Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 168 Am I dreaming?

“Walter, you…”

"I'm fine...cough!"

Walter stood up, still clutching his stomach. Despite his best efforts to hide it, his hand covering his mouth couldn't conceal it: blood seeped from between his fingers, and Walter, with blood at the corner of his mouth, looked as if he would collapse at any moment.

"Uncle Yang!"

"No need! I'm fine!"

Qiong looked at Lao Yang with concern, and was about to reach out to help him when Lao Yang stopped her. If Walter and Theresa had anything in common, I dare not say anything else, but they were absolutely the same in their desire to save face.

Walter took a deep breath and slowly raised his hand. If it weren't for Tesla's punch, he wouldn't have been broken.

"Joachim!"

Seeing Walter like this, even the hot-tempered older sister Tesla is a little panicked.

"I've told you, take care of your health and don't abuse your power! Why won't you listen!"

Tesla kept talking and kept inspecting.

"I'm fine. Let me talk to the child first... Qiong, I'll be leaving for a while."

Walter gestured for Tesla to stop, and Tesla, though looking worried, stepped back a little. Walter looked at Qiong, his eyes filled with complex emotions: he was a little worried; without his protection, wouldn't something happen to the child? Besides, Qiong wasn't someone to be trifled with; without him and Dan Heng watching over her, could Himeko alone keep an eye on her? He was truly uneasy… yet he had no choice but to leave.

"Uncle Yang, I can't bear to part with you!"

To onlookers, Qiong looked like a little raccoon. If Old Yang hadn't been a bit weak, he probably would have hugged her right away.

Walter shook his head gently, as if trying to dispel the worries in his heart.

"Qiong, your Uncle Yang has something very important to do and has to leave. I'll be back soon... Remember, be careful during this time! Don't be reckless or impulsive."

Sora's eyes were filled with reluctance, which Welt naturally noticed, but he could only smile bitterly. If it weren't for Raiden Mei, taking Sora with him wouldn't have been a problem, but now...

Besides, fledglings only grow faster when they leave the protective wings, right?

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"You really do worry about that kid."

After handing the three over to Siegfried for protection, Tesla and Walter went to St. Freya's confinement room as instructed by Einstein.

"Since you can't bear to part with him, why not take him with you? Judging from his expression, he'll definitely agree if you just ask, right?"

“It’s not suitable…and he can grow better here.”

Walter said softly, his steps slightly unsteady.

Tesla sighed. This guy, worrying about others and ending up all battered and bruised, really looked like someone else.

"I hope so... I must say, as expected of the Herrscher of Reason, your tendency to worry about others is really like Joyce's—there's no one else here."

"What do you mean nobody's here?"

There was no one else around except Tesla and Walter.

"Alliance Leader."

Tesla looked around warily, and his words became more serious.

Do you believe in time travel?

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Half a day ago.

"Coralie, is there anything I can do?"

The clicking and turning of screws and screwdrivers were exceptionally clear in the deathly silence of space. Coralie knelt on the deck of the Hyperion 11, studying the receiver modified from Helia's old radio, and trying to connect it to the Hyperion 11's system, while Helia, who had nothing to do and wanted to do something, could only wait anxiously.

Helia is now very anxious. A few days ago, the two explorers who are furthest from the cradle tried to contact Earth and the Moon, but received no response. Originally, Helia wanted to complete the mission at all costs, but Coralli persuaded her according to the Valkyrie Code. Because the two of them failed to communicate many times, Helia was finally forced to admit that the mission had failed and agreed to return.

"Give me a drink, please."

Coralie pressed her ear against the cold steel.

"Coralie!"

Helpless, Helia quickly ran to get a drink and handed it to Coralie.

Coralie took the drink and only took a sip, but her eyes remained fixed on the receiver.

However, upon returning to Earth, Hyperion 11 was unable to contact either Earth or the Moon. It wasn't until it reached lunar orbit that the two were surprised to find that the base was gone! Only the original lunar ruins remained?

If it weren't for the fact that there are still artificial satellites drifting in Earth's orbit, the two would have thought that Earth had disappeared...

"Don't worry, Helia, trust me! I remember that Anti-Entropy's former classified communications satellite is still operating on this frequency! It'll be connected soon. If successful, we'll be able to contact Earth through this satellite—it's connected!"

"Well done, Coralie!"

Upon receiving praise from his partner, the cunning strategist wagged his tail.

"No problem, watch me!"

Coralie decided to call Einstein directly on this frequency, since Einstein's number hadn't changed in all these years.

"Who?"

Einstein's calm voice came from the other end of the communication.

"Teacher, it's me."

"who are you?"

Einstein's doubts left Coralie speechless. What time is it?

"Stop joking, Mom! It's me, Coralie, Coralie Planck!"

"Coralie?"

Einstein's voice held a hint of surprise.

"But Coralie is right next to me."

"How is that possible!"

Coralie was so frightened that her face turned ashen, her limbs stiffened, and she stared at the radio in horror.

"What's wrong, Coralie? Have you gotten in touch with the Doctor?"

"Idiot Helia, let me pinch you."

Coralie reached out and grabbed Helia, still unable to believe it.

"Ouch! What are you doing?!"

Yes, I'm not dreaming.

"Helia, am I dreaming? My mom actually said I was with her?"

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"The Herald of Reason, the Star of Eden... The clones have been wiped out?"

Cocolia fell silent as she looked at the Star of Eden in Welt's hand. She knew what the Herrscher of Reason meant. Otherwise, she wouldn't have used a clone to impersonate the leader of Anti-Entropy.

From the very beginning, the plan to seize the Third Herrscher was doomed to fail, because the Anti-Entropy conservatives had already secretly cooperated with Theresa, and the mutual trust between the two sides had even reached the point where the leader of the conservative alliance could stay in the Far East branch for a long time.

No wonder the conservatives ignored my proposal to attack the Far East branch, no wonder Rosalia and Lilia were able to return, no wonder the mechs I sent out couldn't find Xing... because they were all released by the Alliance Leader.

Thinking about this, Cocolia felt a strong sense of irony.

What does my effort even mean? In the eyes of those high-ranking figures, is what I'm doing, even if it means abandoning my humanity, just like being a clown?

"Ugh……"

Cocolia didn't know what emotions she should be feeling right now, but she knew that the bad things she had done were too numerous to count. Just the one thing that triggered the collapse of Changkong City was enough to sentence her to a heavy sentence.

Now that things have come to this, neither the conservatives nor the Far East Branch of Destiny will let him go. Begging for mercy is useless. In the end, all he can say is a sigh.

"I plead guilty."

"Mother fox, just confess your sins!"

Cocolia, slumped in her chair, seemed to age ten years in an instant. She looked up at the four people in front of her—although she had fallen into their hands, why did the three people from Anti-Entropy, apart from Theresa and the others, all seem absent-minded?