"Sigh~" Bronya Zaychik watched the battle of the two gods in the distance, a trace of melancholy in her eyes, causing her to sigh involuntarily.
"Bronya Zaychik, what's wrong?" Mei, who was standing next to Bronya Zaychik, heard her sigh and asked with concern.
"According to the Bronya's system calculations, if their battle continues, it might destroy our world," Bronya Zaychik Zaychik said, various numbers flashing in her eyes. The {Valkyrie} system inside her body was continuously performing supercomputer-level calculations using Honkai energy as fuel. In truth, if a person or thing could master all the physical laws of the world, it could calculate destiny and the future. Bronya Zaychik was far from that level, but she could still make a rough calculation based on the destructive power of the two gods' battle.
"Wha—huff huff~~" Kiana Kaslana, having finally run—no, retreated—to Mei's side, bent over and panted heavily, her eyes rolling back as if she were about to die of exhaustion. Li Xuan returned right after Kiana. He had to admit, Kiana's running ability was something else; she had even left him in the dust.
"…Eh!? Why did it suddenly turn into such a terrible crisis!!" Kiana exclaimed in shock after catching her breath. Having her own weapons destroy the world sounded cool, but if the weapons ended up killing their master in the process… Kiana felt she'd be too ashamed to go to heaven.
"Because the heroic spirits of Lucian and Sol do not belong to our era. As they fight, the Honkai energy within them transforms into power and clashes, intensifying the fluctuations of the Reality-warping field and causing turbulence in spacetime," Bronya Zaychik explained in detail the cause and effect of the two gods' battle.
"Uh-huh!!" Kiana nodded seriously, looking like she understood. Li Xuan also focused his attention, memorizing every word Bronya Zaychik said. After all, this could be a clue to returning to his own world in the future.
"Right! …What does that mean?!" Kiana suddenly asked.
"..." For a moment, the scene became a bit awkward. Everyone was speechless. You were nodding so hard, yet you didn't understand a thing?! The group could almost see a black crow flying over Kiana's head, cawing, 'Idiot, idiot.'
"Hehe," Kiana said, scratching the back of her head sheepishly and sticking out her tongue, shamelessly acting cute.
"…In the worst-case scenario, if the Reality-warping field becomes large enough… it could lead to the overlapping of three different spacetimes. The world of myths would descend upon this era once more," Bronya Zaychik continued, her expression still blank.
"The world of myths!?" Mei repeated in surprise. Images of gods turning clouds and rain with a flip of their hands appeared in everyone's minds, and then, of course, the world would be destroyed. After all, even fighting a Honkai Beast was hard enough; fighting gods who could kill Honkai Beasts like chickens was something they should just go to sleep and dream about.
"Not only that, if spacetime is distorted, the entire world could collapse and enter a turbulent dimension," Bronya Zaychik said expressionlessly. Though she couldn't show any emotion, a look of worry flashed across everyone's faces.
"…Then Bronya Zaychik, is there a way to save it?" Mei asked seriously. No one wanted to see their world destroyed.
"…The only way is to end this battle as soon as possible," Bronya Zaychik said, shaking her head.
"Then let's hurry up and do something," Kiana said impatiently. Then, as if remembering her recent ordeal, she turned and grabbed the corner of Li Xuan's shirt, her watery eyes begging for a shield.
CRASH!! The sound of a collapsing abandoned building was deafening. "ROAR!!~~~" Suddenly, beastly roars came from behind the group.
Li Xuan turned to look. In the distance, hordes of Honkai Zombies were surging towards them. They roared, pushed, and struggled, scrambling over each other to get to Li Xuan and the others. The sight of their densely packed, waving arms was enough to make someone with trypophobia faint. They rushed forward like sharks that had smelled blood.
"Ugh! Damn it! Why are so many Honkai Zombies showing up at a critical time like this!" Kiana yelled in frustration.
"The fluctuations from the clash of the two powerful Honkai energy sources have attracted a large number of Honkai Zombies," Bronya Zaychik stated, her expression unchanged.
"It's fine, I'll stop them! You guys go on ahead," Li Xuan said, stepping forward at this moment. They're just Honkai Zombies. I can take on ten of them myself! Uh, I think I can, right?
Li Xuan thought.
"Li Xuan, don't be reckless!" Kiana said angrily. There were at least a hundred Honkai Zombies; how could one person possibly defeat them all?!
"..." Li Xuan deeply felt how fragile the trust between people was. Still, Kiana's concern for him made him happy.
Li Xuan said nothing. A grenade-like object appeared out of thin air in his right hand. With his left hand, he pulled out a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on calmly. He bit down on the pin, pulled it hard, and yelled, "Everyone, close your eyes!"
"Go! M84 Flashbang!" A purple-and-yellow grenade-shaped object was thrown by Li Xuan into the horde of Honkai Zombies.
BANG! A blinding flash of light, bright enough to blind titanium-alloy eyes, suddenly erupted, like a small sun.
"Aaaah!! My eyes!" Li Xuan suddenly heard Kiana's miserable scream beside him. Kiana was squinting, tears streaming down her face, her expression resentful.
"…Didn't I tell you to close your eyes?" Li Xuan was helpless. "…I didn't have time to react!" Kiana cried, tears streaming down her face.
"..." That's your own fault! Mei and Bronya Zaychik are fine, aren't they? It's your own fault your reflexes are so slow!
Because of Li Xuan's M84 Flashbang, all the Honkai Zombies were stunned, waving their arms and bumping into each other, some even falling to the ground. Without a doubt, the grenade Li Xuan had wished for earlier was incredibly effective!
Li Xuan flicked his wrists and took out his last four grenades in one go. With his precise control, he threw them with all his might! Two MK2A1 Grenades were thrown into the horde of Honkai Zombies first. With a deafening boom, the grenades exploded. A wish-granted item is always top quality! The grenades turned into balls of world-ending flames that clung to the Honkai Zombies, burning them. The Honkai Zombies at the center of the explosions were directly incinerated into charcoal.
The other two grenades he had gotten from a blue-light wish, V-Type Prototype Grenades, were thrown one in each hand. But their landing points were not the Honkai Zombie horde, but the abandoned buildings on either side of it!
BANG! BOOM!! The long-abandoned buildings collapsed instantly from the explosions of the two single-use high-explosive grenades. And then… tons of rubble came crashing down, and the world fell silent.
The Honkai Zombies had been tragically buried alive.
"Let's go, everyone~" Li Xuan turned around, a sunny smile on his handsome face. Behind him was a field of ruined buildings, the burial ground of the Honkai Zombies, giving off an inexplicably sinister vibe.
"..." Kiana, Mei, and Bronya Zaychik stared, completely dumbfounded.