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Bab 255: Chapter 256: Himeko is Dead? Impossible!

"People will change. It looks like Mei has made friends in World Snake, which is good," Einstein sighed.

When Mei violently beat Kiana and left, the players were all worried about whether Mei would face problems after turning dark, and if she would be targeted in World Snake. But now it seems that she is doing well in World Snake and has even become friends with Raven.

Raven then drove the car and took Mei to a new location. During the drive, they talked more. Mei discussed her past, reflecting on how the people kind to her never seemed to have happy endings.

In the flashbacks, the live broadcast viewers also learned that Mei had once asked Kevin about the whereabouts of the Plague Gem but found nothing. Of course, what she was really searching for wasn't the Plague Gem, but *that* person. However, Kevin gave a direct and harsh answer: Wuliangta Himeko is dead.

Mei couldn't accept this cold response. She continued using her own resources to investigate further but discovered a truth even colder and crueler than Kevin's words that day.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the live broadcast room panicked!

"Su Mu! What's going on? Himeko-sensei can't really be…"

Elysia's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

Ever since the last mission, Himeko's life and death had been a continuous topic of discussion among players. At first, everyone thought Himeko was truly dead, but as the plot unfolded, with more Herrschers on the human side, players began to speculate.

Would Himeko eventually return as the Herrscher of Fire?

After all, *Honkai Impact III* is still a gacha game. If Himeko came back as the Herrscher of Fire, wouldn't it make players cry while still pulling for her in the gacha? This theory, balancing both logic and marketing, was the most widely accepted one among players on major forums.

But now, seeing the answer Mei sought, it poured cold water on everyone's hopes. Even World Snake hadn't been able to locate the Plague Gem. Could Himeko truly still be alive?

"No, I'm just waiting for Sister Himeko's return. Su Mu, you're not going to say Himeko is dead, are you?"

"Su Mu, you don't want *Honkai Impact III*'s revenue to plummet, do you? If Himeko-sensei is really dead, I swear I'll never spend another penny on this game!"

"Yeah, just let Himeko return as the Herrscher of Fire! We'd all happily spend money on pulls. Isn't that the best outcome?"

"Don't worry," Einstein said, calming the chaotic players in the live broadcast room. "Just because World Snake couldn't find the Plague Gem doesn't mean anything. You want to see her alive, and if she's dead, you want a body. Until there's concrete proof, any talk of Himeko's death is just a smokescreen, and misleading players is Su Mu's specialty."

Einstein's words calmed Elysia and the viewers. Right, hadn't Su Mu fooled them countless times before?

Veliona was a perfect example. Everyone had thought Red Seele would be separated from Seele by the Herrscher of Thousands, and they had been worried for ages. But what was the result? Veliona defeated the Herrscher of Thousands and showed that her bond with Seele was unbreakable!

So, it had to be the same with Himeko. Su Mu was just throwing out smokescreens to see their frightened reactions!

Seeing the live broadcast room gradually calming down, Su Mu's lips curved slightly. Einstein's guess had some merit. But unfortunately, this time, Su Mu wasn't lying.

Who could tell the difference between truth and lies?

Su Mu wondered, *Will the players be completely ruined by me? That would be exciting!*

After Mei shared her troubles, she asked Raven a question: "Do you expect your brother to be alive?"

The car stopped by the beach. On the golden sands, with the orange sunset in the distance, Raven and Mei walked side by side. Then, with a nostalgic expression, Raven spoke gently about her childhood with her brother. Those precious memories were a past she would never forget.

Finally, Raven gave her answer. Of course, she hoped her brother was still alive.

"Did you know? He really did appear," Raven said.

"What?" Mei asked, shocked.

It was a snowy winter. While Raven was driving, she saw a man who looked exactly like her brother crossing the street. She chased after him for a long time, but things like red lights and obstacles kept her from catching up.

But how could the number one mercenary in North America fail to catch up? Later, Raven realized it wasn't that she couldn't catch him; it was that she *didn't want* to catch him. She feared that if she did, she'd hear the dreaded words: "Sorry, you've got the wrong person."

This conversation deeply moved everyone watching the live stream. People often have hopes, but when they get close to fulfilling them, they fear their expectations will be shattered.

Raven also reflected on her island villa, thinking it had been her dream. But when it sank, she realized she hadn't truly lived for years. Only when she was with the children did she feel alive.

This part of the story enriched Raven's character, making her more three-dimensional.

"Laughter through tears—Raven is a real woman!"

"I didn't know Raven had so many burdens... *Honkai* characters really don't have happy lives."

"I can totally understand Raven's feelings. I once saw someone who looked like a friend of mine who passed away. It was such a complicated feeling."

After watching this scene, viewers' impressions of Raven changed. Although they still joked, they no longer saw her as just a comic relief character.

