After saying that, Beichen unceremoniously had Kiana enter with Cat Paw, stomping Kallen unconscious before following up with Bronya's QTE heavy punch.
With that combo unleashed, Kallen's health instantly dropped by one bar.
It felt like the battle could be over in less than a minute...
Otto Said This Game Was Absolutely Terrible!
Just as the battle reached its crucial point, a green chat message suddenly floated across the screen!
"Wait!"
Seeing Kallen getting beaten up, even knowing this was only Kallen in a game, Otto still felt terrible inside.
So he sent a chat message demanding that they stop.
Beichen naturally listened to Bishop Otto's request. Among his meager handful of fans, this guy was one of the few big spenders.
Whether he could buy a house in Canghai City before retirement depended entirely on whether this guy was willing to throw money around.
So Beichen dodged to trigger Time Fracture and used those few seconds to run far away.
Then he asked, "Does this viewer have something to say?"
"We should review the details of the story. Why does it require us to kill Kallen here? This has to be a wrong choice!"
Faced with Otto's bold speculation, Beichen merely gave a fake smile and said:
"That's what the mission prompt says. What can I do? I can't just let her beat me to death, right? That would definitely mean failing the stage."
After saying that, Beichen resumed beating up the charging opponent, successfully reducing the Saintess who had drifted into a small Far East village to critical health.
"How could this be..."
Seeing his beloved Kallen at critical health and about to be defeated, Otto sent out that extremely unwilling chat message.
He had never imagined that he had been unable to save Kallen in reality, and now he had to watch helplessly as she sacrificed herself in a game!
However, perhaps heaven had heard his thoughts.
Kallen, who had been at a disadvantage just moments ago, suddenly soared gracefully into the air before landing in the center of the shrine courtyard.
Then... the sky suddenly changed color. Kallen raised her hand and summoned the unfolded Judah onto the ground.
The moment Beichen saw that thing, he sharply inhaled.
"Big brother, what is that? Is big sister Kallen going all out now?"
As Seele's chat message floated across the screen, a rain of golden spears directly began falling from the sky.
Golden lances appeared above Ri Duck's head one after another before rapidly plunging down.
Beichen hurriedly pressed the dodge button, evading Kallen's special low-health skill.
That skill was simply too overpowered—automatic target tracking, enhanced crowd control, and high damage. It was just as ridiculous as her elemental immunity.
Yet at that critical moment, a green cheering chat message floated across the screen...
"Now! Defeat him at any cost!"
The person who sent the message was none other than Bishop Otto.
Though there was no longer any need to guess who exactly he was cheering for.
Beichen gritted his teeth and used the gap before the next wave of attacks to have Herrscher of Reason rush forward and pummel her.
In the end, he successfully defeated Kallen!
In an instant, the Live Stream fell silent...
The people who would normally send congratulatory messages remained silent now.
After Beichen completed the mission, a new cutscene appeared on the screen.
The first thing that came into view was a field of pale white. Against that paper-like background, one pink-haired girl and one black-haired girl stood face-to-face, close together.
They were not embracing. Sakura's long blade pierced through Kallen, running through the Saintess who had wandered into the Far East.
As that absurd yet sorrowful scene appeared before everyone, the Demon in the Box's voiceover quietly rang out.
Heh heh heh, Kallen Kaslana is dead...
No one can stop me anymore.
This girl's soul belongs to me forever!
Along with the Demon in the Box's declaration, the snowy white screen was once again replaced by blood red.
Two lines of text slowly appeared on the screen.
The world has reached its worst possible ending. However, along the path of infinite possibilities, there is still a chance to turn everything around—
Let us turn back time and return to when the two first met!
As those two lines disappeared, the second cycle was declared cleared as well.
After being kicked back to the cycle screen, Beichen immediately heard the system's reward notification in his ears.
It has been detected that the player has successfully cleared the second cycle. You have received 1,000 Crystal and 5 Precise Supply Cards!
"Hahaha!"
With the rewards in hand, Beichen burst out laughing.
However, he was the only one laughing in the entire Live Stream. Everyone else remained silent.
None of them had expected the second cycle to end with Kallen being killed by Yae Sakura... and then completely controlled by the Demon in the Box.
Such a despairing ending was truly worse than the first cycle's ending.
So, how should they put it...
It really left them feeling suffocated.
"This game is absolutely terrible."
In the end, the oppressive atmosphere was broken by a green chat message.
The person who sent it was none other than Archbishop Otto...
