Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

The intrusion failed, but if the intrusion had failed, the three of them would have died in this control room.

Therefore, in order to successfully infiltrate, Bronya resolutely chose to use Heavy Bunny to transfer her consciousness into the data and invade from the inside.

At the moment of consciousness upload, Bronya and Heavy Bunny appeared in the data space of the ME system in the form of data entities.

Conventional network defenses seemed utterly insignificant against data-driven beings. Bronya, accompanied by Heavy Bunny, physically breached the defenses, smashing everything in their path to dust.

But when Bronya finally reached the hidden area, she saw what was inside and stopped trying to solve the puzzle.

"Bamboo cage eye~ Bamboo cage eye~ When will the bird in the cage come out~"

A petite girl, dressed in a loose kimono, sang softly alone in the data space. Sensing someone approaching, the girl stopped singing and turned to look at Bronya.

Young Mei

When the girl turned around, Bronya saw her face clearly, and at that moment Bronya was involuntarily stunned.

"Mei-neechan...?"

"Father?"

The artificial intelligence that controls the entire ME company—young Mei—blinked her big eyes, looking at the unfamiliar girl in front of her with a puzzled expression.

Because only Ryoma the Dyna could usually come to the depths of this data space, young Mei subconsciously mistook Bronya for Ryoma the Dyna.

It was obvious that Bronya wasn't Raiden Ryoma, so young Mei turned and ran.

"Big sister! Wait for me!"

Bronya saw Mei run away and immediately gave chase.

While the two were chasing each other, Himeko and Seele in the outside world were in trouble.

The system master of ME Company, young Mei, has been awakened. Although the massive ME Company currently has no employees, all its programs have begun to operate.

"Alert! Honkai energy reaction detected! Area cordoned off! Non-combat personnel to evacuate immediately! Combat mechs are approaching!"

The alarm rang incessantly, and at the same time, the gate to the safe room opened automatically and uncontrollably.

Himeko glanced solemnly through the security window of the gate at the newly appeared humanoid combat mechs outside. Their weapons and armor were on a completely different level from the previous protective mechs.

"Damn it, the paralyzed defense system has been activated. It looks like Bronya is in trouble."

“Big sister…” Seele knew the situation was serious, and looked at Bronya worriedly for a few moments before saying to Himeko, “Himeko, we must guard the gate! We can’t let these mechs in!”

"Let's pray that Bronya succeeds. If she fails, we'll be trapped and doomed."

"I believe in my older sister; she will definitely succeed..."

"Shut up! You can only trust yourself!"

Himeko gripped her greatsword in reverse and, before the gate was fully open, thrust it out, unleashing a burst of flames to give the combat mechs outside a head start. She then engaged the combat mechs in fierce combat.

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In the data space, Bronya followed young Mei to a... home?

Bronya slowly stopped in her tracks. She remembered; she had been here before… She had seen this scene in Mei's dream; this was where Mei had spent the happiest time…

The virtual space constructed from data was chaotic, but this area was remarkably well-preserved. There was also a data entity here identical to Mei's younger self; the person who created this space must have loved her very much to have preserved Mei's information so meticulously.

"It's so nice to see Mei-neechan's smile here..." Bronya couldn't help but smile happily.

"But unfortunately I can't stay here too long, I still need to get the security system..."

Bronya turned and left, returning to the original spot to remove the safety barriers, otherwise Himeko and Seele would be in danger.

But then, young Mei, who had been hiding from Bronya, reached out her little hand and grabbed Bronya.

"Bronya, please don't go..." Young Mei looked at Bronya with pleading eyes, holding Bronya's hand, not wanting her to leave.

Because of the data, young Mei easily discerned Bronya's identity, but did it matter? Young Mei had been alone in this space for who knows how long; she just wanted someone to be with her...

"Bronya, let's play hide-and-seek!" Mei asked Bronya with a happy smile.

Seeing Mei smile, Bronya couldn't help but smile too. Bronya patted Mei's head and said regretfully, "I'm sorry... I can't be with you. I have more important things to do."

"Does Bronya not want to be with Mei? Does she hate Mei?" Young Mei thought Bronya hated her and started sobbing sadly.

"No! No! I like Mei-neechan..."

Upon hearing Mei say that, Bronya immediately and firmly explained in a loud voice.

"But there are other important people waiting for me, and I promised them I had to go back."

