Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Everyone was speechless at this familiar scene. They had just managed to get out through a hole in Chi You's body, but they were swallowed back in as soon as they got out.

"Well, we're back here again. Why does Chi You like to swallow things so much..." Kiana said, speechless, as she stuck the Xuanyuan Sword into the ground.

"It's alright, we'll bury it once we get out of here." Jiuxiao raised his hand and released a simulated black hole into the sky, beginning the creation of the heavens.

But the Xuanyuan Sword, which was stuck in the ground, began to tremble, and a light and shadow emerged from the sword.

She was a gentle-looking girl who appeared very delicate.

"Young warriors... I'm sorry to have dragged you into a battle that should have been mine. This is all the power I have left; I entrust it to you. Please, you must seal Chi You once more..."

The Xuanyuan Sword beside the girl began to glow, then transformed into beams of light that scattered into the bodies of the group. Afterward, the girl's figure began to blur, but at the last moment, a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes.

"Red Kite?!"

Just as Fu Hua was about to reply, the girl's phantom image vanished.

Feeling that power just now, everyone could feel their bodies being strengthened.

"Was that... a holographic projection?" Kiana asked curiously.

"Bronya's detection indicates that it is not a hologram... more like a ghost in colloquial terms."

"Ew~ How scary..." Kiana shrank behind Jiuxiao like a kitten.

“I sensed that the ghost meant no harm, and she shared her power with us, so I feel like I can take down Kagaho more easily now,” Mei said reassuringly.

"They gave you power to seal Chi You, not to let you go home and fight Hui Huo!"

"If Ji Lin were still alive and heard you say that, he'd definitely jump out and knock you on the head in anger," Jiu Xiao retorted ruthlessly.

"The phantom image on the Xuanyuan Sword must be the legendary Ji Lin! I didn't expect her to be even cuter than the one I saw in the virtual data. But what did she mean by saying 'Red Kite' at the end?"

"Maybe you saw a statue of a red kite! Don't worry about that, let's hurry up and seal Chi You!" Fu Hua interrupted Jiu Xiao's question and quickly changed the subject.

“Okay, but there’s no need to go to all that trouble. Once we’re out, I’ll just throw a simulated black hole. With Chi You’s size, he can’t escape it.”

"Okay, let's do it this way." Fu Hua nodded in agreement with Jiu Xiao's method.

However, Cortana and Bronya spoke at the same time. "Nine Heavens, I detected three high-energy reaction zones." "Bronya detected two high-energy reaction zones."

Cortana and Bronya then calibrated their data. Both of them had high energy responses, while the energy in the other energy response zone was more subtle and was overlooked by Bronya.

"Do you suspect there's something hidden there?"

"Perhaps it is the heart of Chi You, or it may be the remains of the three ancestors. Bronya believes that this may be our last chance to find the Holy Mark."

"Yes, but we need to speed things up. We must finish this before Chi You gets on land."

Chapter 115 Relics

Following Cortana and Bronya's directions, the group split into two teams and headed to two areas with intense energy reactions.

When Jiuxiao and his companions arrived at their destination, it turned out not to be a sealed area, but a huge energy crystal.

Fu Hua and the others sent a message saying that they also have energy crystals.

"Well, there are no remains of the ancestors. According to Cortana and Bronya's investigation, the energy has flowed to Chi You's entire body. It is estimated that this is Chi You's energy supply, that is, his heart." Jiu Xiao tried to tap the energy crystal, and it was quite hard.

"Why don't we blow it up and see if there's anything inside? Like, maybe some equipment? Destroying the heart could kill Chi You, right?" Mei asked curiously.

Jiuxiao thought Mei's words made sense, so he used a simulated black hole to directly devour a portion of the energy crystal. The energy crystal was a unified whole; if it broke, the whole thing would disintegrate. The entire crystal shattered completely as Jiuxiao devoured a small piece.

"Huh, what's this? It really is like Mei said, I got some equipment!" Kiana picked up a fist-sized gem from the crystal shards.

Cortana floated out and scanned the gem in Kiana's hand.

"This is Soul Steel, so it's not too bad. But there are words engraved on it. Soul Steel with words engraved on it... it might be some kind of relic."

"Could Cortana translate this?"

"Let Fu Hua do it. This script is not a known written script. There is no information about it in my database."

(Cortana isn't a relic of a previous civilization. We'll see how it goes later; if I get carried away, I might even go to Halo. Halo technology versus Star Iron technology—just thinking about it is exciting.)

"Then let's notify Fu Hua and the others to also blast open the crystal and see if there's any Soul Steel inside."

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After receiving the news, Fu Hua and the others also began attacking Chi You's crystal heart, but it was clear that the few of them, unarmed, could not break it.

Fu Hua stopped Bronya's attack; continuing the attack would be futile.

"Call for support from the Nine Heavens! Our strength is insufficient to break the crystal. It's a pity the Hyperion is damaged, otherwise its main guns should have been able to easily shatter it."

