Chapter 400: London

"It was too early... He wasn't ready yet."

"Wait a little longer. We can still hold on for a while. Just wait a little longer..."

In the end, the branches swayed gently, the ripples gradually settled, and everything returned to calm once more.

Chapter 400: London

Without the vines supporting him, Ren Yu could no longer keep accelerating his own time.

The ground vanished beneath his feet, and he fell straight down.

Summer, 2007, London.

The blazing sun hung high overhead.

This British city, known as the "City of Fog" and once infamous for its dreadful living conditions, had become a breathtaking tourist destination after more than a century of restoration.

Buckingham Palace... the London Eye... Westminster Abbey... Big Ben... Cambridge... along with the sparkling River Thames flowing around the city.

Together, these elements formed a metropolis that possessed both historical charm and modern style.

But today, something major happened in Britain's capital.

—The Honkai descended.

In the southeastern part of London, on the remote streets near the outskirts, the sudden appearance of Honkai Beasts filled the streets with screams. Terrified civilians fled in all directions, clutching their heads.

At that moment, the scene was utter chaos!

Seeing the enormous red-and-white Honkai Beasts, people in both shops and homes hurriedly shut their doors and hid inside uneasily, as if doing so could give them even a sliver of security.

Southeastern district.

Someone gathered the courage to approach a glass window and stared tremblingly at the Honkai Beasts below. "God, what are those?!! Monsters—what kind of monsters are those?!"

Others, their voices thick with tears, kept trembling as they tried to deny reality:

"This is a movie, right?! This is some kind of prank, right?! It's all meant to fool me, isn't it? Those monsters aren't real, right?!"

Thud... thud... thud...