Collapse City, Starting by Making an Anime Version of Honkai

Cocolia rubbed her itchy nose.

Chapter 79: Envy Ziegfried

[After inspecting ME Corporation for a long time without finding a way in, Himeko suggested a temporary retreat, considering they might be discovered by Anti-Entropy forces.

"No way, how can we just go back like this! I'm not going back! Even if it's just me, I'm going to save Mei!" Kiana protested.

Just as Kiana was about to act alone, Bronya suddenly patched into their comms, saying she would find a way to help them get in.

Himeko disagreed. After all, it was Bronya's mind control that led to Mei and Wendy being captured by Anti-Entropy, and Bronya's timing was too abnormal.

Himeko couldn't trust the current Bronya.

But Kiana was willing to trust Bronya.

While infiltrating ME Corporation headquarters, Kiana learned from Himeko that Theresa had once again been offered the rank of S-Rank Valkyrie, but she refused it herself.

After Kiana dealt with several Anti-Entropy robots, she sighed that if Destiny could also develop such robots, Valkyries wouldn't have to go to the battlefield anymore.

Unfortunately, her idea was quickly shattered by Theresa and Himeko. Destiny had also researched unmanned Honkai energy weapons, but the drawbacks were too great, and the return wasn't proportional to the investment.

It was far better to use Valkyries. Honkai energy could only be stably stored within a Valkyrie's body. However, the price for this was that the human body, as a vessel, would experience constant Honkai energy erosion, shortening its lifespan and leading to early death.

Kiana and the others arrived at the passage Bronya mentioned. Bronya used her authority to open the door, sent them a map, and told them to hurry. Researchers were preparing to dissect Raiden and extract the Herrscher core from her body.]

"Ahhh, I absolutely won't allow that to happen!"

Kiana reacted exactly like she did in the movie.

Bronya reminded her, "Idiot Kiana, don't be so loud. This is a movie theater, not the dorm."

"Sorry, sorry."

Kiana looked around, a little embarrassed.

"Eh! So Theresa isn't an S-Rank Valkyrie?" Pardo asked in surprise. She had always thought Theresa was an S-Rank Valkyrie, after all, she almost soloed a six-core Herrscher in the last movie.

"According to what Ms. Himeko said in the movie, Theresa's strength is enough to become an S-Rank Valkyrie. I guess she refused because of Cecilia's death," Su speculated.

[Kiana's figure reminded Theresa of Ziegfried. Under Kiana's questioning, Theresa spoke of fighting alongside Ziegfried and recounted many of his glorious deeds.

What caught Kiana's attention the most was that Ziegfried had apparently touched the butt of every Valkyrie on the Hyperion warship at the time.

This made Kiana very envious.]

Immediately, the female viewers watching the movie simultaneously showed expressions of disdain.

"Rumors! This is pure rumor!" Ziegfried hurriedly explained.

"I know, dear, Kira explained it to me," Cecilia said with a gentle smile. "But, dear, how are you going to explain it to the audience watching the movie?"

Ziegfried, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, froze again.

"That old man is really..." Kiana subconsciously started to say, but suddenly realized Mei was next to her, and swallowed the word "enviable" back down.

"Kiana, what did you want to say?" Mei looked at Kiana gently, but her smile was a little stiff.

"Mei, I'm definitely not envious of that old man!" Brainless Idiot blurted out.

Bronya facepalmed speechlessly.

In the front row, the women looked at each other. Patrick said, "It sounds familiar... Isn't this the rumor Kira made up back then?"

"Eh! Is it a rumor?" Kiana, who was sitting in the row behind them, curiously leaned forward. She had known since she was a child that her old man and her rotten uncle had a bad relationship because of this, and she had always thought it was true.

Shub nodded, revealing her standard shark teeth, and a dangerous light flashed in her beautiful eyes as she said, "If it were true, his hand wouldn't be able to stay on when he touched me."

[Just as Kiana and the others entered the passage, the door behind them closed, and Cocolia's voice rang out through the broadcast. She mocked Theresa for being unworthy of her name, falling into such a simple trap.

