Countless viewers shared the same feelings as Eden.
Their hearts, which had just settled, were lifted once more.
While fearful, they were also curious about what plot he could arrange in this remaining bit of runtime.
On the television screen.
Einstein was directing everyone to evacuate.
Himeko was alone in the passage on the lower deck of the battleship, leaning against the railing outside the medical bay. People constantly rushed past her carrying the wounded.
She subconsciously covered her wound.
The blood could not be stopped.
"..."
"This time... things have really gotten out of hand."
No one responded to her words; only the serum flickered with faint light, illuminating a face covered in scars.
"..."
The piercing alarm sounded again, making the already chaotic passage even more disorderly.
But the world in Himeko's eyes remained calm.
"Alright, it's time to go out for some fresh air." She straightened up and took steps in the direction opposite to the flow of people.
Time seemed to quietly freeze in that moment.
"Although they're all a bunch of kids who never grow up, I quite like this place. There's still a long road ahead, right?"
"..."
"Wish you all... good luck."
People holding weapons, people wrapped in bandages, people carrying the wounded, people moving parts—
People from the Hyperion, people from the Far East Branch, people from Anti-Entropy—
People Himeko had met, people Himeko had not met—
People who remembered Himeko, people who did not remember Himeko—
One by one, they passed by her.
"I really want... to have one more drink."
The alarm in her ears continued to ring; she looked at the Godslayer Spear in her hand, feeling the spatial fluctuations growing more intense.
She gripped it tightly, stowed it away, and rejoined the battle once more!
Arriving on the bridge, with a casual swing of her sword, she knocked back the muzzle that Benares had fired at her.
The Judgment-class Honkai Beast Benares couldn't even withstand a single move from her.
Just as she was about to finish off this Honkai Beast.
The surrounding space instantly changed—the Herrscher of the Void had pulled her into imaginary space.
The Herrscher of the Void approached step by step from afar. She considered herself a god; as a god, she had actually been repelled by the ant before her. To restore the dignity of a god, she must kill her.
"You think you can escape?"
Himeko immediately became vigilant: "I've been waiting for you!"
Hmph!
The Herrscher of the Void looked at her contemptuously: "Are you prepared to welcome death?"
With a casual hook of her hand, Himeko's body flew toward her uncontrollably; just as she was about to get close, she was struck away by a massive force.
"Do everything in your power—struggle desperately!"
In this space, she was the ruler, casually manipulating everything within it. She firmly trapped Himeko in spatial cubes, crushing... slicing...
Like a god arbitrarily controlling human lives.
The energy beams formed from sub-space lances casually sliced through Himeko, who was pressed within the spatial cube...
The Herrscher of the Void turned and left: "That's all you've got, hmph!"
At that moment.
A greatsword shot irresistibly toward the Herrscher of the Void. Even though she redirected it with spatial power, that terrifying force still dissatisfied her.
An ant that should have died long ago—why dare to repeatedly offend a god?
In her line of sight, Himeko's armor was on the verge of destruction; her body was covered in traces of Honkai erosion.
An ordinary person would be unable to stand at all, yet she continued to approach step by step.
"Your attacks... are over? Then... it's my turn now."
"No objections, right?"
She gripped the greatsword with both hands, staring fixedly at the Herrscher of the Void.
"Hehehehehe..."
The Herrscher of the Void covered her forehead and let out mad laughter, mocking the overestimation of the insignificant human. With a casual wave, countless spatial portals surrounded Himeko, and sub-space lances emerged from within.
"Die!"
Hoo...
Himeko took a deep breath, squeezing out the armor's final power.
She unleashed her last attack.
"Kiana, when you wake up, you will see that everything has changed."
"You will discover that this world is no longer beautiful."
"Those ordinary daily lives will also be gone forever."
"But... don't give up. Never give up."
Facing Himeko's final power, the Herrscher of the Void defended with all her might, but under these fierce flames, the spatial cubes shattered, the sub-space lances broke, and everything... could not stop her.
"Damn it!!!"
The Herrscher of the Void was unwilling; in anger, she used her most powerful force, trying to block Himeko, who was charging forward recklessly.
But Himeko's armor erupted with unprecedented flames, granting her the greatest power.
The faces of Theresa, Mei, Bronya... and others flashed before her eyes one by one.
Finally, what appeared was Kiana's mischievous and cute face: "Aunt Himeko, I want to become the strongest Valkyrie."
Her face overlapped with the Herrscher of the Void's angry and unwilling expression.
"Kiana, lift your head and keep moving forward. Take this imperfect story and turn it into the way you hope it to be!"
The flames enveloped the greatsword as it fell.
Everything around was destroyed.
The entire space emitted violent tremors.
Only Himeko's words echoed: "Live on, Kiana."
As the flames dissipated, the final scene of the battlefield was presented to all the viewers.
Himeko's eyes had already lost their vitality; the greatsword she gripped tightly did not hit the Herrscher of the Void but landed behind her.
The greatsword in her hand broke, and Himeko spoke her final words: "This is... the final lesson."
Losing support.
Himeko's body fell toward the Herrscher of the Void, as if wanting to give her one last hug.
But in anger, the Herrscher of the Void directly struck Himeko's body away.
"Ah!"
The Herrscher of the Void felt the Honkai energy within her body escaping madly—it was because Himeko, in the end, had injected the Godslayer Spear into her body.
From the very beginning, that was her decision.
She had never intended to kill her.
As the Honkai energy collapsed, the entire space instantly crumbled.
Himeko fell into the endless void just like that.
The screen instantly switched.
Otto looked at the latest report and said to himself: "The Hyperion has escaped the encirclement. K423 and the Godslayer Armor prototype's whereabouts are unknown. The Herrscher has fallen into slumber again, but the Honkai outbreaks she caused worldwide have not stopped."
"Under this crisis, Anti-Entropy may reunite and ally with Theresa."
"Additionally, she is also an uncertain factor."
"The power of the feathers, the 8th Divine Key Fenghuang Down, seems to still hide secrets I do not know."
"..."
"But it doesn't matter."
"The experiment will not be affected by these things."
At the very end of this episode was the scene of Kiana lying unconscious on the beach.