Grassland, woods.

"Um……"

Fang Zheng stretched and looked around. It was a primitive land that was almost undeveloped. He didn't know if he could find Bronya here, but even if he couldn't find Bronya, he should be able to find something related to Bronya... After all, he could feel the Valkyrie's Honkai energy here, so at least there should be a shadow of the Valkyrie here.

"Bronya, are you there? Please answer if you hear me?"

Fang Zheng opened his mouth and shouted a few times, but the place... was of course quiet.

Then he looked around and found that there seemed to be a village not far away, so Fang Zheng also walked down the mountain and headed towards the village.

This place looked like an ancient Japanese village, everything was in good order, except that there were no people anywhere. Fang Zheng walked in it, looking here and there, but he couldn't see even a single person - could it be that this village was ruined?

Looking at the village shrouded in the night, Fang Zheng scratched his head. This reminded him of the Minami Village he encountered in the supernatural world when he transformed into Shizuku - could this place also be haunted?

But even if he doesn't have a mobile phone, he is not afraid.

"Um?"

At this time, Fang Zheng saw that the shrine not far away was brightly lit and he could hear faint sounds. So he walked over curiously to see what was going on over there.

To be on the safe side, Fang Zheng also concealed his figure, quietly passed through the woods, and then landed on the roof of the shrine. Only then did he realize that the entire shrine was crowded with people, from old to young. It seemed that all the people in that village had come here. But why were they not sleeping at this late hour?

Fang Zheng glanced curiously and looked forward, then his eyes narrowed slightly - he saw a little girl in white clothes kneeling with her eyes closed on the altar in front of everyone. Her hands were tied with ropes, and she looked like she was imprisoned. At the same time, another pink-haired girl with a knife walked up to the altar, came in front of the girl, and drew the knife.

Hmm...wait, could it be...

Just as Fang Zheng's mind was racing, he saw the girl clenching the long knife in her hand and swung it at the girl!

The knife flashed, but it did not hit the girl. Instead, it cut the rope on her hand. Then the girl reached out her hand towards the girl.

"Rin! Hurry up and grab my hand, let's run away!"

The pink-haired girl said as she grabbed the girl's hand, trying to run away. However, the girl did not stand up, instead, she fell to the ground.

"it's useless."

At this moment, a man in white walked out of the crowd.

"Her hamstrings have been severed and she will never be able to stand up again."

"Varied……"

The pink-haired girl was surprised to hear this, while the other girl smiled slightly.

"Yes, sister...Rin actually knew it a long time ago. So, Rin is really happy to be able to help sister before she dies... But, I'm sorry, sister. Rin can't go to see the cherry blossoms with you..."

“…”

However, the girl said nothing. She stared in amazement at her sister who fell in front of her, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Sister...you must become an outstanding miko."

"We can't wait any longer!"

At the same time, the man in white shouted, then he grabbed the pink-haired girl's hand, raised the knife, and swung it down hard.

Then...

"clang!!!"

The sharp long knife collided with the pitch-black sword, and then flew out in a spin.

"I wonder if you Japanese are just mentally twisted and perverted."

Fang Zheng stood in front of the girl, holding a big sword in his hand, staring at the man in white.

"Why do I see you guys performing sacrifices everywhere? You have nothing to do all day, right? If you want to die, just go ahead and die."

"Who are you?!"

Seeing Fang Zheng suddenly appear, the man in white was shocked, and the pink-haired girl he was holding also quickly broke free from the man in white, ran to her sister and hugged her. At the same time, she turned around and looked at Fang Zheng. Although she didn't know who this man was, this was the only way for them to survive!

"I'm just a stranger passing by."

Fang Zheng shrugged.

"Originally, I just wanted to come here to ask for a glass of water, but there was no one in the village, so I came to see what was going on out of curiosity. I didn't expect to see a group of adults bullying a little girl... Do you still have any shame?"

"What do you know? Outsider!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the man in white became red with anger.

"This is for the sake of the entire village. If we don't offer sacrifices to the gods, then our village will continue to be dry! For the survival of the village, we must do this! Only by offering a pure virgin can we satisfy the gods' requirements! Let us obtain the nourishment of nectar!!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what kind of god is this? He actually wants a pure little girl to sacrifice... This thing must be an evil god, but you Japanese... You don't differentiate between gods and evil spirits. God knows what the hell you believe in."

Fang Zheng curled his lips.

