Collapse City: The Anime Version of Honkai Begins
Chapter 145

A New Storm Has Appeared, How Can We... / No Car, No Flip-Tazi! (4K)

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As a casual fan who never picks at shipping, Sakura suddenly realized that shipping men with partners isn't entirely off-limits, and a maternal smile immediately appeared on her face.

Seemingly sensing what Ying was thinking, Mei, like a protective mother animal, looked at Yaqing warily.

Mobius reached out his little hand again, snatched the cola back from Yaqing's hand, and turned his head away haughtily.

Yaqing was quite helpless.

He just wanted to fulfill a dream for his "son," what did he do wrong?

Why are you all looking at me?

"Nothing."

Everyone turned back to look at the screen. The woman didn't seem to have much of an idea, but the men were quite excited. Even Hen, who was almost forty, was trying to get some screen time for himself, after all, a man is a boy until he dies.

Su's thinking was very simple.

Hen and Kosma were different; they also wanted Kevin to receive the same treatment, and they had even been fantasizing about such a spectacular entrance.

Kalpas continued watching the screen, taking off his sunglasses in the dark environment of the screening room. Notably, he glanced at Yaqing, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Chapter 224 A new storm has appeared, how can we...?

On the edge of Sky Dome City, the mecha forces are struggling to resist the attacks of Honkai Beasts. With another large wave of Honkai Beasts approaching, the mecha forces' steel defenses are about to be breached.

At this critical moment, Kiana descended from the sky and quickly defeated the Honkai Beasts. In order not to cause panic among the people, and also to avoid attracting the attention of Schicksal, she quickly disappeared from the sight of the mech forces.

Unfortunately, Kiana didn't realize that her every move was being watched by two pairs of eyes in the darkness.

To avoid having their plans disrupted by Schicksal, the Raven and Jackal of the World Serpent leaked Kiana's information to Schicksal, leaving them preoccupied with their own problems.

Kiana's fighting style and abilities have become increasingly powerful. Not long ago, she was chased by Honkai Beasts because she couldn't use Honkai, but now she can take down several Honkai Beasts in just a few moves with clean and efficient actions.

"Amazing!" Kiana's eyes lit up as she watched herself show off her skills on the screen, suddenly realizing that she wasn't incapable of doing it either...

"But it doesn't quite have the same imposing aura of S-Rank Valkyrie as Bianka," Theresa clicked her tongue.

"Hey, Aunt. In the story, I'm just a B-rank Valkyrie. Isn't it a bit impolite of you to compare me to my older sister, who's an S-rank?!" Kiana protested.

"Then you're still a Herrscher too!" Theresa retorted without holding back.

Looking at the spirited Kiana on the screen, Little Knowledge felt no envy, but rather sympathy. He asked in a low voice, "Old man, what exactly did you do to Kiana in the story? Did you subject her to that kind of devilish training?"

Fu Hua shook her head. "I don't think Kiana's growth is due to my teaching and training. I believe it's her feelings for Himeko that drive her progress."

Upon hearing the conversation between the Jackal and the Raven, the Raven could still tell it was a female voice due to the mechanical enhancement, while the Jackal couldn't tell whether it was a male or female voice at all.

"The World Serpent is really going too far!"

Pardo's indignant words quickly caught the attention of the three doctors. Pardo paused and said weakly, "I... I was talking about the World Serpent in the story."

"Indeed," Vill-V agreed.

"Do you really expect your lackey to become a leader?"

Kevin is truly an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.

"If only Himeko could have the same tenacious vitality as the Gray Serpent."

Kosma's sudden remark silenced everyone.

Meanwhile, Kosma himself became even more silent.

The scene shifts to the Schicksal Headquarters. Rita brings back information about the humanoid machine. Otto decides to send Rita back to Sky Dome City under the guise of inspecting a partner company, and to use the medical technology and information channels controlled by Shencheng Pharmaceuticals to find Kiana's whereabouts.

Soon, Rita arrived in Sky Dome City and met with Xiola, the representative of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. From her attire to the dark aura emanating from her, Xiola immediately gave the audience the impression of a villain.

"This is so incongruous. Xiola doesn't seem simple at all, and the key is that Rita hasn't suspected anything. What part of her outfit has anything to do with the pharmaceutical company?" Ling complained.

"Just a friendly reminder, in the World Serpent, Xiola's codename is Raven," Vill-V whispered in Bell's ear.

"Huh?!"

"Code names? Does your World Serpent give code names to new employees?" Sakura asked, puzzled, as was she, a fellow office worker.

