Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

"Xier, my aunt is not at home tonight!"

"You've been away these few days...what do you want to do?" Xier looked at Kainuo with confusion.

"It's not me, it's you." Kainuo pointed at Xi'er and said with a smile, "Didn't you say before that your period always forbade you from staying up all night because you needed to grow? Today is a great opportunity!"

Seele pursed her lips and said, "Don't think about it. We've already played most of the games, and multiplayer games aren't available right now. Bronya's upset and doesn't want to play games lately."

Kainuo frowned, looked at the moon outside the window, and began to recall where the sun rose today.

It should be the east, right?

After struggling for a while, Kainuo couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Xier, "What happened to her? Why did she start to get pimples on her face?"

Although she wasn't as tall as him, Bronya was indeed approaching puberty.

"How could she care about that?" Seele leaned back in her chair, a look of disdain on her face. "It was a few days ago when that Jizi became a Herrscher. We attacked together, but she was clearly the weakest. Not to mention your sister, who she often calls an idiot. If Seele hadn't been so timid, she would have fared much better."

"Hmph, she's quite self-aware, now she goes to the training ground every day to train. If she keeps saying she wants to protect the other me but ends up being no match for her, then I'm definitely going to teach her a lesson myself."

"This..." Kainuo didn't know what to say for a moment.

Everyone around them was a cheater. Even the usually weak Lan Xier, if she could fully tap the power of her innate stigmata, would be no weaker than a power-deprived Mei. And Bronya's Valkyrie armor was barely B-rank, and her most powerful trump card, the heavy-armored bunny, was a gift from Lan Xier years earlier. This situation was quite normal.

Keno had felt this same sense of powerlessness before, so he'd considered recreating some powerful weapons and giving them to the other player. However, their relationship wasn't particularly close beyond gaming buddies, so it was best to wait for the right time.

In addition...

I'm afraid I can't stay up all night today.

Chapter 260 New Bishop

The next morning.

Kainuo stretched his hands comfortably, yawned, opened the bedroom door and walked out.

Because he didn't stay up late last night, he had a rare and satisfying sleep. Not only did he feel very energetic, but even the usually dazzling sunlight seemed warmer.

But even so, Xier, who is used to sleeping late, should not have woken up yet and should be waiting for me to call her... right?

Kainuo rubbed his eyes and looked incredulous when he caught a glimpse of Xier sitting at the dining table downstairs eating breakfast.

The sun also rises from the east today, right?

Noticing the gaze coming from behind, Xier turned around and raised an eyebrow. Looking at Kaino's surprised expression, she raised her red lips and teased:

"Hey, isn't this Kaino? Why are you up so late today?"

"Master, good morning." Bella greeted silently from the side.

"Morning, Bella."

Kainuo jumped down from the guardrail, sat down at his seat, scratched his head, and looked at Xier in confusion.

"You stayed up all night last night?"

"Huh, who are you looking down on?"

Xier straightened her nose and squinted one eye at Kainuo.

"I didn't have classes today, and I didn't play games last night. I was bored and stayed in my room alone. What's so strange about going to bed early? If you go to bed early, you will naturally get up early."

"You may not believe it, but when we were in the orphanage, I was the one who woke Xier up every day, not Xier. Even though she's usually very obedient, compared to me, she's a lazy cat."

If it were someone else, they might uncontrollably stay up all night when they had a rare chance to be alone, but she had had enough of being alone when she was still in the Stigmata. It would be better to go to bed early if there was no one to accompany her.

"Ah, that's true." Kainuo nodded, ended the conversation, and began to enjoy breakfast.

No Kaslana could resist the temptation of delicious food.

Lying happily on the sofa in the living room, Xier rubbed her bloated belly, opened one of her squinted eyes and looked at Kainuo who was sitting beside her, pressing the remote control boredly.

"By the way, what are your plans for today? Are you taking us out to play or just staying home?"

"Of course, we're staying home," said Kaino, who had also sunk into the sofa. "We've already explored every possible place in Saint Freya. If we go outside, the chances of a Honkai outbreak in Saint Freya will increase dramatically. It's best for us to stay home, both emotionally and logically."

Moving towards Kainuo and leaning on him, Xier opened her eyes, looked at the TV screen, and then sighed.

"That being said, the TV is basically all about those yellow rats from Anti-Entropy right now. Bronya also has to train and can't participate in the game. Tsk, really, it's so boring just thinking about it."

"That's true." Kainuo nodded in agreement with Xier's point. "But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, Homunculus is a national IP. It's most popular with children, and those who aren't children don't watch TV often these days, so..."

Kainuo's words froze in his throat, and he slumped on the sofa, his eyes slowly opening wide.

The TV screen that was originally playing "Brave King Homunculus" on Tokyo TV suddenly went dark. When the screen came back to life, a high-tech lecture hall, a tall lecture table with the Scheming logo on it, and Otto, who was standing behind the lecture table and had changed his clothes and was smiling.

As if he knew that his figure had appeared in front of the TV, he gave the camera a warm smile and then cleared his throat.

