Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

With Long Qiao's sudden attack, Men Mo reacted immediately and blocked with his knife. Long Qiao slapped the card-shaped sword, causing a slight numbness in Men Mo's hand.

"Damn, she's so strong! Come help me—" Men Mo said through gritted teeth after struggling to block Long Qiao's slap.

Upon hearing Men Mo's words, Long Yuyang took the initiative to attack, drawing his sword and slashing at Long Qiao. Just as the blade was about to touch Long Qiao, it was tied up by Long Qiao's tail and then thrown aside. As Long Yuyang fell, Ji Zi and Qing Mo stepped forward from both sides of Long Qiao with their swords. This situation forced Long Qiao to abandon Men Mo, this fresh meat, to defend against the attacks of Qing Mo and Ji Zi.

Just as Long Qiao grabbed Qing Mo and Ji Zi, several chains and bandages suddenly bound Long Qiao, rendering her unable to move and forcing her to put Qing Mo and Ji Zi down.

"Roar—" Long Qiao roared, pulling on the chain with one hand and tearing at the bandages with the other.

"Hmph! This is Judas breaking his promise, it's not something to be taken lightly..."

"These are bandages conjured from the Spear of the Void; they're not so easily torn," Sirin said proudly.

Theresa and Celine hadn't been feeling proud for long when they saw Long Qiao's figure disappear quickly, followed by Zhang Qing's painful groan. When everyone looked over, they saw that Long Qiao's fist had already smashed hard into Zhang Qing's abdomen.

"Hiss... that's some serious strength!" Zhang Qing said, his voice trembling as he sweated profusely.

“Zhang Qing!” Xilin said in a trembling voice.

"I'm fine, Sirin, please help me!"

After Zhang Qing forcefully kicked Long Qiao away, Xi Lin launched the Void Spear at Long Qiao, then stood with Zhang Qing and the others.

"Have you noticed that Long Qiao's reactions seem to follow instinct?" Qing Mo suddenly said.

“Yes, it’s as if a real wild beast is standing in front of us,” Menmo said, rubbing his back.

"To defeat us so easily without even realizing it, relying solely on instinct, truly worthy of being called Qiao Ge," Kiana exclaimed.

"Everyone get ready, a new attack is coming!" Mei said, holding her sword.

"Ho..."

Long Qiao's mouth suddenly opened, and in an instant a black light wave swept straight towards the group. When they saw the light wave, they quickly jumped away, and a faint aura of death appeared on the floor that was swept by it.

“This guy… is determined to kill us!” Men Mo said.

"Third Brother is fucking awesome." Yunshan swallowed hard, startled by Long Qiao's words.

"How terrifying—" Xilin was frightened by Long Qiao's violent aura.

The next moment, Long Qiao, who was standing, suddenly lay down on the ground, supporting herself on all fours, with her tail held high. In this way, Long Qiao launched a sudden attack, appearing in front of Bronya at an extremely fast speed and knocking Bronya to the ground. Long Qiao slowly opened her mouth, and after everyone reacted, they hurriedly shouted for Bronya, but there was nothing they could do.

"...Bronya understands. If you want to eat, then come on over..." Bronya closed her eyes resignedly.

Just as Long Qiao was about to bite, Future Long Qiao arrived, transformed into Faiz, and used the Faiz phone to emit a ray that sent Long Qiao flying.

"We've finally arrived. That Herrscher of Mimicry was quite tenacious, but thankfully we managed to take her down in the end." Future Longqiao said after helping Bronya up, holding the Faiz phone in front of him.

"Ugh... Roar—"

After getting up from the ground, Long Qiao attacked towards the future Long Qiao.

"Well done!"

Long Qiao's claws clashed with Future Long Qiao's sharp blade. After a brief stalemate, Future Long Qiao pushed Long Qiao aside and then kicked him to the ground.

"Ha...ha...ho..."

After Long Qiao stood up again, black flames burst forth from her body once more before she charged towards Future Long Qiao. This time, Future Long Qiao was unable to dodge in time and was slapped several meters away by Long Qiao. Then, Long Qiao slashed with her claws, and a black claw-shaped attack flew towards Future Long Qiao, once again splashing out a large cloud of dust.

"Roar! Ho..."

Just as Long Qiao turned her gaze to Men Mo and the others again, Future Long Qiao slowly emerged from the smoke and dust, now transformed into the Armored General form.

