Collapse, women's clothing strategy Qiyana, then

Kiana chuckled for a moment, then saw Paddo slumped in a corner, drawing circles.

"Pado, you mustn't do bad things."

"How could it be a bad thing? If we turn Twilight Street into our territory, with Jie and Kiana's strength, no one will go hungry..."

Aponia remained silent, only stroking the cat's head.

"Pado, who is this 'Brother Jie' you're talking about?"

"Brother Jie is Qian Jie. Like you, he was also picked up. He's actually a nice person, but he speaks strangely. You'll get used to it."

Kiana didn't recall seeing this person in any records about the previous civilization.

But you can go and take a look.

"Then let's go see him."

"Okay!"

Pado jumped up and nimbly moved past the doorway.

Then Aponia got up and went out with Kiana.

Seeing that her plan had failed, Pado was somewhat disappointed, but she quickly came up with a new idea.

As I went outside, I happened to see several children chasing each other, chatting and laughing.

Kiana instinctively looked away, but then noticed something was wrong.

“Aponia, those children…”

"They've temporarily obtained—"

“No, the corruption of the Honkai is irreversible,” Kiana said, her face grim. “They’ve been transforming into suicide soldiers all along. The current situation is just building up the intensity for the future outbreak—while it hasn’t completely spread yet…”

Step, step, step...

At this point, Kiana subconsciously looked in the direction of the heavy footsteps.

A tall man wearing a mask carried a huge sack on his shoulder.

There were two children behind him, secretly glancing at Kiana.

“Brother Jie!” Pado called out, but then glanced at Aponia and didn’t continue with her idea.

Qianjie asked, "Can it be cured?"

Kiana shook her head: "Let's isolate ourselves. Otherwise, we'll definitely infect other people."

"..."

“Miss Kiana,” Aponia said softly, “do you know the origin of this illness?”

"This is the erosion of Honkai energy; only those with extremely strong adaptability can survive it."

"Large-scale disasters like those in Changkong City and Canghai City are inevitable when the concentration of Honkai energy exceeds a certain threshold."

"In such a disaster, all sorts of terrible monsters will emerge, and even more terrifying ones... Herrschers."

Qianjie asked again, "Are there any monsters here?"

"It's not here yet, but if we leave it like this, it will eventually become a living hell."

"That scary?!" Pado nearly exploded upon hearing this.

Qianjie fell silent.

Even Pado completely forgot about her earlier idea and was wondering where to slip away now.

She felt that Kiana wouldn't lie, so there wouldn't be any problems with this matter. The truth would come out sooner or later in Twilight Street, and she had to move her things quickly!

Aponia looked towards the church and saw through the door the people inside doing something.

"Is there no other way?"

Kiana's heart was heavy. She took a deep breath and said, "I've witnessed firsthand how my former classmates, teachers, and others from Chiba Academy were either reduced to ashes or turned into suicide soldiers the instant the Honkai erupted... In the end, only my best friend and I escaped. We were the only two survivors in that city..."

Qianjie turned and strode away, but soon returned empty-handed, clearly having gone to put down the sacks.

"Quarantine, right?"

"Uh... what's this?"

"Then stop talking nonsense and lock them all up."

After saying that, without waiting for the reactions of the others, Qianjie turned around and started grabbing people everywhere.

"What are you doing, Qianjie!?"

"Hey, hey, put me down!"

In an instant, the entire church and the nearby sanatorium were thrown into chaos.

People were continuously being thrown into the basement, but once there, aside from looking bewildered and whispering among themselves asking why, they showed no sign of wanting to leave.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, but Qianjie's rush is probably no small matter."

"That's true, even though Brother Jie speaks harshly, he's actually a very nice person..."

More and more people gathered in the basement until Qianjie ran down empty-handed and found a stool to sit on at the basement exit. Only then did everyone peek out to ask what was going on.

"Shut up!"

The crowd remained silent, continuing their lively discussion.

Kiana and the others also came to the basement, and looked at Qianjie, not knowing what to say.

Qianjie looked up at Kiana: "When will the monster appear?"

"The time frame is not fixed; it usually depends on the concentration of Honkai energy in a region—it's not high yet, but I estimate it won't last long."

"Then I'll wait."

Seeing Qianjie's resolute attitude, Kiana felt a mix of emotions.

