Collapse City, Starting by Producing an Anime Version of Honkai

Sirin was so angry her teeth itched, and she blamed Yaqing for everything.

"Hahaha, Sirin, you're so cute."

Bella mocked Sirin, turning everything upside down.

Sirin immediately found a target for her anger. She straddled Bella's slender waist and fiercely tickled her sides.

"Hahaha, Si... Sirin, hahaha... Queen... Your Majesty, I was wrong, hahahaha." Bella was laughing so hard tears streamed down her face.

"Don't bully Bella," Cecilia gently tapped Sirin's head.

"Mom, I wasn't!" Sirin covered her head, still straddling Bella, and said righteously.

"To think it actually survived for fifty thousand years..." As she was saying this, Vill-V's expert personality was suddenly suppressed, and her expression changed. "Shall we have a thrilling magic show as an intermission!"

"Uh, no need for that, Vill-V... Great Magician, let's just watch the movie first," Mei said.

"Hey, Su, as a doctor, why are you just standing there watching?" Kevin called out.

"Although I've studied a bit of medical psychology, facing someone with eight personalities, you're expecting too much of me, Kevin," Su said, suppressing the urge to retort.

You want a surgical professor with academic achievements to treat a patient with multiple personality disorder that even professional psychologists can't handle?

Hearing the commotion from behind, Sakura turned her head. "What's wrong? Did the Great Magician come out?"

"Hi, Sakura, long time no see. Want to be my assistant for my magic show?"

"I'll pass." Cold sweat beaded on Sakura's fair forehead. Even though she knew Vill-V's magic shows weren't life-threatening, she couldn't help but be scared. Among them, only Pardo could endure a whole show, mainly because she fainted at the beginning.

Pardo suddenly shivered, her hair standing on end. Looking at Vill-V's burning gaze, she stammered, "Miss Vill-V, why are you looking at me like that? I promise I won't come to your room to 'restock' anymore."

"Pardo..."

Vill-V's voice was like a devil's whisper in Pardo's ears.

"Why not ask Miss Pink Elf?"

Elysia's voice was like an angel's descent in Pardo's ears.

Chapter 37: For the Saintess, Meeting the Gods

["How… could this be…"

Sirin, who had been stabbed through the abdomen by Ruoshui, knelt on the ground unharmed, her expression unchanged like a robot. Through Otto and Fu Hua's conversation, it was revealed that her consciousness had already been controlled by Feather of the Wind.

"Otto, hurry up and do what you need to do, then we'll kill her together."

"Thank you, my old friend."

Otto placed his hand on Sirin's head. Golden feathers fell, and he entered Sirin's illusion. In a sea of white flowers, Sirin's mother smiled at her. But in the next second, in the illusion, a young Sirin stood helplessly by her mother's sickbed.

"Heh heh, found it. This is it." Otto smirked and used Feather of the Wind to alter Sirin's memory of her mother's death.

Sirin woke up in bed. Looking at Bella, who was worriedly by her side, an idea and memory of resurrecting her mother suddenly appeared in her mind. The memento of her mother that Bella held in her arms continuously solidified the memory forcefully implanted in Sirin.

Watching Sirin walk towards the top of the Tower of Babylon, Benares' gentle smile vanished. A cold, malicious smile spread across her face, with Otto's phantom behind her.

"I've implanted the idea of 'resurrecting mother' into your subconscious, making you actively show me the true power of the Herrscher of Death—"

"Do your best to save your mother."

"Then, I'll be able to find a way to resurrect Kallen."]

"I still can't stand Otto. Although Sirin is an enemy of humanity, after defeating her, choosing to use her most painful memory to achieve his goal... is it a bit..." Kevin thought for a moment, unable to find the right words to describe it.

"Too despicable," Mei said.

"But it's all for the sake of resurrecting that woman named Kallen. It's truly a desperate love," Mobius's tone was ambiguous, making it impossible to discern her meaning.