"I'm deeply sorry to interrupt your well-earned rest, but as some of you may have guessed, my sudden appearance on your screens is no accident."

"Before I begin my story, let me first introduce you to the most powerful enemy humanity has faced since its creation—the Honkai Impact."

"The Black Death that broke out in Europe in 1470, the city of Berlin that wiped out every last person in 1953, Siberia's sudden turmoil in 2000, and the recent devastation that reduced Manila and Canberra to ruins—all these massive disasters, either lost to history, remembered by some, or currently being experienced by others, are manifestations of collapse."

Having said this, Otto paused for a moment, as if waiting for the audience in front of the TV to sort out this huge amount of information.

"And the organization I lead, Sky's Mandate—this organization, which shares the same name as what was once Europe's largest religion—is now the world's largest non-governmental anti-Honkai organization. Many people witnessed the two recent Houkai disasters, battling the giant Houkai beasts and the Herrschers who destroyed cities, precisely the warriors of Sky's Mandate."

"Ah, of course, we also received help from an immortal from Shenzhou, but we won't mention that here for now."

"I believe it! No matter what, humanity will ultimately triumph over all difficulties and defeat the Honkai." Otto's face suddenly revealed a hint of regret. "It's just a shame, due to some personal reasons, I won't be able to continue leading Sky's Mandate in the coming days. This position will be taken over by someone more suited to it."

Finally, Otto's eyes became serious and the expression on his face became extremely serious.

"In summary, I, Otto Apokalis, will resign from my position as Bishop of the Mandate of Heaven and completely withdraw from the organization effective immediately."

"My successor, Theresa Apokalis, leader of the Far East branch, will soon take over as bishop and assume full leadership of the Mandate of Heaven."

Otto turned his head and looked off-camera, revealing a doting expression. "Theresa, my dear granddaughter, come up and say a few words."

Otto takes a step back, hooks a stool from under the lecture table, and then turns away from the camera.

Wearing a specially made white and gold nun's uniform that looked unusually sacred, Theresa stood on a bench, took a deep breath, and with a stern gaze, recited the lines she had memorized several times beforehand to the camera.

"I am Theresa Apokalis. From now on, I will serve as the new Bishop of the Destiny Organization and lead the Destiny Organization to protect humanity and fight against the Honkai!"

There was a silence at the scene after Theresa finished speaking, and the whole world was probably quiet for a few seconds at the same time, but after these few seconds, it would probably fall into an unprecedented boiling.

Looking at the aunt on TV, who was extremely imposing but still looked like a little girl, Kainuo pinched himself, confirmed that he was awake, took a deep breath, and covered his face with his hands.

Done!

I guess I'll be busy in the next few days.

Chapter 261: There are more than a thousand Rulers

After Theresa finished her self-introduction, the live broadcast did not end.

Perhaps she wanted to add some prestige to herself as the new bishop of destiny, or perhaps she simply wanted to popularize more knowledge about Honkai to the public. Theresa stared straight at the camera and introduced various details about Honkai and self-rescue techniques one by one.

But I'm afraid not many people will listen to it honestly.

Kainuo took out his phone and opened a random social networking site. Entries related to Honkai and Destiny were flying all over the place, and all kinds of comments were flooding the screen of Kainuo's phone.

[Isn't today April Fool's Day? Or did I just sleep a little too much?]

[Both the previous bishop and this one are far too young. They are so young! They are so young! They are so young! They are so young! ]

[When I was a child, I seemed to have seen this little girl named Theresa on the cover of a children's music album...]

"If... I mean, if the TV show is real, then besides Scheme and government organizations, are there other anti-Honkai organizations? Why don't you introduce them to us?"

Theresa is the cutest in the world!

[After all this talk, there's no actual evidence. Those photos of so-called Honkai beasts aren't sure if they're photoshopped or genetically modified. The actual situation between Destiny and Honkai is still uncertain!]

After silently giving a thumbs-down to the second-to-last post, Kainuo took a screenshot of the last day's post and sent it directly to Otto's phone.

"Why did you send this out? Do you suspect he's the Ruler you mentioned earlier?"

Xier, who was leaning her head next to Kaino and watching his every move, tilted her head and asked Kaino curiously.

"There is a certain possibility, but it is not very likely. After all, there were only a thousand Rulers in the previous civilization, and this era may not change. But it doesn't matter." Kayno shrugged nonchalantly.

"In the process of resolving the Honkai, we need to deal with more than just the Herrschers. We also need to address the problems within humanity itself. And whether they're born that way, or they're jealous, or they're bent on Honkai, some people are essentially no different from the Herrschers, except for their lack of power."

In the past two days, Kayno has been reading the records of the previous civilization's fight against the Honkai as if it were a fantasy novel. The most fantastic part of it is not the increasingly perverted Herrscher and Fusion Warriors, but the thoughts of the previous civilization that ordinary people cannot understand.

