Collapse City: Starting with the Production of an Animated Honkai Third

Finally, only Cheng Lixue's back was left.

"I'll hold back the Second Herrscher."

Chapter 40: The Battle Takes a Sharp Turn

[Otto, carrying the unconscious Fu Hua, retreated behind a ruined wall, avoiding the gaze of the Honkai Beasts. Otto first briefly examined Fu Hua's physical condition. Most of the Feather of the Wind's feathers had disappeared, and her body and consciousness had reached their limit. Even if she woke up, she probably wouldn't be able to continue fighting.

Otto's own condition wasn't much better. After Void Archives came into contact with the Second Herrscher, it became unusable. He only remembered one image, and that image was very important, but he still couldn't understand why "God" would stab him in the chest with a sword?!

"This feeling of being powerless except to run away... is truly hateful."

The camera turned to the other side, where Cheng Lixue, who had stayed behind to buy time for Otto and Fu Hua to retreat, had collapsed to the ground, lifeless. Sirin looked at the golden feather in her palm.

"Next, I'll try out this new toy. Let me see, who should I use it on☆."]

"Lixue went offline just like that?" Theresa exclaimed in surprise. She thought Yaqing would use a bunch of special effects to express Cheng Lixue's heroic sacrifice, but she went offline with just a scene change. It was really simple and crude.

Cheng Lixue's going offline was not unexpected. After all, no one would think that an A-Rank Valkyrie could defeat a six-core Herrscher.

But this was too crude!

She died with just a scene change, without even depicting the battle!

[The camera focused on the southern battlefield of the Siberian Snowfield, using four shots to depict Cecilia's heroic battle. Shigure Kira noticed the black hole behind Cecilia. Two white giant hands stretched out from the black hole.

"Cecilia-sama! Be careful!"

Even with Shigure Kira's reminder, Cecilia was still grabbed by the giant hands and pulled into the black hole under the control of the Feather of the Wind's consciousness, leaving only Abyss Flower falling to the ground.

The camera focused on the northern battlefield of the Siberian Snowfield, where a staggering Benares coughed up blue blood, its wings behind it burned and incomplete.

And Ziegfried, who had used the activator, had already begun to transform into a Honkai Beast. After using Heaven's Judgment, he exhausted all his strength and knelt on the ground. Behind him, a white hand stretched out from the void and grabbed Ziegfried's cloak. The Heaven's Judgment greatsword fell to the ground and transformed back into dual pistols.]

"We're done for. Dad and Mom have been captured by Sirin," Kiana said. The two main damage dealers were hard-CC'd. Who could they rely on next? Theresa?

"Not surprising at all." Bronya wasn't surprised at all. According to the development of the previous plot, it was very likely that Sirin had expanded again, and then Ziegfried and Cecilia seized the opportunity, and then complained to God about her grievances.

"Why does Kirara always appear with Director Cecilia?!" Shub expressed her dissatisfaction.

"Come on, Shub, at least you're still alive. We've all gone offline," Patrick said unhappily.

Of the members of Director Cecilia's team, only Shub and Shigure Kira were still alive in the plot. However, after this movie, only Shigure Kira would be left alive.

"Lixue just ended like that?" Salome asked in confusion, "Isn't there still a segment? I remember it was a plot where the lines were sublimated. Why was it cut?"

When Cheng Lixue was pierced by the Spear of the Subspace, Patrick and the others discussed it for a long time before working together all night to make it. It was rare for a line to be dubbed a hundred times, but Cheng Lixue's line was dubbed hundreds of times until the people who supervised them were moved.

But this plot didn't appear in the movie, and even they didn't know why.

"Crap, if this segment isn't released now..." A bad feeling arose in the hearts of the women. They didn't believe that Yaqing would simply cut such a tear-jerking plot.

"Isn't he afraid that the audience will stab him?" Thinking of the later plot, Shub gritted her teeth in anger, and even wanted to sneak up and stab Yaqing.

"How do you know he wrote his own name in the screenwriter column?"