Yaqing smiled and said nothing.

Sirin used all her strength. The Herrscher of Death's authority extracted DNA from her mother's relics. Based on her mother's DNA, Sirin used the power of creation, starting from cells—tissues—organs, to create. Finally, her mother returned to the human world.

Sirin happily threw herself into her mother's arms.

Otto, however, was not happy at all. He glared resentfully at Sirin, who had reunited with her 'mother,' his clenched fists trembling. What he expected, what he hoped for, what he looked forward to, the so-called authority of the Herrscher of Death, what was the difference between that and him cloning Kallen using DNA?!

What kind of Herrscher of Death is this?!

What kind of divine power is this?!

Otto collected himself, transformed into Bella's form, and walked forward, asking Sirin, "Your Majesty, forgive my presumption. But I don't understand, is this person you're holding truly Mother? Does she truly possess Mother's soul?"

"Bella, what nonsense are you talking about? She's my beloved mother, she..."

Perhaps it was something Otto had done, or perhaps it was Sirin's inner turmoil, but her "mother" turned to ash before her. At this moment, Sirin was like a helpless child. She understood that her mother had not been resurrected. She had only resurrected her mother's body, but not her mother's soul.

Bella, disguised as Otto, continuously encouraged Sirin to try again. However, Sirin's single sentence interrupted Otto.

"Bella, I don't understand, what is a soul..."

Otto froze. What is a soul? This was a question he had been pondering for 500 years. He hadn't found an answer. Even if he could clone Kallen's body, even if he could implant Kallen's memories into Kallen's clone, he knew it wasn't Kallen, because, because, because...

It was her essence, the reason she was herself, her smile, her tears...

At this moment, both Sirin and Otto fell silent. They both wanted to resurrect the person they loved, but neither had an answer. ]

"What is a soul? What is a soul?"

Even Mobius couldn't explain this question.

Where do people go after they die? Does heaven exist? If souls don't exist, then what is the meaning of life? Does everything truly vanish into thin air after death? How hollow would that be.

"If Otto could truly revive someone, then his wisdom would surpass anyone else's," Vill-V said.

If you were to ask yourself, after losing a loved one, instead of falling into self-pity, you would go to any lengths to revive them, even to the point of inverting the cause and effect of world lines. How many such beings exist in this world?

Something's not right, Miss Pink Elf feels very wrong.

Elysia looked at Yaqing with a pout.

Yaqing turned his face away from Elysia, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw Mobius's fair and beautiful face peeking over the back of his chair, so he turned back again.

Now it was Mobius's turn to pout.

["Bella, I don't understand... what is a soul... Maybe only God knows the answer about souls."

Sirin's murmuring made Otto, who had transformed into Bella, tremble violently. His reason told him he had to remain calm. When facing an existence that surpassed human intellect, he didn't have absolute confidence.

Reason told him he couldn't take this risk. He should use Feather of the Wind to freeze the consciousness of the Second Herrscher and then slowly research a method to revive Kallen, even if it took a few more centuries...

However, at this moment, the fool decided to take a risk.

"Queen, I believe God will understand your sorrow and will surely help you."

As long as it was for Kallen, Otto had the courage to face anything, even the so-called 'Gods', he would no longer be afraid.

"Please seek the answer from God."

Otto, in the guise of Bella, said so.]

"Ah, so the voice acting here isn't for my character," Bella realized with sudden understanding. She had felt the lines were a bit strange when recording, but now it made sense that it was Otto disguised as herself...

Made sense my foot!

Why did Otto's disguise as a little girl look so convincing?!

"Mom..." Sirin murmured, tightly gripping Cecilia's arm.

Cecilia pulled Sirin into her embrace, gently comforting her trembling body.

"Sirin, Mommy's here. Mommy is always here."

"Otto, why are you so good at pretending to be a little girl? Do you have some weird fetish?" Kallen asked curiously. If it weren't for Otto's inner thoughts occasionally popping up in the script, no one would have guessed Bella was Otto.

