Honkai, I Alone Save Everything

Ming Yu's heart stirred upon hearing that.

He now had the ticket to enter the Sea of Quanta, but finding Seele within that nearly infinite expanse would still be quite a challenge.

If Su could offer some assistance in this regard, he would be extremely grateful.

Thus, he sincerely said, "Please, Senior Su, enlighten me."

"No need to be so formal… it's just some advice based on experience."

Following that, Su taught Ming Yu some techniques for navigating the Sea of Quanta.

In this area, having long used the Chariot of Sanctus to observe parallel worlds and world bubbles, he was truly an expert, and he had indeed experienced entering the Sea of Quanta before.

It could be said that they, currently within the Seed of Sumeru, were already in the Sea of Quanta.

Su unreservedly taught Ming Yu the essential knowledge: how to travel more safely in the Sea of Quanta, how to mark world bubble coordinates, and how to avoid the Quantum Shadows that roamed the sea as much as possible.

"Thank you for your help, Senior Su."

A moment later, Ming Yu stood up.

He glanced at the time on his mechanical watch; it was almost time to leave.

"I'll escort you out of the Seed of Sumeru."

Su waved his hand, and a portal leading to London appeared before Ming Yu.

Looking out through the portal, the battle by the Thames River seemed to still be raging fiercely.

"…Until we meet again."

Ming Yu nodded, cast one last glance at the gray-haired man leaning against the ancient tree, and turned to step through the portal.

Of course, the moment he returned to reality, he activated time rewind.

—His original plan was to use time rewind to return to before he began his actions immediately after obtaining the projection of the Chariot of Sanctus, thereby truly placing himself outside of it. The encounter with Su could only be considered a minor detour.

This way, in the eyes of Rita, who was monitoring his actions, it would appear as if he had done nothing. However, in reality, he had already completed his objective and obtained the projection of the Chariot of Sanctus within the disappearing timeline, thus achieving his goal.

In Rita's eyes, he would merely be someone who took a trip to Europe, and no matter how Otto investigated, he would not obtain any results or information about anything else.

As for the true Chariot of Sanctus, it was best to let it remain sealed until autumn of this year, and then let Otto send people to fight World Serpent for it.

After Ming Yu left, the sage, for once, opened his eyes, stood up, and moved to a certain spot, gazing at a particular world bubble with his purplish-red eyes.

That was… the world bubble where his close friend was sealed.

The white-haired figure was still silently standing before a cherry blossom tree at that very moment, his tall back appearing incredibly lonely and desolate.

Gazing at the white-haired figure, Su murmured to himself, "Kevin, I have glimpsed the path to defeating Honkai. Within this year, Miss Bianka will come here. I will entrust the Chariot of Sanctus to her, and then I will go to the afterlife to seek more truth."

This was a future he had foreseen long ago.

—However, this unexpected visitor named Ming Yu was not part of his predictions.

His breaking the seal of the Chariot of Sanctus at this moment, and causing this Second Divine Key to reappear in the world prematurely, was also not part of the future he had seen.

From a rational perspective, he should have eliminated this variable to ensure the world line would proceed towards the future he foresaw.

With his abilities, erasing a person's consciousness would be as easy as lifting a finger.

But he did not do so; instead, he even offered some assistance to the young man.

"My friend, if it were you, you would definitely choose to eliminate this unstable factor… After all, in your heart, ensuring the defeat of Honkai is more important than anything else."

Su looked up with a sigh and continued, "But I don't want to do that. Although he might interfere with the future I foresaw for defeating Honkai, the fate of the people of this era should be decided by themselves. Perhaps he can find a different, better path, after all, he… is quite special."

Blindly imposing the will of the previous civilization onto the people of the current generation was not a good choice.

Fifteen hundred years ago, it was precisely because of this point that Su had a falling out with his close friend Kevin, which eventually led to them drawing swords against each other.

The fate of this generation should be left to the people of this generation themselves. The answer he found should, for now, be provided to them as a reference.

Su closed his eyes again, leaning back down beside the ancient tree.

He had indeed not used mind-reading to understand the uniqueness of the young man, but by observing the fluctuations in the world line, he could still infer many things.

This was the wisdom of a sage.

"...I hope that young man who travels back in time can find the best path among countless futures."

Chapter 60: Manila Cataclysm

Schicksal Headquarters, dormitory.

After her brief vacation in London, Durandal had returned to headquarters, continuing her arduous training day after day.

After completing her daily basic training quota, she received a mission notification requiring her to go to South Africa for an operational mission.

For this S-Rank Valkyrie at the pinnacle, continuous missions were quite common. She did not feel disgusted by this; rather, being able to protect the populace from Honkai made her feel fulfilled.

Without resting too much, the young girl immediately returned to her dorm, tidied up briefly, and prepared to depart.

"Lady Durandal, are you heading out to execute a mission?"

Just as she was about to move, Rita appeared in her room.

The young girl with dark gold hair was currently wearing her daily maid outfit, making her look like just an ordinary maid.

Durandal nodded and said, "Yes, Amber notified me of an emergency in South Africa, so I'm going to handle it."

"Here is a letter for you. Please take a look before you depart."

Rita took out a letter from her pocket and handed it to Durandal.

"...A letter?"

The blonde girl was slightly taken aback as she took the letter from Rita.

The envelope had elegant handwriting, clearly penned by a young lady.