"Go back?" Young Mei tilted her head in confusion. "Go back to where? Hasn't the outside world been destroyed? Where can we go back to?"

"The place to go back to..."

Bronya's eyes dimmed. Yes... the world is destroyed, where can she go back to...?

Seele's smile and everyone in the base involuntarily flashed through her mind... Bronya's eyes lit up again.

"The place we returned to... was built by Seele and me, our important home, the Moth that chases the flame..."

"But isn't Bronya's wish to be with Mei?" Young Mei hugged Bronya, gently resting her head against her chest, listening to Bronya's heartbeat.

"Bronya, Father, and Mei, the three of us will live happily here forever... Isn't this the final resting place that Bronya and I both hoped for?"

"My desired destination... is with Mei-neechan..." The light in Bronya's eyes gradually faded.

Heavy Bunny quickly issued a warning to Bronya, but the connection between the two was severed by young Mei.

"That's right, this is our home~"

Young Mei smiled happily, gradually using Bronya's desire for Raiden Mei to lure her into her own world.

"Bronya... wants to be with Mei forever..."

"Okay, okay~ Bronya will stay with me forever~"

Let's just sleep together with Mei like this..."

Chapter 281 You've been corrupted, die!

"It's over! It's over! I'm going to die! I'm going to die... Himeko, Bronya, and Seele are all locked behind the door. Jiuxiao and Penglaiji Jiuxiao probably committed suicide too... Waaah... Is there anyone who can save me?!"

Iselin crouched under a desk, holding her head, crying and shouting.

"Shut up, you damn bitch! If you keep bastarding, I'll throw you out and let those mechs kill you!"

Emisha, armed with two submachine guns, rushed to Iselin and pulled her out from under the table. Iselin took the opportunity to hug Emisha tightly.

Emisha continued firing at the mechs behind her while fleeing with Iselin, the leg accessory attached to her.

"Waaaaah... Emisha, I suddenly find you much more pleasing to the eye, even your insults sound nice..."

Iserin wiped her tears and snot all over Amisha's legs. Amisha's attention was entirely focused on the mechs behind her and her medical team members, so she didn't notice. Otherwise, Amisha would definitely have pulled Iserin down and let her run on her own.

"Don't call me Amy. By the way, where are your engineering team? You didn't abandon them and run away, did you?!"

“How could that be… Although I’m a coward, I would never betray my comrades! I had them set up the defensive line outside, and I came back to guide you…”

"Guide us? You bastard, your legs shake and you can't walk when there's danger, and you're here to guide us? If we hadn't passed through here, you'd probably be beaten to a pulp by now."

“Gulp…” Iselin was speechless, because Emisha was telling the truth…

Snapped--

Emisha and the medical staff suddenly stopped. In the abrupt halt, Iserline ripped Emisha's clothes off and was thrown out by the momentum...

Why did you stop...?

"Shut up... Damn it, we're surrounded."

At this moment, ahead of everyone's evacuation route, rows of combat mechs with red eyes and sharp blades were waiting for them.

Behind them, dozens of combat mechs were chasing after them.

After realizing the situation, Iselin simply lay down on the ground and gave up resisting.

"This is truly the end... I'm doomed!"

Emisha was so angry that she didn't want to talk to Iselin anymore. She took a wrench out of her pocket and threw it in front of Iselin.

"Huh? Why are you giving me a wrench?" Iselin picked up the wrench, puzzled. "You don't expect me to fight them with a wrench, do you...?"

"I figured you definitely didn't want to be torn to pieces by the mech, so I'm giving you a wrench to kill yourself. Come on, before you die, let me see you perform a wrench-and-head trick."

Emisa looked at Iserline with disgust. Emisa already thought the engineering department was just a bunch of useless people, and now Iserline was constantly undermining morale...

“Um… I’m afraid of pain, so I’ll pass… Looking at how powerful these mechs are, I’ll probably die in no time, so there shouldn’t be too much pain… So I’ll pass on the wrench…” Iselin hesitated for a moment, then handed the wrench back to Emisha.

Emisa picked up the wrench and weighed it in her hand. "I'll fucking kill you right now!"

Swah——

A red light flashed before Iserline's eyes...

Emisha's raised wrench fell to the ground...

The red light then passed through the medical team members…

Iselin's pupils dilated suddenly, and time seemed to stand still for a moment, but then an explosion and a gust of wind swept in, making it impossible for her to see or hear anything.