Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

The white-haired saint calmly closed her eyes, accepting the end of her destiny...

"However...this is presumption...this is blasphemy—"

The expected pain did not come. The sharp limb that was aimed at the "Saintess" was firmly held in the "God's" hand, with no possibility of moving forward.

“You should kneel down and worship the trespasser, for he has come before you.”

The established cause and effect of history cannot be altered. The divine creations showed no reverence for the sublime before them, but stubbornly stretched out their limbs, intending to achieve the predetermined history, just like the gears of fate, unwilling to stop turning for a moment.

"Stubborn...may you fall into the deepest abyss, to be burned by thousands upon thousands of fires—because of your disobedience, because His will is unyielding."

Golden patterns, like burning flames, crawled up the beast's limbs and onto its body. Its existence would be denied by the gods; the predetermined anchor of history was gently lifted at this moment...

—Then it was nailed down from another direction by the Supreme Being, becoming a completely new foundation for this world.

Golden patterns crawled across the creations of the gods. These creations, which knew neither emotion nor fear, now looked at the great being before them in bewilderment...

"How foolish you are—you rebellious one... Do you know... that the will of Heaven cannot be defied?"

Golden patterns covered the last corner of the divine creation; the struggle between the rebel and the gods finally ended with the blasphemer paying the price he deserved—predetermined history was rewritten, and his own existence was erased…

In the long river of history, a divine creation belonging solely to Krosten five hundred years ago vanished—the monstrous beast that killed Karen Kaslana ceased to exist...

However, His steps did not stop, and the god, determined to go against the current, once again stepped into the torrent of history and destiny.

"Wait a minute, kind lady who saved me—where are you going!?"

The saintess, saved by a god who traveled against the tide of history, instinctively wanted to grab the blonde girl in front of her, who inexplicably stirred something within her—

Immediately afterwards, the saint and the god disappeared together in this singularity that was created to overturn the past history.

"Wow—this is!? Time is flowing backward???"

Sent into the torrent of history, Karen Kaslana witnessed a strange spectacle she had never seen before: a transformation of the landscape, where everything and everyone was rapidly flowing and reversing—

"Um... hello, young lady?"

The saintess looked at the deity whose arm she was holding, puzzled by her familiar yet indescribable face. The blonde girl, hearing the call, turned her head slightly and looked at the girl in front of her who was nominally the mother of the other side of her body's bloodline.

[It's so true....]

Both of them were thinking the same thing in their hearts—

[This child's appearance... if you changed her eye color to green... she looks just like Otto. Could she be Otto's illegitimate daughter?]

[No, no... what am I thinking... this "child" is moving backwards in time! But the way she tilted her head just now was so cute—it would be even better if the great inventor were a cute girl like her!]

"..."

Unaware of the rich inner monologue of Karen Kaslana beside him, Snow turned his head away again after scrutinizing the saintess.

[She looks almost exactly like Kiana... Is this the standard template for the Kaslana family...?]

Hmm... I don't know why my father likes her... She's almost half different from the description in the Destiny Records... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you know...

Snow glanced at Karen again, his expression inevitably twisting slightly...

In Snow's eyes, the latter was grinning foolishly at that moment, her expression incredibly varied... Although it was somewhat impolite for a mother to say such a thing... but—

[This person is so silly, what is she laughing at...? ? ? ]

Suppressing the urge to grab and pinch Karen's cheeks, the girl turned her gaze to the long river before her, searching for another goal of her journey.

"Ah...it's you guys—"

He seemed to have discovered some unexpected joy, and a slight look of surprise appeared on his face.

Heh... Well then, let's not leave any regrets for that immortal this time... Guardians of the Divine Land.

"Huh? Miss Time Traveler? What are we going to do now?"

Seeing the girl beside her humming to herself, Kallen finally couldn't sit still any longer and asked the girl a question.

"For the losers and the desperate; for the downtrodden and the forgotten—"

"We forge ahead resolutely, responding to the call from afar..."

The god grabbed the somewhat bewildered saintess and once again stepped into the torrent of the ancient era, flowing upstream—

Chapter 299 For the Fallen and the Forgotten

Thousands of years ago, on the land of China, the earliest inhabitants, guided by immortals, practiced slash-and-burn agriculture and established the earliest agricultural civilization.

Thanks to the protection and wisdom of the immortals, people lived and worked in peace and contentment on this land... and thus, the earliest civilization was born.

However, the progress and enlightenment brought about by development have also attracted collapse—a nightmare that accompanies civilization.

Even immortals sometimes find themselves unable to be in two places at once.

"This is... Shenzhou?!"

Looking around at the surroundings and the people who had been forced to relocate due to the Honkai Beast invasion, Kallen instantly recognized her location from the familiar appearance of the black hair and yellow skin.

"Huh... had the civilization of the people of China already developed to this level back then?"