Of course, even with Raven's tragic backstory, the game might still use her to continue some absurd side storylines. After all, how many people can pull off 150 SP in one second?

"Raven is a tragic character," Elysia sighed. "Her past was filled with darkness, but she still had her light and her own moral compass, unlike Jackal."

"And that's why Mei can befriend her," Einstein added.

After the heavy conversation ended, Mei tried to lighten the mood. Casually, she asked, "Isn't it hot wearing a hat on the beach?"

Raven took off her hat. Under the beautiful sunset, a tuft of hair on top of her head stubbornly swayed in the sea breeze. It suddenly made her seem less cold and more… cute.

Mei couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, so Raven wears a hat because she's afraid of being mistaken for a kid."

Elysia giggled, her eyes curving into crescent moons.

"I see, this is what people mean by 'cute contrast,' right?" Tesla said with interest.

"She *does* look cuter without the hat," Einstein admitted.

"But wait... this whole storyline is about Mei and Raven. Is Kiana about to get jealous?" Tesla teased.

"I think it's great that Mei's relationships with other girls are improving," Einstein said with a chuckle. "It'll make Kiana feel like she has some competition, which could be fun."

"Don't even think about it!" Elysia declared. "Mei belongs with Kiana! Raven may be cute, but I, Elysia, will not allow any love triangles!"

In Sirin's live broadcast room, Kiana couldn't help but feel irritated watching Mei and Raven bond.

"Dammit, Su Mu, why is Mei getting along with Raven so well?"

"Why can't I have my own friends?" Mei rolled her eyes and playfully knocked Kiana on the head. "Or do you not trust me?"

"Of course I trust you, Mei! But I don't trust Su Mu! He loves to mess with us, and I don't want to be the one left out in the game."

"Kiana, you're being ridiculous again!" Mei said, embarrassed, pulling on Kiana's cheeks in frustration.

"Hehe, I really want them to take advantage of Sister Mei and Raven. If not for any other reason, I just want to see Kiana's twisted look of regret," Sirin grinned, showing a typical happy-go-lucky smile. 

"Tie baa!" Kiana was so angry that she really wanted to punch Sirin away. "Minotaurs and everything else deserve to die!"

After some fighting, Sirin continued the game.

At night, Raven and Mei arrived at the warehouse and successfully found the suspicious person. After opening the box, Mei was pulled into the Domination Theater. Like Bronya, Mei chose to wait and observe in the beginning, without using the Herrscher's power. 

But seeing Mei get pulled deeper into the Domination Theater made everyone in the live broadcast room worried. They feared that Mei might lose her Herrscher powers to the Dominating Herrscher, like Bronya did. That would be troublesome.

Then, Mei met the doll, and under its guidance, ventured into the depths of the Domination Theater. The doll didn't attack Mei this time but instead offered to help her and Kiana live normal lives. The deal? Mei would have to give up her Herrscher of Thunder powers. In return, they would take away the Herrscher of the Void's power, allowing Mei and Kiana to return to their ordinary lives.

But how could Mei be tempted by such a shallow offer? She rejected it outright.

Angered by the refusal, the puppet summoned mechas created with the power of the Herrscher of Reason to attack Mei. But even without using her Herrscher powers, these mechas posed no threat to her.

Soon after, Raven arrived, and together, they killed the doll and returned to the real world.

"Strange... Why did the doll act differently this time compared to last time?" Mei frowned, expressing her doubts.

"It is a bit different," Sirin nodded. "Compared to when it dealt with Bronya, this time the doll seemed to deliberately push Mei into using her Herrscher powers. It knew this would make her wary, yet it still did it. And it even openly admitted it had the power to strip away the Herrscher's abilities… What's the angle here?"

"Could it be that the doll also likes Mei and is trying to win her over with a softer approach?" Kiana guessed, scratching her head.

"How is that possible...?" Mei shook her head. "Since the doll knows so much about Bronya, it must also be well aware that a few sweet words won't convince me."

"Hey, that's true. After all, Mei was willing to plunge herself into darkness just so I could return to the light," Kiana said with a grin.

"…Kiana, can you stop saying things like that?" Mei's face twitched in embarrassment as she covered it with her hands.

God knows how Su Mu came up with so many cringe-worthy lines for Mei to say in-game. Every time she heard herself in the game spout those lines, she felt the urge to crawl into a hole. Mei even started wondering if Su Mu had somehow missed going through his "middle school cringe phase" and was making up for it now.

At the last comic show, she had been surrounded by a group of fans who excitedly begged her to reenact famous lines like: "Surprise wind, surrender to me!" or "One strike, two cuts!" or the infamous "I will fall into darkness to pull you back into the light!"

The less said about how mortified Mei had felt at the time, the better.

What Mei didn't know, however, was that this was nothing compared to the real "dark history." The true crown of cringe belonged to the line passed down from generation to generation: "Answer me, Elysia!"

