Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Jiu Xiao stopped a person carrying weapons and asked her what had happened.

"What happened? Have Honkai creatures invaded?"

"Pretty much. Someone saw Bronya and Captain Himeko go to ME Corporation together yesterday and haven't returned yet. Not long ago, the observation team detected a large number of Honkai creatures gathering and attacking ME Corporation."

The leaders might be in danger, so Seele is preparing to lead us to attack ME Corporation to support Bronya and Captain Himeko.

I'm going to escort the engineering department guys to establish a defensive line in front of ME Corporation. Do you want to come along?

After the combat personnel put on their equipment, they extended an invitation to Jiuxiao.

Jiuxiao waved his hand and declined her invitation.

"Not for now. Where are Xi'er and Penglai Temple Jiuxiao? I'll go meet with them first."

“When I came out, they were still in the command room. They should go to…” The girl paused because she saw Penglai Temple Jiuxiao running towards them in the distance.

She pointed in the direction of Penglai Temple Jiuxiao and continued to say to Jiuxiao, "Hey, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao is here. You guys chat first, I need to go to the assembly point."

"Take care, and hope you come back alive."

"Please don't curse me..."

The girl smiled and nudged Jiuxiao with her hand, then jogged off to assemble the troops.

Although it was indeed a bit of a cliffhanger, Jiu Xiao still really hoped they could survive. After all, they were just ordinary people, some ordinary girls who took up arms to survive...

Having jogged to Penglai Temple in front of Jiuxiao, Jiuxiao leaned against the wall, slightly out of breath. Giving orders was more exhausting than fighting...

"Huff... Brother, something's happened."

"Yes, I have a pretty good idea of ​​the situation."

"Is that so? Seele is planning to lead a group to attack those Honkai creatures and delay their attack wave. The majority of the rest will go to ME Corporation to clear out the Honkai creatures inside, and then take over ME Corporation."

"I'm going to fight with Seele, brother, are you going over there?"

“Hmm… I’m fine with anything, but I think you should change your strategy. For example… instead of Seele stopping the Honkai creatures, you can lead all of you to attack ME Corporation, and I’ll deal with the attacking Honkai creatures by myself.”

"what?"

"No, please. Don't bother making another trip. Tell Xier about my plan, go quickly."

Jiuxiao nudged Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, telling her not to be surprised and to quickly inform Seele to have all the Fire Moths go to ME Society to establish a defensive line.

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In the command room, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao rushed over and relayed Jiuxiao's requests to Xier.

"Did Jiuxiao really say that? He alone with his sword is enough to withstand an army of thousands?"

Seele looked in surprise at Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, who was panting heavily beside her.

"Judging from the signals detected by the instruments... there are so many of them that just one of them spitting out a mouthful of saliva could drown us..."

“But even so, didn’t Seele intend to lead people to stop them herself from the beginning? Don’t worry, since your brother said so, we should trust him.”

Penglai Temple Jiuxiao trusted Jiuxiao completely. Based on the scene of him rubbing a black hole with his hands, she was certain that no matter who else in the entire base died, he would not.

Moreover, Jiuxiao's abilities are all large-scale destructive, so having someone around would actually lower his combat power.

Turning evil makes you ten times stronger, while turning good makes you three times weaker. When you're evil, who cares about affecting your teammates? You just unleash your power however it can. But when you're good, you're restricted in every way. You have to constantly control your power to avoid harming innocent people.

"..."

Seele clenched her fists and remained silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said to Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, "Oh dear, since Jiuxiao has said so, then we have no choice but to do it this way. After all, you two siblings are both stubborn mules..."

Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao grinned, revealing his憨憨 (simple and honest) smile. "Yeah, they're both stubborn mules... But I guess Jiuxiao definitely doesn't know the way, so I chose to go with him. Sorry, Xier, I can't fight alongside you this time."

"...Don't you know the way either?"

But no one responded to Xi'er, and Penglai Temple Jiuxiao left in a hurry again.

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"Tsk, what are you doing here... Seele probably needs you more, right?"

Jiu Xiao helped up the person next to him, Penglai Temple Jiu Xiao, who had run back and forth in the base countless times to convey messages to various squads.

"Huff...They have so many people there, one more won't make a difference. Besides, how could I possibly abandon you and let you face those Honkai creatures alone... Huff..."

"You little rascal, you've really touched me. Charge! Charge! Since that's the case, I'll show you what it means to be a one-man army!" Jiuxiao laughed as he picked up Penglai Temple Jiuxiao and flew off towards the route of the Honkai creatures' attack.

