The promised third collapse, where is it?!!

——Q: The combat descriptions are weak.

——A: To be fair, writing combat is much harder than writing dialogue or daily life. The author doesn't even like writing it; it's time-consuming, labor-intensive, and easily skimmed over. Readers might scroll past quickly, curse the chapter as filler, and completely miss the hidden details.

The destructive power corresponding to each level has a reference list for the author, and writing requires cross-referencing and careful description, which is incredibly troublesome.

However, it will still be written to achieve the desired plot and dramatic effect, as combat is also a part of the story. If you believe combat should be over in a few sentences and that the author is just making excuses to pad the word count, then there's nothing the author can do.

——Q: Forum etiquette?

——A: Personal attacks will result in an immediate ban and post deletion. Posts or comments that are vulgar, argumentative, incite conflict, or cause trouble will be deleted depending on the situation. Repeated offenses will lead to a direct ban. Reading should be enjoyable, not an ordeal, and maintaining a pleasant reading atmosphere is crucial.

——Q: Why is the North American aircraft carrier that appeared at the beginning named Belobog, a name from Slavic mythology?

——A: Because it belongs to Cocolia, the leader of the Reformists, and is part of the aerial combat division. This will be explained later.

——Q: What about Schicksal's setup?

——A: For Schicksal's specific details, refer to Honkai Gakuen 2. It has the Senate and the Judgment Department. Like Anti-Entropy, it has been greatly strengthened overall, not just a few scattered members as in the original work. It needs to match the status of the world's two poles.

——Q: Why does K423 call the protagonist A Li? Isn't that more affectionate?

——A: A Li is not an affectionate term; it's more akin to Westerners directly addressing someone by their given name. The apparent intimacy is merely a facade. In Western naming conventions, where the given name comes first and the surname last, calling someone "Li" is not much different from being called by your surname. Simply calling someone "Li" might even sound more intimate. Furthermore, in terms of personality, Kiana doesn't actually dislike Fu Li. The text mentions that in the past, he helped many people according to a promise made with the real Kiana (Bianca) when they were children (like Asakura Miyuki), embodying the Kaslana knightly spirit, which deeply resonates with K423. Fu Li is simply at a disadvantage for being an ordinary person, and it's the same for Mei. If they had entered the Honkai side earlier, the romance route would have been unlocked long ago.

——Q: I'm very curious about the protagonist's talent.

——A: In the previous timeline, the Third Honkai occurred on March 28, 2014. Afterward, she was sent back to Shenzhou by St. Freya and spent nearly a year officially entering the Honkai side (mid-2015). Two months later, she became B-rank, then A-rank within a year. In 2017, she broke through A-rank, was captured by Domination, and surpassed the critical point. Then you know what happened. In the normal route, without any accidents, from the moment Fu Li officially entered the Honkai side, if he encounters no unforeseen circumstances, he will steadily reach Star Creator level—which is the End Level in this book's setting—within 6 to 8 years. This is not human modification; the protagonist is simply at the ceiling of talent in terms of setting. All he lacks is time. Also, at the end of each volume, there are usually 2-3 free bonus chapters placed at the end. These chapters typically relate to the hidden main storyline or are small anecdotes, such as stories from certain time points in the previous timeline.

——Q: What's the deal with Fu Li's over a million sexual encounters?

——A: This involves spoilers, so I won't say. If you have ideas, feel free to discuss them in the forum. In any case, it's definitely not a bug.

——Q: What was the result of the bounty?

——A: Monthly votes: 422, resulting in 4 chapters; Recommendation votes: 2975, counting as 3 chapters; "Daggers" (gifts): 214, resulting in 2 chapters; Tips: 7000, plus other miscellaneous contributions, counting as 1 chapter; Each chapter is 2k words, totaling 20,000 words. It's manageable and will be paid back quickly within three days of the book going on shelves, not including the normal daily 4k updates. That's about it. In the future, any questions will be answered in a Q&A format at the end of each volume, without revealing spoilers.

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Chapter 50: "Cocolia: Changkong City seems a bit too urbanized"

The strong wind swept across the battlefield, carrying away the smell of gunpowder that lingered in the air.

This was a normal phenomenon. Large-scale bombardment from firearms continuously heated the air. This heated air would rapidly rise due to thermal expansion, and cold air from the outside would rush in to fill the void, creating convection currents between high and low pressure, resulting in a fitting wind.

Fu Li put away the shattered Silver Bloom Seed. Crystalline blue threads formed by the Shadow Blade wound around the unconscious Bronya, binding her like a sheep ready for slaughter.

Or rather, a mother, cough, a puppy?

