The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Tick-tick-tick-tick-"

The wind and rain have stopped, but from time to time a red thunder and lightning will fall in the sky.

The water drops on the ruins outside the house were dripping rhythmically, which matched perfectly with the beating of the second hand of the old watch in Bronya's hand.

The black paint on the watch strap has long since cracked, and a lot of the ground paint has peeled off, leaving a series of medium-sized white spots. There is a large crack on the watch mirror, and there are countless scratches, which makes people seriously doubt whether the owner of the watch can clearly see the direction of the hands on the dial.

The entire dial is military green, with a red star in the center. It looks a bit old-fashioned, at least when it appears on Bronya's wrist, it looks awkward no matter how you look at it.

Maybe... it is considered normal for it to be worn by a man with an unshaven beard and a huge waist?

Bronya smiled slightly.

Yes, its last owner, Uncle Maxim, really looked like this.

However, the next moment, her smile faded:

"It's time."

Her voice was not loud, almost breathy, but in the darkness opposite her, a pair of emerald green eyes rose up in response. Just looking at each other made the hairs stand on end from the back of her neck. To the lumbar spine.

Fortunately, the sharp look in the other person's eyes only lasted for a moment. She quickly looked away and rubbed her eyes at the same time, as if she wanted to make her eyes gentler.

"I'll check the surroundings, re-plan the route, and I'll leave it to you to wake them up."

Mebius flipped up her long hair, gently lifted Mei's head from his lap, then picked up her entire upper body and slowly laid her flat on the ground.

She didn't say anything more to Bronya, she just stood up with her legs up, and then quietly walked to the outdoor balcony.

The resting place she found earlier was on the second floor. It would not be too high to affect her escape, nor would she be directly discovered by the dead warriors and Honkai beasts wandering on the street.

As for the collapse of the building, there is no need to worry, because only half of the wall is left above the third floor of the building. Looking at the fracture, it was probably swept by the previous Honkaimon when it passed by, and it finally collapsed because it could not support it. .

Of course, it doesn't matter how the building collapsed.

Mebius's chest swelled rapidly, and a breath of cold, moist air penetrated deep into her lungs, mixed with a fishy smell that couldn't be told whether it came from soil or blood, just like her pair of eyes that flickered in the dark, no one could say At least the four girls wouldn't understand what she was thinking.

The third collapse, night, these two keywords were combined together, and even Mebius, who had always been unwilling to recall the past, couldn't help but feel shaken.

How could she forget that night? It was on that day that she was reborn, in every sense of the word.

How could she forget such an important time?

"What a pity...it's such a pity..."

The object of pity is not herself. She has nothing to feel pity for and nothing to regret.

Naturally, it wouldn't be someone she felt sorry for in the past. Some of those people didn't need her to feel sorry for them at all, and some she didn't even bother to feel sorry for.

What she regretted was that whole era.

No……

Her fist hit the balcony railing hard, and the tiles on the fence surface had long since disappeared. Her fist hit the rough cement directly, and the slightest pain appeared just right.

She is not only feeling pity, she is also resentful and envious.

I envy these girls for being born in such an era, and resent why my own era is an era without any hope...

But soon, such thoughts dissipated.

"Mebius, it's time to go."

Bronya shouted softly behind her.

"good."

She responded lightly, then turned around and walked back into the house.

"Has the route been planned? How do we leave Changkong City?"

As soon as they met, Bronya asked directly.

"Don't worry, there's still a long way to go. The first priority is to find some weapons for self-defense."

"Weapons for self-defense?"

"Well. I can't protect you anytime and anywhere. There will always be times when I'm negligent, so it's better for you to bring some weapons."

"That makes sense."

Bronya lowered her head and glanced at her pistol. This was the only powerful weapon in the world. Although this powerful weapon was not enough in front of the Honkai Beast, it could more or less protect herself. Unfortunately, there is only this one, and the ammunition can only support one or two battles.

"But where can we find weapons? Bronya thinks that instead of looking for them, it's better to use local materials, right?"

Bronya broke off two sections of steel bars from the broken wall. Xi'er took the initiative to take one. When it was delivered to Mei Yi, she squinted her purple eyes for several seconds before slowly taking it. A steel bar. Well, at least now we can't say we are unarmed.

"It's a good idea, but unfortunately, do you think this thing is really useful?"

"Single...Bronya believes that with the physical fitness of ordinary people, the weapons that an individual can carry will not make much difference when facing Honkai Beast."

"There is still a difference. There are not many large Honkai beasts. The main enemies you will face in the future are mostly dead warriors and small Honkai beasts. In the hands of ordinary people without any training, guns are still more powerful than steel bars. Deterrent, right?”

