Honkai Impact: I will save everything alone

Chapter 91: "Hello, Seele"

After blasting open the gate of the Tower of Babylon with the super-electromagnetic cannon, Kirataka entered with the Project Bunny.

The environment inside this tower is completely different from the "bare walls" outside. It is filled with a large number of modern equipment and monitoring facilities. Only here does it feel like a research institute.

Kirataka took a quick look and saw that various types of cameras, Honkai energy sensors, and detectors were installed everywhere.

Because of his blatant act of destruction, the defense alarm of the tower has been activated, and many tactical mechas have come to the lobby on the first floor through special passages, searching for intruders.

They are equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment of this era and patrol the halls.

The shapes of these mechas are similar to the series of tactical mechas that Kirataka knows are currently in service at Schicksal, but the shapes do not look that mature yet. They are probably early models that are still in the early stages of research and development.

Well...it's just that the situation at the scene is a little delicate.

While searching for intruders, they completely ignored Kirataka, who walked in from the main entrance and kept searching everywhere in this spacious hall.

"...They can't see us?"

Kirataka looked at the iron lumps moving around with a puzzled look.

He didn't like this place very much, so he chose to attack it head-on.

He had originally planned to charge in and fight the security mechas in the tower for three hundred rounds, but he never expected that the situation would be like this after he entered.

"That seems to be the case."

The bunny also said.

To be on the safe side, Kirataka raised his hand again, touched a mecha that happened to pass by him, and injected a lethal amount of electric current into its body.

——Let's do another experiment with it.

His attempt to touch the mech failed as his hand passed straight through its steel body like a ghost.

However, the transmission of electric current was quite successful.

The mecha was suddenly covered in smoke and became unable to move. After struggling a little, it fell to the ground and could not get up.

The mechas patrolling other parts of the hall soon discovered the situation. They rushed over and circled around the fallen mecha and Kirataka, but still ignored his existence.

"…It's really amazing."

Kirataka said in a low voice.

For some unknown reason, these mechas could not sense his presence at all, and could not even touch or interact with them. It was as if they were in a different dimension.

But one thing is certain, that is, his power can act on things in this world bubble and have an effect on them.

Well, that's good news.

The next step is to figure out what the "rules" of this world are.

——The world bubbles in the quantum sea are quite wonderful existences. The physical laws of some world bubbles may be similar to those in the intrinsic world, but some world bubbles will have their own specific rules.

Obviously, the world bubble of the Tower of Babylon belongs to the latter.

Kirataka still doesn't know what the "rules" of this world are, so now he can only take it one step at a time.

For him, no matter what pit is buried in front of him, as long as he jumps in and finds out the situation, he will be able to deal with it calmly next time.

If you encounter a problem that you can't solve, just use time travel to avoid it.

"Anyway... since they can't see us, it can save us some trouble."

There is no point in killing these mechas now. Instead of wasting Honkai energy to deal with them, it is better to do real work.

Kirataka took another step, ignoring the group of mechas patrolling the hall, looked around, and found the location of the stairs.

Although this fifty-story black tower was naturally equipped with an elevator, he decided to take the stairs for safety reasons.

As he walked, he tapped the head of the project bunny behind him and said:

"Okay, Bunny, lead the way."

——Rather than wandering around aimlessly, it would be better to let the project Bunny, the "Seele Radar," lead the way to find her traces.

"Okay, Master Kirataka!"

The project bunny floated in front of him and began to look for a route based on its own senses with great interest.

......

Underground of the Tower of Babylon.

As Schicksal's second largest research base, the levels of this tower are also quite clear.

All researchers' offices are located above the ground and are equipped with advanced research facilities, a perfect office environment, and extremely sufficient security measures.

As research materials and experimental subjects, they were naturally imprisoned in this cold underground place and could not enjoy such high-standard treatment.

Only when they were sent to do experiments did they have the opportunity to come into contact with high-level environments - of course, all they could see were laboratories that made them feel even more painful, both physically and psychologically.

This underground area not only has a much lower temperature than the upper floors but is also directly adjacent to the reactor that maintains the supply of Honkai energy for the entire Tower of Babylon, making it a very dangerous place.

If there is any problem with the reactor, this place will definitely be the first to be affected.

In the cold passage, a young girl returned here escorted by two researchers in white protective suits.

She has short black and blue hair that reaches her shoulders, eyes as big as the sea, and extremely white skin.

What is striking is that there is a red ring-shaped mark from the girl's chest to her collarbone.

Soon, the girl returned to her room. The researcher took out the door card, opened the heavy door, let the girl in, then closed the door and left.

No, it should be said that this is their room.

——This room is actually basically no different from a prison.

"Everyone, I'm back."

The blue-haired girl said gently.

At the same time, her eyes also looked at the other small figures in this not-so-big room.

"Sister Seele..."

A young girl poked her head out and approached her cautiously.

"Well, Bella, I'm back."

Seele gently touched her head and said with a faint smile.

The other girls also came to her side one after another and expressed their concern for her.

——All the children imprisoned in this towering cage have undergone human experiments that are so painful that they can be called heart-wrenching. Therefore, every time someone comes back from the experiment, they will express their care and comfort to each other in this way.