Looking at the neatly cultivated wasteland near this primitive settlement, and the various farm tools that were originally arranged in one place, the saint felt incredible about the cleanliness and orderliness of everything, which was so different from the cities and streets of medieval Europe.

"Indeed, but everything comes at a price—"

Standing at the edge of the settlement, Snow didn't observe the primitive settlement of this era's China like Karen did; instead, he turned his attention to something further away—

"For the losers and the desperate..."

Pale golden particles gathered around her, forming translucent heroic spirits that quietly appeared beside her, while warriors wielding weapons and shields stood silently in formation behind the goddess.

"The monsters are attacking—!!!"

Meanwhile, in the settlement, someone brought bad news, and the already hurried and anxious crowd instantly erupted into chaos.

Some enormous Honkai beasts, unlike anything Kallen Kaslana had ever seen in her life, appeared on the horizon—

The Second Collapse, a phenomenon that once only occurred in the year 2000 and represented a major collapse in modern history, was now displayed before the saint.

The military formation, composed of white and purple, sent a chilling tremor through the land, accompanied by a soul-stirring howl—

"You must be joking..."

The Honkai Beast army, marching through the world as a legion, was like an invisible hammer, gently striking Kallen Kaslana's heart—causing the young girl to feel a slight urge to retreat.

"Hey, Danzhu, is that thing ready yet—?"

Amidst the chaotic crowd, a calm yet slightly anxious voice brought Kallen's somewhat confused thoughts back to reality—following the sound, she saw a black-haired girl calling out loudly to another girl with a similar appearance... They were dressed in white, exuding an aura that seemed out of place in this era.

"Are those the immortals from Chinese legends?"

Looking at the two girls' attire, Karen had a hunch.

"It's all ready! But Cangxuan, isn't that something prepared for Chiyou?!"

The girl, known as Danzhu, carried a device that resembled a transmitter, marked with some kind of dangerous radiation symbol.

"We can't worry about that now—! Anyway, that Chi You is mixed in with this Honkai Beast Nest! Now is not the time to think about how to optimize firepower!"

"Otherwise, none of the people here will escape—"

...

"It is said that the immortals of Shenzhou each possess one or two magical treasures... So those are the magical treasures of the immortals?"

Karen glanced curiously at the launcher in the hand of the fairy girl known as Danzhu.

"Hey, you two foreigners over there! What are you still doing here?! Run! Do you want to be eaten by Honkai Beasts?!"

Seemingly finally noticing Kallen, who was curiously examining her from the corner of the settlement, and Snow, who could see the billowing dust in the distance, the girl named Cangxuan called out to them in an annoyed tone—

"Um, me? Miss Immortal, I'd like to lend you a hand—I've dealt with quite a few Honkai Beasts before."

"I bet my companion thinks the same way?"

Having witnessed Snow's abilities, Karen decisively took steps to recruit others... or rather, to trick her daughter?

"Are you sure? With your skinny arms and legs..."

Danzhu and Cangxuan looked at the two thin-armed and skinny girls in front of them with suspicion.

But soon, they lost the will to think about it—the heavy, mind-shaking entity, the enormous, mountain-like, terrifying beast, had crossed the horizon.

"What is that?!"

Kallen stared wide-eyed at the Honkai Beast that was completely beyond her comprehension—

"That's the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You. What? Scared? You still have time to run—"

Seeing the somewhat shocked Karen, Danzhu kindly reminded the white-haired saintess.

"Perhaps you have dealt with minor characters among the Honkai Beasts before, but compared to this, what you have dealt with in the past can only be considered a small skirmish—run away, strangers."

"In the face of natural disasters, there is nothing you ordinary humans can do. Go westward with the people of these tribes and head inland."

Danzhu pointed to the people who had sped up and were fleeing into the distance, indicating the direction for the two of them.

"Hey, Miss Traveler, why don't you go on your own? I'll stay and help these two immortals."

"Huh? You foreigner, are you out of your mind, or can't you understand Chinese?"

"That's a Judgment-level Honkai Beast, not the lower-level Honkai Beasts you usually encounter and deal with!"

Before the blonde girl could reply, Danzhu and Cangxuan looked at the white-haired man in front of them, their gazes as if they were looking at a fool.

"...for the downtrodden, the forgotten—"

Ignoring the little drama unfolding behind him, the golden-haired god simply took a step forward—the golden specks of light drifting around him finally coalesced into a solid form...

"Wait, wait a minute! Where did all these people come from???"

The three arguing individuals were startled by the sudden appearance of the military formation—

"...They are giants of the line, they are legends of history...they are heroes who transcend time—unbound by reincarnation; they are unique 'gold' belonging to every era of humanity...!!"

"They did not yield... humanity did not yield—"

"With the resolve to die, we defend our glory—"

The celestial soldiers, who have descended from mythology, are now arrayed in battle—and those who will fight them must be worthy opponents.

Saviors summoned here by the gods, an army of world-destroying demons forged by other gods...