Obtained Mark - Main. King of Fear (cont.)

When I started writing the previous book, I was pretty sure that the Honkai of Changkong City would have occurred around February. Of course, at that time I couldn't find the source, so I could only look for it in the promotional video for Honkai Impact 2.

I've forgotten whether I actually found it or not, but that's how I wrote it in the previous and this book.

Then, in the middle of the book, when I was going through the main storyline, I realized something was wrong.

The Trio didn't arrive in St. Freya until May 2014. In my opinion, no matter how much you procrastinate after finishing in Changkong City, it's impossible for you to wait three months before going to St. Freya.

So at the time I thought I had misread this timeline.

But actually I wasn't wrong; at most, I just arrived a little earlier.

The Azure Sea arc explicitly mentions that Cocolia created the artificial Honkai in February 2014...

In Kiana's memories from the Celestial Meteor arc, they enrolled in school in May 2014 and participated in their first combat mission in August or September.

From a normal timeline perspective, the Nine Nether arc could not possibly have occurred more than a month after the Escape from the Sky arc—in the original timeline, these people hadn't even enrolled in school yet.

I'm not sure about the timelines of the Anti-Entropy Invasion Arc and the Moon Shadow [Maki's Defection Arc], but since everyone in this book is speeding up the plot, it's definitely faster than the normal progression. All subsequent accelerated timelines should refer to this point. If they don't match, it's all Lin Yu's fault for being a vengeful, scheming bastard.

In terms of plot, the Changkong City setting was already heavily modified from the start.

Let's return to the topic of plot structure and pacing.

Judging from these digressions, the timeline has actually been accelerating wildly since the Nine Nether Netherworlds arc.

However, at that time, this feeling was not very serious. In my opinion, the timeline really took off with the Anti-Entropy Invasion and the Moon Shadow of the original work, and the Herrscher of Death Awakening arc of this book.

Several major events that were rumored at the time all came together and were resolved in less than two months in terms of timeline.

Then, to recap the original story, roughly half a year passed between the Third Honkai Outbreak and Kiana's first participation in a mission...

In less than six months within the book's run, Lin Yu had already killed Otto...

Although this statement from me, as the author, might seem odd, looking back at the plot now, I still want to say something...

Why did things turn out this way?

In the short chapter of Anti-Entropy Invasion, the World Serpent failed to save people and destroy evidence, which led to the World Serpent being suppressed by Schicksal in the subsequent plot.

Kiana's feelings for Lin Yu deepened after Lin Yu rescued her, foreshadowing some future plot developments.

The trio's daughter suddenly began to appear in this chapter.

The rest is about the Herrscher of Death Awakening arc.

The Herrscher of Death Awakening arc corresponds to the Moon Shadow of the original work, but the plot actually has some subtle differences from the original work.

In the original work, the main plot of the Moon Shadow arc is Cocolia causing trouble, while the subplot is Otto using Cocolia to cause trouble. But in this book, we don't care about the main plot and the subplot; we just mix them all together.

Maki, who was supposed to cooperate with Cocolia, directly reported Cocolia's people; this was purely my personal opinion.

Whether people hate or like Maki, I think even after he comes to his senses, his brain is still malfunctioning.

After Cocolia caused the Third Honkai Outbreak, it's clear she didn't care about human lives.

Maki worried that Otto would continue to use the Tranquility Gem to harm people, so she took the gem and defected to find Cocolia...

Cooperating with Otto is like asking a tiger for its skin; at least you can borrow his power before things turn sour.

Partnering with Cocolia... No, you're not an old man, are you senile? There's absolutely no benefit to partnering with her.

So, based on my own bias, I directly asked him to report Cocolia's people.

While cooperating with Gray Serpent isn't a good option either, even if World Serpent this book suffers greatly because Raven betrayed it to save its life, Gray Serpent's reputation wouldn't be as bad as Cocolia's.

After setting up the initial plot, it's time for the story to unfold on Schicksal's side.

After the Second Honkai Eruption, Otto had a new idea, and after K423 successfully gained consciousness in the experiment, he must have felt that the plan had potential.

That's why some people are saying, 'Oh no, the fact that Otto longed for the Herrscher of Death has been retconned.'

I couldn't find the corresponding plot in the storyline. If any readers could provide it, I would appreciate it. I will add 5,000 words to the bonus chapter in my next book.

I couldn't find the corresponding plot point that "Otto no longer needs the Herrscher of Death." Based on my understanding of Otto, since his Herrscher of the Herrscher of the Void awakening plan is still in its infancy, Otto definitely wants to test whether the real Herrscher of Death can revive people.

Sirin was merely a core holder, not a true Herrscher of Death. Her performance at the time clearly showed that she wasn't very adept at utilizing the other cores.

