Qin Mo was still studying the now-locked dungeon system and the new mission, calculating the rewards for completing Mission Three with such a high completion rate, when he suddenly noticed a little one had appeared beside him.
"Um, please restore Heavy Tank Bunny for Bronya. It is Bronya's best companion."
Oh, Heavy Tank Bunny had not been restored yet.
Qin Mo did not say much. He simply placed his hand on the mechanical rabbit, and with a flash of light, Heavy Tank Bunny returned to its original form. Looking at it, Qin Mo suddenly thought of something and casually said, "Oh, your Heavy Tank Bunny seems to be connected to the Quantum Sea. Pretty impressive."
"The Quantum Sea? What is that?"
Bronya's heart stirred at Qin Mo's words, but before she could say anything, Kiana's curious voice came from nearby.
"That? It is something that exists beyond the world. Though it is called a sea, that is only to describe how boundless it is. How should I put it? Say our world is the Earth we live on. Then the Quantum Sea would be the universe, and there are countless other planets within that universe."
"And breaking through the atmosphere to reach another planet would be equivalent to crossing the Quantum Sea and arriving in another world."
Kiana listened in confusion. "That is so strange. Did we cross the Quantum Sea when we went there before?"
The JOJO world?
Qin Mo thought for a moment. "Not really. That world is not within the Quantum Sea. You can think of worlds in the Quantum Sea as parallel worlds. If there is a chance, I will take you there to see for yourselves. Maybe you will even meet versions of yourselves from parallel worlds."
"Parallel worlds! I want to go! I want to go!"
Ignoring the excited Kiana, Bronya felt her worldview being overturned once again. Someone could actually cross the Quantum Sea at will and reach other worlds!?
And from the looks of it, they had not gone to other worlds only once.
Then Seele, who was in the Quantum Sea...
Just as the chapter title says, the book will be going premium tomorrow.
This is my first book, and its performance has not really been great. After all, I never planned to become a full-time writer. It is merely an amateur work I wrote in my spare time after work.
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Tank-class Honkai Beast Attack
Kiana had inadvertently revealed quite a lot of information, but Qin Mo was not about to blame her over something so minor. Besides, revealing this information might actually be a good thing.
After all, Qin Mo had been thinking about how to sever the connection between Bronya and Cocolia. Bronya had been tricked so many times, yet she still trusted Cocolia. It was only after being controlled and betrayed repeatedly that she finally became completely disillusioned.
But on further thought, most of Bronya's feelings toward Cocolia actually came from Seele. Cocolia had always claimed that she wanted to save Seele, which was why Bronya had done so much for her. So as long as he rescued Seele, would that not solve everything?
But if he said such things himself, it would be far too suspicious. Bronya was not like Mei and Kiana. One trusted him greatly, while the other was an airhead with no worries at all. Anything Qin Mo said would definitely be questioned and distrusted.
But when those words slipped out of an airhead's mouth, Bronya believed them without hesitation. She even thought it was thanks to her own conversational skills that she had managed to pry that information out of Kiana.
Originally, Bronya had wanted to probe into what Stands, Hamon, and that strange power that had turned both her and Heavy Tank Bunny into animals were. But now, her mind contained only one thought: cross the Quantum Sea and save Seele!
Perhaps Bronya could have suppressed that impulse when she had lost her emotions. But after regaining them, her mind was immediately flooded by that thought. Nothing else mattered anymore.
No! I cannot rush this!
Although she desperately wanted to ask how she could cross the Quantum Sea and rescue Seele, Bronya knew she could not be hasty. It just so happened that she had already infiltrated their group, so she only needed to probe them slowly.
Bronya thought she had infiltrated her targets, unaware that Qin Mo had used bait to lure her into staying and bound her with this information.
After suppressing the impulse in her heart, Bronya followed the others to the car Qin Mo had driven here earlier and saw the vehicle they had just used.
A crushed off-road vehicle appeared before the four of them.
"Is this the car we were just riding in?"
Kiana looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar pile of scrap metal before her and asked.
"I think so. Also, it looks like the culprit has already arrived."
Qin Mo had noticed long ago that a massive Honkai Beast was behind the building. The others simply had not seen it immediately because of their angle.
"Leave it to me!"
Seeing the huge Tank-class Honkai Beast with one foot exposed, Kiana charged forward without another word.
Although the creature had crushed a car merely by walking, Kiana rushed at it without the slightest fear.
Watching this reckless scene, Bronya turned to the two people who had not moved. "Are you not going to help Kiana? That is a Tank-class Honkai Beast. It has the strength that requires a B-rank Valkyrie to subdue."
"B-rank Valkyrie? What is that?"
Mei did not know about Valkyries. After all, Valkyrie rankings belonged to Schicksal, and Schicksal was the main force fighting the Honkai through sheer numbers.
"Do not worry. Kiana's strength goes beyond that. You know, she dismantled the two mechs that came with you earlier all by herself."
Bronya's eyes widened at Qin Mo's words.
That idiot was that strong!?
Bronya naturally knew the strength of the mechs she had brought. Every one of them possessed the strength of an A-rank Valkyrie, because their mission had been to capture a Herrscher.
Being able to destroy two mechs alone meant that Kiana definitely had the strength of an A-rank Valkyrie, and not one of the weaker ones at that. That idiot was that strong?
But just as Bronya doubted it, Kiana flew straight back and slammed heavily into the wreckage of a car by the roadside, even denting it inward.
"Kiana! Are you okay?"