Ordinary people discriminate against the Fire Moths and fusion warriors, Fire Moth soldiers discriminate against experimental personnel and fusion warriors, Fire Moth high-level officials discriminate against experimental personnel and fusion warriors... Fusion warriors are like rats crossing the street.

In comparison, the Valkyries belonging to Destiny not only have high salaries and good treatment but are also respected. Their treatment is completely different from that of the Fusion Warriors.

Otto is now the sole ruler of Destiny. He absolutely does not want to see Destiny, led by his granddaughter, and the Valkyries who have inherited Kallen's thoughts fall into the same situation as the Fusion Warriors. He will be absolutely merciless to those who try to stir up public opinion.

"...So that's how it is." Xier nodded thoughtfully, "I understand everything now!"

Kainuo looked at Xier with some suspicion, "Really? Why do I feel like you—hiss."

"Who are you looking down on? I know a lot about this kind of thing." Xier took her right hand away from Kainuo's arm, glanced at her, and snorted with a little dissatisfaction.

"When I was in the orphanage, many people bullied Xier out of jealousy or because she was so gentle—tsk, especially that girl named Xing Maer. It makes me angry just thinking about it. I'm going to beat her up if I see her again."

"Oh, childish jealousy." Kayno nodded in agreement. "That's really scary."

He still vividly remembered how the other children from Kaslana were jealous of him because he was born into a good family despite being weak, and how they insulted him and ended up being chased across half of the floating island by Kiana.

"Maybe we are not thinking of the same kind of jealousy..." Seele twitched her lips. The stories of Lan Xier, Bronya and Xing Maer were completely outrageous.

"Speaking of which, why is it that once Scheme announces something about the Honkai, the Rulers are likely to show up? They're not stupid. They should know that if they show up at this time and cause chaos, they'll be easily targeted, right?"

Kaino touched his chin and said with a wicked smile: "Didn't you say you understood everything... Just ignore me."

Looking at the hand on his waist and Xier's gentle smile, Kainuo chose to shut up very sincerely.

"It sounds complicated, but the reason is actually very simple." Kainuo spread his hands. "If the Ruler of Law doesn't act now, there will be no chance."

"We are different from previous civilizations. We have backed up information on almost all of the Herrschers' abilities. Once global public opinion is truly unified, it will be much harder for the Herrschers to cause chaos. Ordinary residents who know about the Honkai and what the Herrschers are will subconsciously be wary and actively report it. The future is bright."

If you don't act now, you'd be a fool."

Drop~

Just when Kainuo finished explaining and Xier nodded in understanding, Kainuo's phone suddenly began to vibrate, and the six words "The Fourth Cutest in the World" were clearly written on the caller ID.

Aunt?

Kainuo held his cell phone in one hand and looked up at Theresa who was talking on TV, lost in thought.

"Hello, Auntie?"

"Nephew!" Theresa said cheerfully on the other end of the line, "Are you watching TV? How's your aunt doing? Isn't she amazing?!"

"You're much more reliable than usual..." Kaino praised him, then got straight to the point and asked, "Are you recording the show?"

"What's wrong with recording?" Theresa panicked for a moment, but quickly regained her composure and said confidently, "There's no word 'live broadcast' written in the upper right corner of the TV!"

Kaino scratched his face. "That's true, but can the announcement of the identity of the trusted bishop be recorded?"

"No one has set any rules, so why not?" Theresa said confidently. "Besides, even if there are rules, so what? I'm the new Bishop of Heaven's Mandate, and I set the rules of Heaven's Mandate!"

He's already showing off his power before he even takes office...

"Auntie, wake up. It's like the Houmu pillow that hasn't arrived yet and you can't hold it in your arms. You haven't been crowned yet and you have no power now." Kainuo reminded.

"Whoa, shut up!" Theresa's voice began to get exasperated. "You'll get the Humm pillow sooner or later!"

Are you more concerned about this?

Sighing a little helplessly, Kainuo continued, "Speaking of which, Auntie, did you call me just to get me to praise you?"

"Nephew, you only praised me once, and the rest was just insults!" Theresa complained. "But I have something important to tell you. Grandpa asked me to tell you."

"He said that you don't need to intervene in matters concerning the Ruler. As long as he doesn't come to you directly, then leave the matter to him."

Chapter 262 ihaveaplan

Eh?

Kaino tilted his head, his eyes becoming increasingly strange.

"Although I'm quite happy to slack off at home...but Auntie, are you sure you heard correctly?" Kainuo confirmed again, "Did Otto actually say that he didn't want me to get involved in this matter? Did he explain why?"

Although he didn't think that Destiny would stop functioning without him, having him there would at least mitigate the damage caused by the Herrscher. There was no reason to give him a day off at this time.

"Grandpa did say that. I can't remember it wrongly. But he didn't explain the specific reason in detail. He even hid it from me!" Theresa was also very confused and complained a little.

"It would be fine if he didn't tell me, but he didn't even let me take a break. I clearly finished recording those videos explaining the knowledge points of Honkai Impact 3rd, but I don't know where Grandpa slipped away without calling me, leaving me to stay in my room reading those management books he left behind!"