Elysia sighed with emotion, but after a brief pause, her true nature quickly revealed itself again.
"Hmph~♪ A cute girl's heart truly is omnipotent, isn't it~~"
[Hahaha~~ That sentence, that's definitely Miss Fairy.]
[I'm really looking forward to Bronya finding Seele. I'm already smiling, just thinking about it feels so sweet.]
[Are you guys being too optimistic? This is miHoYo, this is Honkai Impact 3rd. Even if the situation looks great now, Bronya might not actually find Seele. Have you forgotten that Tuna is still missing?]
[Although I really want to refute this, when I think about this being Honkai Impact 3rd, I'm actually speechless.]
"I'm also very happy to see everyone enjoying 'Angel Reconfiguration'," Su Luo spoke up when the atmosphere in the live stream chat had cooled down a bit. "As for whether Bronya can find Seele in the Sea of Quanta, I think everyone should give me a little more trust. I said the ending would be very heartwarming."
"Since Mr. Otto has said so, we'll definitely believe you~~"
Elysia temporarily exited the main story and went to pull for the Herrscher of Reason.
Pull for HoR first, then continue the main story later.
As for the gacha process, specifically, it was a frenzy of tapping, continuing until she had enough SSS-rank fragments before stopping.
There was no skill involved, just pure money.
"I didn't expect you to have whaled so much in Honkai Impact 3rd, Elysia."
Su Luo looked at Elysia's crystal count, which had barely budged after she finished pulling for HoR.
Mainly because the number of crystals was enormous, and Elysia wasn't an unlucky person like Fu Hua, so her drop rates were quite high.
Elysia casually replied, "Sigh~~ Someone insisted on topping me up this much. I wonder if I'll even be able to use it all by the time the Honkai Impact 3rd main story ends."
"..."
Hearing Elysia's humblebrag, a wine-red figure immediately flashed through Su Luo's mind.
That person must be Eden, right?
After answering Su Luo's question, Elysia casually entered a stage, curious to try out the Herrscher of Reason.
The result was that HoR gave her a big surprise right from the start.
"Wow! This motorcycle!"
She controlled Bronya, who was riding a mechanical motorcycle, speeding along, her voice full of excitement.
Miss Fairy's VTuber avatar even got starry eyes, with pink hearts popping out.
[This is too cool! You're not human if you don't pull for this!]
[This motorcycle alone is worth me spending 648! Charge, charge, charge!!]
After drifting for a while, Elysia suppressed her excitement.
She suddenly remembered what Su Luo had said earlier: "I get it now. No wonder Mr. Otto called the previous main story chapters Subject One, Subject Two, and Subject Three."
"So, after clearing these main story chapters, you can get your driver's license~~"
[What? What? I don't quite get it, can any expert explain?]
[Isn't it easy to understand? The three worlds in the previous main story were Welt's three assessments for Duckya. After passing the assessments, Duckya could inherit the Core of Reason, and then you all saw... License in hand, Duckya is now riding a little motorcycle, it's Motorolya!]
[Freaking Motorolya!? When it comes to nicknames, you guys are the pros. (lol)]
In the office, Bronya, who was discussing the script for a side story with others, suddenly felt a chill.
Her heart thumped.
It felt like something bad had happened.
"Bronya, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Bronya shook her head and continued discussing the script with everyone.
It must be just my imagination.
Putting aside Bronya's sudden ominous premonition, Elysia, after trying out HoR for a while, resumed progressing through the main story.
She clicked on Chapter 11's interlude, "Void Archives, Lonely Moon."
This was a very important piece of the plot, representing Kiana's transformation.
"This chapter is about Kiana's story," Su Luo dropped a small spoiler from the side.
"Is it finally Kiana's turn?"
Elysia focused intently.
The screen opened to a scene ravaged by war.
Honkai Beasts threatened the lives of ordinary civilians.
And Kiana, whom everyone had been longing for, finally appeared!
However...
Kiana was hiding behind a wall, watching the civilians crying out 'Help!', biting her lip, looking like she wanted to rush out.
Fu Hua's voice sounded in Kiana's ear.
"Kiana, you can't come into contact with Honkai energy anymore... Let's go. There's nothing you can do now."
This short sentence immediately made the players' hearts tense up. Something seemed to be wrong with Kiana's body?
"Can't do anything?! I must..."
But even if her own safety was at risk, Kiana still chose to rush out and save people.
She raised a baseball bat to block a Honkai Beast, shouting to the others behind her, "Run! Don't look back, I'll hold it off."
But it was clear that Kiana's current situation was different from before.
Facing the Honkai Beast's attack, she was completely powerless to resist and soon found herself in a desperate situation.
She wanted to pick up the baseball bat to fight back but couldn't muster a shred of strength.
Just as the Honkai Beast's attack was about to hit her.
In this critical moment.
The Queen's laughter suddenly echoed in Kiana's mind, her pupils turning golden.
"Hehehe~ Just leave this body to me."
At this moment.
Countless thoughts swirled in Kiana's mind.
She had once heard people say that when near death, everything one had experienced in the past would flash before their eyes like a revolving lantern.
Yet now, all she saw before her was pitch blackness.
"Shouldn't I have been pierced by the Honkai Beast's spear already?"
—The girl's mind was in chaos.
She should be like those victims who could do nothing but flee and cry, watching helplessly as the Honkai Beast descended from the sky, to be pierced, trampled, slaughtered...
"...Why am I still alive?"
—Is it because I've committed too many sins and need to live on to accept fate's punishment?
—Is it because I thought I could resist the Herrscher personality, thought I still had a chance to save everything?
—Or, is it because there's still a final shred of illusion in my heart, hoping that all of this is just a nightmare, and that when the classroom bell rings, everything will return to normal?
She had no way of knowing. All that remained before her eyes was darkness, endless darkness.
Kiana gritted her teeth, struggling to maintain her sanity, which was on the verge of collapsing, recalling everything worth remembering from the past.
Ultimately, the memories shattered, surging towards her.
Hearing Kiana's heavy voice, the players vaguely understood that the energetic and cheerful Kiana might never return.
[Tuna, what's wrong with you! Why aren't you smiling anymore? Woo woo woo~~]
[Damn! I didn't break during the previous main story, but your comment just broke my defenses! Thinking about how Kiana used to be... It's too cruel.]
[It reminds me of what Himeko said: Kiana, when you wake up, you will find that this world is no longer beautiful.]
[??? Enough, you guys! The game stabs me with knives, and now the bullet comments want to stab me too?]
"Those ordinary days are gone, never to return..."
Himeko's words surfaced in Elysia's mind, one after another.
Even though she hadn't intentionally tried to remember them, they seemed to be deeply ingrained.
This was a feeling no other game had ever given her before.
Perhaps, this was Honkai Impact 3rd?