Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

The Hyperion came from St. Freya Academy, so its combat crew consisted mostly of Valkyrie soldiers.

“Bronya… if you can’t give me a reasonable explanation later, I swear I’ll make you pay the price.”

Kiana looked at the warship that had made an emergency landing and knew that it was too late for them to escape. Behind them were the regrouped suicide soldiers. Even if they turned into cars now, they couldn't go very far. Moreover, they probably didn't have the driving skills to shake off the warship's surveillance in the complex urban terrain.

We can only deal with this kind of emergency now.

After the warship crashed to the ground, the hatch opened, and a squad of Valkyrie members quickly ran out and charged directly at the group.

And those Valkyries all have some equipment that shows a high level of technology.

Kiana began to entangle with several Valkyries. In the current situation, it was impossible for her to kill the people on the other side, otherwise the ship-based machine guns aimed at them would not be just for show.

Therefore, Kiana is now anxiously engaged in a war of attrition with her opponent. Although she doesn't know what to do next, she can only take it one step at a time.

Raiden Mei also brandished her blade and became entangled with a Valkyrie. Although she was able to contend with the Valkyrie thanks to her Honkai-enhanced body and the swordsmanship she had practiced since childhood, it was clear that Raiden Mei's disadvantage was widening and that she would probably be caught in no time.

After all, how could a mere young lady who was just an ordinary person a few days ago possibly fight against a regular soldier who has experienced countless battles and training?

Bronya was the most ferocious of the four. Her heavily armored bunny attracted a large number of the Valkyrie troops that had emerged, and unlike Kiana, she didn't hold back, attacking with deadly force every time.

You're asking about Cheng Xing?

He calmly crouched down on the ground with his hands behind his head, looking like he was a complete noob and was surrendering. This left one of the Valkyries who had come to deal with him looking at him with utter bewilderment.

Kiana looked at Cheng Xing's surrendering expression. Although she didn't know what kind of wicked thoughts this guy had, she knew that dragging things out like this wasn't a solution. She might as well conserve her strength on the warship and see if there was still a chance to escape.

After a few tugs of the gun, Kiana threw her weapon to the ground, raised her hands in a famous French gesture, and shouted, "We are truly innocent! We didn't know that person was hostile to you. We are really civilians!"

The Valkyries who had been so aggressive in trying to pin Kiana to the ground were stunned. After exchanging glances, they didn't do anything excessive. They simply tied Kiana's hands together, then pushed her over to Cheng Xing's side, leaving two people to watch over her before immediately going to help their teammates.

Within seconds, Raiden Mei was also pressed down.

Subsequently, with the combined efforts of the entire Valkyrie squad, Bronya was no longer able to resist as before, and was quickly defeated and captured.

The four of them were captured after only a few minutes and then transported to the warship.

Moreover, the four of them were locked in the same cell, without even a guard.

However, the obvious weapons on everyone's bodies were confiscated.

Kiana quickly and skillfully untied herself from her restraints. Then, she pulled out a new pistol from somewhere, pointed it at Bronya who was still bound, and said with a grim expression.

"Bronya, give me a reasonable explanation, or I will kill you. I'm not kidding."

Raiden Mei didn't say anything at this moment. Although she felt sorry for Bronya's situation, the latter's current behavior had indeed dragged the group into a very dangerous situation.

She wasn't the kind of saint who acted inappropriately.

Bronya stared calmly at the dark muzzle of the gun, her tone still devoid of emotion as she coldly stated, "Bronya's training from a young age was to fight against Schicksal. Upon discovering the Schicksal forces, she simply followed the established procedures and engaged in combat."

"With your mechanical thinking, you've ruined all of us..." Kiana said, looking at Cheng Xing, who was sitting to the side and had somehow unlocked his handcuffs, and asked in an annoyed tone, "And also, my lovely boyfriend, why did you surrender without even fighting?"

"Kiana, if you noticed, I couldn't have missed it either. The ship's cannons are already aimed at us. If anything goes wrong, we'll be blasted to smithereens by those cannons. So, we might as well pretend to be captured, go inside, and see if there's any way to escape."

"How could there possibly be a way! After they capture us, this ship will take off soon. Do you think we'll grow wings and fly from here to the ground? We won't have that many chances..."

