Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

After the great battle with the Second Herrscher, everyone returned to St. Freya Academy. Three days later, Kiana and the girl Sirin awoke from their comas, and Himeko's injuries were healed by Ryuu Takumi using the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit. Ryuu Takumi and the others were worried that Sirin would lack memories after waking up, but during their communication with her, they discovered that Sirin's memories were intact, and she could still use the Second Herrscher's abilities; only her evil thoughts had been cleared by Ryuu Takumi. At that moment, Ryuu Takumi reappeared from the future—

"You've arrived?" Long Qiao asked.

"Well, didn't I say last time that I'd tell you about the future after the Second Herrscher matter was over? It's about time, let's go," said Future Dragon.

“Okay, then I’ll bring Xilin along to broaden her horizons,” Long Qiao replied.

"Sirin? Has her Herrscher personality been eliminated?"

"Pretty much. Anyway, she retains all her previous memories, only the evil thoughts have been cleared away, and she can still retain her Herrscher abilities." Long Qiao said, touching her nose.

"Huh? Not bad, your Faiz Burst Form is better than mine."

"Alright, alright, let's go. I also want to see your future," Menmo said excitedly.

Upon hearing Men Mo's words, Long Qiao smiled helplessly, then transformed into an Orphnoch and forcefully created a deep blue spatial rift by slashing through the void with his claw.

When the future dragon transformed into the form of an Orphnoch, Sirin was so frightened by the future dragon's imposing aura that she hid behind Zhang Qing.

"What a terrifying aura..." Sirin muttered.

"Oh my, I never thought that the mighty Honkai Queen would be so frightened by Long Qiao's Orphnoch form that she would hide behind someone else?" Qingmo said with a smile after seeing this.

"Alright, boss, stop laughing at Xilin..." Zhang Qing said, scratching his face.

“Okay,” Qingmo said, shrugging.

"Then let's set off for the future world!" Kiana shouted excitedly.

One by one, everyone jumped into the spacetime rift, taking Himeko and Theresa with them.

After everyone emerged from the space-time rift, the scene before them was not as pleasant as they had imagined. All they could see were broken limbs and corpses, and the sky was shrouded in an endless black mist, giving them a deep and heavy sense of oppression.

“Where in the future are we?” Theresa asked.

“I don’t know,” Bronya replied.

"In short, this place has been through a lot," Himeko said, frowning.

"Holy crap, why is the floor all sticky?" Menmo said, lifting his foot.

At the same time, a faint smell of blood wafted towards everyone's noses.

“I think… this must be… blood…” Sirin said softly after sniffing the air.

"Blood?!" Yunshan exclaimed in shock.

"Strange... Where did Mirai Ryuujou go? We were following him the whole time, but he just disappeared when we turned around," Mei asked.

Just as everyone was wondering, the sound of clashing swords and howls like those of wild beasts came from afar.

The group rushed to the source of the sound and saw a future dragon wearing Faiz armor fighting against five Temple-class Honkai Beasts and a Herrscher of Mimicry.

"One Herrscher of Mimicry, and five Temple-level Honkai Beasts?!" Himeko exclaimed in shock.

"Indeed, I didn't expect Long Qiao to be so awesome in the future. He even managed to win a 1v6 battle." Men Mo said in surprise.

"So strong!" the three little ones exclaimed in unison.

"Holy crap! Is this what my future self will be like? This is amazing!?" Long Qiao exclaimed in surprise.

On the battlefield, Future Dragon Swordsman, wielding a sharp blade, skillfully dodged attacks and launched counterattacks. Then, with a flash of cold light, only the wounded Herrscher of Mimicry remained on the battlefield. Future Dragon Swordsman looked down at the Herrscher of Mimicry from his high position and then brought his blade down.

After finishing off the enemy, Future Dragon seemed to sense everyone's presence and deactivated his transformation to walk towards them.

"You've arrived..." Future Dragon said with a smile.

"Ah... which city is this, and what happened here?" Long Qiao asked after responding.

“This city… is Changkong City,” Long Qiao said with emotion, stroking a stone wall in the future.

"Huh? This is... Changkong City?" Theresa said in disbelief.

“Yes, about seven years ago, Honkai Beasts and Herrschers of Mimicry suddenly began to appear in large numbers. The Honkai Beasts suddenly descended on the city, and the people of the city were wiped out before they could evacuate or receive any reinforcements. By the time we arrived, the ground was already soaked in blood. At that time, I was young and arrogant, thinking that I could defeat the Honkai Beasts because I had obtained so many powerful forms. But the Herrschers that appeared later extinguished my arrogance.” Mirai Ryuki said as she led the group toward the base.

Future Dragon Chūki paused, then continued, "Back then, because I had obtained the Elemental Dragon and also had the Great General and Mark IX forms, I was the strongest fighter. When I saw the people of an entire city being slaughtered, I was enraged. Ignoring Bronya's advice, I insisted on going to fight the Herrschers. At that time, I single-handedly killed hundreds of Honkai Beasts, nearly fifty Herrscher Mimics, and three Herrschers. But just then, a Herrscher ambushed me and severely injured me. And just when I was about to be killed, you came... To cover Bronya's retreat with me, you used your lives to stop the Herrschers' attack. After you died, your corpses were used by the Honkai God to fight me. Kiana died from blood loss, and Mei and Bronya also left me one after another. At the same time... all the cities were invaded, Schicksal was breached, and all the Valkyries... were all... wiped out..." Future Dragon Chūki clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

“Mei died in my arms because of her serious injuries, and Bronya died on my body because of excessive blood loss. My earrings are Bronya’s keepsakes, and the ring was given to me by Mei,” Mirai Ryuki said with a sigh.

"Bronya and Mei?" Bronya asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, it was originally... a wedding gift, but we were separated by death on the eve of our wedding." Future smiled as she looked at the ring.

"Huh? I'm going to get married to Bronya and Mei in the future???" Long Qiao said in surprise.

Following Long Qiao's exclamation, Mei and Bronya blushed simultaneously.

“Yes, aren’t you the one who knows best?” Future Ryuki couldn’t help but say, looking at his past self.

“...Yeah, yeah...hehe…” Long Qiao scratched his face and said awkwardly.

"Huh? I didn't expect Long Qiao to actually manage to win over Bronya and Mei." Himeko teased Long Qiao.

After speaking, the three of them blushed instantly, while Men Mo and the others walking beside them looked at them with auntie smiles.

"Alright, we've arrived. This is my current base, which used to be St. Freya Academy."

Upon arrival, the group found that St. Freya had lost its former grandeur and magnificence. The entire academy exuded an aura of decay and death, with the remains of Honkai Beasts and Herrschers scattered around. It was hard to imagine what had happened to this future...