Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

The Herrscher of Knowledge discovered that the last remaining Durandal appeared before her and dragged her back into the dream.

This dream wove a beautiful world where Durandal developed an antidote to cure the Honkai disease, and Ragnar, who was not infected with the Honkai disease, is still alive.

Durandal fell into a daze, lost in this beautiful dream.

But Otto in the real world pressed the button, and the data stream stimulated Durandal's scalp, pulling Durandal's consciousness back to reality.

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Durandal, who was happily waving goodbye to the recovered patients as Ragnar left, suddenly fell silent.

"I'm sorry, Director Ragnar, I have to go." Durandal was silent for a moment, then turned and left.

"Durandal, where are you going? There are other patients waiting for you!"

Ragnar grabbed Durandal's hand, trying to pull her back, but Durandal did not stop.

"Thank you for letting me see Director Ragnar again. But I know... she is dead."

"What are you talking about?! Look at me, I'm still alive and well!"

Swah——

Durandal took out a scalpel she carried with her and severed Ragnar's hand that was holding her.

“I am still alive… because the serum made from the antibodies extracted from Director Ragnar’s body saved my life. No matter how painful this fact is, I must admit it. It is because of this pain that I can continue to move forward.”

After Durandal finished speaking, she looked longingly at the disappearing Ragnar.

"Goodbye, Director..."

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Durandal woke up in the experimental chamber. She had successfully returned alive and located the Herrscher of Knowledge.

She was overjoyed and wanted to tell Otto, who was like a father to her, but Durandal was met only with a cold, hardened corpse.

Durandal stood before Otto in silence for a long, long time…

Finally, she picked up the flask that Otto always carried with him, one of the few things Otto left behind in this world.

After all, when a person dies, there is really nothing left.

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Otto's experimental base has been discovered by the Herrscher of Knowledge, and Jiuxiao took Durandal to the headquarters of the Fire Moth.

Based on the information brought back by Durandal, Dr. Rita quickly located the Herrscher of Knowledge and dispatched Fusion Warriors to annihilate it.

Durandal stayed by Dr. Rita's side, working with her on the "Stigmata Project".

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The end has come.

The final battle against Honkai begins.

Humanity dispatched its last and strongest eight warriors. Dr. Rita's plan was to have them first attract the attention of the Herrscher of the End, and then use the Moon Throne to neutralize the Honkai energy within the Herrscher of the End, thus weakening her.

But the existence of the Herrscher of the End was beyond everyone's expectations.

The Herrscher of the End didn't even glance at the attacks of the Fusion Warriors, and didn't bother to defend herself...

Just five minutes into the battle, two fusion warriors were easily defeated by the End... and the Moon Throne, overloaded, collapsed and disintegrated...

The Moon Throne neutralized 30% of the Honkai energy within the End, but with the disintegration of the Moon Throne, humanity lost its ultimate means of fighting against Honkai.

The newly born Herrscher of the End, having lost her energy, was at a loss and chose to remain where she was, waiting to recover.

Jiuxiao told the others to take the opportunity to retreat first, while he stayed in place to gather his strength...

Before the end came, Mebius used Prometheus to modify Alicia's corpse, creating the "Thirteenth Divine Key"...

While holding back the Herald of the End in the Nine Heavens, Prometheus 17, under the manipulation of Mebius, interfered with the civilization selection mechanism of the Imaginary Tree, corrupting the connection between the Cocoon of the End and the Imaginary Tree.

Prometheus 17 assimilated with the Honkai, giving rise to the "Honkai Reorganization Group," also known as the "Honkai Will"...

The Cocoon of the End watched all of this unfold, yet it neither intervened nor stopped it. Because neither Alicia, nor the Moth of Fire, nor the Will of Honkai… none of these mattered to the Cocoon.

The cocoon was just waiting for someone, waiting for the birth of "Kiana".

Durandal, who remained on the surface, received intelligence from the moon and initiated the Vault Project, sinking everything in the Vault underground to escape the cleansing of the end.

Upon receiving news that Jiuxiao was still alive, Durandal rushed to Dr. Rita to convey the message.

"Wait... um?"

Durandal, who was running, suddenly paused, wondering if she had made a mistake.

Dr. Rita sensed Durandal's arrival and turned her chair to look in Durandal's direction.

Durandal didn't have time to think much before telling Rita that Jiuxiao was still alive.

"...That's great, but unfortunately...I won't be able to see him again."

“Rita…you…”

Durandal knelt trembling before Rita, the marks of Honkai invasion already creeping onto Rita's cheeks...

