Honkai Impact 3rd, what should an ordinary player do at the start?

A peaceful, cozy life, living a life of extravagance in a luxurious villa, devoid of any adventure or excitement.

He'd had enough of the dangerous life he'd been living with his life in his hands, and the pressure was about to explode. He simply didn't have the willpower to fight Otto head-on again.

Therefore, even now, he is subtly keeping his distance from Raiden Mei.

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Chapter 48 Kiana: I'll protect Mei-senpai

"This...what the hell is this?"

"In just a moment, the entire street was reduced to ashes."

On the edge of what was left only ruins, dust, and the stench of melted black plastic, a white-haired girl, relying on her tenacious will to survive the disaster, stumbled along the street.

He took deep breaths again and again to keep his body from collapsing and barely managed to stay upright.

The word "disheveled" was almost coined to describe her state at that moment.

Even the act of walking requires tremendous effort.

Beneath the already extremely short, and now mostly torn, school uniform skirts revealed skin so pale it was almost inhuman, barely a hair's breadth away from inhuman whiteness. The rosy hue on her skin, a color that even snow or milk could not compare to, was not a healthy one.

It's impossible to imagine what kind of crisis this girl encountered; all that can be seen behind her is the ravaged earth, as if pierced by a laser cannon.

High-rise buildings collapsed, bridges crumbled, and concrete surfaces were torn apart in a semi-circle, leaving no room for even cracks or a trace of debris.

Perhaps only the phrase "the end of the world" can barely describe the collapse of those streets.

Kiana Kaslana.

A person who embarks on a journey in search of Siegfried.

After traveling all over Europe, he made a special trip to Changkong City in the Far East based on the clues he found. In order to find his father, Siegfried, he even became a transfer student at Qianyu School by working part-time and studying part-time. He also made some friends that are hard to describe as just friendly.

Just when everything seemed to be thriving, in just one day, everything seemed to be destroyed by an unknown force. After leaving the room, there was no one left on the street, only wrecked vehicles, an empty world, and thick clouds that blocked out the sun and prevented even a ray of light from passing through.

Originally intending to find the mastermind behind it all, after acquiring the weapons, they encountered a Temple-level Honkai Beast just a few steps away and were blasted away by the colossal creature, which was several buildings tall. They barely managed to escape from its threat.

Kiana felt as if her good luck had been used up in the previous gacha games, and how could it have disappeared in the blink of an eye?

The day before yesterday, I only took a day off to find out the source of the collapse because I sensed that something was going wrong. How come when I opened my eyes, the whole familiar world had turned into this horrible mess?

The only good news.

The only good news I've had since I woke up this morning.

That proves that such destruction is not the norm in Changkong City. At least in the area just a wall away, apart from the terrifying silence, there is no trace of destruction to be found.

Even the supermarkets and shopping malls were well-maintained, with no visible damage on the outside.

Kiana rushed to the mall without hesitation—her clothes were so worn out that she could no longer wear them.

If there were any survivors left, if she could find even one survivor here, the girl felt she would knock them unconscious immediately.

Huhuhuqi Zero Dad Dirty "Liu Baqi"

Just as Kiana was taking a big stride, a breeze came from nowhere and passed by. The tattered skirt didn't even have the chance to be blown by the wind, because the holes in it were enough for the wind to pass through.

Almost without any obstruction or hindrance, this cool breeze transformed into a moist, hot wind over that brief distance, becoming an unclean, bad child.

Hoo... Ha...

goo...

Kiana's smooth neck twitched slightly, and her swan-like, noble and proud head made a vulgar gesture, just like an ordinary person.

In contrast to her slender waist, her tall, yet gracefully curvaceous thighs unconsciously rubbed together slightly beneath her ultra-short school uniform skirt.

She suppressed the urge to reach down and hum softly—all the girl could do was ignore the feeling and run faster towards the mall.

The next few gusts of wind were forcibly suppressed.

The pulling sensation caused by taking large strides is like a taut string.

That forbidden thrill, as if one were naked, was completely ignored.

The door was kicked open, the elevator was broken, so they took the stairs, or even skipped the stairs and jumped up in one step.

Kiana rushed to the clothing section of the mall as quickly as possible. Just as her embarrassing situation was about to be effectively relieved, the instrument hanging on her waist that detected the movement of Honkai energy emitted the highest frequency sound.

This magnitude was something his father had never even considered since handing the instrument to him.

Even the guys that my stinky dad personally confronted didn't issue such terrifying, continuous warnings.

What exactly is hidden in this seemingly calm shopping mall?

Just a moment ago they were so friendly. The clothing section, which was no different from what I remembered, suddenly seemed to be shrouded in a filter like that of a horror movie. Even the slightest breeze would make my heart skip a beat.

Kiana instinctively wanted to run, intending to grab two pieces of clothing and leave immediately, to escape this place with an insurmountable enemy.

An enemy of this caliber is absolutely beyond her reach; she wouldn't even be able to defeat one standing right in front of her.

According to what my father once said, someone with this level of skill must be a monster like a Herrscher.

Knowing full well her own strength, and having just been brutally beaten by a Temple-level being whose red light had flashed for less than five seconds, the girl was indeed prepared to do just that, until she heard the scent of human life beside her—the sound of communication.

"According to Bronya's understanding, this is a hobbyist-grade outdoor survival fabric. If comfort isn't a concern, it's quite suitable; it doesn't require any cleaning for up to two weeks. It's the best match..."

anyone?

someone!

The echoes of their conversation reached their ears, and the clearly audible sounds indicated that there were definitely innocent civilians in this place where monsters were hiding.

