Honkai City, Starting with the Production of an Animated Honkai Impact 3rd

The pink-haired elf girl's livestream chat exploded like a drop of water hitting hot oil. Elysia glanced at the comments, and as expected, they dominated the screen.

["Holy moly, those special effects! Even if the plot is total garbage, I'll still pay to see it!"]

["No surprise, it's a collaboration between Destiny Group and Anti-Entropy Entertainment. The special effects budget must be at least a million!"]

["That's conservative, at least ten million."]

The promotional video continued.

[A soul-stirring dragon roar echoed. A purple-haired girl flipped her hair, revealing arrogant golden eyes. Opposite her, a man floated in the air, blue quantum energy coalescing behind him.

"Second Herrscher, are you ready—"

"To face the First Herrscher…"

"To face Walter's power?!"]

"Walter doesn't look half bad, does he? Kind of handsome." The red-haired Tesla exclaimed, nudging the lazy, blue-haired beauty beside her. "Bedhead, what do you think?"

"Me? I'm watching." Einstein frowned, unfamiliar with Yaqing Schariac.

Why, in his script, was Walter, from the rival company, portrayed as a hero fighting for humanity?

And why was her company's president a villain that the audience would hate?

Even with an IQ of 160, Dr. Einstein couldn't figure out what Yaqing was up to. And those kinds of people were the ones she feared the most.

Unless, he planned to redeem Otto later on? But that didn't make sense either. If Otto was redeemed, his character would completely collapse, turning him into a true clown.

Or perhaps, he would create a character of his own later, and firmly believe that he could minimize the negative impact of Otto's villainy?

"Einstein, don't overthink it."

A gentle male voice spoke, and Einstein felt someone gently rubbing her forehead. It felt so comfortable that she couldn't help but hum softly.

Einstein knew it was Joyce without even turning around, because Walter Yang was still engrossed in the video.

She glanced at Tesla, who was also captivated by the video, and couldn't help but sigh.

["Kill the Collapse! Kill the Collapse! Kill the Collapse!"]

[Amidst the endless, chaotic male voices, in a swirling inferno reaching the sky, the man whose left side had already transformed into a Collapse beast turned his head. His figure was obscured by the flames, and all that could be seen was the blazing greatsword he held.

The camera suddenly zoomed in on his eyes.

The whites of his eyes were completely gray, and his golden pupils were filled with wildness, devoid of any human emotion.

"Kill the Collapse!!!"]

[Standing on a cliff, the white-haired beauty gazed at the distant Collapse fission bomb. A few tears streamed down her face, but they immediately hardened into determination. She raised the massive blue and white lance in her hand, and blood coalesced into a blood pack at the tip, also splattering onto the white flowers.

"Abyss Flower, Saint's Blood Unleashed!"]

[The screen went dark again, and a few lines of subtitles suddenly appeared in the center.

"Do not forget their battles."

"Every warrior who fights to the death against the Collapse should be a respected existence."]

At the end of the video, the following flashed across the screen.

Theresa leaping high with a giant golden cross.

Walter Yang taking off his glasses, a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, yet standing tall.

Fu Hua in her Vermilion Bird form.

A group photo of the Snowwolf Squad.

...]

After the promotional video ended, everyone was silent for a long time, unable to return to reality.

["Awesome! So awesome!"]

["When does it come out? I can't wait to see it."]

["Who is that man with the greatsword?! So cool! I need all his information in three minutes!!!"]

Elysia snapped out of it, only to find that Yaqing had hung up the call. She pouted, looking annoyed.

Yaqing wasn't avoiding the story; he was being bombarded with calls from a certain little midget.

"Yaqing! Why isn't there a scene of me showing off my power in the promotional video?!!!!!!"

Yaqing quickly held the phone away from his ear, and said with a smile: "Of course not, Little Theresa. This is to make your appearance in the movie even more surprising."

"You better be!" Theresa warned in a fierce, childish voice.

(Choose one of the three female leads for the readers to choose, because I'm also struggling to decide who is better.)

(a, Shigure Kira, b, Rita, c, Bronya, d, Mobius)

(Some people might be asking, why isn't Elysia here? Because I personally think Elysia's love is equal, it's agape, and won't focus on one person. Why is Bronya here? Don't you want to see Kiana reluctantly calling Bronya Auntie?)

Chapter 11: Screen Premiere

Before a movie is released, there is usually a premiere. As the screenwriter and director, Yaqing naturally can't be absent, but how can industry rules control someone who doesn't abide by them?

Yaqing left everything to Rita, even the premiere, letting his beautiful subordinates show their faces while he stayed with everyone in the Golden Courtyard, watching the movie in the first floor's home theater.

"Make way, make way~?" Elysia, for some reason, was dressed in a maid outfit, holding a large bucket of popcorn in both hands, her small mouth stuffed full.

Kevin was sitting next to Yaqing.

Because of the release of Yaqing's movie, Dr. Mei, Mobius, and Vill-V decided in a meeting to give all World Serpent employees a day off with pay, which finally freed up a certain corporate slave to watch a movie with Mei.

"Mei, I was saying, this movie..."

"Cough cough!"

Kevin's excited words were cut short by Yaqing's cough.

"Kevin, what about this movie?" Mei, sitting on the other side of Kevin, was biting on a straw. Hearing Kevin's words cut off, she tilted her head and asked in confusion.

Seeing Mei's cute head tilt, Kevin blushed. If it were Kevin from his university days, he wouldn't have been able to say a word, but the current Kevin could only smile awkwardly, gently wiping away the popcorn crumbs for Mei.

Mei's face flushed red.

"Eh~, Yaqing, are you catching a cold?" Elysia asked with concern.

