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

"Afraid……"

"Haha, what an honest and good kid."

Rita smiled and touched her head, just as Ragnar had touched his head before, and sighed softly and said,

"It's okay. I'll accompany you."

"what?"

The Valkyrie thought she had misheard and raised her head suddenly, but she saw that Rita was not looking at her. Instead, she calmly opened the communicator again and issued new orders in a firm tone.

"This is Rita Rossweisse. All previous orders are null and void. New retreat orders are now being issued."

"All Valkyries who can still fight, C-rank and D-rank, are responsible for covering their incapacitated companions and any survivors who are still able to move. Retreat to the rear."

"B-rank and above Valkyries, split into two halves. One half will be responsible for clearing out the Honkai beasts and death squads along the way, and opening up the retreat route as quickly as possible."

"The other half, upon receiving the order, come here and meet me immediately. We need to buy time for our companions to evacuate safely..."

At this point, Rita paused and spoke emotionally about the significance of her order.

"We are Manila, the forefront of Skymandate's defenses in the Philippines. If we collapse here, the entire defense line, the Valkyrie Squad still fighting there, and the millions of residents behind it will all face an unimaginable crisis. We must also buy them time to react."

Rita's voice was firm.

"Therefore, I order: Even if there is only one person left, the impending tide of Honkai beasts must be stopped here!"

Would it make sense to keep going? Rita didn't know.

But she knew that if she gave up, then everything would be meaningless.

So, she decided to hold on a little longer; she swore in the name of the S-class Valkyrie that she would hold on to the end!

"Yes!!"

After a moment of silence, the team members responded like a tsunami.

I don’t know how they could have such a huge uproar with only less than 20 people left.

"what……"

Rita looked at the seashore in a daze, the horizon blocked by the tsunami that covered the sky. She looked up at the sky again. The strange dark clouds were even thicker than before, making it even more difficult to breathe. She thought secretly,

"Will the sun rise again?"

"Lady Bianca, you may be left in the care of others from now on..."

Thinking of Orchiddale, Rita couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

"I don't know if she will adapt or be disappointed."

At this moment, Youlan Dell had just fled from the Sky Destiny headquarters, carrying Yuno in his arms, a streak of blue light, rushing here quickly. It was unclear whether he would be able to make it in time...

On the other side, in the city center of Manila, amidst the ruins, several people were gathered together to discuss something.

Anna was so excited that she shouted loudly,

"No, I don't agree!"

Chapter 200: At worst, I'll wait for you up ahead! (6,000 words)

The so-called "looking far from a high place".

While Rita was still racking her brains to control the situation and restore order, Lin Wei and his group, who were closer to the coast and hanging hundreds of meters in the air in an aircraft, had already discovered the impending catastrophe.

At that time, they had just escaped from the suddenly collapsed building. Anna was just overwhelmed by the joy of regaining her lost possessions and the subsequent fear, and she burst into tears. Lin Wei was busy comforting her, telling her that she was fine. For a moment, neither of them cared about anything else.

As the captain of the Valkyrie, Jier was much calmer. Seeing that everyone was safe, she breathed a sigh of relief, but she also consciously took on the responsibility of vigilance, holding the gun with both hands, always alert to the danger that might appear again; she was too focused, so she would naturally subconsciously ignore the changes thousands of miles away.

Only Chen Tianwu and his sister, who were equally frightened and had nothing to do, would look around frantically, as if looking for a life-saving straw, unwilling to miss any tiny details.

"Brother, brother! Look there..."

Children have excellent eyesight and keen perception, and they immediately noticed the unusual changes in the sea level. The little girl in Chen Tianwu's arms suddenly patted her brother's shoulder, pointed in the direction of the distant sea, and asked nervously,

"Did I see it wrong?"

She was a little unsure and wanted her brother to take a look and confirm it as well.

Chen Tianwu quickly looked in the direction his sister pointed, and sure enough, he saw a thin black line on the horizon. In the blink of an eye, it grew thicker, and then even thicker. Then it began to grow taller, and taller and taller...

"Look there!"

Chen Tianwu had never witnessed a tsunami, but when the disaster struck before, he had heard others scream these two words heartbreakingly. For a moment, the lingering memory was awakened again. He shuddered and shouted loudly, hoping to attract the attention of the other three people.

"Look what that is? Is it a tsunami?"

Hearing this, Lin Wei quickly looked in the direction of the voice, his expression becoming extremely ugly for a moment.

"What did those idiots from Anti-Entropy do again?!"

There is no need for any hesitation at all. There will be no second reason except anti-entropy.

Lin Wei couldn't help but ask Sister Li, why would someone be so stupid as to fall into the same pit twice, and even the posture of falling into the pit was exactly the same?

Now he was really angry. Are you really not deliberately causing trouble?

"Lin Wei..."

Seeing Lin Wei looking into the distance with an ugly expression and remaining silent, Anna hesitated for a moment before mustering up the courage to gently pull his sleeve and whispered,

"what should we do?"

It had just been agreed that Lin Wei would take the Chen brothers and sisters away quickly, but now something like this had happened again, and she didn't know what to do for a moment...

"call……"

Lin Wei retracted his gaze, composed himself, and gave Anna a comforting smile. Then he looked at the blue-haired Valkyrie on the other side who also had an unpleasant look on her face, and gestured to her wrist with his eyes.

