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Theresa: But if we follow Kevin's method, what difference does it make between humanity and extinction?!
Kiana: So... we need to completely defeat the Honkai!
[Raiden Mei: Otherwise, humanity will forever live in fear and darkness!]
The people in the chat group were lamenting how terrible the collapse was.
It makes one lament the insignificance of humanity in the face of collapse.
The casualties caused by each Honkai event are becoming increasingly terrifying.
But soon.
The Ninth Honkai Impact... Begins!
A disaster that no one could have imagined then struck!
[The Esperanto language of the pre-civilization era originated on the continent of Mu.]
The Mu Continent boasts one of the world's most advanced technological levels and its population comprises one-sixth of the world's total.
[Five years after the Eighth Honkai Impact.]
The Ninth Herrscher has descended upon the continent of Mu.
The Ninth Herrscher—the Herrscher of Earth—devoured everything on this continent with a massive, simulated black hole.
Gravity triggered violent plate tectonics, causing the few surviving structures to sink into the bottomless Mariana Trench.
This vast continent vanished as if it had evaporated.
Former Civilization Doctor Einstein urgently activated the "Eye of the Abyss," teleporting the armed dolls to a world bubble deep within the "Sea of Quanta" to begin a new life.
Faced with the Ninth Herrscher who manipulates gravity, [Moth Chasing Flame] feels powerless, and the [Divine Key Project] is restarted.
[The Divine Key—Judgment of Heavenly Fire—is complete. Kevin, the only Fusion Warrior capable of withstanding the intense heat of Judgment of Heavenly Fire, uses this weapon alongside his team to face the Ninth Herrscher.]
[During the battle, Kevin single-handedly defeated the Herrscher of the Rock using Judgment of Heavenly Fire.]
[However, in order to completely eliminate the Herrscher, Hen sacrificed himself to control the Ninth Herrscher's actions and was reduced to ashes by Kevin's Judgment of Heavenly Fire.]
[The sacrifice of Scar sparked discontent and anger among squad member Kosmo, and his out-of-control emotions led to the first occurrence of the fusion warrior's dangerous [Collapse].]
After Kevin defeated the [Collapse] Kosmo, he did not kill it and allowed it to escape.
The Ninth Herrscher incident has come to an end.
However, due to the arrival of the Ninth Herrscher and the sinking of the Mu Continent, the world's population has decreased by one-sixth, social structures have collapsed, and the human world has become increasingly turbulent.
And looking at the screen.
The continent of Mu vanished and sank instantly beneath the pseudo-black hole of the Ninth Herrscher.
And on that continent, they make up one-sixth of the world's population.
In the chat group outside the screen.
For the first time, countless extraordinary individuals experienced the immense impact of the Honkai's arrival so directly!
That would mean the annihilation of an entire continent!
The extinction of one-sixth of the world's population!
It actually happened in the blink of an eye!
The mere arrival of the Herrscher has brought a cascade of disasters!
The Herrschers that appeared in the pre-civilization era...
It seems that's the case for everyone.
Its appearance is accompanied by disaster!
Even in the blink of an eye, millions of lives could be lost!
When he became the Sixth Herrscher, Kevin hesitated for only a moment.
The entire city was plunged into a deathly silence.
The Ninth Herald was even more terrifying, as he directly sank an entire continent!
No wonder....
Even the fusion warriors of previous civilizations would be in such a state of high alert towards the Herrschers.
Fu Hua, who later founded the Taixu Sect, went on to exterminate any being tainted by the Honkai!
The emergence of previous civilizations was accompanied by the deaths and injuries of tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of Herrschers...
And among the few Herrschers known to the general public in modern civilization who still retain the will of humanity...
What a difference!
The latter even stood on the side of humanity, fighting against the Honkai together!
[Zhongli: The entire continent... vanished along with it?!]
Wendy: What terrifying power.
[Mirror Flow: For Earth, this is indeed a terrible disaster.]
[Honkai Impact 3rd - Himeko: Damn it!]
Kiana: That's an entire continent's worth of people...
Theresa:
[March 7th: The more I see the tragedies that follow the collapse... the more I feel sorry for Otto...]
March 7th: Otto's contributions to humanity...were truly immense!
[Funinga: Indeed...]
[Furina: Not only has she protected humanity for over five hundred years, but she has also prevented many disasters from happening!]
[Frinna: Fooling the Honkai... Now it seems like an unimaginable feat!!]
[Einstein: The terrifying aspect of the Honkai is its ability to cause the inevitable demise of countless human civilizations.]
[Yanqing: Kevin... has once again accomplished the feat of defeating a Herrscher single-handedly....]
And in the picture.
The director of the First Research Institute, Möbius, secretly approached the collapsed Kosmo and proposed a deal to obtain information related to the collapse.
Every night, hordes of demons howl through the streets.
They were numerous, with ferocious appearances... truly terrifying.
Never look directly at them under any circumstances; they are... the ultimate evil that once writhed in the abyss.
"It's hard to believe that this is used to describe you."
The green-haired girl's rather mocking tone received no response—after all, she was just an uninvited guest.
But in the shadows she was facing at that moment, there was by no means nothing.
