Chapter 155: Void Drifter Kiana! The Mature and Heartbreaking Tuna! (1W)
The Honkai Impact 3rd version preview livestream, under Elysia's hard work, finally landed smoothly. As for her role as the Honkai Impact 3rd ambassador, she had clearly adapted completely, appearing more and more natural in front of the camera... No, she originally had a "social god" personality; average people couldn't tell if she was being natural or not anyway.
[Hey, will Elysia also be added to the game?]
[If Elysia is added, I'll definitely pull until I'm broke!]
[Who wouldn't pull for the mascot girl, child?]
Among the player community, Elysia's popularity naturally soared. They all looked forward to her being implemented as a playable character in the game. After all, who wouldn't like Miss Pink Elf? In this livestream, besides the usual content previews and news about the new main story chapter, Elysia brought the news that the Cooking with Valkyries animation production had been greenlit!
[Wait, MiHoYo is really going to make an animation?]
[The animation company rumors are confirmed. I reasonably suspect MiHoYo wanted to make animations from the start, and the game company is just for accumulating capital!]
[LMAO, essentially an animation company, right?]
[Cooking with Valkyries? Is Mei the protagonist of the animation?]
[It's the Cooking Queen's home turf, right?]
[Hey! You guys, don't think of Mei as soon as you hear 'dining table'! You're insulting Mei!!]
The news that MiHoYo was going to produce an animation also made the players feel both surprised and delighted. After all, who wouldn't want to see their favorite Valkyries moving in an animation? Plus, MiHoYo's technical strength had always been high, so the resulting animation shouldn't be too bad, right?
[The Old Thief has no small ambition; he wants to build Honkai Impact 3rd into a super big IP!]
[Yeah, look at the Old Thief's recent moves—collaborating with Magical Girl TeRiRi, and then with food brands...]
[Is the next step a collaboration with the Golden Arches?]
[Is it my KFC? Is it my KFC?]
[M-Gate forever, child!]
[Am I the only one who wants to eat Burger King?]
Among the players, there were also some with a keen sense of smell. Based on the recent movements of Honkai Impact 3rd, they instantly saw Su Mu's intentions. Seriously, that Old Thief really knows how to make money. If he can build Honkai Impact 3rd into a heavyweight IP, it would mean having enduring vitality. This vitality would ensure that MiHoYo could be sustainably profitable in the future. The key was that the Old Thief might actually succeed. After all, Honkai Impact 3rd was currently the most popular game of the year; you could even remove the "one of." Now, it sat upon an extremely large gaming community. With just a little operation, building the Honkai Impact 3rd IP would definitely not be a difficult task!
Many peers in the mobile game industry were directly driven crazy with jealousy. They were working hard trying to imitate Honkai Impact 3rd to make a quick buck, while Honkai Impact 3rd had already started high-speed development toward IP-fication—even an animation was coming out! It was predictable that another large sum of silver would flow into the company's pockets! It could be said that they felt their back teeth grinding. Clearly, when the game first debuted a year ago, many people were mocking MiHoYo for seeking its own death... yet a year later, no one dared to mention those things anymore. Seeing Honkai Impact 3rd getting more and more popular, their old faces could be said to have been slapped swollen!
Leading such a huge trend and walking at the very forefront of the gaming world, the man named Su Mu could be said to make those mobile game studios feel hatred alongside their admiration! Originally, they only needed to make some crudely manufactured things, and there would always be suckers to send money... but ever since Honkai Impact 3rd launched, it directly raised the threshold for the entire mobile game industry! Now, the idea of a reskinned gacha game was something even dogs wouldn't play! Without technical strength and real ability, you want to make money? Earn a fart!!
