Honkai: You're telling me this difficulty is from Honkai Impact 3?!

[Honkai], a concept that should have been closely related to everyone, was finally linked to them through Shu's patient and detailed explanation.

Even if everyone didn't want to have anything to do with Honkai, even Otto.

When Shu said his first sentence, Otto frowned.

"[Honkai] is a disaster that is born and grows with civilization... That's how it should be." Shu scratched his head and gave a brief and simple introduction to [Honkai].

Otto's expression, which was originally calm and even smiling, immediately stiffened. What did he mean by "a disaster that is born and grows with civilization"?

Otto glanced at the desolate streets around them. Then he looked at the rotting, lifeless faces that were rapidly flashing by on the side of the road. Finally, he turned his gaze back to Shu and gave him a look that said, "Are you kidding me?"

If he understood correctly, there should be some room for "growth" if he used the word "gradually increasing", right? Was the starting point of the Honkai that high?

"Born with civilization…" Fu Hua thought deeply, she seemed to realize something, and asked, "So, this disaster is something that we have to experience, right?"

If this was a Honkai world, then yes. But Shu couldn't say it. He couldn't self-destruct everything in front of Otto, could he?

He still wanted to live a few more days! Look at Otto in the rearview mirror. His eyes were trying to eat him alive!

"Ahem, yes." Feeling a sense of danger, Shu quickly moved to the next stage. "But this time is an exception. Logically, the first Honkai shouldn't be this large!"

Otto raised an eyebrow. His gaze through the rearview mirror paused for a moment.

An exception? What was the exception? And what were the examples? Why are you making such a practiced expression?

What are the examples? Why were we the exception? And what is the standard that divides the exceptions? If there is the concept of "exception", doesn't that mean there is a basic and complete system?

These are all precious… no, they are precious knowledge and experience!

Shu felt a chill and instinctively looked at Otto's reflection in the rearview mirror. He saw a smiling face. Otto had finally turned back to face him! But Bishop, you're driving, be a little mindful of the traffic laws, will you?

"Oh, sorry." Otto nodded, as if realizing something. He turned his head back, pretending to be focused on driving.

Shu: "…"

There it is again. This feeling like he was naked in a public bath. Do I have any privacy when I'm with Otto?

"So what would be considered the normal scale of the first Honkai?" Himeko asked seriously.

"Uh…" Shu paused for a moment. "It would just affect one first-tier city, and about 300,000 people would die."

The others: "…" You call that small? 300,000 people are still people! Even if they were 300,000…

Alright, compared to this situation, it is very small…

Kiana nodded seriously. The difference between 300,000 and a few billion was something even she could understand. No wonder Shu looked like the sky was falling when he learned the truth during their first meeting.

If it were me, I'd probably be the same... Isn't this just like the difference between what the teacher taught and what you were tested on? That was something she knew all too well!!

While the others were still processing the information, Shu suddenly added, "Oh, but that one was also a bit of an exception..."

Was Joyce an exception?

"Let me think... the second... that one was also an exception... the third... huh... seems like it too...?" Shu mumbled to himself, but even though his voice was soft, everyone heard it clearly.

The others: "…"

Good news: We finally have some information.

Bad news: It's all exceptions!

However, while everyone else was speechless, Otto let out a sigh of relief internally. The hand that was tightly gripping the steering wheel also relaxed slightly.

The Nagazora Bridge was already visible in front of them. Once they reached the bridge, they would be able to see their destination: the Nagazora Military Base.

That place had weapons, it was spacious, it had a strong defensive perimeter, and they would also be able to escape quickly. With Nagazora City behind them, they wouldn't have to worry about the lack of resources for a short time.

Once we get there… we can remove this thick dark cloud in the sky.

Shu's words were filled with exceptions. He couldn't even give them a clear example, which meant that Honkai was a rare occurrence, and even every single occurrence was unique.

A simple framework was gradually taking form in Otto's mind. Otto also started to fill in the blank spaces of that framework.

As for the truthfulness of this information? Otto didn't care about that. If Shu had given them too many details, then he would have to consider that, but Shu had only given a rough framework.

The specifics were still unknown.

And coincidentally, Otto had been running around in this disaster for the past month.

All the random details had gathered in Otto's mind.

He was just missing a frame to link them all together.

With that, Otto had constructed a basic hall of knowledge.

Just like the periodic table, Otto had started to extrapolate all the missing details based on his conditions.

If the Honkai Beasts could be separated into different categories, there had to be a similar categorization for the zombies. So... there was a form of higher-level zombie and it was not just one category.

Then, was there a perfect aggregation? A zombie or Honkai beast that excelled in every category? Or perhaps...

Some kind of ultimate development? For example... speed... and packs?

Otto's expression suddenly froze. He instinctively looked at the sky. It had turned dark, with no stars. It looked like it would collapse at any moment.

"Did you guys hear something?" Kallen suddenly covered her heart, her face pale as she looked in one direction.

Almost at the same time, Kiana also looked in the same direction. The sky had turned black and was putting a huge pressure on everyone's hearts.

"What's wrong?" Seeing their faces turn pale, Shu was also confused. Just then, the car suddenly braked, and did a sharp drift that made the tires screech, stopping at the entrance of the bridge.

Shu was nearly thrown out. Before he could even look at Otto in the driver's seat, he heard a dense and hissing sound coming from the sky.

The sound was dull and had intermittent explosions. It sounded like…

A large squadron of fighters!!