Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

Instantly, Alicia's image in Qianjie's heart dropped another level.

He didn't really blame Melutina; it wouldn't have mattered whoever was in that situation.

Your former boss handed you a beautifully packaged book and even took your money; who would have thought...?

This book is nothing but her fabrication.

"...What's the target this time? A Honkai Beast?"

"...It's human."

"Heh, still the same as always."

Qianjie sneered.

"But we don't even know where we are now."

"A thousand tribulations".

Melutina spoke with a very hesitant expression, which surprised Qianjie greatly.

"what happened?"

"...There is a way."

Melutina was silent for about three seconds before speaking.

"Then why didn't you say so sooner?"

"...Because I don't want to."

"what?"

"..."

Melutina's lips twitched repeatedly, and after a long while, she managed to utter a single sentence.

I don't want you to ride me over there.

"..."

Even Qian Jie was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted.

You mean... a man-made collapse?

…………

Deep in the desert

Desert Eagle, a resistance organization base

"Boss, if we do this, the Moths really won't..."

"So what if it does? Have you forgotten what the Moths of Fire did?"

The one-eyed man on the desk said coldly,

“If we continue to act according to their ideas, humanity will perish before it even defeats the Honkai! Mebius, Mebius and the others are demons! Beasts in human skin! They don’t even consider humans as human beings!”

"That Kevin..."

The subordinate hesitated for a moment, then remembered their former comrade-in-arms.

“Kevin, oh, Kevin…”

The one-eyed man looked disappointed.

"He should have been a hero, but all he thought about was May. If we continue to follow him, we will die for that demon May, not for humanity."

The one-eyed man's name is Aquila. He used to belong to the first squad of the Fire Moth against the Honkai. He was Kevin's comrade-in-arms and one of the most senior fusion warriors.

He stood up for his destroyed hometown and his surviving relatives, hoping that his family would be taken care of because of his sacrifice.

But misfortune never comes singly. His family fell apart once again, and this time, as before, Moth of Fire chose to sacrifice those people to ensure that Moth of Fire could gradually gain more power.

In order to better expel the Honkai, they chose to let it run rampant, making the world even more fearful, so that the Moths of Fire could truly take over the world.

Like Aquila, those who had lost family members or could not tolerate the practices of the Fire Moths formed this resistance group.

There were about three hundred people, all of whom were battle-hardened warriors, including ten fusion warriors.

While fusion warriors are not as scarce as they used to be, these ten fusion warriors are not the newcomers who were hastily put into training.

Each of them was fused with a powerful Honkai Beast, survived the early, technologically immature Fusion Warrior surgery, and endured brutal battles.

Even the Fire-Chasing Moths could not ignore them, and dispatched several squads belonging to the "Poisonous Pupa" to suppress them, but all attempts failed.

It was precisely because of the immense difficulty that the higher-ups were forced to use Qian Jie, whom they did not trust but was very powerful, and Melutina, who had made outstanding contributions and had an exceptionally good resume since the seventh Honkai Impact.

If possible, the higher-ups wouldn't want them to be in charge of this task either. Qianjie is inherently uncontrollable, and as for Melutina...

Mebius, May, Kevin, Alicia... these key research leaders and frontline commanders of the Firemoth all paid close attention to her.

This led the higher-ups to treat these two like royalty for the first month.

However, in reality, the Poison Chrysalis couldn't find anyone else who could complete this task. If they didn't use these two, they would have to send Kevin and Alicia.

But those two are absolutely untouchable, otherwise the Fire Moths would have to worry about the safety of headquarters, as they are now the Honkai Apostles' "key targets".

As for the other powerful individuals...

Aponia, Mebius, Sue, Vervi... none of them could be sent to the front lines.

After much deliberation, only the trio of poisonous pupae remained—

A thousand tribulations, Melutina and Sakura.

.........

A huge black dragon flew in the desert sky. Fortunately, they were located deep in the desert, so it did not cause unnecessary panic.

The swirling yellow sand could no longer obscure the view. Qianjie, contrary to his usual behavior, sat obediently on the back of the black dragon, looking around as if confirming the direction.

Incidentally, the reason he was so obedient was because his partner told him that if he dared to lie on her back or cross his legs, she would definitely throw him off.

Even a thousand tribulations wouldn't want to have an inexplicable close encounter with the earth, so they reluctantly accepted it.

"found it."

Half an hour into the flight, Qianjie said calmly.

Chapter Twelve Imprisonment

Möbius Laboratory, Archives.

A woman wearing a large hood is typing on a keyboard, her beautiful face reflected on the snow-white screen.

Experiment Report:

Fusion Warrior #77 Meltina

Honkai Energy Resistance: S+

Mental Resistance: S+

Honkai Beast Gene Adaptability: S+

Honkai Beast Level: End-of-Demonic Level

(The highest rating is S, the average for men is D+, and the average for women is B-)

.........

Actual report submitted:

Fusion Warrior #77 Meltina

Honkai energy resistance: B

Mental resistance: B

Honkai Beast Gene Adaptability: B

Honkai Beast Level: Temple Level

.........

"Hmm, Möbius really isn't paying attention. How could such a report possibly fool the higher-ups at Moth Chaser?"

The sliver of pink peeking out from under the hood completely exposed the intruder's identity.

"At least fill in an A!"

"Who would have thought that a girl from an ivory tower with no battlefield experience would perform so well on the battlefield? Don't you think so, Alicia?"

"...Huh?"

Hearing the sudden voice from behind, Alicia stiffened for a moment, then laughed it off.

"Mebius, when did you arrive?"

"At the beginning."

Möbius tilted his head and gave a cold laugh.

"You think wearing a hat will make you unrecognizable?"

"Okay, okay, I should have known. Girls with a figure like mine do attract a lot of attention. I should have worn a robe."

Alicia said something that sounded like a joke with a serious expression.

"Alicia, Melutina's combat skills... you taught them, didn't you? Otherwise, how could a young girl with a doctorate become famous on the battlefield so quickly?"

Although Mebius was smiling, there was no hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Because that child is very hardworking. If I don't teach her, she will eventually give herself up on the battlefield."

If you can't stop her from coming into the sights of those in power, then you can only give her enough power to resist...isn't that right?

Alicia raised her hands to show that she had no ill intentions.

"If it weren't for this, do you think we could still have a proper conversation here?"

Möbius crossed his arms and squinted.

"What exactly do you want, Alicia?"