"Wow, he looks pretty steady. He wouldn't be so doggy, would he?"

"Steady?" Rita laughed a few times, "Just kidding."

[In the Destiny Floating Island Command Center, Amber received several reports from the front lines in a row.

After Cecilia disappeared, the southern Valkyrie forces gradually collapsed.

After Ziegfried disappeared, only Shub Nicholas was left to contain the enemy, and the battle situation was also taking a sharp turn.

According to the plan, they should retreat, but according to the current situation, even the retreat route could not be guaranteed to be safe, and even Bishop Otto had lost contact.

In the midst of a barrage of bombardments, Amber was stunned, flustered and not knowing what to do.

"Amber!"

Amber turned around.]

"Hahahaha!" Theresa put her hands on her hips and laughed exaggeratedly, "Next, let's see the headmaster's appearance!"

"Don't tell me we really have to rely on Auntie?"

"Kiana, do you have a problem with Auntie?"

"No, no!"

Bronya said, "Headmaster, have you mastered Judah's Oath's rated power in the plot?"

"Uh, I guess..." Theresa was a little unsure of herself.

Fu Hua suddenly said, "Headmaster, you're stronger than me, right?"

"Ah, ha... haha... well, of course!" If she hadn't seen Fu Hua's appearance, Theresa would have had some confidence, but after seeing Fu Hua almost solo the Second Herrscher, asking her to say that she was stronger than Fu Hua...

Theresa really couldn't say it.

"Next, my little Theresa will show her power," Otto said with satisfaction.

"The movie's been out for so long, and little Theresa is finally going to contribute," Kallen said happily and opened another bag of potato chips, but Otto confiscated it, and she looked at him with a pout.

"Kallen, that's the fortieth bag already…" Otto said helplessly, knowing that if he didn't intervene, she could finish off the entire stock in the bedside mini-fridge in a single day.

Thinking of this, Otto patted Kallen's flat stomach.

Kallen smacked Otto's hand away, annoyed.

"The situation has taken a sharp turn!" Pardo announced, "Cecilia and Ziegfried have both been captured by the big boss!"

"Not a moment too soon to feel sorry for Cecilia and Ziegfried." Su joked, "Next to appear is Destiny's default heir, Theresa."

"If Theresa fully masters Judah's Oath, can she fight Sirin?"

"I don't know, but she certainly wouldn't lose to Benares… would she?"

Chapter 41: A Beautiful Illusion

[The camera focuses on the top of the Tower of Babylon, where Sirin, realizing she has been disconnected from God, begins to panic.

"God? Can you hear me? God? Where are you? Why aren't you answering me?"

The scene shifts to another dimension, where Ziegfried knows he has no chance of winning without using the Heaven's Key. Rolling up his sleeves, he transforms his dual pistols into a flaming greatsword, but suddenly notices his left arm has been corrupted into a Honkai Beast form, and abruptly wakes up.

It was all just a dream.

But the world has become somewhat abnormal. Since defeating the Second Herrscher, the world has returned to peace. Honkai is gradually disappearing from the world, and Destiny's warriors have become unemployed.

To make a living, Destiny's Bishop Otto led a group of Valkyries to start a second business, establishing Destiny Tech Entertainment. As Destiny's mortal enemy, Anti-Entropy also transitioned into Anti-Entropy Entertainment, and the new game they released was a huge success, causing President Otto to lose several strands of hair.

Despite these strange developments, Ziegfried didn't notice anything amiss, and even chuckled to himself at the thought of Otto going bald.]

"This is an illusion, right?" Pardo said uncertainly.

"It's exactly like reality, no wonder they got people from reality to base the characters on." Mobius wondered what Yaqing was thinking, actually using real people as character models.

She wouldn't be too surprised if a character named Mobius appeared later.

Unless…

"I'm not really worried about those old friends." Otto said with a forced smile.

"Heh heh heh heh." Kallen laughed like a goose. The bald Otto model Patrick made was too hilarious. She laughed for a long time, and Otto was worried she would hyperventilate.

