Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

(Continuing from the previous chapter, after the main characters rescued the last group of survivors, they encountered their strongest enemy yet, the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover—what will the main characters do next?)

“Hahaha, none of you will survive, especially you, Faiz, who killed so many of our Orphnochs!” said the centipede Orphnoch.

"Hmph! You deserve to die, who told you to kill so many people!" Long Qiao said, pointing at the four Orphnochs in front of her.

“Ha—ridiculous, take this punch!” said Orphnoch the crocodile.

"Tsk, come on if you want to fight, who's afraid of who?" Long Qiao went up to meet them and secretly passed on the message to everyone.

"Brother Mo, take those guys and run! I'll cover your retreat!" With that, Long Qiao grabbed her Faiz camera and went to meet them.

"No, I can't leave Qiao behind. You guys run!" Qingmo also grabbed the skull-shaped Magnum gun and charged towards the centipede.

"Hey, uncle, you take the three of them and run away. The four of us will cover your retreat. Hurry up and run with all the survivors!" Menmo also charged towards Lobster Orphnoch with his Card Box Sword in hand.

"Yes, they're right. Uncle, you should run. This is no longer a battle you can get close to." Zhang Qing also grabbed his dragon-sword and charged towards Long Aofei.

"Alright then, be careful!" The uncle pulled them away, preparing to escape.

"But...but what about Qiao and the others..." Mei said worriedly, looking in the direction of Long Qiao and the others.

"It's alright. I've watched them grow to this level. Their repeated brushes with death have made them incredibly strong."

“But Bronya is very worried about Choco…” Bronya said.

"Haha, don't worry, they'll be fine."

"Ah—" A figure slammed hard against the wall, kicking up a cloud of smoke.

"Who flew over here?" Kiana asked.

When the smoke cleared, everyone was surprised, because it was not Orpheus who flew onto the wall, but Long Qiao.

"Hey! Xiaoqiao, are you alright?" Minghai asked as he helped Longqiao up.

"Cough cough, I'm fine. This dead crocodile is very strong... I can't break through his defense, cough cough..." Long Qiao was helped up from the ground and knelt down to say.

"What a coincidence! How infuriating!"

"Skull!" Qingmo used a knight kick directly at Orphnoch.

"The final moment has arrived!"

"Me too!" Zhang Qing immediately struck the Dragon Rider's signature pose.

"Final AttackRide! De-De-De-Decade!" Menmo also unleashed his ultimate move.

However, in reality, the three ultimate moves were completely ineffective against Orphnoch. As Orphnoch raised her hand, three explosions rang out, and Qingmo and the others were also knocked back and forced to de-transform, all of them severely injured.

"Cough cough, how come everyone is so strong! If we weren't so weak, we would have been beaten to a pulp!" Men Mo said angrily.

"Are we really going to fail here this time?" Qingmo said helplessly.

"I will never give up! You guys run! I'll hold them off here!" With that, Long Qiao shakily drew the Faiz blade and ran towards Orphnoch.

"Brother Qiao..." Zhang Qing watched as the enemy, whom they could no longer defeat, charged forward once again.

But after a short while, Long Qiao was knocked back. This time, Long Qiao couldn't stand up and even his transformation was canceled.

"Faiz! Do you see the gap between us? If you continue to get stronger, we might not be able to beat you. But for now, let's nip you in the bud!" Centipede Ophie said, then lashed out with his whip towards Long Qiao.

Just when everyone thought Faiz was about to die, an unexpected figure appeared in front of Ryuki—it was Uncle Narumi. Uncle Narumi used his own flesh and blood to block the fatal blow...

"!!! Uncle!!!" Long Qiao endured the pain, got up from the ground, and walked to the uncle.

"Uncle! Why...why did you..." Long Qiao touched the uncle's injured spot, and at this moment, Long Qiao was already crying her eyes out.

"Hey! Uncle!" Qingmo and the other two also ran over.

"Uncle, please don't die!" Zhang Qing shouted.

