Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

She counted them one by one to the team member who could no longer hear, and finally said in a weak voice,

“We will definitely persevere…”

Even Jier didn't know whether he was really answering her question or simply deceiving himself.

She only knew that she had lost too many team members today; and it was only a matter of time before the remaining team members were gone.

Both she and the entire, already battered Snow Lotus team were at the end of their rope...

"Is that all?"

Jier gently laid the team member in his arms on the ground, then stood up, taking weak and sluggish steps, and numbly prepared to face the next battle that was about to come.

No, that's not right. The fighting here has never stopped...

"Shh!"

"Oh!"

A cold light descended from the sky, splitting the Honkai beast in front of Jier and his teammates in half from head to toe, raising a cloud of fine dust.

Then, a cold light swept across, killing all the Honkai beasts in front of the Valkyries cleanly and neatly, giving them a rare respite.

"Team Snow Lotus, you've done a great job. From now on, leave this to me."

Rita slowly stood up from the scattered corpses of the Honkai beasts. Even in such a chaotic and bloody battlefield, she remained as clean as usual, spotless.

She gently shook off the blood on her sickle, without even looking at the Valkyries she was protecting behind her. Her cold tone was filled with undisguised anger and murderous intent.

"Rita Rossweisse, start clearing the battlefield!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed towards the countless Honkai beasts like a swift female leopard. The fourth-generation God-killing Armor was fully unleashed, instantly setting off a storm of killing. She alone pushed the battle line a long way out!

"Wow, with such a dense crowd of Honkai Beasts, it's easier to cover them with firepower."

Lin Wei, who arrived late, set up several machine guns produced by Teacher Da V on the top of the gymnasium. He snapped his fingers lightly, and all the machine guns instantly opened fire at full power, releasing a metal storm at the Honkai beast group from above.

"Captain Jie'er, we meet again."

Lin Wei slowly landed in front of Jie'er, looked around at the miserable situation, and sighed.

"Sorry, we're late."

"No, it's great that you can come."

Jie Er was in tears, but still said with a smile,

"Really, that's great..."

Chapter 171: Choice

Jier never thought that he would actually have reinforcements.

Everything happened too fast...

Although Lin Wei had warned Jier in advance, she did immediately start making preparations; but the time left by fate was too short, and she had no time to make any preparations.

She barely had time to gather the team and begin counting equipment before everything began; the next moment, it was all over again;

She didn't even have time to call back Anna who was left alone!

She had no idea where the new recruit was, or whether he was alive or dead.

Because even communication here is completely cut off...

"I shouldn't have let Anna stay in that damn hospital!"

Jier only had a short second to blame herself, because in the next second, the sky would fall and the earth would collapse, and the familiar busyness would turn into hell on earth in an instant.

As the captain, she has to lead her teammates to face this unparalleled and terrifying impact.

She knew very well that in the face of such a terrible disaster, no matter how hard they tried, it would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, but they had no choice.

This is not only because they are in the same hell with nowhere to escape; it is also because of their identities and responsibilities:

They are Valkyries, and their mission is to fight against Honkai and protect human life and civilization.

How could they, as Valkyries, abandon this place and run away alone?

So, when everyone was at a loss, Jier, as the captain, forced himself to calm down immediately.

She saw clearly that those Honkai beasts were swept ashore by the huge tsunami. The farther away from the coast and closer to the inland area, the smaller the impact of the tsunami and Honkai energy they faced.

So, relying on her familiarity with the city, she decisively announced the abandonment of most of the city area, decisively concentrated all her forces, retreated to this small area close to the inland, and took the time to establish a defense line and search for survivors.

After all, it would take time for the Honkai Beast to crawl here; it would also take time for the Honkai energy contained in the seawater to dissipate here—this was the only time Jier could buy for his team to prepare for battle.

She didn't even have time to worry about Anna, whose life or death was unknown, before she and all the remaining members of her team faced the desperate situation of life and death...

There is some good news.

For example, no Herrscher-level enemies have been observed, which is undoubtedly great news;

For example, before everything happened, Jier had already gathered all the team members except Anna together, and before the earthquake and tsunami destroyed their base and equipment depot, they had already taken out some weapons and equipment from them. It was these weapons that gave the Snow Lotus team at least the weapons and courage to fight to the death.

For example, due to the abundance of Houkai energy in the air, the charging speed and power of the weapons used by the team members have been improved to a higher level than usual...

Other than that, it's all bad news.

If she hadn't expected the collapse to come so quickly, Jier would never have let Anna continue to stay in the hospital and waste her time doing nothing, not to mention that this not only directly put her in a trap, but also made her team lack a key combat force.

After all, without Anna, I was the only A-rank Valkyrie left here, and I couldn't handle it alone...

Jie'er has done the best he can, but he is still insignificant;

The Snow Lotus Team was like a lotus sculpted from snow, exposed to the sudden and unexpected scorching sun, melting and collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The resistance they could offer could only be measured in minutes...

How could reinforcements arrive in such a short time?

Whether it was support from headquarters or Valkyrie teams from other neighboring cities, it would take a relatively long time to arrive.

But the Snow Lotus team couldn't hold on until that moment.

So in this situation, Jier was as desperate as her teammates, even more desperate and helpless than them.

At least she can still cheer herself up and use a firm voice to give her teammates a reason and hope to persevere, but who can give her, as the captain, this hope?

