Chapter Summaries

Ren Yu spotted Bronya and Sie among the candidates seeking the Herrscher Core, while Bronya resolved to gain power so she could protect Sie. Cocolia then changed her faction’s voting plan to support Bronya instead of Renata.

• Ren Yu saw that Bronya had entered the selection with an 82% compatibility rate, and Cocolia noticed her arrival.
• Sie appeared beside Bronya with 90% compatibility, and Bronya said she needed the Herrscher Core to become strong enough to protect her.
• Bronya reflected on how she had failed to protect Sie in London and decided that relying on technology was not enough to help her friends.
• Cocolia ordered her aide to stop supporting Renata and redirect the votes to Bronya.
• The aide warned that the Reformists were divided and that breaking their agreement with Renata could cause trouble, but Cocolia insisted he follow her plan.

Bronya entered the Alliance Leader election to pursue the Herrscher Core, unsettling Renata and making Ren Yu consider whether to help her. Wadeline began the second screening, which tested the candidates’ resistance to Honkai Energy.

• Cocolia decided to support Bronya’s candidacy, while her aide worried about the consequences if Bronya failed to inherit the Herrscher Core.
• Bronya told Renata she had no memory of her and said joining the election was her own decision before leaving with Sie.
• Renata resolved to win the election using her high compatibility and Honkai Energy resistance, then remove Cocolia and her daughters from power.
• Ren Yu saw Bronya and Sie at the exhibition hall and decided to wait before interfering in the election.
• Wadeline began the second screening and announced that candidates with Honkai Energy resistance below 1,000 would be disqualified.

Renata and the other surviving candidates completed the screening rounds for inheriting the Herrscher Core, leaving only a dozen finalists. Wadeline began the final combat test, and Bronya entered a simulation to face an Emperor-class Honkai Beast.

• Renata remained among the candidates after the injection test, while she learned that Cocolia had withdrawn support for her.
• The willpower test eliminated Sie and reduced the candidates to a few dozen.
• Wadeline explained the Herrscher Core’s demands and announced that candidates had to survive ten minutes against an Emperor-class Honkai Beast to qualify for the final vote.
• Wadeline transferred the finalists into separate simulation chambers, where Bronya entered a simulation pod.
• Bronya found herself in a simulated battlefield as an Emperor-class Honkai Beast crashed down before her.

Bronya struggled to evade an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, while contestants in other Memory Battlefields were eliminated. Renata discovered she could use the Herrscher Core to create and control weapons, then wounded the beast with a rocket launcher and tanks.

• Bronya overcame her fear enough to dodge the Emperor-class Honkai Beast’s crushing attacks and realized she could not fight it head-on.
• An Emperor-class Honkai Beast cut Lauke in half, making him the first contestant eliminated.
• Spectators argued over the challenge and whether contestants were meant to rely on the Herrscher Core instead of conventional equipment.
• Renata summoned a rocket launcher and wounded the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, astonishing the spectators.
• Renata created several battle tanks with the Herrscher Core and used their cannon to pierce the beast’s armor.
• Renata realized she could create and control powerful objects with a thought and began to feel invincible.

Renata and Bronya used the Herrscher Core to create modern weapons and fight Honkai Beasts in the Memory Battlefield. As Renata's apparent success impressed the observers, she grew puzzled by the silence of the beast under her bombardment.

• Renata used the Herrscher Core to summon troops and destroy the armor of a Honkai Beast, while Ren Yu suspected the beast was weaker than a real Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
• Bronya realized she was in a memory space where Heavy Trooper Rabbit did not exist and grasped the Herrscher Core to create modern weapons.
• Bronya summoned a tank and fired a shell that brought down a Honkai Beast, which then dissipated before another appeared.
• Renata ordered her troops to bombard the new Honkai Beast, while observers praised her and Cocolia watched in dismay.
• Renata continued firing into the dust and wondered why the Honkai Beast had not made a sound.

