Chapter 302

Finally, you need to add labels, which doesn't just involve marking important things with different colors. You also need to add things like contour lines.

After going through all this, Cecilia's map finally became clear after finding Mei.

"Mei!"

Mei was lucky; she didn't encounter many Honkai Beast along the way. There were basically no battles. She could bypass the Honkai Beast she did encounter to avoid unnecessary fights, and made her way to the gas station to plan her next search direction. Just then, Cecilia arrived with Bronya's team. Cecilia quickly dispatched the low-level Honkai Beast around the gas station and entered.

"It's safe for now." Cecilia said, standing in front of Mei. "Tell me the details."

"It's all my fault," Mei said guiltily. "If only I could..."

"Mei!" Cecilia stopped Mei from speaking, "Now is not the time for apologies and assigning blame, nor do you need to make any self-criticisms right now. The only goal now is to find Kiana, the sooner the better!"

"You should know that she hasn't replied to me since I started calling Kiana."

Mei's heart tightened, and she couldn't say anything. She already knew Cecilia's mysterious way of contacting her. If nothing unexpected had happened, there shouldn't be any reason why they couldn't communicate. The lack of response could only mean that Kiana had encountered something extremely serious.

"Mei- neechan." Bronya quickly comforted Mei when she saw that Mei was too nervous to speak, "That idiot Kiana will definitely be alright. After we find that idiot Kiana together, we'll go back and teach that idiot a lesson. So Mei, don't feel guilty. Just tell us the situation as soon as possible so we can find that big idiot Kiana as quickly as possible."

"Hmm." With Bronya's comforting words, Mei's mood calmed down a bit. "Originally, Doctor, you told us to..."

Mei briefly recounted the whole story: after Kiana ran out, she chased after her, but because Kiana acted first and was a little faster, she managed to create some distance between them.

However, the blood mist was too thick. At first, Mei could still catch a glimpse of it, but she quickly lost sight of it completely. She tried to follow it based solely on the faint sounds she heard, but failed to catch up. Within minutes, Mei couldn't even hear Kiana's voice anymore.

All she could do was continue searching in the direction Kia had run.

"You're probably just going around in circles." Cecilia also felt a bit troubled after hearing Mei's words. Without a way to locate her Mei might just be going around in circles.

Even in the city, it's the same.

"How are we going to find that idiot?" K423 asked anxiously.

"The radar's detection range is a bit small." Cecilia felt a little troubled. The radar's search range was a circle about 80 meters around her. If Kiana were nearby, she would have found Kiana long ago. Since she wasn't, it meant Kiana was definitely not in this area. Moreover, Mei's search range was very likely the opposite of Kiana's actual search range.

"How do we find her..." Cecilia slapped her forehead, thinking that having the map meant everything was fine. She would quickly find Kiana's location and then lead them to a swift escape.

Looking back, I realize I was too naive.

'MEI, quickly use your amazing wisdom to deduce Kiana's location.'

Cecilia quickly switched to MEI, who put on her glasses, took out her phone, and opened the cheesy navigation app.

"Not bad," MEI said with a sigh of relief. "The offline maps from 'Shameless Maps' are still saved. It would have been troublesome if even that wasn't there."

It really is a bit of a hassle. The immense convenience brought by information technology has also brought some problems. Some issues aren't noticeable when the network is working, but they become extremely prominent when the network is down, like with maps. Most maps nowadays are electronic maps provided by navigation software. There are no problems when there's internet, but once there's no internet and no offline map package, it's practically unusable.

When the network is physically disconnected like this, even MEI is helpless and unable to restore it.

Although electronic maps cannot pinpoint your location, at least you can use the map and road signs to determine your position.

"We're here." MEI pointed to the map and said, "If we take the school's location as the origin, we should be at the Yanduan Oil Gas Station, which is about one kilometer away from the school, to the northeast. Bronya and the others were previously at the Eighth Mist Mall, which is about three kilometers away from the school, to the northwest."

"So you mean I went completely the wrong way?" Mei's expression turned even more grim.

"That's not quite right," MEI shook her head and said, "About when did you and Kiana separate, that is, how long after you left school did you stop hearing from Kiana?"

"How about we split up and search?" Wendy suddenly said. "Doesn't the Doctor have that magical way of contacting us? We can use that to stay in touch anytime."

