Chapter 303

The most dangerous Honkai Energy is its pervasive and terrifying corrosiveness; even mere exposure can cause it to become infected. This characteristic means that even with the best protection, humans can still be corrupted into terrifying monsters when facing Honkai Beast.

This corrosive nature, rooted in the energy's properties, means Honkai Energy, which can be considered an all-powerful energy source, cannot be effectively utilized. When using it, one must also bear the risk of being corroded.

Therefore, once the corrosive nature of Honkai Energy disappears, the threat of Honkai disasters will be greatly reduced. In the early stages of civilization, such disasters may even pose less of a threat to humanity than a sudden downpour.

"Yes, that's why I was placed here."

Elysia said with a smile, "Using my emotions to filter out the corrosive part of the Honkai Energy is the most crucial part of this plan."

As the current Will of Honkai, and with a love for humanity, Elysia's existence allows Ai Yue's previous idea to become a reality. However, if she had not participated in the plan, bloodshed and sacrifice would probably still have been unavoidable.

That's why Ai Yue said earlier that having Elysia on board would greatly improve the feasibility of the plan.

"I see, is this how it's solved?"

Hua nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face. "But Chi You himself, even without the Honkai Energy's corrosive nature, is still a difficult existence to deal with, right? Such a huge body, even just moving around would cause enormous damage."

"So we'll change where it appears, making it appear far away from the tribe, and then slowly move forward,"

Ai Yue said, "In addition, Chi You's characteristics will also be utilized."

"Chi You's weakness lies in its core. Once its core is destroyed, even the largest body will lose its ability to move."

Elysia continued, "And the independent space within its body allows people to move around within it, avoiding direct confrontation with Chi You by disrupting the internal space."

"As for those who were devoured by Chi You and failed in their challenge, there is no need to worry. They will only be temporarily petrified. Once Chi You is defeated, they will be able to return to normal."

"So, the war against Chi You has become a kind of... uh, dungeon walkthrough?"

Hua thought for a moment and finally concluded by saying, using the games that Ai Yi liked to play, "It is indeed a very convenient method."

"However, although the design is very good, we still need to see how it is implemented."

After Elysia finished speaking, she sighed again, "I hope Jilin won't let us down."

"Even without this arrangement, they would have succeeded,"

Ai Yue is not worried about this. "Our plan only reduces their risk, it is not the decisive part."

Regardless of the circumstances, the "Yanhuang vs Chiyou" was the first truly large-scale Honkai disaster in the history of Post-Civilization. In order to safely weather this crisis, when Jilin set off to fight against Chiyou, Kiana and the others chose to watch on-site rather than stay in the observation center to wait for the results.

It must be said that although Elysia tried her best to design Chi You as a round and cute character, its enormous size turned this cuteness into a kind of oppressive feeling, making people feel uncomfortable when facing it.

However, after years of development, the strength of Shenzhou is also not to be underestimated.

The rapid development of agricultural technology greatly increased food production, allowing the warriors under Jilin who could wield the Power of Light to undergo full-time training, making them more elite than ordinary warriors. The excellent metal smelting and forging techniques also gave them reliable weapons and armor. Combined with the combat skills that Jilin learned from the Heavenly Book, this army, which was not large in scale, appeared to possess a powerful strength that was out of step with the times.

"Everyone, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden has issued a divine decree, revealing to me the weakness of the demonic beast Chi You!"

At this moment, Jilin was giving his final speech to his warriors. "Don't be intimidated by its massive size. Our target is its interior! When the monster opens its mouth wide, that's the key to leaping in and exploiting its weakness. Do you understand?"

The man answered her with a crisp, chilling roar, "Understood!"

"Very good!"

Jilin tightened the reins, causing her beloved warhorse to rear up and neigh. "Then, prepare for battle!"

"The fight is about to begin!"

Kiana and the others, who were hiding in the shadows, naturally noticed this scene and couldn't help but feel a little excited. "Oh dear, we are still a little worried. Can't we go and help them?"

"They can handle it themselves, don't worry too much."