The proud Ural Silver Wolf was not the same species as a little sheep reduced to a sailor's sacrifice in the Middle Ages.

Looking down at his spoils, Fu Li reached out and cleanly removed the girl's hair ornaments, neck ring, and leg bands.

Her unbound silver-gray hair cascaded down, adding a touch of fragile and tranquil beauty to the unconscious Bronya, evoking a sense of pity.

"Eight Star-stone Shields. I've wanted to complain about this for a while; this little duck head is truly loaded."

Spinning the Star Stone-inlaid leg band on his index finger, Fu Li then fastened it to his own arm.

The tightness was slightly off, but the leg band itself was elastic, so it was close enough.

"Three people, so one each."

Fu Li whistled cheerfully and, hoisting the girl onto his back, ran in the direction Kiana and the others had left.

Originally, he hadn't planned to bother with Bronya. Her A-rank strength was enough for self-preservation in Changkong City after the Third Honkai. He didn't need to worry about this girl at all.

But since she was so nice and insisted on delivering herself as takeout, Fu Li could only accept this delicious roasted duck with a tearful smile.

The duck's butt is a treasure, after all!

Outside the Yae Village ruins—

With a series of sharp braking sounds, a brand-new Yangwang U8 screeched to a halt at the top of the mountain road.

The rear passenger door opened from the inside, and a foot clad in knee-high military boots landed on the road.

"Executor Cocolia!"

The girl with golden-orange hair, acting as the temporary adjutant, hastily rose from the pilot's seat, as if letting the owner of the long boots stand on the ground was a sin.

"It's fine."

The sexy, mature woman with blonde hair and purple eyes didn't care. She strode to the edge of the road, resting her hands on the guardrail preventing pedestrians from falling into the deep valley.

The mountain wind lifted the hem of her military uniform, which had a distinct Russian flair. She looked down at the booming, international city and said in an ethereal tone:

"Changkong City seems a bit too urbanized."

No one answered Cocolia, and Cocolia didn't mind.

After framing and imprisoning Raiden Ryoma, the Conservative faction of Anti-Entropy was, on the surface, in a state of semi-rebellion with her.

Many within the Executor class knew exactly what Cocolia was planning to do next. Even though they didn't openly oppose her for various reasons, they still distanced themselves from her in private.

Satellites, military, networks... Not only were her resources restricted in various aspects, but Einstein, who was temporarily acting as the leader, had even frozen her access to the super AI [Phyllis].

This directly led to Cocolia having significantly fewer troops to command. Setting aside the general members and mecha units below B-rank, the only A-rank personnel who accompanied her to Changkong City this time was Bronya.

It wasn't that Cocolia hadn't cultivated confidantes of A-rank or higher. It was just that within Anti-Entropy, individuals at the critical level were already considered public assets of the organization.

Their status was unconditionally promoted to a shareholder level, and to mobilize them, at least three Executors would need to jointly approve.

Cocolia, who was determined to go her own way, clearly couldn't find two other Executors willing to help. Therefore, she had to personally travel to the Yae Village ruins to investigate why strange Honkai reactions were occurring there.

As for what Cocolia intended to do that made other Executors so wary, to the point of severing ties with the Far East and pretending she didn't exist.

The answer was simple: a large-scale experiment.

However, in the imaginations of the scientists and subordinates, this large-scale experiment was akin to injecting Honkai series serums into a pile of humans and observing the subjects' performance and resistance.

The actual large-scale experiment was to artificially induce the Third Honkai, with Changkong City as the center.

Yes, whether it was before Fu Li's rebirth or now, the culprit behind the Third Honkai outbreak in Changkong City was this beautiful blonde woman standing on the mountaintop.

She was the one who turned millions of humans into dust, erasing an international metropolis from the map in an instant.

Doesn't that sound terrifying?

Cocolia felt it was acceptable.

Because this was the Far East, a place that lived quite comfortably.

To put it bluntly, if the experiment was conducted here, let alone the death of a city's population, even if all the people on the four islands of the Far East perished, Cocolia, who was familiar with WWII history and hailed from a great northern country, wouldn't hesitate for a moment. She would even clap her hands in approval.

What's that saying? If there was a button to launch nuclear weapons at the Far East, what would you do?

In the neighboring Great East, out of over a billion people, at least tens of millions—no, let's be conservative, millions—would gladly launch nuclear bombs at the major cities of the Far East. I'm just helping them realize their dream of nuclear peace.

The people of this country deserve such suffering.

Moreover, Cocolia didn't feel like she was doing anything wrong. Having personally experienced the Second Honkai, she knew very well what kind of catastrophe a fully realized Herrscher would bring to human society.

