Little Feather and Hua

As the Honkai Energy oceans converging from all over the world sweeping across the coastline subsided, pale monsters, like branches, gradually emerged amidst the dense Honkai Energy particles during the ebb and flow of the tide.

As the bones and joints progressed, transparent threads intertwined with flesh and blood, and a massive outline was drawn in a short time. After the weapon resembling a lance and the heavy shield were sculpted from scratch, the enormous Temple-class Honkai Beast was completely revealed to the world.

It treads on the icy Seawater, sensing the nearest living creature, silently clearing away all obstacles in its path, and resolutely walking towards the other side.

The monster's heavy footsteps echoed across the vast expanse of the water, like a giant clock slowly swinging.

Shiyu Qiluo gazed at the tiny ripples spreading across the water's surface, and the waves that gradually rolled in, engulfing the ripples. Her eyes were lowered, and her lips were slightly parted.

Her chaotic consciousness was almost blank amidst the shocking images, and the intense pain grinding against her nerves was endless. The Nanobots continued to support the parts of her body that were originally broken and had lost their shape, patching up the gaps that caused her life to slip away, allowing her to barely survive in the world.

The girl's vision was filled only with those dark, lifeless golden eyes, as if anticipating that would be the last scene she would witness while remaining in the human world.

With its energy depleted, the Honkai Energy due to the previous collisions, damaging its ability to absorb Honkai Energy from the surrounding area. At this Shiyu Qiluo could not even dodge the scythes of the Zombie, let alone Temple-class Honkai Beast.

Upon hearing the strange sounds coming from afar, she knew she couldn't survive.

Such is what natural disasters are like. Even if one has experienced the hardships of the battlefield, undergone training to temper one's body and will, and possesses lofty ideals and a steadfast commitment to oneself, All living beings are equal under the great power of nature.

That tsunami was merely the prelude to the Honkai outbreak. The extremely dense Honkai Energy environment in the vicinity would subsequently give birth to countless monsters that would invade humanity's homeland and make it their own.

From the very beginning, having lost most of my mobility, I was unable to leave Sydney.

She stroked the damp white hair of the person in her arms, murmuring to herself:

"Captain, just like you said, life is fragile."

Water droplets streamed down the girl's blood-stained cheeks, indistinguishable between Seawater and tears, yet they refracted like ice cubes in summer, casting clear arcs of light in the air.

Her pale lips parted, uttering a soft murmur as if she were floating on clouds:

"I may really be useless, but at least... I don't want to see you lying in such a cold place."

The Honkai Energy Reactor shut down, but the self-destructing system remained unaffected.

Every soldier of the Moth to Fire has the right to choose how to die. Compared to being brutally killed by Honkai energy and physical crushing under the attack of Honkai Beast, self-destruction Honkai Energy at least be the last means to make the enemy pay with their life.

Even if it feels powerless and ridiculous, having the option to choose death in such an era can perhaps be considered a form of solace.

The pure white and dazzling light was obscured by a huge shadow, forming a gray outline. The wind pressure, as sharp as a knife, scattered the stray hairs on his forehead. The ripples and waves on the water suddenly rose into the air, leaving the place empty in an instant. The pale lance fell indifferently, its reflection in his slightly blinking golden eyes, so cold and sharp.

Still... alive?

Shiyu Qiluo suddenly noticed the slightly wriggling nanomaterials in her chest cavity and the fact that the bleeding at the edges of the wound had stopped, realizing that the other person was still alive.

It is a nano-medicine.

After Carole lost consciousness, the armor core at the back of her neck automatically assessed the injuries inside her body and injected nano-medicine into her shell, barely protecting her vital heart and surrounding organs at a critical moment.

Such injuries can only be managed in the highest-level medical ward. Given the current predicament, the outcome is essentially no different from the previously presumed death.

However, for Shiyu Qiluo, the fact that Carole is still alive is an undeniable reality.

The order to self-destruct was subconsciously and forcibly terminated, but after doing so, it was difficult to survive even a second longer.

The close-fitting shape of the armor made it visually indistinguishable, but in reality, her injuries were not much less severe than Carole's. The flesh on the outside of her lower limbs was deformed, the bones of her left leg were barely linked back to their original shape by nanomaterials, and the ligaments and cartilage of her ankle were also glued together from their shattered state.

Shiyu Qiluo desperately drives her own body, attempting to use it as an external tool.

But it's too slow.

The girl's movements were so slow that she could only be held in place by the falling spear, which would eventually pierce her from her chest to her vertebrae and fall to the ground.

However, the attack of the Temple-class Honkai Beast came to an abrupt halt. The Seawater splashing high in the sky was bound into transparent chains by an invisible force for a moment when time and space were frozen. These chains wrapped around the tip of the spear like long snakes and pulled back frantically.

The Temple-class Honkai Beast was forced to retreat. Before it could let out a foul roar and continue its attack, the transparent chains collapsed on their own. Countless water droplets slowly dripped down, and Honkai Energy particles were drawn out and shaped into countless sword energies that burst forth, shattering the sturdy shield into wisps of smoke.

