"Who knows?"
The Herrscher of Thunder raised her head, and a crimson lightning bolt appeared on her body.
However, at the same time, an alarm sounded within her body.
"Tch, man-made protective measures? Five minutes won't be enough. Get ready to turn back into atoms, you scum!"
As the Herrscher of Thunder's voice died down, dense crimson electricity appeared all around her. Simultaneously, the sky seemed to be enraged, with dark, rolling clouds gathering overhead, and a dense, enormous bolt of lightning fell directly in the hooded man's direction.
Under the powerful lightning, the hooded man couldn't dodge in time and fell to the ground. The lightning's paralyzing effect left him temporarily immobile, and he could only be humiliated by the Herrscher of Thunder's bare feet stepping on his face.
"So, this is the kind of trash the First Herrscher is?"
The Herrscher of Thunder looked down at the easily defeated hooded man.
As the core consciousness of the Herrschers, Fu Hua did not forget to include the Herrscher of Thunder inside Mei and the Herrscher of the Void inside Kiana when she used the Feather of the Void to construct the illusion.
Because of this, the Herrscher of Thunder did not know, like Prometheus did, that the so-called First Herrscher under her feet was a mere imposter.
The true First Herrscher is not an opponent who can be defeated so easily.
"Why?! We are both Herrschers, why is my power completely inferior to hers?!"
The hooded man, being trampled by the Herrscher of Thunder, was full of resentment and anger, his face showing a hint of fear.
Because he perceived the same murderous intent in the other person that he often felt towards others.
He will die!
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard the Herrscher of Thunder say, "I'm tired of playing. Now, turn back into atoms!"
However, just as the Herrscher of Thunder was about to use her powers to deliver the final blow to the hooded man, a notification sound came from inside her body once more.
The bomb implanted in Mei's body not only has a self-destruct function, but also activates a restraint mode when the Herrscher energy reaches a certain threshold. The timer, which was initially slowly counting down to zero, will directly accelerate to a ten-second countdown.
The throbbing pain in her heart and the uncontrollable Honkai energy inside her body caused the Herrscher of Thunder to instinctively clutch her chest and take a step back, thus releasing her control over the hooded man.
"I don't know what happened, but you look very weak right now..."
The hooded man's face once again revealed a wicked, disgusting smile as he proclaimed his victory: "I won! I am stronger now. The final winner is me!"
The Herrscher of Thunder clutched her chest, looking at the smug and ugly face in front of her. At this critical moment of life and death, her face did not reflect fear, but a self-deprecating smile.
I never thought I would die here. Oh well, I have no attachment to this rotten world, so there's nothing to be sad about even if I die.
The Herrscher of Thunder murmured softly.
She was born in loneliness.
Her consciousness awoke in a classroom full of corpses. A voice in her mind told her that she was named the Herrscher of Thunder, and that her purpose in being born was to eliminate humanity, which polluted the Earth.
The voice in my mind was so clear and real.
But... she still doubted the meaning of her own existence.
This body originally belonged to a girl named Raiden Mei. She saw joy and sorrow in the other girl's memories, and everything seemed so real.
But those memories do not belong to her; nothing belongs to her.
She possesses immense power; everything she touches is reduced to atoms.
Therefore, she cannot touch anything.
Anyone who approaches her will be infected by Honkai energy and become a zombie.
Therefore, she cannot talk to anyone.
Her books only contain that empty mission—the mission to destroy humanity...
Until that girl appeared in front of her.
The Herrscher of Thunder recalled that this girl was the only light that shone in Mei's life during the most painful period, when she experienced a dramatic change in her life.
But that, too, belongs to Mei.
Faced with the girl's obstruction, the Herrscher of Thunder chose to fight her.
They fought many times, and she had many opportunities to kill the girl, but she did not.
Not even the Lord of Thunder could explain why.
Perhaps it was because the girl was the only one she could talk to.
Or perhaps it was because the girl kept shouting that she wanted to save her while fighting her.
At the time, she didn't know if the girl truly wanted to save her or was just deceiving her.
Neither answer frightened her.
Therefore, in their final battle, she chose to end her own life.
But the girl reached out her hand to her, trying to save her.
But she was still afraid.
She began to fear that she might hurt the girl.
This fear made her abandon her mission as a Herrscher and return her body to Raiden Mei.
She chose to hide in a corner of Raiden Mei's heart, silently watching the white-haired girl.
Only doing this makes her feel warm.
"It's incredible that even someone like me has something I can't let go of."
At that moment, the Herrscher of Thunder seemed to have made a decision.
As a result, the surrounding air became stagnant.
Sensing the sudden change in the atmosphere, the hooded man looked at the Herrscher of Thunder in disbelief: "Wait... what are you doing?!"
"This rotten world is fine, but there is one thing I cannot allow you to destroy. What heart bomb? How could something like that stop me? Let me use my final blow to turn you into atoms!"
The rapidly surging Honkai energy inside her body was causing the Herrscher of Thunder even greater pain, but at this moment, she no longer cared.
Her abundant power caused her to stand suspended in the air like a god, surrounded by purplish-red lightning, with a rolling sea of clouds behind her, as if announcing judgment upon the hooded man amidst the apocalypse.
"Stop... stop!"
