Live Stream Honkai Impact 3rd: Exposing Kiana in Arc City!
Chapter 48

Ancestor Kevin: "My Tlaloc-my whole Tlaloc-is gone?"

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It could basically be understood as a portal to the official account.

After opening the list, Beichen swiftly found and played the animated short "Reburn: II," leaving the Live Stream viewers almost no time to analyze it.

Naturally, this made someone unhappy.

"Big brother, don't be in such a hurry! I want to see if there are any other shorts about Bronya!"

"Come on, what's there to look at? You can take your time watching them later."

Beichen coaxed and fooled Seele through it.

As for watching later... haha! That depended on whether he had the time and mood.

"Oh, okay then. But you have to remember!"

"Don't worry, don't worry. I've got a great memory."

Unless he forgot...

Beichen swallowed those final words, then focused his attention on the playback screen.

Since it was being viewed through the menu, the video came with bullet comments.

The interface was also the familiar interface of that site, and even the line in the description beneath the video read:

Following your silhouette, setting sail from a lost world, until the end of the deep sea...

"Seele... Bronya has come for you."

The moment the video began playing, before the image had even become clear, bullet comments flooded the screen like a tidal wave...

Ri Duck is out. I'm here to fulfill my vow.

Seele says she doesn't want to be pulled out by the Captain.

Ri Duck's voice and face still linger in my mind. I'm here to curse.

The Yae Village racing king is so cool. Too bad I don't have her.

That day, miHoYo finally remembered it was an animation company.

Countless bullet comments drifted past, making everyone's eyes blur.

Behind the barrage filling the screen, DuckDuck staggered forward on her damaged exoskeleton legs...

"Bronya!?"

Almost at the exact moment Bronya appeared, Seele's bullet comment turned blood-red...

"Who beat you into this state!"

Old Ancestor Kevin: "Where Did My Huge Tlaloc Go?"

Because of your stream content, Loves Bronya felt anger. You received 560 Crystal!

She had actually turned red with anger? And anger could count as a reward-triggering emotion too?

Through the change in the bullet comment's color and the sound of the system reward, Beichen sensed Seele's emotional shift.

Right now, she might have the urge to jump straight into the game...

"This viewer doesn't need to worry. Things will get better from here."

"Really...?"

Seele's bullet comment turned blue again, showing that her emotional fluctuations had gradually stabilized.

Only then did Beichen relax and return his attention to the stream.

Behind DuckDuck's exoskeleton armor was her smiling, energetic childhood.

It formed a striking contrast with her present circumstances...

"Interesting. Using a contrast between past scenes and the present to heighten the emotion? That's a very clever technique." A comment from Archbishop Otto drifted through Beichen's Live Stream.

"Uh, viewer, are you really watching that closely?"

Beichen was rather surprised as Otto's green bullet comment floated past.

In response to his question, Otto gave an exceptionally pretentious answer.

"Every frame in works such as animation and film is infused with the creator's desire to express something. If you savor them carefully, you will always find different feelings."

"True enough."

Though he was watching an animated short from a game, Otto viewed it with the attitude of appreciating a work of art. That alone showed how seriously he took this screening...

At that moment, DuckDuck finally spoke within the animation.

"This... is the Sea of Quanta?"

The scene shifted again, and the background became a photo of Bronya with the Arlene Sisters.

"The Herrscher of Reason's Core... is here?"

Then the camera pulled back. DuckDuck advanced alone, surrounded by many golden cubes. Every side displayed a scene from her memories...

At that moment, bullet comments drifted across the screen.

Following your silhouette, setting sail from a lost world, until the end of the deep sea.

Board Duck is covered in wounds. It hurts to see.

The scene shifted once more, showing DuckDuck's tightly shut eyes.

She declared it to herself, to Seele.

"Seele, Bronya will definitely save you."

"Bronya... why did she say she was going to save Seele...?"

A blue bullet comment drifted through the Live Stream.

After hearing Bronya's call and declaration, Seele was happy, but she was also confused.

Fortunately, Beichen was the only person present who knew her true identity. Otherwise, this would have been troublesome.

"Ahem! Viewer, please remember, this is only a game animation!"

Beichen hurriedly reminded her, preventing the little girl from unknowingly exposing herself.

