Saving People

Meanwhile, Huang Hao was beneath the Imaginary Tree with Angela. (A blank space beneath the Imaginary Tree.)

"An'er, would you say Qian Jie and I count as friends?"

Angela looked at Huang Hao, who had been seriously working out, and was speechless.

"Father, technically speaking, you two count as friends who have faced life and death together."

Huang Hao kept his signature smile. "Of course. Whenever we see someone fighting in the future, we'll just rush in and get ourselves killed, then come back afterward. Wouldn't that make us friends?"

Angela: "...Isn't that a little unethical?"

"An'er, I'm doing this for the future. Right now, our only advantage is knowing the plot, and everything depends on the Imaginary Tree and this place beneath our feet." Huang Hao spoke earnestly.

As Angela listened, she suddenly thought of something. "Father, I remember this area can expand, can't it?"

Huang Hao froze for a moment, then nodded. "All my plans are based on making this blank space grow."

"Then why haven't you started training yet?"

Huang Hao turned over. "No need to rush, no need to rush. We still have a hundred thousand years. That's plenty of time for me to waste resting."

Angela rolled her eyes and pointed at Huang Hao. "Father, putting aside how much of those hundred thousand years you'll spend hibernating, we don't have much time left here either. After this, there'll be a whole swarm of Honkai waiting for us."

"Besides, my power is also part of yours, Father. Only when you become stronger can I become stronger."

Huang Hao was stunned for a moment, but soon returned to his usual smile. "Since you put it that way, An'er, I can't slack off either. For my daughter's sake, I'll start working hard too!"

Angela was somewhat moved by the latter half of his words. She asked, "Father, I'm only something you created. I call you Father because of my memories."

Huang Hao walked over to Angela and patted her head. "From the moment you first called me Father, you became my daughter. Remember this: you aren't something I created. You're my own child, a child I cherish."

Angela fell silent.

Seeing this, Huang Hao changed the subject. "All right. Technically speaking, I should start training now. An'er, begin the training."

Angela also recovered. "All right, Father. Beginning tenfold-gravity training."

"How much? Tenfold gravity? No!"

Several months passed, during which Huang Hao was constantly oppressed by Angela. (Not really.)

"Father, according to Earth's time, the Herrscher of Death and the Honkai are about to arrive."

Huang Hao, who had been sprawled on the ground, instantly jumped up. "Great! Let's hurry and leave. This place is practically hell!"

Angela said helplessly, "Weren't you the one who requested the training?"

Huang Hao replied with a smile, "I couldn't help it. You were being way too harsh, An'er. I can't take it anymore. All right, time to go."

"Amaterasu!"

At Huang Hao's summons, black flames surrounded him and Angela, sending them back to the base they had previously occupied on Honkai Impact 3rd. (The matchbox.)

"How convenient. I can mark a location by sleeping in bed, then lie down there whenever I'm fighting and revive infinitely." Huang Hao sighed. "An'er, stay here and guard the house. Or you can stay beneath that tree. A lot of guests will be coming today. Put them to sleep for me."

With that, Huang Hao flew away.

After flying for a while, Huang Hao arrived beside the Moth to Flame troops. Looking at the massive force, he thought, For the Moth to Flame to mobilize this many people, they must be heading to the Herrscher of Death.

Huang Hao then changed his appearance, put on a black cloak, and pulled someone over to ask, "Hey, brother, where are you all headed? I'm a refugee, and I'm getting a little nervous."

The man replied, "A civilian? Hurry and go in the opposite direction. Honkai has appeared ahead, and I heard there's even a Herrscher. If you don't leave now, you might get caught up in it."

Huang Hao pretended to ponder and nodded. "Thanks, brother. By the way, what's your name? If you die, I can at least put up a gravestone for you."

The man's face darkened at those words, but he still answered, "My name is Kevin. I'm a soldier."

"What? Your name is Kevin?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Huang Hao was shocked. He never expected that pulling someone over to ask for directions would lead him straight to Kevin.

"Nothing. I must have misheard you. Goodbye."

Kevin also replied, "Goodbye. Remember to stay alive. If I die, please really do put up a gravestone for me."

Huang Hao walked to a secluded place, activated Amaterasu directly, and asked Angela in his mind, "An'er, help me locate the area quickly."

"All right, Father. The location has been sent."

