Honkai Impact 3rd: Chiyou's Survival Guide

When Alicia heard the noise and rushed to where Velvet was about to leave, the battle... or rather, the beating, was already over. Along the way, there were wreckage of machinery, fragments of vehicles, and a variety of abandoned weapons... It was hard to imagine what had just happened here. All the machines lay on the ground in a horrible state. Alicia's sharp eyes noticed that not far ahead, a figure was hanging from a ball of steel that was almost twisted into a knot, its original shape unrecognizable. Alicia saw Fuyou standing quietly in front of the figure. ...Velvet was puzzled. It was clear that the enemy had no way to penetrate Ganesa's defenses, but now it easily tore through her painstakingly developed [Anti-Fuyou Weapon-001]. And with a strength completely inhuman, it twisted her creation into a pile of scrap metal. Could it be that in this week, the Fire Moths had developed something that could rapidly increase their combat effectiveness? That's impossible... I clearly have robots I've placed in the Fire Moths' base. If there's any news, I should be the first to know. As she pondered this, a sharp pain shot through her body, and the corners of her mouth twitched fiercely. She couldn't control her limbs at all... Perhaps she had broken bones. The piercing pain spread throughout her body, and she was now extremely weak. But looking at the metal wreckage on the ground, she suddenly felt a sense of relief. Should she thank him for holding back? She knew that if the guy in front of her hadn't held back, and had used the same force to tear her apart [Fuyou Armor-001], she wouldn't have had the slightest chance of survival.

"Ahem...it seems everyone is careless sometimes."

Admitting her mistake, Wei Erwei smiled bitterly and looked at Fu You, showing weakness.

"Actually, you can put me down and let us talk calmly."

"I wouldn't dare. Who knows if you have any plans to escape further... So, I can only let you hang here for now."

Standing in front of Wei Erwei, Fu You slowly shook his head, thought for a moment, and expressed his thoughts.

"Actually, I just wanted to teach you a lesson, but I didn't expect your body to be so weak... You're so smart, why don't you strengthen yourself?" Fu You admitted. He hadn't expected that, apart from her mind and technological creations, Wei Erwei was just as vulnerable as any ordinary person. Just a light blow had nearly caused irreversible consequences.

"It's okay. Dr. Mebius will be here soon. Then, just have her take you back to the laboratory for treatment."

Since there were remedial measures and the opponent's injuries were not fatal, Fu You was not too anxious.

"Heh...that old aunt? I didn't expect that I would fall into her hands again..." Although she was in a miserable state at the moment, Wei Erwei still smiled playfully.

"Right, that move just now, is it the legendary Shenzhou Kung Fu? From your information, it seems that you come from a martial arts family in Shenzhou..." "Of course, that move belongs to the Cunxin Fist technique, and not many people in the whole Shenzhou know it."

Fu You admitted it shamelessly, pretending to be profound.

"You're very smart, Weiwei, but in my opinion, the power of technology ultimately doesn't belong to itself. I'm sure you've experienced this deeply after this incident."

“…This is a victory for martial arts.”

A certain Judgment-level Honkai beast, which relied on its extremely powerful Honkai energy to crush others everywhere, spoke shamelessly.

“…” Wei Erwei opened her mouth slightly and was about to mumble something when she was interrupted by a smart voice.

"Hi, Weiwei, I finally found you?" The pink figure jumped in front of the hung Weiwei and spoke lively.

"Hmm... It looks like you're not in a good condition right now, Fu You. You're really rude." Turning to look at Fu You, Alicia seemed to be speaking for Wei Erwei.

"If you can find the prisoner earlier than me and suppress her resistance, I will certainly not hurt her..." Seeing Alicia coming here, Fu You turned back and spoke slowly.

"Huh? Fu You, where are you going?" Seeing that Fu You was planning to leave, Alicia spoke quickly.

"I have caught the criminal. It would not be too much to ask you to take over the next task, right?" Fu You said without turning his head, waving his hands at the back as he walked.

