Are You Sober Now?

Kiana was worried that something unexpected might happen.

Especially Himeko, it's best not to get involved with Honkai, she has a pretty good impression of Himeko.

"Just wait here for our news. We'll return immediately once we find Mr. Welt."

Kiana and Himeko chatted briefly for a bit, and after learning all the information, they left with Yomi.

Back here again.

Still with Yomi.

Kiana was still somewhat dazed.

"The last time I came here, I wanted to see you, Mei."

She turned her head to look at Yomi Quandao, who had accompanied her.

I didn't know you would come.

Thinking about this, Yomi still felt some regret. "If I had stayed here longer, perhaps we would have met sooner."

"At least we've reunited."

Kiana took Yomi's hand and led her through the barrier, descending like a shooting star and landing once again on the land of Izumo.

The Honkai Energy Concentration here is two percentage points higher than when I last came.

Even Kiana felt somewhat uncomfortable in this environment, and her Herrscherization transformation progressed abnormally.

Izumo... has returned here.

Standing on familiar ground, yet surrounded by unfamiliar surroundings, Yomi felt as if he had been transported to another world.

How long have I been away from here?

I don't remember it very clearly anymore.

And those Remembrance of my past have faded, making it difficult to savor the feelings I once had.

"Is anything bothering you?"

Kiana deliberately created a protective shield of light, so her body did not come into direct contact with the high-intensity Honkai energy, nor did it show any signs of being corroded.

Yomi was also being protected by her, but she still asked him with some concern, afraid that Yomi might feel uncomfortable.

"The Honkai Energy Concentration here is very high."

Yomi tried to reach out and touch the world outside the light circle, but Kiana grabbed him.

"Don't reach out your hand. The Honkai Energy Concentration here is abnormal. Look at those crystals."

Kiana pointed to the purple crystals that had formed on the ruins and buildings, and said in a complicated tone, "Even I, without being Herrscherization, would be affected by the Honkai energy here."

As Kiana spoke, she deliberately exposed her right hand to the Honkai energy environment, and deep purple Honkai energy erosion marks immediately crept up her right hand.

She withdrew her hand and placed it in front of Yomi. The erosion was not irreversible for her; the traces were slowly fading after she stopped contacting Honkai energy.

Yomi frowned as he picked up her eroded hand, his voice tinged with disapproval. "Don't use yourself as an experiment next time."

"It's just a bit scary to look at. As long as you don't continue to be exposed to this Honkai energy, it will gradually disappear."

"Mr. Welt ..."

Yomi looked up into the depths of the broken walls and ruins. The Izumo vast, and they had no idea where Welt had landed.

It's even more uncertain whether he can withstand the Honkai energy erosion here.

He's still alive.

Kiana withdrew her hand and said, "I can vaguely sense the situation of this planet and see its life signs."

He is still alive.

But the situation is certainly not much better.

"Then let's go find Mr. Welt first and send Mr. Welt back to the train."

"Good."

Kiana had no objections; Jana wasn't there, and she had no interest in the other Honkai Beast.

Pulling Yomi along, they used Phase Shift to quickly reach the vicinity of the unfamiliar life form in the sensor.

Kiana only realized this after they arrived.

This is a city.

A deserted, desolate, and dilapidated city.

A... familiar city.

In the square, Kiana looked at the dilapidated skyscrapers before her, her expression turning somewhat surprised, her eyes filled with an unusually complex emotion.

Here it is...

"Changkong City."

Like her, Yomi recognized this place as soon as he arrived, even though so much had happened here.

This is the place where Yomi first faces powerful Kishin, and experiences that kind of high-intensity battle for the first time.

She still remembered the image of Kiana descending from the sky and slamming the spider to the ground with a single blow.

Kiana composed herself, her thoughts racing, and remarked, "Mr. Welt really knows how to find places; I never expected him to come here. He should be in the underground Shelter; let's go there and look for him."

She remembered the Granny Zhuohua had taken her in.

The convenience store owner, feeling sorry for her and not minding that she didn't have identification, gave her a job.

I thought of the children in the street.