"Come on, keep going!"

"Hoohoho!"

Long Qiao looked at the future Long Qiao and suddenly charged towards the future Long Qiao, but the attack was blocked by the future Long Qiao who used the Fire Rope Orange DJ Gun Greatsword Mode. Then, the future Long Qiao freed his left hand and summoned the Banana Spear, which pierced Long Qiao's body and instantly created a large number of sparks, and sent Long Qiao flying.

"Ugh!!!"

Long Qiao quickly got up from the ground, roared at Wei Lai Long Qiao, and pulled out her weapon to attack Wei Lai Long Qiao. The battle between the two had reached a fever pitch, and they had both entered a state of self-forgetfulness. The flashes of swords and shadows rose and fell between them. Long Qiao's attacks failed to hit Wei Lai Long Qiao even once, while Wei Lai Long Qiao had already cut sparks on Long Qiao's body. Then, after the two separated, they charged at each other at the same time. The next moment, they were in each other's original positions. The next second, Long Qiao fell to the ground and her body turned into a human form.

"Ha...ha...ha..." Long Qiao lay on the ground, panting heavily, sweating profusely.

"Cough cough... I thought I could never turn back..." Long Qiao said weakly after a while, opening her eyes.

"Is this the first time you've gone berserk?" Future Longqiao said, extending a hand to Longqiao after de-transforming.

"Yes, I don't know why I suddenly went berserk today. I only know that before I went berserk, my heart suddenly started beating very fast, and my fighting spirit was flowing out uncontrollably." Long Qiao said after supporting herself up by holding the hand of the future Long Qiao.

As the two were talking, Men Mo and the others came over, supporting each other. Long Qiao scratched his head as he looked at the injured Men Mo and the other three.

"You almost killed us!" Men Mo said, kicking Long Qiao as he got up.

"I...I don't know why...I was conscious during the rampage, but my body was out of control...I'm sorry..." Long Qiao apologized to everyone.

Then Long Qiao came to Bronya, suddenly hugged her and whispered, "I'm sorry, Bronya... I didn't mean to... but I just... I just couldn't control myself..."

"It's okay... Bronya is still standing here perfectly fine." Bronya said, patting Long Qiao's head.

Looking at the marks she had made on Bronya's arm, Long Qiao felt even more guilty.

"Ugh, alright, alright, stop showing off your love here. The readers don't want to eat this," Zhang Qing complained.

"My past self, my future is entrusted to you. Your journey has just begun. Strive to reach the top of this world!" Future Long Qiao said as he walked over, then threw three pendants to Long Qiao.

"This is……"

"These three pendants were worn by Mei, Bronya, and me. Now I entrust them to you. This future cannot be changed, but your world can be changed. Move forward, young man," Future Dragon said with a smile.

"Ah, then we're leaving..."

After saying that, Long Qiao opened the space-time rift and walked in with everyone. Before Long Qiao entered last, she took one last look at the future Long Qiao.

After returning to the present time—

“So, now that things are over, I’m leaving too. This isn’t my world after all,” Long Yuyang said.

"Well, be careful along the way."

After saying that, Long Yuyang walked away into the distance.

"Let's go, Ryuki..." Mei said to Ryuki, who was sitting on the ground, after putting on the pendant.

"You guys go ahead, I'll come back as soon as I've recovered my strength," Long Qiao said, waving her hand.

"Then we won't wait for you," Bronya said to Long Qiao.

"Ah."

Then the group slowly walked into the distance. After walking for a while, Long Qiao recovered from her weakness. After standing up and calming herself down, she felt fine and walked towards the group.

After chasing for a while, Long Qiao came up behind the group, but for some reason she couldn't catch up with them. Just then, the scene around Long Qiao suddenly went dark, and several vines appeared behind her, trying to grab her. After reacting, Long Qiao used her agility to dodge one vine after another, but just as she was about to get close to the group, a vine suddenly grabbed her ankle.

"Bronya!!"

Long Qiao shouted and was then grabbed by the vines and dragged into the abyss. The scene then returned to normal, as if it had never existed.

"Why did I just hear someone calling Bronya?" Bronya looked back and asked in confusion.

"No, you must have misheard," Menmo said, shrugging.

"Maybe……"

"By the way, why hasn't Long Qiao arrived yet?" Qingmo asked.

"Oh right, how come Long Qiao... wait... who is Long Qiao?"