Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

Chapter 183 A Dialogue with the Past

"Sayaro, you will die this time!"

Long Qiao swooped down and struck Sayero directly. Although the attack was blocked, it still caused him considerable damage. Long Qiao was sent flying several meters by the sudden attack of Sayero and crashed into the wall, kicking up a cloud of dust. Then, Long Qiao emerged from the dust again and struck Sayero hard in the chest, sending him flying.

"Uhhhh!!!"

Long Qiao's eyes grew increasingly bloodshot. He let out a beast-like roar and charged directly at Sayero. The two figures collided in the air at a speed invisible to the naked eye. Finally, their fists collided and they landed on the ground at the same time. However, Long Qiao was standing, while Sayero was kneeling.

"Sayero, do you want to come again?" Long Qiao asked in a cold and icy voice.

"Long Qiao...I'm going to kill you! I'm a god, how could a god lose to a demon like you?! Activate your divine revelation form, full power mode!"

Sayaro slowly floated into the air, and the golden energy that erupted from his body exploded into the heavens and earth. Golden lightning poured down, but was dispersed by Ryuki with one hand just before it hit Mei.

"You won't shed tears until you see the coffin. Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Then Long Qiao took out the Demon Flame Illusion Blade. He placed his right hand on the hilt and slowly drew the blade from its sheath. At the same time, streaks of dark purple lightning burst forth from the blade, which was only partially drawn. The aura emanating from the sheath caused the boy's robes and hair to flutter in the wind, and the black aura even changed the color of the sky. The blade was fully drawn, and in that instant, everything in the world seemed to freeze. Then, Long Qiao lightly slashed forward with the hilt of the blade. In an instant, a spatial slash appeared in the void in front of him, then exploded with a bang, and the world returned to normal. Long Qiao's slash reappeared, and Shaye Luo and all the tall buildings several kilometers away behind him were instantly cut in half. After the slash, Long Qiao twirled the blade and then sheathed it again.

"Holy crap!!!" Men Mo was stunned and shouted loudly as he watched Long Qiao's attack.

"One slash... one slash and you've cleaved a skyscraper several kilometers away? Are you kidding me?!" Qingmo said blankly.

"How... is this possible?" Sha'erluo asked, struggling to maintain his strength as he split into two halves.

“Nothing is impossible. You are doomed to die if you fight me,” Long Qiao said, stepping on Sha Erluo’s body.

"...I lost, but you won't live either!"

Sayaro sacrificed his life, and several dazzling golden spatial tunnels appeared around the group. From these tunnels emerged many gods who were closing in on Long Qiao and the others.

"I'm giving you one last chance to leave, or don't even think about leaving," Long Qiao said indifferently.

"Tsukyo, if it really doesn't work, let the uncle cover your retreat while you run," Narumi said.

“Uncle!” Long Qiao, who was in the past, said, holding Minghai’s hand.

“No need, because no one will die,” Xian Longqiao said.

Long Qiao quickly drew his phantom blade and then sheathed it again. He then snapped his fingers, and all the gods stopped in their tracks.

“Show death”.

A series of vivid crimson streaks appeared on the necks of these gods, their heads flying high in unison. Crimson liquid splattered upwards like rain onto the boy's clothes and hair. Blood flowed like a river at the boy's feet, and he stood amidst it all, as terrifying and grotesque as a demon god descending to earth.

“I am the chosen one, and also… the only one…” Long Qiao said coldly.

“Child… what exactly happened to you?” Narumi asked, looking at Ryuki.

“Yes, please stop hiding it. Although we are not the people you know, we are still them in the end. You can tell us what's going on,” Qingmo said.

"There's nothing to say. I... am just a traitor to the human race, someone everyone hates," Long Qiao said casually.

“I want to know what happened to your eyes?” Qiao asked in the past.

"I can't say that. The more you know, the less good it will do you. Only through experience can you know everything you want to know. If you really want to know, I'll show you."

Long Qiao's eyes were tightly closed. When he opened them again, they had changed from gray to deep red and purple. His left eye was deep red and his right eye was deep purple. His hair also turned red and purple. He felt a pressure from the depths of his soul with just one glance. Only then did he return to normal.

"How terrifying..."

"Do you understand? This is my ability. I can wipe out that bunch of scum with a flick of my finger," Long Qiao said indifferently.

"Speaking of which, who exactly are those guys?" Zhang Qing asked.

“Gods, strictly speaking, they are just a group of false gods. They came here because they wanted to erase me from this point in time when I hadn’t yet developed,” Long Qiao said, looking at her past self.

"what?"

"That's right, you all know how much pressure I put on them now, right? It's not an easy thing for them to kill me, so they've turned their attention to you, who is the past me. But what they don't know is that my informants cover both the present and the past, which is difficult for them to do as well."

"Um... Bronya wants to know, in the future... will Bronya and him be..." Bronya asked the present Long Qiao, looking at the past Long Qiao beside her.

"...I won't reveal anything about the future...Just live your lives in the present. My future is unchangeable, but yours can be changed. I'm just...abandoned chosen ones. I won't say anything more."

“Bronya… wants to talk to you,” Bronya said as she walked up to Long Qiao.

"...please."

Afterwards, Bronya and Long Qiao went to a distance and started chatting.

"What exactly happened to you in the future? And..."

"I've already said, don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. I'm doing fine..."

“Really… You’re doing well with all those dark circles under your eyes? Do you think I didn’t see anything? The scars on your neck, the scars on your right hand… what are these?” Bronya said.

“It’s just a minor injury. I told you… you don’t need to know any of this now. I will personally… banish all the Honkai and gods… even if it means death! Herrschers are nothing but my defeated opponents. With this power… I am the only… the only king in the world! You don’t know… with this power… who can be my opponent? No one… no one! Hehehe… Hahahahaha!” Long Qiao said with an increasingly frenzied and excited expression, his eyes now showing several more blood-red streaks.

Snapped--

Long Qiao stared blankly at Bronya, stroking her face.

“You’re obsessed. You’re not him… He can’t be you,” Bronya said, and then she walked further and further away from him.

"What... happened to me just now?"

Long Qiao watched them walk further and further away, while he... stood still, observing...

“Let’s go… just don’t become me… no… you can’t become me… no matter how big the setbacks are, you have to get through them with them. Don’t be like me. I’m just… a loser…” Long Qiao murmured as she looked at Bronya and the others’ backs.

"Your Majesty...we should go." A black-haired boy suddenly appeared and bowed to Long Qiao.

"Hmm... Let's go, Moroshu, back to our world."

Long Qiao put his hood back on and disappeared...