"Pretty much, but none of them are research-oriented, only keyboard-tapping ones. Of course, Jackal is an exception." Vill-V looked helpless, but smiled. "That guy is a fanatical admirer of Mei. He is single-mindedly trying to join the World Serpent and even started from the bottom."

"What's Kevin's code name?" Elysia asked curiously.

Kevin's eyes darted around, and he remained silent for a long while before slowly saying, "Save... savior..."

Everyone felt a brief moment of silence, barely suppressing their laughter.

"COOL!" Kosma gave a serious thumbs up.

Led by Raven, Rita gave a brief tour of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals Center and quickly stated her purpose, requesting medical records from Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. Raven then casually revealed a clue about Kiana.

Rita returned to the warship and had Yarvete sift through more than four thousand medical records. With Arvit's efforts, they found clues about Kiana's whereabouts.

Rita arrived in the Gray Serpent's territory and, using the humanoid machine's access, searched through online videos and photos. Finally, she found Kiana and confirmed that the lone wolf was Kiana.

Rita instructed Yarvete to pay close attention to any disaster warnings issued by Sky Dome City.

When Yarvete saw on the screen that if she called Vice-Captain Rita "Rita" in a friendly way, she would be met with Captain Durandal's burning gaze, a slight blush flashed across Bianka face.

While showing off to Susannah, Yarvete suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

"What a 'certain' statement! If I didn't know the Gray Serpent was still alive, I almost would have believed it. Rita is too confident; she's probably going to suffer for it," Li Sushang said.

Two days later, another Honkai invasion occurred in Sky Dome City. While eliminating the Honkai Beasts blocking her way, Yarvete noticed the Stigmata on the Dead Soldiers' bodies.

Rita's plan was successful; they did find Kiana. However, Kiana remained calm and composed in the face of the Valkyrie forces' encirclement, and her demeanor was different from usual.

Her long hair was loose, one eye was golden, the other was sky blue.

Rita and Kiana did not get along.

Explosive gunfire and scythes cutting through the air clashed in the darkness, like stars and a crescent moon engaged in an endless battle.

Soon, the two parted ways again.

"Rita, I have a question for you," Kiana said calmly. "Which do you think is more important, capturing me or preventing a disaster in this city?"

"Catching you is stopping this disaster in the city," Rita replied.

"Unfortunately, it won't be easy to catch me now." Kiana suddenly disappeared from Rita's sight and reappeared not far behind her.

"Believe it or not... I am not the reason why the Honkai Beasts attacked this city. The disaster in Sky Dome City is far more dangerous than you can imagine."

Kiana took two things out of her bosom and tossed them to Rita.

"With this evidence, you can see for yourself what Shencheng Pharmaceuticals is planning. Also, I'm not leaving here."

Kiana walked past Rita with a resolute expression and a firm tone, while Rita seemed to hesitate, staring blankly at the object in her hand, not thinking of stopping her.

"For me, preventing disaster is more important than running away."

The newly modeled Kiana made her debut and went toe-to-toe with the S-Rank Valkyrie, even though Kiana didn't want to fight Rita. This amazed the audience and made them wonder.

The current Kiana is completely different from the Kiana of the past.

Chapter 225 No Car Without a Flip-Over - Sister Ta (4K)

Kiana, dressed as Void Drifter, makes her first appearance, displaying a calm and collected demeanor. Facing Schicksal S-Rank Valkyrie Rita, she remains completely composed, presenting the evidence before Rita and guiding Schicksal towards the direction of World Serpent.

"Kiana is so sensible now, it's heartbreaking."

Upon hearing Mei's words, Kiana scratched her head.

"The silly Brainless Idiot of the past is gone."

Bronya sighed. After graduating from the academy, she joined Welt Young's studio and started writing scripts for games. Only then did she realize the difficulty of creating a character.

Often working overtime until late at night, Bronya would sigh as she looked at the few strands of hair in her palm while taking a shower.

"Bronya, who are you calling a stupid Brainless Idiot?!" Kiana said angrily.

"Whoever answers, I will say it."

Bronya's casual remark infuriated Kiana, who jumped up and down in anger.

Back row.

"Kiana has grown up. With just a few words, she successfully shifted the blame to the other side. If the two sides fight, and Schicksal and the World Serpent start tearing each other apart, Kiana will be the one who benefits most." Vill-V simply summarized the plot.

"But, Sister Vill-V, I think if Schicksal and the World Serpent go to war, they probably won't be able to defeat the World Serpent, right?" Pardo raised her little hand, looking doubtful.

