"Dragon Blast!"
He smashed a fist down onto the Honkai Beast's head, the massive explosion completely blowing it to smithereens. It couldn't have been deader.
The fleeing survivors saw the Honkai Beast that had been chasing them killed and breathed a collective sigh of relief. Their long run had left many of them collapsing to the ground from exhaustion the moment they stopped.
"Thank you, young man. Are you from Schicksal?"
After catching his breath, a middle-aged man, seeing how utterly spent everyone else was, walked over and thanked Qin Mo.
Does everyone in this world know about Schicksal?
"I'm not from Schicksal. What's going on here?"
The middle-aged man was clearly disappointed to hear Qin Mo wasn't from Schicksal, but he still answered, "We were at the Anti-Entropy shelter in Lin Hai City. But it was attacked by an Emperor-class Honkai Beast. The Anti-Entropy people held off the Honkai Beasts while we escaped. There were originally thousands of us..."
Looking at the group, now only about a hundred strong, the man's eyes filled with grief. Clearly, they had lost many people along the way, mostly those who couldn't keep up and were caught by the Honkai Beasts.
"Young man, rumor has it there's a Schicksal shelter up ahead. You should hurry and come with us. That Emperor-class Honkai Beast could break through the mechs' blockade at any time."
Nodding, Qin Mo didn't refuse. He wanted to understand the situation in this world anyway.
Before he could move, a massive burst of flames erupted less than a hundred meters away.
"Kiana! Draw your sword!"
A familiar voice rang out, and Qin Mo saw the surrounding people immediately become excited.
"Kiana! It's Kiana!"
"Miss Kiana is here! That's great, we're saved!"
Seeing the excited crowd, Qin Mo felt even stranger about this world. Did ordinary people in this world know about Herrschers? And was Kiana this famous?
As the giant pillar of fire erupted, the obstacles between them and Kiana melted away. Qin Mo saw a figure with a white ponytail standing in front, delivering the final blow to the Emperor-class Honkai Beast before him with the sword in her hand.
"Are you all alright?"
After eliminating the Honkai Beast, she landed gracefully in front of the crowd with a simple leap.
Then Qin Mo saw her surrounded by a group of excited people.
"Alright, alright, everyone, hurry to the shelter. I've cleared the Honkai Beasts on the road, but new ones might show up. There's no time to waste."
"Yes, yes! Thank you, Lady Kiana!"
Qin Mo's expression turned somewhat odd as he watched the ordinary people thank Kiana one by one before leaving.
"Why are you still here? If you don't leave, more Honkai Beasts will come."
Kiana saw Qin Mo standing still and asked. She didn't sense any Honkai Energy fluctuations from him and assumed he was just an ordinary person.
"Kiana, what's going on in this world?"
Qin Mo suddenly asked, looking at Kiana before him.
Chapter 25: Familiar People in an Unfamiliar World
"You know me?"
Looking at the unfamiliar man before her, Kiana blinked in confusion. No matter how hard she thought, she couldn't recall anyone like him.
"I know you, but you don't know me. Let's just say I'm from another world, and I know the Kiana from that world."
Qin Mo didn't hide his origin. "What happened to your world?"
"Why is it on the brink of destruction?"
Kiana looked at Qin Mo. "A traveler from outside the world? This isn't a place to talk. I still need to clear out the surrounding Honkai Beasts. Do you want to come with me?"
"Sure."
Qin Mo didn't refuse. He wanted to see what his current strength was capable of. Although St. Freya had a simulation combat room, it was too rigid and required pre-recorded data. Qin Mo's current state wasn't suitable for simulations there.
Kiana nodded and started rushing through the battlefield with Qin Mo. As a Herrscher, Kiana could fly, but she chose to run on the ground with Qin Mo, clearly to accommodate his condition.
"What's your world like?"
Kiana asked Qin Mo as she led the way.
"Our world... we just finished the Third Honkai. You guys just joined St. Freya Academy."
"St. Freya Academy... such a nostalgic name."
Kiana's tone was filled with nostalgia and regret.
"Yes, and I'm friends with you in that world. I'll do my best to prevent the tragedy that will happen later, so I want to know why your world has devolved into this situation?"
"Is that so? Then I'll entrust our world to you. Our world was destroyed by the Herrscher of Reason, no, it should be called a god."
A god?
Qin Mo blinked. "False God Otto? Didn't you guys defeat him?"
Kiana shook her head. "Perhaps you've seen a future where we defeated Otto in another world, but in this world, Durandal was killed by him. We only managed to escape after giving it our all."
"Although he didn't pursue us, he has completely become a god. And centered around Schicksal's base, he's deployed a large-scale constraint barrier. Almost every day, a large number of Honkai Beasts pour out from within the barrier, wreaking havoc across the world."
This development... it's truly...
"I didn't expect there to be another Emperor-class Honkai Beast here. Wait for me for a moment."
As the two ran, they suddenly noticed an Emperor-class Honkai Beast heading in their direction from afar.
"I'll help you."
"That works too. Then, can you help me deal with the other Honkai Beasts around it? I'll handle the Emperor-class Honkai Beast myself."
Kiana leaped high into the air, ascending into mid-air and flying towards the Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
"Being able to fly is so unfair! Once I get the Ox Talisman and the Rabbit Talisman, I'll be able to fly too!"
Although envious, Qin Mo's footing didn't slow down at all. Since he lacked flight and speed, he would compensate with pure strength.
