Chapter 104: Long Live the Queen, an Unending Echo! (2-in-1 Chapter)
[Meanwhile, Theresa and Raiden Mei were on the Hyperion, ready for deployment.
Due to the Hyperion's attack on the Helheim Laboratory, the barrier had failed and could no longer repel Honkai Beasts. A large number of them began to swarm towards the Hyperion.
After a fierce battle, Mei finally eliminated the Honkai Beasts on the deck, but she also received unfortunate news: the lower deck had been hit, and a fire was spreading.
Mei remembered that Bronya was still there.
To buy time for the personnel on the lower deck to evacuate, Mei threw herself back into the fierce battle.
"Why is it that all I can think of is you?"
"I love it when, after every mission, you kick open the dorm door and shout, 'Mei, I'm back!'"
"You'd pounce on me, muttering in my ear that you were hungry..."
"And I would stroke your hair and say to you, 'Welcome back.'"
"All of it, I love all of it."
"I will definitely get you out of there, Kiana."
"You're not some Kaslana hero, nor are you some clone of the Second Herrscher."
"To me, you're just a gentle, kind, and infuriating idiot... that I never want to let go of."]
Mei's inner monologue made the viewers realize something was amiss, especially a certain someone whose face was already bright red. They had thought Kiana was the gay one, but it turned out Mei was too.
Bronya, sitting on the front lines of the gossip, watched the two blushing girls with an amused expression.
"That's a confession, right? That's definitely a confession!" Pardofelis was stunned.
"Wait, I never recorded this part!" Mei suddenly realized, but she was too shy to say it out loud with everyone looking at her.
"MEI, that's your voice, isn't it?" Kevin was the first to recognize it and looked at MEI.
This greatly surprised MEI. Her voice was already very similar to Raiden Mei's, and she had used some techniques on top of that, making it very difficult to recognize.
"MEI, is that really you?" Elysia also leaned over curiously.
"Yes, it's me." MEI admitted it generously, then asked curiously, "Kevin, how did you know it was me?"
MEI had thought Kevin would take the opportunity to say some sweet nothings, but she never expected this to be his answer.
"Oh, because Raiden Mei's voice is a bit youthful, and while your voice sounds very similar, MEI, you can't hide that mature temperament."
Kevin spoke eloquently, completely oblivious to the fact that the smile on MEI's face was gradually disappearing.
Elysia silently leaned back on Eden's shoulder.
Mobius also retracted her gaze.
"See that?" Shab nudged Rita and whispered, "I'll bet you that little Kiana and Mei's relationship has already received Yàqīng's approval."
Rita looked at the embracing pair with some envy. It was difficult for same-sex couples to gain acceptance, but Kiana and Raiden Mei had already been accepted, not just by their family, but by people all over the world.
[Mei's fierce battle continued, but her body could barely hold on.
Without the suppression of the bomb in her heart, the Herrscher personality within her began to mock her. "What a pathetic sight. You're no match for them at all. You talk a big game, but what can you do? How about I lend you my power?"
After receiving the Herrscher's power, Raiden Mei's fatigue vanished. The Honkai Beasts couldn't last a second under her blade, as if she had entered an unstoppable 'musou' mode.
"I still have a score to settle with that one. I can't let her die here."
"Hah, to think there'd be a time when I'd have the same goal as you, you coward."]
"Tsundere! Miss Third Herrscher is a tsundere."
"Rebellious Reason? Chuuni Void? Tsundere Thunder?"
"And these are the great villains who are supposed to destroy humanity?!"
"Wait, I didn't record this part either!" Mei didn't say it out loud, but she suddenly remembered what Shab had once told her: Schicksal's research could simulate a person's voice and emotions.
In the back row.
MEI looked at Kevin with a half-smile. "Kevin, why don't you guess again? Did I record this part?"
Kevin was stumped. He frowned and thought hard for a moment, then shook his head. "I can't tell, but I have a feeling it's not you."
"Hmph, you pass this time."
"The stench of love..." Mobius's tone was both cold and sour.
[The Hyperion was about to arrive above the Helheim Laboratory. Theresa suddenly felt something was wrong. The defensive forces had suddenly weakened, as if on purpose.
Warning lights suddenly flashed inside the bridge.
"Strong spatial fluctuations detected."