"But letting someone without shooting training use a gun, especially a pistol...wait! You said you can get a gun?"

Looking at Bronya's surprised eyes, Mebius knew that she had understood what she meant.

The gun would probably have no effect in the hands of Mei and Xi'er, but it would be useful in the hands of her and idiot Kiana! Not to mention it's better than nothing.

But... why is Mebius so interested in arming them?

The reason she mentioned before... No matter how strong she is, it's hard to guarantee that she won't be unable to take care of her.

How should I put it? This reason cannot be said to be unreasonable. It can only be said that it is very common sense and logical. It is so normal that Bronya can't find a point to refute it. If it were another person, even if it was Mikael who was standing here and saying such things, she could still barely believe him. This is not to say that in Bronya's eyes, Mikael is any more trustworthy than Mebius, but that Mebius... mainly after what she said before, Bu Lonya always feels that the other party is playing a big game...

Especially her last sentence - "You will soon know what it means."

Bronya didn't know what it meant, and she couldn't guess it at all. But looking at the literal meaning, it is difficult to ignore the time prefix "soon".

To put it in simpler terms, Bronya felt that Mebius was probably going to give everyone a "surprise" soon.

Taking this as a starting point to infer, any action of Mebius has a profound meaning in Bronya's opinion.

"Let's go, don't hang around. There is a police station two streets away. Let's go there to replenish weapons and ammunition."

Bronya blinked. Although she felt something was fishy, ​​she had no reason to refuse.

…………

"boom--"

Things are progressing much more smoothly than expected. There is no need for prior reconnaissance, and naturally there is no need for a battle plan. All Bronya, Seele, Mei and Kiana have to do is to follow Mebi closely. Behind Us, he watched green lightning arcs as small as hair flying around with Mebius as the center. The dead soldier, who was still wearing a police uniform, was pulled aside by the arc before he could even react.

The victory came so easily. Although Mebius cleaned up all the dead soldiers and Honkaiju in the entire police station to be on the safe side, the time spent cleaning them was still much shorter than the time spent searching for the equipment warehouse. This made Bronya was even more surprised.

She thought it was normal for Mebius to say "I can't protect you anytime and anywhere" before. Now it seems that she underestimated Mebius after all, and with her current strength, she took them all the way out. I'm afraid Changkong City is also easy to handle, and there is no situation that cannot be taken care of.

So what was the purpose of her unnecessary move?

"Bronya, why are you in a daze?"

Kiana turned her head and reminded her while choosing a pistol.

She picked up two pistols, one was a square and angular automatic pistol, and the other was an old-fashioned revolver that looked clumsy.

Bronya just glanced at it and knew that this idiot had difficulty choosing again.

"The automatic pistol on your left hand is a Beretta 92. What year did it come from... Ah, it seems to be the autumn of 1981. There was a firefight between the Far East police and radicals in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Sixth Company The old-fashioned revolver issued faced five AK47s, and the result was predictable. The three unlucky policemen were beaten to death on the spot. The next year, the Far Eastern Police updated their equipment and introduced this old-fashioned weapon. The inventory of revolvers is too large, and it seems that they haven’t been completely replaced yet.”

"Oh, I didn't expect you, a person born in Siberia, to know the Far East so well."

Mebius didn't choose a weapon. With her overwhelming strength, she didn't need a weapon at all. She just silently guarded the door for a few people without urging them. It wasn't until she heard the conversation between Bronya and Kiana that she couldn't help but make a joke.

However, Bronya only thought she was naive, so she simply ignored her and continued to teach Kiana:

"This gun has a magazine capacity of fifteen rounds, but the empty gun weighs close to one kilogram, which is twice the weight of an old-fashioned revolver. It has stronger firepower and better sustainability. You can choose for yourself."

She also needs to look for Tokarev pistol bullets. Obviously, there is a high probability that there will be no such thing here. There is no way she will eventually change to Beretta.

She was a little surprised. When Kiana used the Tokarev pistol before,

After listening to her words, Kiana weighed the two guns in her hands. There was no need to hesitate. Although the old-fashioned revolver was light, it was obviously not suitable for the Kaslana family's gun fighting skills. As for the weight…

A gun weighing one kilogram is not a small burden even for an adult male. Even if the gun is held with both hands, it requires rigorous training to maintain stability. Not to mention that the Kaslana family's gun fighting skills require holding the gun with one hand. , theoretically it will be more difficult.

But Kiana is not an adult male, so this question doesn't apply to her.