Thankfully, Su Mu hadn't recycled those classic cringe-inducing lines from the previous world, which in a sense allowed Mei to escape that fate.

In the ensuing conversation with Raven, thanks to the doll's deliberately suggestive behavior, Mei analyzed that the Dominator Herrscher might have found a way to bypass the Herrscher core and seize powers directly.

Seeing this, the players in the live broadcast room sighed with relief. Now that Mei had deduced the truth, it was clear she wouldn't fall into the same trap the Dominating Herrscher had set for Bronya.

So… was this a world where only Bronya got hurt?


Bab 256: Chapter 257: How Could the Herrscher of Sentience Be Deceived?

But the question remains: why is the Dominant Herrscher being so obvious this time?

"I feel like the Dominant Herrscher is deliberately letting Mei know that they have the power to seize control and then pressuring Mei into holding back, making her too afraid to use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder," Sirin said in a deep voice.

"But why? It's impossible to control another Herrscher. He can only take Bronya's power, but not Mei's, right? Does he think Bronya is easier to bully?" Kiana accidentally spoke the truth.

But no one took it seriously.

They didn't know that, unlike Mei, Bronya, as a Herrscher, hadn't fully awakened her own power yet. Mei had completed her evolution and had become a powerful Herrscher of Thunder, which was the key difference between her and both Bronya and Kiana.

Later, the perspective shifted to the Anti-Entropy group, where Einstein and the others began their own actions against the Herrscher.

In order to gather more information, Theresa and Fu Hua went to the gates of a university in New Jersey, where the first Herrscher had appeared.

Theresa also asked Fu Hua a question that many players were curious about: what was the current situation with the Herrscher of Sentience?

It turns out Fu Hua had been searching for the whereabouts of the Herrscher of Sentience during this time but had failed to find her. She could only occasionally catch fleeting fragments from the core link within her body.

When Theresa asked why Fu Hua didn't use the core's power to summon her, Fu Hua shook her head.

Although the core was inside her body, the power was dominated by the Herrscher of Sentience.

It was like a tug-of-war. If Fu Hua wanted to use that power, she would have to pull it to her side, but she couldn't manage that right now.

"Oh, Senti is still upset with Fu Hua," Sirin sighed, confused.

"That kid holds a grudge," Kiana said with a smile.

"What she hates most is being deceived."

"But what I'm a bit worried about is: could the Herrscher of Sentience become a target for the Herrscher of Dominance?" Mei asked, concerned. "Senti is too naive. If she encounters the Dominant Herrscher and is deceived by them, that could be a disaster."

"That's unlikely. Although Senti is simple, she's not stupid. Besides, she's the Herrscher of Sentience—who else could deceive her besides herself?" Sirin chuckled.

In her view, the Herrscher of Sentience had already been deceived by Kiana once. As the saying goes, you gain wisdom after being fooled. Surely, she wouldn't fall for it again, right?

"Exactly, and with Fu Hua around, there's no way Senti will get tricked by those cheap puppets."

If Su Mu were here and heard this conversation, he would definitely laugh.

Who would have thought a thousand-year-old immortal would be so casually deceive her own children?

It was like when your mom told you she'd hold onto your New Year's money for safekeeping and then "give it back" when you needed it.

Except for Senti, it was even worse, because her money (power) had been outright taken...

After that, Theresa and Fu Hua prepared to investigate the university.

There was also a comical moment that made everyone laugh. Theresa had dressed in youthful clothes to blend in, only for the guard to mistake her for an elementary school student.

Theresa was devastated. Despite being centuries old, she still had the body of a perpetual loli.

Meanwhile, although Fu Hua's body had also stopped aging, she at least looked like a young woman. But Theresa's petite stature meant she was often mistaken for a child.

This would all change soon enough—Bronya would surpass them all in eight years, making the rest of their appearances irrelevant.

Later, Theresa and Fu Hua discovered a diary written by the professor who worked at the university. It documented his negative emotions and how he came into contact with the Theater of Domination.

On their way to the dormitory, they encountered one of the professor's puppets.

After disposing of the puppet, Theresa and Fu Hua returned to Anti-Entropy with its core.

Einstein analyzed the core and discovered that the dolls were interconnected, with the Theater of Domination acting as their server.

They realized they could now track the dolls using this network.

However, when they tried to locate a dozen or so dolls, the dolls' activities suddenly halted, and their numbers remained stuck at 500.

This suggested that the Herrscher of Dominance was preparing for the next stage of their plan.

Knowing this, Welt and the others decided it was time to act rather than wait for another attack. They devised a plan to lure the puppets into the open by using bait they couldn't resist.

"I'll be the bait," Kiana's voice echoed in the conference room, her expression serious and resolute.

She had already discussed the plan with Welt.

