Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

As Mei crashed onto the moon, her God-Slaying Armor also slashed a straight line across the spaceship monster, splitting it in two.

The cut surface oozed orange-red liquid metal due to the high temperature, followed by a massive explosion of ship fragments and the corpses of Honkai creatures, creating a sea of ​​fire.

Mei, equipped with the God-Slaying Armor, emerged from the inferno with Dr. Iserin, and the sea of ​​fire soon vanished.

After all, the oxygen needed for combustion comes only from the spaceship itself. The sword floating behind Mei gently lowered a small medical pod, inside which Dr. Iserin was lying.

"Ugh!"

After doing all this, Mei suddenly lost her balance, knelt on the ground, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

God-killing armor removed——

Mei's arm developed the same Honkai erosion patterns as the Herrscher of Thunder, a first since she acquired the Godslayer Armor.

"!?"

"Was that...an illusion?"

"Victory... huh???"

The Godslayer Armor absorbed the surrounding Honkai energy, and the three of them finally broke free from the illusion.

Sound cannot travel in a vacuum because Jiuxiao and Meiyi do not have spacesuits. They cannot hear each other or other people's voices and can only communicate through text or body language using communication equipment.

After getting myself together...

"Store oxygen, food, water, medical supplies, backup energy for spacesuits, and the Honkai isolation field generator—all gone?"

When Jiuxiao regained consciousness, he realized the current situation: all the resources he had prepared were gone!

"I tried to salvage some, but even the compressed biscuits have become Honkai creatures."

Seele also explained her reasons in writing.

This was a situation they had never encountered before: everything infected by Honkai energy, especially those square-headed tentacle monsters, whether living or dead, from an entire spaceship to a blank sheet of paper, had become monsters.

"At that time... I even urged everyone to move forward..."

They began to understand Bronya's words—

"If even a clear mind cannot guarantee anything... then no matter how strong your body or how clever your mind, it's useless."

Even before they reached the moon and faced the Honkai Will head-on, they had already lost two companions.

This cruel reality instantly cooled the enthusiasm of those who were originally full of lofty ambitions to destroy the Honkai Will.

Instead, there was a sense of uncertainty about what to do next.

Tesla: "This is too weird. It can actually interrupt Seele's power. And before we even saw the face of the Will Link, one of them fell into space and the other was half dead."

Einstein: "This series of illusions is indeed bizarre, and the collapse of this world can actually corrode anything, even spaceships and food can turn into Honkai creatures."

The Herald of Knowledge: "It is indeed a bit tricky, but if I were here, I think it could be broken."

After all, he was a Herrscher who controlled his own consciousness, and he was least afraid of hypnosis.

Su (Memory): "This property reminds me of the powers of the Corruptors."

Möbius (Memory): "It is indeed quite similar, but there are also some differences."

Kiana: "You must do your best, Mei, Bronya, and Jiuxiao from the other world. You can definitely defeat that Will Link."

Bronya: "Idiot Kiana, the right thing to do right now is to find a spaceship and retreat as soon as possible."

After all, they hadn't even seen the person in the Will Link, and the two were already half-dead. If they were to see the real person, things would be terrible. The best option now is to retreat as soon as possible.

Mei: "But I feel like they from the other world won't just retreat like this."

Chapter 386 The Death of Flora

"We were able to get to the moon thanks to the efforts of Mei, Seele, and the Doctor."

"Especially the Doctor. She let us land very close to it."

Bronya pointed into the distance, where a blue "pyramid" was faintly visible—a corner of the Glorious Covenant.

"The Glorious Covenant is the only hope to return to Earth. Once we arrive, we should immediately use it to pick up Ninti and the Doctor and return to Earth. This is also the Doctor's wish."

Bronya looked at Mei, and Mei nodded.

"The Honkai isolation field is completely destroyed. In order to deal with the illusion, we can only activate the Godslayer Armor and let it absorb the surrounding Honkai energy."

"Just like before, because the Godslayer Armor will rapidly deplete my lifespan, and the Herrscher Core is unstable, the rate of depletion will be faster than ever before."