While the two were talking, Bronya in the animation had already reached toward a dark-red crystal.

She tried desperately to seize the crystal, refusing to give up even under immense pressure.

In the end, DuckDuck succeeded.

But the instant she touched it, the crystal's color suddenly became complex!

At the same time, pale white strips extended from a pitch-black void, lifting her high into the air and wrapping around her...

DuckDuck clutched the Core tightly, but gradually ran out of strength. The Core fell, and she was forced to close her eyes...

"Bronya!!!" An emotion-filled bullet comment drifted through the Live Stream.

Then the animation shifted to Bronya sinking into the depths of the sea.

Yet just as she continued to sink, on the verge of falling into the abyss of the deep sea...

A blue Core slowly drifted toward her, and she caught it in her hand.

At last, amid the Core's shining light, a new Herrscher of Reason was born.

Project Bunny also welcomed an entirely new form!

At that moment, bullet comments drifted through the animation.

Bronya: Damn it, I finally passed the third driving test.

Project Bunny: I finally have two hands. It wasn't easy.

Why can't my Silver Wolf become the Herrscher of Reason?

"Pfft!"

When Beichen saw the comment asking why their Silver Wolf could not become the Herrscher of Reason, he burst out laughing.

That cry carried the bitter tears of countless Captains. There was no need to say more...

After completing her transformation, Ri Duck began fighting the massive monster.

Though she appeared exceptionally small, the gap in their strength could now be called heaven and earth.

At the same time, the game began playing the theme song, "Cyberangel."

Project Bunny also transformed into a motorcycle form.

DuckDuck mounted the motorcycle and sped forward.

Though there was no road ahead, wherever she passed, a path formed from floating cannons linked one after another...

At that moment, bullet comments drifted through the animation.

The unethical map continues navigating for you: Please proceed straight along Crystal Avenue for 100 meters, then turn left and crash into the target.

Beautiful girl, motorcycle, mech, drill, cannon, laser, missiles. A man's romance has it all.

Board Duck, Board Duck. She doesn't have the Queen's domineering entrance, nor the chef's sorrowful transformation. There isn't the slightest ripple on the surface, yet her heart burns fiercely.

In the end, while evading the enemy's relentless attacks, Bronya had already laid out a rather spectacular formation of floating cannons.

Then, atop her motorcycle, she hovered before Tlaloc.

At this moment, the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Tlaloc had yet to realize the severity of the problem.

After all, it had taken Welt's Herrscher Core, and Project Bunny had originally been a creation of the Sea of Quanta.

As Bronya sped forward, Project Bunny ultimately carried her directly through Tlaloc.

After the explosions and thunderous roars ended, the girl and machine temporarily separated.

But in midair, Bronya extended her hand, and Project Bunny extended its hand toward her as well.

The camera immediately spun around the pair of partners...

"This shot... is truly beautiful."

Even Otto had to offer praise upon seeing DuckDuck and Project Bunny's high-altitude synchronized move.

"Isn't the person prettier? Oh, and there's a machine too."

At that moment, bullet comments drifted through the animation.

Wow, this scene is really amazing... They reach out and grasp each other's hands.

The Herrscher of Reason breaks humanity's understanding of truth. It is a power that surpasses human understanding through truth. The Herrscher of the Void surpasses humanity's understanding through space, an existence that controls any space.

From today onward, another Queen whose feet never touch the ground has been born.

As the bullet comments drifted by, the animation reached Ri Duck's final strike against Tlaloc.

Yet what should have been an immensely breathtaking scene was accompanied by a bullet comment on the screen...

How many Key of Reasons did this take? I'm dead inside.

Instantly, Beichen's expression became somewhat subtle...

At last, the Herrscher of Reason's opening battle came to an end.

Tlaloc's remains turned into countless pink particles and drifted away... Amid the pink glimmers dancing across the sky, Bronya closed her eyes, raised her head, and opened her arms toward the heavens.

She felt her rebirth, felt the power granted by the Herrscher Core.

At that moment, the animation began playing her inner monologue.

"Seele, Bronya has come for you."

Then, the moment Bronya reached out and grasped Project Bunny, the screen went black.

The blue Core that had changed her fate also became the only light on the dark screen.

Slowly, slowly, it descended...

"There's more? Could this scene be explaining the past of this Core?"

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