Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

new York

Walter Young was browsing through materials in the Anti-Entropy library when an old photograph fell out of a file folder. He paused for a moment, then picked it up.

"...It's still here. I've been looking for it for a long time."

Walter Young smiled slightly as he carefully cleaned the photograph; everyone in the yellowed photo looked radiant.

Liesel Albert Einstein

Emma Planck

Rianna Brigantia

Frederica Nikola Tesla

Meludina Karl von Linnaeus

Joachim Nokianvitanen

Walter Joyce

埃尔温·薛定谔

Fu Hua

Elias Nokianvitanen

New York AD1955

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P.S. Give everyone a break.

And Melutina Carl von Linnae, the Melutina Cecilia encountered in the previous special episode is not the same person. Only one of the two is the real Melutina.

Chapter Sixty-Five: Sin and Fault

Half an hour ago

Northern Ports of Mu Continent

port

"Report, Captain Melutina, all the ships that Mu Continent can mobilize here in a short time have already set sail, and some are still on their way."

A private walked up to Melutina and saluted.

"What about the planes? And are the other ports on the Mu Continent unusable?"

Melutina frowned slightly.

"This one……"

The private was taken aback; this was clearly not a question he could answer.

"Airplanes are unusable, and other ports... have no usable ships."

Su walked over, her expression somber.

"No usable ships? This is a continent; we should have as many as we need."

Upon hearing this, Melutina was slightly startled.

"Because of the gravitational waves radiated from Gaia City by the Ninth Herrscher to the entire continent, the ocean currents, magnetic fields, wind directions... all the environmental parameters around the Mu Continent have become a complete mess."

Needless to say, airplanes are not an option. The only ships that can safely leave the waters near Mu Continent are some of the Honkai energy-powered ships from the Northern Continent.

Those residents who hoped to escape by ordinary boat all perished at sea.

Even without looking at his expression, Melutina knew how devastating this fact was for Su.

"That is to say..."

Melutina spoke with some difficulty.

"The only people we can evacuate this time are..."

"...excluding necessary strategic materials and scientific research equipment."

Su silently stretched out her hand, the five fingers of one hand standing out prominently.

"We can only... evacuate 50,000 people."

"Are you kidding me?!"

Melutina's face turned pale, and she almost instinctively roared out.

"This is an entire continent?! And they can only evacuate 50,000 people?! That's less than one ten-thousandth!"

"Meddy, calm down."

Eden was also pale, but she still held Melutina's shoulder, signaling her not to get agitated.

"...Because of this gravitational wave, almost all existing escape plans have become obsolete."

Sue's face was trembling slightly.

“We miscalculated. Once again, the Herrscher has surpassed our imagination.”

"Where is the Ninth Herrscher? Shouldn't killing her and stopping this disaster be the top priority?"

Melutina asked again.

"That won't work."

A calm voice came from behind them, and the remaining fusion warriors of the first squad escorted Mei over.

"Why? Dr. Mei, Mu Dalu..."

"Kevin, Alicia, Hen, and Velvet are all there now. The top fusion warriors of the Flame Chaser are all there, but..."

Mei hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"We failed to achieve the expected results. We must consider contingency plans for failure, rather than gambling everything on the outcome of the battle against the Herrscher."

Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that the Mu Continent will not collapse before the Ninth Herrscher is killed.

You should already understand that this being possesses the power to destroy the continent. What would happen if she didn't focus on fighting the fusion warriors, but instead prioritized destroying the continent?

"..."

Melutina fell silent; she had to admit that Mel was right.

To put it bluntly, Kevin and the others, including Melutina herself, are still just warriors, no matter how strong they are.

The worst-case scenario is that May, Mebius, and Vervie, along with the core technology personnel of the Firemoth, all perish in this battle; that would be the end of human society.

Because humanity will lose its greatest weapon, and if the cutting-edge graduate students of Mu Continent cannot evacuate, humanity's technological level will regress by a century.

them……

They will forever lose hope of fighting against the Honkai.

"But I can..."

But she was still unwilling to accept it, unwilling to just watch and turn a blind eye to the tragedy before her.

"Do you think our enemies are only the Herrschers?"

Mei turned around, and for a fleeting moment, a sorrowful expression appeared on her face.

"Uprisings have broken out in various cities across the Mu Continent, including some fusion warriors... They will be here soon."

This world is irrational because humans won't give up resisting a fate predetermined by others, even if it's foolish.

"All fusion warriors should be able to..."

Melutina spoke instinctively, then quickly realized her mistake, her expression turning ugly.

"Because their family members are no good, right?"

"Yes."

Mei nodded.

"It will take another half hour for all the core technical personnel to evacuate... We must ensure that they are all safely evacuated."

I also deceived many politicians, who were unaware that they were not on the evacuation list.

Now, they know they have become pawns and cannot simply surrender. Meludina, Eden.

I know this is too cruel for both of you, but I have no other choice.

"Mei... I can too..."

Su gritted her teeth and made up her mind to speak, but Mei stopped her.

“Su, I need you to contact Kevin and the others. Mental perception warriors can’t carry out this mission; you have a more important mission.”

Mei turned her head to look at Melutina and the others, and fell silent once again.

"Dr. Mei, every second counts, doesn't it?"

Melutina didn't look Mei in the eye; she turned her head away and said...

"You made the choice for the world, and we have no choice now. Go on, you have more important work to do."

"..."

Eden clenched her fists, her face pale. She knew what she was about to do, the thing she feared most in her life.

"Feel sorry."

Mei lowered her head slightly and led Su onto the Honkai-powered aircraft carrier that had just arrived. All the aircraft on board had been removed and replaced with various supplies and humans.

……

"When I finally understood my own road signs, I was once again forced to choose this path."

Melutina drew the Seven Thunders of Purification, and its form began to change, eventually transforming into a long spear.

"...Next, we're going to slaughter humans, aren't we, Medie?"

Eden gripped his twin pistols and spoke softly.

"It's...it's really ironic."