Mei suddenly felt the ground beneath her give way. She heard Kiana's voice in her ear and opened her eyes to find herself being held in Kiana's arms.
"Kiana! Are you okay?!" Mei's first reaction was to worry about Kiana's condition.
"I'm fine. I'm great." Kiana's tone was strange, the sound of static underneath it masked by the BGM.
Kiana's eyes suddenly changed from azure to golden. She looked at Mei in her arms with amusement. Her Valkyrie armor was replaced by a Herrscher's feathered outfit, and her voice changed from Kiana's to Sirin's.
"So great... it's almost like being reborn!"
"Kiana..."
Behind 'Kiana', the familiar Lances of the Void appeared. "I'm so glad you were here with me when I woke up. Now, become one with me again, my other half (the Gem of Conquest)."]
"You stinking Sirin, what do you think you're doing! Mei is mine, no one can take her away!"
Watching her own voice-over change to Sirin's, and hearing Sirin's voice say such ambiguous words to Mei, Kiana burned with rage. She turned around and yelled at Sirin in the row behind her.
"How should I know?" Sirin said nonchalantly. "You stupid kaslana, didn't you see the subtitles? The 'other half' I was talking about was the Gem of Conquest."
"So... the one who gets killed off in this movie is Kiana?" Pardofelis realized. She loved to guess who Yàqīng was going to kill off in every movie.
"Rather than killing off Kiana, I'm more inclined to believe he'll kill off someone else," Su analyzed. "Killing off Kiana won't make the audience sad. But if someone's death is used to awaken Kiana, that will make the audience even sadder."
"Brother Su, are you a devil?" Pardofelis looked incredulous.
Su shook his head, then suddenly felt a chill run down his back.
"Please, do not say things that the children cannot accept."
Aponia's voice rang out. Su quickly turned around to apologize.
[The screen went black. Several pink blade flashes.
The screen lit up again. 'Kiana' floated in the air. Opposite her, Mei knelt on the ground, the consciousness of the Third Herrscher appearing as a phantom in front of her.
"We're too late! She's already been controlled by the Honkai! She's very dangerous right now."
The BGM became urgent, heightening the audience's tension.
"No. It's precisely because she's dangerous right now," Mei said, her gentle demeanor replaced by a steely resolve, "—that I absolutely cannot let her go."
"Hmph... Fine. Since the enemy is a Herrscher, we'll have to use a Herrscher's power to solve it. Don't disappoint me."
The Third Herrscher transformed back into the Gem of Conquest and returned to Mei's body. Mei's eyes began to flash with lightning until her entire body was covered in it.
"Kiana! I will never abandon you, just as you have never abandoned me!"]
"Go for it, Mei! Beat that stinking Sirin up!" Kiana said excitedly.
"Kiana..." Mei said, troubled. "Sirin is using your body right now."
"Oh, right." Only then did Kiana remember that Sirin was using her appearance.
"By the way, have you written the story between Kiana and Mei? Otherwise, the audience will be very confused and won't understand what happened between them," Shigure Kira asked.
"Patrick has already drawn it. It will be available on the Honkai IP official website after this movie ends," Yàqīng nodded.
"What IP official website?" Shigure Kira was baffled. As a high-ranking member of a Schicksal branch, how did she not know about the launch of an official website?
"It was discussed while you were traveling in Shenzhou."
The moment Yàqīng mentioned this, Shigure Kira wanted to strangle him.
[Mei, having reclaimed her Herrscher core, was still no match for 'Kiana'. After being utterly defeated, 'Kiana' grabbed Raiden Mei by the neck. Mei felt it become difficult to breathe. She struggled to reach out a hand, wanting to touch 'Kiana's' pretty face.
"Ki... Kiana, wake up."
'Kiana's' expression was cold, but the moment Mei's fingertips touched her, her eyes widened, changing from gold back to azure, and a single tear fell.
Kiana let go of Mei, clutched her head in pain, and let out an agonized cry. The Lances of the Void behind her vanished into thin air.
Kiana looked to be in great pain.
Just as Mei was about to reach out a hand to show concern, 'Kiana' covered her eyes with one hand and let out an eerie laugh.
Small, golden square blocks swirled and gathered behind her, forming an unstable black sphere, which then transformed into something resembling an eye. Black lightning shot from the pupil straight into the clouds.