That's why she conceived the idea of using the Conquest Gem—a mysterious energy core extracted from the Second Herrscher, the Herrscher of the Void, to create a Herrscher.

According to calculations, even if the Third Herrscher were born at her hands, her underdeveloped state would at most cause the Great Honkai to affect a radius of a hundred miles.

And according to historians' restoration of the truth of history from fifty thousand years ago, the Third Honkai that occurred in the Previous Civilization era not only turned the four islands of the Far East into a demon's den (the homeland of Sakura thus fell), but its aftershocks even radiated to the continent of Shenzhou across the sea (such as Canghai City in Shenzhou where Hua resided), turning its southeastern coast into an endless purgatory overrun by Netherlings and Sprites!

Sacrificing just Changkong City in exchange for the peace of the Far East, Shenzhou, and even all of East Asia, Cocolia felt that the Far Eastern government and the surviving civilians should be grateful to her.

Sacrificing a few million to save a hundred million, was this a losing deal? Not at all! Where is the loss? This world has always been like this, hasn't it? Don't lie with your eyes open! It's difficult for us in high positions to make choices!

Those who feel it's a loss should reflect on whether they've been too protected and find the reason within themselves, okay?

Besides, even though you sacrificed your lives, you also provided us with valuable data on Herrscher birth!

When you get to hell later, you can proudly tell the King of Hell who judges you:

My entire life and all my energy were dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world—fighting for humanity against Honkai!

Chapter 51: "The Beautiful Girl Raiden Mei Who Experienced Two Eras"

Honkai scholars of the Current Civilization have discovered that only sufficient population and prosperity will attract the attention of the Honkai overlord, supporting the outbreak of the Great Honkai and the birth of Sequence Herrschers.

This was one of the main reasons Cocolia chose Changkong City.

Another reason was that over the past decade of Anti-Entropy's relentless efforts, it had become an unspoken enclave. The local government officials were all returnees from North America, making it difficult for the Far Eastern authorities to intervene, thus facilitating Cocolia's actions.

And as the key element for nurturing Herrschers and inducing the Great Honkai, the Conquest Gem was undoubtedly the core of this plan.

That thing was currently hidden within Raiden Mei's body.

Raiden Mei was a rare natural Stigmata awakener.

She awakened this power when she was small and adorable.

The excessively powerful force naturally backfired on the girl who was its host. To save her beloved daughter, her father—Raiden Ryoma, also an Executor of Anti-Entropy—had to seek help from the leader of Anti-Entropy, who had not yet disappeared at that time.

The leader generously gifted the Conquest Gem to Mei, suppressing the rioting Stigmata within her body in this way.

To be honest, the moment Cocolia learned the intelligence that [The Conquest Gem was inside Raiden Mei], she thought it was utterly ridiculous.

The young girl already had a nuke inside her, and you still stuffed a fission bomb into her body, afraid there wouldn't be a chain reaction?

Now she's truly a beautiful girl from an alternate reality.

Jokes aside, upon receiving the news, Cocolia organized comprehensive surveillance of Senba Academy. Simultaneously, she began preparing the conditions to trigger the Third Honkai and devising various methods to capture the Herrscher afterward.

To ensure Raiden Mei's actions remained within her control, Cocolia even played her last trump card.

She was her most outstanding daughter, a prodigy among A-rank individuals in every aspect, truly a 5-star attraction for the new century!

With Bronya leading the team, supported by ME Inc.'s stored heavy drones, Titan Mechs, and other technological creations, as long as they didn't encounter a Critical Level threat, their chance of failure was zero!

One hundred percent zero!

With such an advantage, how could they possibly lose!

If they lost, I'll eat my noodles standing on my head!

After capturing Raiden Mei, they would bring her back to ME Inc. and use pre-prepared methods to stimulate the Conquest Gem dormant within her.

Changkong City would become Hiroshima in '45, absolutely blown away!

In addition to that, the data generated by a Herrscher's birth was also extremely important.

It was similar to how scientists eagerly wished to build large particle accelerators to observe the reactions of elementary particles.

Herrschers were currently the only known ultimate life forms for humanity. Once such data was obtained, even the most respected scientists in the world would abandon everything else and act without hesitation.

It was a supreme treasure, worth far more than trillions, perhaps even priceless.

Not to mention, according to Cocolia's plan, their operation might even result in the complete capture of a newly born, perfectly intact Herrscher of Thunder.

A living Herrscher!

In the Previous Civilization era, the doctor known as Infinite merely created the prototype for the Stigmata that humanity relied on to fight the Honkai by dissecting Herrscher corpses.

Just thinking about the scene of having the Herrscher that Raiden Mei would become under her control made Cocolia unable to contain herself.