Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 221 Young man, do you crave power?

"You are angry."

Even though Qiong displayed extreme aggression, Kevin, with a stern face, did not get angry.

Kevin looked at Qiong calmly, his voice completely still.

"But I understand you. I was once just like you, angry at my own weakness. Even if we all united at all costs, we could not stop the Honkai from destroying civilization and bringing humanity to the brink of extinction."

"The Honkai, the destruction of humanity?"

Hearing about things beyond their existing knowledge, both Seeles were shocked.

Kevin noticed Seele's drastically changing expression, but Qiong's expression remained unchanged.

"To eliminate the Honkai, the Serpent needs people like you."

The brightness of the space around Kevin increased rapidly. Qiong and Seele closed their eyes simultaneously. When they opened their eyes again, they found that the three of them were on a huge platform.

The platform was surrounded by shimmering light, and various data and runes floated and moved in the air with Kevin at the core, beyond which was an endless starry sky.

"here it is?!"

Qiong couldn't help but shiver. He should have seen this scene before, but where?

"Look, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the post-Honkai world."

Kevin turned around, and the platform suddenly transformed into a deserted plaza.

This is his memory, the world ravaged by nuclear bombs manipulated by the Herrscher: a scorched wasteland, devoid of life, with only ruins remaining.

"I brought my partner's body back to her hometown, but all that remained was a desolate wasteland—"

He remembered! It was in his dream! He had a similar dream the night he defeated Sato Yuno and returned to the Far East Branch! But what exactly was this?

"It's so uncomfortable, Seele doesn't like it here..."

Seeing the devastation, Seele unconsciously clenched her fists and looked at Qiong, her eyes filled with a longing to leave.

"On that burnt-out land, I made a promise to her, and to everyone."

"Xier, don't be afraid."

Qiong patted Xi'er's head. In this desolate environment, patting Xi'er's head not only brought Xi'er a sense of security, but also gave him a sense of comfort.

"Humanity will surely defeat the Honkai!"

Kevin turned to look at Qiong and Xier, his meaning clear.

"Brother Qiong..."

Seele hesitated, swayed by Kevin's words. If Qiong hadn't intervened, Kevin might have actually kidnapped her—but he was right there!

After Kevin's antics, Qiong's anger subsided: Compared to the ancestor Kevin from the previous civilization who suffered the pain of losing his wife and being abandoned by everyone, how fortunate are you?

Don't forget the words of the great immortal Fu Hua from the Divine Continent: cherish everything you have now, because everything may disappear in an instant...

"Sorry, I won't join, and neither will Seele!"

Completely disregarding whether it would anger Kevin, Qiong stared at him as he rejected the proposal to join the World Serpent.

"Kevin Kaslana, I admire you, but I, Uncle Danheng, still cannot accept the bizarre ideas and bizarre plans of your madman! I will not join your organization!"

After rejecting Kevin's request, Qiong patted her pockets, left the World Bubble, and could return to reality by using the spacetime anchoring system!

“You don’t need to answer now, you’ll understand—but, your name is Danheng, so why does this girl call you Qiong?”

Ignoring Kevin's confusion about the name, Qiong, whose pocket was empty, reached for her other pocket.

Kevin's here, so Old Yang must not have locked him in the maze. Old Yang, alone, can also return to reality. He and Seele together definitely can't beat Kevin, so he can only choose to take Seele and leave first. Very good, the time-space anchoring system is still…

Wait, where's the sphere from the spacetime anchoring system?!

With her pockets empty, Qiong realized one thing: she was still wearing Bai E's clothes! The spacetime anchoring system inside her Valkyrie armor, "Dragon Lord MK2000," had probably been destroyed along with the Nameless City...

"NO!!!"

Uncle Yang, help!

Dejected, Qiong bent forward and slowly knelt down after emitting a sharp crack, leaving a bewildered Xi'er standing there.

Kevin: ?

For some reason, he detected a hint of despair in Qiong's voice.

Why does he look so devastated right after being rejected? Has he driven himself crazy? Come to think of it, not everyone is like him. Even if he's a promising talent, he's still too inexperienced. He can't withstand this kind of intense mental blow and shock, so a mental breakdown is understandable.

"that……"

Just then, the platform suddenly began to shake. A giant robot, Alahato, punched the base of the platform, and the man who seemed like a god in Qiong's eyes appeared precisely on Alahato's shoulder.

"Kevin, stay away from him! Seele's here too? Qiong, bring Seele over here quickly!"

Kevin looked at Qiong, but where were Qiong and Seele? Qiong, in a flash, forcefully grabbed Seele and rushed into the palm of the giant robot Welt's outstretched hand.

"Long live Uncle Yang, I love you to death!"

