Truthful Kiana: It's Not Like I'm Worried You'll Go Hungry! (Continued)
"It seems that the other party has made some changes without my knowledge."
In Lord Green Otto's view, this is a good thing. After all, emotions are a very important factor in awakening abilities. Many people naturally awaken their abilities and become Awakened when they are emotionally excited, sad, or in danger.
He was really looking forward to seeing what kind of abilities Kiana Kaslana, whose genes held infinite possibilities, would awaken. After all, she was the backup body he valued.
As for danger, Lord Green Otto has never been afraid. He's been a great inventor for five hundred years and has seen all kinds of storms. Could he really not handle a little girl he raised himself?!
The experiment under the stage finally began
Today's test is to assess the performance of the newly developed fourth-generation Valkyrie God-Slaying Armor —White Knight: Moonlight. The best way to test it is naturally to have someone wear it and fight against Honkai Beast. The Honkai Beast kept underground at Schicksal Headquarters are used in such situations.
As a Honkai Beast that was ten meters tall was released, Kiana, who was standing on the other side of the test plaza, reached out and pushed aside the various wires on her body.
At this moment, Kiana, who was also wearing a pair of high-tech VR glasses, had no expression on her face, or rather, no expression at all. She simply walked slowly toward the Honkai Beast that had been released with great difficulty and had been injected with a berserk drug.
Driven by its inherent destructive urges, the Honkai Beast charged furiously at Kiana upon seeing the only living being, then slammed its massive, ton-heavy forelegs into Kiana.
"Is that all?"
Faced with a massive attack powerful enough to crush all flesh into a pulp, Kiana raised her left hand to block it. Apart from the gust of wind generated by the slamming of its forelegs, the Honkai Beast's attack was thus blocked.
"Poor and weak!"
Kiana rarely uttered newly learned lines, and with her other hand she clenched her fist and struck the Honkai Beast's foreleg. The immense force then traveled along the foreleg to the entire Honkai Beast, causing it to shatter evenly and fall to the ground.
After one Honkai Beast dies, another, even more powerful Honkai Beast will emerge.
What can be done?
"Boxer briefs—"
"Mu Da——"
"Eurah—"
No matter what kind of Honkai Beast it was, it was all smashed to pieces by Kiana's fist, which contained Honkai Energy. The trial grounds were already littered with the remains of Honkai Beast.
As for the purpose of today's test, which is to test the new Valkyrie Armor, Kiana doesn't care about that. Why would she need to use the Valkyrie Armor with one punch? There's no opportunity or need for her to Wings of Light Deployment!
Looking at Kiana standing below the stage, seemingly doing nothing, Amber wasn't surprised. Having always been by Green Otto's side, she was most familiar with Kiana's power. For other clones, the Valkyrie Armor enhanced their power, but for the monster named Kiana, there was no chance to manifest it. Rather, it was a restraint device for her.
"Kaslana's bloodline is terrifying—"
As Lord Green Otto's most loyal subordinate, Amber once again voiced her opinion, saying, "What Unit-01 needs is restriction—"
Lord Green Otto said dismissively:
"What's truly terrifying isn't the Kaslana bloodline, but the bloodline of Kiana Kaslana."
Lord Green Otto captured Kiana originally only to unravel the secret of Siegfried's sudden Honkai Beast and his bloodline that allowed him to overpower the Herrscher of the Pig. However, the more he studied her and compared her with other Kaslana experiments, the more certain he became that the girl named Kiana Kaslana was special and unique.
After learning of the existence of the Awakened Ones, he began to plot. According to his deduction, to become an Awakened One, one needs a physical body, and Kiana Kaslana's body was the perfect choice.
That's right, the one who can become an enlightened being is me Otto Apocalypse!
"Emperor-class Honkai Beast are no longer relevant to Unit-01—"
Lord Green Otto looked down at Kiana, who was stretching and spouting strange lines, and said, "Release the clone of Ganesha."
A mad scientist like Lord Green Otto is willing to study even Herrscher, let alone Emperor-class Honkai Beast!
Thus, a giant Honkai Beast, after being awakened, burst through the steel floor of the experimental plaza and appeared directly from the ground. With just one roar, it was enough to make the experimental personnel present, and even the Valkyrie, tremble from the bottom of their hearts.
This is the power of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ganesha, known in the Honkai Beast 3 game as the White Pig, the monster known as the Hardworking Pig.
Of course, in the game, White Pig Ganesha has become a trash monster that players can step on and use to farm materials. However, in reality, she is incredibly powerful, a boss that cannot be soloed unless you are an S- Valkyrie.
