"Sigh~…" Bronya stared at the battle between the two gods in the distance, a hint of melancholy in her eyes, causing her to sigh involuntarily.
"Bronya, what's wrong?" Mei, standing beside her, heard her sigh and asked with concern.
"Bronya system calculation suggests… if their battle continues, it might destroy our world," Bronya Zaychik said, her eyes flashing with various numbers as the {Valkyrie} system within her body, powered by Honkai energy, performed supercomputer-level calculations. In fact, if a person or thing could master all the physical laws of the world, it could predict fate and the future. Bronya was far from that, but she could still make a rough prediction based on the destructive power of the two gods' battle.
"Gasp~ phew, phew~~" Kiana Kaslana, having finally escaped—no, retreated—to Mei's side, bent over, panting heavily, her eyes rolled back as if she were about to die of exhaustion. Li Xuan arrived right after her. He had to admit, Kiana's escaping ability was second to none… she had even outrun him.
"…Huh?! Why did it suddenly turn into such a terrible crisis?!!" Kiana exclaimed, having caught her breath. My own weapons destroying the world… It sounds cool, but what if they kill their master in the process… Kiana felt she would be too ashamed to go to heaven.
"Because the heroic spirits of Lucian and Sol do not belong to our era. As they fight, the Honkai energy within them transforms into power and collides, intensifying the fluctuations of the reality-warping field and causing temporal turbulence…" Bronya explained in detail the cause and effect of the two gods' battle.
"Mhm, mhm!!" Kiana nodded seriously, looking like she understood. Li Xuan also focused his attention, memorizing every word Bronya said… After all, this could be a clue to returning to his own world in the future.
"Um! …What does that mean?!" Kiana suddenly asked.
"…" For a moment, the scene became awkward. Everyone was speechless. You were nodding so vigorously, but you didn't understand a thing?! Everyone felt like a black crow was flying over Kiana's head, cawing 'idiot, idiot…'
"Hehe…" Kiana scratched the back of her head, embarrassed, and stuck out her tongue, shamelessly acting cute.
"…In the worst-case scenario, if the reality-warping field becomes large enough… it could cause the overlap of three different spacetimes, and the world of myth would descend upon this era again…" Bronya said, still maintaining her expressionless face.
"The world of myth?!…" Mei repeated in surprise. Images of gods turning clouds and rain with a flip of their hands appeared in everyone's mind, and then… the world would be destroyed, of course. After all, it was hard enough to fight a Honkai Beast. Fighting gods who killed Honkai Beasts like chickens… better to just go to sleep.
"Not only that, if spacetime is warped, the entire world might collapse and enter a turbulent flow," Bronya said flatly. Although she couldn't show any expression, worry flashed across everyone's faces.
"…Then, Bronya, is there a way to save it?" Mei asked seriously. No one wanted to see their world destroyed.
"…The only way is to end this battle as soon as possible," Bronya said, shaking her head.
"Then let's get moving," Kiana said impatiently. Then, as if remembering her recent encounter, she turned around, grabbed the corner of Li Xuan's shirt, and looked at him with her watery eyes, begging for a shield.
Rumble!! The sound of a collapsing abandoned building was deafening. "Roar, roar!!~~~" Suddenly, beast-like roars came from behind them.
Li Xuan turned to look. In the distance, hordes of Honkai Zombies were swarming toward them, roaring, pushing, and struggling to be the first to reach them. The dense mass of waving arms was enough to make someone with trypophobia faint. They charged forward like sharks that had smelled blood.
"Ugh! Damn it! Why are so many Honkai Zombies showing up at a critical moment like this!" Kiana yelled in frustration.
"The fluctuations caused by the collision of two powerful Honkai energies have attracted a large number of Honkai Zombies," Bronya said, her expression unchanging.
"It's okay, I'll stop them! You guys go on ahead…" Li Xuan stepped forward. They're just Honkai Zombies. I can take on ten of them myself! …Uh, probably, right?! Li Xuan thought.
"Li Xuan, don't be reckless!" Kiana said angrily. There were at least a hundred zombies; how could one person possibly take them all down?!
