Collapse City: Starting with the Production of an Animated Honkai

Mei smiled gently at Kevin's childish behavior.

Chapter 31: The Last Twelve Hours of Civilization

[Within the data space, Ziegfried witnessed the beginning and end of the Final Flame War of the Previous Era. The terror of the Final Herrscher was evident; within just five minutes, two warriors had already fallen, and the warriors' all-out attacks couldn't even scratch the Herrscher.

While the warriors drew the Final Herrscher's attention, Dr. Mei activated the Moonlight Throne, located in circum-terrestrial orbit, to lock onto the Final Herrscher.

Unfortunately, the Honkai energy within the Final Herrscher was too vast. Although the Moonlight Throne's attack hit its target, it didn't achieve Dr. Mei's desired effect; only 2% of the Final Herrscher's Honkai energy was lost.

Virtually unaffected, the Final Herrscher quickly cornered the remaining six warriors.

If the warriors failed, human civilization would also be destroyed. At this critical moment, Dr. Mei ordered the release of the Moonlight Throne's restriction program.

Operating at 200% overload, the Moonlight Throne could no longer convert the Herrscher's Honkai energy into thermal energy, but it accelerated the loss of Honkai energy within the Herrscher. Before the Moonlight Throne burned out, 30% of the Herrscher's lost Honkai energy seeped into the lunar soil.

Afterward, warrior Kevin's full-force strike caused the Final Herrscher to temporarily cease its actions.

But only temporarily.

Having lost the Moonlight Throne, humanity had also lost the means to effectively damage the Final Herrscher. In twelve hours, when its ability to act returned, the Final Herrscher would be unstoppable.

In the time that remained, whether in despair, anger, or apocalyptic revelry, humanity had only these 12 hours left...

The recording ended.]

"So powerful. Humanity is like an ant in their hands."

"The warship built with all the wisdom of the Previous Era's humanity can only temporarily stop them. I can't imagine how the current civilization's people will get through the next part of the story..."

"Did the Previous Era just end like that... destroyed by the Final Herrscher?"

"What's next! I want to see what happened after the Final Flame War, not this audience expletive Ziegfried!"

"So handsome, Kevin." As his best friend, Su teased, "Tell me, how long did you beg Yaqing to get this 'hero' role?"

"What are you talking about! What are you talking about!" Kevin almost jumped up in excitement, pointing at Yaqing and saying, "It was clearly Yaqing who begged me. I only reluctantly agreed to voice this role."

"Is that so?" Yaqing unceremoniously exposed him, "Who was it that patted their chest after seeing the script and guaranteed that I had to save this role for them?"

"Pfft."

Mei's laughter broke Kevin's psychological defenses. He looked at Yaqing with disbelief, his eyes seeming to say, you World Serpent expletive betrayed me?

"Tsk, what terrifying research calculation power, to actually be able to convert Honkai energy into thermal energy. If the story has this kind of technology, why stay on Earth?" Mobius frowned.

"Yeah, Bro Yaqing, if we can't beat them, then let's run! Build a large spaceship. The universe is so big; we don't believe every planet has Collapse!" When it came to not wanting to fight, the cat-eared girl was the first in line.

Yaqing shook his head, "The descent of Collapse has never been because of Earth, but because of humanity. No matter where humanity escapes, as long as there is civilization, Collapse will arrive as scheduled."

"Ah..." The cat-eared girl lowered her head.

Elysia looked around and began calculating on her fair little fingers again.

Elysia's bizarre behavior caught Mobius's attention. She asked curiously, "Elysia, what are you calculating?"

If Elysia were researching the Moonlight Throne's calculations, Mobius would be the first not to believe it, but she couldn't figure out what Elysia could be calculating at this time either.

"Oh, Mobius, I'm calculating who among us will be the remaining warriors after Kevin." Elysia deliberately glanced at Yaqing.

"Huh? You're so sure that the remaining warriors are based on us?" Mobius asked suspiciously, wondering if Yaqing had revealed it to some pink fatty.

"It's a beautiful woman's sixth sense~" Elysia blinked, "I believe Professor Mei~bi~us has it too~"

"Hmph." Mobius snorted delicately.

"Humans grow up in harsh environments." Otto sighed, "Even through the screen, I can empathize with the suffocation that humans felt at that time. How desperate must they have been to learn of civilization's countdown?"

"Otto, Little Yaqing's script is really good." Kallen said while stuffing potato chips into her mouth, "After watching this movie, I can't watch any other soap operas anymore."

"Yes, his literary creation has long surpassed me." Otto helplessly swept the potato chip crumbs off the blanket.

