miHoYo, You've Broken the Law!

Senba Academy.

As one of the top schools in the Far East, both its teaching facilities and educational quality were beyond question.

But today, Ye Li noticed that his homeroom teacher, Murata Himeko—who had been named "Outstanding Teacher" by the education board for years running—seemed off.

She yawned through class without stopping, and even made several slip-ups while lecturing.

Looking at the dark circles that even her striking appearance couldn't hide, Ye Li couldn't help but sigh: "Teaching really isn't easy!"

Then, his gaze was drawn to the certain Kiana snoring away in the seat ahead of him.

"This girl, did she stay up gaming all night again? Or maybe..."

After reassuring himself a few times, Ye Li turned his eyes to the first two rows of the classroom—and what he saw shocked him.

"Why does Mei look like she didn't get enough sleep either? What did those two do last night?"

Lunch break, school cafeteria.

As soon as the bell rang, students flooded in, and Ye Li was unsurprisingly among them.

After buying his favorite tomato-scrambled-egg dish and a bowl of rice, he found a corner and sat down casually.

But even as he stared at the mouthwatering tomato and eggs on his tray, he had no appetite.

Because he realized...

All around him—in fact, in the entire cafeteria—almost every student was discussing Honkai Impact 3rd videos.

This made Ye Li feel incredibly troubled.

He just wanted to live a quiet, leisurely life—why did it have to turn out like this?

Just then, a group nearby burst out shouting: "It's here, it's here! Updated, updated!!!"

With the shouts, nearly every student in the cafeteria whipped out their phones, ready to watch.

As for our Ye Li, he decisively picked up his tray and prepared to leave the cafeteria.

Simple reason—having others watch his own past was just too awkward.

But before he could take a few steps, he heard cursing from not far away in the cafeteria.

"Who was the idiot that gave false intel? Honkai 3 didn't update at all!"

"Exactly! Drag that false-intel guy out here!"

Seeming affected by the indignant atmosphere, the suspected source of the "false intel" spoke up:

"I'm innocent! I didn't say Honkai Impact 3 updated—I said the UP I follow, Mr. Rek, updated~!"

Hearing this, Ye Li somehow drifted back to his original seat and peacefully started eating his tomato-egg rice bowl.

As long as it wasn't that cabbage-head, everything was fine!

Meanwhile, on P-site.

Many fans of the film and TV section were celebrating like it was New Year's.

Because their favorite UP, Mr. Rek, had finally uploaded a video last night, and many of his supporters were saying "it's like New Year's!"

And after seeing the title of Mr. Rek's latest video, some fans got even more excited, shouting "double the joy"!

Here it comes, here it comes!

Even though Honkai Impact 3 didn't update, having Mr. Rek is still great!

Sweet! Mr. Rek updated, and the content is my favorite Honkai Impact 3—this is a double blessing!

Of course, Mr. Rek's video about Honkai Impact 3 won support from many fans, but also drew incomprehension from some "fans."

They left comments under the video, suspecting Mr. Rek had taken a sponsorship.

And they snidely added: "Understandable, you know—gotta make money, nothing shameful about that!"

After saying this, they were immediately shut down by random netizens.

"Oh come on, oh come on, in this day and age people still talk with their eyes wide shut?"

"Clearly someone who's never played Honkai 3—with that quality, even if it's not unprecedented, it at least crushes every similar game on the market, right?"

"Cut them some slack—I just checked their watch history. People who give five-star ratings to Fortress of the Sea and Bureau 974—what kind of judgment can they have?"

"You think the 100,000 coins in under 3 hours is fake or something?"

Complaints aside, after shutting down those with ulterior motives, netizens turned their attention back to Mr. Rek's video.

And what they saw—well, they didn't know at first, but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

In the video, Mr. Rek not only used professional film industry knowledge to explain the excellence of Honkai 3's special effects, but also praised its editing.

In Mr. Rek's own words: "Even as a directing major in college, I have to say—every frame in this video appears at exactly the right moment. No exaggeration, it's like it really happened."

After analyzing the "filming" techniques of Honkai 3's prologue, Mr. Rek made bold predictions about the upcoming plot based on camera language and character dialogue.

"What follows is my own subjective speculation, so I hope fans won't take it too seriously."

After this disclaimer, Mr. Rek began sharing his views on where the story was heading.

To sum it up, it's a classic tale of maidens saving the world.

There might be hardships and obstacles along the way, but the outcome will be a good one.

At the end of the video, Mr. Rek made a rare live appearance and said the following:

"Honkai Impact 3rd has given me renewed hope for the film industry. They've proven that as long as you put your heart into polishing your content, you can create a film that earns thunderous applause."

"At the same time, I hope the main creative team behind Honkai Impact 3rd will continue to tell us an unforgettable story in the chapters to come—and I hope it will be a healthy, sunny, and uplifting work."

With that, Mr. Rek's video came to an end, leaving netizens to debate endlessly.

Meanwhile, Bronya Zaychik, fresh off the "World Hacking Competition," was on her way back to school.

Though for a genius girl like her, the current high school could no longer teach her much more, Bronya still intended to finish all three years.

Not for any other reason—she simply loved the youthful atmosphere of high school campus and the two irreplaceable friends she couldn't bear to part with.

Thinking of this, Bronya pulled out her phone to tell her friends she was heading back.

But the moment she opened it, she saw a video link Kiana had sent her in a private chat.

Smug Bronya! Come on and take a good look at this young lady's awesome moves!

"This idiot... what's she even thinking about all day..."

Still, despite saying that, Bronya opened the video link Kiana had sent.

And then Bronya's CPU fried.

What the hell?

There's actually a movie these days willing to cast Kiana as the lead?

No wait!

Why is Mei there too?!

Huh?!

You're saying I'm in it too?!

Seeing this, Bronya's first reaction was that the video was AI-generated.

But then she immediately dismissed that idea.

According to the newly enacted "AI Usage Act," if AI-generated content involves real people, consent must be obtained from the individuals involved.

And Bronya was certain she hadn't received any such notification emails recently.

So that meant this video...

Its creators had broken the law!!!