"…" Li Xuan deeply felt how fragile the trust between people was… However, he was also happy about Kiana's concern for him.
Li Xuan said nothing. A grenade-like object appeared out of thin air in his right hand. With his left hand, he pulled out a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on coolly. He bit down on the pin, pulled it out with force, and shouted, "Everyone, close your eyes!"
"Go! M84 Flashbang!" A purple and yellow grenade-shaped object was thrown into the horde of zombies. "Bang!" A bright light, enough to blind even titanium-alloy eyes, suddenly erupted, like a small sun.
"Aaargh!! My eyes!" Li Xuan suddenly heard Kiana's howl. Kiana, tears streaming down her face, squinted, her expression resentful.
"…Didn't I tell you to close your eyes?" Li Xuan was helpless.
"…I didn't have time to react!" Kiana cried, tears streaming down her face.
"…" That's your own fault! Mei and Bronya are fine, aren't they? It's not my fault your reflexes are so slow!
Because of Li Xuan's M84 flashbang, all the zombies were stunned. They waved their arms around, bumping into each other, and some even fell to the ground. Without a doubt, the grenade Li Xuan had summoned before was incredibly effective!
Li Xuan flipped his hands and took out his last four grenades. With his precise control, he threw them with all his might! Two MK2A1 grenades were thrown into the zombie horde first. Amidst the deafening sound, the grenades exploded. A Vow that results in something common is bound to be a quality product! The grenades turned into world-ending fireballs, clinging to the zombies and burning them. The zombies at the center of the explosion were directly burned to a crisp.
The other two grenades, which he had gotten from a blue-light Vow—V-type Prototype Grenades—were thrown by Li Xuan, one in each hand. But their landing points were not the zombie horde, but… the abandoned buildings on either side of it!
"Bang! Boom!!" The long-abandoned buildings collapsed instantly in the explosion of the two disposable high-explosive grenades, and then… tons of rock fell down, and then… the world became quiet.
The Honkai Zombies were tragically buried alive.
"Let's go, everyone~" Li Xuan turned around, a sunny smile on his handsome face. Behind him was a field of rubble, the burial ground of the Honkai Zombies. There was an indescribable sense of evil about it.
"…" Kiana, Mei, and Bronya stared, their eyes wide, completely dumbfounded.
Extra Chapter: Principal Theresa's Negligence
Nagazora City. Two gods were fighting, turning the sky and earth upside down. Two different Honkai energies constantly clashed, creating intense Honkai energy fluctuations.
At this moment, thousands of meters in the sky not far from Nagazora City, a behemoth floated quietly. It was the Far East Branch of the organization created by the joint efforts of various countries to deal with the Honkai phenomenon—the 'Schicksal' organization's battleship, the 'Hyperion.' Its main duties were to monitor the Honkai phenomenon in Nagazora City and to train personnel, 'Valkyries,' to fight against the [Honkai].
Due to the abnormal Honkai energy fluctuations in Nagazora City, the 'Hyperion' had long since detected it, so all the crew members were fully armed and ready to investigate the cause of the phenomenon.
And at this moment, the second-in-command of the 'Hyperion,' Major Murata Himeko, who was also the commander of the 5th Valkyrie Squad of St. Freya Academy, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, she was… fast asleep in bed.
Major Himeko, a terrible sleeper, was lying on her messy bed, her right hand still clutching a bottle of alcohol. The unfinished drink had spilled from the bottle, soaking the mattress and filling the air with a strong smell of alcohol.
Major Himeko lay on her back, her B94 bust rising high. Her long red hair was spread out on the bed, and her mature, exquisite face looked like Sleeping Beauty from a fairy tale… of course, this required ignoring the lace underwear scattered all over the bed, her thunderous snores, and the mysterious liquid at the corner of her mouth.
"Dad~" Murata Himeko mumbled unconsciously in her dream, her tall body curling up into a ball like an injured kitten. The communicator on her bedside table had been set to silent mode, but it was still flashing red and vibrating slightly.
