Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Otto opened his eyes and looked firmly at Durandal.

“Some people may think that what I did was inhumane. But in my opinion, no matter how many sacrifices are involved, only curing the Honkai disease and saving humanity is true justice.”

"Your application has been approved. Welcome to the Firemoth."

Otto reached out his hand to Durandal, and after a fierce internal struggle, Durandal shook hands with him.

"Doctor, I will definitely defeat the Honkai disease."

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Otto is not a good person, a fact that Durandal has always known, and Otto has never hidden it from her. Whenever Durandal asks, Otto tells her the truth.

But Durandal never blamed Otto for his actions, because she knew that some things... had to be done. The world couldn't do without Otto, and she even had to protect him for the sake of the world.

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Within the Flame Chaser, Durandal found Rita and Nine Heavens… Rita became the leader of the Flame Chaser; in both research and leadership, Dr. Rita was the most important figure. Dr. Rita proposed the Fusion Warrior project and, together with Dr. Mebius, completed the super-transformation surgery to create Fusion Warriors…

And the first test subject... was Jiuxiao.

Jiuxiao became the strongest warrior of the Fire Moth, but the fusion warrior surgery left his entire body constantly at temperatures below -20 degrees Celsius. The sunny, cheerful, and always smiling Jiuxiao gradually lost his smile in the fierce battles against the Honkai, turning into a mindless, mission-driven zombie.

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Shortly after Durandal joined the Flamemoth, mysterious sleep events broke out around the world, with people suddenly falling into a deep sleep from which they could never wake up again.

Finally, after nearly a month of the sleeping sickness raging, Chief Scientist Dr. Rita and Otto made a public announcement:

The Eighth Herald, the Herald of Knowledge, has been born...

Chapter 233 Dream 2

Otto developed a drug called Mental Shackles to help survivors evade the pursuit and attacks of the Herrscher of Knowledge.

But running away is not the solution.

In order to fight against the Herrscher of Consciousness, Durandal found Dr. Rita and then voluntarily underwent Otto's transformation into a Fusion Warrior. Together with all the other psychic Fusion Warriors, she entered the Herrscher of Consciousness's dream, using herself as an anchor point to reverse locate the Herrscher of Consciousness's location.

The experiment time to enter the dream is ten minutes. Once this time is exceeded, the Fusion Warriors will be trapped in the illusion of the Herrscher of Knowledge forever.

After bidding a final farewell to Durandal, Otto initiated the experiment. However, he was then manipulated by the Herrscher of Knowledge, and his hidden assistant launched a sneak attack on him.

The heavily injured Otto fought back against the Herrscher of Knowledge, killing the individual it controlled, but then he was pulled into a dream himself.

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"Otto, what are you thinking about?" Karen looked at Otto, pouting. "Didn't you promise me you'd spend all your time with me today and wouldn't think about work anymore?"

"..."

Otto stared at the familiar Kallen before him, lost in thought. He had just drifted off into a dream where his beloved Kallen was dead.

"Sorry, I feel a little dizzy... I think I had a dream..."

“It’s okay, you’re just too tired.” Karen reached out and stroked Otto’s face, comforting him gently. “Your work is important too, but don’t overwork yourself. Remember, I’ll always be here for you.”

Otto suddenly looked up at Karen, scrutinizing her face, wanting to memorize everything about her. Then Otto slowly closed his eyes.

Otto closed his eyes, held his forehead, and made his final decision.

"Bolong, come out."

Bolong, Otto's bodyguard who had been crouching in the grass at a distance, suddenly burst out of the grass, startling Karen.

"Bolong is actually with you today too."

“Yes, after all, he’s my personal bodyguard,” Otto explained to Karen with a smile. Then he walked over to Bolong and put his arm around him.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Bolong, Otto took the gun from Bolong's body and shot him in the head.

"Otto, what are you doing?!" Karen looked at the scene in horror and ran to Otto in fear.