Compared to the mobile game studios, those standalone game studios seemed not so agitated by the phenomenon of Honkai Impact 3rd's explosive popularity. After all, mobile games had the characteristic of being quick and convenient, emphasizing playability anytime and anywhere. Therefore, they had a massive number of players, and their money-making ability was naturally terrifying. Actually, it was just like short videos; low thresholds brought great traffic, which could be said to make those platforms earn crazy profits. After all, the mobile game and standalone game tracks didn't conflict. The long-term operational updates of Honkai Impact 3rd would certainly bring huge heat at every interval, but because of this, players would always have "content drought" periods. This was a common problem with mobile games, and this kind of segmented update would inevitably have drawbacks. PC standalone and console games themselves had fixed players and die-hard fans. These players would also play mobile games, but during the mobile game's drought period, they would still be willing to open platforms to play standalone games. Therefore, although Honkai Impact 3rd had an impact on the standalone game market, the impact on those mature standalone game manufacturers was not that large.
This was also within Su Mu's expectations. After all, this world also had some standalone masterpiece manufacturers with decent strength. Awesome games certainly existed, though compared to the massive game industry on Blue Star, they were indeed somewhat lackluster. The most critical point was that the production cycle of standalone games was truly too long. This made the game production capacity extremely low, though those mature large manufacturers didn't just make games. A certain "Gony" had games, but the platform and consoles were their source of confidence. As for a certain "Soft," it was purely computer software... So you would find that those "standalone giants" that could occupy a place in the world also had absolute achievements in other industries; otherwise, where would the funds for game development come from? Large-scale standalone games required long-term fund absorption, had long development cycles, and came with various risks and troubles... which was why Kiana was so confident.
One should know that standalone players' requirements for games were much higher than those of mobile game players. Although the Getting Over It previously launched by Su Mu was indeed hot, that game created a new type of game in this world—the "UPG" style, which belonged to the category where watching a streamer play was much more interesting than playing it oneself. But the Titanfall launched this time was a first-person shooter sci-fi genre game... Initially, when hearing about establishing a studio, Siegfried and others strongly opposed it. After all, the leap was too large; they would certainly overextend themselves. "No, no!" As a result, as soon as Kiana brought Su Mu out, Siegfried immediately understood and agreed with both hands and feet raised. "Yes, yes!" But upon hearing the person in charge was a girl named Firefly, the heart that had just been set down hung up again. "Is it... is it right?" But in terms of the engine and important technology, they were provided by Su Mu, and Su Mu would also be responsible for supervision. "Hey! But then again..." Mr. Siegfried deeply understood the essence of Shenzhou culture; his "face-changing" act was quite impressive.
Time passed in this busy manner, and the update day for the brand-new version of Honkai Impact 3rd, Meteoric Salvation, quickly arrived. In Guinaifen's livestream, Little Gui was doing a split while waiting for the Honkai Impact 3rd maintenance to end, chatting with the audience. "Thanks for the super chat from [I want to eat sandwich cookies]: 'When will Little Gui continue the ghost-hunting stream? I want to see you screaming from being scared by a ghost'... Hey, hey, family member, you can't talk nonsense! Little Gui isn't afraid of ghosts at all! This is slander, slander!" "Thanks for the super chat from [Tomato Beef Rice]: 'Little Gui, clearly you ran the fastest every time, even leaving Huohuo at the very back last time. You're not afraid of ghosts?' What? Last time? I don't know what you're talking about, family member? Haha??"
Guinaifen responded to the tricky comments while looking at the time on her phone. Soon, the doorbell rang. "Coming!!" Guinaifen ended her split effortlessly. After responding, she made a mysterious smile toward the camera. "Family, guess who Little Gui invited to the stream today? Hehe, you absolutely, definitely won't guess it!" With that, she ran out of the camera's view, leaving the fans in the stream to spam question marks.
[Little Gui invited a guest?]
[Little Gui posted an announcement yesterday, didn't you see it?]
[Little Gui is preparing to stream Honkai Impact 3rd today, right? Ever since coming back from the BW exhibition last time, she seems to have become a loyal fan of Honkai Impact 3rd.]
[Then the guest today should be related to Honkai Impact 3rd? Surely Little Gui couldn't have invited the Old Thief Su Mu himself?]
While the stream was discussing who the mysterious guest could be, Guinaifen reappeared in front of the camera. "Hehe, did the family wait long? Then without further ado, let Little Gui introduce today's two guests—" "Tada! Our MiHoYo game company CEO, President Kiana!"