Volume 1: Chapter 139: The Surgery Was a Success

Fire moth.

Alicia looked at herself in the mirror, examining herself from left to right.

"Hmm... Oh? Oh..."

She would sometimes squint, and sometimes her eyes would light up as she tried to make an expression from a certain angle.

Mebius watched for a while, and seeing that she showed no sign of stopping, he simply asked, "Have you experienced any side effects? Or is there anything that's bothering you?"

“No—but Möbius, look at my ears,” she said, turning her head back and forth in front of him to show off her elven ears, “aren’t they beautiful?”

Möbius replied indifferently, "It's beautiful, beautiful, very beautiful, so what do you think?"

"Hmm... I guess it's like I feel full of energy? Actually, I'm not entirely sure, but overall it's pretty great!"

Mebius's gaze swept over Alicia for a moment before he finally gave up on asking any further questions.

Turning my head to look at the other side, I saw Sakura preparing.

"Have you thought about it?"

"No problem, but if anything happens to me, please take good care of Rin."

"You can rest assured about that."

As the group was talking, Fu Yan, also known as Bai Yan, walked in.

Bai Yan looked at Ying: "Someone was worried and secretly followed us. Miss Ying, you seem to be in a state of confusion. Didn't you even notice that an ordinary person like this was following you?"

When I arrived, I saw a furtive figure at the entrance of the Fire Moth.

As he looked away and prepared to go inside, the figure suddenly caught up with him, stopped him, and begged him to take her inside, saying that she was a family member of someone inside and wanted to find someone.

Bai Yan could tell who she was just by looking at her hair color. After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to bring her in.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ling poked her head out, but the moment she met Ying's somewhat frightening gaze, she quickly shrank back behind Bai Yan.

“…Miss Fu Yan, you shouldn’t have brought her in.”

"Don't worry, if anything happens to you, I'll take care of her for you."

These words left a bitter taste in Ying's mouth.

What do you mean, "I will take care of your sister, so don't worry"?

Alicia suddenly jumped over, grabbed Rin's hand, and said with a hint of surprise, "This is Sakura's sister? Looks like our pink-haired team is going to have a new member!?"

Ling looked up at Bai Yan: "Sister Fu Yan, what are you doing? Why did you say that..."

"If the world is destroyed, your home will also disappear, so your sister has to participate in the battle to save the world, and for this she has to bear the shadow of death."

"..."

Sakura turned her head away.

"Dr. Möbius, is the experiment ready?"

“It can start anytime,” Möbius said, squinting. “Are you sure you want to start right now?”

"Correct."

"Let me confirm again, is it now?"

"It's now."

"Good, come with me—no one else needs to come, I can handle things here."

Möbius led Sakura to the laboratory, leaving the rest of them behind.

Alicia glanced at the two figures receding down the corridor.

Then she patted Rin's head and said, "Don't worry, Sakura will be fine. Let's see what kind of magical changes will happen to her in a little while—look at me, how beautiful my ears are."

When Ling saw those ears, she nodded to Alicia, feeling slightly better, but still staring at the other end of the corridor.

"Honestly, I asked Möbius before what changes had occurred in her, but she wouldn't say anything, and I couldn't see any difference from before. Sigh, how can a young girl's curiosity be kept in suspense like this..."

She was disappointed for a moment, but quickly regained her spirits.

She then ran up to Bai Yan and asked, "Fu Yan, do I look like an elven princess now?"

“Alice,” Bai Yan sighed, “Elves don’t have pink hair. You should be considered a fairy, but fairies don’t have hair this big.”

"What does it look like?" Alicia blinked and asked expectantly.

"A giant sparrow."

"Well--"

She puffed out her cheeks again, turned her head, bent down, and asked Ling, "Ling, what do I look like to you?"

"Uh……"

Ling seemed a little absent-minded, her gaze constantly drifting away from the corridor.

But Alicia's kindness and enthusiasm forced him to take it seriously.

"do not know……"

"Does that look good?"

"nice."

Bai Yan felt that there was a strange sense of déjà vu about the way Alicia asked those two questions.

Oh right, that's what they asked when they asked for the title.

Before long, Alicia lured Rin to talk about another topic.

"Let me tell you a secret, this is a closely guarded secret of us Fire-Chasing Moths!"

"Uh-huh!"

"Actually, Sakura is about to become a magical girl."

"what?"