Regarding the question of whether one thousand lives are enough to beat Honkai Impact 3rd.

She pressed her hands against the little girl's shoulders, roaring in uncontrollable anger:

He will die!

"Bronya, if we leave, Su Qing'an will die!"

“You know Su Qing’an’s personality. If what that person said wasn’t true, he wouldn’t choose to remain silent.”

"He's covered in blood. Every swing of his sword is costing him his life. If we don't do anything about him, he'll die. And what about Teacher Himeko?!"

Kiana's left eye was already ablaze with brilliant gold, but as the image reflected within it was etched into her heart, the fire in her pupil seemed to be extinguished by something, and the gold gradually faded.

She was silent.

Bronya's expression remained as inorganic as ever, but her glassy gray eyes were brimming with crystal-clear tears.

Tears fell one by one, like pearls from a broken string.

Perhaps Bronya herself didn't understand how sad she was. The things transmitted through her nerves and brain were so insignificant as to be almost non-existent, and her heart didn't experience the oppressive blockage described in the book.

Physiologically and psychologically, she showed no signs of grief whatsoever.

But the tears that fell on their own proved so much...

Kiana relaxed her grip on the little girl's shoulder.

She was crying.

But she clearly... has lost the ability to sense emotions.

Why are you crying?

Kiana knew that Bronya was not unaware of her. Although Bronya appeared cold on the surface and their first meeting was unpleasant, Kiana already considered Bronya an indispensable friend in her life.

So she knew that this little girl could still feel happy, sad, and angry about certain things.

Bronya sniffled, struggling to organize her thoughts, yet she still spoke with apparent calm seriousness:

"Xiao Su will rescue Teacher Himeko."

With tears in her eyes, she said very seriously:

“If we don’t leave, Xiao Su will be sad.”

“I know Kiana doesn’t care about the decisive judgments a qualified Valkyrie should make, and neither does Bronya.”

"But if Kiana insists on making Xiao Su sad, I will not forgive you."

Actually, the little girl didn't want to cry, but when Su Qing'an told her to remember how much marshmallow to put in her coffee for the best taste, her body instinctively couldn't help but cry.

She understood what those words meant.

Raiden Mei felt the Herrscher core within her body constantly pulsating with electricity, and the increasingly deep color in her purple eyes seemed to unleash a thunderstorm.

As the Third Herrscher, she did not risk all her qualifications for her own will, otherwise no one could guarantee that the awakened Third Herrscher would not do something even more dangerous.

Without relying on the power of the Herrscher, Mei herself has no ability to participate in this battle.

She lowered her head and said:

"Kiana, let's go."

“At the very least, we need to send Yuno back. You know what would happen if she woke up at this point.”

The golden light in the girl's eyes struggled and gradually faded. She hugged Bronya and whispered:

"Let him say something to us."

...

...

It felt as if my bones were shattered all over, and the pain was crushing my nerves.

Even the armor's defense couldn't withstand all the kinetic energy. The boy, made of flesh and blood, counted the number of broken bones, made the judgment that he could still fight, and silently stood up.

His vision was beginning to blur, and all he could hear was the sound of the Holy Lance burning and the clamor of the [Thousand Stars] in operation.

Will this storm injure them?

Did they run away?

Asking them to leave at this time is really asking too much of us, but there's nothing we can do about it.

The intelligent module began to exhibit drastic exponential changes in the Honkai energy fluctuations before its eyes, and with an even more outrageous fluctuation than before, it forcefully entered this battlefield.

That seems to be... the Honkai energy reaction of an additional Emperor-level Honkai Beast, but strangely it's linked to Ji Xuanyuan's original Honkai energy reaction.

"——".

Su Qing'an connected the call, trying his best to hide his uneven breathing. He said:

Is that Kiana?

Kiana said softly:

“We can all hear you, Su Qingan.”

“I know what’s going on with you… I won’t be stubborn. I know there’s nothing I can do to help you. We’ll leave here and won’t make things difficult for you.”

The girl's voice was choked with sobs as she tried to hold back her tears and said:

"So... could you bring Himeko-sensei back with you, so you can go back to St. Freya Academy together and go home together?"

