Honkai Impact 3rd: Chiyou's Survival Guide

Siegfried took the initiative to admit defeat. His previous words were just a spur of the moment. When it came to the big issues, Siegfried still knew what was right and what was wrong. After a struggle with Ashbo, beads of sweat were already streaming down his forehead.

"Okay, but remember, you owe me a favor this time."

Walter finally agreed, which was like heavenly music to Siegfried's ears.

"Okay, okay, okay. Just make a move. Don't mention just one. Just how many you say, I'll give you!" Siegfried agreed repeatedly. He was deeply worried that if things dragged on for too long, Theresa would meet with misfortune within the barrier. Walter calmly pulled his hand from his pocket and pointed it at the Honkai Beast before him.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh——" As if he was suffering from some severe pain, Asibo howled, his body creaked under the weight, and he sank down.

"This..." Siegfried was surprised again. Before he could react, he saw black and red arcs of electricity jumping on Ashbo's body.

"Knight of the Second Herrscher, please withdraw."

Walter spoke, and at the same time, a black and red arc of light appeared, and Ashbo was instantly shattered by countless times the gravity, and slowly dissipated, without even making a scream at the end.

"Next, let's go find Theresa."

Looking at Siegfried who was about to say something, Walter just gave a reminder.

"Yes! Theresa... That's strange. There's nothing in here. Where was Theresa taken to?" Siegfried slapped his head, but looking at the empty interior of the barrier, he was a little at a loss.

"She is right here, the Second Herrscher, but we just can't see her."

Observing his surroundings calmly, Walter took off his gloves, stretched out his hands into the air, and explained to the confused Siegfried.

"Using the power to manipulate space, she created an [imaginary space] superimposed on real space, and she hid within it."

"Come out! The game of hide-and-seek is over!" Walter aimed at a certain place and shouted loudly. With a "sizzle", a new space covered the eyes of the two people.

"How could this happen?!" Celine panicked, sensing her space being ripped apart. Turning, she spotted the two uninvited intruders. "Stop! Get away from Theresa!" Seeing Theresa lying on the ground, her life uncertain, Siegfried was instantly filled with anxiety. From his perspective, it had been the purple-haired girl who had struck Theresa down. Now, she reached out toward Theresa, clearly intent on harming her. Siegfried would not allow her to succeed. But Celine simply wanted Theresa to lose her fighting ability, nothing more, and had no intention of taking her life. She had even been about to check on Theresa's injuries and save this creature of destiny.

"You..." Xilin didn't dare to advance and immediately retreated, hovering in mid-air, warily confronting Walter and Siegfried. Taking this opportunity, Siegfried rushed towards Theresa and hugged her.

"Theresa is still alive. Quickly take her back to the Babylonian laboratory for treatment. I'll hold the Second Herrscher back."

Walter offered to cover the rear. Without reaching the level of a Herrscher, it was a pipe dream to hope to fight one. Right now, he was the only one who could contend with the girl before him. Sensing the immense Houkai energy emanating from Xilin, Walter knew this matter wouldn't be easily resolved.

"How can I leave you alone?" As a warrior, Siegfried didn't want to leave Walter alone to face the powerful enemy.

"There's no time left! If you don't want her to die, get out of here!" Walter practically shouted. In his opinion, Siegfried carrying the injured Theresa wouldn't be much help, and he might even die here with Theresa. Better to leave quickly and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

"...I owe you another favor."

Feeling Theresa's gradually weakening breath and considering that saving people was the most important thing, Siegfried made up his mind, obeyed Walter's words, and ran out of the barrier with Theresa in his arms.

"Let her go!" Seeing that the two people in front of her didn't take her seriously at all and kept talking to themselves, Xilin became angry and embarrassed. She didn't bother to test them anymore and immediately decided to keep all three of them.

Chapter 22: Talking about the Collapse of the Die Master

Ignoring Walter, who stood still, Silin waved her hand and stabbed Siegfried, who was fleeing with Theresa in his arms, with an Archon Spear. She intended to repeat her old trick and use the same method to incapacitate Siegfried as well.

"Bang--" However, the expected piercing did not happen. The Sub-Sky Spear hit a red light shield that suddenly appeared with ripples on the surface, and was directly bounced away.