Kallen rolled her eyes at Otto. Others might not understand him, but she did. A few years ago, Otto, under the pseudonym Rakshasa, created an anime called The Saintess's Redemption. Unsurprisingly, it flopped miserably.

To this, Otto said that they didn't know how to appreciate it, didn't appreciate the Saintess's wishes, didn't understand the Saintess's beauty.

Anyway, he was like a madman. In the end, Yaqing took the blame, saying it was his debut work. But the people of Destiny could see that Rakshasa was Otto, but they acquiesced to save the CEO's face.

[The awakened Ziegfried learned that Einstein had downloaded all the information contained in the Soul Steel about the Moonlight Throne. Having witnessed the final battle on the moon, Ziegfried was clearly a little unconfident about the Moonlight Throne.

However, Einstein was the opposite, because they were not facing the Final Herrscher now, but the Herrscher of the Void. Before the Final Herrscher descended, they had plenty of time to improve and research the Moonlight Throne.

Ziegfried was noncommittal. All his energy was now focused on the white-haired youth holding the Judgement of Shamash in the database. He always felt that that person was calling out to him.

Ziegfried asked Einstein to replay the recording, as he had many questions to ask the mysterious youth. Why could he survive after using Shamash's Outburst? And without even a burn on his body?

When Ziegfried patted the youth's shoulder, the youth, who he thought was just a data image, suddenly grabbed Ziegfried's outstretched arm.

"I've finally found you, my descendant."]

"Just like my guess, Kevin really lived to the current civilization, and even left behind descendants." Mei frowned.

"But how did he do it? We know that the current civilization and the Previous Era are 50,000 years apart?" Vill-V raised the question.

"Heh, have you forgotten about injecting Honkai Beast genes?" Mobius sneered, "What if injecting Honkai Beast genes also extends lifespan?"

"Oh my, are we at it again!" Elysia tried to lighten the mood. "Let's just enjoy the movie, okay? If we're going to discuss something, why not who the other half of Kevin's bloodline is?"

The atmosphere in the cinema froze for a moment after Elysia spoke.

Kevin and Mei's faces were as red as monkey butts.

"Who else could it be? It's definitely... mmm."

To prevent Mei from exploding with embarrassment, Yaqing covered the World Serpent's mouth in time.

Chapter 32: The Curse of the Kaslana

"Mmm, mmm..."

Mobius looked at Yaqing with dissatisfaction, then seemed to think of something, her eyes becoming suggestive.

Yaqing quickly pulled his hand away, feeling the moisture on his palm, and wiped it on his clothes.

"Yaqing!"

Yaqing's 'disgusted' action stung the World Serpent's heart. She gritted her teeth and grabbed Yaqing's neck with both hands.

"I'll f***ing kill you!"

Yaqing stuck out his tongue in cooperation.

Watching the interaction between Yaqing and Mobius, Elysia and Su exchanged glances, both with gentle (teasing) smiles on their faces.

[Kevin stated that when Ziegfried met him, it meant that the final battle between humanity and the Collapse would begin once again.

"Now I will tell you the secret of the Kaslana power."

"What?!"

Ziegfried was stunned by the huge amount of information contained in Kevin's words. At that moment, Kevin stabbed the Judgement of Shamash into Ziegfried's chest without warning.

"As long as you can control the power of those Honkai Beasts hidden in the Kaslana genes."

Then, Kevin pulled out the Judgement of Shamash and pushed Ziegfried away with force.

"Then, you will surpass the limits of humanity, even—rise above the Herrschers."

"And then, you must remember..."

The screen suddenly went black.

"Those who inherit the name of Kaslana must defeat the Collapse, no matter the cost!"

Kevin's tone was extremely serious.]

"Another cheat?!" Sirin said, indicating she couldn't play this at all.

"I'm really cool," Kevin said excitedly, watching his appearance.

"Yes, your debut was stabbing your junior," Mei said with a smile, covering her mouth.

"Kevin, if I didn't know you were also a Kaslana, I would have thought you wanted to kill Ziegfried," Sakura said, not expecting that Ziegfried's most serious injury since his debut would come from his own ancestor.

"But, my Kaslana has nothing to do with Destiny's Kaslana," Kevin said, scratching his head.

Due to Theresa's 'example', everyone wasn't surprised that Kevin also possessed Honkai Beast genes.

[Einstein watched Ziegfried's constantly trembling fingers and the extremely chaotic brainwave signals on the screen. Just as she was about to stop, she saw Ziegfried's connection device shatter with a bang. Einstein subconsciously took a step back and accidentally fell to the ground.