Mei immediately went over to treat Kiana.
"Thanks, Mei."
Climbing out of the wreckage, Kiana rolled her shoulders. "Why does my Stand ability not work well against that big guy?"
"That is because it is too large. The erasure range of your Killer Queen is very small. To it, it is no different from pricking your limbs with a needle. Unless you attack its head directly, the damage you cause would not even compare to a full-force punch."
Qin Mo explained it to Kiana. Spatial erasure did sound powerful, but apart from the portion it erased, it would not cause any additional damage.
Against a human, it might cause massive blood loss.
But the Tank-class Honkai Beast before them had legs whose diameter alone exceeded the range of a single swing from Killer Queen.
And there was no blood inside its body. Such a minor injury did not hurt it in the slightest.
"There is actually something like that? I am angry now!"
Tank-class Honkai Beasts were enormous and immensely powerful. Destroying buildings was effortless for them, but the price was their slow movement speed. By the time Kiana had been sent flying and run back, it had not even gotten close to Qin Mo and the others.
In truth, if the group simply turned and ran, it would not be able to catch them at all. But Kiana was thoroughly unconvinced and insisted on rushing over to fight it head-on.
Fortunately, Kiana was not foolish enough to compete with it in strength. Taking advantage of her small size and agile mobility, she dodged the Honkai Beast's stomp, leaped high into the air, and used her Stand ability to carve small footholds into its body. She climbed onto the Tank-class Honkai Beast's head and leaped high once more.
"Get down for me!"
Using Impact Steel's properties, she finished charging in midair. A tremendous force descended upon the Honkai Beast from above.
Boom!
The massive shockwave pierced through the Honkai Beast's body and spread into the ground. The earth shook, the mountains trembled, and countless cracks appeared across the road.
"Wah!"
Bronya had never expected the seemingly foolish Kiana to unleash such a spectacular attack. Completely unprepared, she was struck by the aftershock that shook the air, and the swaying ground nearly made her fall.
But instead of hitting the hard ground she had expected, she fell into a soft embrace.
"You are not hurt, are you, Bronya?"
"Mei... sis."
Hearing the gentle tone by her ear and feeling the warmth of the embrace, Bronya was even reminded of the embrace of a mother she had long forgotten.
Mei, radiating maternal warmth, nearly made Bronya call her Mama Mei.
"Bronya is fine, Mei."
Bronya wanted to remain in Mei's arms a little longer and reminisce about that feeling, but she understood that neither the location nor the situation was appropriate for such a thing.
After leaving Mei's embrace, she saw that the Tank-class Honkai Beast ahead had completely collapsed and was no longer moving, while Kiana stood before Qin Mo with an expression that practically begged for praise.
If she had a constantly wagging tail, she would have looked exactly like a puppy.
Hamon and Stands
By the time they dealt with the Tank-class Honkai Beast, it was already late. Traveling at night in a city overrun by Honkai Beasts was extremely dangerous. Honkai Beasts did not sleep, and the city had been completely paralyzed, so even the streetlights would not turn on.
Thus, the four of them could only find a nearby apartment to rest temporarily.
Once things had settled down, Bronya became curious again about the several powers she had heard of before. Originally, she had only intended to get some information out of the idiot Kiana.
But unexpectedly, Kiana directly asked Qin Mo whether he could teach Bronya Hamon.
Qin Mo had only one response.
"Just teach her. Are you doing it, or am I?"
Bronya seriously suspected that Kiana was taking revenge for personal reasons. Kiana chose to teach Bronya Hamon herself without hesitation.
As a result, Bronya's lungs were poked four or five times, and she rolled around on the floor in pain before successfully using Hamon.
After obtaining Hamon, Bronya sensed both the wonder and the limitations of this power.
Hamon was not particularly powerful, much less when compared to Honkai Energy.
Honkai Energy, Honkai Energy—Honkai could do anything.
But Honkai Energy eroded the human body. No matter how versatile or omnipotent it was, it remained an external power.
Hamon was different. It was an energy completely compatible with living beings. It came from breathing, from life itself, yet it constantly nourished life, making it healthier and more resilient.
Most importantly, generating Hamon required no price at all. It neither drained stamina nor caused mental fatigue. Simply maintaining a certain breathing technique was enough.
Bronya was not particularly gifted, but her life as an assassin from childhood had given her excellent control over her body. In only half an hour, she had completely memorized the rhythm of that breathing.
"You can already maintain the Hamon breathing rhythm continuously!?"
Kiana was startled when she learned that Bronya could sustain Hamon breathing for a long time. Even now, Kiana could only deliberately switch back to Hamon breathing whenever she needed to use Hamon. Her body would instinctively return to normal breathing.
"Just because idiot Kiana cannot do it does not mean Bronya cannot. According to Bronya's analysis, the probability of idiot Kiana maintaining Hamon breathing continuously is 0.00000!%"
"What!? You are looking down on me!"
Kiana said indignantly, and then...
She looked at Qin Mo. "Qin Mo! Help me!"
"Hm? Are you sure?"
Qin Mo, who was eating bread, raised his head and looked at Kiana.
"Of course! I will prove to this little runt that I can do it too."
You really do know yourself well, knowing you cannot do it on your own.
Bronya obviously thought the same, but she said nothing because she was also curious about what Qin Mo would do.
"Then finish your dinner first. I will help you after you eat."
"Huh?"
After a round of commotion, Kiana finished dinner and ran over to Qin Mo.
"Come on, come on! What do I do?"
"Turn around."
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