"Therefore, weapons, defense, detection... all systems must be disabled and kept in a minimum standby state."

"In other words, I try to avoid fighting."

"Only in this way, upon reaching the destination..."

After careful consideration, Mei decided to write down the truth.

"That way, I might not be killed by the Godslayer Armor when I reach the target."

Although no one thought it was a good plan, there was no other way at the moment.

At the same time, the Cardinal Space Station.

Janna gazed at the moon, a thoughtful expression on her face.

"This is interesting. The one chosen by fate, destined for a predetermined end, is actually..."

After Janna finished speaking, she remained silent for a moment, then lowered her head.

"It's time for me to set off too..."

Then, her figure also disappeared from the Cardinal Space Station.

……

The moon's land is covered with numerous 'pools'.

Looking inside, you see a vast expanse of starry sky, possessing a magical power that seems to draw you in.

Jiuxiao threw the stone over, and some kind of tentacle-like unidentified creature ate the stone in mid-air.

When observed through a telescope, in addition to the 'pools', there are also 'eggs' of various sizes moving about on the lunar surface, which look like a purple ocean from a distance.

Jiuxiao touched them and they showed signs of life.

Bronya and Jiuxiao launched an attack, easily destroying large areas of 'pools' and 'eggs'.

But soon they grew back on the lunar surface.

"Everyone, the pool is impassable—"

At this point, Xing paused time and, after discussing it with Xi'er, the group continued on their way.

During her journey to the Glorious Covenant, Bronya also found a distress signal from the Glorious Covenant, but it was more like a desperate cry for help than a distress signal.

"You can't escape, you can't escape, you can't escape, you can't escape!"

After receiving the distress signal, which they realized was the only way to reach the Glorious Covenant, the group continued their journey to find Flora, but the road ahead became increasingly unsettling.

"Mei."

Just as Mei and her group continued their journey toward the Glorious Covenant, Jiuxiao suddenly called out to her.

"?!"

“This is a private chat, just the two of us. They can’t hear us,” Jiu Xiao said through the communication device. “Let’s get straight to the point: let the three of them take the Doctor and leave, and you and I will stay.”

Mei paused for a moment before saying, "Bronya must have thought of this plan."

"But knowing her personality, she'll definitely want you and me to go back together too."

“That’s right, but…” Jiuxiao hesitated for a moment before speaking, “I finally saw ‘that illusion’ too.”

"……Eye?"

Jiuxiao nodded silently. Kiana, or rather, Alaya consciousness, was gradually dissolving into an illusion.

On the surface, Jiuxiao appears to be unaffected.

But Mei could sense that the Herrscher core of the Nine Heavens, like her own, was beginning to become unstable.

“I told her to trust her companions and not to carry everything alone.”

"But starting just now, I've started to doubt myself."

"That world, which we thought was an incredibly long dream, actually only lasted a very short time in reality."

"How long has it been since we set off?"

Are we... making Kiana bear the burden of everything?

Faced with Jiuxiao's words, Mei fell silent, unsure of what to say.

"Your feelings for Kiana are different from those of the rest of us."

"--it is known."

"And I don't want to go back like this, like I'm running away."

"I can't swallow this insult—I'd rather die than swallow it."

"Me too."

Mei also figured it out and made a decision.

"But someone has to directly confront the Honkai will. The Doctor has unparalleled wisdom, and humanity needs that kind of wisdom, not them."

“The others are still young, especially Seele and Xing, who have unlimited potential. It shouldn’t be them.”

"And we... are merely Herrschers, and our power may not even belong to us, Herrschers..."

"Let's do it this way."

……

The group continued forward using the signal and found Flora. However, Flora seemed to have completely gone mad. She was lying on the ground, her expression dazed, and she was laughing foolishly. As an artificial Herrscher, she seemed to be able to survive in a vacuum.

Although Flora had gone mad, the group did not abandon her and took her with them to the Glorious Covenant.

The Splendid Covenant was situated in a massive rift on the moon, beneath which lay a vast array of unidentifiable objects. Refraction of light caused their surfaces to shimmer with a star-like pattern.