"What?" Xilin was shocked. She had never expected her invincible weapon to be blocked. Taking this opportunity, Siegfried and Theresa escaped from the barrier.

"Thanks! I'll come find you after I get Theresa to a safe place!" Siegfried ran, not forgetting to reassure Walter. Only then did Xilin notice that the Honkai energy emanating from the light shield was exactly the same as the Honkai energy emanating from the man who stayed behind.

"It's you! It's you who did it!" Xilin suddenly realized, and at the same time felt a little afraid of Walter.

“You can actually block my spear... Who are you?!” To be honest, although Xilin was very angry with Walter at this time, she did not dare to act rashly.

"Although those spears are located in the imaginary space and cannot be defended by normal means, they are just ordinary spears to me."

First, he said that Xilin's weapon had no effect on him, and then Walter announced his name.

"My name is Walter, the leader of Anti-Entropy. Like you, I'm a Herrscher. I came here just to have a good talk with you."

"The leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance? Like me? A Herrscher?" Sirin narrowed her eyes slightly. The man before her claimed to be a Herrscher, something Sirin hadn't expected. But if they were both Herrschers, why would he side with humanity? "[God], what do you want to tell me?" Confused, Sirin directly questioned the [God] who had established a connection with her within the barrier and bestowed upon her great power. [God]? Could it be that... a fully formed Herrscher could communicate directly with [Honkai]? Although Sirin appeared to be talking to herself, Walter sensed from her words that something was amiss. If this girl before him could communicate directly with Honkai, that would be very ominous. Unconsciously, cold sweat streamed down Walter's cheeks.

"Hahahahaha!" At this moment, as if she had received some answer, Xilin laughed unscrupulously. Then, she looked at Walter with a disdainful expression.

"I see. Before me, there was a traitor who betrayed God, and you are merely a replica of that traitor."

After learning the truth, Xilin mocked Walter. Fortunately, when she heard that the other party was also a Herrscher, she still had a thought of letting Walter go, but she didn't expect that she was deceived again.

"You are just an imposter, and you have the nerve to call yourself a Herrscher?" Xilin was extremely disappointed at this moment. She should not have listened to the enemy's nonsense. Humans can only deceive people constantly to achieve their despicable goals.

"Use your life to pay the price of betrayal!" After saying that, Xilin used her power with an indifferent look, and the space around her began to fluctuate.

"Your [God] is just using you. Collapse is never a good thing!" Seeing Xilin's actions, Walter did not show any weakness. A dangerous sphere flashing with black and red light arcs gradually emerged in his hand.

"Shut up! You traitor, how dare you say that?!" Sirin was furious. When humans had pushed her into the abyss, it was Honkai who had given her the blade of revenge, even generously granting her supreme authority. Naturally, Sirin would never tolerate anyone slandering Honkai, the man who had saved her life.

"It seems I have to knock you down before we can have a proper conversation!" Seeing Xilin's stubbornness, Walter shouted. Gravity in the entire area suddenly doubled, and the ground began to crack. Walter didn't expect gravity to restrain the Herrscher of Space before him. At the same time, countless beams of Honkai energy fiercely attacked Xilin. Xilin's eyes glared, and she instantly used her authority to form an imaginary shield, enveloping herself in it.

"Are you just tickling my shield? Or is this all you can do?" Seeing Walter's constant attacks, yet unable to make any impact on her shield, Xilin laughed arrogantly again. She watched Walter's futile efforts from a high position, a playful expression on her face, not taking him seriously at all.

"It's useless, it's useless!" Walter didn't take Xilin's ridicule to heart. On the contrary, it achieved his original intention of paralyzing Xilin - the Star of Eden couldn't directly break the imaginary shield, so he had to find an opportunity. And now, the opportunity had come.

"Hahaha, it's useless to say it all. Wait, where is he?" Xilin was still laughing happily, but suddenly, she found that Walter had disappeared from the spot as if by vapor. Xilin couldn't help but reveal a look of confusion. Before Xilin could react, the next moment, she was astonished to see Walter's figure appear next to the shield, almost clinging to it.

"This distance is enough!" Walter used the power of his Herrscher Core to instantly dissolve Xilin's shield.