Following Guinaifen's introduction, Kiana was in the classic Customer Service Xiao Qi outfit—a white shirt, a small suit jacket, and a pencil skirt. Her long white hair was draped over her shoulders. Her overall temperament was also completely different. She looked mature and reliable.
[???]
[? Holy crap?]
[President Kiana is truly a brick, to be moved wherever she's needed!]
[I thought the reason no one answered when I called the Customer Service Xiao Qi hotline today was because President Kiana came to the stream?]
[Whoa, President Kiana is practically a model worker! She works so hard for her own game. So far, President Kiana has made guest appearances in many streams, right?]
[Hehe! As long as it's President Kiana, I won't get tired of seeing a hundred guest appearances!!]
[Hey, President Kiana is dressed so formally today? And she didn't braid her hair!]
[Loose-hair President Kiana is too beautiful, right?!]
Seeing Kiana appear in the stream in her work outfit with long hair, the audience was also stunned! After all, this version of Kiana was so much more mature compared to the previous hot-blooded idiot version that was lively and clumsy... to the point that at first glance, the audience for a moment thought the Herrscher of the Void had descended upon the stream! This unprecedented experience also made the audience in the stream full of praise, all complimenting Kiana's new look as being too beautiful.
"Really, is it really that good? Haha..." Looking at those complimentary comments, Kiana scratched her head somewhat awkwardly. The cold and elegant temperament she had when she first appeared disappeared instantly.
[Pfft!]
[Although the image changed, President Kiana is still the same President Kiana!]
[Haha, true! President Kiana is as cute as ever!]
[Did President Kiana want to change her image? Was it just that she came back from a meeting and didn't have time to change?]
Guinaifen also looked at Kiana curiously: "Kiana, Little Gui is also curious!" Kiana spread her hands, showing a somewhat helpless expression. "That guy Su Mu asked me to change to a new image for this stream... saying it would have better program effects. Anyway, I don't understand what he's planning. Although these clothes are a bit tight and not easy to move in, I wasn't really willing to wear them." Guinaifen gave a thumbs up: "But it's definitely beautiful! Director Su's aesthetics are truly on point!"
[Su Mu's idea?]
[Isn't President Kiana the boss? The Old Thief is just a director yet he's acting against the hierarchy, making the boss change her image?]
[Is the Old Thief that powerful in the company? Even President Kiana has to listen to his arrangements?]
[Whoa, bro is truly capable!]
[Could it be that President Kiana working as customer service before was also the Old Thief's idea?]
[Hey, didn't you guys know? I heard from a friend who works next to the MiHoYo studio, she heard from a pink-haired girl at MiHoYo that the Old Thief and President Kiana are cohabiting!]
[Whoa, so the Old Thief and President Kiana are in that kind of relationship?]
[Real or fake? President Kiana is even cohabiting with the Old Thief?]
"You, you guys are talking nonsense! Where is the cohabitation!" Kiana began to deny it somewhat frantically. "He's just been taking care of me for a while! It's not cohabitation at all; he goes back every night!!"
[??]
[Whoa, isn't President Kiana just self-destructing?]
[He goes back every night? Does that mean he's with President Kiana during the day?]
[Old Thief, you truly deserve to die. You actually succeeded?]
[But why? President Kiana, the Old Thief wrote you so miserably in the game, like he has a grudge against you. Why did you fall for him!!]
[Holy crap brothers, I came to watch the stream today, not to be fed dog food!]
Kiana was making things worse with every word. Rumors spread like wildfire, and with nearly three hundred thousand people in the stream, rumors were bound to fly. It was foreseeable that before long, various gossip would be flying everywhere.
"Hey, hey, today Kiana is a guest in Little Gui's stream! Family, you can't bully her!" Guinaifen bailed Kiana out and immediately changed the subject to introduce the next guest. "Also, our MiHoYo game company director's... secretary! Miss Rita!"
[Pfft, I really thought it was going to be a couple's stream today!]
[As a result, the Old Thief didn't come? Heh! He must be afraid of us!]
[? Rita? Is it that Rita? Rita Rossweisse?! That mischievous maid!]
[Wait, isn't your focus wrong? Rita is the Old Thief's secretary?]
[A game director having a secretary, isn't that acting against the hierarchy??]
