Phainon looked back at a man holding a heavy weapon, who, without a moment's hesitation, fired at the giant snake in front of him.
Because of its enormous size, the giant snake had no chance to dodge, and the huge explosion, accompanied by the snake's pained cries, sent shivers down one's spine.
Phainon still wanted to go forward and tear the giant snake apart with his bare hands, but he was stopped by the man.
"Hey, kid, you really want to go up and tear a Honkai Beast apart with your bare hands? If you want to live, get on the plane and get out of here. It won't be long before this place is razed to the ground."
Phainon looked at the man in front of him with some confusion. Why would this place be razed to the ground?
The man seemed to understand Phainon's expression, so he pulled Phainon along, explaining as they walked towards the fighter jet.
"It won't be long before the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb is launched towards this city. All buildings here, as well as Honkai Beasts or Herrschers, will be destroyed, without exception."
"Honkai Energy Fission Bomb? What is that?"
Phainon was very serious at this moment. What exactly was that? It possessed such power. Was it also a weapon from this world? If so, this world might be even more terrifying than he imagined.
The man thought for a moment and rephrased it.
"Just think of it as the ultimate upgraded version of a nuclear bomb."
"Nuclear bomb?"
"No way, buddy? Don't tell me you don't even know what a nuclear bomb is. Forget it, let's not talk about that. You'll know when you see it."
The man looked at the somewhat disheveled Phainon in shock. He hadn't expected that in this day and age, someone wouldn't know what a nuclear bomb was, but he didn't dwell on it.
Phainon suddenly thought of something and hurriedly refused.
"No, such a dangerous weapon cannot be used here. There are still many people who haven't evacuated from the city. Rashly using that weapon will only cause those who haven't escaped the city to die as well.
We must rescue all the ordinary residents who haven't gotten out yet."
The other party thought for a moment and seemed unsurprised by Phainon's question. He also put away the smile on his face and looked at Phainon seriously as he replied.
"You probably don't know how terrifying Honkai is. If you truly understood it, you would realize that the longer you drag this out, the more people will sacrifice.
We can't protect everyone; we can only do our best to save one after another."
"But are we just going to watch them die like this? We clearly have the chance to save them, so why make the outcome so absolute?
Is this how soldiers like you protect the public?"
Phainon had seen more than just one or two survivors along the way. Perhaps not even half the city's population had managed to escape. Now, at least hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were waiting for them to save. But what about the end?
It was an even more despairing answer.
"Kid, you can be angry here, and you can criticize us here, but I want to tell you something: Honkai is far from as benevolent as you perceive it to be.
Stay quiet; we still have to pick up someone else."
After speaking, the man no longer paid attention to Phainon. Phainon gradually calmed down, watching the gradually receding ruins outside the window, his hands unconsciously clenching.
What the other party said was right. If it were just the disasters he was witnessing, there wouldn't be a need to sacrifice so many people. However, this group of soldiers used the most extreme method, which showed their fear of this power.
Phainon felt a pang of hatred. Why hadn't his weapon accompanied him through the Crossing? If he had a handy weapon, he was confident he could slay that giant snake.
While Phainon was lost in thought, the fighter jet slowly descended again. This time, Phainon could feel the dense thunder outside, making him unconsciously look towards the door.
What he hadn't expected was a familiar figure entering the fighter jet. It was none other than Elysia, whom he had lost track of. At this moment, she also seemed a bit out of breath, with several lightning-induced scratches on her body.
Seeing Elysia in this state, Phainon hurriedly ran up to ask about her condition.
"Are you alright?"
Seeing Phainon, Elysia was a little surprised, but she still smiled and greeted him.
"Hello, Phainon, we meet again ♪"
Another man also saw the situation here and rushed over. Elysia showed a hint of apology on her face when she saw the newcomer.
"Sorry, Hen, for making you all worry. I just wanted to try if I could do it? But I still overestimated myself..."
Hen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Elysia was fine. God knows how nervous he was when he received the news that Elysia had defied orders to face the Herrscher alone.
He wished he could have immediately gone over and carried Elysia away.
"It's good that you're fine, but after this, the higher-ups will definitely be dissatisfied with you. I'm just afraid that even Mobius won't be able to save you then."
However, Elysia shook her head, not worried at all, and simply took a towel from Hen's hand to wipe off the dirt on her body.
"It's fine, Mobius wouldn't just watch such a beautiful girl get punished ♪"
Hen waved his hand and stopped talking about the topic. Then he saw Phainon nearby and remembered.
"Oh, right, do you know this kid?"
"Yes, I even saved him. When a Honkai Beast was about to attack Phainon, I saved him with an arrow ♪"
Elysia looked at Phainon in front of her with a smile in her eyes, but the story she told was artistically embellished.
Hen was a bit suspicious, as only the beginning and end of Elysia's words could be trusted; not even a single punctuation mark in between could be believed.
Moreover, he had personally watched that kid injure a Judgment-class Honkai Beast with his bare hands. How could he possibly be ambushed by an ordinary Honkai Beast?
"Elysia, do you believe what you just said? I forgot to tell you, when I found this kid, he had injured a Judgment-class Honkai Beast with his bare hands.
And now you're telling me he would be ambushed by an ordinary Honkai Beast?"
Elysia pouted unhappily, her words being questioned for their authenticity.
"If you don't believe me, ask Phainon. He knows."
Hearing this, Hen looked at Phainon, who had been watching the show, with some confusion. Seeing that both were staring at him, Phainon nodded without hesitation.
"Indeed, as Elysia said."
"So this time you really didn't artistically embellish it?"
Hen was still a bit hesitant.
"Uh-huh ♪, that's natural ~"
While the group was chatting, the fighter jet had already left Changkong City and was flying towards another city.
At this moment, Phainon saw a meteor streaking across the sky, flying towards the skies above Changkong City at an extremely fast speed.
Hen also saw Phainon's gaze and looked out as well. Seeing the meteor, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"Every time I see it launched, I'm still incredibly shocked. That technology doesn't belong to this era at all, yet it was created."
Elysia's face was devoid of smiles at this moment, instead showing a hint of sadness.
"Yes, many more people are going to die. This is still our fault for not being able to eliminate Honkai alone, and we can only resort to such extreme measures."
Phainon listened to their words, watching the meteor in the sky, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Is this the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb?
Boom!!!