"Hehe, Xiao Mo, you've been by my side the longest. Now I'm passing the torch to you. Carry my will and keep going. Take good care of them—and Zhang Qing, although I haven't known you for long, I've already accepted you. You're my fourth brother now. You all need to live well while I'm away!"

After saying that, the uncle put his hat on Qingmo's head, looked at the four brothers, a smile on his lips, slowly closed his eyes, and let his hands hang down.

"Uncle! Uncle!" Long Qiao gently put Narumi down and looked at Orphnoch in front of him.

"You bastards! I will absolutely, absolutely not let you get away with this!" Long Qiao roared, and then Long Qiao transformed into Faiz again.

Just as Long Qiao was about to continue the third round with them, a sudden whirring sound came from the plane. A red-haired woman jumped out of the plane and looked around at the scene and asked.

"What happened here? And what are that armored man and those strange guys?"

"Uh—it's a long story," Qingmo said, scratching his head as he lay on the ground.

Then Qingmo told Ji Zi everything that had happened.

"I see. My name is Himeko, and I'm here to provide support."

"Support? Then please help Qiao Ge, he's dying!" Kiana and the others hurriedly said to Himeko.

"Okay, sure," Himeko replied immediately.

"We'll help too, Henshin!" x3

The group walked over to Long Qiao's side, "Qiao—"

"Could you guys help me stall for a bit? I'll be done soon..."

"Yeah, try to be as fast as possible, because we can't beat them either." Zhang Qing said helplessly, his hands trembling.

"Not for long."

"Alright, let's see what we're made of!" Zhang Qing pulled out the card "Weapon Descent!"

Immediately, the three of them, along with Kiana and her two companions, began fighting against the four-leaf clover.

While they were fighting, Long Qiao had already sat down to the side and entered her spiritual sea of ​​consciousness—

"Hey! System, are you there? I want to make a deal with you..."

"What kind of deal, host—"

"I want to save everyone here, but I don't have enough Knight Coins to buy other belts, not even the Acceleration Form. So what I want to do is trade my own life for a temporary Acceleration Form. I want to save everyone here!" Long Qiao said, looking at the glowing ball in front of him.

"Host, have you thought this through? If so, you'll be sacrificing 20 years of your lifespan."

“I’ve thought it through. I’d rather die myself than see anyone else die in front of me,” Long Qiao said, looking at the system with a determined gaze.

"Thud—" The system threw a watch directly in Long Qiao's direction, which was none other than Faiz's acceleration watch.

“System, thank you…” Long Qiao said, picking up the watch.

"Here you go. After all, the enemy this time is quite strong. If the host dies, this system will also die. I'm saving myself, not helping you. By the way, this one I'm giving you is enhanced," the system said proudly.

"...I've been enhanced? Thank you, system. I'll be going now." With that, Long Qiao withdrew from her mental sea.

"Heh—host, I will protect you..." The system smiled at Long Qiao and then fell asleep again.

When Long Qiao withdrew from her spiritual sea, she found that everyone had been beaten and was in retreat.

"You can step down now. Leave the rest to me." Ryuu Takumi transformed into Kamen Rider Faiz once again, and put on the Faiz watch on his left wrist.

"Coincidentally? Are you wearing an acceleration watch?" Qingmo asked incredulously.

"A speed watch?" Kiana asked, puzzled.

“That’s right, it’s the speed-up watch,” Long Qiao said.

"Oh no, take care of him quickly!" Centipede exclaimed in panic the moment he saw the acceleration watch, and released a series of light bullets that hit Long Qiao, creating huge clouds of dust.

"Skillful!" the crowd exclaimed as they watched Long Qiao being engulfed in smoke.

"Complete!"

As the smoke cleared, standing before them was Faiz in his accelerated form.

Faiz's breastplate had been deployed, his red photon blood had turned silver, and his eyes had turned red. Long Qiao flicked his finger and pointed at the four Orphnochs.

"Now it's my turn—"

----split line----

(During this battle, Long Qiao's accelerated form made its appearance. What will happen next? Stay tuned for the next episode, "The Passing of Qing Mo"—)