Rita Rossweisse appeared in front of the camera wearing a maid outfit. She elegantly crossed her hands in front of her and smiled at the camera. "Hello everyone, I am Rita Rossweisse. I am very happy to spend a pleasant time with everyone." Her mature and elegant temperament came from within, completely different from Kiana's "clothes make the woman" look. After all, she was like a rose—the elegant and perfect maid, Rita Rossweisse. Her flaxen short hair was trimmed very neatly, her wine-red eyes were like jewels, and a slight curve at the corner of her mouth brought a hint of playfulness. Mysterious and with a hint of danger, she made people want to explore more.
[Rita is too beautiful, right?!]
[Maid outfit? No way, could it be the Old Thief's fetish?]
[Whoa, right now, besides wanting to send razor blades to the Old Thief, I want to set him on fire!]
[Thinking about it, the Old Thief is surrounded by beautiful girls, right? Having such a beautiful maid as a secretary, brothers, I'm truly jealous!]
Clearly, Little Gui's stream today was about to become a large-scale gathering for the FFF Inquisition.
[I didn't expect Rita to come to the stream. Um... to be honest, I don't like this character.]
[True, in the game, Rita looks like a bad woman!]
[Yeah, Rita and the others are enemies of Theresa, right? But it seems in reality, Rita and President Kiana are on pretty good terms?]
[A game is just a game, after all; it's definitely different from reality! Look at Kevin, such a tragic hero in the game, yet last time in Pardo's stream, the way he slurped instant noodles could be made into emojis!]
Regarding Rita's arrival in the stream, the audience naturally felt surprised. After all, if they remembered correctly, Rita had always been the one responsible for hunting down Kiana, right? In the previous preview, it was mentioned that this story would be Kiana and Rita's home field. That is, in the main storyline, Kiana would be clashing with Rita... The two people who were in a hostile relationship in the game were now appearing in the same stream. Who knew what kind of sparks would fly!
[But then again, Little Gui has really made it! To even be able to invite President Kiana and Rita. This is Rita's first time in a stream, right? The significance is extraordinary!]
[True, I'm an old fan of Little Gui, and I knew she would be successful sooner or later!]
"Hehe! The praise from the family members really makes Little Gui's heart surge; I can't help but want to do a round of bamboo clappers! Family members who haven't followed yet, please do! Little Gui has many talents!" Guinaifen didn't forget to ask for follows. After all, making money wasn't shameful! Guinaifen's popularity wasn't low; although she wasn't a top streamer, she wasn't bad among the pool of streamers. There was a saying: streamers more popular than Little Gui weren't necessarily as good at entertaining as her, and those better at entertaining weren't as popular as her—she had made a name for herself as a streamer of her level, but she was somewhat stuck in the middle. But this time, before the Honkai Impact 3rd stream even officially started, with just Kiana and Rita appearing, the popularity in the stream began to explode. The effect also shocked Guinaifen.
"Whoa... Su Mu is truly my great benefactor! Last time, selling instant noodles earned us a lot of funds for the ghost-hunting squad, and this collaboration brought such a huge wave of popularity and traffic to my stream. He's too amazing!" Guinaifen inwardly admired Su Mu to no end. Originally, she had watched Pardo's stream and wanted to try collaborating with Su Mu with a "give it a shot" mentality, but she didn't expect him to actually agree! As for the condition Su Mu proposed, he hoped Guinaifen could authorize her image to appear as a game character in the next game, Honkai: Star Rail, and hoped Guinaifen could help get authorization from Huohuo, Sushang, and the others. When Little Gui heard this, she was stunned. What? A small streamer could also appear in a game? That was too great! A condition? It was basically a reward! If Su Mu's next game became a big hit, wouldn't everyone come to watch the stream? It would be a huge boost for her streaming career!
After the Honkai Impact 3rd maintenance, Guinaifen also switched to a serious expression. "Ahem! Family, let's not waste more words; let's start today's stream!" Guinaifen logged into her Honkai Impact 3rd account and also looked at the announcements, which were similar to the ones in previous streams. This time, two new Augment Core characters were added. Fu Hua's Augment Core—Fog Core! Kiana's Augment Core—Void Drifter! This version didn't introduce a new S-rank character, but it opened character reruns, while UPing Void Drifter and Fog Core. The focused supply also updated the matching weapons and stigmata for Fog Core and Void Drifter, as well as the magical wand weapon matching the Magical Girl TeRiRi skin!
