Welt did not want to fight Sirin. He only wanted to have a proper talk with her.
However, Sirin did not believe a word Welt said. As a fully awakened Herrscher, she could communicate directly with the Collapse Consciousness and had learned that Welt was a traitor, while the man before her was merely a replica of that traitor.
"Use your life to repay the sin of betrayal."
"Your god... is merely using you."
"They're going to fight!" Kiana excitedly opened another bag of chips. "I wonder who'll win?"
Bronya analyzed it rationally. "As a fully awakened Herrscher, Sirin definitely has much better odds. As for Uncle Yang... ahem, Mr. Welt's performance in the story is also extremely impressive. It'll most likely be a tough battle."
"Uh, I didn't really understand, but Bronya, you're probably right." Kiana stuffed her mouth with chips.
"Neither of them is that strong. If you ask me, I'm definitely the strongest!"
Since Himeko had taken Fuhua Shishi's seat, she moved over to Kiana's side, puffed out her not-so-impressive chest, and proudly said, "Yaqing promised me he'd give me a role that could punch the strongest of Schicksal, kick the First Herrscher, and fight humanity's strongest warrior without losing."
"That's amazing!" Kiana's eyes sparkled as she smacked her fist into her palm. "Then I'm going to ask Uncle too. At worst, I'll beg him. I want a role no weaker than Sirin's! And it has to be the strongest one."
"No, I'm the strongest!"
"I am!"
"I am!"
Fu Hua and Mei hurriedly separated the two, who had started arguing over such a trivial matter.
Bronya stared with dead-fish eyes. She did not believe a single word Fuhua Shishi had said. It was most likely just a joke Yaqing had used to coax her.
The audience's doubts went unanswered. The scene shifted away from Welt and Sirin's battle to the floating island of Schicksal Headquarters, where Cecilia, wearing an apron, was making dinner.
Holding a tray, Cecilia smiled warmly at little Otto and little Kiana, who were sitting on the floor.
Little Kiana grabbed Otto's braid. Otto inwardly marveled that such a small child possessed so much strength. She truly was of Kaslana blood.
Little Kiana tugged hard on the braid.
"The braid got longer!"
"It really hurts!"
"Pfft."
Laughter rang endlessly through the Golden Courtyard. From Otto's introduction, he had clearly been a scheming, wise villain, yet the tone had suddenly changed and turned him into someone little Kiana could bully.
"Little Kiana is so adorable, and Otto suits women's clothing too." Elysia still refused to give up.
Yaqing wiped away his sweat.
"By the way, isn't Welt also a Herrscher? Why did Sirin call him a traitor?" Kevin asked curiously.
"I was actually planning to release this part of the story later as a web series," Yaqing replied.
"All right."
Mobius was contemplating the Collapse Consciousness.
Welt: Inheritance and Protection
Onscreen, the battle between Sirin and Welt constantly amazed the audience with the special effects technology jointly developed by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. Violet-red lightning clashed with blue energy, but Welt lost by one move and was caught by a white hand. Benares made her first appearance and swallowed the First Herrscher whole.
After ending the battle, Sirin floated in the air, still thinking about Theresa. She did not notice the man in a white suit and clown mask watching her from a distant mountain peak.
"Let me see just how far the Second Herrscher has awakened."
So said the clown.
"That was you, wasn't it, Otto?" With that familiar voice and familiar blond hair, Kallen recognized the man beside her at a glance despite his mask.
"Hahaha." Otto laughed.
"Otto, aren't you angry?" Kallen asked.
Otto smiled. "Angry? What do I have to be angry about? Kallen, I have never considered myself a wise man. I have always considered myself a fool. A fool and a clown make quite a fitting pair, don't they?"
Kallen indicated that she did not understand.
Otto told her, "Kallen, you don't need to concern yourself with Schicksal's internal scheming. You only need to be happy every day."
On the surface, Schicksal's board of directors seemed to flourish with diverse voices, but privately, Otto alone held absolute power. Still, there were always people who wanted to challenge the position beneath Otto. They wanted to outlive him, then carve up Schicksal completely.
Anti-Entropy had once split off because it could no longer endure Schicksal's scheming.
There was a saying within Schicksal: before Yaqing appeared, Otto would at least not target you openly. But after Yaqing emerged, Otto seemed to have gained a sharpened blade.
Yaqing was called Otto's blade, but no one could deny that this blade was sharp. No one had ever imagined that someone could make a century-old Schicksal family vanish completely in just three years.
Otto was the hilt, and Yaqing was the blade.
No one in Schicksal dared disobey.
Swallowed into the dragon's belly, Welt entered a flashback. Amid shattered ruins, a black-haired young man sat weakly against a wall, blood seeping through the bandages around his abdomen. A brown-haired boy kept pressing against the wound, trying to stop the bleeding.
"Don't force yourself. I can feel it... my life has reached its end." The young man's voice was weak, like a candle flame in the wind.
"No, you won't die. You're Welt. You're our hero." The boy's voice trembled with tears.
"Welt... Is that it? It's a wonderful name, isn't it?" The young man raised his hand, a gray-white gem resting in his palm. Seeing the boy's tear-streaked face, he smiled. "Then..."
"From this moment on, you are Welt. The Herrscher core, and the mission of protecting this world—"
"I leave them to you, Welt."
In the darkness, Walter Yang went from calm to intense. His violet-red eyes, filled with killing intent, snapped open as he solemnly declared, "Today, Welt will once again fight for this world!"
