The Game of the Brave

Lin Cong his dream, opening his eyes to the morning dew. The vibrant colors filled his vision. He hadn't dreamt of a sword piercing the heavens and earth, nor of sinister, bloodthirsty Prismatic Eyes.

He actually fell asleep, didn't have any nightmares, and even regained his color vision.

His body is gradually returning to normal.

This was something to be happy about, but he wasn't happy at all.

"Get up, Scum Mushroom." Bianca opened the tent. After finishing her warm-up exercises, she was full of energy, like a girl accompanying the first rays of morning light. "Get up and exercise together."

Lin's face was as cold as if it had been frozen in Antarctica for three days and three nights; it was hardly a pretty face.

Einstein was right. The time span was too long, and many things had to be cut off decisively. He thought Bianca would understand that everything would vanish in 50,000 years, and she should back down.

Kolin underestimated her confidence, or rather, he underestimated Bianca's stubbornness—she was determined to forcibly take him back 50,000 years in the future.

Even though she knew nothing about the World Bubble, and what method could be used to transport him to different times if the spacetime distortion was caused by the disorder in the Quantum Sea, Bianca had no worries at all. Her confidence stemmed from her absolute confidence in her own strength.

If there are thorns ahead, tread them through; if there are mountains ahead, cleave them through; even if there is a vast ocean ahead, nothing can stop her.

Fortunately, nothing has settled yet, and the mysteries of the World Bubble have not yet surfaced, giving him ample time to think... but she also has ample time and opportunity to do what she wants to do.

Lin Mai sprinted at full speed, leaving the wind behind. His pace was incredibly fast for a morning run, yet some people could still easily keep up with him, even talking to him without breaking a sweat. "Scum Mushroom, all your past romantic escapades were fake, weren't they?"

"It's true." Lin said, his face tense.

"My intuition tells me that it was definitely embellished."

"..."

Lin hoped that Bianca's intuition wouldn't be so accurate, or at least not so accurate in this respect.

"Don't worry, I won't stop you from having normal social interactions." Bianca smiled sweetly, but a dark shadow seemed to be moving within her. "But when you're in a relationship, you have to be devoted to each other. There absolutely can't be any more inexplicable things happening."

"Isn't this wonderful? Miss Bianca is gentle, virtuous, and well-educated." Einstein wiped the grease off her face and couldn't help but laugh. She teased Lin, "She would definitely be willing to learn to cook for you."

"..."

Number Three stood to the side with a disdainful look, handing Einstein tools. "Scum Mushroom... that nickname suits you quite well. The Doctor was right, that girl was fooled by you after only a few days."

Lin Du couldn't help but sigh and asked, "How much longer?"

"It's hard to say."

A hint of worry appeared on Einstein's face; she had encountered a problem.

"The Stargate should be usable by now, but it just won't start."

"Is it a problem of lacking Honkai Energy?"

"No, that's been resolved. Remember those Honkai Beasts and shattered mechs that you and Miss Bianca killed? I used their cores to power them, which should have enabled at least one system startup, but it still didn't work."

"..."

"... Indeed, it's a problem with this World Bubble."

The two exchanged a glance, already understanding each other's thoughts. The "quantum disorder phenomenon" that Bianca mentioned was very likely the reason why the Stargate could not be used at the moment.

Einstein put down his tools and changed the subject. "So, are you going to abandon that little girl and go back to our time?"

Lin didn't say much. He turned and walked out the door, and only after he was outside did he casually say, "We'll talk about it later."

We'll see. What does "we'll talk about it later" mean?

Einstein tilted his head and met the gaze of the bewildered Number Three.

"Scum Mushroom, how about you call yourself Lin Atagina from now on?" Bianca suggested solemnly to Lin as she cleared the dishes.

"... What's the point of this?" Lin asked indifferently, gazing at the bright orange-red flames.

"Um...it doesn't mean anything..." Bianca turned her head away, using the firelight to shield the blush on her face, and muttered softly, "It's just a surname."

"... Get some rest."

Lin crawled into the tent and lay down wherever he could find a spot. He'd been practically in energy-saving mode these past two days, always deep in thought, and much more aloof than before.

Lin was so full of thoughts that he felt tired, so he simply closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep.

"Sigh... sigh..."