[Whoa, it seems there's no S-rank character in this version?]
[True, the fragments for Void Drifter and Fog Core's Augment Cores can be farmed. This version, the Old Thief is helping everyone save money!]
[Now a low-spender like me can also pull for stigmata and weapons! I really like this lightning Squad Leader; I'm going to pull a set of exclusive stigmata for her!]
[TeRiRi's skin is given for free, shouldn't we support the magic wand? Don't actually let the Old Thief lead the company to bankruptcy!]
[Meow, Old Thief, what's with this version? There's so much farmable welfare; don't you want to make money?]
[Hehe, the Old Thief is afraid of being hunted by us, so he's planning to bankrupt the company and run away? Fortunately, I'm one step ahead! I'll directly top up and empty the stigmata pool this version. Old Thief, do you accept defeat?]
[Whoa, bro is truly powerful!]
If those mobile game studios saw this, they would probably cough up blood. No players would rush to give the manufacturer money for fear of the manufacturer going bankrupt due to being too conscientious, right? You guys are totally acting against the hierarchy! It only proved that when welfare reached a certain point, players would truly reciprocate with the manufacturer from their hearts. Among the players, there were also no shortage of "whales." They spent money for happiness! Since the service attitude was so good, shouldn't there be a reward? Pull, pull hard! Pull ten sets of stigmata for Void Drifter directly; do you want to see what "waifu-pulling power" looks like? Hmm?
Despite there being no new character and the Augment Core characters being farmable, Honkai Impact 3rd still dominated the revenue charts, leaving many peers dumbfounded. "I thought a version without an S-rank character could end the Honkai Impact 3rd myth, but these people are topping up non-stop? There's no new character, what the hell are you guys topping up for??" Looking at the background data, the Honkai Impact 3rd production team was also stunned. Not to mention those game manufacturers, even they didn't know what the players were topping up for! No way, were there so many players who just topped up without pulling? The double bonus didn't reset either, did it? What was everyone doing?
Guinaifen knew nothing about these things. She was currently opening the main storyline Chapter 13, The Ash of a Long Night, and began to play with focus. As the game screen appeared, Guinaifen found that the beginning of Chapter 13 introduced the World Serpent organization from Gray Snake's perspective. As many viewers in the stream had expected, Kevin was indeed a World Serpent member, and his status was not simple.
[In the hall, a man leaned on his throne in silent contemplation.]
[Fifteen hundred years have passed. Power has shifted hands among humans; fire and sword have washed over the earth again and again. On this planet, history has happened and faded, as fast as a blink of an eye.]
[However, compared to the last time Gray Snake saw him, the man before him hadn't changed at all. His will remained the same.]
[This man has surpassed time and is not bound by reincarnation. Only a person who has surpassed time can defeat the destruction that surpasses time hidden in history.]
[The man woke from his contemplation and cast his gaze upon his follower. Gray Snake couldn't help but tremble. Those eyes...]
[Those eyes had once witnessed miracles mortals never dared to dream of, and also endured the sorrow of all things perishing.]
[But everything, everything those eyes witnessed, under the forging of an extraordinary will, had become two pieces of ruthless, cold ice.]
The originally arrogant Gray Snake was extremely respectful in front of Kevin. In his gaze toward Kevin, there even surged a look of fanaticism. That was the absolute respect and faith of a loyal follower. Gray Snake offered the Might of An-Utu with both hands; only this legendary weapon could match the human pioneer of the future. Looking at the dim greatsword before him, Kevin thought back to fighting alongside it. He once held this sword to exterminate all monsters endangering humanity and directly faced the "God's" punishment.
["Old friend, we meet again."]
[The warrior grasped the handle as if grasping the past.]
[He gazed at the dim blade, just as he had done before thousands of battles in the past.]
[The greatsword forged from Soul Steel trembled and woke up. Its shape continuously extended and changed, responding to the warrior's passionate fighting spirit.]