"I don't have many friends, could you please not make things difficult for me?"

The boy coughed, blood spilling uncontrollably from his lips. He suppressed his voice, trying to make it sound less hoarse, and said earnestly:

"Kiana, promise me that no matter what the outcome is this time, no matter what you encounter or what difficulties you face in the future, you will never give up."

"Even when the difficulty is so despairing that you feel nothing is meaningful, don't give up."

The boy emphasized:

“You are a very important friend to me, and that has nothing to do with your name, your life, or your past.”

"Mei, Bronya, can you hear me?"

Bronya and Mei exchanged a glance and said:

"Yes, we can hear you."

Su Qing'an walked step by step toward Ji Xuanyuan, who was gradually revealing a completely new demeanor, and said:

"Kiana isn't stupid, but she can be quite clumsy and get stuck on things sometimes, so if you're with her then, please repeat what I said today for me."

The boy said confidently:

"Himeko-nee will come back; that's my promise to you."

Kiana bit her lip and said:

"...I'll be waiting for you to come back."

The communication was disconnected.

...

...

The storm has passed.

The girl sat atop a jet-black warhorse, clad in ancient armor, her brow furrowed with a chilling killing intent.

Ji Xuanyuan watched the group riding the heavily armed bunny away into the distance and sneered:

"You want to leave? Isn't it a bit too late?"

As the girl finished speaking, the walls surrounding the plaza were instantly enveloped by endless Honkai energy.

Dark golden Honkai energy spread across the entire area like ripples on water, and the surging Honkai energy began to shape one Xuanyuan Sword after another in the water curtain-like ripples.

This is an all-round, all-range attack utilizing Chi You's home ground and Honkai energy. Ji Xuanyuan is already fed up with Su Qing'an's bizarre speed, which is as if she is on a different time zone than him.

She not only wanted to kill these lively insects, but also the puppets she had previously created as powerful warriors were among Ji Xuanyuan's targets for destruction.

Su Qing'an ignored all of this, and while embracing the doll-like Ji Zi, he said calmly:

"I want them to leave, and you can't stop them."

As the boy finished speaking, the [Calming the Waves] encased within the Holy Lance underwent a strange change, with the black and red Honkai energy completely engulfing the originally blood-red Holy Lance.

The expanding thread of cause and effect linked that power, traversing mountains and rivers, and descended completely through the medium of "calming the storm".

The demon, gripping massive twin swords like a samurai, stood indifferently behind the boy. He held up the Divine Key, as beautiful as cherry blossoms, and whispered:

"Rin, please help me one last time."

162. Fu Hua: "I'm going to find him."

Shenzhou.

Qionghua City, Long'an District.

The girl indifferently trampled the remains of the Honkai Beast. The battlefield around her was gradually coming to an end, and the small waves of Honkai Beasts were submerged under the hail of bullets from modern weapons.

The Temple-class Honkai Beasts, which require causing massive destruction to be eliminated, are assigned tasks by the Valkyrie squad to kill them one by one.

As an A-rank Valkyrie, Fu Hua's mission is to kill Honkai Emperors and even Emperor-level beings that B-rank Valkyries would find difficult to resist.

With each punch and kick, the natural breathing of martial arts gave her the ability to fight smoothly.

She has killed countless Honkai Beasts, and the Honkai energy flowing continuously from the ocean currents at the coast continues to cause Honkai events.

The suspected Emperor-level Honkai energy fluctuations dissipated before her arrival, forcing Fu Hua to remain there.

This collapse was strange and abrupt, yet for some reason she didn't dwell on these trivial matters.

The girl was somewhat dazed. What was he trying to say at that moment?

Clearly, in the midst of battle, any extra thoughts should be hopeless distractions, something that cannot be tolerated within the enlightened martial arts of an immortal. Yet, at this moment, she found herself unusually impatient.

If I leave him there alone, will he throw a tantrum?

Probably not? He's always been very well-behaved and mature.

But the faint disappointment in the boy's eyes made her steps as she left feel somewhat heavy.