Collapse City: Starting by Creating an Anime Version of Honkai

At an altitude of 51,000 meters, Cecilia, having obtained the positioning coordinates, leaped from the Destiny transport ship. In the eye of the tornado, she spotted the Pseudo Herrscher of Wind.

The Pseudo Herrscher of Wind also noticed the intruder, Cecilia, and realizing it had been tricked, angrily unleashed several sharp wind blades.

Cecilia easily deflected them with Abyss Flower. She raised the massive lance in her hand high and hurled it forcefully at the Herrscher, accompanied by a piercing shriek.

"Go, Abyss!"

The Pseudo Herrscher of Wind attempted to create a barrier using reversing air currents to block the incoming lance, but the reversed wind barrier was as flimsy as paper against the tip of Abyss Flower. From top to bottom, the Pseudo Herrscher of Wind was impaled, its abdomen utterly annihilated by the lance's attack.

The tornado dissipated upon the Pseudo Herrscher of Wind's death, and Cecilia, having lost the wind currents, began to fall towards the ground.

"Quick, catch me, White Flower."

The white lance embedded in the earth suddenly flashed with a dazzling green light. Thick vines spiraled upwards, like a fairy tale beanstalk reaching the clouds. Cecilia lay on the vines, her face flushed.

"Whew, mission accomplished."

"Looks like today is a good day too."

Watching Cecilia effortlessly kill the Herrscher with a single strike, the moviegoers in different locations fell silent.

"Mom is so strong?" Kiana exclaimed in surprise.

"It's beyond just strong. She's completely different from everyone else. Even the strongest A-Rank Valkyrie can't withstand a single blow from a Herrscher," Bronya analyzed. "But Cecilia, appearing alongside Cheng Lixue, easily dealt with the Herrscher of Wind."

"Should we say the Herrscher of Wind was too weak? Or that Cecilia is too strong?"

"Cecilia is awesome!"

Bronya could actually see Kiana's shadow in Theresa's expression.

Watching herself shine so brightly in the movie, Cecilia blushed slightly. She really wasn't much of a fighter, and Abyss Flower was clearly a bedtime story she told Bianka when she was little.

It was a story about a golden-haired knight in the distant past who wielded a massive lance and embarked on a journey to save the world.

Cecilia's story had made little Bianka particularly excited, and she would grab an umbrella, claiming it was Abyss Flower, and insist on accompanying her to save the world.

"Honey, you're really so strong. No wonder you're Destiny's strongest Valkyrie." Faced with Ziegfried's teasing, Cecilia's face turned completely red with embarrassment.

Cecilia's appearance stood on the shoulders of Cheng Lixue and Amber.

Amber, as the Bishop's secretary, had fainted without even seeing the enemy, while Cheng Lixue, as the strongest A-Rank Valkyrie, had performed poorly, getting her abdomen pierced by the Herrscher of Flame in a single move.

In contrast, Cecilia, who hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time, had killed the Herrscher with a single blow in a short amount of time, bringing an unparalleled sense of shock. The relaxed way she lay on the vines at the end gave people a sense of a powerful figure.

[The scene shifted back to Cheng Lixue. Cheng Lixue, whose abdomen had been pierced by a high-temperature beam, found it difficult even to stand. Every nerve and every cell in the wound felt like it was being burned.

The Pseudo Herrscher of Flame instantly appeared behind Cheng Lixue, wanting to take the opportunity to end her life.

Cheng Lixue gritted her teeth, grabbed the Pseudo Herrscher of Flame's arm, and used all her strength to execute a shoulder throw. She raised her right leg high and kicked the Pseudo Herrscher of Flame hard in the abdomen, causing her to cough up blood.

"It's not over yet! Even without Ruoshui! Relying on the Cunxin Fist taught by my master..."

Faced with Cheng Lixue's final counterattack, the Pseudo Herrscher of Flame became enraged.

Flames burned into a sea of fire, and in the midst of the flames, two feathers slowly fell. A familiar figure wearing a trench coat picked up Cheng Lixue. With just one step, the flames seemed to scatter as if they had met a formidable enemy.

Fu Hua gently placed the unconscious Cheng Lixue on the grass. The Pseudo Herrscher of Flame, who had been ignored all along, angrily raised her hand. The flames obscured Fu Hua and Cheng Lixue, and seemed to burn the entire grassland.

Fu Hua waved her hand, and the flames were dispelled. In a nonchalant manner, it was as if she were the master of the flames.

Fu Hua, walking out of the flames, had undergone a change in attire. The loose gray-yellow trench coat had been replaced by a tight-fitting white-red short robe, and her hair color had turned white. Behind her, a Garuda bird composed of flames let out a long cry.

