"Ding ding ding..."
After the class bell rang, everyone quickly returned to their seats.
A moment later, a female teacher with a youthful face and a petite physique, resembling a student, entered the classroom.
Seeing the petite and seemingly fragile loli teacher standing on the podium immediately caused a stir among the students.
Dendou Hiroto shouted excitedly.
"Ooooh! It's Kono-chan!"
Seeing the students' delight, the loli teacher on the podium smiled sweetly and said in a delicate voice.
"Good morning, everyone. I will be your homeroom teacher for the coming year. My name is Okamine Tamae."
"Clap clap clap!"
Enthusiastic applause immediately erupted in the classroom.
It was evident that Tamae was quite famous and well-liked at Raizen High School.
Ling Feng, sitting in the corner, did not join the others' enthusiasm. After clapping, he turned his head to look at the scenery outside and took out a book from his desk to read.
If you observed closely, you would notice that he was dozing off.
After all, according to the plot, a spacequake would occur after school, and he needed to get some good sleep.
Moreover, except for today, he probably wouldn't be attending Raizen High School again... He didn't know what kind of chaotic creatures he would encounter yet.
But if they could pose a destructive threat to this world, their strength surely wouldn't be weak, and he had to be prepared for anything.
...
At noon, after the dismissal bell rang, Ling Feng's spirit perked up. He quickly grabbed his school bag and rushed out of the classroom.
"Hey, Ling Feng, why are you running so fast!" Shido, who had just been chatting with Ling Feng, called out in confusion.
"I have an urgent matter!"
In the stairwell, Ling Feng sprinted towards the rooftop. Just as he was halfway there, a spacequake alarm suddenly rang in his ears.
"Roar—Roar—!"
"The precursor to a spacequake has been observed in this area!"
"Attention! This is not a drill! Residents are urged to evacuate to shelters immediately! Repeating, the precursor to a spacequake has been observed in this area..."
On the rooftop of the school building, Ling Feng panted as he ran out of the stairwell and approached the railing.
From here, he could see that facilities like the city's parking lots and train tunnels had been moved underground into shelters, with protective plates replacing them.
Suddenly, Ling Feng saw a figure quickly run out of the school and enter a building.
"Kurumi..."
Kurumi must have returned to the AST to arm herself via the special elevator.
He looked down at his wrist, where a sleek, silver-white, technologically advanced watch was.
He tapped the watch, and a blue virtual light screen projected out. Ling Feng looked at the detector displayed on the screen.
The energy reaction detected by the detector was still increasing, reaching 1000 hw.
This energy reaction in Honkai Impact 3rd had already reached the Herrscher level, though it was only a pseudo-Herrscher, far from a true Herrscher.
"Tohka... It's a good chance to test the performance of this armor I spent so much effort creating."
With a flash of blue light, a silver-white exoskeleton armor materialized, covering his entire body.
Third-generation experimental male Valkyrie armor - [Eclipse].
...
On the other side, on the empty street, Shido's brow was furrowed as he hurried towards the family restaurant.
Because according to his phone's GPS, his sister Kotori's location was still at the family restaurant.
"Why is she staying put when the city is like this!"
"Kotori! Kotori! Kotori!"
Shido roared in his mind, overwhelmed with anxiety.
Boom—!
At this moment, a spacequake erupted not far from him, and a black hemisphere rapidly expanded.
Before Shido could react, he was sent flying by the shockwave.
"What happened?"
As the smoke cleared, Shido saw a huge crater before his eyes, as if it had been created by a meteorite impact.
The surrounding buildings had been reduced to ruins. Visible purple energy particles drifted in the air.
And in the center of the massive crater stood a bronze-like throne, with a giant sword inserted behind it.
To Shido's shock, a purple-haired girl was standing imposingly on the armrest of the throne, striking an incredibly commanding pose.
Unlike ordinary people, the girl was clad in purple armor and a dress resembling a princess's gown, with a purple crystal headdress on her head.
This was Tohka Yatogami, the protagonist of the first part of Date A Live, who had mastered the combination of sweet naivety and an insatiable appetite!
Before Shido could fully react, the girl abruptly drew her giant sword and swung it down heavily.
A purple energy blade passed by Shido's side, directly shattering a building behind him.
The girl holding the giant sword landed in front of Shido, pointing the sword directly at him. With a melancholic expression and a sorrowful tone, she asked, "Are you also... here to kill me?"
Shido, terrified by the gleaming sword, fell back onto the ground. Tohka took a step forward and continued to press him.
"You're here to kill me, aren't you?"
"Then let me finish you off quickly."
Shido jumped in fear and shouted, fumbling to explain.
But... Tohka suddenly sensed something, frowned, and turned her head to look at the sky.