Besides...

The days I spent with Mei at the shrine.

"Do you remember? This place."

Yomi walked with her, but pointed to a sunken spot nearby and said, "That's where you smashed that spider down."

"Huh? Huh?!"

Kiana was shocked. She looked closely and couldn't help but exclaim, "So much time has passed, and the marks are still there?"

She hadn't immediately thought of the Beauty Spider; it was only after Yomi's reminder that she remembered the Beauty Spider that wanted to devour her.

That guy was based on this building back then, and he had a lot of offspring.

"Yes, it's been a long time."

A strange emotion flickered in Yomi's eyes. She remembered how her heart almost stopped when Kiana jumped down and hit the spider.

These things happened a long time ago.

She's much stronger than she was back then, but the thought that Kiana could be so reckless makes her feel surprisingly similar to how she used to be.

"Then... shall we go check out the shrine?"

151

Chapter 151 Are you awake now?

Narukami Shrine?

Remembrance of the shrine flooded back. Recalling the past, Yomi remained silent for a moment, then shook her head, touching the long sword in her hand.

My own home...

It's been a long time since we could go back.

"Let's find Mr. Welt first."

Complex emotions are fleeting.

"Okay, let's find him first."

Kiana nodded, reminiscing about the past as she searched for the passage to the underground Shelter.

Fortunately, her Remembrance wasn't too bad, and she found the entrance a few hundred meters away in no time.

The Shelter were upgraded later, Ark could not take everyone with it, so many people had to hide in the Shelter.

The entrances to the Shelter are all closed.

But the Shelter door in front of them had a hole in it, and there were marks on the alloy door that had been torn by claws.

"This is..."

Kiana stared at the conspicuous marks, then glanced around at the eerily quiet surroundings again. "It seems he was attacked by Honkai Beast."

Strangely, they did not find any dangerous Honkai Beast nearby.

Could it be that Welt killed them all?

Kiana glanced at the marks on her fingertips and silently mourned for Welt. Exposed in such an environment, he was unlikely to be in good health even if he survived, and he had also been attacked by the enemy.

He survived under these circumstances and even held on until she arrived here.

How should I put it?

Is it really true that Welt Yang is worthy of the name?

"The trail disappeared; the enemy didn't follow him into the underground Shelter."

Yomi examined the traces and followed the large hole into the Shelter.

The traces indicate that the Shelter's doors were closed and never reopened until recently.

A thick layer of dust had accumulated on the ground.

The footprints were therefore very noticeable.

The footsteps led deeper into the Shelter.

If nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to find the missing Welt once they go inside.

In the quiet passage, only the sound of footsteps echoed. Kiana stood beside Yomi, surveying the Shelter, which was not much different from Remembrance.

She failed.

So those who entered the Shelter...

Kiana already knew from her last visit that there were no longer any living humans on Izumo.

"... wrong!"

Suddenly sensing something, Kiana's eyes narrowed, and she grabbed Yomi and quickly retreated. At the same time, a black and red distorted force field instantly enveloped the area where they had just been standing.

Danger.

Yomi placed his hand on the hilt of the sword.

"This is... Herrscher!"

Kiana sensed it intently for a while, her expression growing increasingly grim. No wonder Welt could persevere in this environment; he had already become Herrscher.

Wrong.

He has reverted to Herrscher.

The sound of a third person's footsteps came from the darkness. Kiana squinted and saw the figure emerging from the shadows.

He took off his glasses, and his hair was styled with hair gel, making him look several years younger than before.

Those surrounding him.

It is a special type of gravitational field.

His ever-present cane was nowhere to be seen. "Welt?"

Yomi narrowed her eyes; she sensed a hint of danger emanating from Welt. She knew from their first meeting that Welt wasn't as simple as he appeared, and now that subtle sense of danger emanating from him had intensified several times over.

Are you still conscious?

Yomi was actually quite familiar with the Herrscher. Leaving aside Kiana, the Herrscher of Finality who surpassed all other Herrscher, she had seen quite a few other Herrscher as well.

Most of them were killed by their blades.