Anyway, someone is willing to take the blame for creating the Herrscher of Death. Otto just needs to find an opportunity to snatch the Herrscher of Death away, and that's all that matters.

Moreover, he doesn't need to go to the battlefield. As for Valkyrie, if they die, they die. He certainly won't feel any heartache if he gets the Herrscher of Death, Otto.

In my opinion, these losses are completely acceptable to Otto, and he doesn't even consider them a big loss. In that case, why doesn't Otto try this method?

So in the Herrscher of Death Awakening arc, I followed this tone.

By the way, the plot here mentions that Yuno the World Serpent.

Then some people suspected that Mike was also World Serpent spy.

Based on my mental image of World Serpent and Schicksal, it's not surprising that World Serpent spies infiltrated Schicksal.

However, there aren't many people who can infiltrate the Schicksal. Once one person enters a department, Gray Serpent will likely arrange for others to gather information from other departments.

Therefore, in the personal secondary settings that were only revealed today in this book, there is at most one World Serpent spy in each department of Schicksal [of course, some departments don't have any, if Schicksal were really that easy to infiltrate].

From a plot structure perspective, this storyline belongs to the exclusive storyline of [Herrscher Awakening].

In today's mobile games, this would probably be considered a legendary quest or a companion quest.

Because Yuno performed well in the Nine Nether and Anti-Entropy Invasion arcs, and then had her legendary mission in the Herrscher of Death Awakening arc, some people thought Yuno was the main heroine...

Well, anyway, although it was really easy for me to write like that, I didn't really have that thought at the time.

There's not much to say about the combat; after the fight, Lin Yu simply terrified everyone.

Until he can beat up Herrscher, but the situation was unclear before, so it's hard to say what would happen. But this time, everyone knows that Lin Yu defeated the Herrscher of Death one-on-one with Yuno, which is very scary.

Otto continued to gloat, but in reality, his subsequent actions were nothing short of nailing nails into his own coffin.

Siegfried and Anti-Entropy reacted relatively well.

After World Serpent was so frightened that he seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on the Oceania Branch, Gray Serpent immediately went to Sue, the traitor, to ask him to come out of seclusion. I think that is enough to show how terrified Gray Serpent was at the time.

They really tried their best.

Honestly, when I rewatched the story and saw the Gray Serpent's storyline, I was genuinely moved.

He is indeed a good employee.

It's a pity that if you don't work in human resources, no matter how well you do your job, you'll only end up being the unlucky one who gets taken advantage of.

In Chapter 160, the last chapter of this series, because Lin Yu's status has been elevated, Ghost, as his teacher, said those things to Lin Yu.

As his status rose, Lin Yu became a superstar within the organization whose mere presence could boost morale.

After all, he was a ruthless person who had defeated two Herrscher in a row, and the second time he defeated them easily. Moreover, he was able to contain the Honkai within the most controllable range both times [that's what the outside world thinks].

In addition, the previous Honkai was the Second Honkai Eruption fourteen years ago. People who didn't know much about Honkai, Herrscher, and the truth of fourteen years ago thought at the time, "Tens of millions of people died fourteen years ago, but Lin Yu only killed a few people in the suburbs and city the first time he took action, and no civilians died the second time. Isn't that amazing?"

In this situation, although Lin Yu himself may not have the intention, I believe he should shoulder some of the responsibility.

That's why there are 160 chapters in the story.

Although it wasn't written very clearly, Lin Yu realized the importance of responsibility at this stage.

Of course, because of some things in the past, Lin Yu will inevitably have to give up another part of his responsibility while trying to fulfill his own. But that's a story for another time, and we'll leave that for the Finality chapter of True Transformation.

When these two chapters came to a close, the plot was still under control. As for whether the viewing experience was good or bad, that's up to everyone's opinion.

[The Legacy of England]—From chapter 161 to chapter 183.

This chapter belongs to a shorter storyline that I have conceived.

After all, I really intended to gloss over the illusionary storyline in just a couple of strokes.

Moreover, Lin Yu didn't play around with the original design of the Illusionary Realm.

At the time, it was because the results suddenly improved after the Herrscher of Death Awakening arc ended at the end of November, so I thought about it briefly and started updating more frequently.

As the emotions surged, the writing flowed smoothly, and even the Illusionary Realm arc quickly became a thrilling story.

In this chapter, although Lin Yu has a greater sense of responsibility than before, he is still not fully awake and at least at that time he felt that it was better to do less trouble than more trouble.

So initially, he really didn't want to get involved in this matter.

But after Su forcibly pulled him into the illusion, Lin Yu's thoughts changed.