As the team members fell one after another in front of her, the pillars of support in Jier's heart also collapsed one by one...

Just at this moment, Lin Wei arrived with Rita.

When the two of them suddenly intervened and took over the battlefield like divine soldiers descending from the sky, unlike the team members who began to cheer, Jier seemed to have all his strength drained away and almost collapsed to the ground.

She used her last bit of willpower to hold herself back from falling, but the tear glands in her eyes could no longer control themselves, and she burst into tears in an instant, unable to control herself.

"Great, the reinforcements have finally arrived..."

Jie Er sobbed softly, with only one thought in her mind:

"My team members can survive..."

When Lin Wei walked in front of her, Jie'er was still overwhelmed with emotion.

"Ugh……"

Lin Wei couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the fragile appearance of the Valkyrie captain, whom he had only met once but had caused him a lot of trouble.

Once again setting foot in this familiar city and seeing familiar people again, although it has only been less than two days, everything is completely different and everything has changed.

The horrific scenes he had seen along the way made Lin Wei feel as if a heavy lead block had fallen on his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Unlike Changkong City, he didn't have many vivid memories of that city.

At that time, he was just a passer-by who fled in a panic as soon as he arrived; when he was really prepared and set foot in the city again, it had already become a dusty ruin.

Lin Wei had no other emotions towards that city and the people who had lived in it except sympathy and regret.

After all, he could hardly protect himself at that time, and he asked himself if he had done his best; for everything that happened to that city, Lin Wei had a clear conscience and was extremely calm in his heart.

But Manila is different.

Lin Wei has truly lived in this city and witnessed the joys and sorrows of its residents with her own eyes; they work as hard as their neighbors in Singapore, and the food they cook is just as delicious.

After seeing the city's life with his own eyes, he truly wanted to save it, and he thought he could save it; but in the end, he failed to save it...

That is why when he returns to Manila once again, he sees this familiar city turned into a hell on earth, with monsters and corpses everywhere; the air no longer has the fragrance of flowers, and the ears no longer have the lively noise.

There was only the pungent smell of blood, the shrill roar of the monster, and the loud bang of the explosion.

And the voice of the Valkyrie captain before me, who was no longer strong, sobbing softly...

Frame after frame of memories in my head, scene after scene before my eyes, sobs in my ears, and the wind that kept blowing the corners of my clothes and the ends of my hair...

All of this was constantly rolled and mixed by Lin Wei, and finally blended into a cocktail with mixed flavors, which he drank in one gulp.

The taste: a sense of loss.

"I was just a little bit away from stopping this!"

Lin Wei thought with some resentment, why didn't he connect the two key points of Manila and Haiyuan City together?

How could those rubbish of Anti-Entropy occupy this relic, which even the World Serpent has never owned and whose importance is so self-evident?

How could they have deserved this?

The only thing that can happen is that someone hands the answer to them and expects them to solve the problem for themselves!

How come I couldn't think of such a simple thing?

"But even if I really thought of it, what can I do? I don't even know the exact location of Haiyuan City..."

After Lin Wei calmed herself down, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Unless he captured the gray snake and forced the truth out of him, or directly corrupted him and searched for the answer from his memory, it would be meaningless even if he guessed the truth.

But will this lead to more serious consequences?

The Gray Snake is completely dead, and the World Snake is likely to be in chaos;

The excavation of Haiyuan City stopped, the Eye of Haiyuan was once again sealed, and the Quantum Sea of ​​​​Esperanto could not establish a real connection.

Can Kevin come back?

Kevin is stranded in the Quantum Sea. Without this Prometheus who stole fire, all the painstaking arrangements of the previous civilization will be meaningless - the power of the end is safe and sound, and the true Ruler of the End will awaken once again;

Who can stop Him then?

me?

Lin Wei smiled bitterly. He was so powerless that he couldn't even save a city. How could he fight against the end and save humanity?

But if I can't do these things, then even if I really discovered the truth, what can I really do?

Do we really have to endanger the lives of eight billion people just to save a few million people in this city?

But in the long run, these millions of people, also among the eight billion people, are a dead end.

"So, unless Gray Snake surrenders voluntarily, there is no other possibility..."

But will the Gray Snake give in? The answer is obvious.

"Oh, it's really hard to watch things happen step by step without being able to do anything."

Lin Wei thought helplessly.

In order to vent his frustration, he simply snapped his fingers and increased the output power of each artillery position. Suddenly, the storm of steel and fire became more rampant.

Rita, who was wantonly reaping the lives of Honkai beasts with her sickle, felt the pressure suddenly relieved. An ambiguous smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She kicked off the attack, and the sharp blade in her hand set off an even more frenzied killing whirlwind.

The exhausted Valkyries of the Snow Lotus team finally got a rare chance to breathe. Their excitement and cheers for the timely arrival of reinforcements only lasted for a short time before they collapsed in exhaustion.

Then, they struggled to get up and began to check each other's injuries.

"Captain, Seni is dying!"

Not far away, a team member shouted hoarsely.

This mournful voice was like a bucket of cold water, awakening the emotionally broken Jie'er. With a start, she quickly calmed herself down, wiping her tear-stained and dirt-stained face a few times before frantically running towards the source of the voice.

Jie'er ran a few steps and suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Lin Wei pleadingly.

She clearly remembered that not long ago in the hospital, this man once held a power similar to the Black Abyss White Flower and instantly healed the seriously injured and unconscious Anna.

"Please, save her..."