It's important to know that S- Valkyrie are quite rare, at least on the surface. After all, only three S-rank Valkyrie are known to exist in Schicksal.
Three minutes later
"Poor and weak!"
The white pig that was roaring not long ago has been blown up, no different from the previous low-level Honkai Beast, and has become experimental material.
Kiana ripped off her somewhat tattered White Knight Moonlight Armor, threw it aside, and walked straight back to her room. The test personnel didn't dare to stop her.
Of course, the 'Moonlight' set that made Ji Anya's heart flutter was not broken by Ice Pig, but by True Kiana wanting to finish the experiment quickly, go back to sleep, and get a little more serious, which caused Moonlight to break because it couldn't withstand the pressure.
"Boring—"
In the past, perhaps they would have dared to do so, since although the other party also displayed monstrous power, Schicksal was specifically designed to study and punish monsters. However, today the other party displayed power that even monsters could not describe. They didn't use any special abilities or weapons, but relied solely on their physical bodies to overwhelmingly reduce that Emperor-class Honkai Beast, which was said to be able to easily destroy a city, back to pure Honkai Energy.
It was precisely because she was a researcher who had been engaged in related research for a long time that she understood how terrifying the other party was. Especially when she thought about the various 'abuses' they had inflicted on her in the past, if it weren't for Lord Green Otto still being there, she might have immediately lost her composure and run away.
"Interesting--"
Watching Kiana silently walk back to her room, Lord Green Otto shared his thoughts with her.
Although it is unknown what changes have occurred, the other party's emotions and behavior have clearly changed, and they have also displayed an overwhelming power that was not seen before.
Yes, of course, it's still within his predictions.
In Lord Green Otto's view, no matter how strong one is, without corresponding intelligence, one is nothing more than a beast, just as humans can tame beasts that can easily kill them.
The most effective way to control a person has always been through mental shackles. If the other person's life and thoughts are always under his control, how could they possibly escape his grasp?
Kiana, who already possessed the ability to easily leave the Schicksal Base, hadn't revealed this ability before, firstly because it wasn't necessary, and secondly because hiding herself was essential for her to live the peaceful life she desired.
But at this moment, wanting to go back to sleep and dream, to find that man, and to watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventure seemed more important to her, so she became a little more serious and wanted to end this boring experiment as soon as possible.
When Kiana opened her eyes again, she was back in her Dream World. As usual, she was sitting under the throne, with the HOMU standing guard below, and Mo Yi's television set, which he had created with the Light of the Heart. Since the magic power Mo Yi had poured into it had been exhausted, it was now black.
"Let's find that guy first. Without him, we won't be able to see JOJO."
Compared to the cold and taciturn Kiana in reality, the Kiana in the dream is probably the reverse of her in reality, or rather, the true self hidden deep inside. Although she always looks cold, it's not the kind of empty coldness, but more like a deliberate coldness, a disguise used to protect herself.
And at this time, in her dreams she would often unintentionally mutter her thoughts aloud, "Hmm, while I'm at it, I'll also bring him some food—"
"The other person is starving to death, but there's no one to tell them stories anymore."
"It's not that I'm worried about the other person being hungry—"
PS: Neither Honkai Impact 2 nor Honkai Impact 3 explicitly defined the abilities of the Herrscher of the End, only demonstrating the ability to restart timelines. Therefore, the author has temporarily defined it as the ability to 'manipulate order and chaos.' Theoretically, all physical rules are mathematical problems, namely 'order and chaos,' so the Herrscher can simulate all Herrscher abilities, influencing all physical phenomena. As for whether Mihoyo will release specific abilities later, this is Honkai Impact 4, and the author hasn't definitively written out the Herrscher of the Finality's abilities, only describing their manifestations based on their own settings. Anyway, it'll all be resolved eventually, since it's all just a joke. (The author is a humanities student, with only high school level science knowledge; this is purely personal interpretation.)
Chapter 285, Princess Arc 85: After Mo Yi said that, the Princess and Alice exchanged a glance and tacitly agreed. Princess: We'll get Eientei after this incident. Alice: After this battle, we'll go back home and call Mom for help. Don't call me despicable, Houraisan Kaguya. According to the trajectory of fate, Mo Yi was originally my husband. If the child suffers injustice outside, can't she call her parents?! The group quickly found Remi's room, and with a 'bang,' the door was finally opened. Finally, they saw Remilia sitting on the throne, trembling. Remilia: "..." Is it too late for me to surrender now? Of course, that was just a thought. After all, Remilia was the kind of person with an overly strong sense of pride, and such people often have to endure the harsh realities of society.