Bronya discovered that the Herrscher of Reason Core grew more powerful when she understood and reconstructed a weapon instead of using a preset. She resolved to seize the opportunity to become strong enough to fight alongside Sie.

• Renata realized the Honkai Beasts had destroyed her created troops and began producing another batch.
• Bronya questioned whether using the Core's presets meant she truly controlled it and formed a Viper rocket launcher she understood.
• Bronya's missile destroyed the Honkai Beast with far greater force than she expected.
• Wadeline recognized that Bronya had discovered how knowledge could amplify the Core's creations.
• Bronya resolved to use the Herrscher Core to grow stronger so she would never hold Sie back again.

Bronya recognized the new Honkai Beast as a real Emperor-class opponent, while Renata was overwhelmed by one in the Memory Battlefield. Renata failed the trial, leaving only Bronya, a Conservative, and a neutral contestant alive.

• Bronya saw another Honkai Beast fall into the training room and realized it was a real Emperor-class beast.
• Renata attacked the Honkai Beast with modern weapons, but failed to damage its armor.
• Renata tried to escape as the beast approached, but its lasers destroyed her vehicle and its foot crushed her.
• The Memory Battlefield ended, and Renata emerged from her pod, shaken but alive.
• The spectators questioned how the Honkai Beast had become so powerful, while the screen showed Bronya, a Conservative, and a neutral contestant still alive.

As Bronya struggled to survive the trial and use the Herrscher Core, Ren Yu asked Wadeline to upload Heavy Trooper Rabbit’s data into the Memory Battlefield. Heavy Trooper Rabbit then descended toward Bronya, leaving her a chance to change the fight.

• Wadeline worried that Bronya’s low Honkai Energy resistance would prevent her from safely using the Herrscher Core.
• Ren Yu asked Wadeline to upload Heavy Trooper Rabbit’s data into the Memory Battlefield for Bronya.
• Bronya dodged the Emperor-class Honkai Beast’s attacks but could not construct a tank with the Herrscher Core.
• Bronya refused to accept that she would always have to serve as support and prepared to keep fleeing.
• Heavy Trooper Rabbit announced its arrival and fell from the sky toward Bronya.

Ren Yu helped Bronya in the Memory Battlefield by sending her Heavy Trooper Rabbit, prompting her to realize she could use it to withstand Honkai Energy and reconstruct things from her mind. As a gigantic Honkai Beast struck at her, the onlookers feared she was about to be eliminated.

• Sie apologized to Ren Yu for asking him to help Bronya, and he reassured her before kissing her cheek.
• Heavy Trooper Rabbit emerged from an airdropped supply sphere and joined Bronya in the Memory Battlefield, drawing accusations of a rigged call from the crowd.
• Countless motorcycles and cannon barrels appeared around Bronya, while Wadeline recognized them as the embryonic form of Bronya's power.
• Bronya realized Heavy Trooper Rabbit could bear some Honkai Energy for her, allowing her to reconstruct things in her mind.
• A giant Honkai Beast's claw cast a shadow over Bronya, and the onlookers feared she could not escape its attack.

Bronya survived the Emperor-class Honkai Beast’s crushing attack by summoning Heavy Trooper Rabbit and bursting through its claw. She and Heavy Trooper Rabbit then faced the beast’s counterattack, while Sie watched in shock from outside the Memory Battlefield.

• Sie panicked as the Emperor-class Honkai Beast attacked Bronya, but Ren Yu stopped her and assured her Bronya would be fine.
• Bronya formed a barrier that deflected the beast’s lasers, but its claw slammed down and pinned her beneath it.
• Bronya summoned Heavy Trooper Rabbit in motorcycle mode and pierced through the beast’s claw, soaring into the sky.
• The enraged Emperor-class Honkai Beast fired a torrent of lasers at Bronya, and Heavy Trooper Rabbit transformed and blocked them all with hexagonal shields.