In that corner, where the constant smell of sulfur emanated, nothing could be clearly seen, yet it gave one the intuition of facing something foreign—like a huge, writhing shadow.
"However... I knew immediately who it was. It wasn't a horde of demons, but a person, right, Kos Demon?"
Silence...still silence. But the girl showed no anxiety; she knew the other party would eventually respond.
Here and now, what the being lurking in the shadows finds most difficult to confront is its former identity and name.
"I don't"
Her judgment was absolutely correct.
An evil, yet fragile, echo reverberates from this abandoned building in the wasteland.
“I know, that’s why you left your medal behind and left without saying goodbye from the Moth of Fire. But how to define humanity is not up to you.”
"...Leave...and never come back."
"Oh? Is that so? I'll give you one more chance to think about it. You're asking the only person who knew this would happen and who could cure you to never come back?"
"?"
"Let me put it this way, little mouse. I've known about the so-called overweight mutation—the reason you've become like this—for a long time."
But you remain silent.
"Of course. Because I lack empirical evidence, like yours, to prove that one can remain rational after entering this state."
"Put away that temper of yours, Kosmo. I have studied Vishnu's nature and even paid a price for it. Whether you like it or not, I will make you pay that price in my place."
"After all, I'm the only one who can stabilize these side effects and restore you to human form."
in the dark.
Kosmo agreed to the deal with Mebius because he also longed to return to human form, to the Firemoth, and to be human.
After the deal is struck, the crumbling Kosmo is taken to the island to seek the assistance of Aponia in the [Deepest Place], who then issues the [Commandment] to the Kosmo to maintain sanity.
Asking for flowers
[And invited the head of the weapons development department, Vervie, to test the collapsed Kosmo without his knowledge.]
Using the pretext of improving the classification of the fused Honkai Beast Vishnu against Kosma, the two jointly proposed a deal to Dr. Mei to bring Kosma back to [Firemoth].
[After Dr. May's approval, Kevin, Kosmo's original superior, once again awarded Kosmo the medal and enlisted him in the team. Möbius began secretly researching [Artificial Collapse].]
[The Divine Key Project Reactivates for the Second Time: The internal warning level regarding the Herrscher calamity within the [Fire Moth] faction has risen. The [Divine Key Project], which was halted due to the terrifying power of the [Divine Key]'s dormancy of all things, has been restarted once again due to the terrifying power of the [Divine Key]'s Judgment of Heavenly Fire.]
[The Divine Key—Black Abyss White Flower—was completed as the third Divine Key and given to Alicia, the second warrior of the [Fire Moth].]
[The first phase of the Fusion Warrior mass production plan: [Fire Moth] focuses more on research applications for Herrscher cores, choosing to mass-produce Fusion Warriors to enhance combat power from a cost-effectiveness perspective.]
[The director of the First Institute, Möbius, reached a reconciliation with the opposition leadership, and the latter "voluntarily" participated in human experiments, ultimately dying as a result.]
With the opposition's resistance gone, the super-transformation surgery for fusion warriors became completely open and open for application within the [Fire Moth] organization.
[The official "Moth Chaser" campaign encouraged numerous volunteers to participate in super-mutation surgeries by offering high benefits to successful fusion warriors. During this period, a large number of failed fusions also occurred, resulting in many individuals who successfully fused but failed to maintain their sanity.]
Meanwhile, Padophilis infiltrated the [Fire Moth], successfully participated in the super-transformation surgery, and officially became a member of the [Fire Moth].
[Star Eden decides to join the fight against the Honkai, proactively seeking out Alicia and Möbius, the director of the First Research Institute, to join the [Fusion Warrior Project], and successfully fuses with the [Emperor-class] Honkai Beast - Vorona.]
"Hey! Eden, what are you doing?"
"Oh, Ellie! Don't suddenly pounce on me from behind!"
"I can't resist seeing Eden, oh~ Eden looks so beautiful today!"
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. Now that you're here, Ellie, help me take a look at these design drawings."
"Huh? What picture?"
"Didn't Ellie complain about your current team uniforms last time? I tried designing a version, do you like it?"
"Oh—!! So beautiful! As expected of you, is this the aesthetic sense of a big star?"
"I'm glad you like it, Ellie. I also made designs for Dr. Mebius and the boys. Could you go and ask them what they think?"
"Wow, the clothes you designed for Möbius are really daring, but I think they suit her perfectly. She can throw away that white dress now."
"But Eden, you could actually go and talk to them yourself. Everyone likes you."
“That’s not appropriate.”
"What's wrong with that? You're already a member of the Firemoths, a comrade of everyone!"
"You know, the people here, the people of this era, all grew up listening to your songs. You're a star in everyone's eyes!"
Eden smiled, a hint of helplessness in his expression.
"Ellie"
"Ok?"
Is the battlefield on the front lines terrifying?
"Well, for me, it's not so much scary, it's just rather boring, isn't it?"
"Yes, I think I can also see that fewer and fewer people are returning to the base each time, and their expressions are becoming more and more solemn. It's not even a wound that I can soothe with music."
"Even Ellie has started to frown sometimes lately."