Ziegfried's face was ferocious, and he let out a beast-like roar. Most notably, his eyes were filled with black, and his pupils emitted an eerie blue light, completely turning into the pupils of a Honkai Beast.

Forty-five minutes later, Ziegfried, who had returned to normal, looked at the ice pillars that had appeared in the room and couldn't help but reach out. The bone-chilling cold from his fingertips made him much more awake.

Einstein, who had re-applied the bandages, walked to his side, looked at the ice pillars exuding cold air, and told Ziegfried that she had analyzed the monitoring data and found that Ziegfried's body had shown a Honkai Beast energy reaction at the time, and the ice pillars in front of him were the ability of that Honkai Beast.

The coldness of the ice immediately reminded Einstein that, according to legend, the Kaslana ancestors had the ability to resist the Judgement of Shamash. It was reasonable to speculate that the Kaslana ancestors had the DNA of Honkai Beasts, but this DNA had become inactive during hundreds of years of inheritance.

Einstein handed Ziegfried a cup of coffee.]

"Is this what it looks like when humans are injected with Honkai Beast genes?" Kevin asked curiously, because Ziegfried had 'his' genes in his body, so there was a high probability that this would be his model in the future.

"This is truly an inhumane experiment," Mei glanced at Mobius. If anyone could do such a crazy experiment, she would think of Mobius first.

"Ha, you mean the me in the story did it. Don't blame everything bad on Mobius," Mobius said, patting Yaqing's head and pointing her finger upwards. "I would say Mei is more likely, after all, that little follower could never get on my operating table, but you are different."

Yaqing glanced, You really understand them.

[Ziegfried took the coffee and drank it all in one gulp. He understood very well that in order to defeat the Second Herrscher, he had to control this power. Looking at the paper cup he had crumpled into a ball in his hand, he was about to ask how he could possess and control this power when Einstein spoke before him.

"Mr. Ziegfried, how does the coffee taste?"

"Taste?" Although Ziegfried didn't understand why Einstein suddenly asked him about the taste of the coffee, he still tried to recall, his face changing. He remembered that he had clearly watched Einstein pour the boiled coffee from the pot, but why did he feel a cool sensation in his mouth?

Seeing the change in Ziegfried's expression, Einstein understood and explained, "The power of the Honkai Beast in your body also paralyzed your nerves during the outbreak. For a long time, your body temperature will be low, and you will lose your sense of touch."

Einstein took out a palm-sized, mechanical-looking square box from behind. With a click, it contained three vials of medicine, which were the activators left by the Previous Era.

According to Anti-Entropy's data, the Previous Era implanted the genes of Honkai Beasts into the human body, and they called the DNA of Honkai Beasts super-mutation factors. The function of the activator is to activate the Honkai Beast genes.

The side effects of the activator are also great. The activated Honkai Beast DNA will damage the human nervous system and circulatory system, causing irreversible damage. Moreover, with excessive use, human cells will be swallowed by the Honkai Beast DNA—

"Finally, turning into a Honkai Beast."]

Einstein told Ziegfried to think carefully about the cost of obtaining this power when using the activator.

Ziegfried stared blankly at the potion in his hand.

"The dragon slayer eventually becomes the dragon," Kevin sighed.

"Is possessing the power to fight dragons a blessing, or a new storm?" Yaqing said.

"Excellent, not bad, hahaha, let this battlefield be set ablaze with blood!!!" Kalpas laughed wildly.

"Kalpas!" Sakura scolded angrily.

Realizing there were still children present, Kalpas immediately fell silent.

"Kalpas is really gentle, isn't he~?" Elysia laughed.

"Hey, Mobius, have you ever thought that this gene has been passed down for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, yet it can still lower Ziegfried's body temperature? What about the source?" Mobius giggled.

Vill-V analyzed rationally, "Looking at Kevin's performance in the Final Battle, he used the Judgement of Shamash without any hesitation, without worrying about the backlash at all. I'm afraid he had completely mastered this power by then, and his body temperature was also approaching freezing."

"Body temperature approaching freezing?" Su glanced strangely at Kevin and Mei, especially at Mei, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, What a woman who is strong on the outside but passionate on the inside.

As expected of best friends, at the moment Su thought of this, Kevin also thought of it, and he almost jumped up, "Body temperature approaching freezing, then how did my descendants come about? Could it be..."

It wouldn't have been a big deal, but Kevin's exclamation drew everyone's attention.

Mei was already somewhat socially awkward, but now she was even more ashamed and angry. She pinched the soft flesh on Kevin's waist hard, and then buried her head in the back of the seat in front.