Bronya used the Herrscher Core to turn the Memory Battlefield around and face an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, while Cocolia seized on her daughter’s comeback as a political opportunity. As Bronya charged thousands of floating cannons for a counterattack, the beast curled into a ball to protect itself.

• Renata realized Bronya’s power came from the Herrscher of Reason and blamed Cocolia for keeping the trump card hidden.
• Cocolia ordered her faction to vote for Bronya, hoping her daughter’s victory would let her purge political rivals.
• Bronya calculated when the beast’s laser attack would stop and constructed a ring of floating cannons.
• Bronya drew in simulated Honkai Energy and charged the cannons as the beast roared at her.
• With seconds left before Bronya could strike, the Emperor-class Honkai Beast curled into a ball and covered its exposed flesh with its scales.

Bronya used Heavy Trooper Rabbit and her floating cannons to pierce the Emperor-class Honkai Beast’s defenses during the Memory Battlefield assessment. As the beast roared in pain, Bronya accelerated toward its head for another attack.

• Bronya waited for the Emperor-class Honkai Beast to enter its defensive state, then rode Heavy Trooper Rabbit above it.
• Bronya fired over a thousand floating cannons at one point and blasted a massive hole through the beast’s hard shell.
• An alarm announced that No. 096 had been eliminated, and a thin man emerged from an immersion pod after failing to last ten minutes.
• Bronya sped down toward the Emperor-class Honkai Beast’s head and transformed the front of her motorcycle into a spinning drill.

Bronya killed the Emperor-class Honkai Beast in the Memory Battlefield, earning cheers from the exhibition hall and overwhelming Cocolia with pride. Ren Yu comforted Sie, then tricked her into kissing him on the lips, leaving her flustered and secretly happy.

• Bronya drilled through the Emperor-class Honkai Beast and used a barrage of laser beams to destroy its head.
• Bronya flew away from the fallen beast as the exhibition hall erupted in cheers and welcomed her as Alliance Leader.
• Cocolia excitedly watched Bronya and realized how much her daughter had grown.
• Ren Yu reassured Sie and asked her to kiss his cheek as an apology for doubting him.
• Sie closed her eyes to kiss Ren Yu, but he turned his head and kissed her on the lips, making her blush and want to hide.

Bronya killed an Emperor-class Honkai Beast in the Memory Battlefield and returned to a crowd eager to court the new Alliance Leader. As Anti-Entropy began voting, Ren Yu publicly backed Bronya, drawing hostile attention from Cocolia.

• Wadeline realized that Heavyweight Bunny had enabled Bronya to defeat an Emperor-class Honkai Beast and wondered what other surprises Ren Yu would bring.
• The Memory Battlefield ended, and Anti-Entropy members crowded around Bronya to offer their support and recruit her.
• Wadeline announced that Bronya and Britney had survived and that the election still required a vote.
• Ren Yu arrived with Sie, rubbed Bronya's head, and declared that he voted for her.
• Anti-Entropy members recognized Ren Yu as the man blamed for Cocolia's daughter's abduction, while Cocolia glared at him.

After Bronya became the clear favorite to lead Anti-Entropy, factions around the world rushed to offer her resources and support. Overwhelmed by the lobbyists, Bronya moved behind Ren Yu, who told them she already had people helping her, provoking their objections.

• Ren Yu declared his support for Bronya, prompting Anti-Entropy employees and other operatives to vote for her and offer her resources.
• Factions worldwide sent Bronya research, blueprints, and rare relics to win her favor, while Cocolia tried to recruit her back.
• Lobbyists surrounded Bronya with offers of generous terms and personal support.
• Bronya asked Ren Yu for help and stepped behind him beside the blue-haired girl.
• Ren Yu told the lobbyists that Bronya already had people helping her, and they challenged his right to speak for her.

