After seeing the message Himeko had sent in the class group chat, all the excitement Kiana had built up from watching the video vanished without a trace.
Damn it!
Why wasn't what happened in the video real?!
If it were real, I wouldn't have to worry about attending class every day anymore!
A Kiana really was a Kiana. In her eyes, fighting Honkai Beasts was obviously much easier than attending class.
Of course, disgruntled or not, she still had to keep watching the video.
After all, Himeko had already caught her red-handed, and she was definitely getting punished. Wouldn't it be a loss if she didn't watch?
In the video—
While chatting with the male voice over her communicator, Kiana picked up the twin pistols in her hands and dealt with the Honkai Beasts flying toward the aircraft.
From their conversation, it could be inferred that the man was also a warrior affiliated with the Schicksal Organization, and that he had an extraordinary relationship with Kiana.
Through their conversation, the viewers also gradually came to understand this world ravaged by Honkai, as well as the concept of Honkai itself.
Simply put, Honkai was a cyclical disaster.
It could manifest as climate disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes, or as natural calamities such as volcanic eruptions and comet impacts.
Honkai produced an energy called Honkai Energy, and once living creatures were eroded by it, they would turn into the Honkai Beasts and zombies that had appeared earlier in the video.
In 1953, the disaster known as the First Honkai descended upon Berlin. Since then, humanity had been fighting this natural disaster called Honkai all the way to the present.
Before the video's timeline began, humanity had already experienced three Honkai eruptions.
Every Honkai eruption was accompanied by countless deaths. That was why, in the video, both the Schicksal Organization and people like Kiana responded so swiftly whenever Honkai arrived.
Because if they were too late...
The lives lost would not be just a few people or a few dozen people, but the lives of thousands upon thousands across an entire city!
After a round of battle, Kiana successfully drove away all the Honkai Beasts on the aircraft.
However, before she could catch her breath, she suddenly noticed that the Honkai Beasts watching from nearby had begun retreating in an orderly fashion.
"Huh? Why are they all retreating? It feels like something big is about to show up."
A red flash streaked past, and a heavily armored Honkai Beast that looked exceptionally dangerous descended onto the flying aircraft.
"Be careful, Kiana. That's a Honkai Emperor, the limit of lower-ranking Honkai Beasts! Against a Honkai Beast of that level, I think we need to work out some tactics..."
However, before the voice in the communicator could finish speaking, Kiana charged straight at the Honkai Emperor!
"Relax, relax. It's only a Honkai Emperor. It's not like I haven't beaten one in simulated combat before!"
Kiana might have looked reckless, but she really did have some skill in battle.
Under her punches and kicks, the Honkai Emperor was forced back step by step until it quickly reached the edge of the aircraft.
Seeing the Honkai Emperor teetering on the brink, Kiana decided to press the advantage.
"Perfect chance! Take this!"
"It's Kiana time—Neko Charm!"
After activating all the power of her Valkyrie armor, Kiana successfully entered Time Fracture.
In that state, everything outside of Kiana herself entered an extremely slowed state of motion.
With the enemy's movements sealed, Kiana charged at the Honkai Emperor at incredible speed, condensed a massive Cat Paw, and viciously kicked it forward.
Bang!
With a tremendous crash, huge cracks appeared across the Honkai Emperor's shell.
And once the out-of-control fractured state ended, the Honkai Emperor was blasted away by the force of the massive Cat Paw and fell from the top of the aircraft.
After dealing with the threat, Kiana happily rubbed her nose and said into the communicator, "See? When I'm on the job, I'm worth two people!"
However, before Kiana could celebrate for long, an anxious voice sounded from her communicator.
"Watch out behind you, Kiana!"
Only after the warning did Kiana come to her senses and turn to look behind her, but she was still a step too late.
Although Kiana reacted quickly enough, she was still grazed by the red light that shot toward her from afar.
Kiana's face twisted in pain as she dropped to one knee.
She looked toward the source of the attack and found that, at some point, a new wave of Honkai Beasts had silently gathered there.
Among them was the Honkai Emperor she had only just managed to knock away...
And there were two additional Honkai Emperors as well!!!
Holy shit, holy shit! Are these really mindless monsters? They actually pulled a feint on her!
Dude above, it doesn't seem like the video ever said Honkai Beasts were mindless, did it?
No, if they really have consciousness, then this is impossible to deal with! They have strength several times greater than humans, along with intelligence no worse than humanity's...
Man, what else can I even say?
This is a critical moment, stop trying to be funny! But I still have to say it: Bro, I miss you!
Quit screwing around! My wife is in danger! Somebody save her!
In the real world, countless netizens were worried sick for Kiana when they saw this scene.
Even Kiana herself, watching the video, was worried sick for her future self.
At that critical moment, a streak of purple sword energy shot in from afar.
It not only destroyed quite a few Assault-class Honkai Beasts, but also sent one of the three Honkai Emperors flying.
While breaking apart the Honkai Beasts' encirclement, it also successfully relieved Kiana's peril.
The camera followed Kiana's gaze, revealing a White-Haired Boy with strikingly handsome features and a cold expression.
Seeing their favorable situation ruined, the Honkai Emperors let out a roar as though they possessed human emotions and lunged furiously at the White-Haired Boy.
Their ferocious speed made Kiana cry out instinctively, "Ye Li, watch out!"
The White-Haired Boy named Ye Li nodded when he heard her, as though responding to Kiana.
Facing the massive Honkai Beasts charging at him, Ye Li spun his sword in a stylish flourish. Rather than retreat, he advanced.
With a flash of his figure, he rushed toward the monsters like a phantom.
The sword in his hand traced elegant arcs through the air, sending several fierce streaks of sword energy stabbing toward the monsters' vital points.
The struck Honkai Emperor let out a furious roar and tried to block Ye Li's attacks, but his movements flowed like water, and his sword strikes came in an endless storm.
"Life is but morning dew; I do not fear the road to the Yellow Springs."
Amid a dazzling flurry of blades and sword light, the Honkai Beasts gradually found themselves unable to hold on under his attacks.
Perhaps realizing that the situation had turned against them, the three Honkai Emperors that had been besieging Ye Li slowed the pace of their assault.
Using the many Assault-class Honkai Beasts as cover, the three Honkai Emperors began retreating one after another.
Just when they thought they would withdraw safely, a longsword suddenly shot over from afar and pinned one Honkai Emperor that was about to escape to the ground.
Upon closer inspection, cracks could still be seen across that Honkai Emperor's chest.
Under Ye Li's finishing assault, that Honkai Emperor ultimately scattered into the air like dust.
After defeating several powerful enemies, Ye Li showed no pride whatsoever. There was only calmness and composure on his face, as though it were all perfectly natural.
Yet it was precisely that powerful, unassuming aura, combined with his exceptionally eye-catching looks and that silver hair that was especially lethal to Dragon Nation viewers...
With all those factors combined, Ye Li instantly became the focus of discussion among netizens in the real world.
Who's that handsome guy?!
He's so manly! He even deliberately killed the Honkai Beast that hurt Kiana just now. He really... I'm crying!
Something's wrong! Something's wrong with me. When I saw that White-Haired Boy, I actually felt like I was falling in love.
No wonder this video made the trending searches. In barely more than ten minutes, I found two wives in my life. No wonder it got popular!
I'm done pretending, I'm coming clean! Bro, you smell so good!
Mom, there are so many gay guys here. It's terrifying! What, I'm one too? Then it's fine.
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