"Captain Jier..."

"I understand."

Jier understood and quickly turned on the communicator and called out loudly, but no one responded after switching through several frequency bands. Finally, she had to give up and shook her head helplessly at Lin Wei.

"……Yeah?"

Lin Wei nodded in understanding and muttered to himself some slang that probably no one could understand.

"Oh, it really is like going back to the time before liberation overnight..."

"Lin Wei... find a safe place and put me and the captain back on the ground."

Anna managed to sort out her chaotic thoughts and mustered up the courage to say,

"Then, while there's still time, take them and leave here quickly..."

Anna said this almost in one breath with her eyes closed. After she finished, she even lowered her head, as if she was afraid of facing Lin Wei's reproachful eyes. Then, as if she was explaining something, she added in a whisper,

"We'll be fine."

"Ha ha……"

Lin Wei just smiled noncommittally, then looked at Jie Er and asked,

"Captain Jie'er, can you see here the place where you set up camp before?"

"Of course."

Jier was so familiar with the map of Manila that he could almost draw it with his bare hands. Even though it was completely distorted, he could still point to another direction smoothly.

"Right there."

Lin Wei looked in the direction she pointed and vaguely saw a gymnasium with a familiar shape, but half of it had collapsed, and a group of small dots like ants there.

Lin Wei looked carefully at the small patch of densely packed ants and couldn't help laughing.

"A lot of people..."

Anna also looked in the direction the captain pointed. She had not been back to the team before, and only now did she know where her companions were fighting.

Jie'er lowered her hands sadly and remained silent.

A lot? Maybe...

"Captain Jie'er, I have a question for you."

Lin Wei put away his smile and asked seriously,

"Can the defense line you worked so hard to build withstand a second attack?"

"...With Lady Rita here, it will definitely be possible."

Jier's head buzzed and he was speechless for a long time before he spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Really? I hope so."

Lin Wei shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless.

"But unfortunately, she is not Youlan Dell..."

In this world, the gap between people, between Valkyries, and even between S-class Valkyries is greater than the gap between humans and dogs.

As an S-class Valkyrie, Stan can beat Rita into a pulp, but it can't even last a single round in the hands of Yulan Dell. It's so ridiculous.

"If the defense line here is broken, many people will die..."

Lin Wei said as if talking to himself,

"I brought Rita to Manila. The camp held by the Snow Lotus Squad is probably the only coastal city in the entire Philippines and along the entire front. It is also the most vulnerable link under attack."

"Ms. Rita is an S-rank Valkyrie, don't you know..."

Jier couldn't stand it anymore and argued with her neck stiffened.

"I fought her."

Lin Wei interrupted Jie'er's argument nonchalantly, causing her face to turn pale.

"Unfortunately, it happened just before the Honkai erupted."

Lin Wei looked at her distraught look and couldn't help but sigh and added

"But it is Rita's existence that makes this battlefield in Manila the most tenacious pillar of the entire defense line—both in objective reality and in the hearts of you Valkyries..."

Having said this, Lin Wei turned to look at Anna, whose face was also pale.

"So, you understand?"

He pointed in the direction where Jier had just pointed.

"If the defenses here are breached by the Houkai, Rita's painstakingly constructed defenses will be left with a huge hole. And if the battlefield where the S-rank Valkyries are stationed is captured by the Houkai, the morale of the Valkyrie troops will be devastating."

Lin Wei said with a heavy face,

"If this is true, it would be a catastrophic disaster. Many people would die..."

At this point, Lin Wei suddenly felt an extremely absurd feeling burst out from his heart, which made him unable to help but reveal a strange smile, and then he simply laughed out loud, laughing so hard that he fell backwards.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

This extremely abrupt and unbridled laughter startled the others. Anna quickly supported Lin Wei and called out anxiously,

"Lin Wei, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me! There will be a way!"

She was even a little incoherent for a moment.

"Ahem...it's okay."

Lin Wei laughed for a long time until she had laughed enough, then she wiped away the tears from her laughter. Still with that weird smile on her face, she said loudly in a very strange tone,

"I just suddenly thought, if it weren't for my ridiculous so-called 'righteousness' that had come out earlier, insisting on a truce with Rita, even resorting to coercion to force her to come with me to this ruined city of Manila..."

At this point, Lin Wei couldn't help laughing a few times, and then continued,

"I'm thinking now... What if I had been more cold-blooded and done nothing? I might even have knocked Rita down as I originally planned, preventing her from coming here to support me..."

"If you do nothing, let everything happen as it should, sit back and watch your Snow Lotus Squad be destroyed by the Honkai, sit back and watch the Honkai destroy the Philippines, sit back and watch the Valkyries of Destiny fight on their own without anyone to lead them, suffering heavy losses—and then, just like that, naturally, you will achieve the tragic victory that you should have..."

Lin Wei's laughter became colder and colder, so cold that it made people shiver.

"Instead of being like this now, because of my own cleverness and self-righteousness, I gave you hope of victory too early. And when this hope is shattered, it will turn into greater disappointment and even despair, making things worse!"

The small team originally stationed in the Philippines was destroyed in despair, but the reinforcements that arrived later were able to turn the situation around bit by bit in the difficult battle and move towards the dawn of victory bit by bit.

And now, because of my own interference, the subsequent reinforcements will also suffer a greater blow, and eventually turn into a greater tragedy!