She had two guns slung on her body, and the baseball bat was not willing to be thrown away. She put it into a long holster and carried it on her back.

"Mei Yi, I'm ready!"

She jumped twice, and after making sure that all her equipment was ready, she ran to Mei Yi who was standing hesitantly in front of a wall of weapons.

"Mei Yi doesn't know what weapon to choose?"

Although girls generally do not study these long guns and short cannons, they will always be a little excited when facing new things, not to mention that these things can protect them in the next actions, no matter how plain their nature is. People should be a little excited, right?

Just like Xi'er, this usually quiet girl picked up a long-barreled shotgun after a brief hesitation. In contrast, Mei Yi's reaction was too... slow? Or calm?

Hearing Kiana's voice, Mei turned around suddenly, lowered her head slightly, and the purple in her pupils flashed.

"I don't have to...well, I don't know what to choose."

Mei Yi's voice was a little low, Kiana tilted her head, bit her lip, and suddenly stepped forward and hugged Mei Yi.

"Hey...what...are you doing!"

Mei Yi's voice became sharp again. After all, there were still three big living people here. She immediately wanted to push Kiana away, but her body resisted this action on its own, so the resistance was not big. It makes sense.

"whee!"

Kiana smiled into Mei Yi's ear.

"Mei Yi can do without weapons. With me here, no one can hurt Mei Yi!"

"Kiana..."

"Ahem!", "Ahem!", "Ahem!"

The coughs of the other three people cannot be said to be in unison.

Bronya wished she could just use the pistol grip to shine on Kiana's head, but when she followed the sound and looked at Xi'er, she saw that the latter had a very strange expression - she was holding the handle of the shotgun in her right hand. As if she wanted to hide this weapon, which was extremely inconsistent with her temperament, behind her back, the five fingers of her left hand moved rapidly, and the two cylindrical bullets flicked back and forth between her fingers like a juggling act. What's even weirder is that face, which is clearly smiling. The right half of the face has a familiar smile, while the left half has a pursed mouth with visible disdain. The right eye is clearly staring at Kiana, but the left eye is glancing towards her. Mebius looked weird.

"Xier, are you okay?"

Bronya frowned and her eyes widened slightly. After Xi'er heard her voice, the corner of her mouth on the left side of her face quickly raised, and the bullet was tightly grasped in her palm. This change was so fast and natural that Bronya thought she was just dazzled. .

Precisely because her attention was always on Xi'er, she temporarily ignored the person with the weirdest expression present——

The corners of Mebius' mouth twitched twice, as if he wanted to laugh with everyone, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't do it. He just couldn't laugh. Instead, his nose felt slightly sour, and a stream of heat rushed straight into his brain.

Why? Why can people of this era still remain so naive in the face of Honkai Impact? Why did they, 50,000 years ago, never have this naivety, or even dare to dream about it?

"Ho...ahem!"

Realizing that his voice was trembling, Mebius coughed twice more to force himself to calm down. Of course, this is not difficult.

"If I remember correctly, Mei was taught swordsmanship by her father since she was a child, and she has already obtained the Beichen Itto Style's free pass, right?"

"Huh? Yes."

Meiyi was stunned for a moment, took this opportunity to break away from Kiana's suffocating embrace, and then nodded dullly.

"Then it seems this is the one that suits you."

Mebius magically pulled out a half-dachi from behind.

"This is……"

"Ah, I just found it in the director's office. It looks like a personal collection."

Mebius took two steps forward and handed the knife to Mei.

Meiyi's thumb gently pressed against the tangent of the knife, and the blade slipped out of the sheath. It can be seen that this is probably an ancient knife passed down from the director's family. The knife blade exudes a dim copper light. The off-white fish skin is almost yellow due to the precipitation of time, and the gaps between the particles are filled with black stains. I couldn't tell if it was blood or sweat, but it didn't look like the handle had been held recently.

Such a knife? Can it be used to kill people?

There is no doubt that any knife can be used to kill people, even if it is only made for viewing.

Mei Yi pulled the knife out of the sheath little by little, and the fluorescent lamp cast a dazzling cold light on the blade, which also covered up the purple in Mei Yi's pupils.

Raising his head, Mebius squinted his eyes, smiled and stretched out his hand to her, as if he wanted to touch her head. But if that's all, then why are tiny arcs of electricity flashing on the fingertips?

"Haha...hahahaha..."

"Mei" looked at the hand and laughed twice, then without hesitation, he put the tip of the knife into Mebius's heart.

There is an easter egg hidden here. Just a reminder, it comes from the same book as the sentence "The wind blows across the grasslands of Bohemia" a long time ago.