Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

Four months had passed since the appearance of the Herrscher of the Void, and two weeks prior, Kiana had left St. Freya Academy and come to Sky City because she felt it was her fault.

In order to find Kiana's whereabouts, Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and the main characters all began to take action.

"Headmistress, we have arrived in Sky City and have not yet detected any signs of being followed or monitored," Bronya reported.

“Received. Continue to maintain contact with Dr. Einstein,” Theresa said.

"If you ask me, we should just cut down everyone in our path and chop down anyone who tries to stop us," Long Qiao said half-jokingly, taking a sip of ice water.

slap~

"Pfft...cough cough, what's going on?" Long Qiao spat out the ice water she was drinking and rubbed her head, looking at Men Mo who was doing the work with a resentful expression.

"It's amazing you could come up with this method. Don't you think you'll all die together if you find out?" Men Mo said.

"Emmm... I was just joking," Long Qiao said cheerfully.

"Alright, alright, let's hurry up and find that annoying snake to finish the business deal," Theresa said helplessly.

“I just don’t understand. What era are we living in? Why not just send intelligence over the internet? Why do we still have to use such an old-fashioned way of making contact, and why did we specifically ask for you five clowns?” Theresa sighed.

"Maybe... it's because we're handsome?" Zhang Qing blurted out, almost as if possessed.

"..."

“What you said is correct, but I think it’s to prevent the signal from being eavesdropped on,” Yunshan said.

“…Sigh…maybe that still represents the significance of this intelligence?” Theresa said.

"Is this Sky City? It's unbelievably huge. Even before the Great Collapse, such a prosperous city was rare," Mei exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes… In order to resist the increasing number of Honkai Beasts, people have no choice but to abandon their homes and move to large cities around the world, since only these large cities have the ability to protect them,” Theresa said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qing suddenly thought of a warrior who had guarded the world alone for more than ten years and couldn't help but twitch his lips. Could it be true that big cities could protect them?

"As technology and resources accumulate, cities grow larger and larger, eventually becoming mega-metropolises."

“Such a big city… Kiana, we will definitely find you…” Mei said.

“It definitely will…” Long Qiao patted Mei’s shoulder and said.

"Although most of the intelligence agents are two-faced and there are considerable risks in dealing with them, this is the only clue we have to find Kiana after escaping headquarters..." Himeko suddenly said.

"There are considerable risks?" Long Qiao raised an eyebrow.

“Then…” Zhang Qing seemed to have caught up with Long Qiao’s thoughts.

“The knife…” Menmo continued.

“Set up on…” Yunshan said after connecting to the local area network.

"On his neck?" Qingmo answered the last question.

"Yo~~" The five men's eyes flashed red as they simultaneously laughed in a villainous manner.

"This..." Mei and the others sighed helplessly when they saw the appearance of Long Qiao and the other four.

…………

"Headmistress, we've arrived," Mei said.

"It's too quiet, something's not right. Everyone on high alert!" Theresa said.

Qingmo and the other four immediately became serious and slowly walked forward, but the scene in front of them made them frown.

“There’s mechanical wreckage everywhere… A great battle just took place here…” Mei said.

"What happened? Gray Snake... he's dead?" Theresa asked in confusion.

"Long Qiao, what do you think? Long Qiao?" Mei asked, only to find Long Qiao staring seriously at a dark area.

step... step... step...

A series of footsteps sounded, and a sense of urgency rose in everyone's hearts.

"Who is it? Get out here!" Long Qiao roared at the shadows.

"Hehehe... So you were discovered after all." An Orphnoch with a dragon's head stepped out and said.

“It seems you’re still very alert, even the first time,” said another Orphnoch.

“Hehe... Long time no see, Long Qiao~” Long Aofino said.

“That’s… a long time no see… Dragon Orphino and… Sheep Orphino!” Long Qiao said through gritted teeth.

"You guys go find clues about Gray Snake's death, I'll take care of these two!" Long Qiao said to the group.

Seeing Long Qiao's murderous aura, Qing Mo and the others didn't know what to say and could only tell Long Qiao to be careful.

After everyone left, Long Qiao looked at the two Orphnochs with a dangerous red glint in his eyes and said, "Back then, when I turned your Lucky Four-Leaf Clover into a Miserable Two-Leaf Clover, didn't you feel good? Your sneak attack caused me to lose my two most important people. Although one returned, the other is gone forever. Now you dare to come looking for me again? Then you can die here! Henshin!"

After transforming into Faiz, Long Qiao charged towards the two Orphnochs wielding the Faiz blade. Long Qiao slashed at the Orphnoch's arm, sending sparks flying, but the Orphnoch seemed to feel nothing.

"Tch, you're still as tough as steel."

Seeing that her attack was ineffective, Long Qiao quickly jumped away, but Yang Ophio ran forward. Long Qiao hurriedly swung her knife, but Yang Ophio quickly dodged it.

"Ah! Oh well, I guess I'll just have some fun with you guys!"

After Long Qiao took out the Faiz Detonator, he quickly dodged the attacks of the two Orphnochs while activating the Faiz Detonator. In a burst of red light, Faiz turned into a red body, its eyes turned orange, and its photon blood turned black.

"This is the first time I've ever experienced using Burst Mode and Acceleration Mode at the same time. You guys better let me have some fun."

"what?!"

Long Qiao pressed the acceleration watch on his left hand, and the chest armor in the Burst Form unfolded to reveal the core inside, with the photon blood remaining unchanged.

"bring it on!"

"Start Up!"

White waves of energy surged around Long Qiao, who then wielded the Photon Shattering Sword and used the super-speed burst of acceleration mode to quickly reach Yang Opheno. He unleashed a diagonal light blade slash, instantly splitting Yang Opheno in two and turning it into a puddle of sand. Then, Long Qiao used the Photon Domain levitation device to fly into the air and then rapidly descended, using the acceleration to release fifty Crimson Electric Drills at Yang Opheno.

"go to hell!"

In an instant, a violent explosion resounded through the sky. Long Qiao collapsed to the ground due to the side effects, while Long Aofino dragged his body, which had been kicked away by Long Qiao, and crawled away into the distance.

"Damn it... could fifty enhanced crimson drills not kill you?" Long Qiao complained, half-kneeling and supporting the Photon Shattered Sword.

Meanwhile, the crawling dragon Orphino disappeared into the shadows and vanished without a trace in an instant. However, due to the side effects, Long Qiao could only watch helplessly as Orphino crawled away. Although Qing Mo and the others heard the explosion while searching for clues about the gray snake, they did not have time to harvest the spoils.

"The next time we meet... will be your death day... Burst Mode plus Acceleration Mode is still too much of a stretch..." Bronya caught Long Qiao's head just as he was about to fall to the ground.

"Oh, you're here?" Long Qiao asked Bronya, panting.

(PS: Burst Mode and Acceleration Mode are my own little personal modifications. They have quite a few side effects. At the same time, it can unleash up to fifty consecutive Crimson Drills, and the acceleration lasts for 30 seconds. I named it Acceleration Burst Mode.)