News of Honkai Impact 3rd's latest update spread through every major group chat at once, and netizens eagerly opened P-site to watch it.
However, after opening it, they unexpectedly discovered that this video was different from the previous ones.
At the beginning of the video, a line of text appeared—Honkai Chronicles: Nine Nether Chapter.
Unlike the previous videos, the Nine Nether Chapter immediately explained the story's background, which could be summarized as follows:
Five thousand years ago in Shenzhou, a hero wielded the Golden Holy Sword and led their tribe against the Honkai's assault. In the end, the hero sacrificed themselves to seal the monsters threatening humanity within Nine Nether.
And now, in order to obtain that hero's Stigmata and the legendary Golden Holy Sword, Kiana's group, led by Himeko, had infiltrated the deep sea in search of the ruins of Nine Nether.
Seeing this, many attentive netizens realized that this chronicle called the Nine Nether Chapter was the story Himeko had mentioned earlier, and they understood why the group had come here.
Sure enough, the conversation between Kiana and the others in the video confirmed it.
When they saw that Himeko's body had very poor compatibility with Honkai Energy, yet she had resolutely implanted Artificial Stigmata in order to fight the Honkai, many netizens said they were moved to tears.
So this was how Himeko's illness came about.
How was that a Stigmata? It was a spark bought with her life!!!
But more than that, I want to know when Ye Li is going to show up.
Don't mention Ye Li. I want to cry whenever he comes up!
MiHoYo, you have no heart! Give me back my husband Ye Li! (Crying.JPG)
Amid the netizens' outcry, the story continued.
After entering the cave, Himeko and the others got in touch with Theresa.
To help Himeko's group carry out their mission more smoothly, Theresa had also invited Shenzhou native Fu Hua to serve as a special consultant.
Under Fu Hua's guidance, the four began exploring the cave suspected to be Nine Nether.
During that time, through Himeko and the others' perspective, viewers in the real world gradually learned about the hero's life.
However, while everyone was still solving the mechanisms, Himeko was suddenly sucked into a glowing stone wall.
The anxious Kiana and the others hurried after her, but they were too late.
When Kiana and the others found Himeko again, they discovered that she had already been possessed by a weapon called the Xuanyuan Sword and had launched an attack on them.
This scene made many netizens say it felt far too familiar.
Although this might not be the right time to say it, I still have to say it: we've found the reason the main cast loves betraying each other.
To be fair, betrayal aside, Himeko's outfit is still gorgeous.
Indeed, that outfit is so big... no, I mean, that outfit is so white...
Are you even appreciating the outfit?! You filthy animal! I'm different. I came for Sister Himeko's broad-minded bosom. At least I'm honest!
In the video—
After going through countless hardships, Kiana and the others finally managed to suppress Himeko and the Xuanyuan Sword.
But before they could catch their breath, Theresa informed them that numerous Anti-Entropy units had appeared around them, and Anti-Entropy's target was the Xuanyuan Sword in their hands.
"Hang in there, Kiana!" Theresa's anxious voice came through the communicator. "I'll arrive with reinforcements in two hours!"
Just as Kiana and the others prepared to retreat the way they had come, following orders, they discovered that Anti-Entropy mechs had surrounded them without them knowing when it had happened.
Amid the Anti-Entropy mechs, a pink-haired girl stepped forward.
"You Schicksal trash, stop trying to run. You've already been surrounded on all sides by us. My name is Sin Mal. If you know what's good for you, hand over the Xuanyuan Sword right now."
"Who are you calling trash, you arrogant brat?!"
"Whoever answers is trash~" Sin Mal made a face. "Trash~ trash~ Schicksal trash~"
The thought of being looked down upon by a child made Kiana furious. She grabbed her dual pistols and was about to charge in.
Fortunately, Raiden Mei stopped her in time. "Calm down, Kiana. We really are surrounded. Besides, we have something more important to do than fighting them head-on."
"Fine, fine." Kiana nodded, then looked toward the bratty girl called Sin Mal among the mechs. "Hey, brat named Sin, if we hand over the Xuanyuan Sword, can you let us leave?"
In Kiana's eyes, her friends' lives were more important than some broken sword.
"Hahaha~ As expected of Schicksal trash, so spineless!" Sin Mal revealed an incomparably arrogant smile. "Who told you I'd let you go after you handed over the sword? The advantage is mine now, so I make the rules! You dared call me a brat? You've chosen death!"
With that, Sin Mal prepared to command the mechs around her to attack.
After issuing the command, Sin Mal confidently turned around, striking the pose of a man who never looked back at explosions.
However, to her surprise, the expected explosions and screams never came. Instead, the entire scene was eerily quiet.
She could not make sense of it.
When she turned around, Sin Mal saw the three people opposite her staring at her as though they were looking at an idiot.
Before Sin Mal could fly into a rage, she heard a cold voice behind her.
"Anti-Entropy brat, surrender. You've already been surrounded by me."
Upon hearing that familiar voice, netizens in the real world immediately went into screaming-groundhog mode.
My husband! That's my husband's voice!
Get lost, person above! He's obviously my husband!
Stop fighting, stop fighting. Can't you just watch the video properly? You're interrupting my appreciation of my husband's heroic bearing!
Prison Ye! I missed you!
In the video—
"What~ I thought Schicksal's main force had arrived as reinforcements. So there's only one person?" Seeing that there was only one person on the other side, Sin Mal revealed an arrogant smile again. "You actually dared to tell me to surrender? Do you think all these mechs around me are just for show?"
With that, Sin Mal once again ordered the mech group to attack.
Unlike last time, the mech group finally began moving this time.
Seeing the mechs regain their mobility, Sin Mal let out a sigh of relief.
She had thought the mechs had malfunctioned, but it turned out she had only scared herself.
The roar of the Anti-Entropy mech group starting up echoed through the cave, accompanied by Sin Mal's smug laughter.
However...
"Click—"
In a flash of blades, Sin Mal's smug expression suddenly froze.
Several streaks of purple sword light blossomed amid the mechs, while the sound of metal joints breaking rang out as densely as hail in a rainstorm.
Just as the Titan Mech she was so proud of raised its cannon, its entire mechanical arm split along its precise seams into dozens of components.
"That's impossible!" The pink-haired girl's shriek was drowned out by the thunderous collapse of metal.
Those war machines weighing several tons were now like tinfoil toys kneaded by an invisible giant hand, twisting beneath the sword light into heaps of scrap metal sparking with electricity.
When the smoke cleared, the young man in dark-patterned combat attire was sheathing his sword.
The red cord hanging amid his white hair swayed gently. As he stepped over the mechanical wreckage scattered across the ground, everyone present instinctively tensed their shoulders.
"I told you..." Ye Li lightly tapped the air with his fingertip, and countless sword-shaped phantoms emerged from the surrounding shadows. "You've already been surrounded by me."
"What kind of joke is this?! I am—" Sin Mal suddenly fell silent—she discovered that her limbs had abruptly lost the ability to move.
Bronya's Project Bunny 19C promptly fired a restraining field, binding the flailing bratty girl up like a dumpling.
"Ye Li!" Kiana cried out in delight. "You bastard, when did you get back?"
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