"It's from your friend,"

Rita said politely.

In this day and age, it was rare for people to use letters as a means of communication.

The convenience of email and various chat applications had long led most people to abandon writing.

Therefore, Durandal easily guessed who the sender of the letter was.

"...I understand. I'll read it on my way."

Taking the envelope from Rita, the blonde girl rushed out of the dorm without a moment's delay, emerging under the blue sky.

Then, she activated her armor's flight system, transforming into a blue meteor that shot straight into the heavens.

—Her [Bright Knight: Moonbeam] was the culmination of Schicksal's latest technology, their most advanced armor to date. Its high-speed mobility allowed her to reach any location on the globe within hours, with a maximum flight speed far exceeding that of ordinary aerial warships.

During her flight, she opened the envelope and took out the letter.

As expected, it was a letter from her close friend.

The author of the letter was a young girl of a similar age to Durandal. Like Durandal, she hadn't chosen to be educated at St. Freya Academy but had trained and grown up at Schicksal Headquarters.

Because they had grown up together, they naturally became acquainted and friends.

This young lady hailed from one of Schicksal's three major families and possessed considerable talent in controlling Honkai energy. At just sixteen years old, she had already reached the level of an A-Rank Valkyrie.

The signatory's name was—

Anna Schariac.

For the next few days, after the backtracking, Ming Yu, as planned, enjoyed a relaxing trip in Europe.

After bidding farewell to the two S-Rank Valkyries in London, he had indeed noticed many eyes watching him in other cities.

But it didn't matter. If Otto wanted to watch, let him watch to his heart's content. He hadn't done anything wrong; he was just comfortably enjoying his vacation.

While he was enjoying his holiday, perhaps the Schicksal Bishop was wondering about it in his command center.

Upon returning to St. Freya Academy, he planned to find an opportunity to enter the Sea of Quanta and take a look.

After a long flight, Ming Yu arrived at the transit airport.

He hadn't managed to buy a direct ticket back to the Far East, only a flight that required a transfer in Southeast Asia.

And this place was the capital of the Philippines.

The capital city of the Philippines was a city called Manila, which was also the country's largest port. With a resident population of over twelve million, it was a truly prosperous metropolis.

Dragging his suitcase through the airport's transfer hall, while admiring the scenery outside the window, an urgent contact suddenly came through on his Schicksal terminal.

He opened the terminal to check. This wasn't a communication from the Far East branch, but an urgent summons issued by Schicksal Headquarters:

[URGENT MISSION NOTICE: A large-scale Honkai incident has occurred in Manila, Philippines. The situation is critical. Nearby Valkyries, please form squads and provide support! Repeat...]

The rest of the message abruptly cut off, and he could no longer hear it.

—Due to the excessive Honkai energy interference, his communication equipment had temporarily lost functionality.

Special summons like this were only issued when dealing with large-scale, sudden Honkai events.

In principle, Schicksal stationed Valkyrie squads in all cities under its jurisdiction to handle common, small-scale Honkai incidents. For instance, the Valkyrie squad stationed in Manila, Philippines, at this moment was named [Snow Lotus].

However, when facing a large-scale Honkai event, the strength of a single squad was clearly insufficient to cope effectively. To manage the disaster and rescue civilians, a large number of personnel would need to be coordinated from surrounding branches.

If the disaster's scope was too vast and one branch's personnel were insufficient, support would be requested from other branches, and elite troops would be dispatched from headquarters to assist.

This was why, in the original timeline, the Wind Herrscher incident that occurred in the Oceania branch required the Far East branch to send troops for support—because the Honkai disaster brought by the Wind Herrscher at that time had almost paralyzed the entire Oceania branch, rendering it incapable of handling the situation.

"..."

Almost simultaneously, Ming Yu heard the roars of monsters and the sounds of panicked civilians fleeing.

Looking up, he could already see quite a few Honkai Beasts that had infiltrated the airport. They were biting and attacking civilians within the airport indiscriminately.

He no longer needed to listen to Schicksal HQ's communications; he had witnessed the outbreak of this Honkai with his own eyes.

At this very moment, it was just like that moment back then.

In a daze, he felt as if he had returned to the instant he first arrived in Changkong City. Everything was so familiar.

Except, he was no longer the powerless youth he once was.

Taking a deep breath, Ming Yu put down his luggage and charged towards the Honkai Beasts without hesitation.

Now, facing disaster, there was still something he could do.

Chapter 61: Anna Schariac

In a corner of the airport, a little girl, facing the encroaching Dead Soldiers around her, weakly clutched her mother's clothes and cried out, "Mommy... save me..."

She didn't know what was happening, only instinctively reaching out to her mother behind her for help.

It was a child's innate instinct to seek help from their parents, a fundamental drive for any living being.

But her mother had lost her life the moment the Honkai outbreak began, leaving behind only a cold corpse, unable to offer any protection.

The little girl shivered in the corner, watching as the Dead Soldier's claws were about to touch her skin. Suddenly, a spiritual spear pierced its chest, and the power attached to it caused the Dead Soldier to quickly lose its vitality, falling powerlessly to the ground.

She only saw a kind-faced big brother behind the fallen Dead Soldier.

Ming Yu then pointed in a direction within the airport and said to her in a gentle tone, "Little sister, I'll take you over there. It's safe over there."