Ai Yue responded, "Compared to that, I'm more worried about other things..."

He stopped abruptly before he could finish speaking. Kiana was about to ask what had happened when she suddenly noticed that the sapphire ornament on her chest was flashing red.

"W-what happened?"

Kiana carefully held the gem in her hands and asked with concern, "Teacher Ai Yue, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but not entirely fine."

Ai Yue's tone was somewhat strange, as if he were a little weak, yet with a hint of a smile, "I finally understand where the problem lies."

The next second, a giant arrow appeared in front of Kiana and the others.

"Kiana, Hua, and Pardo, head in the direction the arrow indicates."

Before Kiana and the others could react, Ai Yue continued, "Your battlefield is over there."

Chapter Eight: What the Imaginary Tree doesn't care about, I'll take care of.

A colossal beast, as large as a mountain, moved slowly across the land, yet with an unstoppable and overwhelming momentum. Wherever it went, forests, rivers, hills, and even mountains were utterly destroyed, leaving only a huge, desolate mark, like an ugly scar across the earth, or a cold sword pointing directly at human civilization.

In front of this sharp blade was a defensive line composed of fewer than a hundred people.

Compared to this terrifying and enormous demonic beast, Jilin and the others looked utterly insignificant. Even when they were grouped together, they were like pebbles that could be crushed at any moment compared to Chi You. Chi You could crush them without them even stopping.

However, when a dazzling white light emanated from them, the colossal beast that had never stopped moving also stopped at that moment. After remaining silent, it finally let out a deep roar like thunder, as if it were on guard against something.

"Did you see that!"

Seeing this, Jilin, who had been somewhat uneasy, finally felt relieved. She raised the Heavenly Sword in her hand and shouted to her people, "The demonic beasts fear the power within us! This is the blessing of the gods upon us!"

After saying this, she brandished her Heavenly Sword, pointing it at the enormous body that could blot out the sky. "Now, charge into the formation with me!"

Her response was not only the warriors' unified roar, but also the dark clouds formed by flying Honkai Beast rising from Chi You's body.

On its body, there was a massive Honkai Beast army!

Clearly, only by breaking through this first line of defense can they have a chance to truly reach Chi You's true form.

However, this was obviously not difficult for Jilin. The Heavenly Sword in her hand shone with a dazzling light, and the blade extended another section in an instant. With a casual wave of Jilin's hand, a crescent-shaped sword beam shot into the sky, instantly piercing a hole in the dark clouds, causing countless Honkai Beasts to fall from the sky.

While others may not be able to achieve the same level as Jilin, they can still imbue their power into weapons such as bows and spears and fire them to inflict damage on Honkai Beast.

The Honkai Beast blotted out the sky, looked formidable, but they were no match for Jilin and his companions. Moreover, under the dual protection of armor and the Power of Light, they were unable to inflict any effective damage and were wiped out after only a short while.

But this short time was enough for Chi You to react. It silently opened its enormous maw, so large that it could almost devour an entire tribe in one gulp. Then, a terrifying attraction was released from it, tearing everything around it to fill the bottomless abyss.

At Hua's reminder, Jilin, who had anticipated this, did not put up any resistance. Instead, she used the suction force to accelerate her charge. She became one with her horse, transforming into a dazzling stream of light and plunging straight into it. The valiant warriors followed closely behind, venturing into this unknown territory together.

After a moment, Chi You closed his mouth and remained quietly in place, as if digesting the food he had just eaten.

However, if it truly possessed something called intelligence, it would be able to notice that the human it had just swallowed was one more than the number it had seen.

Hua entered Chi You's body along with Jilin and the others, but the moment she landed, she didn't pay attention to Jilin and the others' situation. Instead, she looked up at the sky with a hint of worry.

In order to monitor the situation of the war and ensure that things would not deteriorate, Ai Yue finally arranged for her to stay. Even so, Hua was still worried about some of the information revealed in Ai Yue's previous words.

What exactly does the "problem" refer to? Their battlefield... Could there be other enemies beyond Ai Yue's expectations during this period?