[It seemed as if it were not just a sword, but a living thing with a soul.]
[A sliver of light erupted from the sword's core. Reunited with its former master, its soul was ignited.]
[The flaming sword guarding the Garden of Eden, the heavenly fire burning Sodom... Humans who had the fortune to witness this holy relic once used countless myths to describe its majesty.]
[Today, thousands of years have passed, and the myth will once again become reality.]
["From now on, fight together with me!"]
[This command not only echoed through the hall but also sounded like a silent thunderclap, cutting through the hearts of all followers in the distance—]
[Announcing to them that the storm was coming.]
Watching Kevin holding the burning greatsword in the CG, the audience in the stream all showed shocked expressions. This man, this man named Kevin Kaslana, was too cool. He was the Lord of World Serpent, a soldier of Fire-Moth, trapped in the Sea of Quanta for fifteen hundred years, yet still a warrior whose fighting spirit against the Honkai had not been extinguished. The moment he grasped that greatsword, the audience felt their hearts tremble— At this moment, they also understood why Gray Snake was so respectful in front of him and why Kevin could have so many followers.
[If it weren't for that bastard Gray Snake being here, I really wouldn't feel like such a great warrior is an enemy of the protagonist group.]
[Yeah, Gray Snake is truly a bastard! I haven't forgotten what he did to Liliya!]
[On the bright side, maybe Kevin will rectify World Serpent's style after he returns? World Serpent should be fighting the Honkai under Kevin's leadership, right? Then World Serpent might also become an ally to the protagonist group!]
[But we're still not clear on what Kevin's "price" is, right? He is a hero, no doubt, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's a good person to the ordinary people of the Honkai Impact 3rd world, right?]
Everyone also conducted a heated discussion on Kevin's identity and standpoint. Guinaifen spoke: "Well, Little Gui also feels that Kevin is indeed a true hero, but with someone like Gray Snake in World Serpent, it feels like it won't be a good organization." "It might not be like that," Kiana proposed a different opinion. "In an organization like Anti-Entropy, there's also someone like Cocolia. But that doesn't mean Welt, Einstein, and Tesla are bad people, right? I think Gray Snake might just be a radical and unscrupulous existence in the organization..." Rita also offered a viewpoint at this time: "Indeed, as Lady Kiana said. The quality of an organization cannot be judged from just one or two characters. For example, in the Schicksal organization, Lord Otto protects the Honkai for his own selfish desires. But the Valkyries in the organization truly sacrifice their lives to protect humanity and fight the Honkai." Kiana nodded: "Right! Those Valkyries who sacrificed themselves fighting the Honkai are all heroes! So I think, in the eyes of ordinary people, Schicksal must be a righteous organization, right? Because the Valkyries in that organization truly protect ordinary people..." "Perhaps that's why the Honkai Impact 3rd plot is so exciting; everyone's standpoint is not fixed and changes with different perspectives. Schicksal might not be evil, and Kiana and Lady Theresa might not be righteous." Rita sighed. "For those who experienced the Herrscher of the Void disaster, Lady Kiana is undoubtedly the culprit, an existence like a demon." Kiana pressed her temples with her fingers: "Um... I don't understand, it feels like my brain is growing!"
During their discussion, the game screen moved to Arc City. Late at night, at the edge of Arc City. Four months have passed since the Great Eruption. To escape the Honkai attacks, more and more people came to this city seeking shelter. However, the disaster showed no signs of stopping. For the Arc City mecha patrols, it was a difficult night. In the scene, the mecha patrols were fighting against a large number of Honkai beasts. These Honkai beasts were like cockroaches—they just couldn't be finished off. As the Honkai beasts increased, the mecha squad was forced into a corner. Seeing the defense line about to be broken, at that moment, a vigorous figure suddenly appeared in the night! In just an instant, that figure moved above the mechas. The mecha pilots could only tell from the shadow that it was a young girl! The one who arrived was none other than Kiana Kaslana, who was wandering in Arc City! As the game entered the battle stage interface, a huge Honkai Emperor knocked down the surrounding mecha units. Guinaifen controlled the arriving Kiana to fight the Honkai Emperor. In this battle, besides being able to use White Comet, one could also use Void Drifter!
