"Chiyou?"

Kiana was shocked to hear the girl's answer.

"Chi You is the one who was sealed five thousand years ago..."

After all, she had just listened to Fang Zheng's story. Even if Kiana's memory was as good as that of a paramecium, she would not forget it so quickly.

"That's right. We are now inside the giant beast Chiyou. Young warriors, I'm sorry to drag you into this battle that was originally mine..."

As she spoke, the girl raised her hand, and then a ball of golden light appeared.

"This is my only remaining strength. I give it to you. Please seal Chi You again..."

After saying this, the girl closed her eyes, and her body began to gradually dissipate... But at this moment, Fang Zheng grabbed her.

"Hey, wait, miss, don't be in such a hurry to die, I still have something to talk to you about!"

“……???”

Faced with Fang Zheng's unconventional behavior, the girl was also stunned. She opened her eyes in confusion and looked at Fang Zheng.

"…What's the matter?"

"Yes, you are... Miss Ji Lin?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, a trace of sadness appeared on the girl's face.

"I am just a remnant of Ji Lin left here. The real Ji Lin has fallen into darkness... and has become a minion of Honkai..."

"Minions of the collapse?"

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows, while Kiana and the others looked at the girl in front of them in surprise.

"Why? Wasn't she a hero who sacrificed herself to seal Chi You?"

"Heroes are also human beings... During the days when she was sealed, she always hoped that someone would find her. But in the end, loneliness and solitude filled her heart, and she fell into the abyss of despair..."

When she said this, the girl's body shook.

"I'm sorry, I can't hold on any longer..."

"You should have a good rest first, and we will take care of Chiyou."

Fang Zheng stuffed the golden ball of light back into the girl's hand.

"In fact, we came here to find you for something else...but let's wait until we deal with Chi You."

"...Then, I'll leave it to you..."

Obviously, Ji Lin's regret could not last too long. She only had time to say one more sentence before disappearing into the air.

As she watched the girl disappear and transform back into the golden sword, Kiana blinked and looked towards Fang Zheng.

"What should we do now? Yuki, if Jilin becomes a minion of Honkai, then will it be impossible to wake her up?"

"This isn't a big problem. After all, the dark side is also cute... Let's solve the problem at hand first..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng glanced around and then contacted Bronya.

"Bronya, can you identify the core of this thing?"

"No problem, wait a moment... We found it. We detected two places in the body of the giant beast Chiyou that produced high concentrations of Honkai energy reactions. We preliminarily determined that they should be the core."

"Very good, then we will split into two groups and destroy these two cores separately...Have you locked their positions?"

"Locked, transmitting... OK."

"OK."

Looking at the circuit diagram on the screen in front of him, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.

"Set off!"

The road to the core is not difficult. Although there are many Honkai beasts blocking the way, in front of everyone, Honkai beasts of this level are obviously not worth mentioning.

“Swish!!”

The blade condensed from the long golden hair swept past, easily cutting the Honkai beast in front of him. In the blink of an eye, the obstacles in front of everyone were swept away.

“No matter how many times I watch it, I still think it’s amazing.”

Looking at Xiao An whose hair had returned to its original shape, Mei Raiden secretly expressed her feelings to Bronya. Since Xiao An joined the team as a representative of the girls around Fang Zheng, Kiana and the others have gradually gotten used to this girl who can use transformation to fight. At the beginning, they were still quite uncomfortable, but now they are obviously used to it.

"Yes, being able to cut open a Honkai beast so easily is difficult even for us."

Bronya nodded slightly. It was indeed surprising that her body could transform, but the most surprising thing was that Xiao An's transformed weapon could easily cut through these Houkai monsters. You know, these Houkai beasts have thick skin and flesh. Unless you use special weapons made of soul steel, it is difficult to cause damage to them. However, Xiao An could cut them so easily, which was obviously not something that an ordinary body could do.

However, the two of them only chatted for a few sentences before they stopped talking. Fang Zheng also introduced Xiao An's life experience to them, and knew that she was born as a nano-biochemical weapon. In this regard, Bronya could empathize with her to some extent, so she would not dwell on this issue.

“We’re already here.”

Just as the two were whispering, Xiao An also eliminated the last obstacle, then she turned her head and looked at Bronya.

“Where is the core?”

"It should be that..."

Bronya stretched out her hand and pointed forward, and in front of everyone's eyes, a huge red crystal was emitting light and floating there.

“It’s so big!!”

Looking at the red crystal that was three or four stories high, Mei gasped.