"Kiana and the others should be fine, right?"

On the other side, Kiana and Pardofelis also arrived at the location indicated by Ai Yue. Only after arriving there did they understand why Ai Yue had said those words.

Because what appeared before them was a "foreign object" that, theoretically, should not have been there.

"The Quantum Shade?"

When Kiana saw the true forms of those monsters, her eyes widened in surprise. "Why are the Quantum Shade here?"

Before them lay a vast, desolate land, where everything seemed to have been turned upside down, the grass, vegetation, and trees all crushed, leaving only black soil. On this land, countless translucent, dark blue monsters huddled together, surging about incessantly, looking utterly bizarre.

"Don't think about it too much."

Ai Yue said seriously, "Pay attention to the location where those monsters are constantly surging— the Teleportation Gate to the Sea of Quantum is hidden beneath that! Destroy it first!"

As long as the Teleportation Gate remains, no matter how many Quantum Monsters are eliminated, the enemy can quickly replenish their forces. Therefore, the most urgent task is to cut off the enemy's troop supply.

As Ai Yue spoke, the arrows in their eyes quickly pointed to a certain location in the sea of monsters. Kiana instantly activated her Aurora Armor, unleashing powerful energy from her entire body, and fired a shot at the spot the arrows were pointing at.

The seemingly small gun barrel released a violent beam of light that even four people couldn't encircle. Clearly, Kiana used her full strength right from the start in the face of such a sight.

She knew very well that the danger of a Teleportation Gate connecting to the Sea of Quantum in the real world was not simply the continuous influx of Quantum Monster into the real world. The most crucial point was that once this area was eroded by the power of the Sea of Quantum, it would easily fall and become a small World Bubble within the Sea of Quantum.

In severe cases, this situation could even shake the fundamental rules of the world itself. Countless worlds that were once maintained on the Imaginary Tree have been constantly eroded and destroyed by this force, eventually falling into the Sea of Quantum.

This world is a hard-won new home Post-Civilization, and she will not allow anyone to dare to lay a finger on it!

This beam of light, theoretically capable of penetrating a hundred meters of ground, is the embodiment of the girl's determination.

However, this fierce attack was blocked.

A giant pincer, hundreds of meters long, suddenly emerged from the sea of monsters, forcefully blocking the beam attack.

The deafening roar was like thunder, and the energy shockwave from the explosion shattered all the monsters within a hundred meters. Even monsters in the distance were sent flying into the sky by the shockwave. However, under the protection of this giant pincer, the Teleportation Gate hidden underground remained unharmed.

It even sent the owner of this giant pincer to the real world.

Kiana was stunned as she stared at the giant monster that resembled a lobster—she vaguely remembered seeing monsters like this before, but none of them were this big.

More importantly, although the monster in front of them was smaller than Chi You in terms of size, judging from the energy index within its body, it was on par with Chi You.

This Quantum Monster has consistently remained at the Judgment-class, and may even reach the End of End-of-Law class!

But why? There must be a reason why these monsters would invade the real world.

The Teleportation Gate to the Sea of Quantum is not something that can be activated by a simple energy burst, not to mention that the technology to manually open Teleportation Gate doesn't exist in this era. So where did this portal come from?

A series of questions flashed through Kiana's mind, but before the girl could even begin to think, the giant lobster swung its massive pincers and slammed them down on her.

The girl narrowly dodged the giant pincer's swinging attack, simultaneously wielding her longsword and stabbing it fiercely into the side of the pincer, leaving a deep wound as the pincer swung.

However, compared to the monster's enormous size, the wound was insignificant—and even more surprisingly, it healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is not surprising, after all, the other party is currently supported by the power of the Sea of Quantum, and their attributes in all aspects have probably been greatly enhanced.

Fortunately, it has not yet exceeded the upper limit of what the Aurora Armor can handle.

After getting a general idea of the enemy's situation through two attacks, Kiana quickly decided on a battle strategy—to bypass the two hard giant pincers and prioritize attacking the key parts of the monster's body that had relatively weak defenses.