Just like helpless little animals, they can only comfort each other by licking each other.

After a while, Seele returned to her bed.

She had been here for some time, and after finding out that she had become the "roommate" of this group of girls of similar age to her, she had to accept this reality.

Although she is not quite sure why everything that happened here was "reset," the kind-hearted girl also thinks this is an opportunity, an opportunity to save other girls who are in pain.

But she hasn't figured out how to save the children imprisoned here -

The defenses here are quite strict, and the number of them is much greater than that of the Titan mechas under the command of Mother Cocolia.

Without the support of her other self, Seele wasn't sure she could defeat them all on her own.

Moreover, even if they defeated the guards here and took the other children away from the black tower, and reached the endless snowfield, they would have no way of surviving.

——After all, it was a vast and hopeless expanse of snow-covered eternal frozen land.

Therefore, Seele felt that she could not act rashly.

After everything in this world was "reset," she was no longer inaccessible to others as before but joined here as a prisoner, seemingly no different from others.

Therefore, like other girls, she would be taken to the upper level by the researchers regularly for experiments.

But perhaps it should be said that she was gifted. Those Honkai energy injection experiments that would cause other children to feel extremely painful had no effect on her.

At least, not any more uncomfortable than what Mother Cocolia would have done.

Seele's outstanding talent in Honkai energy seemed to have attracted the attention of the researchers in this tower, and she was called up for experiments much more frequently than other children.

She thought this was a good thing. After all, if she was subjected to more experiments, it would indirectly reduce the number of times other children were subjected to experiments and alleviate their suffering.

After returning to her bed, Seele breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, in her mind, another voice of hers slowly sounded:

[…You seem to be living quite comfortably here.]

Seele immediately responded to her words in her mind:

"No, it's just that I hope they can live a little better..."

[There's no end in sight if this continues. You might as well let me out and kill all those mechas and bad guys in a few seconds.]

The other self has a very bad temper and can't wait to rush out with a sickle to fight the enemy.

"Ahahaha... let's just wait a little longer."

Seele temporarily refused her help.

"Oh, it's time to write today's diary..."

She thought of her daily routine.

Under her control, a blue diary appeared in her hands.

Although it is called "writing a diary," it does not mean writing words on it by hand, but rather engraving your thoughts directly on it

This diary can only be seen by her, and other girls cannot see it.

The blue-haired girl slowly flipped through the pages of her diary until she reached the latest page.

Just as she was about to record what she had seen and heard today in this diary, Seele was slightly stunned when her eyes fell on the latest line.

"…Huh?"

Then she couldn't help but exclaim.

There were originally only two types of handwriting in this diary.

One is written in blue, which belongs to her own words, and the other is written in red, which belongs to another her.

In addition to direct communication in the brain, she and another me often communicate through text.

But now, in the blank space of the latest page of this diary, a third handwriting appeared, which was different from hers and her other self.

The handwriting looked completely different from that of a girl, so I guess it was a boy's.

The content of the handwriting was also quite simple, just a simple greeting:

"Hello, Seele."

......

With the help of Project Bunny, Kirataka found Seele's location in no time.

It was in one of the small rooms under the Tower of Babylon.

The moment Kirataka saw Seele in the crowd, he felt as if "after searching high and low for something, I finally found it without any effort."

The project bunny in front of him couldn't control herself and pounced forward with her huge steel body.

—Well, if this big thing hugs something tightly, that thing might not end up well.

After all, it would be better to become a small puppet like Higokumaru.

But to Kirataka and Project Bunny's surprise, Seele, like the other beings here, seemed unable to see their existence.

The rabbit couldn't wait to hug her, but her hug was empty.

"…"

Kirataka looked at the blue-haired girl in front of him thoughtfully.

The rabbit that missed its target had already floated up again. It returned to Kirataka's side with a bit of disappointment and said:

"Master Kirataka, what is going on?"

"...Before answering this question, I want to confirm with you, is she really Seele? I mean... the Seele who created you."

Kirataka asked cautiously.

——In the quantum sea, it is quite common to encounter world bubble residents who look similar to people in the original world.

For example, the Bishop of Schicksal and Kongming and Luna, Rita and Rosemary, Yae Sakura and Yae Kasumi, Bronya and Bronie, Vodka Twins and Delta, etc...

So, maybe this girl in front of him who looks exactly like Seele could just be someone else with a similar appearance?

"No, Master Kirataka, I am sure that she is Seele, the one who created me."

The project bunny said again in a positive tone.

"...So, did something happen to Seele?"

Kirataka thought thoughtfully.

'It seems that there is no way to take her away from this world directly.'

'There is something strange about this world. Before taking Seele away from here, I'm afraid I have to solve the problems here first.'

'In short, we should find a way to get in touch with Seele first.'

'But physical contact is no longer possible, so other methods...'

Just as Kirataka was thinking, he saw the girl take out her diary.

He could feel that it was not real paper, but a creation created by Seele's Honkai energy, just like Project Bunny.

"…Maybe it's feasible?"

Kirataka came up with an idea.

He tried to target the diary and injected some Honkai energy into it.

Then, a few big words took shape in Seele's diary.

"Hello, Seele."

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