"Just so you know, it's a two-man fortress!"

"It's a one-man show, and you're in charge of cheering them on."

"No way... I rejected Seele's confession and ran here!" Penglaiji Jiuxiao angrily raised his fist.

"What kind of confession?"

"When the troops were being mobilized before, Seele was going to stop the Honkai creatures, and I said I wanted to fight alongside her, that I would protect Seele! Then Seele said..."

'Hehe, I'm starting to get a little smitten with you, but unfortunately, my heart only belongs to my older sister. But if you survive, there's still a chance, so even for my sake, please don't die.'

"Um... I think apart from the lines 'My heart is only for my older sister' and 'Please don't die,' everything else can be ignored."

"Get lost... This is the first time anyone other than my parents has ever said they're infatuated with me!"

"Really? What if I said I really like my little sister, Houraiji Kushou~"

"Huh? Huh!!!"

Nine Heavens Shy

Chapter 278 Black Sun

ME Club

Just as Seele said, even the Nine Heavens of Penglai Temple don't know the way, but they don't need to.

ME Corporation not only represents the world's most advanced technology, but its headquarters is also located in one of the most distinctive buildings in Changkong City. Within Changkong City, you can see that tall, H-shaped building whenever you look up.

Jiuxiao, carrying Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, ascended into the air and flew towards ME Company. Below them, the Fire Moths advanced in a densely packed, orderly, serpentine formation.

Dark clouds loomed over the city, threatening to destroy it, and swarms of Honkai creatures surged towards ME like an underground river.

ME Corporation has not made any moves that could attract so many Honkai creatures, but all the creatures in Changkong City are heading towards ME Corporation without prior agreement.

Suicide squad, scythe-wielding suicide squad, suicide squad girl, penguin girl...

Various bizarre and mutated Honkai beasts, silicon-based life forms born directly from Honkai, and legendary mythical Honkai creatures...

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, like a disciplined legion. One couldn't help but feel a sense of...

Faced with so many Honkai creatures, Houraiji Kyusou's body trembled slightly, whether from the low temperature and cold wind in the air or from the fear of the endless Honkai creatures.

Jiuxiao held onto Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's waist and carried her away. Jiuxiao felt the girl's trembling body immediately.

"Are you scared? It's not too late. I can take you to Xi'er's place," Jiu Xiao said softly.

"No, I'm not afraid..."

Penglaiji Jiuxiao shook his head, then looked resolutely at the Honkai creatures below. "I'm just a little excited. This is practically all the Honkai beasts in Changkong City... If we take care of them all, then Changkong City will be safe, right?"

"It will be safe, but only temporarily. As long as the dead spots in the sky exist, Honkai creatures will continue to be born."

Even if we kill all of them, they will exponentially recover to their current size in a short period of time.

"Is that so... then to save this world, we must kill Kiana?"

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens thought of the lonely and sorrowful girl in his dream, who lay asleep in those ruins for who knows how long...

According to Raiden Mei in the dream, the sleeping girl is Kiana, the culprit Bronya spoke of who destroyed the world.

"No, I'll kill whoever tries to kill Kiana," Jiuxiao replied without hesitation.

"Huh?" Penglai Temple Nine Heavens exclaimed in surprise.

Jiuxiao countered, "You should have met her before, right?"

"Hmm... if the dream world isn't fake, then I've already seen her..."

"You knew what kind of person she was from the first moment you saw her. She's the kind of person who would give her life to save the world..."

If she chooses to destroy the world, it can only prove that the world betrayed her, driving her to utter despair. If that's the case, I will stand firmly by her side.

"What if it's not like that?"

"There are no 'ifs.' The Herrscher personality arose from the amplified desires within Kiana's heart during her Herrscher transformation. In other words, when Kiana transformed, she genuinely had the thought of destroying the world, so her Herrscher personality steadfastly carried out her will..."

What if one day you discover that everything about you was manipulated, that your friends and your experiences were fake, and even that your genes were implanted with a setting to make you fall in love with someone…

"If you were at Penglai Temple in the ninth heaven, what would you do?"

Jiuxiao lowered his head and looked intently into the eyes of Penglai Temple Jiuxiao.

“…I’m sorry…I don’t know…” Penglai Temple Jiuxiao avoided Jiuxiao’s gaze; she didn’t know how to answer the question.

"You'll know, because this is a choice we had to make."

Jiuxiao withdrew his gaze from Penglai Temple, because he didn't know the answer to the question either.

Even if this Kiana isn't the silly, cheerful girl he loves, Jiu Xiao still remembers that it all started with that question, "Can you come and save me?"