**In Elysia's live broadcast room:**

"Bait... why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Elysia frowned as she listened to Kiana volunteering to lure the Dominance Herrscher out.

No one who has ever been bait has met a good fate.

"I don't know what kind of scheme the Herrscher of Dominance will pull," Elysia sighed.

"However, this is their only option," Einstein said calmly. "Otherwise, they'll remain on the defensive forever and won't be able to neutralize the threat of the Herrschers in one fell swoop."

"Ugh... it feels so frustrating to be led by the nose like this," Tesla said, crossing her arms with a disgruntled expression. "And now you're making Kiana the bait? What if something happens to her?"

"Sometimes, I almost feel sorry for the Dominant Herrscher," Elysia mused, thinking of the despair the puppets felt. "They're just ordinary people who've been beaten down by life, clinging to one another in their weakness, thinking they'll gain strength through their unity—but they can't really be called 'companions.'"

Though the Herrscher of Dominance constantly praised humanity, their actions were rooted in disbelief, seeing the world only as a place of despair and darkness.

But their reliance on each other, however flawed, showed that deep down, they craved connection.

'Humanity' in Herrschers of Dominance may be heavier.

Tesla frowned, her voice tinged with suspicion. "Ellie, don't tell me you sympathize with these dolls?"

Elysia shook her head with a soft smile. "Sympathy doesn't mean I don't want them gone. They are pitiable and pathetic in a way, but if there's a chance, I'd still prefer them to withdraw peacefully."

"That's a relief," Tesla muttered, satisfied with the answer.

Suddenly, an eerie, distorted voice echoed in the room, **"乆乆乆乆乆, the darkness in people's hearts won't vanish, and neither will we, Kalpas Kalpas Kalpas!"**

The unexpected presence startled the live broadcast room.

**[What's happening? Did the Dominance Herrschers hack the live stream too?]** 

**[This is getting creepily vivid.]**

Amid the confusion, Welt shifted focus back to his strategy, laying out his plan for everyone. Though he had agreed to Kiana's request to engage, he had no intention of putting her in actual danger. The plan was to send Kiana to the Arctic base on Hyperion, where a facility specifically designed to contain the Herrscher of the Void awaited. Naturally, the Herrschers would attempt to intercept her en route. The Anti-Entropy group knew this was the only opportunity for the Herrschers to strike.

Einstein and Tesla backed the plan, but Theresa and others grew quiet. Kiana had faced enough danger, and her allies were reluctant to send her into it again. Yet Kiana reassured them, confident in her abilities and determined to fight. With that, the plan was finalized.

The scene then shifted to the Domination Theater, where the Herrscher puppets were fully aware of the trap set by Anti-Entropy. However, they were enraged by such blatant defiance and unanimously voted to launch an attack regardless.

Elysia crossed her arms, watching with a mix of bemusement. "These dolls are reckless. They know it's a trap but step right into it anyway. Stupid or overconfident, hard to say."

**[No way the Herrschers are that foolish. They must have a backup plan.]** 

**[I agree, they aren't exactly strong fighters. They rely on puppets and the Herrscher of Reason's powers to compensate.]**

Meanwhile, in the live chat, viewers speculated on the Herrschers' true intentions. It was clear the Herrscher of Dominance wasn't one to be underestimated, and they were likely hiding a trump card.

Tesla suddenly perked up, an idea lighting up her face. "Hey, do you think Senti will pop out to help at a critical moment?"

Einstein paused. "If Fu Hua's life is at stake, I wouldn't rule it out."

But despite their musings, the battle ahead was about to unfold. The three days in-game flew by, and Anti-Entropy embarked on their mission. Just as planned, Kiana stayed protected aboard Hyperion with Theresa, but things soon took a turn. The puppets infiltrated the ship, deactivating the electromagnetic barrier and pulling Kiana into the Domination Theater.

Alone but undeterred, Kiana kept her composure. Amid the mocking of the puppets, she scouted the area, searching for an opening. Once found, she drew a deep breath and activated her Herrscher powers. This, as it turned out, was part of Welt's third contingency plan — bringing the entire Hyperion into the Domination Theater.

The game cut to a cinematic CG. Kiana tore open a golden portal, pulling the enormous battleship into the Herrscher's realm. Specially designed mechas descended from Hyperion, and soon after, Bronya, Seele, and Theresa joined the fray.

Elysia's excitement bubbled over. "Yes! This is getting good!"

Tesla punched the air, grinning. "Now we're talking! Time to crush these puppets!"

But Einstein, ever the cautious one, wasn't convinced. "It feels like... this is going too smoothly."

She eyed Su Mu, who dodged the question with a casual shrug. "Who knows?"

Einstein smiled knowingly, deciding to hold her thoughts. It was clear something bigger was in play, but for now, the battle raged on, and the true showdown between Anti-Entropy and the Herrschers of Dominance had begun.


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