Switching to the Fire Demon character card, drawing upon the power of the demon and the Ox Talisman, Qin Mo pushed off the ground, using the reactive force to charge towards the group of Honkai Beasts.
As the approaching Honkai Beast swarm grew closer, the power of the Fire Demon Qi gathered on Qin Mo's fist, along with the power of Dragon Blast.
"It's time for Judgement!"
The firefly in the air swung its sword at the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, unleashing a fierce burst of flames.
Meanwhile, Qin Mo punched from below, and a massive explosion erupted, instantly engulfing the Honkai Beast swarm.
"You're quite powerful. I didn't expect you to use fire too."
The two of them eliminated the Honkai Beasts with one attack each. The firefly landed and looked at the scorched ground, which formed a fan shape, with amazement.
"Yes, but you should have felt it. My attacks don't contain Honkai Energy."
Qin Mo nodded. "After all, not all worlds have Honkai, and it's indeed difficult to defeat Honkai using Honkai Energy."
The firefly nodded. "But there's nothing we can do. Without using Honkai Energy, we don't even have the means to fight Honkai."
"Let's go. I'll take you to our base."
The firefly led Qin Mo on a rapid journey. Because Qin Mo could only run on the ground, it took them more than half an hour to reach the base the firefly mentioned. Along the way, the firefly explained the current situation to Qin Mo. Since the disaster caused by Otto, the matter of Honkai could no longer be concealed. Schicksal's headquarters had completely fallen, and now various branches of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy were fighting Honkai and maintaining order everywhere.
Because they shared the same enemy, humanity had united as never before, except for World Serpent.
The serpents hidden in the shadows were planning something, but they hadn't made a move in a long time.
This place was less of a base and more of an underground shelter.
"Kiana, you're back. And who is this?"
As soon as he entered, Qin Mo saw a figure who looked very much like Mei. No, not just looked like, but Mei, who had already become the Herrscher of Thunder.
"I'm back, Mei. This is a traveler who traverses worlds, Qin Mo."
The firefly went up and hugged Raiden Mei before introducing Qin Mo to Mei.
"Kiana, have you cleared the nearby Honkai Beasts?"
At this moment, a slender figure walked over. It was Fu Hua, wearing Valkyrie armor.
"Class monitor, they're all cleared. You don't need to worry for now."
Fu Hua nodded and then approached Qin Mo. "Traveler from another world, is there something you need?"
"Fu Hua…"
Qin Mo pondered for a moment. He had initially just been curious about why this world had become this way, and then he naturally followed the firefly here. "I originally just wanted to understand the reason why this world turned out this way. On one hand, I wanted to offer some help, and on the other hand, I wanted to prevent my own world from developing into this."
Fu Hua nodded. "Thank you for your kindness, but we still don't have a way to defeat Otto yet."
Indeed, the best way to change the current situation was to defeat Otto, but that was something no one could do right now.
However, Qin Mo still had other ways to help.
"I will be returning to my own world shortly. Before I leave, I can offer some help, but I will need Kiana's assistance."
"Me? What kind of help?"
Qin Mo projected his system into the air and opened the item gacha. "This is one of my abilities, which allows me to randomly draw useful items. In my world, Kiana has very good luck and always manages to draw items that solve current problems. There are ten ten-pulls left. Kiana, why don't you try?"
"Gacha?"
"What a strange ability."
The people around them were curious about Qin Mo's ability. Raiden Mei pulled Kiana's sleeve. "Kiana, be careful…"
"It's okay, Mei. I can feel that Qin Mo has no ill intentions. I have Feather of Dust on me, remember?"
Kiana smiled and explained to Mei.
Qin Mo didn't mind Mei's suspicion. It wasn't his Mei anyway. "Before you draw, I think you need to think about what you need the most right now. Of course, although these items are magical, they also have their limits. They can't directly defeat Honkai or Otto."
"What do we need…"
Kiana, who had intended to click immediately, stopped her action.
"What do we need right now?"
Chapter Twenty-Six: Mutual Benefit
"Silly Kiana, we need supplies, a safe base, or convenient transportation."
Bronya walked over at this moment and looked in Qin Mo's direction. "If this thing is really as Mr. Qin Mo says it is."
"The items drawn are all random, and I can't guarantee anything. However, Kiana over there always manages to draw very useful things. After all, this ability of mine is just like a game."
Qin Mo shrugged and didn't offer any further explanation.
"Alright everyone, I trust Mr. Qin Mo, and he harbors no ill will towards us."
Firefly reached out and tapped on the panel in the air.
"One purple, guaranteed, and nine more draws. Continue."
Qin Mo glanced at it without carefully examining what the items were and spoke directly.
Kiana nodded and continued tapping a few more times.
"Two gold ones!? Kiana's luck is truly amazing. Let me see what they are."
Double hit! Qin Mo had never seen two gold items drawn at the same time before. He had initially thought there would only be the guaranteed item after the last ten-pull, but unexpectedly, there was a huge burst of luck.
"Please wait a moment, I'll see what we've drawn."
Was it because it was this world's Kiana's first draw? Or was it because the other party had placed great hope in it?
Flame Demon (S)
Effect: A magical artifact that seals the power of Baroque, Lord of the Flame Prison, taking the form of gauntlets and greaves.
Description: Originally a magical artifact created by defeating Baroque and transforming him, it possessed Baroque's will. Due to special circumstances, its will has disappeared, and its form has undergone an unknown change.
An unknown change
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