Chapter 2: This is Honkai
Fresh blood flowed along the rubble, the headless body was still shaking under the nerve endings, and the air immediately increased a lot of stench, making people nauseous.
Swish ——
The spear swung around, leaving a straight line of blood on the ground. Ryan stood on tiptoe and jumped from the side.
He has no disease of cleanliness, but the terrifying truth has not been revealed yet. To leave behind some illusions for those who don't know the truth, Ryan just gently glanced at the yard, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"Not only has the frequency increased, even the scale has changed greatly, the entire area has been completely polluted."
The air is filled with energy that is difficult to see with the naked eye. This is Honkai energy, a type of energy that will appear randomly. Then, depending on the concentration, different levels of disasters are created, including but not limited to infecting wild beasts and humans causing mutation or death, viruses, and natural disasters.
To put it bluntly, the energy itself can be considered a fatal type of 'Radiation'. Organisms within the range will be affected and produce mutations, which can even cause volcanic eruptions, the disaster it produces, collectively known as the 'Honkai phenomenon'.
"People without resistance, suddenly exposed to such intensity of radiation, will directly die, and will not even have the chance to become a monster."
Through the half-closed door of the inn, Ryan could see a young man and woman lying dead on the bed, their skin showing particularly hardened lines.
Honkai radiation is invisible and pervasive and can be fatal to normal people.
"I have to increase my speed, so as not to be asked random questions by Kevin."
Withdrawing his gaze, he casually found a building and entered. There was no need to play hide and seek to fight these Honkai monsters. They would come out if there was a little movement.
The sky had completely darkened, and the streetlights in the corridor had long been sold for money, adding to the cramped corners and places where things excreted a foul smell. With the constant appearance of monsters, everything looks like a horror movie scene.
Ryan knew that it was impossible to recover from turning into a zombie. He just waved his long spear and stabbed each enemy to death with precision and efficiency. It wasn't until he stepped on the fourth floor that his footsteps stopped slightly.
Boom!
The attic floor immediately shattered, and along with the exploding stone, a vague shadow fell from inside, which coincidentally hit the place where Ryan had just stood still, piercing the attic floor into two large holes.
Ho ho...
It was lying on the ground, emitting a low, numb sound. From the outside looking in, it looked like a female, but its body had long since deformed. Staring at Ryan with frantic eyes, what's even more remarkable is that she has mutated into crystal-like claws.
"Clawed Zombie?"
Ryan slightly frowned, just as each individual's Honkai Energy adaptation level is high or low, the mutation will also be strong or weak.
"Unfortunately, it's not a good thing unless you can resist the erosion of consciousness. If it doesn't exist, it's better to adapt to 0, then die directly."
Ryan took a half step back, one hand holding the spear and pointing it upward.
Kenk!
The spear and claw collided, letting out a metallic groan, The Clawed Zombie was like a page being blown away.
But she was extremely agile, quickly adjusting her posture in the air, kicking hard on the wall like a cat, and then returning with an imperceptible speed that was difficult for ordinary people to see.
"Without consciousness, just an instinct to kill everything, just a monster."
Ryan lunged, while the claw was in mid-air, preparing to stab him ——
He abruptly forward thrust.
The long spear penetrated directly from the head, then passed through the cross part, Clawed Zombie flew past Ryan's head. Relying on inertia, it glided for a few meters and finally exploded in the air like a balloon.
The blow just now was extremely fast, blood and crushed flesh splattered the entire hallway, but Ryan's inner clothes were still as white as snow.
A moment later, the spear's body emitted white smoke, evaporating fresh blood. This energy is something humans still have little understanding of, there are even fewer people who can control it.
"Fortunately, stepping on the Path, I am one of them." Ryan turned around and saw another Clawed Zombie silently rush forward and directly slapped it with the spear.
Bang!
It crashed into the wall, and a hole was created in the wall that was one meter thick.
"Controlling energy can make me look like a superman. This is the basis of my life."
Ryan didn't stop, he ran a few steps quickly at the fence and kicked hard, the whole person jumped off the fourth floor, tilting his head to another place. Seeing the entire wall behind him crumble, several white monsters rushed out, they spread their wings, like artillery shells.
Boom, boom, boom.
Following the repeated collisions, the building opposite immediately collapsed, broken glass and rocks scattered all over the sky, and Ryan was pulled down by gravity. He stabbed the long spear into the wall of the third floor, holding the spear with both hands, spinning in a circle like a gymnastic horizontal bar, then squatting on the butt of the spear, looking in the opposite direction.
"Ah, it is Seraph-Class Honkai Beast."
Unlike mutated human zombies, these strange creatures are composed of pure Honkai energy and are therefore simply called Honkai Beasts.