…
On the 'Hyperion,' the door to the office of the highest-ranking officer, Principal Theresa Apocalypse, was tightly shut. A sign hanging on the door read, 'The Principal is handling an emergency. Please do not disturb!' This put the crew members who were about to report at ease. Seeing this sign meant that the principal was handling the sudden abnormal Honkai energy fluctuation, right? Then there was nothing to worry about~ the crew members thought.
And at this moment, their most respected commander, the supposedly more reliable Principal 'Theresa Apocalypse,' was doing something completely unreliable.
The large leather boss chair was turned away from the principal's desk. The principal's desk, made entirely of purple sandalwood and with a supercomputer embedded in the center, was probably worth a villa. The LCD screen was currently flashing a red warning light—a reminder of the battleship's monitoring of the Honkai energy fluctuations.
"Haha~~" On the leather chair sat a petite, silver-haired girl in a black and white nun's habit. She was wearing a pair of pink headphones and letting out a crisp laugh like a warbler's song.
The silver-haired, blue-eyed Principal Theresa had an open manga on her lap. On the page was a yellow doll-like character protecting a pink doll-like character, fighting fiercely with an obvious villain. It was a clear-cut hero-saves-the-damsel story. But Principal Theresa was still enjoying it immensely.
Principal Theresa's situation was probably similar to how Chinese children love to watch stories about a wolf that can never catch a flock of sheep.
"Slurp~ Sweet milk is still the best~ The standard plain milk at the academy is so bad…" Theresa held a carton of children's sweet milk in her left hand, sipping it with a blissful expression, her eyes narrowed. She occasionally stuck out her pink tongue to lick the milk residue from the corner of her mouth, like a little kitten. All of this was, of course, done in secret. Otherwise, if the students saw her, what would happen to her authority as principal?!
The computer screen on the desk was still flashing red.
An unknown amount of time passed… The red light on the computer screen finally stopped, and the page returned to its simple blue screen.
"O(∩_∩)O Ha!~~" Principal Theresa had finally finished her relaxing time for the day. She stretched and turned her chair around. She held the manga over her head, looking like a sleepy salted fish.
"Knock, knock~ Principal! …I'm coming in." Suddenly, there was a knock on the principal's door.
"!!!" Theresa's eyes snapped open, like a sleeping lion awakening, except this lion was a little flustered. She nimbly jumped off the chair. Her Valkyrie physique allowed her to reach a speed of ten meters per second in that instant.
With a reluctant look on her face, Theresa appeared at the window of the principal's office in an instant. She opened the window with one hand, and her right hand moved so fast it was a blur… A manga was thrown from her hand.
A heroic-looking girl walked into the principal's room. Her delicate, quiet face wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses, giving her an intellectual feel. Her long, raven-black hair was tied at the end with a hair ornament.
"Fu Hua~ What is it?!" Theresa asked with a smile. After all, this was the top student at St. Freya Academy. As an elder, she should be kind.
"Yes!" The girl named Fu Hua stood at attention and saluted. "Has the principal already handled this emergency?"
"….Mhm," Principal Theresa said, her gaze shifting slightly toward the window, her expression a little complex. "…It's been handled."
Oh, so the principal has already taken care of it. It seems I was too nervous, too immature. How rude of me… Fu Hua's eyes shone with admiration for the principal. "Then, Principal! I will take my leave now." Fu Hua bowed and left respectfully, gently closing the door behind her.
"…" At this moment, the principal she so admired was pressing her face against the window glass, her cheeks puffed out like a little bun, her expression resentful as she muttered to herself, "My collector's edition manga…"
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A manga with a yellow doll-like character on the cover fell from a battleship thousands of meters in the sky. Carried by the wind, it fell toward Nagazora City.
A girl was walking through the ruins destroyed by Honkai Beasts, her long pink hair swaying gently in the wind. She suddenly looked up at the sky. A book-shaped object was falling down.
Without dodging, the book landed on the girl's delicate face with a 'slap.'
"…" The girl reached up and took the book off her face.
It was a manga… The title was The Great Homu Adventure.