"That's so cool." Walter Yang watched himself shine brilliantly, then seemed to think of something. "Brother Joyce, you died so tragically."
"Get lost." Joyce replied irritably.
"Is this a surprise for Joyce? That scene wasn't in the script when we read it." Einstein said. "What exactly is that little director thinking?"
"Trying to win us over?" Tesla asked doubtfully.
Einstein shot back, "Dr. Tesla should watch fewer soap operas. Yaqing Schariac was personally raised by Otto. I heard that Yaqing calls Otto his old man in private. Do you think he would try to win us over?"
(Yaqing: Slander! This is pure slander.)
"You chicken-nest head!" Tesla knew she could not win an argument with Einstein on this subject, so she changed the topic. "Who voiced Joyce? Why does it sound so much like him?"
Walter Yang explained, "It's Schicksal's newest technology. It can imitate a person's voice, including their tone and manner of speech. Maybe future movies won't even need real people to provide voices."
"How did you know?" Joyce asked suspiciously.
"Yaqing Schariac developed the technology. He had no intention of hiding it in the first place." Walter Yang spread his hands.
"Hah, that young master actually developed a piece of technology specifically to make movies? He sure has too much free time." Tesla disliked anyone associated with Otto.
"Uh... that majestic, imposing, yet beautiful dragon was me, right?" Sitting beside Sirin, Bella could not help exclaiming when she saw her appearance. Although she had long known she would not be human in the story, she still could not help liking the model.
"Bella, I've noticed you're getting more and more narcissistic." Sirin rolled her eyes.
Welt forcibly pried Benares's mouth open and crawled out. Hearing Benares roar, Welt merely glanced sideways and told her, "Don't block the way," sending her temporarily offline.
Welt spread his hands, activating the Herrscher of Reason's authority. Countless crystallizations of human wisdom materialized behind him, including but not limited to fighter jets, tanks, mortars, and more.
Sirin was enraged that a Herrscher would borrow humanity's creations, and even more furious that weapons she considered toys had broken through her barrier.
"Don't joke around. How could human weapons possibly harm a god?!"
Welt snorted coldly. Honkai energy surged forth without restraint, and countless Titan Mechs appeared from thin air.
"Have you finally realized it?!"
"This is the First Herrscher's ability."
"As long as I understand a weapon's construction principles, I can create it with Honkai energy."
"As long as I am alive, this army will not fall."
"These are weapons created by humanity!"
"This is civilization created by humanity!"
Blood trickled from the corner of Welt's mouth. Looking at Sirin in midair, just as Joyce had once faced the tyrant in the heavens, he roared, "I, Welt, challenge you on behalf of humanity."
"God!"
"See for yourself whether humanity deserves to survive!"
"All units..."
"Fire!!!"
"That was awesome!" Walter Yang leaped to his feet in excitement like a child, knocking over Einstein's coffee.
Realizing what he had done, Walter Yang noticed Einstein's darkened expression and sensed something was wrong. Just as he was about to apologize, Einstein took out a handkerchief and wiped the coffee from his shirt like she was caring for a child.
"Ein, I'm already grown up." Walter Yang's mouth twitched.
"Oh, really?" Einstein's expression remained calm. "Then why do I remember that it hasn't been that long since we first met? Back then, weren't you still crying for your big sister to hold you?"
At that, Tesla and Joyce could no longer hold back their laughter.
Walter Yang thought, This is revenge. It has to be revenge!
"I have to admit, Welt's character was crafted far too perfectly in little Yaqing's script. If someone like him truly existed in reality, I think I would become friends with him," Otto said.
"Hehe." Kallen laughed awkwardly.
"Whoa, that was so cool?!" Fuhua Shishi exclaimed.
"Compared to that, Aunt is just..."
"Shut it! Kiana, if you say one more word, your winter break homework will double this year."
"Aunt, I was wrong!!!"
Mei smiled and confiscated Kiana's chips. This was already her thirtieth bag since the movie started. If she kept eating like this, Mei was afraid Kiana would not eat dinner.
The Bloodstained Hero and the Clown
Looking at the thick smoke rising in the distance, Einstein, standing atop the Tower of Babylon, did not know what she was thinking. After a long while, she finally ordered Dr. Tesla to prepare the Silver Bullet.
Having received Einstein's order, Tesla knew Walter Yang had made the same choice Welt Joyce once had: to show the tyrant in the heavens humanity's power. With tears in her eyes, she declared fiercely.
"Second Herrscher, let Dr. Tesla teach you..."
"What humanity's true power is!"
Faced with Welt's relentless bombardment, Sirin finally used the Herrscher of the Void's power. Countless purple-black spatial passages behind her absorbed the artillery fire, then fired it back down from above Welt.
The Void Herrscher's spatial transfer used Welt's own artillery to destroy his manifested army. Yet Welt showed no fear. Clenching his fist, he said, "A god's power is indeed incomparably strong, but..."
"It isn't over yet!"
The camera zoomed in on Welt's incomparably determined gaze.
"Fall, then stand back up!"
"That is how humanity advances step by step!"
"Come on, our war has only just begun!"
"Welt must have slipped that stinking uncle money!" Sirin grew anxious. Though she held the advantage on the surface, he kept emphasizing humanity's power. By comparison, she looked like a brat who only knew how to cry and throw tantrums.
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