The sound of fabric rubbing pulled Lin Cong his drowsy state back to reality. He stared with a piercing gaze at the blonde girl who had crawled between his arms and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Her long hair was still a little damp, her skin was smooth and rosy, and her beautiful sapphire blue eyes looked away nervously.

Bianca kept her head down, her ears burning red, and said nervously, "I... I noticed you were in a bad mood, and I know it's because I was too forceful... So, just this once, do whatever you want. I took a shower, and you can... you can... smell me or... it's all up to you."

She is an amazing girl. Most of the time, she is heroic, decisive, strong, and straightforward, unlike a girl who is only a teenager.

But now... all Lin needs to do is reach out and gently brush a strand of hair behind her ear...

When his fingers gently touched the tip of her ear, the girl's alluring body trembled violently.

She let out a cute whimper that she wouldn't normally make.

"Let's get this straight first. To put it another way, I'm a very rigid person, and you have to take responsibility for what you did to me before." Bianca kept her eyes tightly shut, not daring to look at her. She felt like her body was in a furnace. "If you continue to be so frivolous, I'll teach you a lesson."

Bianca finally understood the feelings of Cecilia, the S-rank Valkyrie who preceded her and was the other master of the Black Abyss White Flower.

Cecilia's husband, Siegfried, was rumored to have touched the buttocks of all the Valkyrie in Schicksal and was a frivolous playboy.

That powerful Valkyrie still married Siegfried; perhaps it was just... love.

This guy's situation is quite similar to Siegfried's; she also happens to be S-rank Valkyrie who inherited Cecilia's Black Abyss White Flower. What a coincidence...

Lin calmly looked at the trembling, delicate girl, thought for a moment, and said peacefully, "Let's go to sleep."

"..."

"Silly goose?"

Do you think I wouldn't dare?

Lin suddenly sensed something was wrong; Bianca was too impulsive: "Wait a minute—"

"Whoosh!"

Christmas Special: You Were Born Before I Was Born

"Bianca? Bianca? Bianca!"

"Ughhhhh!"

The blonde little girl was dragged out of her sleep, drool still clinging to the corner of her mouth. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, looking bewildered. A blond man, dressed in a priest's robe, held a book and had a faint smile on his lips.

Bianca quickly stood up. "Ah, sorry."

"Hmm... has the training been too strenuous lately?" The man wasn't annoyed. He closed his book with one hand and chuckled at Bianca, "Then take a day off."

"Need not..."

"It's alright, it's just some unimportant theory lessons. Maybe I'm just too boring as a history teacher?" the man said to Bianca, who was a little sleepy. "If you're interested in what happens next, you can find it in the database."

The training load has indeed increased recently, but it was at her own request. She hasn't been Valkyrie for very long and is always thinking about catching up with others, especially the sacrificed Ragna.

The man's attitude towards her was different from his attitude towards other Valkyrie. Bianca could tell that she didn't intend to accept it with a clear conscience. Her response was to do her best in everything she could.

"Database..."

Bianca stepped into the archive, and the dazzling array of physical books made her frown. The man seemed to have a particular fondness for keeping things with "style," including the priest's robe she had just seen.

The physical books left Bianca unsure where to begin, and she had no intention of browsing through the pile of books older than herself. She was there to learn, and using the database's simulation system would be more professional and faster.

"Speaking of which, what was it we were supposed to learn?" Bianca tapped her little finger on the touchpad, pondering as she tiptoed to find the historical knowledge the man had mentioned. But history couldn't be summed up in just two words, especially the history related to Honkai.

Suddenly, the screen was filled with a blood-red warning sign. Bianca was stunned for a moment, but before she could react, the simulation system started automatically, and the surrounding environment was covered by azure particles, rapidly transitioning to another environment.

What lay before Bigaanka was a vast city... a mass of corpses.

The little girl cautiously moved forward through the ruins, almost turning back every step of the way to check her surroundings. In an unfamiliar and obviously unsafe environment, she put her learned reconnaissance skills to use.

This is just a "history" simulated by the database's simulation system based on data. But even if it's fake, the simulation is so realistic that people can get hurt in the simulation. Moreover, she just tried to end the simulation, but the system did not respond to her, which means that the system has malfunctioned.