[When the Queen of Ruin was sealed by blood, the girl who had slept for a long time woke from her dream. Her teacher's last words became the most distant hope. She endured the pain to heal herself, enduring the erosion as she fell into the abyss. Then, the clear blue pupils were dyed with cold gold, and the pain of erosion manifested the power of the Honkai.]
[She once allowed herself to be immersed in beautiful daily life, but when doomsday arrived, she transformed into a cold warrior under the sky, once again standing above blood and enemies.]
The introduction of Void Drifter also stunned the audience in the stream, all thinking back to Teacher Himeko's return in Final Lesson, where Kiana's will broke through the shackles and finally controlled the power of the Herrscher of the Void. The girl with loose hair had an expression without the usual laughter. It was a mature and heartbreaking strength. In the process of fighting the Honkai Emperor, Fu Hua's voiceover sounded, constantly reminding Kiana.
["Pay attention to the rhythm of your breathing, and fight according to the method I taught you."]
["Kiana, watch your back!"]
During the battle, Guinaifen also gradually figured out the gameplay of Void Drifter. Void Drifter was normally a ranged character. After dodging, she could create an energy vortex that continuously pulled in surrounding enemies. By long-pressing the attack button, she could release a three-segment branch attack, Space Thorns, which dealt very high damage when combined with passive skills. Each branch attack increased Herrscher energy by 100 points. Using the fourth basic attack or generating an energy vortex reduced Herrscher energy by 50 points. When Herrscher energy was full, the character entered a 3-second erosion state, during which she could not attack, dodge, or use weapon skills, and stunned surrounding enemies! As for the ultimate, Void Impact could deal physical damage to enemies in a large area and apply a space mark, clearing her own Herrscher energy!
Although it sounded a bit complicated, after actually playing it, Guinaifen found that it was not simple at all () Watching the Void Drifter form Kiana moving flexibly through the Honkai beast swarms in the game, releasing space power to control enemies, and shattering enemies with a huge Void Spear in branch attacks... The audience in the stream all exclaimed that it was too cool, right?! However, seeing Kiana clutching her head in agony after her Herrscher energy was full, they felt another wave of heartbreak!
[Meow! This Void Drifter is also made too well!]
[Looking at the Tuna's expression when being eroded, I feel like my heart is breaking!]
[The Old Thief is really something, why did he have to include that detail! He's clearly doing it on purpose!]
[Loose-hair Tuna after maturing is indeed beautiful... but if possible, I wish the Tuna remained a hot-blooded idiot forever!!]
Void Drifter Kiana's voice had also changed noticeably, losing the girl's liveliness and becoming low and suppressed. When placed on the bridge, she would no longer show a silly smile like before and act all rowdy like an idiot. Although she would still smile, that smile hid sadness and pain. These details were also reminding the players that Kiana had truly become mature and was different from before.
In the game, the mecha pilots who witnessed Kiana's battle were directly shocked. In their eyes, a girl like Kiana taking down a Honkai beast in a few moves was practically like a superhero! After cleaning up these Honkai beasts, under Fu Hua's urging, Kiana immediately fled the scene. After all, she couldn't let too many people witness her appearance now. The remaining mecha units didn't even see her appearance clearly before the white figure disappeared under the moonlight.
However, in the darkness, a pair of eyes was watching her presence. Jackal, an executive of World Serpent, was monitoring Kiana's every move, and she was talking with her fellow executive, [Raven]. From their conversation, the audience learned that during this period, Kiana had been wandering through various Honkai beast disaster sites in Arc City. Raven was worried that Kiana would hinder the progress of their experiment, but Jackal stated that they currently needed to prioritize dealing with the interference from Schicksal. The two were plotting a huge conspiracy. Their conversation made Kiana in front of the computer spread her hands helplessly. "Okay, I was a bit too naive before." Even an idiot like her could see that those two were definitely up to no good in Arc City! "One look and you can tell those two are preparing some conspiracy in Arc City... I thought other members of World Serpent would be different from Gray Snake. Are all World Serpent members this kind of person?"
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