"I don't want to go to Dr. Mobius's spooky lab in the middle of the night... I'll have nightmares."

In reality, Fu You was simply afraid that after escorting Wei Wei back, Mobius would interrogate her and force him to stay and assist. Adhering to the idea of ​​avoiding trouble, Fu You naturally didn't want to work overtime - he wasn't Klein, so he didn't need to get close to Mobius.

"Okay, okay, since you said so, just leave it to me with confidence." Upon hearing this, Alicia agreed readily.

"Well... Fuyou is gone. From now on, it's time for us two girls!" Rubbing her hands happily, Alicia moved closer to Weiwei.

"Fu You has always been like that, don't mind it too much... After getting along with him for a long time, you will find that he is a very shy and very friendly person?" "Do you need me to put you down? No, let me think about it, you are covered in wounds now and can't move by yourself..." Looking at Alicia who was chattering to herself, a gleam of light flashed in Wei Erwei's eyes.

"Alisa, the Fire Moth's strongest warrior..." Velvi spoke after a long pause. Staring at Alisa's friendly face, Velvi's expression grew serious. She didn't believe that Alisa, who had killed Ganesha with a single blow and successfully defeated the Second Herrscher, would be as kind as she appeared now.

"What's the strongest or not? Fu You and Hen are as good fighters as me. We are all the same." After hearing Wei Erwei's address to her, Alicia looked a little disapproving.

"You're truly audacious. You've been investigating the Fire Moth all this time, even declaring war on your own... It took us ages to even locate you." Looking at the approaching Alicia, Velvet wanted to retreat, but hanging from the metal wreckage, she couldn't. Velvet could feel the warm breath of the other person speaking in her ear.

“…” Staring straight at Alicia, Weiwei was speechless.

"Don't be so nervous. Before we return to Dr. Mobius's First Research Institute, let's have a good chat about girls, okay?"

The next morning, in the Fire Moth's staff cafeteria, Fu You started boasting in front of a group of new recruits.

"You don't know, in Shenzhou, douzhi has to be drunk on the side, that's the authentic way..." "Boss Fuyou, what is douzhi? Is it the same as soy milk?" The recruits showed curiosity.

"Of course not, let me tell you..." Fu You took a sip of the soy milk in his hand and was about to continue speaking when he was ruthlessly interrupted.

"Finally found you, Fuyou..." Mobius suddenly came over, looking very anxious. Seeing this, the new recruits immediately scattered. However, Mobius seemed to be used to this and didn't care much.

"Doctor, instead of taking the time to interrogate Vilvi, you come to me who is having breakfast? That's quite interesting..." Looking at Mobius, Fu You narrowed his eyes slightly. He never liked being disturbed inexplicably while eating.

"Virvi...she escaped from prison again."

With a gloomy expression, Mebius said angrily.

"what?"

Chapter 214 Commission

"Doctor, excuse me, but it wasn't you who let Vivi go personally?" After hesitating for a moment, Fu You asked Mebius.

"...What do you think?" After a moment's silence, Mebius stared at Fu You. Although she was very unhappy with Fu You's words, since Wei Erwei had indeed escaped, she really couldn't say anything.

"That's right, how could it be Dr. Mobius, hehe..." Fu You laughed it off and began to change the subject.

"Now that Velvet has successfully escaped from here, what are you going to do next, Dr. Mobius?" Although he knew that Mobius was angry because Velvet had obstructed the progress of the experiment, and even went to great lengths to personally find Velvet's base and capture her...but facing the current situation, even Fu You felt that everything was too outrageous. If Velvet's first successful escape was a fluke, she still managed to escape from the heavily guarded inner prison of the Fire Moth despite being seriously injured. Could it be Alicia's doing? It seems that she has a very good impression of Velvet. No, that pink-haired girl has an inexplicable enthusiasm for everyone... Besides, Alicia should not have known Velvet before, and there was no motive to help her.