Even someone as calculating as him had his composure shattered after seeing the second cycle's plot.
Putting everything else aside, wasn't this plot far too inconsistent with history?
Why would Kallen be killed by a mere pseudo-Herrscher from the Far East!
"Huh? Viewer, don't panic yet. Take a careful look at the screen!"
Hearing the streamer's reminder, Otto hesitantly looked toward the screen.
At that moment, Ai-chan, Hyperion's intelligent AI assistant, was reminding them that the third cycle could be unlocked once the Captain level reached the requirement.
A third cycle? That meant... this story had not yet come to an end?
Once Otto realized there was more to the story, he relaxed.
"So there is more to come? It seems I was too hasty. But thinking about it carefully... this sort of plot design is simply beyond my comprehension. I think... even if I were the one designing it, I could never design it this way."
The other viewers in the Live Stream were utterly confused by his remark, but Beichen found it both funny and exasperating.
That was true. Having you design Yae Sakura's death several times would probably be easy, but having you design Kallen's death... that would be fabricating history.
"Alright. Viewer, the story ahead clearly isn't going in the direction you imagined, right? Shouldn't our bet have a result now?"
"Heh, you got lucky this time."
After Archbishop Otto sent that message, he kept his promise and sent a donation.
Ding! Congratulations to the streamer for receiving a 10,000-yuan donation from Your Great Inventor!
"The boss is really generous!"
After confirming the donation had arrived, Beichen was so excited he nearly jumped up.
Having a rich fan was just too great. If he kept streaming for a few more months, it felt like he could buy a seaside house in Canghai City!
Phew, that felt good. Next...
Beichen opened Exorcism, then selected several exorcism missions, specifically taking missions that rewarded Yae Sakura's soul fragments.
After filling all five mission slots, he told the viewers:
"That's about enough for today's stream. I need to sleep too. Tomorrow, I'll probably have time to stream after two in the afternoon. If you're free, remember to come support me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a blue chat message floated across the Live Stream.
"Okay. By the way... big brother, what are you planning to stream tomorrow?"
"Chapter Four of the main story, where Kiana, Theresa, and the others rescue Wendy."
That was how Beichen answered Seele.
"Let's Save the World Together!"
After agreeing on the streaming time, Beichen turned off the Live Stream and prepared to sleep.
Congratulations, Host, on completing the live stream. Based on this Live Stream's popularity, the Host has received 3,200 Crystal as a reward!
As the system's mission notification slowly sounded, he felt an unprecedented sense of relief.
If he kept streaming at this pace, he would soon save up another large batch of Crystal.
Then he could pull for any characters he wanted, get their full gear, and stomp all over the game.
And then, he could use Crystal to exchange for other rewards!
Before falling asleep, Beichen had a thought and began browsing the system store in his mind.
The store contained all kinds of strange black technology. He could even exchange for special abilities from other worlds.
Things like Fusion Warrior injection serum, prototype God Key applications, and even Honkai Beast controllers could all be exchanged for.
The dazzling variety of products left Beichen overwhelmed.
However, when he saw the long string of zeroes in the prices of those unbelievable products, he stopped looking.
He quietly drifted off to sleep...
Meanwhile, in the Bishop's office at Schicksal Headquarters.
Otto leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples. Though he had been watching the Live Stream with rapt attention for a long time, he was still astonished by the game being played in it.
He had originally thought this game merely recorded the events that had happened not long ago and turned them into game content.
Who would have thought that even stories from a very, very long time ago would be completely recorded and made into a game...
"Kallen..."
Otto slowly spoke a name that had been distant from him for a very long time.
Though so much time had passed since he lost Kallen, he could still recall her smile, her silhouette, and the words she had spoken.
"Mm! Once we grow up... come save the world with me!"
Otto seemed to hear the invitation Kallen had once given him.
Since childhood, Kallen had wanted to save the world, treating the rescue of all life from Honkai as the meaning of her existence.
But the world had not repaid her. Instead, it had judged her.
Such a world could never nurture the strength needed to defeat Honkai.
If humanity was not yet prepared to defeat Honkai, then even if Kallen were resurrected, she would still live in a world destined to be destroyed by Honkai.
"The test subject is currently in exile in Arc City... There is a force there that cannot be ignored. There... may be an opportunity to defeat Honkai."
After that brief surge of excitement, Otto's heart returned to calm.
As the Schicksal Archbishop, he needed to treat everything that happened next with even greater caution.
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