The Red-Haired Telegraph Machine

"Shorty, stop talking nonsense! I would never do that!" Kiana shouted from the side.

Bronya ignored her.

"Thank you for coming to save Bronya, and thank you for thinking so much for Bronya."

Bronya reached out and hugged Lin Nai in front of her. "Thank you so much..."

Lin Nai froze for a few seconds before smiling. "You're welcome. We're companions, after all."

"Mm, companions."

For the first time, a smile appeared on Bronya's face.

Kiana immediately smacked her lips. "Wow, getting you to smile really wasn't easy."

Bronya's smile faded. "Idiot Kiana should just shut up. If you don't know how to talk, then don't."

"Hey! Shorty! What did you say?!"

Kiana immediately protested.

Bronya glanced at Kiana. "Bronya is not short."

"Hmph!"

Kiana snorted smugly twice, planting her hands on her hips as she looked down at Bronya.

Bronya: (? ? ? #)

Want to die?

"Ahhh..."

A faint cry came from the person who should have been a corpse.

The three of them couldn't help looking over.

That person stood straight up, leaving all three of them stunned.

"A... a corpse resurrection?" Kiana fearfully hid behind Lin Nai.

Lin Nai narrowed his eyes. Purple cracks had appeared across the other person's body. They had already been corroded by Honkai.

That meant this wasn't a corpse resurrection...

It was fucking mutation!

"It's a zombie. For now, I don't know whether it's a low-level zombie that only bites people, or something more advanced..."

Lin Nai carefully assessed the enemy before him.

He shielded the two girls behind him, while the energy within his body stood ready to erupt at any moment.

He would give that zombie a little taste of skill shock.

"Urgh! Ah!!"

The zombie's body twisted and swayed from side to side, but it did not attack.

That only left the three of them somewhat confused.

Especially Lin Nai.

Could epilepsy symptoms affect zombification too?

Rumble!!!

Cracks appeared in the wall.

Then, a Honkai Beast wielding a long spear smashed through the wall and charged out.

The spear in its hand thrust straight toward Lin Nai.

Well, damn.

Whose general was this?

How could it be so brave?

No, wrong channel.

"Kiana, take Bronya and fall back!"

Lin Nai called out. Kiana swiftly scooped up Bronya, and the two jumped apart in opposite directions.

The Knight-type Honkai Beast missed its strike and crashed through the wall as it left.

"I thought that thing had called it over. Turns out it was just passing by?"

Lin Nai stared subtly at the large hole in the wall.

An unforeseen route.

"Lin Nai! Behind you!!"

Kiana shouted.

Without even turning his head, Lin Nai stepped forward and threw a backward kick!

Bang!

The zombie trying to ambush him staggered back repeatedly and let out a roar at Lin Nai.

Lin Nai turned to look at it.

It was as though he had noticed something.

"I see. You still remembered me before you died... In that case, I'll let you rest in peace."

Lin Nai shook his hand, then clenched his right hand into a fist and extended it toward the zombie's face.

"One move to decide the winner."

The zombie twisted its neck eerily and, under some unknown will, clenched its fist as well.

With strange mutual understanding,

Lin Nai and the zombie charged at each other, throwing their fists at the same time when they drew close!!

A faint crimson glow emanated from Lin Nai's fist, photon energy gathering upon it!

An inside punch!

Bang!!

Lin Nai's fist struck the zombie in the face!

The zombie's fist was knocked aside and never touched Lin Nai at all.

Boom!!!!

Just like that, the zombie exploded, leaving not even an intact corpse behind.

Lin Nai withdrew his fist.

"Looks like I still came out on top."

Just as Lin Nai smiled smugly, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded.

"Warning, warning."

"Due to a major experimental error, the underground base's self-destruct mode has now been activated. Personnel from all departments, please evacuate immediately."

"Repeating: Due to a major experimental error, the underground base's self-destruct mode has now been activated. Personnel from all departments, please evacuate immediately."

Lin Nai's smile immediately froze.

Without a second thought, he turned and ran toward the two girls to begin their evacuation!

The Red-Haired Telegraph Machine

Bang!!!!

Crimson light burst out from the earth, then slammed into the ground.

Dust shot up nearly dozens of meters high.

Lin Nai held Bronya and Kiana as he rolled twice across the ground.

Only then did he stop.

After setting them down, he patted the dust from his clothes, which had gotten covered in dirt from the hard landing.

Kiana shook her head. She felt a little dizzy...

Most importantly... she needed to shake the dirt off herself first.

Bronya was not nearly so particular.

After casually dusting herself off, she stood properly.

Rumble—

At that moment, a series of explosions erupted underground in the distance.

The entire ground nearly collapsed, forming a massive crater.

"Wow... what exactly was that..." Kiana was still shaken.

If it had not been for Lin Nai, she and Bronya might have been buried underground.

"Whew... good thing we moved those children out in advance."

Lin Nai, meanwhile, breathed a sigh of relief.

Before going to find Bronya, he and Kiana had gone to the camp and discovered quite a few children.

Some were around Bronya's age, while others were even younger.

After that?

Some had been willing to leave with them, while others had not.

Those willing to go were conscious. He knocked out every one of those unwilling, then had the conscious ones carry them.

The numbers had been roughly half and half.

Fortunately, they had taken those children away before going to find Bronya. Otherwise, who knew how many would have died.

Rumble!!

Another thunderous crash rang out.

Two robots burst out of the ground and flew to a spot not far from Lin Nai and the others.

"Hey! Why the **** did this place collapse?! This is way too ridiculous!"

"Dr. Tesla, please do not use profanity."

Lin Nai: Where did this telegraph machine come from?

The three of them followed their gazes toward the red robot that was cursing nonstop.

"Wow! A robot can talk!!" Kiana looked astonished.

She poked her head out from behind Lin Nai to look.

"Huh? Bird's Nest Head, there are three kids over there." The red robot looked over.

Hiss—

Steam sprayed from the robots' joints.

As the two robots' faceplates opened, two people appeared before the three of them.

Because they looked so young, it was difficult to judge their ages.

One had fiery red hair tied into twin ponytails at both sides.

Her red eyes were curiously studying the three of them.

"I'll repeat myself: my name is Einstein, not Bird's Nest Head."

The other had deep blue eyes, a doll-like round face, and naturally curly light-colored hair.