The Third Herrscher: Raiden Mei / Her Majesty the Queen's Voice and Image Live On, Her Smile Forever Remembered

(Seating:

First row: Salome, Shub, Patrick, Shigure Kira, Himeko

Second row: Bronya, Kiana, Raiden Mei, Little Knowledge, Fu Hua

Third row: Su, Sakura, Ling, Pardo, Kalpas, Kosma

Fourth row: Klein, Cang Xuan, Danzhu

Fifth row: Aponia, Little Void, Lyle, Adam, Raven, Blanca, Griseo, Hen

Sixth row: Mei, Kevin, Yaqing, Mobius, Elysia, Eden)

The Third Herrscher: Raiden Mei

After Kiana and Mei reunited, Kiana, who had left the operation plan without authorization, once again received Himeko's "loving care." Kiana once again demonstrated the intelligence of a brainless idiot.

"Wei Yu Chou Mou... what's that?"

Kiana and Mei fought their way to the rear of the battleship. Just as Kiana was about to finish everything in one go, Mei stopped her. A huge shadow covered them both.

The camera panned upward, revealing the large Honkai Beast that had appeared earlier.

Because the Honkai energy on the Moonlight Throne had exceeded the limit, this Honkai Emperor had also been greatly strengthened. Two B-Rank Valkyries quickly fell into a disadvantage, and Kiana was even knocked to the ground.

But was it really facing only two "ordinary" B-Rank Valkyries?

"I can't... fall here!"

"At least... I have to protect Kiana..."

Mei struggled to stand in front of Kiana.

"Third Herrscher activity detected. Restriction protocol, activated." A cold female mechanical voice rang out.

The screen went black. Several streaks of pink blade light flashed across it. When the screen lit up again, it showed Mei's lovely face, except her gentle demeanor was gone, and her eyes were filled with an eerie red.

"Go to hell, trash!"

Countless blades carrying lightning sliced the Honkai Emperor, which had seemed so overwhelmingly oppressive moments ago, directly into several pieces. The nearby Honkai Beasts were also minced into powder.

Bronya, the last member of The Trio, arrived late. The moment she stepped onto the rear of the battleship, she saw fragments of Honkai Beasts everywhere. At the center, Raiden Mei, who had returned to normal, held the unconscious Kiana.

"Bronya... thank goodness you're okay too." Mei's eyes were filled with exhaustion. The moment she finished speaking, she fainted into Bronya's arms.

"The Third Herrscher has finally appeared."

"Why do I feel like I missed an entire movie?"

"Yeah, yeah. It doesn't connect to the previous movie. Sirin was the Second Herrscher, and this movie skipped straight past the Third Herrscher. We have no idea what happened."

"Big Sister Mei, step on me!"

"Throw the person upstairs out!"

"From now on, I'm Miss Mei's dog! Woof woof woof! Miss Mei, please step on me!"

"Throw this one out too!"

"The Third Herrscher is the Herrscher of Thunder?" Mobius glanced at Yaqing and said, "Aren't you planning to write that part of the story? It could easily make the audience feel like the plot is disjointed."

Yaqing released the straw he had been biting and said, "That part is too short. Altogether, it wouldn't even make half an hour. But if I added it to the movie, the runtime would become too long."

"So how are you planning to solve it?"

"Once this movie is over, I'll open an IP website, polish up the draft a little, and release it as a free comic."

"Mm."

Their conversation ended there, and the atmosphere gradually became awkward.

Not because of them, but because of the people seated beside them.

On the left, Mei leaned against Kevin's shoulder while Kevin had an arm around her.

On the right, Elysia leaned against Eden's shoulder, and Eden occasionally fed Elysia popcorn.

This left Yaqing and Mobius, seated in the middle, uncomfortable from both sides.

"Want some?" Yaqing deliberately searched for something to say and handed over his bucket of popcorn.

"Yes." Mobius reached out and took a few pieces.

Once again, there was a deathly silence.

"Tch..." Kevin wore an expression of disappointment.

In the front row, Kiana's eyes sparkled as she watched the domineering "Mei." She hurriedly patted Mei and asked, "Mei, you actually voiced her! I've never seen you like that before."

Mei blushed furiously and hurriedly denied it, waving her little hands in front of her massive chest. "It wasn't me. I really can't make that voice."

"Impossible! There's no way I'd mistake Mei's voice!" Kiana absolutely refused to admit that she could mistake Mei's voice.

"You didn't hear wrong. This is Yaqing's latest research product. It can imitate the voices of people that have been inputted, though it still has flaws." Su, seated one row behind them, explained.

"Um, Uncle, why don't you open your eyes?" Kiana asked curiously.

"I'm Su." Su reminded her with a forced smile.

"I know, but you're Stinky Old Uncle's roommate. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to call you Brother, and calling you by your name doesn't feel right either, so I can only call you Uncle." Kiana said innocently.

"That makes sense." Su accepted that explanation.

"Wait, if we're talking about seniority, shouldn't you call me Auntie?" Little Knowledge spotted the key issue. After all, she and Yaqing were practically brothers.

"Why?!"

"Because Yaqing and I are close!"

"Damn it!"

Bronya was reporting the mission's progress to Himeko. Kiana carried the unconscious Raiden Mei on her back, while Bronya displayed her hacking skills and successfully entered the battleship's interior.

From Bronya, they learned that the design style, design philosophy, and even the insignia of this battleship all bore strong Anti-Entropy characteristics. However, she had no idea why this unmanned battleship had appeared above Canghai City.

Mei slowly woke up.

