"So happy that when I awoke, you were by my side. Now, let us become one again, my other half."
Zzzzt~~
A burst of electric current sounded.
Mei instantly broke free from Kiana's embrace, putting twenty meters of distance between them.
The consciousness of the Third Herrscher also rang out in her mind: "We are too late. She has already been controlled by Honkai. She is extremely dangerous now."
Mei hurriedly said: "No—precisely because she is so dangerous right now, I absolutely cannot let her go."
"Hmph! Fine. Since the enemy is a Herrscher, we must use the power of a Herrscher to deal with her. Don't disappoint me." The power of the Third Herrscher, the Herrscher of Thunder, surged into Mei's body.
It made her feel stronger than ever before: "Kiana, I will never abandon you… just as you have never abandoned me!"
Hm?
In just an instant,
Mei felt herself falling into an endless void, completely unable to locate where Kiana was.
Only the occasional sub-space lances continuously attacked her.
The gap in strength between them was far too great!
In less than a minute,
when she came back to her senses, she was already being lifted by the neck.
"Ki… Kiana…" Mei reached out and gently touched her cheek: "Wake up…"
The golden pupils instantly collapsed.
Kiana let out a pained cry and threw Mei away.
Her consciousness fought against the consciousness of the Second Herrscher, but in the end, the Second Herrscher was far stronger.
Terrifying Honkai energy erupted from her body. The entire sky and earth experienced violent spatial oscillations due to this Honkai energy. A spatial portal appeared, and a Honkai beast suddenly burst out from within, stabbing toward Mei.
Just as it was about to hit,
the Honkai beast suddenly froze.
Mei looked over in confusion.
It was an Anti-Entropy mech that had approached invisibly and restrained the Honkai beast.
Then… one after another, the mechs that had been positioned in advance deactivated their stealth and charged toward Kiana.
Kiana, now fully transformed into the Second Herrscher, had her Herrscher attire completely formed. Countless spatial portals appeared behind her, and Honkai beasts emerged one after another.
She stepped into the void, walking upward into the sky step by step.
At the queen's command, countless Honkai beasts rushed toward the mech forces—the true war had begun!
"Humans, your very existence is an error."
"War, deception, jealousy, greed… You once caused me to lose everything. Today, I shall devour all. For I…"
"am Honkai!!"
The mech forces under Einstein's command formed a protective shield to withstand the first wave of Honkai beast impacts, while simultaneously having the cannon-type mechs collectively unleash their strongest energy cannons.
Honkai!
The Second Herrscher!
She knew all too well just how terrifying that existence was!
"Fire!"
At her command, thousands of mechs fired in unison—countless bursts of fire illuminated the entire sky.
The Second Herrscher looked at the incoming artillery, the corner of her mouth curling up in disdain: "Hmph."
She casually snapped her fingers forward.
Countless spatial gates opened in front of the artillery, absorbing all the attacks before casually redirecting them back at the mech forces.
In this moment,
Anti-Entropy was utterly bankrupt.
In this moment,
the entire world learned of the queen's arrival.
And in this very same moment,
every viewer watching the broadcast was stunned by this scene.
What is a queen?
What is Honkai?
This was the first time, after watching so many episodes, that they truly understood.
This visuals had long surpassed their imagination; this scene had already transcended the television of this era.
Countless people trembled with excitement, feeling chills down their spines.
They had never imagined that watching a TV drama could feel this exhilarating. Even though this Second Herrscher was the villain, they were still conquered by the queenly aura unique to her.
Especially when she stood above a sea of flames, Benares arrived to kneel in submission before her, and finally that domineering sidelong glance—with just that one look, countless viewers submitted.
Even entire group chats and countless live stream rooms were flooded with "All hail the Queen!"
Such barrage comments naturally left many people bewildered.
These people's face-changing speed was truly too fast.
Inside the Golden Court,
Eden, who had been watching Honkai Impact 3rd, was also shocked by this scene.
This surging feeling in her heart hadn't appeared in many years.
She declared without reservation: "At this moment, art has been achieved! Honkai Impact 3rd is destined to become the most popular drama of this era. Elysia, your husband is too amazing!"
Elysia was also incredibly excited by this scene: "This was actually made by my husband—he's really too incredible. A war scene like this, a queen like this… is that really the Kiana I… ahem, persuaded to join the company?"
Inside Fire Moth Company,
Rita was also shocked: "This is Kiana? She actually portrayed the queen this well."
Kiana scratched her head: "It's all thanks to the director's guidance."
Speaking of the director,
everyone turned their gazes toward Hessian, who was playing games off to the side, filled with admiration.
No one knew how this guy's brain worked to produce such incredible scenes.
But soon,
amid everyone's excitement,
they all thought of one question: The Second Herrscher is this powerful—how are Theresa and the others supposed to save Kiana now?
It was precisely this question
that made everyone temporarily suppress their excitement and continue watching patiently.
Everything in sight had turned into a sea of fire.
Theresa also arrived at the battlefield: "Great, we made it in time…"
She immediately contacted Einstein: "Doctor, I've rendezvoused with Mei, but Kiana…"
Einstein said: "High concentrations of Honkai energy detected within Kiana—reading… 4458 HW. I really hope the detector is malfunctioning."
Theresa looked around: "Then what about your mech forces?"
Einstein said helplessly: "All signals from the advance mech troops have disappeared. The enemy's numbers haven't decreased at all—in fact, massive reinforcements keep joining the battlefield. The current situation cannot be called optimistic by any means."
Theresa placed the cross from her back in front of her: "I understand… but we have no choice but to bet everything! As long as we can awaken Kiana's consciousness, we still have a chance at victory!"
Mei also stood up once more.
The two charged toward the Second Herrscher together.
Hmph!
The Second Herrscher paid them no mind at all.
She had already used the Honkai beasts to divide the entire battlefield—those mech forces couldn't support them here at all.
She had plenty of time to toy with them.
"—Weak, insignificant, overestimating yourselves."
"Struggling on the brink of death only hastens its arrival."
"After all this time, you still don't understand this truth."
"Little girl, why do you stand in my way again?"
Theresa bitterly held on in the fight: "…Cut the nonsense! That body doesn't belong to you!"
She said disdainfully: "Ridiculous. This body is the vessel that greedy humans created for me—a sacrifice prepared for my descent."