Collapse City: The Anime Version of Honkai Begins
Chapter 544

To Elysia.

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Durandal's expression still looked a little blank.

Yaqing breathed a long sigh of relief.

"He's alive."

"It can't be that serious. It's just a meal, why are you so scared?"

Mobius finally couldn't help but speak up.

"A meal?"

Yaqing's lips twitched helplessly.

"Kallen's cooking is just as good as Mei's. If the two of them don't blow up the kitchen, then the meal is considered perfect."

Mobius shuddered at the thought of the pot of purple soup that Mei had made.

That was practically inedible; only Kevin managed to finish it in one gulp, and his face turned purple afterward.

If it weren't for Su, the savior hero would probably have perished much earlier.

"Now you know why I argued so strongly?"

"Little mouse, you're amazing."

Both Yaqing and Mobius couldn't understand it.

Why would coming back pose a life-threatening danger?

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Chapter 562 To Elysia.

Several days have passed since Yaqing and Mobius returned to Central Europe. The Golden Courtyard remains peaceful, but Elysia misses them often, as she has learned from Yaqing that this week's plot will be the curtain falling on the Elysian Realm.

Elysia's idea was simple: everyone should watch the final performance together.

However, Yaqing didn't think that way. If he stayed, he might be...

Even Mobius wouldn't protect her.

"Why..."

Elysia lay face down on the table.

I'm so excited about this week's episodes that I don't even want to broadcast the live stream.

That makes sense, as most viewers who follow the series share the same thought as Elysia, especially after the special few-minute preview where the Herrscher of Corruption appeared, looking exactly like Elysia.

"Elysia, freshly warmed milk."

Eden placed the warmed milk in front of Elysia.

"Thank you, Eden."

Elysia wasn't in the mood for drinking, but she accepted it anyway.

Apart from Yaqing and Mobius, everyone in the Golden Courtyard was at home, waiting for the clock to strike 7 p. m. Little Knowledge stared intently at the clock hanging in the living room as the hands slowly moved.

When the time came to 7 PM, Little Knowledge Shi jumped up and headed straight for the Home Theater.

Fu Hua looked utterly helpless.

"It seems the time has come. Let's go."

Eden smiled as he watched Elysia nervously cling to her arm.

"Vill-V! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Little Knowledge couldn't wait any longer.

Vill-V was still adjusting the big screen.

"I wonder what kind of exit Yaqing will bring to our little Griseo?"

Blanca smiled broadly and even playfully flicked Griseo's little nose.

"Based on my understanding of Brother Yaqing, I'm afraid it's not a good ending..."

Hen is like a pessimist.

However, it must be said that he guessed very well.

The Honkai scripts seem to have suffered some kind of psychological trauma; even if the plots they write are good, they never make people leave the movie theater laughing.

"Mei, do you think that as the sharpest sword in the Elysian Realm, I will have another chance to appear?"

Kevin was filled with trepidation.

"Don't worry, since your death was caused by Vill-V, and she left a back door, you will definitely have another chance to appear."

Mei comforted her husband.

Since getting married, Mei has become more and more like a wife, and she used to wear her hair down, but now she wears it up.

Even after hearing May's words of comfort, Kevin still looked worried.

Mei couldn't help but sigh upon seeing this scene.

From Yaqing's non-stop return to Central Europe, she could tell that the plot information this time would definitely be explosive, after all, Yaqing hadn't fled when the other movies were released.

Su had the same idea.

Yaqing is a screenwriter and also a sad ghost. She loves seeing them get stabbed, but now she's too scared to watch and has run away. This week's plot is bound to have some interesting developments.

"Phew, finally it's fixed."

After adjusting the big screen, Vill-V wiped the sweat from her forehead with her arm, tilted her head up, and kept praising herself as a genius.

As the big screen lit up, this week's headlines appeared before everyone.

[To Elysia]

Upon seeing this title, everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to Elysia in the front row, even Eden was no exception.

Elysia was stunned for a moment, but when she came to her senses, she couldn't contain her joy.

"Oh dear, I never expected it to be named after me, it's so... embarrassing~?"

Elysia covered her cheeks with both hands.

Even though everyone knows that Elysia's role is very important, and that the plot of the Elysian Realm is basically related to Elysia, people still couldn't help but be a little surprised when they actually saw Elysia's name as the title.