Just as Kiana was saying this, a series of explosions suddenly came from outside, and urgent alarms sounded throughout the entire ship.

"Warning! Warning! Anti-Entropy mechs have appeared! All Valkyries, launch to engage! I repeat, all Valkyries, launch to engage!"

Kiana scratched her head awkwardly after hearing this, and then said, "What a coincidence!"

Chapter 183: Battle

"What exactly is your purpose? Why did you deliberately control so many assassins to block your way out and delay you, so that you would run into this Schicksal warship?"

As the four people fleeing inside the warship were fleeing, Cheng Lixing suddenly heard a woman's voice in his ear. He turned his head and saw Janna, who was floating around them like a ghost at some point. The other three ignored her.

But that's normal. This guy is just floating around me in the form of a thought form provided by Cheng Xing. He's been nearby since this morning, no, since last night.

Especially when Cheng Xing slept with Kiana at night, this guy even tried to kick Cheng Xing. If he weren't just a mental entity that couldn't touch physical objects, he might have actually gone for it.

"This is just part of the plan to ensure that Kiana can run into the people from St. Freya Academy."

Cheng Xing spoke directly, but apart from Janna, the other three people present couldn't hear what he said. From their perspective, Cheng Xing was just focused on searching for a way out of the warship with them.

"Your plan is too dangerous! Didn't you see it just now? Kiana was almost hurt by those ants! As her lover, you have such great power but instead of protecting her, you put her in danger. You are a terrible lover!"

As Janna spoke, she became somewhat agitated, and black shadows reappeared on her clothes, which also became somewhat tattered.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't pour too much of your longing into it. Part of the deal is to ensure you can observe Kiana every day, which is why I gave you a longing entity. But that's limited to observation. If you pour too much of it into something that can materialize, this thing will just explode. I won't be giving you another longing entity then."

"Are you threatening me?!"

Although Janna's expression became even more agitated, the black that had appeared on her body disappeared, and she returned to her original blue, nun-like attire.

"I just said when I was telling the truth about the transaction that you are not allowed to interfere with my plans... Also, I'm quite curious, you didn't notice it just now, so why are you noticing my previous actions now? I remember my puppet show was very well done."

"Hmph, you did indeed set up an illusion, and with that inexplicable power of control, you made me take the actions of all the assassins and Honkai Beasts for granted. My thought form naturally couldn't penetrate it; it was a stage that was practically real. But my real body was always nearby. I only watched for a moment before I saw it."

Janna's tone was full of arrogance and contempt. Although she said that, she had actually gone through a lot of effort to see through the illusion. Even her true form only looked a little strange for a moment. Her current appearance was just an act for the guy opposite her.

How can I show weakness in front of my opponent?

"Alright, it seems I still have room for improvement."

After Cheng Xing's calm assessment, a red-haired figure suddenly appeared in front of them. She rushed out of a room, wielding a greatsword, and then blocked the four of them.

"It seems you've been baited by anti-entropy."

Himeko coldly stared at the four people in front of her.

"We are really not anti-entropy!"

Kiana said she didn't want to take the blame.

"Hmph! Raiden Mei, the daughter of Raiden Ryoma, the young lady of ME Corporation, how could she not have any connection with Anti-Entropy? And that little brat next to her was the first to launch an attack on our fleet. As for you and that boy, although we can't find out your identities, half of the team is related to Anti-Entropy, so you two aren't much better off."

Himeko said these words with a cold smile. Her people had found out the identities of these guys immediately. Apart from Kiana and Cheng Xing, whose identities were completely untraceable, the other two were very easy to distinguish.

"My men are all fighting bloody battles outside. As the captain, I have to make sure the fleet is clean before the battle. Otherwise, it would be terrible if too many rats gnawed on the inside."

After speaking coldly, Himeko raised her greatsword high and then slashed down with the force of a heavy, blunt sword.

Kiana immediately realized that this was a power she could not contend with, and quickly dodged to the side.

However, it was this dodge that gave Himeko an opportunity. The attack that seemed to be using all her strength actually didn't consume much power at all. It was all due to the weight of the greatsword itself as it slashed down. But Himeko didn't use much power at all.

