Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Iserlin: "Mere flying? I...##@%#@..."

Xing: "Green algae head! Hey! You bastard, this idiot's foaming at the mouth and passed out..."

Himeko: "How embarrassing... We're still so far from the top of the Tower of the End! We haven't even left the atmosphere yet... How did we end up giving up everything for nothing?!"

We've only just broken three times the speed of sound, and everyone's already about to collapse... If we reach the first cosmic velocity needed to escape Earth, we'll all be doomed.

Helpless, Jiuxiao pointed to the Tower of the End and gave the order to Kukulkan.

"Kukulkan, ram that tower! We'll charge up through it..."

Kukulkan looked up at Jiuxiao with pleading eyes.

"Roar..." (Can't I just not ram through? I can make a hole and rush in...)

"........."

Seeing Jiu Xiao's face turn from black to green and remain silent, Kukulkan's heart sank. Just as he was about to smash his head against the Tower of the End to clear a path,...

"You idiot... how could it have been a real collision?!"

Jiuxiao held it down, then reached out and created a black hole in the space not far from the End Tower, blasting a gap of about a hundred meters in the End Tower.

Then Kukulkan led everyone into the Tower of the End.

After entering the tower, everyone quickly jumped off Kukulkan's body and lined up against the wall, vomiting violently.

Jiuxiao and Kukulkan began to explore the interior of the Tower of the End.

The entire tower's exterior is pure white, while the interior is a pale blue, crisscrossing pattern like biological tissue, with countless colorful light spots adorning the walls.

After vomiting for a while, everyone regrouped and continued their ascent to the top of the tower.

After dealing with several waves of Honkai creatures emerging from the walls along the way, the group learned the general information about the tower.

This is a "living tower," and the crisscrossing roads and horn-like walls inside are like the nervous system of the human body, constantly monitoring the intelligence within the tower.

Jiu Xiao and the others were like parasites, constantly attacked by immune cells called "Honkai Creatures." It was a race against time, a contest of whether they would be devoured by the tower's evolution or reach the top of the tower before it could devour them.

However, after Jiuxiao retrieved the Spear of the End, the situation reversed immediately. The Tower of the End, like a butler waiting for its master to return home, happily opened a path for Jiuxiao and the others to pass through to the top of the tower, and even the Honkai creatures stopped attacking them.

"We originally planned to use it to give directions, but we didn't expect it to lead us the way."

Jiuxiao chuckled and flicked the Spear of the End in his hand, causing it to sway violently with each flick. It seemed to have realized it had become a guide, but there was nothing it could do... Without Kiana summoning it, it couldn't escape from Jiuxiao's grasp on its own.

"Speaking of which... don't you guys think the paths here are like the Tower of Babel, an endless spiral corridor? It's so spectacular..."

As Penglai Temple was walking, Jiuxiao suddenly blurted out this sentence, and even excitedly touched the walls along the corridor.

Jiuxiao: "It's still better to be careful. Although we have a general understanding of the tower's situation, there are still many unknown factors!"

As soon as Jiuxiao finished speaking, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao froze on the spot.

She had just touched a ball of light, and then a voice suddenly appeared in her mind…

Come here... I'm waiting for you... From now on... I'll never leave you again...

What happened to Jiuxiao at Penglai Temple?

"Did you... hear the voice coming from this sphere of light...?"

Jiuxiao took down a ball of light that was not far from him, but he did not hear any sound.

Bronya and the others also tried to touch the orb of light, but they heard nothing.

When Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao reached out to touch it, that voice resurfaced in her mind once more...

Forget all your sorrow... entrust your heart to me for protection...

"What's going on... Is this another revelation that only the savior can hear?"

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens reached out to touch the other orbs of light.

Don't be afraid, please hold my hand...

We will find eternal happiness here...

【…】

Horoji Kyuuhou wanted to figure out what was going on, so he touched more and more orbs of light until he became lost...