"What..." Xilin looked panicked. Before she could react, Walter attacked. However, facing Walter's attack, Xilin's mouth curled up slightly.

"Finally, I've been tricked!" Xilin smiled maliciously, gazing at Walter as if he were prey. Oh no! Suddenly sensing something was amiss, Walter wanted to retreat, but it was too late. Xilin had somehow sealed off the surrounding space, leaving Walter unable to move, plummeting from mid-air.

"Goodbye, fake!" With a victorious smile, Xilin playfully stuck out her tongue at Walter, and then snapped her fingers.

"Go!" "Roar!" Suddenly, the huge Benares emerged from the snow below and swallowed Walter, who was unable to dodge, in one bite.

"Hehe, you are really my good subordinate."

Xilin slowly descended from mid-air, caressing the well-behaved Benares. In a cheerful mood, she generously praised him. She saw that she had already eliminated the traitor and the white-haired dwarf, leaving only the white-haired man, who was unlikely to achieve much.

"Where was that little white-haired girl taken to? I want to find her and let her watch with her own eyes how I slaughtered Tianming... Hmm? What's wrong with you?" Just as Xilin was daydreaming about the future, she suddenly saw Benares lying on the ground, looking extremely uncomfortable.

"Ahhh..." Benares roared in pain. Even if Xilin was slow-witted, she could tell something was wrong.

"You..." Before he could finish his words, Benares' abdomen was torn apart. Xilin was surprised to see that Walter walked out unharmed.

"The second round has just begun!" Walter took off his glasses. He no longer had the calm demeanor he had before, but instead looked particularly sharp.

"Get out of the way."

With a casual wave of his hand, Benares, who had just suffered a serious injury, fell to the ground and could not get up again.

"Damn it! What did you do to my friend?!" Seeing Benares fall, Xilin gritted her teeth. Her hatred for Walter had reached its peak, far surpassing that for Theresa and Siegfried. Originally, Xilin simply wanted to make Destiny pay for his blood debt with blood, but now she had changed her mind. She wanted Anti-Entropy to pay for it, too!

Chapter 23: Battle of the Herrschers

"You can't leave here yet."

A dangerous light flashed in his eyes, and Walter's aura was fully open, pointing at Xilin from a distance.

"Second Herrscher, are you ready to face the First Herrscher and the power of Walter?!" As he spoke, mechas continued to emerge around Walter. Without any hesitation, a huge amount of artillery fire immediately vented in the direction of Xilin.

"How dare you shamelessly use human weapons... No, how could human weapons have any effect on my shield?" Just as she was about to scold Walter, Xilin was suddenly horrified to find that after enduring the firepower of those mechas, her shield actually had some cracks, and they were gradually expanding.

"Stop joking! How could human weapons harm a God's apostle?" Xilin growled. She resolved to destroy all those mechas. As an apostle of Honkai, if she were harmed by these things, God's reputation would be shattered. In an instant, massive hands constructed from Honkai energy appeared out of thin air, entangling Walter's mecha horde and crushing them mercilessly.

"There's no other way, right? Traitor?" Xilin looked at Walter proudly. Without relying on these human creations, this traitor must have no other means.

"Hmph!" Yet, Walter appeared to be handling the situation with ease. He snorted coldly, waved his hands, and countless mecha silhouettes reappeared on the snowy plain. Even more miraculous, with Walter's movements, those silhouettes transformed from nothing into something before Xilin's very eyes—this was the manifestation of the power of the Ruler of Reason.

"Are you kidding? Did you create these things?" Seeing the mecha troops gathering again, Xilin's face looked a little ugly.

"Finally discovered it? This is the power of the First Ruler!" Walter continued his movements as he spoke. Chariots, mechas, aircraft, rocket launchers... all the weapons of human technology were miraculously replicated on the battlefield here.

"As long as I understand the construction principles of a weapon, I can use Honkai energy to create it!" The troops created by Walter became more and more exaggerated. Xilin could even see a huge aircraft carrier slowly emerging from the sea of ​​weapons.

"Damn it... Damn it!" Seeing the growing number of weapons, Xilin felt a sense of danger she hadn't felt in a long time. She had to act now. If she allowed this traitor to continue, she might be doomed. As an apostle of the gods, having gained the full authority of the Herrscher, this was the first time she had felt so panicked.

