Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Before Penglai Temple Kusho could have much time to think, Mei's eyes flashed red, and then all the insect eggs that should have died behind the throne when the crystal shattered hatched.

They were clearly stronger and larger than the previous insects, and lightning kept flashing across their bodies.

Buzz! !

The insects transformed into a black tide, charging towards the four. Seeing the insects surge past the Throne of Houmu and engulf Mei, Bronya broke free from Seele's restraints and rushed towards Mei.

"Mei-neechan!! I'm coming to save you!"

"Big Sister!" "Bronya."

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens and Seele together pulled Bronya back.

"Let me go! Mei-neechan is right in front of me!"

"Calm down, Bronya. Mei is acting strangely, and the bugs are avoiding her! There's definitely something wrong!"

Besides, there are too many of these insects; we can't handle them all. "Nine Heavens, clear the way! We need to retreat first! Nine Heavens! Nine Heavens?"

Seele called out to Jiuxiao, for only Jiuxiao could clear a path for them to escape through the swarm of insects.

But what about the people of Jiuxiao?

Just as the swarm of insects rushed up and engulfed the throne, Jiuxiao appeared beside Mei, watching over the true king of Changkong City.

The insects avoided the Houmu Throne where Mei was sitting, and even used their bodies to build a barrier to prevent any insects from slipping and falling into Mei's hands.

I was still wondering who that "master" the Queen of Insects was...

Who else could be the true master etched into their genes, besides Raiden Mei, the Third Herrscher who caused the Great Collapse of Changkong City and whose Honkai energy radiation led to the birth of countless Honkai creatures in Changkong City?

Mei looked up at the man beside her. He looked very much like Houraiji Kusho, and like Houraiji Kusho, he had Kiana's marks on his body, which made Mei feel puzzled.

"Who are you?"

Jiuxiao extended his hand to Mei. "Jiuxiao, my name is Jiuxiao. Although this is our first meeting, in another time and space, we were very close lovers. It's so good that you're still alive in this world. Bronya and the others are waiting for you to come back. Would you like to come with us?"

Just as Bronya remained steadfast in her determination to take Mei away even after watching Mei awaken the insect swarm to attack them, Jiuxiao also harbored inexplicable feelings for Mei. Even knowing that this Mei was not the one he knew, he still chose to believe in her.

“Heh…” Mei’s confused and sad eyes suddenly sharpened.

Mei gently placed her hand on Jiuxiao's outstretched hand, and the two of them were now moving like a knight helping his queen up.

If only there were such harmonious and like-minded people.

"Die, you frivolous scum. My lover will only ever be Kiana."

Mei's eyes instantly turned piercing as she electrocuted the hand that was in contact with Jiu Xiao. Starting from the palm, Jiu Xiao's right hand continuously turned into atoms and completely disappeared.

To prevent the infection from spreading to his torso, Jiuxiao severed his right arm. The arm that fell to the ground instantly turned into atoms and disappeared completely.

(I think my plot for The Moth of Fire is terrible... I'd like to ask the readers who are still following along... you guys decide whether or not to briefly describe The Moth of Fire later on.)

Chapter 271 We Live, They Die

Boom——

A bolt of lightning, several meters wide, fell directly from the heavens, shattering the roof of Houmu Castle and engulfing Jiuxiao and the insects around him.

"Nine Heavens!" "Brother!"

Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao and Xier shouted in panic, but the blinding lightning and thunder caused them to be temporarily blinded and deafened.

The moment the lightning struck, Bronya, who had been seeing Mei lose control of her emotions, felt a chill run down her spine and calmed down completely.

The situation has reversed, and now Bronya is dragging Seele and Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, who were trying to save Jiuxiao, and running backwards to get away from the lightning's attack range.

"Calm down..."

"Let me go! My brother is in danger!"

Penglaiji Jiuxiao struggled to shake off Bronya, but Seele, having calmed down, pulled Penglaiji Jiuxiao back.

Seele: "You can't handle it, don't go and die!"

"But..." Penglai Temple Jiuxiao wanted to say something, but couldn't utter a word. Calming down, she realized she truly couldn't withstand the lightning...

The older brother is also a Herrscher, and Raiden Mei is also a Herrscher... There's definitely no way they could instantly kill each other, right?

Right?

When the lightning dissipated, the scene that appeared before everyone's eyes left them all stunned in astonishment.

Jiuxiao held Raiden Mei high in the air, both of them with red eyes, but neither of them launched an attack and they remained locked in a stalemate.

Black energy clung to Jiu Xiao's left hand, like a black Persian glove, and it was this hand that grabbed Mei's neck and lifted her up. But the sleeve of Jiu Xiao's right arm disappeared, revealing his fair and jade-like right hand.

Lightning flashed in Mei's eyes. She stretched out her hands and tightly grasped Jiuxiao's left hand, which was pinching her, wanting to turn this hand into atoms, just like before.