Shiyu Qiluo stared blankly at the scene before her. The monster's body dissolved into [Ashes] amidst the thick ink, like plants withering and flourishing in their respective seasons. Pure white light fell into her eyes once more, and the figure she vaguely saw grew closer and closer.

The tense consciousness slowly sank into darkness as it relaxed, and the dissipating force caused the body to naturally lean back. The remaining Honkai Energy in the Seawater condensed into an illusory cushion under the will of the distant horizon.

The girl sensed this familiar and warm power, her lips parted slightly, and she fell into a deep sleep.

Fu Hua, panting, awkwardly dispersed her sword incantation. Looking at the two sleeping peacefully, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. In fact, it was not easy to remotely and meticulously control Honkai Energy directly kill a Temple-class Honkai Beast, but being able to save her friends at the critical moment made it all worthwhile.

The disaster struck swiftly, and just as the little girl was bending over, looking at the new cakes in the shop and struggling to decide which one to buy as a gift, the tsunami suddenly swept away all the buildings in sight.

The dense Honkai Energy instantly incinerated any nearby residents who were struggling, turning them to [Ashes]. Those with Honkai Energy adaptability were torn to shreds by the immense pressure and the debris from buildings flowing into the ocean currents, resulting in even more gruesome deaths.

Fortunately, she was extremely sensitive to Honkai Energy. In the instant the tsunami was forcibly created, a sense of crisis spread from her nerve endings to her whole body. Her use of the Sword Defense Style was even faster than the armor covered her body on its own, which offset most of the oncoming impact, making her subsequent self-defense much smoother.

Even so, Fu Hua was not completely unharmed.

Although Master Su could fly in the Clear Mirror Realm, her current micro-management skills were insufficient to achieve that result. Therefore, for about ten minutes, amidst the ebb and flow of the tsunami, she was trapped in a state of torment, unable to break free and forced to passively wait for the calamity to pass.

During this process, the constant use of Honkai Energy to protect oneself places extraordinary pressure and mental strain on one's physical and mental strength.

If it weren't for the full armor coverage and the internal and external recirculating breathing system, let alone Shiyu Qiluo and Carole, Fu Hua herself, if she had been even less lucky, would have died in this ocean current.

The natural disasters were so terrifying that she was now unwilling to recall them; this was far more stressful than facing any Emperor-class Honkai Beast alone.

Now, Fu Hua has come to understand some of the terror and despair of facing Herrscher alone.

To exist in the same space as such a single individual capable of unleashing such a calamity is an unseen torment.

If the Sixth Herrscher hadn't been Seele Fulei, she wouldn't have had the confidence to live a normal life with her.

After being freed from the calamity immediately, Fu Hua sensed that the Great Honkai energy that had swept across the coastline had completely converged in one place.

The wondrous fluctuations of Honkai Energy, so intense they defied description, were so powerful that even though she had never witnessed such a spectacle before, she knew that the Seventh Herrscher had been born in Sydney.

Rather than fleeing immediately, Fu Hua was more worried about the two people living on the edge of the coastline. Almost as soon as she regained access to a safe area, she began searching for them.

Using the Little Feather as a medium, Su Qing'an was able to sense the soul aura of the two people within a certain range, which is why the scene just now occurred.

Otherwise, given the scale of this tsunami and the fact that the Honkai Energy cut off communications, finding them by one person would truly rely on nothing but a slim chance of luck.

Under such a calamity, even with their armor, the chances of Shiyu Qiluo and Carole surviving were extremely low.

When the little girl actually saw the two of them, she felt genuinely lucky and surprised. But after getting closer, seeing the unconscious Shiyu Qiluo and Carole who was practically on the verge of death, the joy on her face turned into deep melancholy.

The girl's fingertips brushed across the air, and all the Seawater containing Honkai Energy was completely drawn away from the two people's wet clothes and wounds. She looked at the blood-red liquid floating in the air, frowned, and flicked it aside.

Was Pepper's chest cavity pierced by a steel bar?

"His spine was completely shattered, and his major arteries and numerous ruptured capillaries were temporarily stitched up with nano-medicine. His right arm was missing, and the bleeding at the bone joint had been barely stopped. Under these circumstances, he had also lost body heat from being soaked in Seawater."

"Qiluo isn't much better than her..."

Fu Hua gritted her teeth and began to take corresponding measures. First, she needed to remove all the Seawater left in the wound and all the fragments that did not belong to her body. The former was not difficult to do by using the Honkai Energy to manipulate it, since the Seawater contained a large amount of Honkai Energy. The latter, however, required manual manipulation.

After quickly and roughly completing all of this, she hesitated for a moment before injecting the nano-medicine inside the armor into the two individuals.

The most important thing now is not to worry about how much pain they will suffer later, but to make sure they can see the sun tomorrow.

The battle between Kevin Kaslana and the Seventh Herrscher is becoming increasingly intense, with the Honkai energy causing Honkai Energy to reverberate throughout the heavens and earth, creating a stirring symphony. The earth trembles, and the nearby Seawater ripples.