It was precisely because of this that Himeko seized the opportunity, and then suddenly exerted force, causing the greatsword that was originally slashing down to suddenly slash horizontally. Kiana, who was dodging, was caught off guard and was hit hard in the stomach by the blade. She was thrown against the wall by the enormous force.

With Kiana at the front of the group creating an opening, Raiden Mei, Bronya, and Cheng Xing instantly appeared within Himeko's attack range.

Using the horizontal force of the greatsword, Himeko twisted her waist and, with that force, quickly pulled herself from her original position toward the group.

This sudden change of tactics, combined with the use of leverage, caught everyone present off guard.

...Of course, excluding that guy who's still acting.

Looking at Janna beside him, who was already so agitated that she was beginning to turn evil and whose thought form was already teetering on the brink of collapse, Cheng Xing coldly said, "If you continue like this, you'll really burst like a bubble."

"You heartless bastard, are you just going to watch her get beaten up and do nothing?! What's your plan? Are you just going to let her suffer like this? If you don't take action, then I'll do it myself!"

Janna shouted at Cheng Xing with a ferocious expression, while Cheng Xing also sensed the terrifying aura that was beginning to brew in the seabed not far away.

“Jana, Kiana has never been a caged bird that needs my protection…”

Cheng Xing calmly watched Himeko swing her greatsword and slash at him. As the greatsword drew closer, Cheng Xing continued to speak.

"She is Kiana Kaslana."

Himeko then noticed a deadly sense of crisis behind her; in countless battles against the Honkai, this intuition had never failed her.

Therefore, Himeko stopped her attack without hesitation and instantly used the momentum to hoist her greatsword behind her back, blocking several bullets that contained some kind of special power.

Kiana stood behind, leaning against the wall. Although being hit in the stomach made her feel very uncomfortable, such a minor injury was not a reason for her to stop fighting.

"I haven't fallen yet!"

After Kiana finished speaking, the two guns in her hands seemed to be covered with a mysterious light. Then, the two guns poured out in a completely illogical way, and the ammunition in her hands seemed to turn into two machine guns in an instant.

Himeko felt a strange pressure at this moment.

"Did this little guy deliberately let himself be caught?"

However, there was little time left to think, as Raiden Mei and Bronya were already attacking from behind.

The blade's edge and the heavy-armored bunny's fist were about to strike Himeko's back.

None of the people present were powerless caged birds.

Chapter 184: Escape

Despite the attack from behind, Himeko smiled slightly. Then, as if she had eyes in the back of her head, she delivered a powerful back kick that struck the fist of a heavily armored bunny charging towards her.

Then, using the Heavy Bunny as a support point and combining it with her previous strength, she managed to dodge to the side.

"How is this possible?!"

Kiana stopped her attack, which was also a huge drain on her stamina, and looked incredulously at Himeko, who had already flashed to the other side.

She thought the situation was unavoidable, and even if this guy could withstand it with his strong physique, he would definitely be injured. But he actually managed to dodge it. It's unbelievable! Is this really something a human can do?

"Your fighting style and teamwork are indeed impressive, but if you think you can hurt me with such petty tricks, you're underestimating me. In the end, I've experienced this kind of situation of being attacked from both sides countless times. Little girls, your strength is no match for those mutated zombies and Honkai Beasts."

Just as Himeko finished speaking, a cloud of black smoke suddenly exploded beneath her feet. The pungent smell and the tear-inducing smoke made her momentarily lose sight of the people in front of her.

After calmly throwing a few timed stun grenades and smoke grenades, Cheng Xing immediately shouted to the enemy, "Run!"

Everyone immediately rushed forward. This problem couldn't be solved right away. If the opponent continued to drag things out like this, and reinforcements arrived, they would really be worn down and killed.

After being slowed down by the stun grenades, Himeko had completely lost sight of those people when she emerged from the smoke.

Himeko rubbed her ears, looking a bit disheveled, to relieve the ringing caused by the loud noise. Then she pulled out a communicator from her person and said irritably, "Where did those people go?"

"Reporting to the captain, they are now heading towards the deck."

"Seriously, I never expected there to be something like this. I've really been tricked. It's really like a rat, hard to catch."

Himeko heard the barely suppressed laughter in her subordinate's voice, and after grumbling to herself, she picked up her greatsword again and headed in the direction the others were fleeing.

"So what should we do now?"

Kiana said as she ran away.