However, the ability to turn everything into atoms was completely rendered useless when it encountered the black energy of Jiuxiao's left hand.

Jiuxiao smiled as he looked at Mei in front of him, but unlike his smile, his eyes were glowing red, and the heat in his eyes seemed to be able to shoot directly into Mei's head through her eyes and melt her brain at any moment.

Mei looked at Jiuxiao with disdain. "What, are you so angry that you want to kill your so-called lover?"

"You're joking. Anyway, Herrschers don't need to breathe, so what's wrong with me choking you like this for a whole day?"

"What you say is completely different from the red light in your eyes. But, alas..."

Mei's eyes, which had been filled with anger just moments before, dimmed slightly with that sigh.

Jiuxiao's action of grabbing her by the neck and lifting her up reminded Mei of unpleasant memories. How should I put it?

In that cataclysmic destruction, I think I died because Kiana grabbed me and snapped my neck, right?

Oh, yeah... I'm already dead.

Is the self that Kiana created using the information from the remaining Stigmata truly still herself?

"Ha, all this boredom... In this whole world, only three people truly exist..."

Mei's expression at this moment was just like it had been in the Nine Heavens Dream at Penglai Temple—sad and helpless.

“But even so… it’s enough.” She laughed self-deprecatingly, then vanished from Jiu Xiao’s hand as lightning.

"Leave here. If you stay in this dead world, you will all die too..."

Furthermore, if you continue to naively cling to the idea of ​​killing Kiana and choose to interfere with our lives, I will kill you all…”

Raiden Mei left, just like her entrance—suddenly appearing and suddenly disappearing.

"...Can you control lightning and become lightning yourself? The ability to transform into elements is truly a bug..."

Jiuxiao clenched his fist; apart from the lingering electric light, there was nothing else.

Turning around, the three people from Penglai Temple, including Jiuxiao, rushed up anxiously to inquire about Jiuxiao's condition.

"Brother, are you alright?" "Jiuxiao, you actually managed to fight a Herrscher to a standstill?" "Where's Mei?" "Brother, where's your sleeve...?" "Is Jiuxiao injured? I have some bandages, do you need them?" "What did Mei say? How has she been lately?"

The three of them asked all sorts of questions. Penglaiji Jiuxiao and Seele were concerned about whether Jiuxiao was injured, while Bronya was concerned about where her sister Mei had gone.

Jiuxiao chuckled and ruffled the hair of Penglai Temple and Seele. As for Bronya… well, Bronya is annoying no matter which world she's in!

"Yeah, I'm fine. But Mei... we've confirmed she's definitely our enemy."

"Mei-neechan, how could this be..." Bronya's eyes lost their luster, and she took a step back in disbelief.

"elder sister…"

Seele supported Bronya from behind. Raiden Mei was Bronya's whole world, and she knew how devastating this news would be for Bronya.

(I didn't write it in my novel, but in reality, after Kiana and Mei knocked Bronya unconscious and awakened her personality in Changkong City, it was Mei who taught Bronya little by little, allowing Bronya to experience maternal love and human emotions for the first time (yes, maternal love...). Therefore, Bronya likes Mei very much, and Mei is practically Bronya's whole world.)

After Mei left, all of these newly born insects died. Combined with the effects of dealing with the Queen Insects, it's estimated that these new insect species are completely wiped out.

After packing their things and confirming that Jiuxiao was not injured, the group took Bronya, who had lost her soul, and prepared to return to the base.

However, on the way, Jiuxiao and the others encountered Himeko and some Valkyries who came out to support them.

After briefly recounting the events involving the Queen and the castle to Himeko, Himeko walked straight to Bronya, who was looking down, with a stern face.

Himeko: "Mei doesn't want to see us and has threatened to kill us. Bronya, you should know what that means."

"..." Bronya lowered her head, showing no intention of answering Himeko.

"It seems you've forgotten that Raiden Mei is also one of the culprits who destroyed this world..."

“No, Mei-neechan just… just…” Bronya instinctively tried to refute Himeko, but couldn’t come up with a reason to exonerate Mei.

"You should wake up too. Don't forget she's a Herrscher. To save all of humanity, we must kill all the Herrschers, whether it's Kiana or Mei."

If you remain so stubborn and deluded, still clinging to your past dreams, then you are no longer fit to be the leader of humanity…

The two Jiuxiao who were listening to their conversation exchanged glances.

Penglai Temple Nine Heavens: Brother, do Herrschers have to die? You're a Herrscher too...

Jiuxiao: Not necessarily. Everything has a reason. Herrschers don't necessarily have to die. But for the survivors of the Great Collapse, Herrschers must die.

What's more... if you don't kill Mei and the others, they will kill you. For Himeko and the others, this isn't a choice.