"As long as I am alive, this army will not fall."

Looking at the army that covered the sky and the earth, even Walter, the creator, felt his heart surge, and his tone became more and more excited.

"This is the weapon created by humans! This is the civilization created by humans!" "I, Walter, declare war on you on behalf of mankind!" Walter raised his arms and for a moment, all the weapons were pointed at the bewildered Xilin.

"Let's examine whether humanity has the right to survive!" "All troops, open fire!" With Walter's command, a barrage of artillery fire instantly engulfed Xilin, the smoke rising even covering the snowy plains. Although Walter merely intended to demonstrate human dignity, he overlooked one point: his actions and declaration of war had completely thrust Xilin, who had originally intended only to avenge Destiny, into the crossfire of all humanity. ... Elsewhere, in the Anti-Entropy base, two doctors watched the smoke rise in the distance, knowing their time had come. Yet, for some reason, they both lapsed into an eerie silence.

"Dr. Tesla, it's time to activate the Silver Bullet."

After a long silence, Dr. Einstein spoke first.

"Is it fun to seek death? This big fool..." For the first time in her life, tears welled up in the corners of Dr. Tesla's eyes. She looked in the direction where Walter and Xilin were fighting and spoke viciously.

"Damn it... Second Herrscher, let Dr. Tesla teach you what true human power is!" Indeed, from the outset, Walter hadn't counted on defeating Sirin in single combat. Instead, he had prepared a fatal move—the silver bullet—to annihilate both him and Sirin. Even with the Herrscher Core, Walter could rebuild his body, but facing the silver bullet was still extremely risky, practically a near-fatal escape. It was a risky move, but for the sake of the world, Walter couldn't afford to hesitate.

"No! I won't run!" Enduring the barrage from all directions, Xilin gritted her teeth but didn't move an inch. While relying on the power of space, Xilin could easily dodge most of Walter's attacks and even flexibly counterattack. But she chose to save face and endure the consequences—relying on her imaginary shield. By then, countless cracks had appeared on the shield, and it looked vulnerable.

"I'm God's apostle. I won't lose!" A fierce gleam flashed across Xilin's face as she unleashed her full might. Purple vortexes appeared above the battlefield, and countless golden beams of light enveloped it. In an instant, Walter's troops suffered heavy losses.

"Have you finally used all your strength? The power of space is indeed extremely strong."

Walter's face was solemn. After Xilin had given her all, the replenishment speed of his own troops could no longer keep up with the speed of consumption.

"But it's not over yet!" Walter steeled himself and immediately activated his Herrscher Core at full capacity, completely ignoring the blood flowing from his mouth. A large number of new combat units were deployed onto the battlefield, charging towards Xilin.

"Fall down, and then stand up! This is how mankind advances step by step!" Looking at the troops that continued to fight, Walter was extremely relieved. Looking at Xilin who was also feeling uncomfortable, Walter's expression was firm.

"Come on! Our battle has just begun!"...Inside the Anti-Entropy base, the silver bullet, the god-killing weapon developed by Dr. Einstein, has now entered the launch device.

"Location completed."

"Silver Bullet Ver0314, ready to fire."

Both Einstein and Tesla lowered their heads, silently paying their respects to the deceased.

"Countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..." With a roar, silver bullets soared into the air, carrying their mission to eliminate the Second Herrscher, and vanished into the depths of the sky. ...Unbeknownst to anyone, a blond figure stood on the hillside at the edge of the battlefield.

"Haha, luckily we arrived in time."

Gazing at the raging battlefield not far away, the uninvited guest smiled faintly. He stood with his hands in his pockets, dressed in a white tuxedo and a clown mask that seemed to smile, yet also to weep. His elegance was tinged with a touch of hypocrisy. Adjusting his hat, the clown struck a pose, observing the ferocious clash between Walter and Celine from above.

"Let me see how far the Second Herrscher has awakened!"

Chapter 24 Rescue

Walter and Xilin continued to fight each other with high intensity for several minutes. In the end, Walter was the first to collapse and half-knelt on the ground.

"Ha...ha...this kind of attack...is useless..." Although she was extremely tired, when she saw the opponent showing signs of weakness first, Xilin kept her mouth hard and smiled comfortably.