Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

The scene shifts to Long Qiao, who has arrived in an unknown area within the Sacred Mark Data Space and is encountering unprecedented trouble. Dozens of alien insects are slowly approaching her... even though they haven't molted yet...

"Oh no, we're doomed..." Long Qiao took out the Faiz Driver, transformed into Kamen Rider Faiz, and rushed forward.

As more and more alien insects attacked, Long Qiao found it increasingly difficult to cope. So, Long Qiao removed the Faiz camera, the equipment hanging on her waist, and then installed the command memory into the Faiz camera.

Then, relying on his high agility, Long Qiao slaughtered his way through the swarm of alien insects. In addition, with the results of his training over the past few days, he was able to take down an alien insect with a single punch...

However, the number of alien insects attacking was increasing. Long Qiao was caught off guard and struck by one of their sharp claws, sending sparks flying. She dodged to the side, and seeing the ever-growing number of insects before her, she pressed the timer switch on the Faiz Acceleration Watch, transforming her body into acceleration mode.

Long Qiao installed the Faiz cursor on his right leg. As the 30-second countdown began, Long Qiao instantly vanished in front of the alien insects in a flash of white light. Immediately afterward, red cone-shaped pointers appeared on the heads of the alien insects, followed by a series of explosions...

Within a 30-second timeframe, Long Qiao unleashed an even more impressive 30-hit combo with the Crimson Drill...

After dealing with the alien insects, Long Qiao deactivated her transformation. She had barely sat down when her right leg suddenly cramped and spasmed.

"Ouch! Damn it! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" Long Qiao rolled around in pain, clutching her right leg, but just then, something unexpected happened...

Right where the Zerg swarm had died, monstrous arms emerged from the soil, followed by their entire bodies. Long Qiao turned to look at the noise and was nearly scared to death. These emerging monsters were molted Zerg, capable of time-space transformation.

Just as Long Qiao was about to give up again, the grasshopper-like creature in front of her vanished. When it reappeared, it was already gripping Long Qiao's neck, making it difficult for her to breathe and causing her face to turn red.

Just then, an orange suddenly fell from the sky and hit Qiao on the head.

"Henshin!" Long Qiao pushed the knife-shaped lever next to his belt.

[Lock On! Soiya! Orange Arms! Ikebana On Stage! ]

"Kamen Rider Gaim is here! Now it's my turn!" Facing the horde of Time-Rising Insects, Ryuki dared not be careless. If he fell here, would these Insects escape? Then Mei and the others would be in grave danger…

So, as soon as Long Qiao transformed, he combined the Great Orange Pill and the Peerless Military Sword into a naginata, then attached the Orange Lock Seed to the hilt, and finally pushed the lever to unleash his ultimate attack.

[One? Ten? Hundred? Thousand? Ten Thousand! Orange Charge!]

As expected, the ultimate attack missed... Just as Long Qiao looked at the alien insect, it actually activated its Time Transformation and escaped. So Long Qiao's ultimate attack completely missed, and even the subsequent attacks all failed to hit.

"Damn it... gzz, don't run away if you dare!" Long Qiao said tremblingly.

"Tsk, these are really tough to deal with. Well, I'm definitely going to take care of you guys." Long Qiao took the strawberry lock seed off the lock seed hanging from his waist and replaced it with the orange lock seed.

[Lock On! Soiya! Ichigo Arms! Whoosh! Spark!]

Then, the orange armor on her body transformed into strawberry armor.

"Alright! Let's move on to the second round. I'm not afraid of you!" Qiao held the strawberry kunai in her hands. Although she said this, her trembling hands betrayed her words.

Meanwhile, dozens of alien insects had surrounded Long Qiao, and the pressure on Long Qiao was increasing. Gradually, she could no longer hold on and was slowly driven to her death by the swarm of alien insects.

Then, Long Qiao's hand, which was holding the weapon, was also firmly stuck to the wall by the spider-like insects. Long Qiao stared wide-eyed at the hand that had already raised its sharp claws.

"Am I going to hang here? Ugh, my hands are stuck to it! Damn it! I'm not having it!" Long Qiao thought to herself.

At this critical moment...

The alien insects in the front row suddenly flew up, followed by an explosion. Long Qiao also discovered that the threads clinging to her hand had been severed by something. In an instant, Long Qiao deactivated her transformation, kneeling on one knee, panting heavily.