"No," MEI rejected. "This connection can only be made between three people; no more people can be added."

She had a hard time getting everyone together; it would be even more troublesome if they were separated.

"Perhaps we have to take a gamble," MEI said.

"Hopefully we are right."

Chapter 328 A Little Late

Where will Kiana be?

Bronya and the others were initially located in the northwest of the school, while Mei was located in the northeast of the school. They did not notice Kiana's location as they walked.

There are only two possibilities: either the search area was too small to find her, or Kiana is very likely still in this area.

Another possibility is that Kiana and Mei went the wrong way, Kiana is still wandering in an area to the northeast, or even further east.

So which possibility is it?

"Let's head east," MEI concluded after a moment's thought.

"Would that idiot Kiana be wandering around in the north?" K423 asked doubtfully. "Can the Doctor be sure?"

"I don't know," MEI explained. "There's no way to be sure right now, we can only speculate. Since we haven't found any trace of Kiana along the way from where we set off to Mei, we can speculate that heading east is more likely."

At this point, MEI didn't have much to say about the bet.

Unfortunately, even the most skilled cook can't cook without rice. The known information we have is far too limited. MEI also has no way to deduce Kiana's exact current location.

Gambling may be the only option right now.

We can only hope that she makes the right bet.

The team turned and headed east. However, this eastward movement wasn't entirely limited to the area east of the school, as that area was quite large; they needed to narrow the search area as much as possible. They began searching northeast from the place where Mei last heard Kiana's voice.

Kiana most likely parted ways with Mei completely here. If it's in the opposite direction and following in her footsteps, then it should be following the direction Mei initially went, probably in the northern region.

The use of electronic maps, even without location services, is still a great help.

Starting from the place where Kiana last separated, MEI paid close attention to the movements of the Honkai Beast in the surrounding area.

"Is Kiana really here?" Mei asked worriedly.

"It must be quite large," MEI said. "Didn't you notice how few Honkai Beast around?"

"It seems that's true." Mei noticed it too, and she seemed to understand something. "That means Kiana attracted the Honkai Beast away when she passed by here."

"Hmm." MEI nodded and said, "These Honkai Beast won't disappear for no reason."

"But we should hurry."

Honkai Beast don't decrease or increase for no reason. Under normal circumstances, the number of Honkai Beast in a given area remains relatively stable.

If attacked, the number of Honkai Beast in the area will naturally increase to more than twice the original number. After the battle ends, there are only two possibilities: the number of Honkai Beast will return to its initial state, or they will be completely eliminated. If the number of Honkai Beast in the surrounding area is significantly less than the surrounding area and none of the Honkai have been eliminated, then there is only one possibility.

Some of the Honkai Beast were eliminated or lured away.

So who is the one who attracts or eliminates some of the Honkai Beast?

The answer is almost obvious.

"It seems our prediction was correct." Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Kiana should be nearby, but why isn't she answering?"

"Judging from this situation, Kiana is probably hiding somewhere," Bronya said. "It's very likely that she's worried it's a false message from Honkai Beast, which is why she hasn't responded."

That would be better if they just hid somewhere and didn't answer.

MEI is worried that things might not be as simple as Bronya imagines; there might be another possibility. For example, Kiana might have encountered some high-level Honkai Beast.

Theoretically speaking, the number of Honkai Beast in a certain area is constant, which means that there are only Honkai Beast of a certain level.

If a higher-level Honkai Beast appears in this area, the number of ordinary Honkai Beast here will decrease significantly. Furthermore, Kiana knows that MEI has this peculiar method of communication, so it's unlikely she would be as instinctively wary and refuse to answer as Bronya and the others were when they first encountered her without warning.

"There's also a worst-case scenario," MEI said. "Let's hope it doesn't come true."

It's also possible that Kiana was surrounded and attacked while high-level Honkai Beast appeared.

With the current massive outbreak of Honkai, it's entirely possible that some high-level Honkai Beast will appear.

First, switch to combat stance.

Switch to Cecilia and equip her with the Demon-Breaking Red Rose, a Noble Phantasm Cecilia hasn't used in a long time. If a battle is about to break out and it's inconvenient to use large-scale AOE skills, Cecilia's buff combined with the Demon-Breaking Red Rose is a very good choice.

"We might be there soon."

With a map, Cecilia could quickly determine the general direction to go. At first, she could occasionally encounter a few, but now she could hardly see any at all.