"Look, Boss Kevin suppressed Bronya, who had just become the Herrscher of Reason hands. Now he has absorbed Chi You and taken back the Judgement of Shamash."

Upon hearing Pardo's words, Kevin straightened his chest.

Listen attentively, love to hear, say more!

After careful consideration, Vill-V Pardo's words were not entirely without merit.

Kevin at his peak, unless the Yaqing gives the current civilization a cheat code.

Otherwise, Vill-V wouldn't have been able to come up with any solution in the short term.

Back on the warship, Rita examined the things Kiana had given her: the familiar Schicksal standard-issue syringe and the data card bearing the logo of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.

After testing by Yarvete, it was confirmed that the syringe was indeed the vaccine provided by Schicksal, but the injection solution had been modified and transformed into an activator that could significantly enhance the human body's resistance to Honkai energy.

Rita frowned.

After a moment's hesitation, Yarvete reminded Rita that she had seen Stigmata on the bodies of the Dead Soldiers during today's operation.

Upon hearing the words "Stigmata, "Rita asked a serious question, only to be met with affirmation from Yarvete. She immediately realized that Sky Dome City was even more troublesome than she had imagined.

Not daring to waste a moment, Rita prepared to use the cover of night to infiltrate Shencheng Pharmaceuticals and find out what they were up to.

"Honkai energy activator can enhance the human body's Honkai energy resistance and is harmless. Isn't that a good thing?" Kevin didn't understand. In his opinion, it was a good thing, so why was Rita so nervous?

"The key point isn't the activator..." Mei adjusted her round-framed glasses. "The key point is the implantation of the Stigmata. Even Himeko has a hard time resisting the erosion of the Stigmata, let alone ordinary people. This is probably the real disaster Kiana was talking about."

"Mei, you mean... the World Serpent is the villain?" Elysia asked incredulously.

"That's a question for our head screenwriter," Mei said calmly.

"What if I said that the Honkai series doesn't have any villains?" Yaqing asked, noticing that everyone was looking at her.

"Cut!"

[The scene shifts to Raven and Jackal exchanging words. From their tone, it seems they don't take Rita, an S-class rank, seriously. In just a few simple words, Jackal's character is perfectly portrayed.]

Whether it was the cruelty she displayed when discussing the Valkyrie or the coldness she exuded when talking about the plan, in her eyes, Schicksal protected humanity in an utterly ridiculous way.

What World Serpent's plan is is not important, but viewers speculate that if World Serpent's plan continues, the ordinary people of Sky Dome City will likely suffer.

"Miss Fairy doesn't really like these kinds of people." Elysia frowned when she saw the Jackal's excitement as he described the Valkyrie's miserable state.

"That's the kind of person Jackal is," Mei sighed. "His obsession with experiments and his disregard for life are why I tried so hard to stop him from joining World Serpent. Unfortunately, he still managed to find a loophole in the end."

"If you really wanted to get rid of her, you would have fired her long ago," Mobius scoffed.

"Mobius, I think it's you who's more reluctant to see her go." Mébius said bluntly.

As the two started bickering, their gazes seemed to spark, leaving Kevin and Yaqing sitting next to them quite helpless. It was only thanks to Elysia in the middle that the atmosphere was eased.

"Hey! Let's all enjoy the movie together!"

Under the cover of night, Rita sneaked into the database of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. The more information she searched, the stronger her unease became, and she began to suspect a terrible truth.

In order to find crucial clues, Rita ordered all members of the Immortal Blades to stand by and be ready to provide support at any time. She was going to the depths of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, those places that could not see the light of day.

Upon reaching the underground level, Rita was stunned by what she saw. The experimental chambers were neatly arranged in a row, and the experimental subjects floating in each chamber were both familiar and unfamiliar to the audience.

"This is..." Rita stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

The Dead Soldiers, the modified Dead Soldiers, had such glaringly obvious Stigmata on their skin. Some had even been implanted with Honkai Beasts, while others had been replaced with cybernetic prosthetics, making them look bizarre.

This isn't a 12+ game, but an animated film. Yaqing uses the latest technology to meticulously depict the interior of the experimental chamber, which is nauseating, but even more so, infuriating and chilling.

Each test subject was a living being, and how many lives did the World Serpent harm during this period?

Elysia shrank into May's arms in fright.

Mobius looked at Yaqing with ill intent.

This is a blatant slander against World Serpent Technology Co., Ltd.!

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