Fight for All That Is Beautiful in the World (Continued)

[The scene shifts from the Hyperion ship deck back to the Theater of Domination. The Herrscher of the Void sees the Plague Gem and is moved. She decides to take back all six gems that Sirin originally possessed.]

"I will stop you."

"You can't do it☆".

Kiana's resolute expression was a joke in the eyes of the Herrscher of the Void.

His golden pupils were filled with coldness and malice.

He spoke the cruelest words to Kiana in a dismissive tone.

It turns out that the stormtrooper captain killed by the Herrscher of the Void during her first awakening Ragna Ragnar. She was Schicksal's Valkyrie instructor and Murata Himeko's teacher.

The entire Valkyrie Assault Team was wiped out, with only Himeko, who was fortunate enough to be absent, surviving. Having lost her home, her teacher, and her comrades, she had no choice but to leave headquarters and go to the far east.

Every word the Herrscher of the Void uttered was like a needle pricking Kiana's lungs.

What Kiana heard was the same thing.

Himeko suffered so much because of you, and ultimately died because of you! You are a sinner, the malice of the world!

"We have no such memory; you couldn't possibly know these things!"

Kiana's face turned pale, and her rebuttal was weak and feeble.

"But it knows."

The Herrscher of the Void shook the Plague Gem in her hand as if it were a small toy.

"Her confusion, pain, and struggle flashed by like a revolving lantern at the end of her life and were etched into the Plague Gem."

"Hahaha... Hahahaha! Look, you've completely toyed with her fate! You changed her life and then brought her death. What a farce!"

"Murata Himeko, isn't she the best proof? Your hero, your ideal martyr, she burned herself out, placing her so-called 'hope' upon you..."

"But it turned you into a walking corpse, born to atone for your sins."

The Herrscher of the Void's voice was like a cold blade, piercing into everyone's heart, causing excruciating pain and utter despair.

No one could have predicted that Ragna would die at the hands of Kiana, and even fewer could have imagined that the Herrscher of the Void would bring it up at this time.

They asked themselves honestly, if they had been hit by this series of punches, they probably would have collapsed long ago.

First it was the doll, then it was the Void Herrscher; the entire plot of the past two weeks has revolved around Kiana, leaving no room for respite.

"..."

Elysia opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

Kiana wouldn't have any worries about the Herrscher of the Void if it were anyone else, but why Himeko? Himeko is like an indelible scar in Kiana's heart.

"Well."

Mei sighed.

She now understood why Yaqing had been so agitated.

He was so excited that he insisted on watching it with them.

Ragna is the fuse, and at the end of the fuse is a bomb named Himeko, also known as Guilt and Regret.

"With one blow after another, I don't know if Kiana can withstand it."

Kevin also sighed.

In reality, Kiana is only a few years younger than him. Perhaps it's because of his status as an ancestor in Honkai, or perhaps it's because of his status Yaqing. In his eyes, Kiana, who shares the same surname, is just a cute junior.

He couldn't bear to watch Kiana being tortured so badly in the story.

"That despicable Yaqing."

Elysia pouted angrily, her cheeks puffing out like a pufferfish, and glared at Yaqing.

"What does this have to do with me?"

Yaqing waved her hand, stubbornly refusing to admit that she was the screenwriter.

If he admitted it, after seeing what happened next, he probably wouldn't even be able to leave the movie theater.

Ke Yaqing had prepared something for Elysia.

To Mobius's amusement, Yaqing pulled out a pack of tissues from behind her back.

Elysia froze the moment she saw the tissue box.

She naturally knew the value of tissues. In the past, whenever there was a particularly heart-wrenching plot, Yaqing would always keep a pack of tissues on the armrest of her chair.

Elysia took the tissues without thinking.

Mei shook her head.

The once gentle and lovely Miss Pink Elf is almost being forced into becoming a faded fairy.

Kevin, Su, Kalpas, Ying, and the others all shuddered at the same time. Even Fu Hua was far away in Shenzhou, and Eden in Central Europe were not spared.

Is the air conditioning too cold?

Kevin rubbed his nose.

"You just hate her."

Kiana spoke angrily.

She wouldn't allow anyone to badmouth Himeko in front of her.

The Herrscher of the Void shook her head, her tone not condescending, but extremely serious.

"No, Kiana. For the past six months, I have been watching your every move through your eyes, witnessing everything you have experienced—loss, separation, and failure after failure."

"You risked your life to save complete strangers, alienated your friends, and in the end, you were feared, estranged, and pointed at by those same people."

The Herrscher of the Void sneered.

"They never accepted you; they only feared your power. So these people banded together to ostracize you, leaving you feeling guilty and remorseful."

"Those you saved will still be overwhelmed by malice and may even blame you for their misfortune."

"And those who idolize you are just pretending to be heroes; beneath their facade, they only want to exploit you, get close to you, and destroy you."

Speechless.

Not only did Kiana not refute it, but the audience who saw this scene also didn't know where to begin refuting it.

Although the audience is reluctant to admit it, the members of Anti-Entropy did initially regard Kiana as an enemy, including the girl who became the Herrscher of Domination. Kiana saved her, she blamed all her suffering on Kiana.

