This was a blatant open scheme by Kiana.
The full title: "A Guide to Taming a Herrscher."
She refused to believe that after successfully 'raising' the Herrscher of Heavenly Punishment, a mere Herrscher of the Void would pose any challenge!
Of course.
This plan heavily relied on Elysia's natural charm.
So, after confining the Queen, Kiana immediately brought the idea to Elysia.
The moment Elysia heard another Herrscher girl had arrived, she was absolutely thrilled.
She was itching to go see for herself in the Imaginary Space prison right away.
After all, as long as she had the spatial beacon, she could come and go freely from anywhere in the world. It wasn't a problem.
But!
She also mentioned...
"Sigh~ I have a feeling the Fourth Herrscher will descend within the next few days. And as expected, it should indeed be the Herrscher of Wind."
"It wouldn't be good if I went to the Imaginary Space right when she arrives... I'll just have to be patient a little longer."
Elysia knew how to prioritize.
Her goal was to locate the Herrscher of Wind the moment she appeared, to subdue her if possible, resorting to elimination only if necessary.
Because the authority of the Herrscher of Wind could drastically affect the environment and the atmosphere.
A single change here could affect everything else.
The longer it dragged on, the more chaotic the global air currents would become.
Making it easier to trigger a chain reaction endangering the entire world.
Fortunately, Kiana was also keeping an eye on the situation, ready to provide backup if needed.
The Herrscher core embodying the Wind authority had already been used by Vill-V to forge a Divine Key.
With this Divine Key regulating the climate and repairing the ecosystem, the potential damage was manageable.
In fact, this Divine Key could even counteract the Fourth Herrscher's authority directly.
Creating a nullifying effect, similar to Senti's 'See Through' ability.
Once you understood the principle, you could just reverse it.
It was perfect.
Incidentally, after Kiana had fallen into that deep sleep last time—as everyone knew, even the higher-ups and authorities were more anxious about it than Elysia and the others—some explanation was eventually required.
Kiana didn't refuse.
She gave a brief account of the situation at the time.
Thankfully, only the upper echelons of various countries and organizations were aware of the incident.
So, Kiana didn't need to explain anything to the general public across the world.
Even if she had to, she wouldn't have bothered.
Really, what did they take her for?
Remember, I'm your little ancestor.
If it weren't for my wives, do you think I'd even bother saying a word?
You got to 'ride along' and find out, so just be content with that. Feel like testing me by causing more trouble?
Kiana was a tsundere.
But considering the Sky Screen had already shown that she would eventually connect the main world with the Honkai Impact 3rd modern civilization in the future.
Therefore, everyone just assumed that this incident marked the beginning of her inextricable bond with the HI3 world.
Although... something about that felt a bit off.
But Kiana wasn't one to elaborate much anyway.
Elysia was so envious.
She wanted to travel to other worlds like Kiana, and even better, use her status as an alternate self to tease the girls around her alternate selves.
Wasn't that just fantastic?!
Truly, typical Elysia.
However, Kiana had also promised Eden and her mom that next time, she'd give them a heads-up in advance.
And this time really had been somewhat unexpected.
Next time, she should be able to control it freely.
Achieving that wasn't particularly difficult, either.
Mobius had dragged Kiana off for a series of special experiments before finally letting her go.
Now, Kiana had finished preparing her new set of videos: the next installment of the Vill-V commentary from the original series, the second part of the full harem review covering the Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail worlds.
As for why there was no preview, nor any plan to release them yet...
It was mainly because she didn't want to disturb Elysia.
Elysia was so focused; of course, they should wait until she successfully 'hunted' her target before starting the Sky Screen broadcasts.
Two joys, a double blessing. Wasn't that great?
And speaking of which...
Remembering her previous stunt of hijacking Kiana's account, Kiana thought that next time she visited the HI3 modern civilization world, she'd broadcast the Sky Screen for everyone there too, to amaze them all.
So.
Putting herself in their shoes, she started pondering.
She began preparing videos specifically for the HI3 world.
No matter what, it was better to have them ready in advance, just in case.
Not a bad idea.
"Will I ever hijack an account in the Genshin world or the Star Rail world?" Kiana asked the system.
Now, the first thing she did every morning, much like reading the morning paper, was to ask the system, to check and see if there were any major changes in the various future worldlines.
However, aside from the Genshin, Star Rail, and HI3 modern civilization worlds appearing more clearly, there didn't seem to be anything else noteworthy.
For the current Kiana, unless it was a new world, nothing else was really surprising anymore. If she found interesting snippets, she'd clip them as potential material, and if they seemed suitable, she'd integrate them into the main timeline later.
[If your alternate selves exist in those worlds.]
[You may look forward to it.]
The system replied.
Kiana thought about it.
The Genshin world... Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, Asmoday?
Or perhaps even... Phanes?
Well, there probably were alternates there.
But for Star Rail...
Hmm, she hadn't seen any new characters with her face before she crossed over.
Not even any 'satellites'.
Yeah, probably not happening!
But even having just the Genshin world was good enough.
"Then let's make the first review video for the Genshin side first. Get it ready, just in case we need it."
As for the content...
What else could it be?
Start by claiming all the wives in a fictional scenario.
Declare sovereignty, get 'married' unilaterally.
Then take your time wooing them for real~
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The next day.
11:48 AM, New Zealand.
The Fourth Herrscher descended.
She was the Herrscher of Streaming Winds, with a Honkai energy reading of 15,000 HW.
A super-complete form, just like the Third Herrscher.
Honestly.
Elysia was floored.
She wasn't unaware that a Herrscher's descent would cause energy levels to surge based on the ambient Honkai energy of the entire region.
These past few days, northern New Zealand had looked ready for a storm.
The skies were constantly overcast, the sun barely visible, making it hard to distinguish day from night.
Honkai Beasts and Zombies had grown increasingly restless, with more and more powerful individuals appearing.
But to the current Elysia, those were already insignificant.
She only cared about the Fourth Herrscher.
Just think!
This was only the Fourth Eruption!
And it was already like this.
What would happen later?
Without a doubt.
This was a result of Kiana adjusting the worldlines, anchoring the future through a mix of coaxing and trickery.
The future was dragging Mobius, Dr. Mei, Vill-V, and elites and scientists from all fields, hurtling at lightning speed towards the future Stellar Alliance.
Restricting technology?
Nonsense.
They needed to accelerate! At godly speed!
Who's afraid of who?
With technology advancing wildly, you Herrschers might be strong, but our Miss Finality is getting stronger too!
No matter how powerful you Herrschers become, the young lady will always be a step ahead.
Because!
She is the Finality!
All Herrschers appearing before her are merely her projections.
Conversely, wouldn't Kiana fighting these Herrschers be like a mother disciplining her daughters?
So you're 15,000 HW? How scary~
But the moment this Herrscher appeared, Kiana gained a portion of power out of thin air.
How could you possibly win?
Ah, forget it...
Even a mosquito is still a morsel of meat.
Fine then~
The young lady was quite disdainful.
And so! Elysia cried.
"Why don't I have a trait like that?!"
"We were supposed to develop together... This is just too unfair!"
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