All the scenery vanished before my eyes at Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens Pavilion, and a sunny meadow seemed to appear in my mind...

Similarly, that scene also appeared in Jiu Xiao's eyes...

Kiana and Mei, dressed in their school uniforms, lay quietly and intimately on the grass, the sun shining lazily on them.

"Mei... if this world hadn't collapsed, what would you have done?"

"If there's no Honkai... she'll probably live like an ordinary girl, studying what she likes, getting into the university she wants, starting her own family, and living a happy and peaceful life with her loved one. Kiana, what about you?"

"As for me... I'm already content as long as I'm with Mei."

"Really... don't say such embarrassing things... if it were Kiana, she would definitely have something more worth pursuing."

Chapter 320 The Last Wish

"If it were me in the past... I would indeed have hundreds or even thousands of wishes I wanted to fulfill..."

I want to attend the same school as Mei, eat lunch together under the cherry blossom trees, and then lazily spend the whole lunch break together.

I want to travel the world with Mei, take photos together under beautiful scenery, and preserve our images forever in a precious photo album.

I want to build a small wooden house by the sea with Mei, watch the tides rise and fall together, collect seashells on the windswept sand, and fall asleep under the embrace of the moonlight.

There are so many wishes... so many plans...

But now… all I want is to stay quietly by your side, forever.

"Mei, please give me your hand..." Kiana reached out her hand to Mei.

"Mmm." Mei placed her hand in Kiana's hand and surrendered herself to Kiana.

Kiana held Mei's hand, looking at her earnestly. "If you could, would you stay with me until the very last moment of this world?"

"Kiana... thank you. Thank you for loving me so much... for protecting me so much..." Mei gently stroked Kiana's sad face, revealing a mournful and desperate smile.

"However, we all understand... this is a long-cherished wish that can never be fulfilled."

Because... because everything... has been destroyed by your own hands...

All the promises have vanished... and we can never go back to how things were originally.

So, I'm sorry... Kiana. It's time for us to say goodbye...

Mei's figure vanished silently, leaving only the purple hairband in Kiana's hand. Kiana's eyes also lost all light, and she lay on the grass like a walking corpse.

"..."

“I understand… I should understand better than anyone else… This is a mistake I made… I destroyed our future with my own hands.”

"This ending is the best punishment. Alone in a world without you... I can't even choose death."

"Hey...can you hear that? The cries of the dead...you and he, as saviors, can you offer me salvation?"

"Penglai Temple in the Nine Heavens..."

"Jiuxiao..."

Bah ————

"Can I... do it now...?"

"Can..."

Bah ————

The shrill, chaotic sound blurred the image, and Kiana's words came to an abrupt halt... Houraiji Kyusho and Kyusho regained consciousness together.

"Just a moment ago, when I touched that point of light... I think I saw..."

Penglai Temple Jiuxiao didn't say much, but simply turned to look at Jiuxiao.

Jiuxiao nodded silently, hung the ball of light back on the wall, and spoke to her through telepathy, a voice only Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple could hear.

"That's Kiana's last memory, the scene before she entrusted everything to you..."

I do not exist in this world, and my Stigmata are different from yours. Kiana's memories will occasionally appear before your eyes through the Stigmata, but because I have a Stigmata Space Administrator to manage all of this for me, I can freely browse Kiana's memories…

The difference is that everything about Kiana is just a past film for me, but for you... it's that Kiana passed everything on to you, including all the dead spirits of that world, which were all engraved in your stigmata, which is why there are living beings in this world..."

"..."

Penglai Temple's Nine-Shō touches the mark on the back of her hand. When she was little, she believed it was a curse. Because of this sacred mark, she was ostracized and hated by everyone...

But as she grew older, she felt that she might have some hidden power, like the protagonist in anime... and as it turned out, that was indeed the case...

But if this stigma carries the burden of the spirits of that world and Kiana's wishes... can I bear it?

Why...why did you abandon me...?

[Help me! Help me! No... I don't want to die...]

It's no use... there's no hope left...