Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

"You need to be prepared for this?" Keman said with a bitter expression. "Because Gray Serpent is an undercover agent of World Serpent. He blew up Chaldea in one fell swoop. Now Dr. Rowling and Headmistress Theresa are lying in the hospital bed being rescued. We don't know if they will wake up. Dr. Iselin is currently saving other equipment. Because the explosion was so sudden, the others didn't have time to react, so less than one-tenth of Chaldea's population is gone!"

Keman survived by hiding in his secret base and eating instant noodles, only to find that most of Chaldea had been reduced to ruins when he came out.

Moreover, Chaldea is a 'hidden' organization that Theresa painstakingly built up, and its resources were accumulated with great difficulty. This bombing has essentially wiped out all of them, and Theresa's resources have been reduced to half. Hopefully, she won't faint again after waking up and receiving this news!

Kaiman told Fu Hua that they needed to resolve this spacetime anomaly, which occurred in Siberia. The most important event happening there in this era was the Second Honkai Impact, and the anomaly might be related to the Herrscher of the Void. They needed to go and investigate.

Afterwards, Chaldea lost a lot of equipment, so the communication was cut off after a short while. Keman also told them that Chaldea could not offer any help and that they had to rely on themselves in this era before the illusory projection ended.

With their mission objectives in mind, Kiana and her companions set off towards the Babylonian Experiment Tower, the birthplace of the Herrscher of the Void.

While Kiana and the others were heading this way, the Babylonian Experiment Tower was still ongoing.

The scene shifts to the Babylonian Tower of Experiments.

Because of the torture she suffered here, Sirin committed extremely cruel killings. However, after Sirin killed another staff member, she discovered the situation.

Although Sirin has not yet become a fully formed Herrscher of the Void, she has gained unprecedentedly powerful perception abilities, so she can perceive the entire situation within the laboratory.

She now senses that an extremely powerful entity within the upper structure is rapidly moving towards her, having violently breached the wall.

Keep in mind that this is a place where artificial Stigmata are made, so the walls here have been specially processed to prevent Honkai energy leakage. Even if she did it herself, it would take some effort. The reason she can move freely here is because she can pass through the walls directly using the spatial powers of the Herrscher of the Void.

But this person simply smashed through the wall. From this, Xilin knew that she absolutely couldn't beat this person, at least not now that she hadn't reached her complete form!

Sirin could sense that the other party was rapidly approaching her area, and it wouldn't be long before the other party passed through. The level of strength the other party possessed instilled a sense of fear in her.

It's an primal, instinctive fear of an individual possessing such immense power, someone stronger than oneself.

Chapter Seven: I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts (by De F, Lisa 9, and 1)

Why is there such a powerful force protecting the safety of the laboratory?

Although Sirin became arrogant after gaining power, she still had her brains. When she encountered someone she couldn't beat, she ran away.

However, since Sirin started her revenge right after acquiring the power of the Herrscher of the Void, she has almost used up all the Honkai energy in her body. If she doesn't get additional energy, she might have to exit her Herrscher state.

However, when faced with dangerous individuals, they can unleash power beyond their limits, and the Herrschers are no exception.

Sirin quickly opened a portal in the floor leading to the experimental subject imprisonment area and plunged directly into her small cell.

He planned to take revenge on the Destiny organization he hated after he had replenished his strength.

Meanwhile, Seele's side...

"Hmm? Did she use her spatial abilities to move in another direction?" Seele noticed that Sirin's location on the detector had changed.

"But you can't escape my grasp!" Seele changed direction and headed towards the experimental subject imprisonment area where Sirin was located.

"not good!"

Sirin sensed that the other party was approaching her. Even though Sirin was just a child at this point, she knew that the other party's target was her.

"We need to get out of here quickly."

Even though she felt completely exhausted, Sirin still tried her best to open a portal to leave.

Whether it was the Honkai consciousness that helped her or not, she actually managed to open a spatial portal and leave this place, and coincidentally arrived at the Babylon Laboratory's energy zone.

"Hmm? It's changed direction again!"

Seele saw that the position representing Sirin had changed again, and her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Once I catch you, I'm going to give you a good beating, you Herrscher of the Void! I've been looking for you for ages!"

However, just as Seele was about to take action again, she stopped.

"Have we had any guests?"