At this moment, Walter Yang was not only the embodiment of rescue power for Qiong, but also a light in despair.

Walter's lips curled into a slight smile; it felt so good to be admired by a child.

"Cough cough."

But you can't laugh, you have to hold it in.

"Qiong, quickly bring Xier behind me!"

"As expected of Uncle Yang, he's really reliable!"

Kevin didn't take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Qiong and Seele successfully used the mechanical arm to reach Alahato's shoulder and ran behind Old Yang. Qiong felt that Old Yang's back had never seemed so tall...

"We meet again, Herrscher of Reason. I never imagined you could wield your powers with such skill and ingenuity."

After giving Sora a reassuring look, Walter had to face Kevin head-on.

Staying behind Walter, who provided her with a strong sense of security, Qiong had never felt so relaxed in a long time.

When people relax, they are more likely to lose focus and even doze off. Even on the battlefield, while standing, one can still doze off...

"Young man, do you crave power?"

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"Young man, do you crave power?"

"What the hell?"

Qiong was stunned. She had only squinted her eyes for a moment, so how could this be... was she dreaming?

"Young man, do you crave power?"

An unidentifiable female voice came from all directions, surrounded by endless void and no one else... Just then, a full moon suddenly appeared in the sky (where did the moon come from in this Sea of ​​Quanta?!).

A noble and elegant white-haired woman (goddess?) with an obscured face slowly floated down from the sky.

"Forehead……"

Qiong tried her best to see that face clearly, but she couldn't make it out no matter what she did. However, she felt that it should be quite pretty—it couldn't be just a face that looks bad from behind, could it?

"Young man, do you crave power?"

The "goddess" seemed to be getting increasingly impatient, urging Qiong to give an answer, but Qiong felt that giving a direct answer would play right into the other party's hands, which was not good.

"Excuse me, but I yearn for immortality."

"well?"

The "goddess" clearly did not expect that Qiong, who had just experienced the destruction of the nameless city, would not answer the question of wanting power, but instead wanted immortality.

"What, you can't do it?"

"Well... immortality is also a kind of power! This goddess can certainly achieve it! As long as you sign this divine pact with me, I will grant you the power to seek immortality!"

"Can't we just give it to him directly?"

There's definitely something fishy going on!

With a wave of her hands, the "goddess" conjured a contract before him, its text shimmering with purple light.

The message has only one content: to fight forever to protect the beauty of the earth.

"How about it? The terms are pretty good, aren't they? Quickly sign a contract with me and protect the Earth forever!"

The "goddess" chuckled softly, as if she had already secured the victory.

Qiong's heart tightened; the happier the goddess was, the more worried he became. Where did this Earth get a god? The future Earth Goddess, Kiana, was still in school! Could it be that Ahaha had infiltrated and was playing a prank on him?

Moreover, the contract between gods and demons doesn't sound so simple. Could there be a clause that "the final interpretation right belongs to someone"?

"The power is yours the moment you sign your name."

The "goddess's" voice whispered in Qiong's ear, but the more she said it, the less Qiong wanted to sign this contract of unknown origin and unclear validity.

"I refuse!"

Qiong took several steps back, distancing herself from the so-called "god".

"Power is not obtained through such ambiguous contracts! I will use my own methods to become stronger to fight against the Honkai and other disasters, and fight to protect all the good things in the world!"

"Just sign it! Stop talking nonsense! I'm telling you, you have to sign whether you want to or not! You're taking this power whether you want it or not!"

Enraged, the "goddess" pounced on Qiong like a clawing kitten, pinning him to the ground, and then...

Qiong didn't know; he had a broken dream.

"Give up, Herrscher of Reason."

"what!"

When Qiong suddenly opened her eyes, she found herself still on Alahato's shoulder, while Kevin had somehow knocked Walter away...

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When I excitedly opened the MiHoYo community to check if I had met the requirements for claiming the commemorative album, I was dumbfounded.

As expected, I logged in for 39 days in total (I don't spend much money on in-game purchases). Last year alone...

249 days? How is that possible?! After racking my brains for five minutes, I finally remembered that in the Xianzhou and Origami University versions, I, this fool, created a new Star account on a whim, and Star is still at Pinocchio, having just finished defeating Zhou Tiange. During that period, I finished all the version events just a few days before they ended... Not to mention, I played too many different games, besides miHoYo's occasional switching to things like K-Card, War Thunder, Don't Starve, Steel Wire, CK3, Stellaris, V3, EU4, and even Skylines, etc., and their mods, which are all time killers. Recently, sometimes I've been rushing to finish writing so late that I forgot to log in... Aaaaaaah!!!

Sigh, I hope everyone gets their own commemorative album in the next version (╥w╥`)