Theresa didn't hold back either, directly calling her a sinister fox.

Himeko then said that this made the mission simpler. As long as they entered the lab and rescued Mei, they could fight their way out and destroy ME Corporation in the process.

"Then I'll be waiting for you in the lab. I hope you don't die on the way and make me wait in vain."

The road to the lab was not easy. Since they had been discovered, the guards immediately mobilized. Unmanned mechs nearly blocked the corridor for Kiana and the others.

What followed was a heroic battle, but strangely, Theresa didn't make a move from beginning to end. The special effects were all focused on Himeko and Kiana.]

"Amazing, Teacher Himeko looks about the same size as me, but she can use such a large sword. It seems I still need to work hard," Fu Hua muttered to herself.

Himeko, who was sitting in front of Fu Hua, didn't dare to look back at all. She knew her student. She was a martial arts fanatic. If she was the Himeko in the movie, it wouldn't matter, but she was just a bum who eats and waits to die!

Himeko was really afraid that the upright Fu Hua would drag her into a sparring match!

"Hahaha, Old Timer, how dare you say you're similar in size to Himeko? Just look at your flat chest..."

"Bang!"

Fu Hua rubbed her wrist.

Little Knowledge, who was sitting next to her, covered the large bump that had just grown on her head, and tears involuntarily seeped from her eyes.

Hearing the bang, Himeko dared not look back even more.

[Kiana and the others arrived at the lab based on the information Bronya gave them. They saw Mei, whose hands were restrained and hanging unconscious in mid-air, and Bronya, still dressed in her corrupted outfit.

"Give Mei back to me!" Kiana shouted, holding dual pistols.

Cocolia rebuked them, saying they didn't understand the true value of a Herrscher. If they could grasp how a Herrscher controlled the forces of nature, humanity's technological level would leap forward.

"Bronya, stop them," Cocolia ordered.

But Bronya didn't move. She spoke to herself, Cocolia was like a mother to her, and she didn't want to hurt Mei. So, she burned the biochip in her brain, allowing Kiana to take Mei.

Hearing that Bronya had burned her brain chip, Cocolia's tone was both angry and fearful. She was truly panicked.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?!"

Bronya turned to look at Mei.

"Bronya believes that Mei is more important than her own life."

"Bronya will no longer accept any orders that would harm Mei."

"Goodbye, Mei."

Bronya slowly closed her eyes, her body falling.

"Crack."

The child looked in horror at the steel spoon Seele had broken in her hand.

Just as she was about to cry out that phrase, a steamed bun was stuffed into her mouth, and she heard Seele's voice.

But the tone was no longer gentle.

"Don't you dare cry, brat!"

Chapter 80: Premiere Ends

"No... No way, Bronya just... went offline like that?" Pardo said in disbelief.

"Wasn't Bronya one of the main characters?" Vill-V said.

In the front row, Kiana couldn't help but say, "When I first saw this part of the script, I really thought Bronya was going to die. I thought my stinky old uncle was rushing the plot too much."

"Kiana can actually sense the pacing of a movie?" Bronya said in surprise.

"Bronya!"

[Kiana hurriedly woke the unconscious Mei and forcefully broke open the mechanical restraints on Mei's hands. Mei's first reaction upon waking was to ask about Bronya's condition.

Theresa told them to return to St. Freya Academy as soon as possible, as there was still hope for treatment and recovery.

However, Cocolia clearly didn't want them to leave so easily, summoning all the Titan Mechs to surround Kiana and her companions, and decided to accelerate the experiment.

During the retreat, Theresa dropped another bombshell: she wasn't human, or rather, she wasn't a normal person. She was a synthetic being created from the DNA of a Kaslana ancestor.]

"Kallen..." Otto watched Theresa introduce her origins in the movie, recalling the script Yaqing had given him, and he was lost in thought. In that moment, he seemed to resonate with Otto in the movie.

"Huh? Otto, why did you suddenly call my name?" Kallen asked, tilting her head in confusion while drinking iced cola and eating popcorn.

Because Theresa wanted to drink bitter gourd juice, and Kallen couldn't stand the taste of bitter gourd juice, she had to let go of Theresa and let her sit on the sofa alone.

