The Plot Cuts Off, Leaving the Audience Miserable and the Author Delighted
When it comes to battle effects and atmosphere, Honkai has never fallen short. What is presented to the audience is the final battle between the first Valkyrie of Schicksal and the Herrscher of Thunder and the Herrscher of Ice.
The ground was frozen solid, and thunder roared.
A red dragon soars, its spear tip gleaming coldly.
The fight scene only took ten minutes, but the budget available was more than the entire previous time combined. Most of it was spent on Raiden Mei, as it was the first time she had used her full strength since becoming the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Holy crap, that's so exciting! I almost wanted to crush my balls!"
"Especially Mei's line, 'One cut, and it's over,' every time I hear it, I feel so fired up."
"I feel like Mei has become more of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) since becoming Herrscher," Sirin's comment broke the atmosphere.
The viewers in the live stream were taken aback.
But upon closer reflection, I realized that Sirin was absolutely right.
If it were the old Mei, she would never have said things like "the wind is raging," "submit to me," or "Chidori's sword." They couldn't imagine that such a gentle Mei would say such things.
Inside the apartment.
Kiana nudged Mei and asked curiously, "Mei, Mei, would you really say something so domineering?"
Kiana grinned foolishly, as if she could already see Mei her queenly demeanor.
Mei blushed.
She is indeed a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) at heart.
But when she lets others see her childish side, she gets so embarrassed she faints. When she wakes up, she decides to find a new planet to live on.
Durandal throws out the Abyss Flower. Seizing the opportunity, Raiden Mei charges up her power and pierces the Herrscher of Ice with a single strike, only to find herself in a pure white space.
When he saw Chen Tianwu holding Anna, his tone was still calm. He asked Mei a question: He wanted to see Anna again and tell her his feelings. Was that wrong?
Mei couldn't answer his question.
Because she herself was also searching for the answer.
"Really? Then I hope... you won't end up like us."
After a brief silence,
"Sorry."
Why apologize?
Chen Tianwu's tone remained unchanged.
"We are Herrscher, monsters that must be eliminated. You just did what you were supposed to do."
"It doesn't matter anymore... It's just that fate played a joke on Anna and me."
"Perhaps... all my emotions disappeared when I became Herrscher..."
"I can no longer feel any sadness."
"Bring it on."
The blade fell, and all was calm.
Chen Tianwu and Anna's figures gradually turned into specks of light and dissipated. The Herrscher of Ice also began to disintegrate. The lost light shone, and with a loud explosion, it turned into countless specks of light. Only an Abyss Flower drifted down.
"Anna ..."
"We can finally..."
"They're together."
The final dialogue left a heavy feeling in the heart. Anna and Chen Tianwu's experiences were too similar to Kiana and Mei's, but their endings were worlds apart.
They are both Herrscher.
But they could only die together in the same grave.
"Sigh, when Chen Tianwu said that he hoped 'you won't end up like us,' my heart was in my throat. I was really afraid it was a foreshadowing by that old scoundrel."
A comment suddenly reminded viewers of Mei's expression when talking about Kiana in "Post-Honkai Odyssey," and their hearts tightened instantly.
"Wow, if this is foreshadowing, could it be that the old thief actually killed off Kiana, and then killed off Mei in the Post-Honkai Odyssey?"
The live chat exploded instantly.
Viewers who were initially saddened by this storyline were instead filled with surging anger. Although the movie "Honkai" only lasted for a little over a year, they truly witnessed Kiana's growth.
If Kiana were really killed off, it's possible that some radical fans would actually go and defecate in front of the Schicksal Building at the Far East Branch.
Inside the Golden Courtyard.
The deaths of Chen Tianwu and Anna left them deeply moved.
Same experience, different people.
There are also different endings.
"Yaqing, could this really be foreshadowing?" Pardo asked cautiously.
They were afraid of hearing some bad news from Yaqing.
"Don't worry, Sister Pardo. If Brother Yaqing really kills off Kiana, we won't have a chance to do anything. The fans outside could drown him with their spittle." Ling was very optimistic.
Since both of her characters are dead, even if Yaqing tries to persecute her, she won't be able to.
But she forgot that there's a term in Honkai called "World Bubble".
"Ling is right."
Mei nodded.
Leaving aside outsiders, let's talk about the present situation.
When the first movie was released, a certain white-haired man already wanted to raise an equally adorable daughter. With such complex feelings, if Yaqing dared to make a move, Kai... the white-haired man would be the first to not let him off.
"This is getting way off track. Aren't the main characters in this movie Anna and Chen Tianwu?"
The plot abruptly ended in Chapter 307, causing discomfort for the audience but bringing pleasure to the author.
"This is getting way off track. Aren't the main characters in this movie Anna and Chen Tianwu?"