Elysia's mind is now filled with that one sentence from the doll.

"The disaster did not defeat us, but our fellow human beings did."

It was like a demonic sound piercing the ears.

"Do you remember that stranger who showed you kindness? The staff member at the Salt Lake Base? She was also a puppet."

The Herrscher of the Void revealed the most hurtful truth in the most indifferent tone: it turned out that the first staff member who expressed goodwill to Kiana was actually an undercover agent. It was this agent who leaked the information, allowing the doll to enter the Salt Lake Base with impunity.

"..."

Kiana clenched her fist.

They seemed unable to believe it.

"This is the result that Murata Himeko paid with her life. You can never save them because they don't want to be saved."

"Everyone in this theater is like this, and so is the world outside this theater; it has never changed."

The Herrscher of the Void's tone turned cold, and the background music gradually became more intense, carrying a strong sense of oppression. Only in the Queen of Void could one see the oppressive power of the Herrscher as the destroyer of Honkai.

"Theresa, Ziegfried, Cecilia, everyone is the same."

"Their kindness was trampled by another evil thought, their life's efforts were destroyed overnight, and their firmly held ideals were worthless in the eyes of others."

"Faced with such a world, can you still shamelessly claim to 'fight for all the good things in the world'?"

"..."

Elysia opened her mouth.

I want to refute it, but I have nowhere to refute it.

Lies don't hurt people; it's the truth that hurts.

Only when the last fig leaf is torn away and the cruel truth is exposed can they truly understand the emotions that Kiana has been suppressing.

Emotions are like springs; the more you compress them, the higher they bounce.

"The struggle between good and evil is also a clash of beliefs and wills. More than an hour of dialogue was all for the sake of the theme of Honkai: 'Fight for all the good in the world.' Now, can Kiana really say those words?"

Vill-V looked meaningfully at Kiana on the big screen.

"I believe Kiana will definitely not lose to the Herrscher of the Void...!"

Elysia said firmly.

She believed that Kiana would never give up, that she would carry on Himeko's legacy, and that she would continue step by step until the Honkai ended.

Even though the Post-Honkai Odyssey mentions that 99% of the world's Honkai energy is sealed on the moon, Elysia always believed that Kiana and the others would definitely be able to completely eliminate the Honkai.

"Little guinea pig, you wrote the script like this, aren't you really afraid Kiana will cry and make a scene?"

Mobius whispered in Yaqing's ear.

Yaqing gave Mobius a deep look.

"If the truth brings pain, lies will only make things worse."

At this moment, Yaqing felt incredibly handsome, his smile even more irrepressible than Ak's.

But in Mobius's eyes, suddenly spouting a few profound words was no different from being a fool.

"But does the Herrscher of the Void really talk this much?"

Sakura then realized that the entire hour-long drama, apart from a few insignificant fight scenes, consisted entirely of conversations between the Herrscher of the Void and Kiana, yet the audience couldn't feel the slightest bit annoyed.

"She keeps attacking Kiana, trying to break Kiana's mentality with the past. But it gives the impression that she is afraid of losing to Kiana, or that she wants to prove that only she is the real Sirin, Kiana is just a thief?"

"Both, I suppose."

Blanca sighed.

"The Herrscher of the Void, as an extension of Sirin's evil, believed herself to be Sirin from the moment she was born. In reality, she is also a pitiful person."

"That's true, she may be pitiful, but we will never forgive what she did!"

Pardo bit her lower lip.

No matter how wicked a person is, it's impossible to ignore the sins they've committed just because you pity them. Take Otto, for example. People acknowledge his love for Kallen and his five-hundred-year obsession with her, but the audience still hates him and wants him dead.

"It is unfair to those who have been harmed by evildoers who have committed heinous crimes to whitewash them. Death is their final punishment, not shifting the blame onto another person."

If the Herrscher of the Void were to be redeemed, shifting the blame for killing Ragna and Himeko onto Sirin, and then brazenly residing within Kiana's body under the guise of atonement, viewers would be tempted to smash their screens.

Then, they held their breath.

Quietly watch Kiana's reply.

"I'm willing to believe"

Upon hearing this answer, the previously quiet theater erupted in excited chatter.

Kiana's answer greatly affirmed their inner thoughts.

Kiana's answer had only just begun.

Kiana has been having dreams about all sorts of people; those are the lingering echoes of consciousness from the Herrscher Core, and she can feel their lives, their joys and sorrows.

Everyone has painful memories and despair in difficult situations, but afterwards, they grit their teeth, stand up, and live on despite their wounds.

"Good and evil are like you and me, existing in everyone's heart. They are two sides of the same coin, inseparable light and shadow."

"You're right, the world is not beautiful. That's why people yearn for beauty, and that's my reasoning."

Kiana's tone was very firm.

It seemed to brook no questioning.

Kiana's voice is like a gentle stream, flowing through the hearts of every viewer, soothing all negative emotions, and making people unable to help but quiet down and listen to Kiana's story.

Because good and evil coexist, Kiana believes that everyone has their own opportunity to make the world a better place.