They're probably close to meeting Kiana.

They are about to face battle.

"They're right ahead!" Cecilia's radar suddenly showed a huge swarm of enemies. More importantly, Cecilia discovered some enemies on the map that she knew but hadn't marked.

Temple-class Honkai Beast and Honkai Emperor.

They were all crowding in one direction.

As expected, my worst fears came true; there were more than just low-level Honkai Beast here.

"High alert ahead!" Cecilia shouted. "Prepare for battle!"

Eighty meters isn't a long distance; for the Valkyrie, it's quite a short distance. In the blink of an eye, she had already rushed to the front.

The first to unleash its power was Cecilia's Demon-Breaking Red Rose.

With a powerful throw, Demon-Breaking Red Rose tore the Honkai Beast of Honkai Beasts in two like a laser beam. Before the Honkai Beast knew what was happening, Cecilia had already charged into the fray.

"I'll deal with the Temple-class Honkai Beast and the Honkai Emperor," Cecilia ordered. "The rest of you will take care of the other Honkai Beast."

"Don't act recklessly!"

Cecilia was genuinely worried that Mei and the others might act rashly and presumptuously rush to attack those Honkai Beasts that looked powerful but were actually quite powerful.

However, Cecilia quickly felt relieved.

Having already experienced several real battles, the group was well aware of their own capabilities. They protected Cecilia's left and right flanks, dealing with the numerous but not particularly powerful Guard Honkai Evolved and Ranger Honkai Evolved.

The truly capable ones were all handed over to Cecilia.

Fortunately, there aren't that many truly powerful Honkai Beast are disorganized and disorganized. Most of them were caught off guard by Cecilia and her group's Honkai Beast attack.

Some continued to push in the original direction, some stood still, not knowing what was happening, and some just realized what was happening and tried to attack Cecilia's squad. This plunged the already disorderly Honkai Beast horde into even greater chaos, leaving them with little room to resist Cecilia's squad's onslaught.

Even the high-level Honkai Beast cannot exert much combat power because they are surrounded by Honkai Beast, which severely restricts their movement space.

The squad moved in and out as if there were no people there, and killing those Honkai Beast was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Especially with Bronya in the squad, who is particularly good at splashing water, the fighting became even more ferocious.

A few minutes later, the commotion caused by the team attracted too many Honkai Beasts. Although Cecilia's team was still very strong, its momentum had weakened considerably.

"Mom?! Is that you?"

Just then, Cecilia finally received a reply from Kiana. Her voice was much weaker. It seemed to convey a sense of relief, but also a feeling of extreme weakness.

"It's me." Cecilia's heart tightened; this was good news. Kiana's reply gave her Kiana's exact location. But it wasn't good news either; Kiana's weak voice made Cecilia feel the situation was becoming more critical. This wasn't just panting from exhaustion; it was very likely that Kiana was seriously injured.

Cecilia immediately said, "Take care of yourself, we're coming right away."

Bed King, it's your turn to shine!

Having determined Kiana's exact location, Cecilia quickly switched to Saber's form.

"EXcalibur!"

The Holy Sword —this was the first time Wendy had ever seen a real Holy Sword, a scene she still vividly remembered years later. Aside from the light, she hadn't seen anything else clearly.

Then they heard King Arthur shout, "EXcalibur!"...

Wendy was certain she hadn't misheard; that's exactly how the Bed King called out, his pronunciation so clear it was hard to mistake him.

Then a beam of light shot into the sky, surging towards the Honkai Beast like a burst dam, and Honkai Beast were reduced to ashes. Everything seemed so simple; those Honkai Beasts that she had once thought would be difficult to defeat were all instantly annihilated.

Is this the legendary Valkyrie King Arthur? Is this the legendary Sword of Kings of Kings?

This...

The Bed King didn't have much time to care what Wendy was thinking. Using the Curry Stick twice in a row was a huge burden for her, and she had to get Kiana out of there as soon as possible.

The Bed King Blankets switched back to Cecilia and charged towards Kiana.

Kiana was hiding behind some rubble when Cecilia rushed over; she appeared to be barely breathing. Hearing Cecilia's voice, Kiana struggled to her feet.

"Mommy... Mommy..."

"Kiana... finally..."

"I've finally waited for you..."

Chapter 329 The Herrscher Descends

Kiana is injured.