"I didn't expect her to be so capable. What a troublesome creature... However, she no longer has a chance."

While Fuyou was still thinking, Mebius spoke slowly.

"Once I catch her this time, I will definitely imprison her in a place where she cannot leave..." Looking at the gloomy expression of Mebius, Fu You felt that he sensed a breath similar to that of a poisonous snake from the doctor in front of him.

"It's nice to have an isolated island away from the world... ahem, I've gotten off topic."

Realizing that he had gone off topic, Mebius coughed lightly.

"So, do you need me to arrest Vilvi again?" Fu You took the initiative to guess the purpose of Mebius's visit.

"No, this time I'm going to find her myself... I'm not looking for you to participate in the capture mission. I need your help with something else."

To Fuyou's surprise, Mebius shook his head at what he said.

"Putting aside what I need to do, Dr. Mobius, if I remember correctly, the Fire Moth's management doesn't seem to allow you to leave the Fire Moth's management area at will."

Feeling that the other party had no good intentions, Fu You spoke.

"Those old stubborn people in the parliament? They can only hide behind the Fire Moth and make decisions. They have no idea what kind of situation humanity is facing now."

Speaking of the Fire Moth's management, Mobius scoffed with disdain. Of course, it wasn't just the intrigues and deceptions within the Fire Moth's leadership; the most significant issue was that they frequently found various excuses to cut off Mobius's lab's research funding. Naturally, Mobius was resentful of this.

"The impact of Honkai is gradually expanding. How long can the Fire Moths hide this from the public? If we don't solve the problem fundamentally, more and more people like Velvet will oppose the Fire Moths."

Mobius knew that even if he captured Velvi, it would only temporarily satisfy him. As the Honkai intensified, the truth would eventually come to light. However, the Fire Moth's leaders chose to ignore this fact.

"A bunch of old stubborn people, extremely disgusted with human evolution, and even cut off my research resources..." He said hatefully. Fu You could see that Mebius was really very unhappy with the members of the Fire Moth Council.

"Then, Dr. Mobius, do you have any insights into disasters like the [Houkai]? I'd love to hear them in detail."

Fu You keenly caught the key words in the other party's words and immediately asked.

"Oh, it's okay to tell you, Fuyou... According to my calculations, the time for the [third time] is not far away."

Speaking calmly, Mebius stated his conclusion.

"[Third time]?" He repeated the word. At this time, Fu You, who had not experienced the first coming of the Herrscher of the previous civilization, had not yet reacted to the meaning of Mebius' words.

"That's right. The phenomenon where a massive number of monsters suddenly emerge and then a single individual with human-like appearance and extremely destructive power is created is called the Great Collapse."

With a hint of solemnity in his eyes, Mebius also told Fuyou his true purpose.

"Preliminary estimates indicate that the Third Great Collapse is very likely to occur in the Far East. There, resides a junior whom I greatly admire... I need you to go there and protect her."

"The Far East? I heard there's an aristocratic school there called Qianyu Academy..." Hearing Mobius' words, Fu You remembered the school where the culprit who caused him to be trapped in the Quantum Sea once attended. Is Kevin still in school at this time? Fu You pondered. He couldn't imagine what Kevin was like when he was studying. Perhaps he was a cold and arrogant academic master? "You know that school? That's even better. She is a high school student there."

Glancing at Fu You in surprise, Mebius handed over the information he had prepared long ago.

"Her name is Mei, and she's a high school student at Chiba Academy. Although she's young, she's truly a genius."

"..." Seeing the target's image, Fuyou fell silent. For a moment, Fuyou even thought that Raiden Mei had also been trapped in the quantum sea by Kevin... The third major collapse of the current civilization also occurred in the Far East, and there was also a girl at Senba Academy who looked similar to Raiden Mei. Fuyou absolutely did not believe that there was no connection. Fuyou didn't know much about Dr. Mei from the previous civilization, but he thought it must be the person Mobius had entrusted him to protect? After all, the probability of coincidence in such a matter was too small.