During the three girls' conversation, they learned that Bronya had broken free from Anti-Entropy's control because of Mei. This naturally made the audience curious about the three girls' past, as well as Anti-Entropy.

"Broke free from Anti-Entropy's control? I remember Anti-Entropy being the good guys in the first movie. Why are they suddenly controlling children?" Pardo asked in confusion.

"I don't know. I'm more curious about what exactly happened between them," Sakura said.

Anyone familiar with them could probably tell that Raiden Mei's father was Raiden Ryoma, who had also appeared in the first movie and was clearly part of Anti-Entropy.

And now, the daughter of an Anti-Entropy higher-up, a girl once controlled by Anti-Entropy, and the daughter of an S-Rank Valkyrie from Schicksal—people who clearly had nothing to do with one another—had somehow been forced together.

On the way to the bridge, Bronya noticed that Mei was still forcing herself to endure. She planned to hack into Anti-Entropy's mech and turn it into an ally. While cracking it, Bronya noticed a Trojan virus, but merely treated it as a Honkai energy leak.

"Whoa! So cool! Let me drive it!" Kiana said excitedly.

As expected, Bronya refused her and rattled off a bunch of knowledge Kiana had never even heard of.

Kiana did not care about any of that and immediately climbed into the mech.

The screen switched to a first-person perspective, giving the audience an immersive feeling.

The mech charged forward like an ancient warrior, smashing through everything in its path. Unsurprisingly, after reaching the bridge, the mech was completely scrapped. Kiana, whether intentionally or by accident, pressed the self-destruct button when she got out.

After entering the bridge, Bronya used Project Bunny 19C to hack the battleship's controls.

But she was quickly stunned.

"No login password... all operational permissions open... how could this be?"

"What does that mean?" Elysia could not understand.

"Idiot. No login password and all operational permissions open means it's basically giving this battleship to whoever reaches the bridge," Mobius explained.

"Could it have been given to Raiden Mei? After all, Raiden Ryoma's ME Corporation is a subsidiary of Anti-Entropy," Kevin offered a possibility.

"I feel like it was given to Kiana," Mei suddenly said.

Yaqing felt that he could not bring Mei along to future movie screenings.

Queen, Forever Remembered

Bronya discovered an email in the battleship's main control elevator. Since she was reporting the mission situation to Himeko, she read it aloud.

"Dear Kiana, hello! This battleship, the Moonlight Throne, has finally been returned to you after fourteen years."

"You will ascend the throne and shape a new world."

"But before that, you must find four 'keys.'"

"The thunder of conquest, the flames of plague, the storm of desire, and the death of serenity."

"Oh, and the password for the navigation system is your birthday~"

The contents of the email stirred up a huge uproar. Anyone who had watched the previous movie understood what those four keys meant. They were the lines Sirin had spoken when "God" bestowed upon her four powers.

"The Queen is truly forever remembered."

"The Queen, forever remembered, her smile preserved for eternity!"

"The Queen, forever..."

In the future, when Sirin saw the movie's barrage comments flooding the screen, she truly wanted to bite Yaqing to death.

"The four keys refer to four Herrscher Cores, right? Isn't that Sirin's loadout?" Kevin said.

"No, one is still missing—the Herrscher of the Void's Core." Mobius snatched Yaqing's bucket of popcorn.

"What if the Void Herrscher's Core is already inside Kiana's body?" Mei joked.

Yaqing's expression remained calm, but a storm had already risen in his heart.

Could she be...?

"Mei, your imagination is really wild. Why not apply to be a screenwriter for Yaqing?"

Mobius reserved judgment. She did not believe there could be a Herrscher Core inside Kiana's body. How could something so uncontrollable be placed inside a person? Unless Otto could create clones and test them one by one. Still, the script Yaqing wrote could not be that inhumane, could it?

"Dr. Mobius, don't forget our bet. If a Herrscher capable of controlling the internet appears, you have to wear a little dress," Mei suddenly brought up their old agreement.

"What little dress?!" At the mention of a little dress, Elysia eagerly leaned over. "Mobius, have you finally come around? Are you willing to wear the little dress I gave you?"

"No." Mobius irritably pushed Elysia's lovely face away and stared fiercely at Yaqing, as though threatening him.

Yet Yaqing did not even look at her. He only cared about the movie's plot.

What a joke. You were both the director and the screenwriter. You had watched the plot countless times already, so how could you still be this focused?

Mobius was angry.

In the front row, Kiana curiously looked at the people beside her and asked, "But I'm really curious who gave me this battleship. Does the me in the story have some major connection to Anti-Entropy? Does your script mention it?"

But the only response she received was everyone shaking their heads.

The names of the four keys sounded familiar to Himeko. She asked Kiana to tell Bronya her birthday, but Kiana was unwilling.

At that moment, Mei suddenly said, "Bronya, Kiana's birthday is December 7th~"

"Eh?! Mei!"

After Bronya entered Kiana's birthday, she successfully changed the navigation destination. Just as the three girls breathed a sigh of relief, an alarm suddenly sounded, and their communication with Himeko was cut off.

Bronya's outfit was dyed black. Network-like markings appeared on her face, her pupils turned crimson, and her tone contained not a trace of emotion.

"VALKYRIE SYSTEM, biological chip abnormality detected... forcibly activating emergency control system."

"Restarting. Switching to elimination mode. Eliminate all nearby enemies."

Behind Bronya, Project Bunny 19C aimed its cannons at Kiana and Raiden Mei. After an "easy" battle, Bronya slowly woke up in Mei's arms.

"Bronya... could it be that Bronya's chip went out of control just now..."

Himeko's communication was restored.