……

On the outskirts of the Babylon Laboratory, a Chinook transport helicopter, clearly modified and equipped with weapon racks on both sides, was braving a blizzard and rapidly flying towards the towering laboratory base.

Because Otto gave the order hours before Seele's operation, Theresa Apocalypse and Patrick Highsmith's duo also arrived here.

After Theresa and Patrick caught up, the two of them entered the eerie Babylonian laboratory together.

While they were on their way, Seele used technology to suppress and control the entire Babylon Laboratory's monitoring system, so their every move was being watched by Seele.

“Theresa, an S-rank Valkyrie, is said to be the granddaughter of Otto Apocalypse, the bishop of the Destiny Organization. Patrick, an A-rank Valkyrie, has no information whatsoever. Based on the target's combat strength, we can easily deal with him.” Seele analyzed the difference in combat strength between the two sides.

"But never mind, it's better not to expose myself so soon." This is Seele's first mission, and she must do it well to impress her mother. Her current goal is to capture the Herrscher of the Void, so she shouldn't alert the enemy too soon.

"However, we need to keep some options in reserve to stall them for now." So hope used the laboratory's main control system to shut down the entire power supply to the Babylon Laboratory, stopping all lights and equipment from operating.

The sudden power outage and the resulting darkness nearly scared Theresa half to death, causing her to scream loudly.

After all, Theresa is terrified of ghosts, giving her a pitiful, weak, and adorable appearance.

"Hahaha... Auntie didn't expect you to be afraid of ghosts!" Others might have tried to save Theresa's face and held back, but her good niece Kiana was different. She burst out laughing at the sight.

After this scene was shown, Theresa's dignity, which she could still maintain in front of a few strangers, was completely destroyed.

Kiana's loud laughter caused everyone who had been holding back to burst into laughter as well, instantly filling the entire space with joyful laughter.

"Don't laugh! No one is allowed to laugh!" Theresa wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground, but since there was no crack in the space, she could only watch everyone laugh.

At this moment, Theresa hated the organizer of this space to the core. She didn't want her to know who it was, otherwise she would make sure He knew about the hundred ways Judah tortured Him!

("Who's insulting me?" Rowling sneezed at home.)

"It's nothing, Dean! Everyone has a dark past, it's just that you, Dean..."

Himeko comforted Theresa with a smile, but then burst into laughter again.

"Himeko! None of you are allowed to laugh!"

"Hahaha……"

……

The scene continues. Due to the power outage, Patrick is forced to stop moving forward and choose to turn on the power first. Meanwhile, Seele has found Sirin.

Within the Babylon Laboratory's energy zone, a massive Honkai energy reactor emitted a faint purple glow. After arriving here, Sirin finally understood where her power came from. In order to quickly recover her power to deal with her hypothetical enemy Seele, she hurriedly absorbed Honkai energy to restore her strength.

Although she found that the enemy did not come after a while, she still seized the time to become stronger. While Sirin was intoxicated by the wonderful beauty of the power that was rapidly increasing brought about by the Honkai energy, Seele also came here after finishing her business.

"Found you, Herrscher of the Void! Or, as your file number indicates, I'll call you XL-423!"

"It doesn't matter if I activate the concealment device of my armor system to evade your senses. I've finally caught you, Herrscher of the Void!"

When Sirin turned around, she noticed a little girl, about her age but shorter than her, dressed in strange armor, standing behind her and looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze.

"My name is Sirin, not XL-423!"

Sirin loathed the name because it reminded her of the terrible memories of being used as an experimental subject. Although she now sensed that the other person was the mysterious expert who had previously instilled fear in her, she still forced herself to suppress her fear and retorted to Seele.

"Sirin? I've remembered the Herrscher of the Void. I'll give you two choices!"

As she spoke, Seele slowly began to pace around Sirin, and a scythe appeared out of thin air in her hand. Before Sirin could react, Seele pressed the scythe blade against Sirin's neck.

"Your first choice is to come with me! Your second choice is to die here!"

"!?"

Xilin felt the chill on her neck and the murderous intent in the other person's eyes, and knew that what the other person said was not a joke.

But... Sirin really wants to ask, are you sure you have two choices, and not just one?

You've already raised the sickle to my neck. If I choose option two, will you just chop my head off the next second?