Taking a deep breath, Kallen asked curiously, "Otto, do you lose hair? Heh heh heh heh…"

As soon as she asked the question, Kallen couldn't help but laugh again.

Otto grabbed his hair in confusion, and was shocked to see a strand of golden hair in his palm. A storm raged in his heart. Although he didn't pay much attention to his appearance, he couldn't go bald!

"Heh heh heh heh." A certain lobster-headed doctor also laughed like a goose, seemingly happy about the mockery of Otto, or perhaps delighted to have another comedian to join her.

"I didn't expect our existence to cause so much trouble for that President." Einstein's lips curled slightly.

"Serves him right." Welt Yang laughed heartily, even saying it was his suggestion. Originally, there was supposed to be only a Q version image occupying a small part of the screen, but he insisted on making a 3D model that occupied the entire screen.

"By the way, how did that little director agree to it?"

"Huh?!" Welt Yang thought carefully. It seemed that Yaqing was nowhere to be seen when he was making his strong demands. "He didn't seem to agree, but he also seemed to… acquiesce."

"He's truly an unfathomable man." Einstein sighed.

[With his hands in his pockets, the roguish Ziegfried arrived at the headquarters building. On his way to the President's office, he saw the receptionist Patrick, the programmers Salome and Shub, and the secretary Cheng Lixue. The dead and the living were all in this beautiful illusion.

In the conference room, Ziegfried presented his new game proposal to President Otto. Ziegfried's creative ideas were appreciated by Otto and successfully approved, which made Ziegfried very happy, reminding him that it was Kiana's birthday today.]

"You're planning to develop another game?" Mobius glanced at Yaqing. Why did she say "another"? Because Otto had once produced an anime called Saintess Fantasy, but it was a flop. Publicly, it was said that Yaqing created it.

And Yaqing, in order to prevent the Saintess Fantasy IP, on which Destiny had spent a lot of money, from disappearing completely, greatly altered its plot and re-adapted it into a game, but even as a game, it was difficult to recoup the initial investment.

Currently, the most globally promoted games are Saintess Fantasy, produced by Destiny, and Houm's Great Adventure, produced by Anti-Entropy.

So in Mobius's eyes, Yaqing had once made a poorly-received anime, and then turned it into a game, which remained lukewarm.

"We'll see, it's just a concept." Yaqing knew that if this movie didn't make money, he would probably have to return to the Schariac family to inherit the family business.

"Heh, what I hate most is you people who dig holes and don't fill them." Mobius snorted.

"Senior Mobius, being a tsundere isn't your characteristic."

"You!!!"

[The camera shifts to the other side, where Cecilia, dressed in casual clothes, occasionally glances towards the fitting room. When the curtain is pulled open, Kiana, wearing a Winter Princess dress, shyly walks out. The dress is very short, and her long legs are covered in white stockings.

"Mom, you're too impatient, this dress is hard to put on."

Cecilia said with a smile that the dress was made when she was born. Cecilia always secretly wondered what Kiana would look like when she grew up, and now she can finally see her wearing it.

"Ich liebe dich (I love you), Kiana."]

"This skirt is too short." Kiana blushed, the skirt on this model was so short that you could even see a little bit from behind...

"Uh, I don't think Cecilia would prepare such clothes in reality… would she?" Theresa suddenly remembered that Cecilia seemed to have really prepared a dress for Bianka once.

"Mei, why are you facing away from us?" Bronya smiled maliciously.

Little Knowledge scurried over, exclaiming, "Mei, why are you bleeding from your nose?!"

"Huh?!" Kiana also rushed over.

Bronya pulled out a few tissues and handed them over.

Raiden Mei took the tissues and then quietly turned in another direction.

"Mom, is there really such a dress?" Sirin asked curiously.

"No," Cecilia thought for a moment. "I once prepared a dress for your eldest sister, but it was a black fishtail gown, but it seems your eldest sister didn't want to wear it."

["Hmph, how annoying."

"Originally, I wanted to create a terrifying dream for them."]