First of all, I'm sure I won't die here. If I'm not going to die, why should I be a coward? Just charge!

After his fear of death was suppressed, Lin Yu's instincts, which he had always been able to suppress, were fully unleashed.

Why did he ultimately choose to Finality in that environment? Partly because he wouldn't die, and partly...

—Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!

He himself didn't realize it, but that was indeed his guiding principle at the time.

One more thing to add: I got so caught up in writing that I forgot what I was writing.

The Moonlight Throne in the illusion was developed before the constraints were introduced. It wasn't part of the constraint-related technology, but rather a creation that Lin Yu simulated after analyzing the characteristics of the Phantasm Lantern Barrier using Previous Era technology.

However, I had this idea, but I forgot to include this detail when I was updating the game, which led to some people saying, "Wait, is it really possible to develop Moonlight Throne in this timeframe?"

The reason I obediently accepted the beating was indeed because I didn't write down the reason.

As for the story's claim that the Constraint Barrier being broken would cause someone to blow Otto, that seems very strange to me.

To this day, my opinion remains unchanged. After analyzing Otto's past ridiculous deeds, I've found that praising anyone else is better than praising him.

The plot shows that the Constraint Barrier Otto left in the outside world was broken mainly by two people.

One of them was Bronya, who forcibly used the Herrscher of Reason to create six Moonlight Throne Cannons, directly breaking through the first layer of the barrier.

The others were responsible for providing energy, Seele used Black Abyss White Flower to save Bronya, and then Theresa was responsible for clearing the second phase.

OK, the barrier has been removed.

Many people here are trying to refute my emphasis on the difficulty of Constraint Barrier in the Previous Era, and then using this to argue that "many people would die if Otto didn't take the barrier away," thus proving that I've gone too far in criticizing Otto. Some have even called me crazy.

Alright, let's review what our dear bishop did before he did this, and how difficult the Herrscher of Constraint really is in this era.

First, we need to confirm what Otto uses this barrier power for.

Is Emperor Otto finally showing compassion and starting to save people?

Actually, it's the exact opposite.

According to Changguang, after she helped Otto devise a plan to "destroy all of humanity and return to the past," Otto laughed and said that he had a plan that would involve fewer sacrifices.

This is the plan we saw in the story.

However, Otto believed that this plan had a 50% chance of being implemented. So what would happen if the plan, which involved less sacrifice, failed to be implemented due to the other 50% probability?

No one would think that Otto would give up the chance to go back in time to spare the others who were supposed to be sacrificed in the original plan, right?

I don't understand why anyone would bring the casualties of the Previous Civilization into this era just to praise Otto. Don't these people know that there are variables?

The Previous Civilization had no intelligence, no Moonlight Throne, no Judah, and no Herrscher of Reason standing on the side of humanity. It was completely in the dark and could only rely on human lives.

In this era, with the intelligence and divine equipment left behind by the predecessors of the Previous Civilization, and with Elysia paving a new path, it's impossible to fight as miserably as in the Previous Civilization under normal circumstances.

Even considering Joyce's strength and his development after surviving, the Second Herrscher, Old Yang, plus Tesla and Einstein, could barely defeat him. The Herrscher of Thunder wasn't much stronger than the single-core Herrscher of the Void, so she would probably suffer a defeat. The Herrscher of Wind was not as strong as the Herrscher of Thunder [the strength difference is 2000/3200]. The combination of Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Rock was also killed normally. It can be said that people who would have needed to be sacrificed would not have to be sacrificed so much because Joyce survived.

It was all Otto's fault.

Moreover, the most abstract part of this plot is that some people see a scene that benefits Otto and immediately start praising it.

However, we know that a story is not a single fragment; a chapter is three-dimensional.

In Twilight of the Fool of the Fools, Otto did the following.

After resigning, he started causing trouble → obtained the last Dominance Core → acquired the Constraint Authority → used the Constraint Authority to protect himself and started ambushing → beat up Bianca → ambushed the False God → beat up Kiana and Bianca.

In this process, Kiana and Bianca's victory can only be attributed to everyone's hard work. No one would think that Otto gave them some information and let them win, and that "it's all Otto's doing."

Then, those who praise Otto directly extracted individual events from the story [gained the Constraint Authority] without considering the causes and consequences, and without considering the potential negative consequences that Otto might have caused [which he didn't cause because someone stopped him].

The main characters have messed up; seven billion people will be wiped out because Otto opened a turtle shell and became False God.

Now some people are praising Otto for saving so many people by taking the turtle shell...

This is really abstract.

By the way, if Joyce hadn't died back then, he wouldn't have needed to risk his life as much as Bronya.

In this era, a normal game starts with an incredibly favorable opening, and that's no joke.