Cocolia confronted Sie and Bronya after finding them with Ren Yu, while onlookers assumed the former Alliance Leader’s successor had been chosen through a scheme. Wadeline intervened to keep Ren Yu from escalating the family dispute, but Cocolia rejected his role as her daughters’ benefactor.

• Several lobbyists recognized Ren Yu and suspected he was involved in Wadeline’s choice of a successor.
• Cocolia arrived with her supporters and called out to Sie and Bronya, who remained behind Ren Yu.
• Cocolia asked her daughters whether they were still unwilling to forgive her, but Sie stayed silent and Bronya remained heartbroken over her past actions.
• Cocolia demanded that Ren Yu stay out of the family matter, and Wadeline stepped in to defend him as the girls’ benefactor.
• Cocolia rejected that description and claimed she could have rescued Sie from the Sea of Quantum without Ren Yu.

Cocolia, Wadeline, and Ren Yu let Bronya decide whether to leave with Cocolia or stay with Ren Yu. Bronya hesitated, then asked Ren Yu whether he had helped her because of Sie.

• Wadeline proposed that Sie and Bronya choose for themselves whether to leave with Cocolia or stay with Ren Yu.
• Bronya refused to return to Cocolia, but hesitated when asked whether she wanted to stay with Ren Yu.
• Ren Yu told Bronya that he would not stop her from leaving and left the decision to her.
• Cocolia urged Bronya to think independently and not hand her fate to someone else.
• Bronya recalled her time with Ren Yu, then asked whether he had helped her because of Sie.

Bronya confessed that she wanted to stay by Ren Yu’s side, leaving Cocolia furious and Wadeline trying to defuse the situation. Ren Yu took Sie and Bronya with him as they prepared to leave.

• After Ren Yu said he liked her, Bronya gathered her courage and chose to stay by his side.
• Sie felt disappointed that Bronya had confessed, but Ren Yu reassured Sie that he would never give up on her.
• Bronya wondered whether her feelings for Ren Yu were love and why being near him made her feel safe.
• Cocolia grew angry when Bronya’s choice joined Sie at Ren Yu’s side.
• Wadeline suggested that she and Cocolia discuss what came next while Ren Yu took the girls away.
• Ren Yu took Sie’s wrist and Bronya’s hand and asked whether they were ready to head back.

Ren Yu brought Bronya and Sie back to St. Freya Academy, where Bronya stayed in his room rather than wake Kiana and the others. As the three lay down, Sie confronted Bronya about asking whether Ren Yu liked her, and Bronya apologized while admitting her feelings had changed since her neural center was repaired.

• Ren Yu took Bronya and Sie away from Cocolia, while Wadeline stayed behind to discuss integrating the Reformists and Conservatives with Cocolia.
• Ren Yu, Bronya, and Sie returned to St. Freya Academy near midnight, and Bronya entered Ren Yu's room to avoid waking Kiana and the others.
• Ren Yu noticed the strained atmosphere between Bronya and Sie as they settled into bed.
• Sie asked Bronya why she had asked Ren Yu whether he liked her, then worried she had jeopardized her relationship with Bronya.
• Bronya apologized to Sie and said she had spoken impulsively, explaining that her repaired neural center had made her feel unlike her former self.
• Bronya admitted to herself that she wanted to stay beside Ren Yu and hold him, and felt guilty about those feelings toward Sie's beloved.

Bronya realized she had fallen for Ren Yu and tried to leave to avoid hurting Sie. Sie stopped her and, unwilling to lose her closest sister, considered sharing Ren Yu with her.

• Bronya admitted to herself that her mind was filled with thoughts of Ren Yu.
• Sie recognized that Bronya liked Ren Yu too and confronted her about it.
• Bronya apologized and tried to leave, but Ren Yu pulled her back onto the bed.
• Sie told Bronya she did not want them to become enemies and struggled to decide what to do.
• Sie remembered Bronya's sacrifices to save her and began considering sharing Ren Yu so they could remain sisters.