Chapter 8 Various Ways to Cook Pufferfish

"Are you trying to avenge these staff members?" Sirin asked angrily, looking at Seele. In her eyes, Seele was a henchman sent here by destiny, and no matter which one she chose, her fate would be bad. This person in front of her was just playing with her.

"Hmm? I see. So you think I'm on Destiny's side!" Seele seemed to understand something, nodded, and said disdainfully, "Destiny doesn't have the right to order me around!"

“Then, as my mission target, Miss Sirin, let’s talk.” Seele also put away her scythe and spoke to Sirin on her own, indicating that she was going to have a conversation. This scene caught Sirin, who was already prepared to fight to the death, off guard. Did this girl really not want to fight her?

“I deeply sympathize with your plight. Whether according to the law or my personal will, I would never kill innocent people indiscriminately. The people you killed were all utterly depraved, so I will not try to stand on the moral high ground to judge you from the perspective of all humanity. That would be too hypocritical.”

"Therefore, in conclusion, Miss Sirin, what you have done has not yet reached the point where I have no reason to take action against you. You have already killed those you needed to kill, so you should also give up your hatred. My mission originally had other options besides killing you, so for the time being, Miss Sirin, you will stay by my side! I need to monitor your situation, and I will give you your freedom after completing the mission!"

"what?"

Sirin was completely bewildered. With her pufferfish-like intelligence, she couldn't understand any of the profound truths Seele was spouting. However, she did roughly understand what Seele was saying: this guy, like everyone else, wanted to imprison and use her.

Whether it was because Seele's eloquence was too poor, or because Sirin's negative emotions were too great after becoming a Herrscher, the thought that Seele was also someone who wanted to imprison her caused a strange emotion to quickly take over her heart and mind. When she looked up at Seele again, Sirin's eyes were filled with a sense of madness for something.

"Hahahaha! Sirin is free! I don't want to be imprisoned and become some insignificant sacrifice anymore! So you're here to speak for Fate too, you hypocrite, prepare to die!"

Sirin burst into laughter, as if she had been provoked, and launched an attack on Seele.

"!?"

Seele was bewildered by Sirin's sudden outburst. She was certain she was right! It seemed the two of them were on completely different wavelengths.

For Seele, since birth, she has been receiving training and learning from her mother every day. Apart from her mother, her sisters who look almost exactly like her, and a few of her mother's friends, she has never left home. This time, she finally got to see the outside world after finally being required to carry out her first mission.

This also resulted in Seele having a high IQ but a low EQ. After all, the people around her are all highly intelligent, so there is no communication barrier. Therefore, Seele does not understand why Sirin is angry!

However, the conflict between the two was about to break out, and Seele could not simply stand by and take the beating, so Seele had no choice but to subdue Sirin first.

In their battle, Sirin was completely outmatched by Seele, and what angered Sirin the most was that Seele, despite being very powerful, was overly cautious.

To deal with her, you never need to fight in your real form. Instead, you can use despicable and shameless methods, such as holographic projection to attract attention, then bombing her indiscriminately, turning Sirin into an afro-haired pufferfish, using high-voltage current to turn her into an electric pufferfish, using a freeze gun to freeze her into an ice block, and using a high-pressure flamethrower to turn her into a braised pufferfish...

"You—you—bastard!"

"Seele, you from a parallel world are actually this despicable and shameless!"

Black Seele looked surprised, as if to say, "I never expected you to be like this." She was astonished to see the timid and weak Seele beside her fighting like this on screen.

"I...I...that one is definitely not me!" Seele blushed immediately upon seeing her other self's reaction. Seele is not a bad child!

Kevin, on the other hand, greatly admired him. For a warrior like him, what did it matter if he used despicable means as long as he could win?

"However... the Herrscher of the Void in this century is so bad at using her powers. It seems this generation of Herrschers is quite easy to deal with?"

Kevin stated that if all future Herrschers are like the one described above, he could use the Heavenly Fire Calamity to destroy them all with a single sword strike!

The scene on screen continued, and after Seele's various methods, she had gathered most of Sirin's information and abilities.

"You're a pathetic person!" After gathering the information, Seele easily captured Sirin. She had a good idea of ​​her current strength. She was her mother's most successful clone. Although she had been staying at home and training using virtual influences, she was only fourteen years old and already had the strength to easily defeat ordinary Herrschers.