But Otto also raised his gun at Karen.

Otto's eyes held apologies, love, and reluctance... but he still resolutely pulled the trigger.

boom--

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"what--"

Otto suddenly woke up from his bed, gasping for breath. Cold sweat soaked his back, but the icy feeling gradually calmed him down.

Kallen, startled awake by Otto's movements, asked, "What's wrong? Otto, were you having another nightmare?"

"Hmm, a very strange dream... In the dream, I actually shot and killed you..."

Theresa: "Daddy, what's wrong?"

Theresa knocked on Otto's bedroom door, came in, and stood beside him with a worried look on her face.

"Is it a nightmare?"

"My little darlings guessed right..." Otto happily ruffled Theresa and Karen's hair and said gently, "Sweetie, Daddy's fine. Go back to sleep, it's very late."

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After seeing Theresa off, Karen and Otto comforted her until she fell asleep.

After they all fell asleep, Otto was alone in the kitchen, splashing cold water on his face. The nightmare was so vivid that he could no longer distinguish between reality and dream...

"Have some milk and relax." Looking at the exhausted and tense Otto, Karen poured him a glass of milk and handed it to him.

Kallen: "You've been researching Honkai for the past few years without a proper rest. Now that you've developed an antidote, don't push yourself so hard anymore..."

"Honkai...disease..."

As Otto splashed cold water on his face, he seemed to hear a key phrase, and the gap between dreams and reality suddenly became clear in his mind.

"I remember... you all seem to have contracted Honkai disease...?"

“How could that be? You’ve seen too many patients and are just overthinking things!” Karen smiled, not paying much attention to Otto’s ramblings. “Look, my daughters and I are all doing just fine, aren’t we?”

“We will always be with you… forever…” Karen hugged Otto from behind, conveying her feelings to him.

Otto held Karen's hand, feeling her breath on his back and her heartache.

"This dream... is so beautiful... so beautiful that I want to stay..."

"Honey, what are you saying? This is your home, of course you can stay."

puff-

Karen took a few steps back in disbelief as a fruit knife was plunged deep into her stomach.

As blood dripped onto the ground, Otto's resolve hardened.

"But...you're not her..."

I was unable to develop an antidote when they were infected with Honkai!

When they died, I didn't want to let go of them and hold their hands tightly.

"If Dr. Rita hadn't severed my hand, which was infected with Honkai, with a single blow, I might have died along with them."

"Then why? Shouldn't you be even more immersed in this dream?!" Kallen glared angrily at Otto. Having her dream shattered time and again by Otto, the Herrscher of Knowledge was no longer going to pretend.

"Here, you and your loved one have been living together all this time!"

No! You're wrong!

Otto looked at the fake Kallen before him, a fabrication woven by the Herald of Knowledge, with disgust, and said through gritted teeth, his voice filled with rage:

"If I continue to wallow in this false dream, that would be the greatest betrayal of them! My only purpose in living is to take revenge on the Honkai."

Otto: "I've had this dream long enough. Goodbye."

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In the real world (pseudo) Moths Chasing Flames.

Otto, upon waking, clutched his abdomen, which had been pierced by a sneak attack.

The time spent in the dream has exceeded ten minutes... exceeding the time limit stipulated in the experiment.

Durandal is in danger…

"Hold on... Bianca..."

Otto's consciousness was beginning to fade, and he was almost bleeding out.

But Otto, clinging to his last remaining will, used his one arm to slowly climb to the control panel and press the button to pull Durandal's consciousness back to reality.

Chapter 234 Dream 3

Like all other spirit-type fusion warriors, Durandal relentlessly searched for the location of the Herrscher of Consciousness within a limited timeframe in her dream.

However, because the experiment exceeded the allotted time, Otto did not activate the button to pull back consciousness. The other surviving Fusion Warriors had already left the dream, while Durandal was lost in the Herrscher of Consciousness's dream.