“The Third Honkai Eruption has begun!”
“The eruption city has been locked.
Shenzhou, Nagazora City!”
“Central Honkai Energy concentration: 1000 HW… 1500 HW… 2000 HW…”
“It has already surpassed the Second Honkai Eruption!”
“It is still rising!”
Listening to the shocking rise in Honkai Energy, the higher-ups of the Flame-Chasers began to grow restless.
The scale of the Third Honkai Eruption had exceeded the Second, and the level of destruction was far greater.
The surrounding cities had all been affected.
“What is the signal status in Nagazora City right now?”
“Report!
All signals from Nagazora City have completely disappeared!”
“Bring up the satellite imagery!”
When the satellite imagery appeared, everyone in the control room drew in a sharp breath.
The entire sky above Nagazora City was covered in red.
At the same time, the meteorological satellite showed that the whole of Nagazora City was covered by a mass of black clouds.
If nothing unexpected happened, the entire city might already have been erased from this world.
Only after truly witnessing the power of the Honkai did the higher-ups finally understand what the Honkai truly represented.
…
At this moment in Nagazora City, Elysia had safely landed with Yu Muyang.
Nagazora City had completely turned into a hell overrun by the Honkai.
Heaven and earth were shrouded in an eerie mix of red and black.
Thick black clouds rolled overhead.
Dark red lightning constantly struck down through the gaps, dyeing the sky the color of blood.
The ground had been eroded by Honkai Energy into massive web-like cracks.
Pale purple Honkai particles spilled from the bottomless fissures, mixing with the dust in the air to form a choking mist.
The once-prosperous city had completely lost its vitality.
Only the silhouettes of ruined buildings swayed in the red-black light.
Occasional low howls of Honkai Beasts and the loud crashes of collapsing buildings broke the dead silence of despair.
Seeing this scene, shock appeared in Yu Muyang’s eyes.
This was also his first time witnessing a Honkai eruption in person.
The feeling in the game was completely different from experiencing it himself.
After looking around and sensing the atmosphere of despair, his gaze fell on the teammates beside him.
The squad members all showed signs of erosion.
Asking them to fight was no longer realistic.
Elysia understood this as well.
To keep everyone from dying for nothing, she decided to send them to the outskirts of the city to rescue civilians.
The Herrscher would be left to her.
Yu Muyang stood beside Elysia and watched her give commands.
He looked at her with some curiosity.
In his memory, Elysia rarely took command like this.
This could be considered another side of her.
After arranging everything, Elysia turned to look at Yu Muyang, concern in her eyes.
When she saw that he showed no signs of Honkai erosion, she relaxed a little.
“Right now, only the two of us from the Flame-Chasers are left in the central district.
Support is already on the way since the moment the Honkai erupted.
I’ll go find the Herrscher.
You go to the city center and look for survivors.”
“Don’t push yourself too hard.
If you meet a Honkai Beast you can’t beat, just run first…”
Yu Muyang felt puzzled.
[Is Elysia caring about me a bit too much?
Something feels off!]
[But I suggest Elysia hurry and find the Herrscher of Thunder.
Right now, right after she was born, before she fully masters her authority, she can still be killed quickly.]
[I have no complaints about the Flame-Chasers’ support or Elysia’s arrangements.
I need to go find MEI and Kevin first.]
[These two future big shots can’t die for no reason just because I arrived!]
Elysia knew that saying too much was not good.
After giving Yu Muyang a few words of encouragement, she flew away.
Just as Yu Muyang had said, she needed to eliminate the Herrscher before she fully mastered her authority!
Otherwise the disaster would become even worse!
After Elysia left, Yu Muyang immediately confirmed his direction and began to run.
On the way to Senba Academy, the surrounding ruins made him frown again and again.
In the ruined city, the roars of Honkai Beasts rose one after another.
Hearing those sounds, he could not help quickening his pace.
With his current strength, he was not afraid of these Honkai Beasts.
But he had a goal.
He needed to find people.
So he could not waste too much time on the road.
Right now Kevin was still a green high school student.
The butterfly effect caused by his own appearance… he did not know whether it would bring Kevin danger.
At this moment, on a broken street, Kevin was pulling MEI and hiding behind a pile of ruins.
He carefully poked his head out and looked at the roaring monsters outside.
A cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
The hand gripping the baseball bat tightened even more.
Was this the end of the world?
Where had these monsters come from?
He had watched with his own eyes as his companions turned into killing monsters the moment the disaster arrived.
With the baseball bat in his hand, he had personally beaten those classmates who had been laughing and talking with him just minutes earlier, then ran all the way to find MEI and fled Senba Academy with her.
He had thought that leaving the academy would mean finding people and being saved.
But after coming out, he discovered that the current Nagazora City was nothing like what he had imagined.
The entire world seemed to have fallen into doomsday in an instant.
Countless tall, roaring monsters wandered the streets.
The once-prosperous city was now filled with desperate wails.
To protect MEI, Kevin had gone all out to kill several Honkai Beasts before escaping to this place.
At this moment his body was covered in wounds of various sizes, and the fear in his eyes could not be erased.
Behind him, MEI was covered in dust and small wounds.
She looked exhausted.
Her gaze held complex emotions as she looked at the young man standing in front of her.
“Find a chance to escape on your own.
If you take me with you, I’ll only be a burden.”
“No way!”
Kevin’s tone was firm.
He completely rejected MEI’s suggestion of abandoning her.
Even though he felt lost and uncertain inside right now, his sense of responsibility would not allow him to do such a thing.
“Even if you leave me behind, your chance of getting out won’t be very high.
But if you take me with you, you definitely won’t make it.
Our relationship hasn’t reached the point where you should give up your life for me…”
Everything MEI said was true.
Right now the two of them had only just confirmed their relationship.
In MEI’s eyes, throwing away one’s life for her was extremely irrational.
Even if Kevin abandoned her, she would not hold any resentment.
Kevin fell silent, only gripping MEI’s hand tighter.
“ROAR!”
A world-shaking roar rang out.
Kevin’s expression tightened.
He felt the ground trembling.
A massive creature in the distance was charging toward them.
He looked up, and his pupils instantly shrank to the extreme.
A black shadow that blotted out the sky was slowly approaching.
Every step it took caused a small earthquake.
Buildings along the way were easily crushed into powder.
The black smoke and dust that rose looked like rolling dark clouds, dyeing the entire sky a dull gray.
It was a giant beast whose size far exceeded any known Honkai Beast.
A low roar rolled from its throat, making both of their eardrums buzz, as if they would be crushed by this terrifying power in the next second.
At this critical moment, a loud crash far greater than the giant beast’s roar exploded!
Kevin and MEI subconsciously raised their hands to shield themselves and only felt a vast force rushing toward them.
When they lowered their arms, the scene before their eyes left both of them completely frozen in place.
That sky-blotting giant beast had been struck by a single punch.
Its entire body trembled violently.
Dark green blood sprayed out.
It let out a miserable cry as its massive body lost balance and crashed backward like a collapsing mountain.
The giant beast twitched a few times.
The Honkai Energy on its body rapidly faded, and it completely lost all signs of life.
Yu Muyang landed on the ground and lightly flexed his fist.
He turned to look at the two people who were now completely stunned, and a smile appeared on his face.
“I came just in time, right?”