"What...what happened? Who? Who saved me?" Long Qiao asked, looking at her hands.

Then, for some unknown reason, the swarm of alien insects all looked to the left. Long Qiao also turned her head and saw a figure standing with his back to her on the left, pointing one finger to the sky. A motorcycle was parked next to him.

The figure was red, and had a horn on its head that was completely different from that of a beetle.

"That's... Kabuto!" Ryuki exclaimed in surprise.

"Why? Why is Kabuto here? Isn't this Theresa's Stigmata Space?" Long Qiao thought to himself.

While Long Qiao was thinking, Kabuto slowly approached from a distance. As it drew near, the alien insects reacted and charged forward en masse.

As a result, Kabuto calmly took out his kunai spear, pierced through one of the Zerglings with a single shot, then transformed it into a hand axe, knocking back one Zergling with a single blow, thus repelling the swarm. He then walked up to Ryuu, extending one hand.

"Can you still fight?" Kabuto asked Ryuu Takumi.

"Hmph! Of course!" Ryuu Takumi grabbed Kabuto's outstretched hand and got up, then transformed into Kamen Rider Faiz.

Then Long Qiao transformed into his accelerated form.

"Quickly finish this, the accelerated form only lasts 30 seconds," Long Qiao said, then took down the Faiz camera.

"Okay, clock up!" Kabuto also patted the acceleration device on his left hip.

After a brief buildup, Long Qiao launched the first attack, while Kabuto continuously controlled the enemy from a distance using his Kunai Gun. Then, seeing Faiz knock away a swarm of Zerg, he used his Hyper Acceleration to finish them off.

After eliminating all the Zerg, when only one remains, that Zerg will face the deadly attacks of two Knights simultaneously.

"Rider kick!"

"Gran Impact!"

A punch and a kick landed simultaneously on the last alien insect, resulting in a perfect explosion. At the same time, Long Qiao's accelerated form expired and automatically reverted to his basic form. Finally, unable to withstand the strain, Long Qiao deactivated his transformation and collapsed to the ground.

"Cough cough, I... I thought I was really going to die this time. Luckily you arrived in time. Thanks a lot, brother," Long Qiao said breathlessly to Jia Dou standing next to him.

"But who exactly are you?" Long Qiao asked again, puzzled.

Then Kabuto turned his back to the setting sun and deactivated his transformation.

"Grandma once said that you are the one who walks the path of Heaven, the one who oversees everything, the Heavenly Way... the Overlord," the Overlord of Heaven said, pointing to the sky with one hand.

Long Qiao stared silently at the short-haired young man in front of her, her heart already churning with turmoil.

"Holy crap...! Really? The Heavenly Path Souji is here?" Long Qiao thought to herself.

"Um, my name is Long Qiao. Please take care of me, senior," Long Qiao said, standing up, scratching his head.

"Well, I acknowledge your abilities. I intend to give you my power. Make good use of it," Tiandao said with a smile.

Then, to Long Qiao's astonishment, he took out the belt.

Why isn't there an insect measuring device?

"Because that guy doesn't like staying outside all the time," Tiandao replied with a smile.

Suddenly, spatial fluctuations appeared in front of the two, and then the Kabuto Insect Device emerged, seemingly speaking to the Heavenly Dao.

"The Kabuto Insect Instrument told me that if I need its help, I should just say so, and it will definitely help," Tiandao said to Long Qiao with a smile.

"Ah? Great!"

"But you can use it now, since your friend is in some danger. You'll need to use Kabuto's power to get there. Oh, and you can take my motorcycle; I don't need it anymore." As Tendou spoke, he sent the Kabuto Insect Device into Ryuu's palm.

"Is that so? Thanks, let's go." Long Qiao looked at the insect device in his palm, then put on the Rider Belt and rode the Kabuto Extender to transform.

"Henshin!" Long Qiao inserted the insect device into his belt.

[Henshin!]

Ryuki then transformed into Kabuto Mask form.

"Cast off!" Long Qiao flicked the antenna of an insect device with his right hand, and then his full-body armor opened.

[Cast off Change Beetle! ]

Then, by pushing the corner of the insect device to the right with his left hand, his entire body armor flew outwards.

After transforming, Ryuu Takumi activated the Kabuto Extender's Extended Mode and flew off into the distance without stopping.

"wait for me……"