Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 177 Please Believe Me

"I don't have time to explain in detail, but please believe me! My friends and I don't want to see the Honkai ravage the land, but we are outnumbered and need your help..."

"Forehead……"

"Qiong, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"

The others noticed Qiong's unusual behavior and, realizing their own loss of composure, Qiong stood up and waved her hand.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"He doesn't look like he's alright at all..."

Qiong's hasty departure from the table piqued the curiosity of the Valkyries around her, but they didn't press for details—after all, their relationship wasn't that close.

"Don't you believe me?"

"I believe..."

"If you don't believe me, I can—you believe me? You believe me already? I haven't even said anything yet!"

"for example?"

"For example, Uncle Yang is the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, and you are actually an alien..."

Qiong: !

"Let's not talk about this anymore."

No, keep talking!

"Listen to me, please—"

……

"It's all resolved."

Five minutes later, Coralie finally finished explaining and hung up the phone, giving Helia a "V" sign.

But Helia wasn't swayed by Coralie's emotions; now was not the time for celebration! They had to get to the airport immediately with their future weapons and equipment and head to Manila.

The problem is that most of the weapons are still on Hyperion 11 and at the North American Anti-Entropy headquarters, and it's unlikely that we can request Anti-Entropy to transport the weapons over now...

"Coralie, is your method reliable? Senior Sora right now..."

Helia examined the only weapon she had at hand: "Whoosh! A single string can set the tone."

Actually, compared to other equipment, this crossbow is quite ordinary. This rapid-fire crossbow is just a mass-produced standard weapon developed by Destiny.

As for why Helia carries a mass-produced weapon but not the custom-made weapon from Destiny, it's because this crossbow was jointly named in commemoration of the Earth God and Destiny's strongest S-rank Valkyrie, making it extremely rare and highly sought after...

"Don't worry, Helia."

Compared to Helia's rapid-fire crossbow, Coralli's hammer, which was extremely disproportionate to her size, was not as refined and did not require the trouble of frequently oiling, maintaining, and checking the magazine; she only needed to make sure there was still propellant left.

"I thought about this plan for a long time. Although it sounds far-fetched, even our seniors could definitely do it—as long as they believe in us and put it into practice!"

Coralie patted her perfectly flat chest with confidence.

After all, whenever there is danger, he is the most reliable shield in front of everyone; when there is no danger, his own recklessness and his intricate network of relationships are the greatest dangers.

Although there is a risk of breaking the law, there's always someone to cover for you.

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That night, at the Anti-Entropy Base.

"Auntie Ai, if I told you the Honkai would break out tomorrow afternoon, would you believe me?"

"How do you know? Did the alliance leader tell you?"

Einstein looked at Qiong, who had been running around outside for half the day, with a puzzled expression.

"Just take it as such..."

"To be honest, I don't believe it."

I turned on the terminal next to me, and it projected a two-dimensional map of Manila, with a few scattered red dots on it.

"This is the result of your hard work today."

Einstein extended his finger and gently traced over several of the larger red dots, and more detailed information immediately popped up on the terminal.

"These red dots mark areas in the city with high concentrations of Honkai energy. As you can see, there are only a few places where the Honkai energy fluctuations are abnormally strong."

"but……"

"Besides the little girl you first encountered, all other people and things are considered low-risk—although this may not be what you expect, we really have no intelligence to suggest that a major collapse will suddenly occur here."

"But there will definitely be..."

"That's what the Alliance Leader said too, which is why we've prepared a series of anti-Honkai measures here."

Qiong's low mutterings were overheard by Einstein.

"However, we must be scientific in our work."

If Walter hadn't been so resolute, Einstein and Tesla would never have risked being discovered and activating this base, prepared to be used for nuclear apocalypse, right under Destiny's nose. They could unconditionally trust Yang—and given the previously predicted collapse of Changkong City, a collapse in Manila might indeed be possible. But as the saying goes, without evidence, they couldn't convince Destiny.

This is the heart of the Philippines, Destiny's territory, not a place like Changkong City where two sides are constantly fighting each other. Here, Entropy cannot even systematically relocate its local residents—Walter had originally pinned his hopes on Otto, but Otto doesn't seem to have done anything either. (Frankly speaking, if Otto had informed Entropy in this way, Einstein wouldn't have done anything but suggest increasing vigilance.)

Entropy is willing to do it, but it's too far away to do it; if Destiny had reliable information, it would probably be willing to do it too, but it doesn't now.

"Coralie..."

Einstein's rejection reminded Qiong of her daughter, and then of her seemingly impossible plan.

Fine, let's do it! There's no harm in trying, is there?

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"There's no way we can win..."

After being thoroughly outplayed by Bronya in three consecutive games, Raiden Mei raised the white flag with a wry smile.

In just three games, her enthusiasm for the game was completely worn down. I really don't know how Qiong and Kiana, who usually lose so often, managed to do it.

"Mei-neechan, wanna play another round?"

"No, Bronya. Remember to rest while playing games~ I wonder how Sora is doing, I haven't heard from him call to let me know he's safe..."

Here we go again, starting to ramble on and on...

Bronya tried to concentrate on the game in front of her, but she couldn't.

Every time Sora goes out to have fun, Raiden Mei will randomly trigger a state of stroking her sword and muttering to herself.

That guy is really something, doesn't he even know to make a phone call to check on his girlfriend?

drop by drop...

Bronya's phone rang.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Bronya, it's me."

Upon hearing that it was Sora, Bronya, who had been expressionless, frowned.

What's going on? Why are you calling her? Call Mei-neechan!

But since the call had already been answered, Bronya still had to continue asking, "Brother Qiong, is there something you need from Bronya?"

A slightly hesitant voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Bronya, I need your help. Could you hack into the disaster warning system of Schicksal's Oceania branch and retrieve all the earthquake, tsunami, and landslide warnings for Manila?"

"Brother Qiong, are you crazy?"

Bronya was startled. Although she knew that Qiong could be unreliable at times, this false warning was still from someone who had hacked into Schicksal's system...

Do you want to go to jail? Or is Kyōma mentally ill and has antisocial personality disorder?

"Brother Qiong, are you the Brother Qiong that Bronya knows? If you don't explain properly, Bronya won't mind telling the headmistress and locking you up."

Although I said that, we're all partners after all, so I definitely wouldn't do it. I'll just scare him a little first.

"No, no, no! I have a reason for doing this!"

"what reason?"

If Qiong is willing to tell Bronya the truth behind his lies, Bronya wouldn't mind helping him, even if it meant risking breaking the law.

Just kidding, when has the Ural Silver Wolf ever been a law-abiding citizen?

"I'm doing this to save people! A massive collapse is going to happen here in Manila tomorrow! Bronya, please believe me!"

Bronya: Huh?

She believed it.