After such a long period of training, Huang Hao's control and power over the black flames had improved tremendously. As long as the distance wasn't too great, he could teleport there through Amaterasu.

Huang Hao crossed over and hid himself. "Thanks, An'er. Now we just have to wait."

Huang Hao began laying down flames throughout the city, preparing for the battle to come.

Before long, the Moth to Flame arrived as well. "Report. We reached the battlefield before the Honkai. Awaiting instructions."

"Make your preparations. The Honkai should be arriving soon."

At that moment, an ill-timed voice rang out. "Check the area again. There's something very interesting here."

Huang Hao secretly eavesdropped nearby. When he heard the final sentence, his heart skipped a beat. Damn, who's so amazing that they can even detect these flames?

But he quickly calmed down. It doesn't matter. The recording isn't here either. There's enough time for me to complete the mission.

At that moment, a wave of black mist suddenly swept over, and the cells in people's bodies began rapidly withering away.

"Not good! What kind of ability is this?"

The Moth to Flame's casualties quickly mounted, yet they still hadn't even seen the Herrscher.

Kevin stepped forward. "Everyone, stay calm. Once the Herrscher appears, we'll attack together."

The Moth to Flame members put on protective suits. (Even though they had the power to decompose all matter, wearing them still made them feel safer.)

A figure appeared within the black mist. Kevin noticed it sharply and immediately ordered, "All weapons, aim in that direction! Fire!"

Everyone immediately raised their weapons and attacked the Herrscher, but the Herrscher was no paper target. The bullets couldn't hurt her at all.

Kevin summoned his sword and charged forward, engaging the Herrscher of Death in combat.

Huang Hao stood to the side and watched.

"As expected of Kevin. There probably aren't any Fusion Warriors yet, so where did he get that kind of strength?" Huang Hao marveled. He had been able to withstand the black mist only because of Amaterasu and his training—and mainly because of Amaterasu. Kevin could fight her after merely training a little.

He really is a cheat.

Meanwhile, the civilians in the rear were also watching the battle.

"Can we survive?"

"There's nothing we can do. Trust the Moth to Flame."

The civilians in the rear were all extremely panicked, but they could only place their hopes in the people ahead.

Seeing this, Kevin attacked even more fiercely.

Before long, under the Moth to Flame's heaven-defying technology and Kevin's heaven-defying cheat, the Herrscher of Death could no longer hold on and began to weaken.

Seeing this, Kevin immediately unleashed his full strength against her weakness, knocking the Herrscher of Death to the ground.

"It's gone on long enough. This should end it," Kevin said.

At that moment, the Herrscher of Death looked extremely weak. Combined with her appearance as a young girl, it made Kevin freeze for a moment.

Kevin said softly, "It's only the will corrupted by the Honkai. She should still be saveable, right?"

While Kevin was distracted, the Herrscher of Death blasted him away and began to flee.

Kevin looked in that direction and cried out, "Not good! That's where the civilians are being sheltered! Pursue her!"

Huang Hao had been watching the show from the side until he was practically falling asleep, but he immediately followed behind Kevin.

I've laid down Amaterasu all around here for so long. It's finally time to use it.

By then, the Herrscher of Death had already charged into the crowd of civilians and begun slaughtering them. The civilians had no power to fight back and could only watch helplessly as their cells withered and they died.

"No! Why?"

"Mom, I don't want to die yet!"

The civilians wailed as Kevin arrived late and witnessed the scene.

"No! This is my fault. I actually hesitated."

Looking at the tragedy before him, Kevin was furious and devastated, but he still made his decision immediately and killed the Herrscher of Death, who was already at the end of her strength.

After hacking the Herrscher of Death to death, Kevin looked at the dead civilians around him, overwhelmed with regret. He knelt on the ground and reflected on his actions.

However, he failed to notice the faint black flames igniting on the bodies of those people.

Angela watched as so many people arrived and realized she would have to put them to sleep one by one. She was utterly speechless.

Huang Hao watched everything and lay down on the ground in exhaustion.

"Damn, saving this many people at once is too much even after all this training. Still, it's time to leave."

Just as Huang Hao was preparing to leave, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Wait."

Huang Hao turned around in confusion. I hid myself so well. How did I get discovered?

"Wait, you're...!"

"Hello, my name is Elysia."