Otto Is Unusually Excited, Raising Suspicions. (Continued)

"Yaqing, you really don't learn your lesson easily."

No wonder Mobius said that.

The story has just begun, and the dialogue between Rita and Durandal is full of philosophical ideas. If you don't watch the web series, you'll be completely confused; if you do watch the web series, you'll be even more bewildered.

"I think the focus shouldn't be on those things, but rather on the relationship between Rita and Durandal."

Elysia couldn't help but smile like an aunt.

Especially when Rita invites Durandal for a drive.

"The two characters in the story definitely have a problem... I wonder if it will be the same in real life..."

Elysia always sees things differently from ordinary people.

Yaqing could feel Elysia's gaze and couldn't help but think about it carefully. Rita's way of being attentive was too low-class. He wasn't stupid; he could definitely see through Rita's intentions.

"Maybe... there might be?"

Yaqing's words were ambiguous.

Elysia's eyes lit up.

"Achoo!" ×2.

At the same time, Durandal at the Central Europe headquarters and Rita at the Far East Branch sneezed.

"The weather is getting cooler."

Wrapped in a bath towel Durandal strode her smooth, long, white legs and sat in front of the dressing table. Looking at herself in the mirror, her beautiful face, even without makeup, was stunning. Her high ponytail, which she had tied up, was now loose over her shoulders, adding a touch of gentleness to her mature and elegant appearance.

"I wonder how Rita is doing..."

"Achoo!"

Rita had just returned to the staff dormitory when she sneezed again, her face slightly flushed, a faint body fragrance mixed with the strong smell of hot pot.

"You're not really catching a cold, are you?"

Shub filled with doubt and worry.

Rita rubbed her nose; she wasn't sure anymore.

As the experiment began, Otto personally accompanied Durandal to the front lines to participate in the experiment.

Upon entering the Sea of Quanta, Durandal destroyed several afterimages of worlds, while Otto, as if pacing back and forth, uttered a few sighs.

To the audience's surprise, in such a dangerous experiment, where one could easily get lost in the Sea of Quanta, Otto actually placed his own consciousness center into this Honkai Steel body.

Immediately afterwards, Durandal dropped another bombshell.

"Bishop, you're joking. If you were serious... I might not be able to guarantee victory in a one-on-one duel, would I?"

"Ah?"

Pardo was surprised. In her mind, Otto was just a figure hiding behind the scenes plotting schemes, and the Jackal's words only reinforced that impression.

Otto is just a coward hiding behind the Valkyrie.

The Jackal's wise words.

"Pardo, have you forgotten? Otto from the first movie could easily solve the Pseudo Herrscher of Death. He wielded the Void Archives and should be able to mimic all the Divine Key. Otto was never a simple schemer."

Mei reminded Pardo.

Pardo suddenly realized that it had been a long time since the first movie was released, and she had almost forgotten the content of the first movie.

"Oh, right!"

"In five hundred years, even a pig would have become a master of combat skills by now."

Mobius's criticism was more rigorous.

"But to be honest, I'm curious about Otto's attitude toward this experiment."

Mobius sat up, touching his chin, looking very serious.

"Otto's plan is to bring Kallen back to life. It's unlikely he would put himself in danger unless..."

Mobius didn't finish her sentence, but everyone could roughly understand what she meant.

Otto was unlikely to put himself in danger before reviving Kallen, unless the experiment was a very important part of the plan to revive Kallen.

"As expected, resurrecting a person is ultimately bound by the Sea of Quanta and the Imaginary Tree. It makes one really curious about his plan."

A strange light seemed to gleam in Mobius's eyes.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the laws of nature. How does Otto intend to reverse these laws?

Although the real Mobius wasn't so obsessed with immortality, as a scientist, she always scoffed at the idea of resurrection, and was simply curious about what outcome Otto's 500 years of effort would bring.

"Will it succeed? I'm inclined to trade one life for another."

Eden took a sip of wine.

"Otto's goal was to revive Kallen, not to fight the Honkai. I think the best ending for him would be to die content after reviving Kallen."

"No, that's not right, Eden."

Elysia, unusually, disagreed with Eden's view.

"Otto's love for Kallen has reached the point of obsession. I feel that he is more likely to use the Honkai, and through the Honkai, to create a beautiful world without the Honkai after Kallen's resurrection."

Elysia shook her head gently.

Otto is an extremely complex character; he can be a shining figure leading Schicksal in its fight against the Honkai, or a ruthless schemer.

The complexity of a person cannot be described in words.

A former great inventor, now Bishop of Schicksal.

[After passing through layers of twisted and eerie spaces, the scene presented to the audience is none other than the Signets Theater of Domination.]

"Could this be...?"

Durandal's expression profoundly reflected the audience's shock.

Otto remained calm, seemingly unfazed, and explained to Durandal that this was indeed the Theater of Domination, and although the Herrscher of Domination had perished, he had still managed to preserve a portion of it.

The Theater of Domination allows them to establish a direct connection to the Imaginary Tree. It was precisely because this Theater of Domination was about to fall into the Sea of Quanta that Otto urgently began the experiment.

Upon hearing about the Collapse Consciousness from Otto, Durandal paused for a moment, as she had initially thought that the Honkai consciousness was merely a hypothesis.

Otto told her about the story of how he confronted the Collapse Consciousness during the second Honkai in 2000.

Otto used a lengthy explanation of the experiment's importance in technical jargon. From an optimistic perspective, if the experiment succeeded, Schicksal would have the leverage to challenge World Serpent and reject the Stigmata Project.