"Okay, Dr. Mebius, I'll leave Velvet to you."

After taking the information, Fu You nodded.

"Huh? You don't have any objection to my inference? That's the Great Collapse...you just believe it so easily?" Seeing Fu You's as if it was a matter of course, Mebius was speechless.

"Oh, Doctor, you're smarter than me, that's for sure. Dr. Mobius, why would I doubt the conclusions of someone smarter than me?" He spread his hands innocently. Fu You knew that in some cases, trusting the words of smart people was a time-saving and labor-saving option. ...like right now.

"You... are right."

After a moment of silence, Mobius murmured. Why don't the top leaders of the Fire Moth have this kind of awareness? Looking at Fu You's performance, Mobius couldn't help but wonder.

P.S.: I lost over 33 million coins in one day doing missions. Sorry kids, I have to go back to Puba to make some money...

Chapter 215: The Prince of Chiba Academy

It's no secret that Mei's school, Senba Academy, is a veritable academy for the aristocracy. Entering it is practically like passing a level in life. Young people from both the past and present civilizations flock to this school, their enthusiasm evident. However, it seems not everyone agrees. At least one Honkai Beast disagrees.

"A student of Qianyu Academy? You said you were going to protect Mei... but you arranged this identity for me?" In the laboratory, Fu You stared speechlessly at Mobius in front of him, and suddenly felt that it was not necessary to go to Qianyu Academy.

"Hey...do you think I don't know what school life is like? I don't want to get into trouble."

Fu You was speechless about Mebius's arrangement and argued with him.

"Relax, Qianyu Academy is different from the high schools in Shenzhou that you know. Even if you just learn a little bit, it will be fine."

After thinking for a moment, Mebius spoke.

"Of course I know, Doctor, but not everyone shares your insatiable thirst for knowledge..." Having personally escorted Xilin and Bella to Qianyu Academy, Fu You certainly knew what the atmosphere there was like. While the times were different, it was likely similar. However, for Fu You, he had no desire to study at all—even slaying Honkai beasts was far better than attending school. As for Shenzhou High School, it was never even a consideration... If forced to choose, Fu You would rather face Kevin in a one-on-one duel.

"..." At this moment, Fu You only felt that the karma of him having tricked Xilin and Bella into going to school was coming back to him.

"You don't need to act like a real student. I have already made arrangements. You will have a high degree of freedom of action..." Hearing Fu You's concerns, Mebius smiled indifferently.

"Besides, there are so many people who long to enter that aristocratic school but have no way to do so... Joining as a student is the most suitable option in my opinion."

"How about arranging a teacher position for me? Doctor, I heard that you are well-known in the academic world, so this should be no problem, right?" Fu You instinctively resisted becoming a student, but still tried to persuade Mebius.

"Of course, but do you really want to be a teacher? You know, almost all the teachers in Qianyu Academy have made considerable achievements in the field of scientific research... So, do you have any academic achievements?" Looking at Fu You with interest, Mebius asked with a smile.

"You are too young. Even if I arrange you to go there, I'm afraid I won't be able to convince others... Besides, compared to the identity of an airborne teacher, a transfer student is less eye-catching, right?" "...In exchange, next time you return to the base, can you help me research something?" Without waiting for Mobius to answer, Fu You continued.

"After all, I have to take risks if I work for you without telling the council."

"Okay, you can consider it when I have nothing to do."

Mobius spoke casually, not believing Fu You could cause him any problems. He could help him solve a problem when the time came. Looking at Fu You, Mobius thought so. At this point, she hadn't realized how much work her casual promise would bring her.

Far Eastern Region, Nagara City, Chiba Academy. As in many stories and anime, when a class welcomes a new transfer student, it always causes a bit of a stir.

"Fu... You, this new transfer student looks so serious. His temperament is completely different from that of the prince."

"It's really rare to see faces from Shenzhou. I heard the education there is different from ours, and transfer students are even rarer."