"Kallen, I didn't say..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking," Kallen covered Otto's mouth. She had a feeling that if Otto finished speaking, something bad would happen.

"He actually intends to communicate directly with God," Mei said. "Otto is truly bold when it comes to Kallen. If the Collapse Consciousness wants to destroy human civilization through the Herrschers, will it tell Otto the answer?"

"What if the so-called God tells Otto that he needs to destroy human civilization to revive Kallen?" Sakura said.

"Otto isn't an idiot," Mobius said irritably. "Once human civilization is destroyed, what would be the point of reviving Kallen? So I think Otto will put in considerable effort to deal with the Collapse."

"Of course," Yaqing said. "But eliminating the Collapse is still secondary to reviving Kallen."

Chapter 38: Revelation from God

[In reality, Fu Hua reminded Otto that he didn't have much time left, as Sirin could wake up at any moment. Meanwhile, Otto, in the illusionary space of Feather of the Wind, told Fu Hua not to worry, because he was close to finding what he was looking for.

Sirin, kneeling on the mirror surface, begged God for help, and God responded to her plea. A powerful beam of light descended from the sky, its dazzling brilliance forcing Otto to close his eyes.

When Otto opened his eyes again, his disguise had vanished. He found himself in a pure white space, his heart pounding fiercely, because he knew he was about to face something that surpassed human intellect.

In Otto's sight, he saw a pure white figure kneeling devoutly before a cross not far away. As he approached, the figure slowly stood up and surprisingly transformed into Otto's own likeness.

Otto was only surprised, not scared. He politely bowed to the so-called deity.

"Great God, my name is Otto Apocalypse."

"My purpose in coming here is to seek your assistance."

To revive his beloved, Otto had long since disregarded his own life and death. However, facing humanity's enemy, the God of Collapse, he was fully on guard. Since he was so close to the answer, he would fearlessly fight even against God if necessary.]

"What is he doing?!" Kevin's eyes widened as he watched Otto's hand, hidden behind his back, clench the Mimic: Judgement of Shamash.

"It's obvious that if he doesn't get the answer he wants, Otto would dare to kill a god. Ha..." Mei yawned. After staying up all night doing experiments, the fatigue suddenly hit her.

Kevin hugged his girlfriend, letting her rest her head on his shoulder.

"What a reckless man," Einstein remarked, blowing on her scalding coffee.

"Although we don't like the atmosphere within Destiny, we have to admit that Otto is indeed capable of single-handedly opposing the entire Anti-Entropy organization," Welt Joyce said.

"I originally thought Yang had enough charisma in the story, but I didn't expect Otto, that Anti-Entropy curse word, to actually dare to do this," Tesla said, her mouth agape wide enough to fit an egg.

"Oh~, Yang, Dr. Tesla is complimenting your charisma," Einstein said with a half-smile.

"Chicken coop head, you!"

Dr. Tesla, her mouth full of talk, gradually lowered her voice under Einstein's gaze, her cheeks flushing red.

Welt Yang, for his part, simply pretended not to hear.

The God nodded slightly, not speaking, but the answer reached Otto's mind. Otto couldn't believe that the God of Honkai would so readily agree to help him, a mere human.

This unexpected answer made Otto unable to readily believe it, so he decided to test the other party first.

However, before he could even ask his question, answers flooded his mind. Even if all the wisest minds from ancient times to the present were combined, they couldn't bear the countless truths pouring into Otto's mind at this moment.

In an instant, Otto knew that what stood before him was indeed an omniscient and omnipotent God. He also understood why God would help him—

He was the Bishop of Destiny, an enemy of the Honkai, and considered himself the smartest person in the world.

Otto knelt down with extreme humility. When was the last time he had been so humble? It seemed to be when he was in prison, begging to marry Kallen to save her.

In the eyes of God, humans were like ants.

As a human, would you consider the thoughts of an ant?