"I'm feeling dizzy, I really can't understand it."

Pardo shook her head, intending to lean on Mei, but seeing Mei's serious expression as she pondered, she turned around and leaned on Ying's shoulder.

"I originally thought that the Tenth Herrscher had nothing to do with Otto, but I didn't expect that he was still making trouble behind the scenes. No wonder he used the disappearance to face the situation and let Durandal stand in the spotlight. He can better set Herrscher of Domination from behind the scenes."

Mei frowned.

Otto's scheme instilled a sense of fear in her, not only in the fictional Bishop Otto, but also in the real-life President Otto.

If Otto knew that he had instilled a trace of fear in the heart of the renowned Dr. MEI he had never met before, I wonder if he would find it both funny and sad?

"Is Otto getting too excited?"

Sakura pried open Pardo's head, mainly because Rin's jealous little eyes made her feel uncomfortable.

"Indeed, he was unusually agitated, but what could have caused this usually composed Archbishop Otto, who had ruled the world for 500 years, to become so excited?"

Although Sakura used a question, everyone already knew the answer.

Kallen.

"Wait, wait, wait..."

Kevin seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly spoke up, while Pardo pressed pause at the right time.

"If I remember correctly, wasn't the last part of the previous chapter about Elysia's appearance? Why does this interlude in the main story update feel more like it's setting up Otto?"

Kevin's expression was strange.

"So, will the next major chapter be about Schicksal or the World Serpent?"

Kevin scratched his head.

Only then did everyone remember Elysia's appearance, and they all pondered and wondered about their own appearance, except for Sakura, Rin, Su, Mei, and Kevin.

"That's right, Yaqing, when can everyone from Golden Courtyard appear together?"

To this, Yaqing only replied with two words.

"Soon."

While everyone was excited, they also had doubts.

The sequel to "Burning Flames Forever" saw the appearance of Elysia cause a huge uproar in the Golden Courtyard, but the two web series that followed left them somewhat confused.

If Sue's appearance in the second part of Durandal was a warm-up for the next movie about the Golden Courtyard, then the timing of her appearance in The Iris Chapter is quite subtle.

Could it be that even those minor plot details involving Fu Hua are just a teaser?

Fu Hua looked at Yaqing, and was about to speak when he saw Yaqing shake his head slightly at him.

Working in the busiest department of the official organization, Fu Hua was currently busy with Elysia's special effects, and she knew at the time that Elysia was in the storyline...

Yaqing is truly not afraid that Eden will make him pack his bags and leave.

Otto asked Changguang to explain the specific experimental steps and technical details to Durandal on his behalf. Just as Changguang was explaining, the scene jumped back to a few days earlier.

In the dim light, several thin threads extended from Otto's wrist, calmly observing the Herrscher of Herrscher of Domination's every move as if manipulating a puppet.

The fragments of the Herrscher of Domination's consciousness were perfect targets for Otto, who possessed a distributed consciousness. He leisurely watched the Herrscher of Herrscher of Domination's actions, and he believed that the children raised by Theresa would become the ultimate victors.

What he was truly interested in wasn't the hero's growth story, but rather to seize Herrscher of Domination's core before anyone else. The opportunity was right in front of him: to plant a traitor while the Herrscher was dueling Kiana.

When the Herrscher of Finality wielded the Sword of Judgment, Otto naturally obtained the core of the Herrscher of Domination.

"Warfare is based on deception."

Otto was not ashamed of taking things by trickery or force.

While the connection between the core and the Imaginary Tree was still intact, Otto quickly examined the spatial authority from outside the Herrscher of the Void. In that instant, Otto was once again pulled into that pure white space.

Otto was not alarmed, as he had been here 17 years earlier.

"We meet again after 17 years, Honkai consciousness."

Upon encountering the so-called Honkai god once again, Otto was even calmer than before, because he had seen through it all: Collapse Consciousness could not change the rules of the world, nor could it even descend upon the human world.

Compared to the Imaginary Tree, if the Imaginary Tree is a vast ocean, then the consciousness before us is a shallow strait.

Otto is talking to the "gods," but the audience can't hear the voice of the Collapse Consciousness; they can only see Otto talking to himself.

Even at the very end, when Otto uttered a name or code name, all that could be heard was static.

Shock, utter shock.

The previous chapter didn't feature Otto at all, and there wasn't even a hint of plot, yet everything that happened was right under Otto's nose, and nothing exceeded his expectations.

It was as if an invisible hand was controlling the direction Kiana and her companions were moving.

It left everyone who saw this feeling breathless.

They didn't know how Kiana could possibly win against such a terrifying enemy. Perhaps only Otto himself would willingly accept his death.

"Call..."

Kiana let out a long breath.

When she saw herself in the storyline being led by the nose by Otto no matter what she did, she thought she could stop the plan, but unknowingly she facilitated Otto's plan and even helped Otto.

Kiana disliked this feeling of being controlled and felt suffocated.

"Kiana, even with Otto's plan, your heart to save others is not because of him. The blood of Kaslana will always beat within you; it is the shield that protects the people."

Seele, the little angel, is not only understanding but also speaks very gently.

Kiana smiled.

She decided that if she discovered anything bad that Otto had done in real life, she would tell Grandma Kallen immediately.

"Kiana, good will prevail over evil. I believe you will definitely defeat the Honkai, no matter how many setbacks and difficulties you encounter in the process, because you are Kiana Kaslana."