It opened a void similar to a black hole, from which a large Honkai Beast emerged, its arm like a sharp spear smashing straight down towards Mei.
Mei dodged subconsciously but was still sent flying by the shockwave. She tumbled several times on the ground before struggling to get up.
Perhaps the large Honkai Beast had already appeared above her, raising its spear-like arm high and plunging it towards her.]
"No! You despicable, stinking Sirin!" Kiana looked at Sirin with burning rage.
Sirin knew Kiana had monstrous strength, so she was a little afraid, but the pride of a queen wouldn't let her show it.
"You... you kaslana, you're not really taking the movie seriously, are you?" Sirin said, pretending to be calm.
"Hmph, you stinking Sirin, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about the Sirin in the movie," Kiana snorted.
"So there are differences between Herrschers? As the Herrscher of Thunder, yet she can't withstand a few hits from the Herrscher of the Void," MEI said.
"Is that so? To me, it looks like that little girl Raiden Mei hasn't fully mastered the power of the Herrscher of Thunder."
Mobius crossed her arms, holding a different opinion.
"Although Sirin changed bodies, her control over the Herrscher core wasn't forgotten. But that little girl Raiden Mei probably had a bomb planted in her heart from the moment she awakened and has never used the Herrscher's power."
"Senior Mobius is right," MEI said, not wanting to argue with Mobius. She didn't know how she had offended her.
Elysia knew exactly why.
[Mei closed her eyes in fear. Just at that critical moment, the Honkai Beast's movement was stopped. Mei looked up. An invisible Titan mech gradually materialized, forcefully tearing off the Honkai Beast's spear-arm.
With the cooperation of several Titan mechs, this Honkai Beast was completely destroyed.
Mei watched as countless mechs marched past her in formation, their target aimed straight at 'Kiana'.
The camera work, handled by Cheng Lixue, panned up from the ground, emphasizing the colossal size of the mechs.
Faced with Anti-Entropy's mecha squadron, 'Kiana' waved her hands. Six skirt-like appendages extended outwards, the empty space between them filled with a yellow light, like eyes.
Black lightning shot out from the "pupils," opening one black void after another in the mid-air behind her. She walked step by step on the void, as if on an invisible staircase, with utmost elegance.
The song "Befall," sung by Eden, began to play at the perfect moment.
The camera circled around 'Kiana' as the center.
She waved her hands, and tens of thousands of Honkai Beasts poured out of the voids, launching a fierce attack on the Titan forces on the ground.
Cheng Lixue dedicated nearly three minutes to depicting this war between mechs and Honkai Beasts with special effects, and those three short minutes consumed nearly a quarter of the movie's special effects budget.
"Humans, your very existence is a mistake. War, deceit, jealousy, greed. You once made me lose everything, but today, I will devour all. Because I, am the Honkai!"
As 'Kiana' spoke, Anti-Entropy's mecha forces gradually fell into a disadvantage under the onslaught of tens of thousands of Honkai Beasts. The Raiden Mechs, under control, unleashed a barrage of fire at the 'Kiana' in the sky.
Faced with the countless cannon blasts that lit up the day, 'Kiana' sneered. She extended her right arm and simply snapped her fingers.
"Snap."
The sound of the snap was crisp, as if all the sounds of the barrage had vanished into thin air.
The BGM of the song covered the noisy cannon fire. Countless voids appeared in front of 'Kiana', absorbing the barrage. Finally, it was all compressed into a sphere that appeared in 'Kiana's' hand.
'Kiana' crushed the sphere. Voids instantly covered the sky above the mecha forces. Countless cannon blasts rained down from the voids. The Titan mecha forces could only endure the friendly fire.
In the barrage, the Schicksal airport below was reduced to ruins. Beside 'Kiana', the dragon Benares flew past with an overwhelming presence, landing in the center of the Honkai Beast horde on the ground.
Mei watched this scene helplessly.
Cheng Lixue's unique camerawork appeared again, slowly circling upwards with 'Kiana' as the center.
'Kiana' seemed to sense something. Her face, which had been in profile to the camera, didn't move, but her pupils shifted to look directly at the camera.
This scene, the Queen's Descent, used nearly half of the special effects budget just on its own.
As for the other half... ]
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