"A long, long time ago, I also encountered a Herrscher who controlled flames..."

Fu Hua instantly appeared in front of the Pseudo Herrscher of Flame, gently placing her hand on the Herrscher's abdomen, her right foot supporting her from behind. With a loud bang, the ground, with Fu Hua as the center, caved in around her.

"Compared to her flames, what you control is just a faint spark."

The Pseudo Herrscher of Flame was defeated.]

"Class Monitor..."

Kiana wasn't even shouting, which made the honest Fu Hua wary.

"Class Monitor, your appearances are always accompanied by feathers, plus your transformed appearance, and that firebird... is your character design a bird demon?" Kiana asked curiously.

Fu Hua stiffened. Her fists stiffened.

"That's just a weapon!"

"Oh my, I didn't expect Hua to be so strong in the story, that's really awesome~?" If someone else said that, it would definitely feel sarcastic, but when Elysia said it, it felt genuine.

"The pre-Collapse data that Ziegfried saw also seemed to have Fu Hua in it. Could it be that she lived from the pre-Collapse era to the current era?" Mei pondered. "Then the Herrscher of Flame she said she once met should be the Herrscher of Flame from the pre-Collapse era."

Yaqing curled his lip. That's why he hated watching movies with smart people the most. Everything got guessed.

"Solved the Herrscher with just one punch, cool." Unlike Mei, who was thinking, Kevin just felt that it was cool.

[Fu Hua, having resolved the battle, held Cheng Lixue. Hearing Lixue muttering about the enemy even in her severely injured state, Fu Hua told Lixue not to worry. She had already used the Eighth Divine Key, Feather of the Wind, to take over the Herrscher's consciousness, allowing it to wallow in a dream.

In the Pseudo Herrscher of Flame's consciousness, it believed that it was already dead. The body that lost its soul was just a breathing corpse.

Just as Fu Hua was comforting Cheng Lixue, a familiar black hole appeared in mid-air. A large white hand reached out from the hole, grabbed the Pseudo Herrscher of Flame's shawl, and retracted back into the hole.]

"That white hand, it's the Second Herrscher's power!"

"Another new Divine Key appears, the Eighth Divine Key, manipulating brain signals, governing consciousness. Each one is more terrifying and bizarre than the last," Mobius said.

"Currently, we've seen Judah's Oath, Star of Eden, and Judgement of Shamash mentioned by Einstein, as well as Feather of the Wind and Ruoshui, which just appeared," Vill-V counted on her fingers. "Except for Ruoshui and the yet-to-be-used Judgement of Shamash, each Divine Key is extremely terrifying."

"Wait, Vill-V, there's also Abyss Flower in Cecilia's hands," Mei reminded her. "Did you forget? In the 50,000-year-old memory Ziegfried saw, that lance next to Kevin."

Chapter 30: Even Gods Can't Stop Me

[The scene returns to Novosibirsk. Orange goggles shatter into pieces on the ground. Black mist corrodes her arms. Just as Amber is about to collapse, a hand catches her shoulder.

"Otto? How could you..."

Amber looks at the newcomer in surprise.

Otto extends his right hand, a bright golden light shimmering in his palm. The golden light continuously merges and disperses, quickly forming a Mimicry: Abyss Flower, dispelling the black mist for Amber, allowing her to return to headquarters for treatment, while he stays behind alone to chat with the Herrscher Miss.

Otto's one-handed dispelling of the black mist scares the Pseudo Herrscher of Death. Coupled with Otto's smiling tiger demeanor, the Herrscher Miss actually subconsciously takes a step back when Otto walks towards her.

Otto seems to be very good at coaxing little girls, magically producing a Houmu doll from behind him, attracting the Pseudo Herrscher of Death's attention. However, the Pseudo Herrscher of Death cannot fully control her abilities. When her fingertip touches the doll, Honkai energy corrodes the doll into black ash.

Taking advantage of the Pseudo Herrscher of Death's panic, Otto quickly walks behind her, covering her eyes with his hand, while constantly comforting the Pseudo Herrscher of Death's heart, and using Mimicry: Feather of the Wind to control the Herrscher Miss's consciousness.]

"Abyss Flower and Feather of the Wind, Otto can wield two Divine Keys at the same time?" Vill-V quickly rejects her own idea: "No, the color hasn't changed. It looks like a Divine Key, but it can transform into other Divine Keys."

"Doesn't it feel familiar?" Mei suddenly understands: "Otto's Divine Key is very similar to the Herrscher of Reason's authority, and Kevin's Judgement of Shamash is also very similar to the Herrscher of Flame. Then I suspect that each Divine Key represents a type of Herrscher authority, right?"

Mei looks at Yaqing, who nods helplessly.

