Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

These were all key points drawn with the blood of the Gray Moths, but unfortunately they've all become somewhat useless now.

The appearance of both Jiuxiao and Kukulkan shattered Himeko's common sense, rendering all her previous survival strategies ineffective. After all, no matter how she thought about it, she would never have imagined that a Herrscher would be their ally.

Oh, I used to have a Herrscher companion, and then she wiped out the world...

Himeko shook her head, not wanting to think about such things, and began to explain the precautions for the Gray Moth Squad to Jiuxiao and Penglaiji Jiuxiao beside her.

"In the Gray Moth unit, you only need to abide by three rules. First, never abandon your comrades. Second, never sacrifice yourself lightly. Third, if the first two rules conflict, the first rule shall prevail."

"Are there any taboos that can't be said or done?"

"No, given the current conditions, what complicated rules do you want?"

"Too…"

Jiuxiao shrugged, indicating he had no further questions. Instead of worrying about the rules, Jiuxiao should lead the Penglai Temple Jiuxiao into battle and unleash their full power.

Once all the enemies are eliminated, your teammates can be properly protected from harm.

Without enemies, there's no need for fighting; without fighting, there's no need to consider any rules.

"..." Penglai Temple Jiuxiao glanced at Himeko, wanting to say something, but seemed unable to say anything.

The young girl has been troubled lately; she doesn't understand why Himeko chose her as the leader instead of Seele or Amisa...

Himeko noticed the girl's hesitation; after all, Houraiji Kusho never concealed his emotions.

"That same expression again, hesitant and indecisive, as if trapped by something. Penglai Temple Nine Heavens, I know what you're thinking. You must be wondering why I elected you as leader, right?"

The reason is simple: because you and Jiuxiao have something that others don't...

Bronya and Seele, and myself, are all bound by our own obsessions, afraid of our own hearts, afraid of seeing our own fate, which is why we always stop moving forward.

Bronya prioritizes her comrades' lives too much, lacking decisiveness. I am too decisive, disregarding my comrades' lives. Seele is too selfless; she might sacrifice her own life for a comrade at any moment…

But you are different. You don't have the same obsessions as us, and you won't fall into confusion or extremism because of anything…

Himeko paused for a moment, looked at the Valkyries who had been following her, and gave a bleak smile to Kyuu-sou and Hōraiji Kyuu-sou.

Do you know why the Gray Moth army was so powerful?

"Because they are strong-willed and have something they want to protect?"

"Heh...yes, both of those points are important, but they're not the main reason..."

In response to Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao's answer, Himeko smiled, patted her head, and then looked at Jiuxiao.

"You should know... after all, someone used that excuse to disguise their true strength the first time."

Chapter 297 (Two Hundred and Ninety-Seven)

"After all, when you're out in the world, your identity depends entirely on your own boasting..." Jiu Xiao laughed awkwardly.

Through Honkai energy modification experiments, he gained abilities far exceeding those of Superman, thus becoming Superman.

The more Jiuxiao thought about it, the more hasty it seemed, but didn't Xier believe it back then...?

"It's because they are all Valkyries...they all underwent Valkyrie modification surgery and had cells of the Second Herrscher, Sirin, implanted in their bodies."

"Hmm..." Himeko nodded, glancing at Jiuxiao again. Not many people know the truth behind the Valkyrie surgery—the implantation of Sirin cells... So, Jiuxiao was a high-ranking official in Schicksal before the Great Collapse? Then why had she never heard of him before...?

“Jiuxiao is right. They and I were both ‘manufactured’ to fight against the Honkai. Their purpose is to eliminate the Honkai.”

But after the Great Collapse, having lost our purpose, we became like stray dogs, and our lives should have ended the moment the world was destroyed by the Collapse...

But we survived, burdened with the curse of the Valkyries, now useless ashes. That's why I didn't let you join the Gray Moth army and chose you as their leader.

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After some time, a huge, circular, abandoned parking lot came into view. Its diameter was unknown, but with such a large-scale factory, there should be no shortage of parts.

Kukulkan parked the Hyperion not far from the abandoned parking lot, then took off again with Nine Heavens, Bronya, and Seele.

After creating some distance between themselves and the Hyperion, Jiuxiao released his aura in conjunction with Kukulkan's roar, attracting all the Honkai creatures in the abandoned parking lot.

Sensing that all the gathered Honkai creatures were rushing towards Jiuxiao and the others, Himeko led Houraiji Jiuxiao and the rest of the group out of the Hyperion and headed to the abandoned parking lot to search for the parts on the list.

Six hours later, unlike Himeko's large group who were rummaging through the trash looking for parts and rushing to deliver them to Iserline on the Hyperion.

Kukulkan let out a burp and collapsed to the ground, simultaneously spreading his enormous wings to shield Bronya and Seele beneath him.

Let those broken creatures attack as they please; it's already full and doesn't want to move anymore. At most, it'll breathe fire on Jiuxiao every now and then.

