The First Rescue Fails; Rita's Epic Moment

Guān Xīng slowly closed his eyes.

"Please, Assassin... sir..."

"Guān Xīng! Guān Xīng!!!"

The girl in his arms stopped trembling, and the corners of her mouth seemed to turn up slightly.

The Captain held Guān Xīng in his arms and gently called her name, but there was no echo in the heavens or on earth.

The woman before him, the woman in his memory, her every move, her every word, all collided and merged together. The Captain's memories appeared on the screen, like a revolving lantern after someone's death.

[Use the background music from "The Day the Stars and You Vanished" as the instrumental track.]

One by one, the words of the Guān Xīng appeared.

It lingered in the ears of the audience.

This also caused them to break down in tears.

Especially the last line, "Mr. Assassin," almost no one could withstand the destructive power of that strike. Elysia's tears streamed down her face, and the flag she had raised in her heart was set.

I never expected the screenwriter would actually dare to Guān Xīng with a knife.

"Waaaaaah..."

"Sigh, really, how could I have thought that Yaqing... no, the writers who Honkai script wouldn't cut it?"

Mei gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Don't call it 'The Day the Stars and You Vanished,' change the title to 'No One Survived.'"

"The sky has fallen, Himeko is dead, Fu Hua is dead, Rita is dead, and even Guān Xīng is dead. Will the Captain die in the end too?"

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! They just attacked with a knife right from the start! I'm impressed!"

"Wait a minute, what Guān Xīng meant was that the Captain can use Xiao Te to travel through time and rewrite the future. The writers definitely want to see us crying now, probably with a smile on our faces. But when the Captain changes the future later, won't we be crying like clowns?"

Yaqing was playing games while watching Elysia and Little Knowledge's live stream in a small window, froze. The smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she stared at the username for a long time.

Who is this person?

I just couldn't think of even the slightest clue.

When Otto saw the death of the Guān Xīng, Otto became a little emotionally unstable. Originally, his view of the Honkai series was just a wonderful fantasy, but when he saw the deaths of Kallen and Guanxin, he became emotionally unstable.

He would always feel a strange, inexplicable stirring in his heart.

That's strange.

For him, the Honkai series of anime was just a tool for entertainment, so how could it have any impact on him?

"Guān Xīng ... Kallen ... Theresa ..."

Otto muttered to himself.

"I've been reviewing so many documents lately, what am I thinking about?"

Otto chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Kallen, who had just returned from the bathroom, habitually sat on the bed, picked up the remote control, and prepared to rewind the plot.

"Hiss, Kallen, you need to be prepared."

Otto gasped.

"Pshaw, Otto, what haven't I seen, you old lady?"

Kallen rolled her eyes at Otto.

Kallen didn't feel there were too many heart-wrenching moments in this web series, perhaps because the most intense part of the first three weeks of the story was the separation between Guān Xīng and the Captain in the first week.

Now, Kallen is no longer afraid of the plot this week.

A few minutes later...

Kallen emitted a sharp, explosive sound.

Then came tears and sobbing.

Otto quickly stepped forward to comfort and coax him.

He knew all along that Kallen would have a mental breakdown when she saw this scene, but he couldn't stop Kallen.

It's all Yaqing's fault.

In the end, Otto shifted the blame onto someone else.

Even Otto, who is often blamed, will one day find himself blaming others.

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377

Chapter 377 First Rescue Failure, Rita's Super-Inspiring Moment

After Guān Xīng died, the Captain followed her words to the back room and found Xiao Te, but due to insufficient energy, he could not wake her up or even have a conversation with her.

The Captain was so excited that he was incoherent. He wanted to save Guān Xīng and make sure Rita wouldn't die, but he had no idea how to do it.

Xiao Te retrieved the keywords, activated the amplification function, located the anchor point, and successfully returned the Captain to three months ago.

The Captain awoke in the Guān Xīng room.

I saw the Guān Xīng again.

Seeing that the Captain had successfully traveled through time, Elysia and the viewers in the live stream felt a sense of relief.

What I fear most is not dying Guān Xīng.

The worst fear is that the Captain will be unable to save Guān Xīng from death.

"Call..."

Elysia breathed a sigh of relief.

"I knew the Captain would go to save Guān Xīng!"

Mobius rolled his eyes at her.

Psychological rant.

I don't know who was crying so hard just now.

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, partly because the Captain's time travel allowed him to save them, and partly because if Guān Xīng hadn't died, Elysia wouldn't have continued crying.

Suddenly, Sakura realized something was wrong.

If the Captain can travel through time, then it's not impossible for Guān Xīng to die multiple times.

Sakura glanced at Elysia, whose tears had turned into laughter.

I hope Elysia can hold on.