"I'm fine, Elysia." Yaqing took a piece of popcorn from the bucket in Elysia's arms.

Elysia wasn't as protective of her food as Kiana.

Dr. Mobius, sitting in the row behind Yaqing's seat, glanced at Mei and thought to herself, "As expected of a woman in love, such a pity for such a clever brain."

Mobius had already guessed that there would be something related to Kevin in the movie.

When it came to love, Mobius never thought that anyone in the world was worthy of her, except...

Yaqing suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

"The movie's starting."

Kosma still didn't say much, but everyone was used to it.

[February 1, 2000, midnight, Siberia snowfield.

A white meteor streaked across the starry night sky. In the snow-covered pine forest, a tall tower that seemed out of place stood straight up from the snowfield.

The camera pulled back to show a brown-gray deer standing on a cliff, looking into the distance. Its eyes were filled with strange sparks, and beneath its huge antlers were a pair of small, purplish-red horns.

Suddenly, the deer was startled, and its legs began to mutate.

The sound of the deer stepping on the snow and the sound of leather shoes stepping on metal rang out simultaneously. The scene changed to the interior of the Tower of Babylon. In the dim blue light, two researchers fled in panic, but they still died under several beams of light.

The scene showed the researchers' perspective. In the blurry view, the ghostly figure in pure white light finally revealed its true face. Amidst a terrifying, high-pitched laughter, the screen went black.]

"So scary, Yaqing-bro, this is totally a horror movie!" Pardo hugged her can tightly. The scene just now had scared her into closing her eyes, and she only turned her head to complain to Yaqing when the scene ended.

Yaqing just smiled, even nodding towards the big screen.

Pardo looked back in confusion.

[The pitch-black screen was suddenly torn open by a pair of white hands. The ghostly figure's purple, circular pupils seemed to be staring intently at the audience in front of the screen.

"Found you!"]

"Ah!" Pardo let out a miserable cry, and even the popcorn bucket in her hands and the can in her arms were thrown away in fright.

Fortunately, Kalpas, who was sitting next to her, caught them with quick hands and eyes, only dropping a few pieces. He said coldly, "Don't waste food."

"Sorry, Brother Kalpas." Pardo blushed and took the popcorn bucket back from Kalpas's hand.

The can looked at its owner with a human-like disdain, took small cat-like steps to the empty seat next to it, and lay down to sleep.

Pardo wasn't the only one who was scared.

In different locations.

Kiana was so frightened that she hid in Mei's arms, but Bronya clearly saw the smiling eyes of the Kiana, without a trace of fear, and couldn't help but sigh.

Theresa was so scared that she grabbed Himeko's arm tightly.

Himeko gasped, her fair arm already bruised.

But Sirin wasn't scared, because she knew this was her role. She gritted her teeth in anger, like an angry female beast, which made Bella confused, thinking that she was hungry again.

["At midnight on February 1, 2000, in the Destiny Babylon Laboratory in Siberia, a total of 322 researchers suddenly disappeared overnight." A deep male voice sounded, and a picture of an empty laboratory appeared on the screen.

"Monitoring equipment showed that the researchers seemed to have seen something terrifying before disappearing into thin air. But other than some white light, the camera didn't capture anything."

The scene switched to a blond man in an office, giving an oral record: "I ordered a thorough investigation into this 'mysterious' incident."]

The screen went black again, making the audience wary again, but this time it was just a line of white text on a black background.

Thus began the prelude to the Second Collapse.

"Crunch, crunch." Kallen kept putting potato chips into her mouth.

Otto, as the president of Destiny, naturally wouldn't buy a ticket to go to the cinema to watch it. He projected the movie onto the wall and snuggled up with Kallen on the bed. Otto even named this room: Otto and Kallen's Love Shack.

"Otto, is that your voice? It sounds pretty good."

Kallen casually said a word that made Otto happy all day.

[The azure sky introduced the background, time, and location: noon on February 2, somewhere in Europe, the Destiny headquarters floating island group, First Airport.]

Dressed in a short qipao embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, Theresa, with her hair in twin buns and holding little Kiana in her arms, asked with some shyness, "Do I really have to take pictures dressed like this?"

After the photoshoot, Theresa chatted with Cecilia.

Cecilia, in a white dress, was stunning the moment she appeared, especially the blue flower on her chest, which added a touch of purity.

Looking at little Kiana waving at her from the grass, Theresa felt a pang of emotion, wishing that such peaceful days could last a little longer.

But the next second, she received an urgent order from the Bishop.]

"Hmm, although it doesn't perfectly capture the cuteness of my little Theresa, the modeling is very detailed, I'll give it a ninety," Otto scored to himself, then muttered to himself in a low voice, "That outfit is very cute, should I buy one for little Theresa too?"

Kallen rolled her eyes at him.

[The scene shifts to another location.

February 2nd, noon, United States, Arizona military base.

Beneath a formation of large fighter jets, a brown-haired man in a suit jacket, hands in his pockets, exuded an aura of 'invincibility.' The reflection from his black-rimmed glasses obscured his eyes.

He slightly raised his hand, issuing an attack command to the large mecha before him. Instantly, six shells were fired at the man. The man looked up, a red light flashing in his eyes. The six shells began to disintegrate, turning into parts that clattered at the man's feet.

"No, the power is not enough..."

As soon as the man finished speaking, a blue beauty walked to his side, telling him about recent events in the Siberia snowfields, and reminding Otto, the Bishop of Destiny, that 'she' would be discovered sooner or later.

The man remained calm, and instructed Einstein to notify Tesla to mobilize the Titan Units to the Siberia snowfields.

"We may not be able to persuade 'her'..." Welt looked at his palm, then clenched his right fist, saying in a very serious tone, "We must be prepared to eliminate 'her'."]