Rita opened her eyes and looked at Durandal, but the light in her eyes had already faded...

"My body has reached its limit. I can't even see your face clearly now... Thank you, Durandal. Thanks to your medicine, I've been able to hold on until now."

Rita's tears fell uncontrollably as she reached out her hand to Durandal.

"There are two letters on the table, one for you, and one for Jiuxiao. For the next few thousand, tens of thousands of years, Jiuxiao will exist alone in this world. He will be very lonely. Durandal, I beg you, stay by his side and don't let him go astray. Promise me, okay?"

“He is also my best friend, and I will always be there for him.” Durandal reached out to catch Rita’s outstretched hand.

But Rita's hand fell limp... Rita died...

Eight hours later, Jiuxiao returned from the moon and found only Rita's corpse.

After reading Rita's letter, Jiu Xiao's tears froze into ice flowers, dripping onto the ground.

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Su, who had been manipulating dreams in the real world, sighed. Everything Durandal experienced was actually Su's own past. It was just that Durandal was the anchor point, and everyone else had been replaced with people Durandal knew…

Chapter 235 Dream 4

Fifty thousand years later, Durandal and Nine Heavens awoke from the slumber of all things and began to walk among humans.

Jiuxiao debated with ancient Greek philosophers about the question of "why birds can fly," which was recorded by people at the time and embellished into mythology by later generations. Jiuxiao was also known as Icarus.

Fu Hua's Spark Project failed, Stan went missing from the Ark Project, and other bad news kept coming in. Durandal's Sandstorm Project also made no progress. Jiuxiao gradually lost hope and began to experiment with the Stigmata Project.

The legendary era of King Arthur.

Jiuxiao discovered Cyp-630 in a lake near a certain shelter, and then released Honkai energy into Burton Village near the lake.

A collapse occurred in Burton Village, and apart from a child named Arthur who awakened a Stigmata, no one else survived...

Durandal, who happened to be passing by, rescued Arthur, who was unable to control the Stigmata, and taught him how to use them. Then she disappeared into the lake and entered the sanctuary beneath the lake's surface.

Arthur etched Durandal's image into his heart, calling her the Lady of the Lake. (In reality, the Lady of the Lake was Sue.)

Durandal, who arrived at the shelter, questioned Nine Heavens about why Burton Village had experienced a collapse.

Jiuxiao bluntly admitted that he was the one who released the Honkai energy, and assured Durandal that the island was a perfect experimental site and no test subjects would escape. He then asked Durandal if any Stigmata Awakeners had appeared in Burton Village, as they would be ideal experimental subjects.

Durandal clenched her fists, suppressing her rage, and told the villagers of Nine Heavens Burton that hundreds of people were dead and no one had awakened a Saint Mark.

Yulandel, clinging to a sliver of hope, tentatively told Jiuxiao that the parallel world she had observed was of great reference value and wanted Jiuxiao to take a look.

But Jiuxiao didn't even turn his head, focusing intently on implementing his Stigmata Project. He simply told Durandal to go back and organize the Second Divine Key, and that he would go over after he finished.

When Durandal saw Jiuxiao in this state, she realized that Kevin had completely lost his humanity...

After finishing his business, Jiuxiao arrived at the location of the Second Divine Key, only to be pulled into the World Bubble that Durandal had created.

"Durandal, what are you doing? This...is the World Bubble?"

"This is a bubble of the world created using the Second Divine Key—the Sumeru Mustard Seed. It is isolated from the world, and you cannot leave without my help." Durandal's figure appeared before Jiuxiao.

"We need to have a serious talk. I hope you can postpone the implementation of Project Stigmata. If this project succeeds, humanity will pay a huge price; only a thousand or so people will survive!"

“I know, Durandal. This plan is the worst plan.”

I know you oppose this plan. The innocent deaths trouble your conscience.

You tricked me into coming here to trap me. You want to use all your strength to stop me from carrying out the Stigmata Project.

Jiuxiao raised heavenly fire, pierced the sky with a sword, and shattered the Sumeru Mustard Seed created by Durandal.

But Jiuxiao did not leave; instead, he pointed his sword at Durandal.

"I'm giving you a chance to stop me, and after you fail, you'll understand that you can't change anything."

Even if only one in a thousand or one in ten thousand people survive, it's still much better than doing nothing and praying for a miracle to happen.

This sin of innocent deaths and impending deaths...I will bear it.

"Hmph... No matter how much our strength differs, I will still use all my strength and the Divine Key that can harm you..."