Several girls in exoskeleton armor were rapidly flying towards them, their thermal weapons firing in unison, with dozens of missiles descending upon them.
"Whoa!!!"
Shido cried out in fear. As a normal human, it was the first time he had seen so many missiles, especially ones heading towards him.
Tohka extended her hand, and a translucent energy barrier immediately blocked all the incoming missiles.
"These things are useless against me. Why can't you ever remember that?"
With that, Tohka raised her giant sword and stepped forward, soaring into the sky to engage with the AST members, led by their captain, Kaguya Origami.
Just then, a stray missile fell towards Shido. Shido's pupils contracted sharply.
Clang!
Suddenly, a figure appeared before him like a ghost, and an energy barrier blocked the explosion's damage.
"Who are you?"
Looking at the stranger before him, Shido instinctively asked.
The person turned to look at Shido, their helmet retracting to reveal a familiar face.
"Ling Feng... You too..."
Shido was so shocked he couldn't speak. Origami was one thing, but it seemed Ling Feng wasn't ordinary either!
"Now is not the time to chat."
On the battlefield, Tohka and Origami were engaged in a fierce close-quarters sword fight. Their combat skills were comparable, and the fight was at a stalemate.
"Haa!"
Both sides suddenly charged up and swung at each other, resulting in a massive explosive energy collision!
"This is truly impossible to intervene!"
Ling Feng's helmet re-covered, and he extended both hands, projecting energy shields to withstand the explosive energy.
He came here to test the armor's capabilities, but this battle was too intense to get involved in.
"Ahhhh! My eyes!"
Shido behind him, witnessing the blinding white light, nearly went blind.
Ling Feng had a visor, but Shido didn't!
When the dazzling white light faded, Shido kept wiping the tears from his eyes, which flowed uncontrollably.
Ling Feng ignored Shido and shifted his gaze to the white-haired girl before him.
During the earlier fight, Tohka had returned to the neighboring world, leaving only Origami behind.
"Who are you... Are you also a Spirit? No, you don't have any Spirit reaction."
Origami frowned, looking at the person in the steel suit.
Since Tohka couldn't be used for testing, why not try Origami... Ling Feng thought to himself.
However, before he could act, he suddenly caught sight of something. His pupils contracted sharply. He looked intently and was shocked.
"Chaos energy!"
Within the giant crater, there was some free-floating black Chaos energy.
Although it was only some scattered energy, it indicated that a Chaos creature had already descended.
"How can this be? The story has just begun, and Chaos creatures are already showing up?"
Ling Feng's expression turned serious, and his brow furrowed.
In his past experiences, Chaos creatures only appeared in the mid-to-late stages of the plot.
But now, Chaos energy had appeared right at the beginning of the story, which meant that a Chaos creature could appear at any time.
However, there was no doubt that the plot would change, and it would no longer be what he knew.
His previous knowledge of the Date A Live plot could only serve as a reference.
"That's right!"
Ling Feng remembered that he still needed to test the armor's performance with Origami. But by the time he came to his senses, Origami was nowhere to be seen.
Only Shido remained, still rubbing his eyes.
"Sigh, although I can't test the armor's performance... relying on electrical energy as a power source is indeed problematic."
The energy bar on the armor's visor displayed that the current energy level was only at seventy percent.
Just enduring some attacks had depleted so much energy; it was too inefficient.
Suddenly, Ling Feng's vision changed. The background shifted from the ruined cityscape to a place resembling a teleportation chamber.
And on the floor beside him, Shido was still rubbing his eyes.
"Oh~"
The sudden change was within Ling Feng's expectations, so he wasn't too surprised. His helmet retracted, revealing his face.
The door to the teleportation chamber suddenly opened, and a woman in a military uniform, with a vacant expression, dark circles under her eyes, and appearing to be in her early twenties, entered. In her upper pocket, she carried a battle-worn teddy bear.
"I am the analyst here, Murasame Reine."
"You may have many questions, but I'm not good at explaining. Please go see our commander for details."
Reine said indifferently, like a robot devoid of emotion.
Analysis Eye!
[Character]: Murasame Reine (a clone of Mio)
"As expected..." Ling Feng murmured inwardly, then nodded and spoke.
"Let's go."
Ling Feng nodded without refusal. He had intended to negotiate with Ratatoskr anyway.
After all, his future plans would require Ratatoskr's assistance.
The third-generation prototype male Valkyrie armor, in his estimation, shouldn't perform too poorly, but why was it called a prototype?
It was because the materials and some technologies were not perfect. The armor he was wearing was only a semi-finished product.
This was the limit of his personal strength, as creating an entire set of armor in less than a month was no small feat.