Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

Looking around, there was no one in the experimental cabin with a flat bevel cutout, and Bishop Otto, who was next to the experimental cabin, had long since disappeared. Only a soul that had been cut by someone remained on the ground. Steel arms.

However, in the already dead silence of the laboratory, some kind of ethereal sound with a gentle and orderly rhythm suddenly sounded from all around. If you listen carefully, it seems like someone's footsteps.

Ta, tap, tap...

"..."

With the help of the two people, the captain was able to straighten up and looked up in the direction of the sound.

With a hollow chuckle, the white-haired girl walked through the void like a god looking down on all living beings. The power of "space" surrendered under her feet and was willing to form a ladder to the human world for her.

"Kiana!?"

Looking at the girl who kept walking toward the three of them from the air, Ji Zi's heart suddenly became extremely tense. The boy next to her squeezed her shoulder with the hand on Ji Zi's shoulder, signaling to Ji Zi. Keep calm.

"Hehehehehe..."

The hollow laughter spread unscrupulously in the surrounding space. The girl's cold and delicate face had long lost the mischievous and cheerful smile of the past. Instead, there was some kind of pure, reborn smile. joy.

Then, the white armor on the girl's body turned into stardust and transformed into a luxurious skirt that symbolized her being an apostle of the "god". The three "Spears of Archon" that represented the supreme power of the "Herrscher" were combined with the golden pieces. The wings appeared behind the girl together, just waiting for their master to rain endless divine punishment on the world.

"Humanity…"

She called softly, her dazzling golden eyes not allowing for anything else in the world, but only reflecting the clear face of the young man.

"Damn it, it's still a step too late after all..." The woman next to the boy looked at the figure of the girl in mid-air who was no longer the girl she was familiar with, and clenched the hilt of the sword unwillingly.

"Xilin..." The young man called the other person's name, took back his hands held by the two, and walked forward alone.

The girl standing in the void raised her lips slightly and looked at the humans at her feet with satisfaction: "Hahaha, the first person I see when I open my eyes is you~ It really makes me feel happy~☆"

"..."

"Let me guess, you must be here to welcome me back to life, right~☆"

"I am indeed here to welcome you..." The weak wind blew the young man's hair, and the dark eyes that reflected the girl's figure exuded some kind of sharp determination: "But, I want to The person who greets you is not you, but Kiana!"

After saying that, the young man standing with the sword raised the pitch-black sword blade in his hand towards the "Herrscher" above him: "That body is not yours, give Kiana...back!"

"Hmph..." The girl snorted after hearing this, as if she felt a little dissatisfied with a certain name mentioned by the boy in her eyes, but for some reason, even when the other party raised a weapon towards her, the "Herscher" didn't seem to want to means to be angry.

"It's... boring."

With only these words left, the girl turned around and disappeared into the golden void.

"Kiana!!"

Seeing Kiana disappear, Jizi ran forward anxiously and looked around, but she couldn't see the figure she wanted to see.

"Captain, Kiana!"

"...That's not Kiana anymore, Major."

"..."

The captain's words made Ji Zi silent for a while, but immediately she said: "I know, but..."

"I'm afraid he used the power of the Herrscher to transfer himself to other places. "

"Other places... did not attack us, but went to other places first... Could it be that?!"

"Oops, Mei is in danger."

The captain, who had already calculated the opponent's target, became unusually panicked. The "Herrscher Core" implanted in Mei's body was originally part of the power of the "Herrscher of the Sky" sixteen years ago. Now, the "Herrscher of the Sky" When she reawakens, she will definitely give priority to regaining the power she once had.

"Captain, we have to hurry...ugh!"

Before she could finish speaking, Jizi suddenly felt her eyes darken, her legs and feet went weak, and she knelt down and coughed violently. She felt as if her body was burning, and her chest was contracting without rhythm. Finally, the unbearable feeling The burning pain turned into bright red liquid and surged up Jizi's throat, dripping onto the ground as the woman coughed.

"Himeko!"

When the captain saw Ji Zi vomiting blood, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, carefully feeling her pulse. Then, the boy's face turned livid: "No, you need to rest. If you fight again, your body will definitely be able to hold on." Can’t live.”

"Heh, it seems... I had too much fun playing before..."

Jizi had a bleak smile on her pale face, as if she was sad about her own incompetence, but she still tried her best to raise her head and put on a relaxed expression towards the young man beside her: "Captain, I'm fine, don't mind me. Come on! Go and save Mei, if the "Conquering Stone" is also taken away by Kiana..."

"but you!"

"Go quickly!" Jizi pushed the young man next to her away and shouted in a loud voice, "You are the captain of Hyperion, aren't you! Mei... and everyone needs you now, go quickly!!!! "

"..."

At this point, the captain said no more. Before her body turned into a shadow, she turned her gaze to the blond girl beside her: "Bianca, this is my personal request. I hope you can help me take care of Major Jizi."

"Teacher...do you have to go? Kiana is no longer the Kiana you know. She is now the Herrscher. "

"Even so, I will do what I can do, what I should do as a Hyperion captain."

Those decisive words eventually became the last conversation between the boy and the girl. When the voice floated into the dark night sky, only Jizi and Hollander were left in the dark laboratory.

——October 2016, 10——

——04:19 am——

"Master Academy Master, there are several more Temple-level Honkai Beasts approaching in front of Hyperion!"

"Aim the two-wing Honkai energy beam cannon and fire————"

Following Teresa's order, the beam main cannons on Hyperion's wings fired hot silver-blue beams, piercing several temple-level Honkaiju beasts that wanted to break through the second line of defense along with the shields in their hands.

"Tsk, it's really endless..." On Hyperion's bridge, Theresa clicked her tongue anxiously.

It has been more than 20 minutes since the captain and Himeko went to the "Seventh Airport" to rescue Kiana, and shortly after the two set off, the communication between Hyperion and Dr. Tesla was interrupted due to strange radio wave obstacles. Now, this makes Theresa a little worried.

It stands to reason that the control tower of the "Third Airport" is protected by "anti-entropy" tactical mechas, so Dr. Tesla should be fine, but in the current situation, they really can't find any extra people to go to the control tower. To confirm Dr. Tesla's safety. In addition to Theresa and Einstein who need to sit on the bridge to command the combined fleet, Bronya and Mei are also on the deck of Hyperion, cleaning up the small Honkaimon that survived the fleet's fire net.

But even so, the attack of these Honkai beasts from the Siberian snowfields still showed no sign of stopping. Instead, they became more and more crazy. Everything seemed to indicate that something was about to happen.