Honkai, I Alone Save Everything

"Okay, okay... Th-thank you, big brother..."

Ming Yu picked up the crying child. Electricity sparked around his feet as he whisked the little one away to the survivor gathering area at lightning speed.

"Phew... that's the last one."

While they were called survivors, their numbers weren't that great.

Using his time-rewind ability, he had scoured the entire airport, inside and out, rescuing a group of survivors along a planned route.

However, after sweeping through this vast airport, clearing Honkai Beasts as he went, he'd only found a little over a dozen survivors. Most of them were teenagers who had partially awakened their Stigmata due to being forced into a high-concentration Honkai energy environment.

It wasn't easy for ordinary people to survive the Great Honkai; describing their survival rate as one in ten thousand would be too generous.

"You all stay here. It's safe here, no more monsters will come. Um... wait for a while, and rescue forces will come for you."

After once again reassuring the surviving children, Ming Yu left the airport without delay.

In the face of disaster, every moment counted. For every second delayed, countless lives might be lost.

He ascended a tall building near the airport and looked towards the city center from above. It was a scene of utter hell on earth.

Numerous Honkai Beasts roamed everywhere, and the once-bustling city had been reduced to ruins.

But recalling his escape from Changkong City, he figured there should still be quite a few survivors now that the Honkai had just broken out.

Because airports were generally built further away from city centers, the impact of the Honkai invasion here was much less severe compared to the city center, which had completely turned into a living hell. The number and level of Honkai Beasts were also significantly lower.

After he had cleared out the Honkai Beasts in the airport, this sizable airport had become a relatively safe haven.

While it wasn't impossible for external Honkai Beasts to invade, that was something that could be managed for now.

Therefore, he planned to use this airport as a gathering point for survivors to house them.

He didn't know when Schicksal's reinforcements would arrive. For now, Ming Yu planned to head into the city center to search for survivors and guide them to the airport for refuge.

The Great Honkai of Manila was the largest Honkai disaster to occur in Southeast Asia.

Although it didn't give rise to a new Herrscher, it had nearly destroyed the entire city. Its destruction was in no way inferior to the Honkai in Changkong City, affecting over ten million ordinary people.

Ming Yu knew a large-scale Honkai would break out in Manila, but he wasn't aware of the specific timing. Coincidentally, he had arrived right at the scene.

Even if he rewound time to before the Honkai outbreak to issue a warning in advance, it would be meaningless. A city with a population of over ten million simply couldn't be effectively evacuated within a few hours.

Even if he submitted a warning to Schicksal headquarters, he wouldn't be able to provide sufficient evidence to prove his "prophecy" and would instead draw suspicion from that suspicious Schicksal bishop.

Moreover, for the general public, the existence of "Honkai" was completely unknown. Schicksal and Anti-Entropy had always kept this information sealed, preventing ordinary people from coming into contact with the concept of Honkai.

Sighing, Ming Yu leaped from the tall building and rushed towards the city center.

How to find as many survivors as possible would depend on his time-rewind ability.

Countless scenes appeared in Ming Yu's vision as he delved into various parts of the city simultaneously, searching for any signs of life.

At the same time, beneath the dim clouds, a girl with chestnut hair was running at full speed.

As she ran, she kept muttering, "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

This was the young Valkyrie's first time facing a bloody Honkai battlefield. She muttered to herself as she searched for a way out amidst the rubble.

Not long ago, with the outbreak of the Great Honkai, her squad, the Snow Lotus Squad, had been attacked by a large number of Honkai Beasts. Their captain had disappeared in an explosion, and the few members who had managed to escape were scattered, unable to contact each other.

From the most pessimistic perspective, they might all already be...

The girl shook her head.

Now, she should immediately retreat to the assembly point, contact the outside world, and seek assistance.

Her communicator had lost its function, and the unchanging static emanating from it had become the sole melody on this scorched earth.

She was very scared.

The fear of being alone on a dangerous battlefield made her instinctively quicken her pace.

Just then, her sensitive ears caught the sound of pebbles rolling.

"..."

The girl hesitated and stopped.

She looked around, her gaze finally settling beneath a collapsed building.

Her physical capabilities as a Valkyrie granted her extraordinary senses, but the psychological burden of facing the battlefield for the first time left her somewhat at a loss.

The girl remained in place for a few seconds, waiting, but the sound did not come again.

She couldn't confirm if the sound was real or just a hallucination born from her excessive panic.

So, she averted her gaze and quickened her pace, wanting to escape from here, to get away from this ruin.

"I'm sorry, I have a more important mission... I must go and rendezvous with the others..."

The girl muttered to herself, as if justifying her actions.

Of course, she knew very well that this was just an excuse.

The Valkyrie who should have been protecting this city was instead thinking about how to evacuate to safety instead of saving the citizens. This thought brought one word to the pink-haired girl's mind—

"Deserter."

"No, that's not it..."

The girl hesitated and stopped again.

She remembered the oath she took the day she became a Valkyrie: to fear no hardship, no pain, no death.

She also remembered the letter she had recently written to her close friend Bianca, expressing her desire to catch up to the strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal.

As a descendant of the Schariac family, she had always hoped to become a guardian of the people, to bring hope to those suffering from disaster. She wanted to become an excellent Valkyrie like Bianca and her senior Cecilia from her family.

She had always strived for this, and that's why she became a Valkyrie.

But at this very moment, with disaster right before her eyes, she lacked the courage to put her ideals into practice.

Now, her past ideals and her past vows seemed destined to shatter into pieces, just like this city.

