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"So, where's the bomb?"

Gray Serpent and Raven stood on the rooftop. The place where the bomb had been planted was now empty. If not for the support frame still being here, they would have thought they had remembered the wrong location. The time bomb, modified from a Honkai energy engine, had vanished into thin air. It would be impossible to find another device capable of releasing such a massive amount of Honkai energy in a short time.

"How should I know? Who knows how something that big just disappeared," Raven shrugged.

"To move a device of that size, you would probably need the Second Divine Key, Cosmic Juggernaut. And Cosmic Juggernaut is currently in the hands of Schicksal," Gray Serpent analyzed. The engine had been dismantled from the Helios, the ship of Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie Rita. So, it was perfectly normal for Schicksal to know about it and take action.

Therefore, the conclusion was that this was definitely the work of the innately evil Otto.

Otto: ?

"What's the next step? Should we continue the experiment in Arc City?" Raven asked.

"Forget it. Since Schicksal has already made a move, we'll suspend the operation in Arc City for now," Gray Serpent said, his mechanical pupils glowing red.

Meanwhile, in the Sea of Quanta.

"Ugh, World Serpent's plan is just too insane, isn't it?" Elysia couldn't help but say.

That's right, the bomb had been taken by Kenji. Kiana was currently training in the Elysian Realm and naturally had no time to resolve the crisis in Arc City. If it had exploded, very few people would have survived. Elysia couldn't imagine that the sunny big boy Kevin she knew would coldly carry out such a plan. The Kevin from her era had been relatively cheerful; he wasn't this deranged.

She didn't know the full details of what Kevin had been through. Otherwise, she might have changed her mind. To have lost so much... how could he not have become this deranged?

"Although it's the worst-case plan, if you don't know whether the future of this era will be wiped clean by the Honkai like the Previous Era was, you can only choose to execute it," Kenji said calmly.

But now... the plan was to train Kiana into the Herrscher of Finality.

In a certain world bubble in the Sea of Quanta, Kevin stood under a cherry blossom tree, his back to the world.

"Kevin ♪?"

Elysia looked at the figure radiating an aura of loneliness and indifference and subconsciously called out his name.

"!"

One could clearly see Kevin's body flinch slightly. It was an instinctive reaction.

Kevin turned around stiffly and looked at Elysia. His face, which was usually as cold as an iceberg, showed a very obvious change.

"El...ysia..."

Am I not awake yet? Isn't Elysia already dead? How can there be a second Elysia?

"Here, a power bank for you," Kenji said, tossing the Honkai energy engine to Kevin.

Anyone who was with Elysia couldn't be a bad person. Kevin didn't stand on ceremony and began to absorb the Honkai energy. Although it was better than nothing, it was still better than nothing. He could already one-shot the Herrscher of Reason before; now, he could one-shot the Herrscher of Reason even more easily.

"Kevin, I'm not the Elysia you know."

"Mm."

"Kevin, I've met the 'you' in the Elysian Realm."

"Mm."

"The 'me' in the Elysian Realm has now met the Herrscher of this era. She's a Kaslana. Your descendant, you know."

"Mm."

"You're no fun. Compared to the Kevin I know, you don't even smile." Elysia shook her head helplessly.

Kevin didn't refute her. He was no longer that naive boy. The Kaslana name had nothing to do with him. He was just Kevin now. However, since Elysia had met the Herrscher of this era, he no longer needed to go and capture that Herrscher of Reason outside.

Kenji took out MEI's cooking. The corner of Kevin's mouth twitched, and his expression showed a more vivid change. So the MEI of another world is still alive... but it has nothing to do with me.

On the Hyperion.

After their attack on Schicksal, Theresa and the others had not returned to St. Freya. Although Theresa knew her grandfather wouldn't do anything to her, she didn't want to see Otto hurt anyone else.

"Teacher Himeko, where is Kiana training? I want to go too!" Mei gripped Himeko's hand, her eagerness startling Himeko.

"Mei, calm down."

"Kenji told me to tell you that you can become the Herrscher of Thunder again, so there's no need to rush into the Elysian Realm."

Mei calmed down, her brow furrowed slightly. "The Gem of Conquest is inside Kiana's body now. I can't just take it back, can I?" She had experienced that pain before. She didn't want to hurt Kiana.

"Someone will guide you when the time comes." Himeko waved her hand. Kenji and Elysia had gone to the Sea of Quanta.

Mei's brow furrowed. For some reason, she felt very uneasy, a faint weight on her head.

The Realm Elysia's inner thought: Dear Mei, Kiana is just wonderful.

"Himeko, are you really not coming back?" Theresa asked, tilting her head up to look at Himeko.

"As a Valkyrie, I'm at retirement age. My strength probably isn't much help anymore. It's not like I can do another 'Final Lesson', right?" Himeko said jokingly.

"Don't even joke about that!" Theresa flinched. She did not want to experience the pain and grief of losing her good friend again.

"I'm fine now. I just came back this time to see you all."

"I heard from Kenji that Bronya is going to become a Herrscher too. Our St. Freya Academy is really full of talent." As Himeko spoke, she couldn't help but laugh. All the heroes (Herrschers) of the world were gathered at St. Freya.

"Huh?" Theresa's head was about to explode. Another Herrscher? Had St. Freya poked a Herrscher's nest? This was a Valkyrie academy, not a Herrscher training base. St. Freya Academy was about to be expelled from the human race.

"Himeko, you were the one who brought all three of them back, right?" Theresa's brain exploded with world-shaking wisdom.

"I can't predict the future," Himeko shrugged. How could she have known back then that this would happen?

"No, what is with your St. Freya, chicken-coop head? Should we stop our cooperation with you?" the Lobster Head Doctor asked, confused. Do Herrschers like to appear in groups now?

"Dr. Tesla, to fight the Herrscher of the Void, all the Titan mechs that Anti-Entropy sent out were scrapped. You could say that Anti-Entropy is bankrupt."

"Aaaah! (groundhog scream)"

Tesla clutched her head and screamed. That damn Herrscher of the Void! My Titans! They're all gone! Not a single one left! That Herrscher of Wind, Wendy, could be brought down by a Titan, but the Herrscher of the Void had destroyed all the Titans with a single snap of her fingers.

Theresa and the others barely managed to hold back their laughter. A smile doesn't disappear; it just moves from someone else's face to your own.

The space where the Cocoon of Finality resided.

"Hello~~~"

"Big eyeball, can you talk?"

Aha had followed the scent and found the Cocoon of Finality. He hadn't expected to find something so interesting in such a remote place. If he brought the Cocoon of Finality to the Honkai: Star Rail universe, he wondered what kind of fun would ensue.

SHOOM!

A purple beam containing the power of Finality shot out. It was an attack that could destroy a star.

"CRACK!"

Aha's mask shattered, turning into a pile of hero fragments on the ground.

"Hahahaha! Aha got smashed! Aha has no face!"

After a loud laugh, the mask reassembled itself. It was just too much fun. Anyway, he was just a mask; his main body hadn't entered this place.

How annoying.

The Cocoon of Finality ignored him. Aha is just a maniac. How did this thing get into the solar system?

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