When Ryan stood still, the air sent a hiss again, and a vague white shadow flew back from the opposite side. Ryan raised his hand to grip the long spear, gathered strength in his hand, and then continuously struck forward while falling.
Jingle Jingle Jingle —— Boom!
The long spear and the Honkai Beast's hard skin collided, creating sparks. They were knocked away like rubber balls, embedded in the wall, causing all the rocks and soil to fly up. He conveniently counted in his heart.
One, two, three...
When he counted to 5, Ryan quickly turned around, and when those Honkai Beasts once again spread their wings, he rushed forward, holding a long spear in his hand.
Without any flashy skills, the long spear was like a dragonfly gliding through the water, accurately piercing the body of every Honkai Beast. However, even rifle bullets have difficulty penetrating the outer shell but are directly penetrated by spears.
Penetrating with the spear 5 times, reaping five lives, Ryan did not look at Honkai Beast's body. He breathed a sigh of relief, decisively turned his body around, and straightened the black spear at his side.
Bah!
The sound of the walls breaking was rapidly approaching, and a knight-like shadow rushed in front of him. On its back, the human-shaped creature held a giant horizontal spear, Honkai Energy forming a spiral air current at the tip of the spear.
Boom ——
Ryan had already turned sideways, watching the cavalry grind out a large piece of fire in the middle of the black spear. When he collided with the Honkai Beast, he jumped up, his speed was much faster than just before.
"Roll down."
He raised the long spear and slammed it down fiercely, only to hear a dull bell ringing, and the corridor that had been lacking repair for many years was completely shattered. Let this Honkai Beast weighing several hundred pounds continuously smash through three floors, falling directly into the courtyard.
Ryan still didn't stop, with a twist of his wrist, his whole body fell face down, like water gushing out, extending his spear backward.
Another Knight-Class Honkai Beast had arrived behind him, preparing to attack from behind, but unfortunately, Ryan's spear was faster.
Poof.
The tip of the spear pierced the body, Honkai Beast's strong vitality allowed it to continue forward, using the spear to continue stabbing towards the opponent's chest. But Ryan had already turned around, appearing to squat on the ground, using his left hand as leverage.
The black metal curled slightly, and the Honkai Beast, weighing several hundred pounds, all flew up, followed by two muffled sounds of 'Bang,'.
The Honkai Beast that was sent flying crashed into the wall until it was crushed. At the same time, the Honkai Beast that was hit over half of his body crashed into the ground. It raised its head, only to see Ryan following closely, falling from the hole, like a red meteor.
It seemed like a red thunderbolt passed through the shaky apartment building that was about to collapse. In the next instant, the noise and commotion returned to silence.
"Done, this is the 100th Knight-Class Honkai Beast." Ryan exhaled a mouthful of white smoke, closing his eyes to feel the delicate sensation.
Killing the Honkai Beast was beneficial to him, otherwise he wouldn't have had the time to kill so many. Just in the blink of an eye, when he opened his eyes, disappointment flashed through his gray irises.
A pile of zombies, five Seraph-Class, and two Knight-Class Honkai Beasts, but still nothing had changed, the amount of Honkai Energy he could control remained the same.
"Path has reached the bottleneck, this level of Honkai Beast is not enough to let me drive forward, no special abilities are known."
Ryan stroked his chin. The path was the core power of the Honkai Starrail world. When he first encountered the Honkai phenomenon ten years ago, he felt Path's call. Unfortunately, this thing is not a system, and will not give him any "OP abilities", he needs to find out for himself.
"I'm not a Herrscher who was born to be able to control Honkai Energy; I'm not as adaptable as normal people, at least they can't control them as much, so I still rely on Path to survive." Ryan walked back and forth among the corpses, the gentle moonlight made his thoughts light.
The pinnacle of a Path is Aeon.
The so-called Aeon is an existence that can walk in higher dimensions. Intelligent beings can only vaguely feel that Aeons set foot on the path that mortals cannot understand. Those who follow the "path" are called Pathstriders.
"Do I need the powerful Honkai Beast or even the Herrscher to come to help me understand Honkai so that I can drive forward and expand the path?"
The more Ryan thought about it, the more focused he became, but at this moment, he heard a rumbling sound, and somewhat dissatisfied, he raised his head to look.
Under the moonlight, several helicopters were circling in the air, their paddles lifted up a gust of wind, blowing rocks and soil across the ground into the sky.
Ryan didn't run either, just stood at the open border, quietly looking at the helicopter landing, watching several armed soldiers with ropes falling to the ground. At the tail of the helicopter, he saw an eye-catching sign -
It was a butterfly rushing towards the fire.
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