Occasionally, when I see a Honkai creature that's tired of fighting and wants to run away, I'll let out a couple of roars to taunt it and keep its aggro going.

As an unusual aroma wafted over, Xi'er pointed to the barbecue in Jiu Xiao's hand.

"The braised dish collapsed because... Jiuxiao, are you sure this stuff is edible?"

"It doesn't have much flavor and isn't very tasty, but it's still good for replenishing energy."

Jiuxiao lifted the freshly skewered roasted meat, and Kukulkan opened his mouth and breathed fire at it, thus creating a perfectly charcoal-grilled roasted meat.

"By the way, if you're not sure if you can eat Honkai Beasts, you shouldn't try. If you don't have strong teeth... you'll break your own teeth if you take a bite."

(In the game, the captain tried to eat a Honkai Beast and broke his own teeth...)

Three hours later, Iselin started the power unit. It wasn't completely repaired, but at least it was operational...

Just as everyone was gathered together, celebrating joyfully, an unlucky fellow arrived.

A 20-meter-long Kukulkan swooped down from the sky toward the Hyperion.

There's no mistake, everyone here recognizes this guy, he's the dragon-like newborn species Kukulkan who was in the thundercloud when Raiden Mei released the thunderstorm.

The little Kukulkan suddenly stopped halfway through its flight because it spotted what appeared to be a Kukulkan dozens of times larger than itself below…

But this one looks familiar...

Raiden Mei's Kukulkan stopped its dive and circled above Jiuxiao and the others. Suddenly, it roared angrily at Jiuxiao's Kukulkan.

"Roar—" (Cousin! I've treated you well! Why did you betray Her Majesty the Queen!)

Kukulkan stared longingly at Jiuxiao, then lowered its head and nuzzled against Jiuxiao, making soft "woof woof" sounds. It seemed to be telling Jiuxiao not to trust that silly dragon up there; it didn't know him.

"Roar—!" (Very well, I will kill you, you traitor, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen!!)

Cousin Kukulkan roared as he swooped down to crash into Quetzalcoatl Kukulkan, leaving only a blurry white afterimage in his wake.

"Boss, don't move, let me do it!"

boom--

The speed at which its cousin Kukulkan swooped down was just as fast as the speed at which it was sent flying backward by Kukulkan's slap.

Quetzalcoatl withdrew the hand he had just used to slap his cousin Kukulkan. "I called you cousin because I didn't want Zhang Yang to play it safe and develop passively. He's not even as big as my palm, and he wants to fight me..."

"Hehehe, boss... how did I do~" The feathered serpent god Kukulkan lowered his head again, lying down next to Jiuxiao.

"Trying to be clever..."

Jiuxiao sheathed the Star Sword in his hand, originally intending to kill Kukulkan directly.

But seeing how Kukulkan, the feathered serpent god, rushed to swat it away, it was clear that over the years, Kukulkan still harbored some affection for its unrelated cousin.

The crisis came, and then it was over... Raiden Mei's arrival at Kukulkan was like a minor incident, causing no ripples whatsoever.

Oh... there are some.

These survivors believed that Quetzalcoatl was very strong, having slapped Mei's familiar away, and might even be able to defeat Raiden Mei. So they clamored to prepare to go back and fight Raiden Mei.

Jiu Xiao scratched his ear, ignoring their words as if they were nothing. "It's not you who'll be fighting back, why are you shouting so loudly..."

With Mei's familiar, Kukulkan, defeated, all the Honkai creatures within a hundred miles seemed to have received some kind of command and disappeared from the sight of Jiuxiao and the others.

Penglai Temple Nine Heavens: "What's going on? Are the Honkai creatures retreating? Or... are they choosing to avoid us!"

Jiuxiao: "I don't know, but we can rule out the possibility that they're scared of us. The only one who can command them is Mei, so it's only possible that Mei is preparing to let us leave."

After speaking, Jiuxiao looked at Kukulkan.

Kukulkan blinked, not understanding why Jiuxiao was looking at him.

"Roar..." (Boss, my loyalty to you is as clear as day!)

"Who asked you that? I wanted you to fly up into the sky and check the situation..."

Jiuxiao pointed to the sky, telling Kukulkan to fly up and see if the Honkai creatures had received some kind of order to gather, or if they were really just staying away from them.

Chapter 298 No Hope for Survival, A Deadly Strike

According to the intelligence gathered by Kukulkan, the Honkai creatures retreated three kilometers from the Hyperion as the center.

Based on this situation, it's highly likely that Raiden Mei gave the order; otherwise, given the intelligence of Honkai creatures, they wouldn't have taken such an action.

Although I don't know why Mei gave such an order, at least things can be calmed down for now.

Himeko leaned against the railing of the Hyperion's deck, drinking alone while gazing into the distance.

Bronya and Seele distributed the day's food together. Amysha, unusually, didn't scold Iserline today, but instead led the people and Iserline to repair the Hyperion.