The Theater of Domination Comes to a Close?
"Possibly, after all, whatever Otto does, it probably won't cause a complete collapse."
Kevin agreed.
Upon arriving at the professor's office, I found a notebook. At first, the notebook seemed normal, but as the records related to the Theater of Domination gradually became bizarre, accompanied by somewhat eerie background music.
Pardo was so frightened that she closed her eyes and dared not look anymore.
As Fu Hua was heading to find the security guards to find out what was going on, she encountered the professor's puppet on the way. After easily killing the monsters it summoned, the puppet prepared to escape.
Fortunately, Theresa arrived in time and bound the doll with Judah's chains, but the doll acted like a delirious pilgrim.
Knowing she wouldn't get any clues, Theresa used the chains to pierce the doll's body and brought the core back to Anti-Entropy.
The plan went too smoothly, leaving Fu Hua and Theresa with a sense of unreality.
Several days later, Welt convened a meeting, and through the analysis of the core inside the doll, Einstein made a major discovery.
The puppets are like an interconnected network, and the Theater of Domination is their server. They can share information with each other, which is also their main source of intelligence.
Using the core of the puppet, Anti-Entropy -Entropy traced back to pinpoint its location. After eliminating more than a dozen puppets hidden among humans, the puppets ceased their activity, perhaps sensing something.
But what caught Einstein's attention even more was that the number of puppets stopped at exactly 500.
They suspected that the doll project had entered a new phase.
Welt knew very well that waiting until the puppets were destroyed before rushing to the scene, as before, would not work. The best way was to take the initiative, gather the puppets in a controllable area, and capture them all at once.
The difficulty of this plan lies in how to throw out a bait that the puppet cannot refuse, thus luring it into the trap.
"I'll be the bait."
Kiana's voice broke the silence in the conference room.
He knew that the doll's target was the Herrscher, so having two cores like himself was an offer they couldn't refuse.
She also told everyone that this plan was the one she had provided to Welt.
"Phew, that part really scared me to death. The music combined with the notes was so creepy."
Pardo finally dared to open her eyes.
"Finally, there's a bit of a scary atmosphere."
Sakura showed some interest, but only a little.
When the word "bait" was uttered, a sense of unease settled over everyone.
It's unclear whether the Herrscher of the Thousand have any hidden tricks up their sleeves. Kiana went there so innocently as bait; the worst-case scenario is that the plan fails, the Herrscher of the Thousand aren't eliminated, and the power of the Herrscher of the Void is lost instead.
Kiana has already suffered enough.
They didn't want Kiana to get hurt again.
But they also understood that Kiana's words made sense, and they couldn't refute them.
Because this is the only way so far.
"The Herrscher of the Thousand must be plotting something else. Sigh... Poor Kiana."
Elysia sighed.
Theresa and Fu Hua retrieving the core of the first Herrscher of Domination was too easy, making it seem suspicious at first glance, as if Kiana and the others were deliberately allowed to fall into the trap.
["Cough..."
Welt coughed, drawing everyone's attention to himself, and began to explain his detailed plan. He agreed to Kiana's plan, but had no intention of putting Kiana in danger.
He planned to first travel to the Arctic base aboard the Hyperion, where there was a base proposed by Congress specifically to house the Herrscher of the Void. He deliberately had the doll intercept this message.
The journey from the Salt Lake Base to the Arctic is the only opportunity for the puppet to seize the Herrscher Authority of the Void.
Of course, whether or not the plan is implemented is not up to Welt alone, but is decided by a vote of everyone.
Einstein and Tesla were the first to vote in favor, while Theresa and the others remained somewhat silent.
If they could, they really didn't want Kiana to get hurt again.
Kiana once again demonstrated her persuasive skills, comforting Theresa and the others.
Even though Theresa and the others were unwilling and worried, they still voted in favor.
The plan was thus formally established and will be implemented in three days.
"I still have a feeling that something will go wrong."
Mei frowned.
The more perfect a plan is, the more likely it is to run into problems in the development of anime.
If things really develop as planned, the puppets controlled by the low-combat-capability dolls will have a hard time resisting the Anti-Entropy mechs, even if they have the Authority of Reason.
But will the story really unfold this way?
Mei clearly didn't think so.
"Heh, this plan still has a major flaw. If the puppet unexpectedly pulls Kiana into the Theater of Domination, isolating the Anti-Entropy members from it, wouldn't the plan be ruined?"
Mobius gave a cold laugh.
Mei finally realized where that strange feeling in her heart came from.
"Professor Mobius is right. Judging from the way the puppets are behaving, they may not even have brains. Perhaps... they really might have stepped on a trap set specifically for them by Anti-Entropy?"
Vill-V chuckled softly.
"Vill-V, at least they are a collection of human malice; we should look at them from the most beastly perspective."
Mobius sneered.
Vill-V smiled and did not refute.
For some Yaqing, Mobius never guessed correctly about anything related to the Honkai. Suddenly, he felt someone poking him and turned to look.
Kevin whispered, "Yaqing, do I have any scenes in this movie?"
Yaqing replied, "Very few."
Kevin was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this reply.
"Don't worry, you'll have plenty of screen time later on. Don't forget, everyone else hasn't even appeared yet."
Yaqing's tone was complicated.