"In that case, let me see what kind of beast you believe in. It can't be normal if it has such a perverted hobby."

"You, you actually dare to disrespect the gods!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's ridicule, not only the man in white, but even the villagers behind him turned pale.

"You are blaspheming! Blasphemy!!"

"So what if I blasphemed? Does it dare to come out? Hey, you perverted thing, if I call you, will you dare to answer...?"

"roar--!!!"

However, just as Fang Zheng finished speaking, suddenly, accompanied by a roar, a huge figure fell from the sky and landed in the shrine. It was a white fox that was as tall as two people. It opened its bloody mouth at Fang Zheng and bared its teeth to express its dissatisfaction.

"Oh my god, the gods are angry!"

"The God has appeared!!!"

Seeing this giant fox, the villagers below were all in a frenzy, crying and shouting as they turned and ran away. Fang Zheng was also stunned when he saw this giant fox.

"Fuck - after all this time, the Honkai energy I felt came from you... So you are also a Honkai beast?"

"roar--!!"

The big fox obviously didn't intend to waste any more time talking to Fang Zheng. It just roared and bit Fang Zheng directly.

"careful!!"

Seeing this, the pink-haired girl immediately screamed out, after all, that was the god worshipped in their shrine!

However, facing the attack of the big fox, Fang Zheng was not in a hurry. He just clenched the big sword and rushed forward to meet the big fox. Then, at the moment when the big fox's mouth closed tightly, he suddenly bent down and slid under the big fox. At the same time, the pitch-black big sword in his hand went straight into the big fox's abdomen, directly opening a shocking wound from head to tail.

“Ouch!!!!”

In an instant, the big fox's roar turned into a shrill scream, and it fell heavily to the ground, shaking its head and tail, struggling to stand up. However, Fang Zheng did not give it this opportunity. After sliding under the big fox, he jumped and turned, holding the big sword in his hand and stabbed directly at the big fox's head.

“——!!!”

As the pitch-black sword pierced through the fox's head, the next moment, the giant fox stopped moving, and fell to the ground with a wail, losing its breath. Then, like the other collapsed beasts Fang Zheng had seen, the fox's body began to gradually disintegrate, turning into light particles and disappearing into the air.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, that's it? You guys are really not picky, you believe in everything."

Seeing the big fox disappear, Fang Zheng chuckled, put away his sword, and started to complain to the man in white. The latter stared at the scene blankly, and then collapsed to the ground with a plop.

As for the other villagers, they were not much better. They knelt on the ground, looking at the big fox that was gradually disappearing before their eyes. They were all stunned, as if they were struck by lightning.

But Fang Zheng didn't care about this. He didn't even pay attention to these guys, but walked straight to the pair of sisters.

"Okay, what are you going to do next?"

"us……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the pink-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then she looked at the people around her and the shrine, bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind.

"We want to get out of here."

"That's no problem, let's go."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded.

"I'll give you a ride."

"But, my sister's feet..."

Looking at her sister's feet, the pink-haired girl showed a sad expression again, while Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"That's all. I thought it was a big deal... Wait, I'll give you a buff."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out his personal terminal, scanned the girl's feet, and released a shot of medical glue.

"alright."

"alright??"

The girl was shocked to hear Fang Zheng's words. She also saw what the man did to her sister just now, but it was over before she could react. Could it be that... this man healed her sister's severed tendons?

"Okay, get up, just take a walk."

After hearing Fang Zheng's words, the girl hesitated at first, but she still supported herself on the ground with both hands, then stood up tremblingly and took two cautious steps. Then, the girl smiled.

"Sister, I'm fine now and can walk now!!"

"That's great, Rin!!"

Seeing her sister stand up, the pink-haired girl happily hugged her.

"Okay, shall we go?"

"Um."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the pink-haired girl nodded vigorously. Then she held her sister's hand, stood up, followed Fang Zheng, and walked towards the exit of the shrine.

At this moment, the man in white was still lying on the ground, dazed and looking like he had lost his soul. The other villagers were not much better. They all stood there in a daze, watching Fang Zheng and the two girls walk towards the exit.

“Oh my God!!”

Just as the three were about to reach the gate, one of the old men suddenly rushed out, knelt in front of Fang Zheng, and lowered his head.

"Please protect us! God!"

“Haha…”

Looking at the old man kneeling in front of him, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly.