"How are we going to defeat this? Bronya, you come?"

Mei Raiden uses a katana, and although she has now integrated some of the power of the Herrscher of Lightning, she is still not able to split such a large crystal.

"It might be hard for me to control the power..."

Bronya said this and looked around. They were now in Chi You's stomach. If Bronya transformed into the Herrscher form, she could blast open the crystal, but if she was not careful, the place where they were standing might also explode - who knows what is inside Chi You's stomach, and probably no one wants to jump in and try it.

"Let me try."

However, at this moment, Xiao An interrupted. When they heard her words, they were both stunned.

"Is everything alright? Miss An?"

"You'll know after you try it."

In response to Raiden Mei's question, Xiao An didn't say much. Then the two saw her long golden hair suddenly condense, then quickly stretch out, and then turned into a big sword that was several meters long, and swung down at the crystal in front of them!

“Swish!!”

The seemingly extremely hard red crystal was cut in an instant by the blade condensed from the hair, and then the whole thing exploded with a "bang" and shattered into pieces on the ground. Among them, a flash caught Xiao An's attention. She shook her hair, and then the long hair that had turned into a blade turned into a palm, grabbed the glittering thing, and brought it in front of her.

"What's this?"

Looking at the crystal-like thing in his hand, Xiao An tilted his head in confusion. At this time, Raiden Mei and Bronya also came over. Seeing the thing in Xiao An's hand, they were also stunned.

"This is……?"

"We just found it in the crystal. Do we want to destroy it?"

As he spoke, Xiao An clenched his fists, and Bronya shook her head.

"No, this is not some dangerous item, Miss An, this is Soul Steel."

"Soul... Steel?"

After hearing Bronya's answer, Xiao An looked at the object in his hand in confusion. How could it look like steel?

"This is a mysterious substance that seems to be a remnant of the previous civilization. It can be used to make weapons and armor to resist the collapse..."

"so……"

Xiao An nodded, and then handed the thing to Bronya, who also looked at it carefully.

"What else seems to be written on it?"

"I don't understand... This should be the same text as on the previous stone tablet."

"Then I'm afraid only Mr. Yuki can understand it. Mr. Yuki..."

"--boom!!!"

Before Mei Raiden could finish her words, a loud roar was heard in the distance, and then the giant beast, which was originally shaking, gradually calmed down.

"It seems that Mr. Yuki was also successful."

"Yes."

Bronya nodded.

"It has been detected that the flow of Honkai energy is weakening. It can be confirmed..."

“BOOM BOOMY—!!”

However, before Bronya could finish her words, Chi You's body suddenly began to shake violently again.

"What's going on?"

Mei Raiden and Xiao An looked in surprise at the space that was shaking more violently than before, their expressions changed drastically, and Bronya did not say a word and hurriedly started scanning again - then her eyes fixed.

"There is another heart! The Houkai energy is flowing towards it rapidly now...!"

“How could it be…?!”

“Beep.”

At this moment, the connection rang again, followed by Fang Zheng's voice.

"What's going on now, Bronya?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yuki, we didn't expect Chiyou to have a heart inside of him..."

"Oh, that's nothing. After all, there will definitely be a fifth one among the Four Heavenly Kings..."

Compared to Bronya's nervousness, Fang Zheng's tone was as calm as ever.

"Then let's meet at the third heart. I have a feeling someone is waiting for us there."

At first, the three of them didn't understand what Fang Zheng meant, but when they followed the flow of Honkai energy and came to the location of the third heart in the deepest part of Chi You's body, they saw the figure standing on the platform, waiting for them.

"Honkai warriors, you are finally here."

The black-haired girl riding a warhorse and holding a huge blade stared at them seriously, without a trace of life in her eyes, as if she was an undead driven by resentment.

"You shouldn't have come here."

"Why, Miss Ji Lin?"

Looking at the black-haired girl in front of her, Kiana was puzzled.

"You sacrificed yourself to protect them, why do you want to kill them now?"

"True, but now they are not worth protecting!"

Hearing Kiana's question, Ji Lin roared in a low voice.

"I protected them, but at what cost? They forgot about me! They never looked for me, nor did they think of saving me from this darkness. I am all alone here, and everyone has left me! Everyone!!"

Along with the girl's roar, the entire space began to tremble again, as if responding to her anger, and Chi You's power increased again.

"It seems there is nothing more to say."

Fang Zheng silently raised the sword in his hand.

"Get ready to fight."