Bianca's fingers brushed over the horrifying claw marks on the wall of the collapsed house beside her. The ground was covered with blood and corpses, and she could hear the roars of Honkai Beast in the distance. It seemed that a large-scale Honkai had broken out not long ago.

What caught her attention was that there were still many traces of battles nearby, but this city was different from all the outbreak sites of the large-scale Honkai that Schicksal had suppressed in her memory, and the architectural style was also something she had never seen before.

Lacking knowledge of the unfamiliar environment and without any weapons, Bianca is still just a young girl in her early teens, no matter how much training she has received. If she encounters Honkai Beast, she will be in trouble.

Bianca picked up a brick to use as a weapon and frowned as she watched the setting sun at the edge of the city. At night, the view became even narrower, and the whole city would become a paradise for Honkai Beast and Honkai zombie.

Fortunately, we didn't see Charge-type Honkai Beast. Those small Honkai Beast that can fly are just as deadly to humans as the large Honkai Beast, and may even be more so.

The small figure stealthily crouched down and entered a tall building that hadn't collapsed. She planned to avoid the Honkai Beast on the top floor, where the open view would also help her make better judgments.

However, there were more Honkai zombie in the stairwell than outside. These people, who were transformed into Honkai zombie the moment the Honkai erupted, all gathered in the building, making it extremely difficult for Bianca to deal with.

Stealthily sneaking up behind a Honkai zombie, Bianca raised a brick and smashed it hard on the back of the head!

"Bang!"

"..."

She stared silently at the half-finished brick in her hand. The Honkai zombie head had been dented from being smashed, slowly staggered around, turning around to reveal a terrifying face.

This attack not only failed to take down the Honkai zombie, but also attracted all the Honkai zombie on this floor, leading them to discover Bianca.

"Howl... howl!"

The Honkai zombie let out a foul roar, waving his hands covered in rotting flesh as he reached for Bianca. She gritted her teeth, threw down the brick, clenched her fists, dodged the Honkai zombie's arm, and leaped up to punch Honkai zombie in the face!

"Bang!"

After knocking down the Honkai zombie with a single punch, Bianca stepped onto the desk and rushed towards the stairs!

"Boom!"

Another Honkai zombie was on the way. Bianca kicked away its outstretched arm, then used its head as a springboard to leap up and fly over the encirclement of many Honkai zombie!

"Hmph!" Having successfully reached the stairwell, Bianca smiled confidently at the Honkai zombie slowly approaching from behind, and then rushed towards the rooftop without hesitation.

There were a few Honkai zombie on the stairs, but they were easily dealt with. She rushed up to the twentieth floor in one breath, closed the iron door to the top floor behind her, and leaned on the railing, panting heavily.

It seems that the physical training he did all the time was worthwhile.

Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a splashing sound that chilled her to the bone rang out not far away.

Bianca turned her head in alarm as Charge-type Honkai Beast charged toward her from the falling twilight like a flock of migratory birds!

Its streamlined body structure makes it as fast as a bullet; its elytra, capable of cutting through steel, rips through railings in an instant, and Bianca's fragile body would be smashed into a pile of minced meat in the next second.

Oh no...

Bianca crossed her arms in front of her and stared wide-eyed.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two consecutive gunshots rang out, like the sound of a piano playing in the ruins. One shot hit the leader of the Honkai Beast that was attacking Bianca, and the other shot hit the gas pipe on the rooftop. The surging gas Charge-type Honkai Beast.

Immediately afterwards...

"Bass!"

A cold glint of light cleaved the crimson sunset in two.

In Bianca's hazy vision, the Honkai Beast resembled a bird with broken wings, shattering into pieces in the air and plummeting downwards against the crimson sky.

A man suddenly appeared before her, holding a dagger and a pistol, the purplish-red blood on the blade dripping down to his feet.

The man wearing a helmet slowly turned around, his blue viewing window gazing at the stunned little girl.

The setting sun disappears into the world without light.

Christmas Special: I Was Born When You Were Already Old

"Hey! Who are you! Schicksal? Anti-Entropy?"

"..."

The man wearing a helmet and Powered Armor didn't notice the little tail behind him looking at him with a puzzled look and shouting. He confirmed that all the Honkai Beast were unable to move, then checked the equipment, reloaded his guns, wiped the blood off his sword and put it back in its sheath.