"Look at what you have done. If I were a god, do you think I would protect you?"

"I...we have no other choice..."

"So you're sending the child to die? Fine, fine, I don't want to listen to your excuses, just go away. You should be glad that I didn't punish you with divine punishment and burn down this village."

"Alas--!!!"

Hearing this, the old man's face turned pale and he quickly rolled and crawled away. No one else came up to him to commit suicide. Fang Zheng hummed a little tune and left the village with the sisters.

On the way, Fang Zheng also heard the two introduce themselves. They were indeed a pair of sisters. The girl was named Yaezakura, and the one being sacrificed was her sister Yaezakura. They were originally the daughters of the shrine chief in this village, but because the village had been dry and rainless recently, the villagers came up with this method to offer sacrifices.

In fact, before Yae Rin, they had already sacrificed a girl, but that girl was no longer a virgin, and perhaps for this reason, it did not succeed. So they chose Yae Rin, the daughter of the lord, as the second sacrifice...

Well, after listening to the two of them explaining the whole story, Fang Zheng said - it turned out that it was the right thing to do to burn down the village.

After leaving the village, Fang Zheng walked with them for a while and came to a nearby prosperous town. He said goodbye to them here. Yaezakura's elopement plan was obviously not a one-day or two-day plan, but had been planned long ago. They would take a ship from here to other ports and then live somewhere else.

Frankly speaking, Fang Zheng felt it was unreliable for two young girls to run around like this, but he really didn't have time to stay here for long, so he could only wish them all the best.

Of course, on the way, Fang Zheng also asked the two if they had seen Bronya, and showed them photos of Bronya. Unfortunately, both of them said that they had never seen her... So in the end, Fang Zheng helped them find a kind boatman, sent them away from the dock, and then directly opened the space gap and returned to the Quantum Sea again.

"Okay, I found the wrong one, but I can still continue..."

Returning to the ruined passage of the Quantum Sea, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly. However, just as he was thinking about how to search next, Fang Zheng suddenly heard footsteps. Then he looked in the direction of the footsteps and saw a girl with short blue hair and wearing a white dress walking towards him from the mirror in the passage.

Behind her, there was another girl with the same appearance, black hair and black skirt, floating.

Oh, you came just in time.

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up. This was the first time he met someone in the Quantum Sea! Maybe they knew where Bronya was?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng quickly raised his hand and shouted to the girls on the other side of the aisle.

"Hey, girls over there, two girls, I have something to ask you."

"Why?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, the blue-haired girl seemed startled. She turned her head and looked at Fang Zheng in surprise.

“You, you are…”

"Oh, don't be afraid, I'm just passing by and looking for someone."

Seeing the other party's cautious look, Fang Zheng waved his hand hastily.

"I want to ask you, have you ever seen a girl named Bronya? She looks about thirteen or fourteen years old, very petite, with gray hair and two drills on both sides..."

"You know Sister Bronya?!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the blue-haired girl cried out in surprise, and Fang Zheng nodded.

"Yes, she was caught in the quantum storm, and I came to rescue her... Have you seen her?"

"I was just with Sister Bronya..."

At this point, the blue-haired girl seemed a little frustrated.

"Is that so... Then if you meet her, tell her that I'm looking for her. If she can find a suitable coordinate, please send me a signal. For example, use a big move or something, so that I can determine her location..."

Fang Zheng didn't know what the relationship between this girl and Bronya was, but he thought they should be related. After all, although the various things in the quantum sea are very different, fate will always present the things that are connected to them. If this girl has met Bronya, then there should be some kind of connection between them.

"Okay, I understand. May I ask your name?"

At this moment, the scene in the passage opposite Fang Zheng suddenly became blurry, as if a TV was interfered with. This was also a characteristic of the quantum sea. Storms were always there, and a stable frequency was not always present.

"My name is Yuuki Masaru, if you just tell her my name, she should understand."

"Okay... Yuuki first... I'm Nozomi..."

However, before the blue-haired girl could finish her words, she disappeared along with the passage the next moment.

"The quantized body is really interesting."

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes in the direction where the blue-haired girl disappeared, stared for a moment, and then looked away.

"Well, I should continue looking. Although I didn't find Bronya this time, I met someone who had interacted with her. This is a good start. Next..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand, and soon, the quantum sea began to twist again. Soon, the air twisted again and turned into a door that shone with brilliant light.

"Let me see where the next place is."