Looking at Kallen's simple-minded appearance and Theresa sipping bitter gourd juice, Otto had never felt that his life was so happy. Retirement might not be a bad idea.

[The evacuating Kiana and her group received a communication from Wendy. Since Bronya was unconscious, Wendy had to ask the Headmaster to relay the message. Wendy knew that Bronya had attacked her because she was being controlled.

"I... won't hate her, never. But, maybe there won't be another chance to see her again."

Wendy only said a final farewell to Theresa.

While Wendy and Kiana were talking, the communication seemed to cut out, followed by Cocolia's playful voice, telling them that the communication they just had was Wendy's last words.

Cocolia had already taken the Gem of Hopes, and Wendy's life had come to an end.

Faced with the MSR-7 Celestial powered by the Gem of Hopes, Theresa finally took action, smashing the giant cross behind her hard at the Celestial. After a difficult battle, the heavy robot named Celestial was defeated.

Although Mei was successfully rescued, they lost Wendy, and Bronya fell into a coma. Even St. Freya Academy's technology couldn't cure her.

To save Bronya, Theresa decided to go to the central church of St. Freya Academy.

Hidden beneath that church was the highest biological technology of Destiny.

That technology was kept secret even from the Headmaster.

The movie ended with the credits.]

The lights in the screening room came on, and Ling was stunned, saying blankly, "That... that's the end?!"

Ling hadn't even taken a sip of cola since the movie started, afraid that she would have to go to the bathroom when she saw something exciting, and she didn't dare to drink a sip of water even though her mouth was dry.

Sakura rubbed Ling's head.

Ling couldn't hold back any longer, picked up the cola straw and started sucking hard. Soon, the entire cup of cola disappeared, and she let out a satisfied burp.

The women in the first row and Kiana and others in the second row suddenly got up to leave. Because of the easter egg in the first movie, everyone was now waiting for the easter egg to play.

Yaqing in the last row also got up to leave.

"Hey, Brother Yaqing is leaving. Mommy Aponia, aren't we leaving?" Little Void asked in confusion.

"Yaqing, as the director, needs to attend the premiere party. Little Void, do you want to see the next easter egg?" Aponia explained gently.

"Yes, I do, Mommy Aponia," Void said.

[The credits begin to roll, but due to the lack of cooperation with Anti-Entropy, there are no Anti-Entropy personnel names in the credits. It's worth noting that the screenwriter is Yaqing Schariac.]

[Credits end.]

"Continue injecting Honkai energy into the experimental chamber. This concentration isn't enough to wake her."

Otto's voice echoes as the camera slowly pans to a chamber filled with a high concentration of liquid Honkai energy. Inside, Kiana is being held.

"Heh, long time no see. Welcome home, K423."

As Otto's voice fades, a bizarre purple energy swirls, and "Kiana" opens her eyes, revealing the same golden irises as Sirin. Her tone is cold and arrogant: "Return to my side, my kin!"

The camera shifts to the Siberian Snowfield, the remains of the Second Honkai War. Benares, trapped beneath the ice, seems to sense the Queen's call. A powerful force causes the ice to tremble and shatter.

Benares successfully breaks free, roaring to the heavens!

All of this is under Destiny's surveillance. Otto, watching Benares break free on the screen, says with an ambiguous tone: "Oh, have you come to protect your Queen?"

"Deploy all-area defense satellites! All Valkyrie units, prepare for combat level one!"

"Prepare yourselves, and welcome the world's transformation!"

This post-credits scene left the moviegoers both confused and intrigued. The entire film lacked combat special effects and particularly exciting moments, so seeing the potential for excitement in the next film piqued their curiosity.

"Huh?! I don't remember recording this!" Kiana said, bewildered.

At the same time, the Queen, a shut-in who preferred watching movies at home, was equally confused. She couldn't understand why she had suddenly become one character with Kiana, wondering if it meant she wouldn't have her own voice acting anymore.

"That's me!" Bella exclaimed excitedly, watching the dragon-type Honkai Beast appear at the end of the movie.