Atacama Desert, Chile.
As the world’s driest region, the average annual rainfall here is less than 0.1 millimeters. Between 1845 and 1936, it set a record of 91 consecutive years without any rain.
But now, the sky is overcast with dark clouds, lightning flashes and thunder roars, and a torrential downpour is pouring down. According to meteorological monitoring, the Atacama Desert has received over 100 millimeters of rainfall in the past hour—more than the total accumulated rainfall over the past century.
At the same time, the east coast of Australia has suddenly become extremely dry, with forest fire danger ratings raised to their highest level.
Under Wendy’s direct interference, in the region east of Australia, west of South America, north of Antarctica, and south of the equator, ocean current activity and atmospheric circulation have clearly become abnormal.
As we all know, the global weather system is an interconnected whole, and meteorological events in one area inevitably affect others. The anomalies in Australia and Chile are just the beginning. This disaster caused by the Herrscher of Wind, whether people initially cared about it or not, will ultimately become something that concerns everyone.
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Kiana hadn’t gone far from the supermarket when she was surrounded by hundreds of Honkai Beasts, among them many Templar-class.
After fighting tooth and nail to carve a path through, Kiana arrived at a second stronghold, which looked like a bank.
The good news: Kiana found a teammate here.
The bad news: she was already dead.
Judging from her wounds, she had likely been swept here by Wendy’s storm and, while in a weakened state, had been pierced from behind by a Templar-class Honkai Beast.
Even though she managed to escape here, she ultimately succumbed to her severe injuries and found her eternal rest in this place.
A companion who had greeted her with a smile just a few hours ago was now gone from her side forever. This is Honkai.
This place wasn’t safe either. Kiana had only rested for a moment when she heard the heavy thud of footsteps. She knew the Templar-class and Chariot-class Honkai Beasts had caught up.
“I can’t stay here. Auntie Himeko and the other Valkyries might be in a fierce battle with the Honkai Beasts. Maybe if I get there in time, I can make it back to St. Freya safely with them!”
The thought was simple, but reality was harsh.
Kiana unleashed her ultimate again, obliterating the Honkai Beasts blocking her path, but new ones kept emerging from who knows where.
Though Kiana fought with growing ferocity, she couldn’t change the two facts: she was making little progress, and her stamina was rapidly depleting.
About an hour later, Kiana stood atop a mountain of Honkai Beast corpses. By now, her vision had become blurred.
“Can’t fall here… Himeko… is still waiting for me to save her… Bronya and I… haven’t settled our score… Mei… is still waiting… for me to go back…”
Inside the Schicksal headquarters, Otto assessed Kiana’s situation based on her location and surrounding conditions, determining that she was likely trapped in a difficult battle.
“According to Rita’s report, timing it… her physical strength should be running out about now…”
Thinking this, Otto still maintained his “everything is under control” demeanor.
But the next moment, the smile on his lips froze.
Because the red dot representing Kiana had disappeared from the screen.
According to the instruments’ feedback, she was nowhere to be found in the entire intrinsic world. In Otto’s knowledge, there was only one being capable of making a person vanish from the intrinsic world like that.
The Herrscher of the Void, Sirin.
Whether by airship or ship, or any other conceivable method, all were ultimately forced to retreat in the face of the terrifying storm.
But with the help of Alaya and World Serpent, Sirin obtained precise coordinates and opened a direct portal. Wendy was helpless, forced to watch as she rescued the exhausted Kiana.
“So, those who wanted to intervene have finally shown up. No matter. The appearance of the Herrscher of the Void is still within my expectations…”
Otto speculated that Sirin’s next move would be to release a massive number of Honkai Beasts from the Imaginary Space, using her Honkai Beasts to attack Wendy’s.
Since the Herrscher of the Void was directly connected to the Imaginary Space, no matter how many Honkai Beasts and Zombies were under Wendy’s command, Sirin could surely unleash even more. This way, lower-level Honkai Beasts could gradually overwhelm the enemy through sheer numbers. Then, together with the Herrscher of Corruption, she would confront Wendy and her Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
However, the dense swarm of red dots Otto had imagined never appeared. On the contrary, the screen before him showed that only one uninvited guest had arrived in New Zealand.
“Put up the real-time footage.”
Soon, an image captured by Schicksal’s satellite appeared before Otto.
Standing before countless Honkai Beasts was a man with white hair and blue eyes, wearing a black coat. Otto was certain this was the first time he had seen him.
Even though he didn’t recognize the man, he knew the weapon in his hand all too well: the Judgement of Shamash.
Kevin gazed ahead at the countless Honkai Beasts surging toward him from all directions. His expression remained unchanged as he gripped the Judgement of Shamash, already in its [Nirvana] form, with both hands, slowly raising it above his head.
“Shamash, draw!”
With a thunderous roar, a terrifying shockwave radiated outward from Kevin in all directions. Satellite imagery showed that this single strike had painted the entire North Island of New Zealand in fiery red.
In that one strike, Zombies, and Honkai Beasts of the Jörmungandr-class, Seraph-class, Chariot-class, Templar-class—all were reduced to ashes. Except for Wendy, who was high in the sky, and her Emperor-class Honkai Beast, the entire North Island was scorched clean.
Faced with this outcome, both Otto and Wendy’s eyes widened in disbelief.
They double-checked and triple-checked—the uninvited guest who appeared in New Zealand was human, not a Herrscher.
But what they didn’t know was that what they had just witnessed was not even Kevin’s full power. 50,000 years ago, Kevin’s all-out strike had caused the Final Herrscher, weakened by the Moonlight Throne, to shut down for a full 12 hours.
The reason Sirin only teleported Kevin over was simple: he was more than enough on his own.