Bronya nodded, then sent a request for support to the public channel.

"I heard someone calling for backup~ Not enough firepower? Then let me handle it! Bronya, give me the coordinates, and I'll show you what I'm capable of."

Huihuo happily replied to Bronya's request. Theresa took Himeko to the branch to handle the situation, Judas took Himeko and Anne von to St. Freya Academy, leaving her alone on the land, bored to death.

Bronya doesn't believe that the Radiant Flame can shatter the crystal...

"Shut up, you little brat. I'm asking you, can the Hyperion kill a Herrscher with a single shot?"

"..."

Answer me!

"Didn't you tell Bronya to shut up?"

"..." Now it was Huihuo's turn to fall silent.

"Don't worry, you haven't seen me at full power yet! My cannon firepower is no less than that of the Hyperion!"

Since waiting for Jiuxiao to arrive would take time anyway, they might as well let Huihuo give it a try. Bronya and Fu Hua thought for a moment, then sent the coordinates to Huihuo.

"You guys step back a bit, my angle might affect you. Firing in 30 seconds... 25... 15..."

Fu Hua and Bronya quickly retreated. As the countdown neared its end, a beam of red light shot from the coastline, piercing through Chi You's body and plunging into the deep sea. The seabed instantly shattered, and molten lava found an outlet and gushed out.

The pierced Chi You writhed violently in agony, roaring to the sky, shaking the people inside his body.

Looking at the gaping hole in front of her, Fu Hua subconsciously adjusted her glasses. This power was about one-tenth of her own Taixu Sword God's power... She just didn't know how much the Radiant Fire had consumed.

"Bronya has to admit, Bronya underestimated you..."

Bronya sent a communication to Huihuo, but Huihuo did not reply.

"I told you... I'm really strong, right!" Hui Huo replied, panting heavily. This shot was Hui Huo unleashing her full power, and it almost made her faint from exhaustion.

Hui Huo really wanted to slap Bronya twice. That idiot Bronya told him that only attacks from the Hyperion's main guns could break through, causing him to overestimate the target's toughness. Now, it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito...

Fu Hua and Bronya also found a Soul Steel Gem in the broken crystal. Fu Hua touched the familiar characters on it and read them aloud softly.

"I bestow this Soul Steel upon you. This world is about to be destroyed, but the flame of humanity will be rekindled. Cangxuan... after a long slumber, you will awaken in a new era of civilization. You possess foresight and wisdom far surpassing that of ordinary people, and you will surely guide humanity toward a future different from ours."

"Cangxuan? Was the ancestor of Shenzhou a survivor from the previous civilization?" Bronya asked curiously.

No, I don't know...

Fu Hua felt a sense of desolation. Cang Xuan seemed to be a partner who had carried out the Fire Seed Project with her, but she had forgotten who Cang Xuan was.

Fu Hua spoke into the communicator to Jiu Xiao and the others, "Jiu Xiao, could you show me the other piece of Soul Steel when we get back?"

"Sure, there's text on it too, but we don't know what it means yet."

Bronya looked at Fu Hua curiously. This was the first time Bronya had ever seen her class monitor look so sad and anxious.

"Let's continue to another area. I have a feeling that Ji Lin will be there."

Fu Hua gripped the Soul Steel in her hand tightly. It was given to Cang Xuan by someone she couldn't quite remember, so the other piece of Soul Steel must have been for Dan Zhu. Of the three who sealed Chi You, Dan Zhu and Cang Xuan had already been found, so the next one must be Ji Lin.

Bronya was about to say something, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem that important. They seemed to have broken the seal that sealed Chi You... and even scattered the ashes of their ancestor... Now Chi You seems to have truly been resurrected, but does that matter? Now Bronya realized that Huihuo and Jiuxiao could directly kill Chi You, so what was there to panic about?

As Jiuxiao and the others drew closer, they reached the location of Chi You's last heart.

A voice echoed in the minds of Jiuxiao, Kiana, and Mei.

"Go back, those chosen by the Honkai... I don't want to fight you."

Jiuxiao, Mei, and Kiana exchanged glances, then asked Fu Hua and the others if they had heard, only to find that they hadn't.

"Mortals cannot hear my voice. Take Chi Yuan and leave... If you reach the heart of Chi You, I will have no choice but to kill you."

You are not the targets of my revenge; there is no point in fighting you.

Chapter 116 Times have changed

"Doesn't this voice sound a lot like the ghost that gave us the power before?" Jiuxiao asked.

“I think so too. That figure might also be Ji Lin,” Kiana nodded in reply. “But if she is Ji Lin, then why is she stopping us?”

"I don't know. But I detected that the Honkai energy in the heart area is gradually increasing; she's waiting for us," Mei replied, looking at the Honkai energy detector in her hand.

"Let's go, we'll see for ourselves what's really going on."

Jiuxiao and the others joined up with Bronya and the others, and then together they advanced towards the heart of the city.

The heart's location wasn't the same as the previous energy crystal, but rather a floating island...