Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

Just after Long Qiao finished speaking, everyone seemed still puzzled and about to ask a question, but then Bronya clutched her head and squatted down in pain. After a while, Bronya removed her hand from her head and stared blankly at everyone in front of her.

"Enter highest-level command: Reinstall Bunny, switch to sniper mode, attack the Fourth Herrscher, fire!"

After saying that, Bronya unleashed her skill on Wendy. Seeing the approaching cannonballs, Wendy instinctively raised her arm to shield her face, but Long Qiao arrived before the cannonballs, then swung her blade and sliced ​​them in half.

"Hmph! She's really troublesome, but...hehehe, did you think I came unprepared?"

Then, Cocolia clapped her hands behind the scenes, and suddenly a large wave of ordinary Orphnochs appeared where Long Qiao and the others were.

"Oh... so this is your method? You can actually control Orphnochs... Hey! You guys stay put, leave it to me, trust me."

Long Qiao spoke to Men Mo and the others, and then added a sentence

"Using Accel Mode with so many Orphnochs is a bit too slow, let's just use their final forms!"

Then Long Qiao looked at Bronya, her mouth stretched almost to the back of her head from under the mask. Suddenly, a briefcase-like object appeared in her left hand. When Long Qiao took it, Men Mo and Zhang Qing were not calm.

"Hey! Brother Mo, am I seeing things?"

"You're not mistaken, but slapping me in the face is rather impolite."

"Isn't this just to confirm if it's true... haha"

"I'll settle the score with you later???"

"Brother Mo, judging from your expressions, could it be that what Brother Qiao is holding is...?" Mei asked.

"Yes, you guessed right."

"Hey? What's that in Qiao-ge's hand? Tell me!" Kiana asked coquettishly.

"That thing is called the Faiz Burst Device. It's the tool he uses to transform into his final form. It makes him incredibly powerful; at least... I've never seen Burst Mode lose..." Zhang Qing said.

"It's practically the final form with a 100% win rate, but the side effects are also significant," Men Mo said, lighting a cigarette and staring at Long Qiao.

What are the side effects?

"Life will be greatly reduced, leading to gradual desertification; simply put, it's a matter of sacrificing one's life."

"...Then, what about Brother Qiao..."

"It's hard to say, let's keep watching."

Just then, Long Qiao took the Faiz phone off her belt, inserted it into the Faiz detonator, and entered the code "555". Immediately, black particles emerged from Long Qiao's body, and she began to transform from head to toe, changing from her original black pigment to red, and her photon blood also turned black.

"Standing By! Awakening!"

"Kamen Rider Faiz, Burst Form! Here I come!"

"Heh...you'll make me feel even better, come on."

Long Qiao transformed the Faiz Explosive into "Photon Shattering Sword Mode" and slung it over his shoulder, then beckoned to the group of Orphnochs in a provocative manner.

The Orphnochs on the opposite side, naturally unable to withstand Long Qiao's provocation, swarmed forward.

Meanwhile, Long Qiao, manipulating the "Photon Domain Levitation Device" on his back, quickly approached the nearest Orphnoch, then delivered a horizontal slash, instantly turning the wounded Orphnoch into a puddle of sand.

"Hmph, not bad! Let's try the 'Photon Destruction Cannon Mode' next! Watch this, Red Photon Blood Bullet! Rat-a-tat-tat-tat!..."

Long Qiao set up his Photon Destruction Cannon and unleashed a barrage of fire at the Orphnoch swarm, but... the Orphnochs hit by Long Qiao's blasts were all reduced to ashes. In no time, all the Orphnochs summoned by Cocolia were annihilated.

"Although I don't know why you're manipulating the Orphnoch to work for you, I still have to say, you're too weak. I advise you not to even think about messing with Mei and Wendy, or I'll make sure you don't see the sun tomorrow."

Long Qiao, holding the Photon Destruction Cannon in one hand, glared at Cocolia with disdain and threatened her.

Meanwhile, Cocolia, watching from behind the scenes, gritted her teeth in fury at Long Qiao's arrogant demeanor.

"Fine, fine, you win. Just you wait!"

Cocolia then severed her connection with Bronya and turned to walk into the darkness.

"The plan to revive that thing needs to be accelerated. I want to make sure that Takumi can never die again!"

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"Zhang Qing, help Bronya sit properly behind Wendy. Wendy, you sit in front of Bronya. I need to help you. And Mei, you sit between them. I'll help you clear away the Herrscher's power."

The three then sat down as Long Qiao had requested.

Can I really become a human again?

"Believe in your brother Qiao and you'll gain eternal life. After this shot, not only will you become human again, you'll be able to walk on the ground. And you're the Fourth Herrscher, the kind that can be controlled."

"Brother Qiao... are you really okay?" Kiana asked worriedly.

"Sigh, school's over, everything should be fine... right?"

"What do you mean 'should be fine'? My Mei!"

"..."

"I'm afraid that if this shell hits, everyone will be gone, leaving only ashes." Of course, this was what Men Mo thought to himself.

"Brother Qiao, we're ready," Mei and Wendy said at the same time.

"Now that we're ready, let's begin! Photon Destruction Cannon, full power! Red Photon Blood Beam, fire!"

Long Qiao unleashed a full-force attack on the three, but the recoil was so strong that she smashed the floorboards, her legs were firmly stuck in the ground, and she was even showing a slight tendency to move backward.

After about ten or twenty seconds, Long Qiao stopped attacking, her gaze fixed on the three people shrouded in smoke. When the smoke cleared, Mei, Wendy, and Bronya were all standing there unharmed. As for Bronya, she had woken up the second she was covered by the beam of light.

"Haha, I feel like the Herrscher's power has really dissipated a lot," Mei said with delight, looking at her hands.

"Me too! My legs feel like they've regained feeling, I... I can get out of bed!!!" Wendy said, tears welling in her eyes.

Bronya also felt the biochip in her brain disappear. "I'm sorry, Wendy, Bronya didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's not your fault, Bronya. It's all thanks to Qiao Ge that I'm standing here unharmed."

"It's fine"

She immediately deactivated her transformation, but Long Qiao felt something was wrong with her body. A sudden, intense pain swept through every part of her body, as if she had been tied to a cross and stabbed for ten or fifteen days. Every part of her body felt like it was tearing her muscles, causing Long Qiao to cry out in pain. Then she began coughing incessantly until—

"Wow——"

Long Qiao covered her mouth with one hand and coughed up a large amount of blood. If someone looked closely at Long Qiao, they would notice that some of her off-white hair had turned even whiter. Then her vision went black and she fainted. As for the shouts of Men Mo and the others? They were in so much pain, who cared?

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for saving Wendy. However, because the host is too weak and a powerful move was forcibly used, fifteen years of the host's lifespan will be deducted."

And so, Long Qiao was carried back, while Wendy naturally joined St. Freya Academy.