But Kevin was happy as long as he knew he had a lot of screen time later on.
Currently, it seems that he and Otto are the only two male characters who occupy a significant portion of the main storyline.
One sought to revive Kallen, the other to save the world.
Kevin was secretly delighted.
You can't be a hero in real life.
So let's save the world through animation.
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400
Chapter 400: The Curtain Falls on the Theater of Domination?
The scene shifts to the unusually quiet conference hall that Theater of Domination, until the puppet standing at the highest point reveals the information that Anti-Entropy deliberately released.
An agitated puppet slammed its fist on the table, deeming this a provocation, a blatant provocation. If they couldn't even seize this opportunity, wouldn't they be worse than rats?
Soon, its words were recognized by the other dolls.
Therefore, they unanimously voted to launch an attack on the Herrscher of the Void.
Even though they knew it was a trap.
When Qianjie heard the puppet compare himself to a brown bear, Kalpas scoffed.
"Hahaha, only trash would nitpick over these things, and only rats would think they're brown bears. They don't even have the right to fight."
Kalpas suddenly felt bored.
"It's a pity they weren't brown bears, and they didn't step on a bear trap, but a landmine. They were destined to be blown to pieces."
So far, it seems that the Herrscher of the Thousand have successfully fallen into the trap, but it also makes the audience think that even if the Herrscher of the Thousand have low combat power, they have the advantage of large numbers. On the other hand, Anti-Entropy is in a different situation.
Leading the group is Welt, the First Herrscher who is no longer Herrscher. Bronya, whose Herrscher Core has been taken away, can only control the mechs Einstein and Tesla.
The only ones who truly possess individual combat capabilities are the S-Rank Valkyrie Judah and her launchers Theresa, Seele and Dark Seele, and Fu Hua.
The most crucial one is Fu Hua.
As long as Fu Hua is there to protect you, even in dire straits, you can burn your memories to fight for the enemy.
The impression left by that Tai Xu Sword God move was too deep for them. If it weren't for the Collapse Consciousness taking the hit for Sirin's consciousness would probably have been offline long ago. Using it to deal with the Herrscher of the Thousand was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Three days later, on the Hyperion for the Arctic base, the dolls launched an attack as expected, with Bronya and Seele guarding the deck being the first to meet the enemy.
The battle was quickly resolved, but Tesla reminded her that the enemy had not yet been eliminated. Bronya realized that the doll had already entered the ship's interior from the deck.
On the other side, Kiana stayed inside a simple electromagnetic barrier, which effectively prevented her from coming into contact with the doll.
As Theresa was chatting with Kiana, a strange laugh came from all directions, and the two of them immediately became alert, watching as a doll crawled out of the ventilation duct.
Theresa stepped forward to meet the enemy.
However, this was not the puppet's main attack route. Some puppets infiltrated the Hyperion's power generation system, causing the electromagnetic barrier protecting Kiana to disappear.
Three puppets suddenly appeared behind Kiana and pulled her into the Theater of Domination.
"Broken!"
Seeing Kiana being pulled into the Theater of Domination alone, everyone couldn't help but feel worried.
According to Welt's plan, Kiana was supposed to be used as bait to wipe out the Herrscher of the Thousand in one fell swoop. But now, Kiana has been lured into the Theater of Domination, onto enemy territory...
"Oh no, oh no, oh no! Isn't this useless? Kiana can't use her Herrscher Authority, so she can only passively take a beating!"
Pardo panicked.
She recalled the promotional video for Theater of Domination that aired during the update schedule of the Star Extinction web series.
In that promotional video, Kiana was constantly being beaten, punched, burned, and covered in injuries. Because of the storyline involving Seele and Dark Seele, everyone forgot about the content of that promotional video.
But Pardo remembered.
"It's over. The puppet actually succeeded. The roles of prey and hunter have been reversed."
Kevin rubbed his forehead.
He didn't know what "he" was doing. For the sake of human civilization and to drive away the Honkai, why didn't he take action to eliminate the Herrscher of the Thousand and let these clowns dance on stage for so long?
Judgement of Shamash: All beings are equal.
Something's not right...
Mei seemed to be deep in thought.
Kiana, pulled into the Theater of Domination, remained calm. She didn't respond to the doll's foul language, but instead ran around, trying to find an open space inside the Theater of Domination.
The doll wasn't in a hurry to kill Kiana; instead, it wanted to toy with her and destroy Kiana mind, like a cat playing with a mouse.
Upon arriving at a relatively empty square, Kiana stopped. The doll mocked Kiana, saying she was choosing her own grave.
Kiana retaliated, "It's a grave. A grave chosen for a doll."
The dolls were amused by this remark.
Kiana grew increasingly calm, realizing that this was her only chance.
The audience was completely bewildered, having no idea what had happened.
The scene shifts to three days prior, where Welt proposed a third scenario, which is the current situation. Kiana's solution was to use the power of the Herrscher of the Void to bring the Hyperion into the Theater of Domination.
This is a high-stakes gamble; if it fails, the Herrscher of the Void's powers will be taken away by the puppet.
Kiana took a deep breath.
"I'm ready!"
Kiana unleashed the full power of the Herrscher of the Void, accompanied by golden light emanating from her palm. A black hole with a golden edge suddenly appeared in the sky Theater of Domination.