"Sister Elysia, you're really heavyweight!"

Pardo blurted out in surprise.

If Snakey were here, he'd probably be complaining again.

She's not heavyweight, she's just heavy.

"It seems that the protagonist of this week's plot is Elysia, but there is another possibility: the rest of the people are working hard to revive Elysia."

Mei's rational analysis.

"Yaqing is really good to Elysia, he actually gives her such a big welcome."

Kevin couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

After all, no character's presence had ever made headlines for a week before.

Meanwhile, far away in Central Europe.

Yaqing was extremely uneasy.

Kallen, the silly goose, Otto, Ziegfried, Cecilia, and Mobius all turned their gazes toward Yaqing without prior arrangement.

Mobius looked indifferent.

Although nothing was said, it was as if everything had been said.

Ziegfried looked malicious, while Otto was simply watching the show.

Kallen and Cecilia exchanged a glance, their gossip flames barely concealed.

Only Durandal remained detached from the situation, completely unaware of what had happened, only focused on watching the show.

"Little brother, if I remember correctly, this Miss Elysia is also one of your roommates, right?"

Cecilia hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Sis, I have plenty of roommates."

Yaqing looked utterly helpless.

If we're just talking about single beautiful women, there are just too many of them.

Elysia, Eden, Vill-V, Sakura, Aponia, and Fu Hua, etc.

"It's just because the character of Elysia is more important. After all, it wouldn't feel out of place if Snakey were to direct Elysia's storyline, would it?"

Upon hearing Yaqing's words, a scene flashed through everyone's minds: Mobius speaking to the audience.

Hey~, missed me? No matter when or where, Mobius will always respond to your wishes.

Not to mention others, even Mobius himself couldn't accept it.

The scene appears on camera, but judging from the filter, it's a memory.

The background music is melancholic, and it's a memory of Eden, of his first encounter with Elysia on the rooftop.

The two men had different ideas about the curtain call and tragedy, or perhaps that was what they wanted to say to the audience: when the curtain falls, the story ends, but in their eyes, the story continues to live on.

However, Elysia's statement caught Eden's attention; it was the first time she had ever heard someone refer to a newly released tragedy as a romantic story.

"It's really a bit much. There's nothing happy from the very first act. Every development just leads the plot in a worse direction."

Elysia sighed.

"The characters are all powerless little people, swept forward by fate, and in the blink of an eye they have no idea where they are—it's so real."

"It's hard to watch a story like this with a smile the whole time."

Eden said with a smile.

"It should be 'absolutely impossible,' so why do you find it romantic?"

Elysia smiled radiantly.

"It's because of the ending. Although the process was very difficult, I really liked the last scene of the play. On the ruins shrouded in smoke and dust, a new sprout was breaking through the soil... Isn't it a beautiful sight?"

"It may bloom for a long time, or it may wither in the next second, but at this moment, it is there, announcing its rebirth to the whole world. What I will never forget is this moment."

"It told me this: tragedy is not the end, but the beginning of hope. The footprints we leave in the world will one day become a light for someone else to move forward."

Eden savored Elysia's words, finding them incredibly romantic. She was deeply attracted to the girl before her and even made a pact to go to the most famous ice restaurant together after the performance.

This was Eden and Elysia's first encounter.

After watching this flashback, viewers joked that the screenwriter was using Elysia to introduce the Elysian Realm.

But Mei felt that what was being introduced was not just the Elysian Realm, but the entire story of Honkai.

That's what Honkai is all about. Every viewer knows that it contains sadness and separation, and it can even be said to be a tragedy from beginning to end, but when they see the ending, they will always be moved and shed tears.

Tragedy is often the beginning of romance.

"So this is the plot the screenwriter wanted to write..."

Sakura murmured to herself.

Tragedy is not the end, but the beginning of hope.

Perhaps this memory foreshadows the ending of the Elysian Realm.

"I really... miss it a bit."

Elysia couldn't help but smile.

Back when she first arrived in the Far East, she was a recent college graduate. While attending Eden concert, she unexpectedly encountered Eden while going out for some fresh air.

Similar but not the same dialogue.

Eden didn't invite her to dinner, but upon hearing that she had just arrived in the Far East, he invited her to stay at the Golden Courtyard.

"Sometimes, I'm really curious, how exactly does Yaqing know things that we haven't told anyone?"

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