—She was so weak and lacking in courage that she couldn't even save a life that was within her reach.

"No, this isn't what I want to do...!"

In the end, the girl chose to turn around, abandoning the idea of fleeing. Trembling, she ran towards the ruins, choosing to return to that wreckage to search for any survivors.

As she made her way toward the ruins, a voice in her heart seemed to repeatedly warn her:

If she returned to the ruins now, she could be attacked by a large number of Honkai Beasts at any moment. Alone, she likely wouldn't make it back alive!

Such a large-scale Honkai outbreak could very well give birth to a Herrscher, just like in Changkong City. And with the combat capabilities of an A-Rank Valkyrie, she clearly wouldn't be able to deal with a Herrscher-level existence!

And even if she saved survivors, how would she be able to lead ordinary people, who were incapable of combat, away from large numbers of Honkai Beasts to a safe location—she didn't even know which place was safe right now.

No matter what, choosing to save people now was a path with a nine out of ten chance of death.

But the pink-haired girl ultimately returned to the ruins.

And when she returned to her original position, she found another person unexpectedly present in the ruins.

It was a black-haired boy, who, judging by his appearance, should have been around her age.

Strange blue electrical currents flowed around him, and coupled with his slightly panting appearance, it was clear he had only just arrived.

Anna keenly noticed the Schicksal communication device equipped on his waist, the same as hers.

This meant he was also personnel belonging to Schicksal...

Regardless, encountering another person at the disaster site made her feel a little more at ease.

Just as the girl was about to say something, the other party spoke first:

"...I am Ming Yu from the Far East Branch. There are survivors under that ruin. Come help me."

Chapter 62: Rescue

Due to the outbreak of Honkai and the destruction caused by the Honkai Beasts, the scene had turned into a ruin made of rubble.

In Anna's opinion, under such circumstances, without instruments or equipment, finding survivors buried within would be an extremely difficult task.

Although she had made up her mind to return for the rescue, she didn't have much confidence in her heart.

However, she didn't want to be a deserter, nor did she want to betray her ideals.

"I understand. How can I help you?"

After hearing Ming Yu's request, the girl replied without hesitation.

"It's simple. We'll clear away the rubble and rocks here together and rescue the survivors buried underneath."

Ming Yu replied.

However, his method of clearing was a little... special.

—Although the tall buildings had turned into ruins, fortunately, in this modern city built with steel bars and concrete, most of the debris could be controlled by driving electromagnetic force.

Ming Yu extended his hand towards the ruins before him. A few wisps of electricity spread from his palm, and then, as if controlled, the ruins began to slowly and steadily fly towards the open space, piece by piece.

Of course, occasionally, there were objects that contained no metal components. For example, at this moment, a large broken stone was blocking the entrance.

At this time, naturally...

"I, I'll help you...!"

The pink-haired girl quickly stepped forward and forcefully lifted the large stone.

Although she appeared delicate, Anna was a genuine A-Rank Valkyrie. The talent originating from Schariac, combined with her own diligence and hard work, had allowed her to reach such a level at the age of sixteen.

While she couldn't be compared to the exceptionally talented Durandal, she was certainly worthy of being called a "genius."

Indeed, in terms of pure strength, she was significantly stronger than the members of the Three Families at this stage.

As expected, after pushing away the last piece of giant stone, Anna poked her head through and discovered a prone, brown-haired girl in the deep pit.

She quickly turned back and said to Ming Yu, "Ming Yu, you were right, there really are survivors here!"

The brown-haired girl lay weakly amidst the rubble and debris, her clothes tattered and stained with dust and blood.

With only the last shred of consciousness remaining, she managed to reach out a hand, weakly calling out to Anna for help:

"Help... help me... big sister..."

"I'm coming right now...!"

Anna quickly rolled over and jumped down from the opening, arriving beside the girl and carefully picking her up, making sure not to touch her wounds.

After confirming that the survivor was still breathing and had merely fallen unconscious, the chestnut-haired girl let out a sigh of relief. She then looked up at Ming Yu and completed her introduction, which she hadn't had time for earlier:

"Hello, Ming Yu. I'm Anna from the Snow Lotus Squad, Anna Schariac. You can just call me Anna."

Feeling a little more at ease, and recalling his name and branch, the girl remembered that she had heard of this young man, who was quite well-known among the Schicksal Valkyries.

"Mm, hello, Anna,"

Ming Yu nodded slightly.

She had long chestnut hair, pink eyes, and wore white Valkyrie armor. A blue-purple four-leaf clover emblem was located where her chest and abdomen met. A blue-purple cape was draped over her left shoulder, bearing a white four-pointed star insignia.

Ming Yu naturally recognized this Valkyrie at the disaster site as Anna Schariac.

Even though her role in the game wasn't extensive, she was indeed the genuine Herrscher of Ice in the future.

Although she couldn't resist the Honkai's corruption with her own will, she truly lived up to the Schariac name, attempting to end her own life several times to stop the spread of the Honkai disaster. She was a remarkably strong Valkyrie.

Of course, at this moment, she was just an ordinary girl from the Schariac family—well, with the name "Schariac," it was difficult to call her ordinary at all.

"Ming Yu, were you sent by the Far East Branch to support the Honkai outbreak in Manila? Have any other Valkyries entered the battlefield?"

Anna asked with concern.

She was very invested in the matter of the reinforcement troops.

"No, to be precise, I was just passing through this city and happened to encounter the Honkai outbreak. I'm not very clear about what's happening outside... However, Schicksal's reinforcement troops should be arriving soon."