Having confirmed this, Kiana communicated with Ai Yue in her mind, "Teacher Ai Yue, can you pinpoint the monster's weak point?"

Although Ai Yue did not give a direct response, the gem on Kiana's chest flashed twice, and finally, in the girl's vision, a red crosshair was marked on the monster's head, waist, and the base of the two giant pincers.

After dodging the giant pincers' swing once again, Kiana activated her Aurora Armor and flew towards the lobster's head. Intense white flames erupted from the longsword in her hand, instantly transforming the originally slender blade into a blazing giant sword.

Faced with the enemy's fierce attack, the monster instinctively tried to dodge, but its movements stopped abruptly at the last moment. Instead, its ferocious limbs, which were thrashing around its waist and abdomen, began to gather energy and then fired countless deadly energy rays at Kiana.

Clearly, in order to protect the Teleportation Gate beneath it, it dared not move its body easily, even in the face of a powerful threat.

But this doesn't mean the other party can protect what they want to protect—because Kiana isn't alone here.

Therefore, when Kiana dodged all the energy beams and finally slammed her greatsword down on the monster's head, a violent explosion also came from beneath the monster.

"Success!"

Guided by Ai Yue, Pardofelis bypassed all the monsters' warning lines using the Quantum Camouflage of her armor and successfully reached the Teleportation Gate. She then used her "qi" to completely blast the Teleportation Gate apart, and even she herself was blown into the sky by the violent aftershocks of the explosion.

Fortunately, thanks to the armor, Pardofelis felt a little dizzy but was not injured.

But the lobster-shaped monster wasn't so lucky.

The destruction of the Teleportation Gate meant it lost its energy support from the Sea of Quantum. The monster, which had been able to withstand the sword strike with its powerful defenses, suddenly let out a terrible roar as its entire head exploded in an instant.

Even so, it did not die completely. In its struggle with severe injuries, its two giant pincers stirred up a violent storm and attacked Kiana from behind.

Clearly, the other side was planning to take everyone down with them.

At such close range, Kiana's speed was clearly insufficient to dodge the attack range of the two giant pincers. If she were to be hit by the pincers, even with the protection of the Aurora Armor, she would probably not be in good shape.

But Kiana had no intention of dodging. She continued to power the longsword, trying to press it down. The giant sword, forged in flames, exploded a second time, expanding several times its original size. In this way, it forcefully cleaved the monster's mangled body in two.

Finally, the giant pincers, having lost their power, could only fall helplessly onto the monster's own head, looking as comical as if it had smashed itself to pieces.

Without the lobster Quantum Monster immediately became chaotic, like headless flies, and fled in all directions, quickly spreading out over a rather large area.

Kiana had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately tensed up again. Although she knew that Quantum Monster that had lost their source of power could not survive for long in the real world, they would inevitably cause casualties if they encountered humans during that time.

However, just as the girl was about to continue the pursuit, Ai Yue's voice stopped her. "No need to chase, Kiana."

Kiana was just wondering why when she suddenly felt an invisible wave sweep over her.

The fluctuations themselves did not cause her any disturbance; in fact, Kiana initially thought it was her imagination.

But when she noticed that the Quantum Monster not far away had suddenly collapsed to the ground and its body had turned a pale white, she realized that this might be the reason why Ai Yue had told her not to pursue it.

If you look down from the sky, you can see an invisible wave sweeping across the land. It cannot affect any of the plants or trees in the real world, but it can easily break through the superposition state protection of the Quantum Monster, causing it to enter a fragile collapse state and eventually turn into nothingness due to the loss of energy.

"This is..."

Kiana stared blankly at everything happening before her, then vaguely realized something, "Did Seele and the others do this?"

Although Kiana knew nothing about the Sea of Quantum, she had heard some of the Doctor's explanations during her remedial lessons after becoming a god. Although most of the content did not leave a trace in Kiana's mind, she still remembered that the monsters of the Sea of Quantum could be forced into a collapsed state through "observation".