Caught by the powerful aura and with no way to escape, the hooded man could only let out a desperate roar, trying to summon a miracle and stop the divine punishment before it descended.
Meanwhile, after Kiana expressed her determination to become stronger to Theresa, Theresa took Kiana to her private training room.
Compared to ordinary training rooms, dedicated training rooms can read the learner's brainwaves, search for powerful enemies in their memories, and use memory fragments and Destiny technology to simulate that opponent fighting the learner.
Kiana crossed her arms and said in disbelief at Theresa's introduction: "Are you kidding me? What you just said sounds like the Sbeam game."
However, as soon as Kiana finished speaking, a rapid 'whoosh' sound came from the air, and several metal chains appeared out of thin air, tightly binding Kiana in the training room.
At the beginning of the chain, you can see a cherry blossom-haired girl with long fox ears, wearing a pink shrine maiden outfit.
"Are you... the shrine maiden I met in Changkong City? Why are you here?"
Kiana stared at the shrine maiden in front of her, momentarily speechless.
Theresa, who was outside the training room watching the scene inside through special equipment, looked at the witch with some surprise.
"Is... that her?! How does Kiana know about this too..."
Seeing the other person, Theresa recalled the scene in the Stigma Space where the other person orally fed her medicine.
Shake your head to clear that charming scene from your mind.
To prevent Kiana from getting suspicious, Theresa hurriedly said: "Didn't I tell you? This training room will simulate the powerful enemies you have already faced. Be careful, even though the simulated enemies are much weaker than their real selves, you must not underestimate their destructive power."
At that moment, Theresa looked at Kiana, who was tightly bound, and let out a strange laugh: "Hmmhhhh~ There's nothing faster than learning through practice. If you accidentally get hurt, I'll take good care of you."
Kiana, in the training room, was distracted by Theresa's words and said with great fighting spirit: "Injured? How is that possible! I won't get a single hair touched by this kind of defeated opponent! Just you wait, Theresa!"
Kiana's performance in the training room was just as she said, not an exaggeration.
In just one hour, Kiana defeated several formidable opponents successively.
Looking at the battle history on the screen, Theresa stroked her chin and said, "This is the seventh one... The first time I used this training room, I was exhausted after defeating only three enemies. As expected of a descendant of the Kaslana family, Kiana's combat talent is simply amazing."
After a pause, Theresa smiled contentedly: "Cecilia, your daughter is becoming more and more like you..."
Even so, Theresa noticed that Kiana's breathing had become somewhat heavy, and fine beads of sweat had appeared on her face.
"Would you like to take a break, Kiana-chan?"
Theresa spoke with a hint of powerlessness.
"What a joke! I have plenty of energy! Next! Next!"
In order to become stronger, Kiana naturally would not choose to rest halfway when she still had strength.
As she shouted, a conspicuous red sign with yellow lettering appeared in the training room: "Final Boss."
In the middle of a room filled with crimson lightning, Raiden Mei, held up by half a wing and floating in the air—or more accurately, the Herrscher of Thunder from Changkong City—appeared before Kiana.
Kiana still remembers that it was she who tore off the other half of the Herrscher of Thunder's wing.
"Oh, really? This is the final boss? Even if it's Mei, I won't show mercy!"
However, right after Kiana made her pre-battle declaration, a slightly frivolous adult male voice interrupted everything.
"Kiana... this is the final battle. Let me be your opponent."
As this sound rang out, a large red notification appeared in the training room: "ERROR."
"That voice!!!"
Theresa immediately recognized the voice of her rival.
But she didn't understand.
"How is this possible? Why is he the enemy Kiana fears most deep down?"
After a brief moment of surprise, Theresa quickly began working on the equipment outside the training room.
No! The training must be stopped!
However, no matter what Theresa did, the training room could not be shut down, and a series of error messages instantly filled the screen.
Inside the training room, Siegfried and Kiana, a father and daughter separated for many years, began their long-awaited greetings.
"It's been a long time, Kiana. About four years, hasn't it?"
"Dad?!"
Kiana was also quite shocked by Siegfried's appearance.
After the initial surprise, a wave of grievances washed over her.
She recalled her journey from Siberia to the Far East over the past four years, and her eyes involuntarily filled with tears.
"I... I've been looking for you!"
Even though she knew that the Siegfried in front of her was just a simulation created in the training room, Kiana still wanted to tell him about her longings and grievances.
"I'm here, right? Four years have passed. Have your breasts gotten bigger? Let Daddy check..."
Is it fair to say that the character creation method in the training room through memory extraction is too realistic?
Hearing Siegfried's irritating and frivolous tone, Kiana felt as if she had truly seen Siegfried again.
At the same time, anger welled up in her heart.
Kiana is not the type to hide anything, so when she felt annoyed, she naturally swung her fist and hit Siegfried hard on the chin, sending him flying.
"What are you talking about?! You bastard Dad!"
After landing that punch, Kiana finally could not hold back her accusations: "Four years ago, you ran away without saying a word! I've been looking all over the world for you! I always planned that when I saw you, I would teach you a lesson!"
Faced with Kiana's accusation, Siegfried covered his chin and said weakly and pitifully, "Um... I'm just a computer simulation program!"
"I'll use you as practice before I find my real father! I'll tear you to shreds!"
Kiana did not care about computer programs at all; all she wanted to do was punch Siegfried.