Seeing that everyone's discussion was gradually shifting towards Kiana and Mei, Yaqing quickly spoke up, trying to bring the discussion back on track.
"Never mind that."
The answer came in unison.
Yaqing was helpless.
"Serves you right." Mobius roughly ruffled Yaqing's brown hair, which felt wonderful to the touch, comparable to Canned Food in her mind.
It is said that a man's head is like a woman's foot, and should not be touched casually. However, Yaqing did not seem to have any intention of letting Mobius rub it at will.
The story on screen is still playing.
After the Herrscher of Ice was destroyed, as the sun set, two gems floated in Mei's palm. Raven came to congratulate Mei on her success, but Mei did not feel that this was a victory.
"Perhaps you can't accept this ending, and neither can I, no one can accept it..." Raven, a mercenary, had seen too many such partings. "But that's just how the world is... it always has been."
To cheer Mei up, the proud Raven even brought up Kiana.
At the grave that Schicksal had erected for Anna in the distance, Mei and Raven encountered Durandal.
A necklace was hanging on the tombstone.
Mei took out another necklace from her bosom and gently hung it on the tombstone, making them one.
On the horizon where life and death meet, this beam of light seems to guide the soul's journey home.
The audience couldn't hold back anymore.
Especially when you see the light reflected from the necklace and the last line of narration.
"I heard someone say that swordsmanship has declined, is that true?"
"If it's true."
"I really can't take it anymore. Anna and Chen Tianwu are going to have another bad ending. I have a growing sense of foreboding."
In the Honkai series, characters with emotional foreshadowing rarely have a good ending. This is true for Ziegfried and Cecilia, Otto and Kallen, Joyce and Einstein, and Anna and Chen Tianwu.
Viewers couldn't help but feel deep concern for the couples who are still alive.
Welt Young and Tesla.
Bronya and Seele.
Kiana and Mei.
That last necklace completely shattered their defenses.
"I never expected that Raven would be so proud and aloof."
Sirin's perspective on problems has always been unconventional.
Instead of focusing on the necklace on the tombstone, she was drawn to the conversation between Raven and Mei. A fan of shipping couples, she inexplicably felt that this pair was also worth shipping, though she felt a little bad for Brainless Idiot.
"Raven 'I won't tell you' thing, Raven was so tsundere!"
"I'm sorry, Kiana."
Kiana could see the comments on the screen, and looked at Mei with a pitiful Mei, "Mei, you're not going to be kidnapped by a bad woman, are you?"
"How could that be, Kiana?" Mei said, both amused and exasperated. "Even if it were true, it's not something I can decide. After all, Uncle Yaqing has always been in charge of the scriptwriting."
"If that stinky uncle really wrote it like that, I'll beat him until he's covered in bumps!" Kiana clenched her fists angrily.
"Hey! Is our fierce Moonfish Cat finally planning to cut ties with its family and live on its own?" Bronya teased.
Ever since Kiana learned that the Moonsea Cafe was her family's property, she has been particularly fond of going there, which Bronya teased her about for a long time.
Bronya!
Kiana turned to Mei and said, "Mei, I didn't do anything to her~"
"Alright, alright."
Seeing that Kiana was resorting to complaining when she couldn't win an argument, Bronya couldn't help but shrink into Seele's arms, as if they were competing from afar.
Seele was also helpless.
At night, Mei Kevin, questioning Kevin whether all of this was within his expectations and whether he had considered the consequences of his failure.
"I want an explanation."
After a moment of silence, Kevin explained to her that two Herrscher had been born, and one Herrscher had devoured the core of the Herrscher.
"And what you've done is nothing more than the same thing—conquer... the Herrscher... power..."
As for the faint crackling sound of electricity coming from Kevin's end, Mei and Raven clearly hadn't expected the communication to suddenly drop.
"This... is not signal interference, it's an emergency."
"Something's happened at the base!"
The movie ends with the Raven its final hook, leaving the audience wanting more. They were ready to wait for the credits to finish and watch for a post-credits scene, only to discover that this big-budget movie, released online, didn't have one.
"Damn it, it's going to break right here! Isn't this going to kill me?"
"Something's happened at the base? Who would dare to lay a hand on Kevin? Who would dare to lay a hand on Kevin? Could it be Otto? Indeed, cooperating with him was the biggest mistake Kevin ever made."
"Otto? What forces on Schicksal's side could threaten Kevin?"
The audience was especially curious.
After all, in their understanding, Kevin was already at the top of the combat power. In the current civilization, even the strongest S-Rank Valkyrie Durandal, only managed to achieve a draw by holding back, which was widely recognized as a sign of Schicksal.
Who could possibly threaten Kevin, or even disrupt communications?
"???"
The audience's faces were full of question marks.
Inside the Golden Courtyard, no one had yet reacted.
They both looked at Kevin and Yaqing.
One is a voice actor, and the other is a screenwriter.