen Throne and pondered for a long time.

The last sentence was left unfinished.

"Cool."

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Durandal's side.

Durandal was dragged into the illusion Sue created.

In the illusion, the city of Changkong, where Durandal resided five years prior, experienced a series of disasters. The vast city of Changkong vanished entirely...

At that time, Durandal, Jiuxiao, and Rita were attending high school there. After the disaster, Jiuxiao and Rita also disappeared.

After that, the "Honkai Disease" appeared... with a 100% mortality rate...

Durandal was also saved by Dr. Ragnar, and under his guidance, she also became a doctor.

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An official organization called the Fire Moth has emerged. Whenever a patient is infected with Honkai, Fire Moth's recyclers will come to take the patient away or collect the corpse...

As the "Honkai energy" continued to erupt and the number of deaths increased, Durandal became increasingly consumed by self-blame and confusion. Durandal felt that the Firemoths must possess a cure for Honkai, or perhaps they simply lacked any cure at all…

Durandal submitted her application to join the Firemoths, but it was repeatedly rejected.

Director Ragnar kept encouraging Durandal, and Durandal was determined to fight the Honkai disease and never give up.

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Sue saw that Ragnar was one of Durandal's "beacons" and injected Honkai energy into Ragnar, causing her to be infected with Honkai disease.

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Durandal is once again consumed by guilt for being unable to cure the patients with Honkai disease and for being able to watch the Moth Chaser carry away the patients' corpses.

But Durandal, who never gave up, rallied her spirits and stayed up all night studying the cases.

Ragnar was injected with Honkai energy by Sue, and she only had a few hours left to live. After a difficult internal struggle, Ragnar made one last phone call to Durandal.

Ragnar intends for Durandal to abandon her research on Honkai, because it's not a disease... it's incurable...

But after hearing Durandal's voice, Ragnar gave up. She understood Durandal too well… Durandal wouldn't give up on breaking the Honkai, nor would she allow herself to die like that…

So Ragnar didn't tell Durandal that he had contracted Honkai, but at the end... like a caring parent, he advised Durandal to take care of her health and not to push herself too hard...

Chapter 232 Dream 1

The hospital where Durandal worked was shut down by the Fire Moths because there were too many Honkai patients there.

Ragnar's old friend, Otto Apocalypse of the Moth, with only one arm left, brought Durandal to see Ragnar's long-dead body...

Amid Durandal's weeping, Otto invited her to join the Firemoths and became her guide.

But in reality, Otto never let Durandal truly join the Firemoth, nor did he ever tell Durandal anything about the Firemoth.

He simply passed on all his research findings on Honkai to Durandal and brought the patients to Durandal for her to conduct research.

Dr. Otto, as Durandal's teacher, has always guided and taught her. He shielded Durandal from the truth about the Honkai disease, preventing the cruel truth from harming her.

But the truth cannot be hidden forever. As the Honkai infection spread faster and more rapidly, the Honkai returned once again.

The Moth of Fire issued an early warning, prompting people to seek refuge underground. Durandal, on her way to safety, lost her chance to enter the shelter while trying to save a little girl who had been infected by Honkai and rendered immobile.

After failing to get the little girl to cooperate with all the medications she carried, Durandal crossed her own line for the first time, administering a dose of medication exceeding the lethal limit to the patient…

The medicine successfully alleviated the Honkai disease... but the Honkai Beasts came knocking...

Durandal shielded her patient with her own might, protecting her from numerous attacks by Honkai Beasts...

Durandal, however, was torn open by the Honkai Beasts, inflicting numerous wounds. The Honkai then began to erode Durandal, causing her to contract Honkai disease...

Otto, having not found Durandal in the sanctuary, immediately led a large force to search for her relentlessly.

In the end, Otto successfully found Durandal, who was gradually losing consciousness... and at this moment, Jiuxiao, the friend whom Durandal constantly missed, also appeared.

With Heavenly Fire in hand, Jiuxiao defeated all the Honkai Beasts, and Otto left the scene with Durandal.

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When Durandal awoke, she found that her Honkai infection had completely healed. However, the girl Durandal had saved still died from the Honkai infection.

Durandal was puzzled as to why her Honkai disease had been cured. Otto told Durandal that he had developed an antidote and cured her.

But Durandal was even more confused: if there was an antidote, why not save those people?

Otto picked up the flask and took a few big gulps, then forced himself to keep smiling at Durandal and said to her with a smile:

"Because the medicine was too expensive... I didn't give the child the medicine."

"Expensive?! How can that child's life be measured in money?" Durandal asked Otto angrily, bewildered.

Otto: "That child's life? You want to know whether it's more important or less important than medicine?"

Otto: "Then let me tell you how the medicine is made. For the past few years, the Fire Moths have been researching Honkai, but they haven't been able to figure out its mechanism. We can only start using the remains of patients to make serum."

The vast majority of patients die soon after infection, and their bodies produce very few antibodies.

A very small percentage of patients infected with Honkai Impact 6 will have an incubation period. During this period, they will have significantly higher levels of antibodies than other patients.

Statistically speaking, it would take the bodies of a thousand Honkai disease patients to extract enough serum to save just one person.

This medicine must be absolutely priceless, right?

Durandal fell silent. This was an unsolvable problem...

Otto placed his only remaining hand on Bianca's shoulder, giving Durandal the courage to face the truth.

"Bianca, please don't doubt my choice. You are an important talent in the fight against the Honkai."

Moreover, among the donors of the serum that saved you, there was someone very important to you—Ragnar. After she died, she donated her body to the Firemoth, and it was thanks to the antibodies in her body that we were able to complete this vial of serum.

I think she's watching over you in the afterlife too.

Upon hearing Ragnar's words, Durandal couldn't stop her tears from falling, but Otto didn't stop speaking.

Otto closed his eyes; he couldn't bear to see Durandal so helpless, vulnerable, and sorrowful. But he had to tell Durandal the cruel truth of the world.

"The serum extracted from Ragnar will still be used to save other, more important people. The little girl you saved will also be used to extract serum."

In this world, there are no miracles, no magic. There are only countless people whose lives have been taken by the Honkai disease, and doctors who continue to work on their corpses.

Bianca, your body contains precious antibodies. The tragic wishes of the thousand who died are carried on your shoulders.

What we should do now is continue fighting the Honkai disease and save thousands upon thousands of lives.