Fu Hua could clearly sense that the two Honkai energies, controlled by different beings, Honkai Energy, and a heavy echo came from afar, like the sudden tolling of a bell at the moment of divine revelation.

This battle, unlike any other, began as the Seawater entangled him, and the outcome could be decided at any moment.

Assuming the Seventh Herrscher emerges victorious, the outcome is self-evident.

Even the possibility of war spreading to this area at any time carries a terrifying risk. If the power of the Herrscher were to affect other areas, apart from Su Qing'an's [Stigmata] which possesses the absolute concept of erasure, no one else, no matter how strong, could perfectly intervene.

In short, once the battlefield shifts to the vicinity, even if Kevin wanted to divert the aftermath to other areas, he might not be able to do so completely.

The girl injected the two with repair and stimulant drugs from inside the armor. These measures were probably already repeated by the armor itself before, and repeating them would only cause more side effects. However, in a critical moment, being able to live for one more minute was the key factor.

Fu Hua sensed the two people's increasingly weakened auras and immediately thought of the Black Abyss White Flower.

As long as Su Qing'an appears on the battlefield, all problems can be solved. The power of [Creation] is enough to surpass the limits of current technology and directly restore the dying to a vigorous state.

It's unclear whether Kevin Kaslana, who is currently at a disadvantage, has a better chance of winning. It seems that all the realistic factors are telling me that bringing that person here is the best choice at this stage.

She also understood that if she were willing to utter even the slightest plea, the other party would come without hesitation.

Just as this thought crossed her mind, Fu Hua suddenly realized that even after experiencing so much, she still felt the urge to rely on the other person at crucial moments, which went against her original vision.

Therefore, she temporarily abandoned this most straightforward method and began anxiously searching for other solutions.

Currently, the only thing that can save Carole and Shiyu Qiluo is a high-level medical silo. This level of resource is very rare in Sydney's urban area and can only be found in the habitats of the Moth to Fire and a few hospitals.

After considering the time constraints, the Honkai Beast they would encounter along the way, the distance, the lack of personal authorization to use the medical pod, and various unforeseen circumstances, Fu Hua had no choice but to reconsider the safest option: having Su Qing'an come here.

But without a doubt, letting the other party come means that he will inevitably be drawn into the vortex of this battle against the Seventh Herrscher.

Given Su Qing'an's current mental state, it's difficult for her to be optimistic about the future. As she repeatedly conjures up the idea of inviting the other person over, feelings of guilt and self-loathing arise spontaneously.

The girl felt the same way when she had to relay Seele's words last time.

Having always hoped to share their pain and worries, I now find myself only able to leave them to bear the burden of my own expectations and the reality of my own helplessness.

It was clearly an unreasonable and despicable act, but fearing the loss of her friend, she was forced to agonize over it repeatedly, even wavering in her resolve.

"Mother."

Carole's soft murmur pulled Fu Hua out of her chaotic thoughts. She looked into those slightly closed, gray eyes, biting her lip, speechless.

The effects of the drug and the constant suffering caused by the Nanobots seemed to slightly clear the girl's mind. In the blank moments before death, her thoughts seemed to return to the most memorable moment in her memory.

That is, the mother's death.

Fu Hua could understand that kind of sorrow and unspeakable pain.

My father's death was like that; his life was visibly counting down, each day a twilight before his end, and no one knew when he would suddenly pass away.

As his child, I was unable to do anything for him; even the so-called companionship seemed far too short compared to the few days left.

But Little Feather poked the little girl's cheek unhappily, shattering her thoughts once more. The fluff that the boy had just carefully combed became disheveled like a small animal with its fur standing on end, showing that it was really unhappy at the moment.

Fu Hua pursed her lips. She stopped dwelling on the matter and instead used Honkai Energy to create binding threads and a stretcher, carrying the two of them into the distance.

The girl ruffled the Little Feather and whispered:

"I'm sorry, Chi Yuan."

"You also think I'm indecisive, right? That's why you're so angry."

She's always been like this, accustomed to dwelling on long-term regrets, accustomed to wallowing in past sorrows, accustomed to thinking and hesitating before taking any action.

Time is so precious right now, it can't afford any entanglement or waste. Instead of just thinking, it's better to take action first to truly help the reality. But even knowing this, I still made the same mistake I already had.

So it's understandable if the other party retaliates by jumping on your head or poking your cheeks.

Upon hearing this, Little Feather obediently lay back down on her head. It didn't know why it had been so angry when it saw Fu Hua's conflicted expression earlier, so now it felt a little strange and embarrassed.

After losing the constraint of Honkai Energy consumption, it no longer objected to running around on Fu Hua's head, and even found it interesting in various ways because of the novelty.

This is especially true given that Fu Hua prefers talking to him more than Su Qing'an.

The girl could clearly sense Little Feather's specific emotions. Although there had been signs before, their recent close interaction had seemingly established a subtle connection between them, making this perception even stronger.

Fu Hua manipulated the Honkai Energy beneath her feet, gliding rapidly across the sea surface. She subtly controlled the Honkai Energy to minimize shock and prevent secondary injuries. Gazing at the fading white sky, she murmured softly:

"This time, I won't let Su Qing'an come."