As a member of the Kaslana family, I absolutely cannot stand idly by and ignore the lives of innocent people.

The steps that were preparing to escape came to a halt.

The two pistols hanging at his waist were gripped tightly once more.

Kiana took a deep breath, suppressing the faint pain still spreading through her body, and carefully moved forward following the source of the sound.

step.

step.

Judging from the increasingly loud voices, and sensing that they were already very close, the girl glanced at the continuous red light around her waist, then suddenly lifted the clothes rack that was blocking her view and kicked the clothes away.

Without hesitation, she first grabbed the girl with long purple hair at the front, while her other hand already had a gun loaded and her finger tightly gripping the trigger.

"Don't be nervous, I'm here to rescue you. There's a monster nearby that looks like a Herrscher. Stay close to me."

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Chapter 49 Mei: Stay away from me, Kiana

The [murderous impulse] was forcibly cut off.

In an extremely comedic way.

She could barely contain her anger. After enduring countless hardships and waiting through damp, rainy nights to finally be able to touch and be with the person she cared about, only to have her love stolen away by someone else—Raiden Mei's power was stretched to the point of being uncontrollable.

Just when things were at their limit, a person with white hair, who looked exactly like Kiana the boy had described, suddenly rushed out.

Is this my friend?

Unlike Bronya's teammates.

Raiden Mei's eyes were fixed on the girl who was casually grabbing her arm.

This directness and stimulation—the appearance of lightning that had not yet completely dissipated in her purple eyes even made her stop moving for a moment.

His body stiffened in place.

It was unable to move, as if it were broken.

"What...what happened?"

Facing the gazes of the innocent victims he was supposed to rescue—

Even Kiana, who is always unconventional and carefree, to the point that she seems a bit foolish in the eyes of ordinary people, should realize that what is happening in front of her is not what she guessed.

Despite the strange resemblance between the girl in front of him and his memory, and the fact that she seemed familiar at first glance, as if they had met before, this sense of danger did not waver in the slightest because of their familiarity.

This is an alarm called instinct, (seven) something called inner voice, constantly conveying the warning that the guy in front of you is an absolutely dangerous being.

"Are you Kiana Kaslana? The one Jiang Cheng described as not being a half-baked expert."

……

……

……

Her purple eyes flickered slightly, as if they had instantly reflected and captured that instinctive panic. After a brief blink, they once again displayed a clarity that had been stripped of all the lightning.

She looked over.

Raiden Mei looked over.

It seemed completely oblivious to the obvious fluctuations in the sound, and even less to the beeping alarm; the slight noises at that moment seemed to exist only as background music.

—The red lights from the alarms have now merged into one continuous line.

No longer flashing, it's more like a red light that's on all the time. The faint sound of the communicator, originally meant to conceal its presence and avoid backfiring at crucial moments, and the subtle warnings that should have been conveyed only with special audio, has now become shrill due to excessive overclocking.

Kiana, who hadn't yet degenerated into a paramecium in the excessively warm environment, realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Yes...yes."

"So...you are..."

The girl racked her brains to find a similar image in her memory, searching through the library, and her blue eyes genuinely lit up for a moment.

"—It's Mei-senpai!"

"I never expected to see you here!"

It was like finding a lifeline, or perhaps they were genuinely overjoyed to have met the campus superstar.

"Did you go to school yesterday? Do you know what happened yesterday? I'm telling you something really big has happened in the past two days. Don't be scared when I tell you. The entire Changkong City has been hit by a disaster called Collapse, and it has now been completely wiped out."

Kiana, who had been terrified and whose body had stiffened, instantly regained her energy and tightly gripped those slender fingers with both hands.

Instead, the girl's body stiffened for a moment, and she silently withdrew her fingertip.

"Please don't act too intimately."

"We haven't actually met more than a few times."

"Mei and stuff..."

I would much rather Jiang Cheng had called out that title—but of course, it was impossible for him to say such a thing. So the girl simply took a deep breath, withdrew her hand, and took a step back to maintain a proper distance before giving him a polite smile.

"Please wait here for a moment. The person who wants to see you is not me. There is another person who can answer your questions about the disaster in Changkong City."

"Who?"

"He's already here."

Her slender fingertips pointed to the right, her blue eyes following her gaze toward a neglected corner—where a one-armed teenage boy with silver hair and an icy demeanor was slowly walking toward them.

He wasn't exactly handsome, nor was he particularly muscular. His right sleeve was empty, and his hair was quite ordinary. Only his eye color was somewhat unique, resembling the famous cherry blossoms of this region.

There was a katana hanging at his waist, which looked very ostentatious and did not look like a proper weapon used for combat at all. The hilt even had a red relief.

On the contrary, the silver-haired girl next to him was a beautiful girl who could even make his stinky dad take a few more glances. Her aloof and ascetic temperament and childlike figure made a perfect match.

Are those two the people who are looking for me?

So are they waiting for me here?

The girl felt utterly confused; the amount of information in Raiden Mei's words was too much and too chaotic.

"Um……"

"Jiangcheng..."

Kiana keenly noticed that the finger hanging in the air suddenly trembled slightly.

Out of the corner of her eye, Mei-senpai, a superstar, saw a man and a woman at just the right distance. At that moment, her eyes became extremely chaotic. Her eyes, which were so clear that they could be used as a mirror to reflect the eyes of the man and woman on the other side, seemed to be shrouded in countless shadows in an instant, as if a sudden and violent rainstorm was about to break out.

"Hello, Miss Kiana." The teenage boy approached and waved. "May I have a private talk with you?"

"Ok?"

Faced with that overly familiar attitude—