"As expected." Mei pushes up her glasses and continues: "A reasonable guess would be that Ruoshui represents the Herrscher of Water's authority, Judah's Oath should be a type of detection authority, Star of Eden is related to gravity, and Feather of the Wind is related to consciousness."

Mobius curls her lip in disdain, silently leaning on the back of Yaqing's chair.

"I didn't expect even Herrschers to fear Otto. What a terrifying man." Kevin hates the feeling of being played between someone's palms, except for Mei, of course, so he doesn't like these kinds of people.

"But in a world like Honkai, where destruction is always imminent, humanity cannot lack such leaders," Su says objectively.

"I know," Kevin says.

[Otto enters the Pseudo Herrscher of Death's consciousness space. The First Divine Key, Void Archives, transforms into Otto's childhood appearance, but the exposed skin is pure black and void, including the face without facial features.

"You're really something, entering her consciousness so easily..." Void Archives is very puzzled about what kind of creature the person in front of him is. He clearly possesses the Herrscher of Death's ability to decompose everything, but his power is less than half of the Herrscher of Death's.

Void Archives asks if he should explore her memories and play the role of her closest person, as before.

"Unfortunately, not this time."

Otto had already explored the Pseudo Herrscher of Death's memories with Mimicry: Feather of the Wind. She is neither a Herrscher nor a human, but just a puppet injected with Herrscher power, and he cannot revive Kallen.

Thinking of this, Otto's originally amiable smile suddenly disappears, his face turns fierce, and he pierces his hand through the Pseudo Herrscher's abdomen, forcibly taking out the Herrscher gem.

"Then I can only research the Herrscher of Death's core myself to find a way to revive Kallen."

Otto looks at the Herrscher gem crushed in his palm, realizing that this Herrscher core is also fake. Looking at the white hand extending from the black hole, he understands that the Herrscher of Death's core is still on Sirin.

"Heh, coming to collect this puppet?"

Otto sneers. Void Archives transforms into Judgement of Shamash again. He combines the hilts of the Shamash pistols. Beneath the scorching flames is Otto's already icy heart.

Otto cuts off the white giant hand with one sword, the sword pointing directly at the black hole, declaring war on Sirin, looking at the Pseudo Herrscher of Death who has lost her life.

"No one can stop my reunion with Kallen..."

"Not even gods!"

At this moment, Otto is very serious, his eyes full of ruthlessness and indifference.]

"He's actually a hopeless romantic?!" Welt Yang widens his eyes, in disbelief. He was just a major villain, but now he's become a warrior fighting for love, declaring war on the gods.

"Although I hate Otto in the story, I have to admit, at this moment, he's really handsome!" Kevin says excitedly.

"I didn't expect Otto's combat power to be so terrifying, but..." Mei frowns, looking at his initial gentleness, then the coldness when he discovers that he doesn't have what he wants, discarding a life as if it were nothing, "How realistic."

"So Otto's goal is to revive that woman named Kallen?" Su asks.

"It should be," Sakura says uncertainly. "In reality, Otto and Kallen were a couple for decades and were very loving, so if Kallen died in the story, it's understandable that Otto would become like this."

"Hmph, barely passable."

"The First Divine Key..." Vill-V looks at the Divine Key that seems to have its own consciousness, and falls into deep thought.

"Similar to a network personality consciousness?" Mobius looks at Yaqing.

Yaqing doesn't know how to explain it.

"How domineering." Even Otto himself can't help but sigh.

"Otto, I..." Kallen is stunned. Now she finally understands why Yaqing didn't ask her to do the voice acting. "In the story... I died?"

Otto puts his arm around Kallen's shoulder and comforts her: "Don't worry, Kallen, even if I have to reverse the laws of the world, I will definitely revive you."

"Pfft." Kallen smiles gently, "Otto, you're so chuuni right now. Are you projecting yourself into it?"

In front of Kallen, Otto is never the all-powerful figure of Destiny, but a shy inventor.

"Judgement of Shamash, a Divine Key possessing the greatest destructive power."

As the man's figure raised the flaming greatsword high.

"When Zero-Th Order Power {Shamash Unleashed} is used, the raging flames will incinerate both the user and the enemy."

As the coffin was surrounded by white flowers.

"For fifteen hundred years, twenty-three Kaslana warriors have sacrificed their lives to protect humanity."

Ziegfried, his consciousness linked to the Soul Steel data, watched the Kaslana ancestors fighting to the last moment without regard for their lives. He didn't know what he felt in his heart. As the Soul Steel data continued to download, he finally witnessed the final battle on the moon.

"The Divine Key with the greatest destructive power..." Mobius analyzed, "It seems to have been built specifically for combat."

Kevin's eyes were already shining.