While Sakura was praying silently, the plot of the web series was still playing on the computer screen.

[Guān Xīng thought that the array diagram had malfunctioned again, which was why the Captain was teleported here.]

The Captain, without offering further explanation, revealed that reinforcements from the Pirate Federation and the Church of Schicksal would not be coming. He then went with the Guān Xīng to the underwater ruins, where even the giant stone statue Greim had been destroyed by the Hodou.

The Captain helped Guān Xīng set up the Seven Star Array and learned that Hodou had gone to Huangyue City and that Hodou's power had been largely restored. Sensing that something was wrong, the two hurriedly went to Huangyue City.

Following the trail, we arrived at the ancient battlefield.

A figure stood amidst the rising dust.

"Even if it costs me my life, Rita will never let you set foot in Huangyue City again!"

"So cool!"

Little Knowledge couldn't help but blurt it out.

That scene fulfilled everyone's fantasies: ancient mythical beasts in front of them, and countless lights behind them; the spirit of "I will go even if there are thousands of people against me" almost leaped out of the screen; wielding a scythe, they fought to the death without retreating.

"Rita! Rita! Rita!"

Humans are essentially repeaters; the sea of comments in the live stream were all copying this sentence.

This is where Prime Minister Rita's charm is revealed.

Rita, who never showed any weakness, is now covered in wounds, yet she still shows no fear.

"Rita! What are you doing all by yourself?!"

Guān Xīng spoke anxiously.

Rita turned her head, looked at Guān Xīng, noticed the Captain, and realized why Guān Xīng had been able to find her.

Guān Xīng rushed forward and, without hesitation, tore off a corner of his priceless dress to bandage Rita's wound. He puffed out his cheeks like a pufferfish, taking a deep breath—

"Okay, now I can say it: Rita, you're a big liar! A big liar!"

Guān Xīng immediately understood. All those excuses about the war being stable and the lack of need for intervention were just that—excuses. Rita was simply clinging to the foolish idea of perishing together with Hodou.

Rita chuckled and countered, "Didn't you have the same idea when Guān Xīng back then?"

The two chatted about the past, about the changes over the past thousand years, and about every little thing they did Guān Xīng. Rita remembered everything. Even though it was such a tense moment, they talked about all sorts of small things and then about protecting the Huang Empire.

Seeing that the two were about to finish their conversation, the polite Hodou finally launched its attack. Facing the scorching breath, Guān Xīng raised his feather fan to the sky.

"There is a wind, a wind from the east. Gentlemen, please follow me into battle!"

Rita gripped the enormous scythe tightly. Facing the massive beast, she showed no fear, but instead stood in front of Guān Xīng and the Captain, her beautiful eyes resolute.

"Starcaller, please set up the formation with peace of mind. You must let me slay this strange beast and eliminate this threat forever!"

The wind and sand howled, and the fire burned fiercely.

An ancient battlefield filled with the smoke of gunpowder.

"You two gentlemen have helped me to this end..."

"Rita will not win this battle..."

Hodou charged forward, purple light shone on Rita's pretty face. She glanced sideways at the Guān Xīng and the Captain.

"I have no face to see the people of my glorious kingdom!"

This incredibly exciting plot, coupled with the increasingly rousing background music, gives you goosebumps.

"Holy crap! I'm from Shenzhou, and I couldn't hold back my tears when I saw this part. The power of the semi-classical Chinese completely broke down our defenses!"

Whether it's the rising wind of Guān Xīng or Rita's final words, "I have no face to see my people of the glorious nation," both feel extremely familiar to the people of Shenzhou —it's a romance unique to Shenzhou.

"That's so inspiring! With this spirit of unity and cooperation, what can Hodou possibly fight against?"

It was only then that the audience remembered that Honkai was an anime, and also a passionate one.

Keep it up!

Like many other viewers, Elysia was so nervous that she couldn't speak and could only silently encourage herself.

Meanwhile, at the Schicksal Far East Branch.

"I never expected this! Kira, I never realized that the script you wrote was so good. I thought you could only write plots like 'The Chronicle of the Honkai Kingdom'."

Cheng Lixue, who had decided to write a script as well, was immediately impressed when she saw this week's episodes. She also began to look at Shigure Kira in a new light and secretly resolved that she must write a script that would make the audience want to send her razor blades!

"Ah?"

Shigure Kira looked completely bewildered.

She doesn't remember writing this passage.

It seems she only wrote three scripts in total, which she then gave to Yaqing to choose from.

Unexpectedly, Yaqing finalized all three scripts after only a short revision.

"It's really good. Whether it's the plot development or the character design, it's hard to find fault with it."

Salome gave a serious evaluation, a mischievous smile unconsciously creeping onto her lips.