Chapter 65: The Dream Begins with a Video
Two months after the release of Honkai: The Second Great Eruption, the film's popularity had not waned. It remained a hot topic of conversation both online and offline.
And today, Schicksal's Far East Entertainment Division suddenly released a promotional video for the second film, completely blowing up the internet.
["The cinematography is insane!"]
["You've got to hand it to Welt, he knows what men want. The jiggle physics on this model are on point!"]
["The plot jumps straight to after the Third Great Eruption? I remember the last movie was only the Second Great Eruption. Can someone tell me if I missed a movie?"]
["Those familiar braids... could that be Cecilia's daughter, Kiana?"]
The newly released promotional trailer broke a million views in an instant and was still rising at a rapid pace.
In a certain tsundere queen's livestream room. The once lukewarm stream had suddenly exploded in popularity due to the release of the first movie.
Sirin had originally planned to stream a horror game as usual today, but her stream was suddenly flooded with people, all talking about the newly released promotional trailer. Driven by curiosity, Sirin paused the game.
The video started playing. Sirin picked up a bag of potato chips.
"Oh, come on, don't ask me. I really don't have any inside info. I don't know the future plot development either, crunch crunch. I don't even know who the next protagonist is," Sirin said, munching on her favorite chips.
[The video begins with a black screen, showing only the logos of Schicksal Far East Entertainment and Anti-Entropy Entertainment. Himeko's voiceover and a clipped voice from Patrick suddenly sound out in a conversation.
"Helios, this is Hyperion. Report mission status."
"Reporting, Major. Optical target not visible. Mission risk level increased to A. Requesting confirmation."
A rather fast-paced background music begins to play.
A line of white text appears on the black screen: 2 years, 5 months, 16 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 26 seconds since the outbreak of the Third Eruption.
"Mission continues."
"Yes, Major! Disabling hatch safety lock. Opening hatch manually." As the woman's voice falls, the mechanical sound of a hatch opening follows. "Helios has entered constant velocity cruise orbit."
New white text appears on the black screen: PM 17:13, 34km above Canghai City, Southeast.
"Airlock depressurization complete. Hydraulic pressure normal. Observation confirmed. Awaiting Valkyrie deployment."
The black screen slowly brightens, revealing a view of a curvaceous rear end clad in a tight battlesuit. She slowly walks towards the open hatch. Outside the hatch is a starry night sky. As she walks out, her braided hair, blown by the strong wind, looks familiar to the audience.
"Valkyrie deployment preparation, 10, 9..."
The camera zooms in on a flawlessly beautiful side profile. Not waiting for the countdown to finish, she manually turns off her Bluetooth communication. Blue, futuristic goggles appear. Then, she takes a leap, jumping from the near-space floating warship.
The girl is still falling.
The screen cuts abruptly, and even the background music stops.
When the screen lights up again, the background music becomes more intense. It's a stunning scene. The setting sun and the clouds echo each other. The light of dusk cannot hide the dazzling streak that is like a shooting star.
Through the clouds, a massive floating warship can be seen below.
The camera zooms in again on the girl's determined expression, a red dot flashing continuously on her blue goggles.
The screen goes black here. A flash of light cuts through the darkness. Amidst the golden lightning effects, the movie's title appears in a timely manner: Honkai I: Poem of the Wind.
The screen changes.
Four words in a silver, mechanical font suddenly appear on the screen.
Honkai, Return.
Below is a line of large text: Script unwritten, actors uncast, funds lacking, the above is all promotional fraud!
"Hey, this is too much, isn't it?!" Shigure Kira's voice sounds at the end of the video.
"Just kidding," is Yaqing's voice.
The promotional video ends here.]
Sirin was dumbfounded, her mouth slightly agape.
["My Queen, why are you frozen?!"]
["Am I lagging?"]
["My Queen!!!"]
Sirin said nothing. With a silent face, she turned off her camera and microphone.
Looking at the black livestream screen, the audience in the chat all spammed: ???
Sirin jumped onto her bed, hugged her blanket, and squeezed a plushie tightly between her legs, letting out a piercing, demonic screech.
"That darned old uncle is unfair! Ahhhhhh! Why!!!"
Sirin couldn't believe that her idiot of a "second sister" would be the protagonist of the movie, while she was a villain, and a very tragic one at that. She felt it was so unfair!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
Sirin picked up the phone on her bedside table, preparing to call Yaqing.
"Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently busy..."
Sirin wanted to smash the phone in her hand, but couldn't bear to. She could only let out a defeated whine.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
And far away in the Far East's Golden Courtyard, Yaqing was on the phone with Kiana.
"So? My dear little Kiana, what are your thoughts on your very own promotional trailer?" Yaqing tilted his head, holding the phone with his shoulder as he evenly spread the jam he had just taken from the fridge onto a piece of bread.
"Shouldn't you be saying 'thank you, Uncle' right about now?"
Kiana on the other end was very satisfied with the promotional video, and had even watched it several times. But after hearing Yaqing's playful tone, she pretended to be unimpressed. "It was just so-so. It didn't even capture a ten-thousandth of my beauty. And also, you darned uncle, why is the model so revealing!"
Yaqing laughed. "Revealing? It's not even half as revealing as Mei's Valkyrie armor."
"What?!" Kiana shouted. "I don't agree! Mei is mine alone, and only I can look at her."
"Kiana, what are you shouting about again?" A hungover Himeko, with her messy red hair, looked at Kiana with sleepy eyes.
"I..."
Just as Kiana was about to speak, she saw on her phone screen that the call had been disconnected.
"Ahhhh!!!" Kiana stomped her foot.
Back at the Golden Courtyard, Yaqing could already imagine the scenes of both Sirin and Kiana having a meltdown. He couldn't help but laugh out loud, savoring the sweetness of the blueberry jam. He felt his mood for the whole day had been lifted.
"That expression on your face. Whose fun are you planning to find now?" Mobius asked, eating a piece of bread with blueberry jam and looking at Yaqing with disdain.
"Ahem, Doctor, you know me. I'm not one to look for fun. I'm not interested in fun," Yaqing said with extreme seriousness.
"Heh."
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