Chapter 50: MiHoyo's Cruel Act

[Real World.]

At the moment Van fell into the Sea of Quanta, people in the real world all used their loudest shouts to send their most "heartfelt" greetings to MiHoyo's writers.

[Nooo!]

[Van, my Van!]

[Sob sob sob… there's a knife in my eyes]

[Someone grab his hand!!!]

[MiHoyo! You have no heart ahhhhhhh!!!]

Thousands of words condensed into one sentence. "MiHoyo, I have 8AM class!!!"

As the screen was filled with bullet comments, the image began to go dark.

Just when people thought the episode had ended like this, Otto's voice suddenly appeared, causing the real-world audience's blood pressure to skyrocket.

That's right. They were too busy grieving Van's death and had forgotten the real culprit behind all this.

So, the direction of the comments once again changed, shifting from MiHoyo's writers to Otto.

———

Seeing the subtle looks from his wife Kallen and his sister, Otto felt completely unwell.

If it weren't for the others from the sanatorium being nearby, Otto would've wanted to shout out loud, "I, Otto Apocalypse, am not a villain!!!"

Unfortunately, no matter how much he felt stifled and misunderstood and wronged, Otto could only bottle it up.

Who told video-him to do inhumane things.

Actually, not to mention others, if circumstances allowed, even Otto himself would want to rush into the video and slap himself twice.

'You damn Otto! Just what have you been through to end up like this!'

———

[Back to the video.]

In a pitch-black scene, Otto's unique voice, began.

"The St. Freya Academy group escaped the encirclement, K423's whereabouts unknown. The Herrscher has once again fallen into slumber, but the collapse she caused globally has not ceased. In this crisis, Anti-Entropy may once again unite, and ally with my lovely granddaughter, Theresa. Also, Van is an uncertain factor. There seems to be a secret hidden on him that even I don't know about…"

"However, between himself and K423, he ultimately still chose her, huh? But no matter. The experiment is nearing its end. Everything is under our control…"

Then, the scene shifted, coming to a beach.

Kiana's hair was down, and she lay there like Sleeping Beauty, unconscious.

As the waves lapped the shore, an empty syringe was slowly washed away by the sea, eventually disappearing.

[Damn, this camera language… it's clearly saying Van's fate is like that syringe]

[Upstairs, I beg you, please stop talking!]

[Kiana, go and turn this imperfect story… into the version you dream of…]

[WTF! You're still talking? I just wiped my tears and they're falling again!]

[Kiana, forgive my broken promise, but this is the last time…]

[Sob sob sob, damn ghost director, sob sob sob, I'm out of tissues!!!]

Just when people thought it was almost over, the screen once again changed rapidly, arriving at the endless Sea of Quanta.

And the next scene made the barrage of wailing comments suddenly revive with new energy. Because, the Van they were all desperately hoping for, actually appeared here.

Although Van was covered in wounds and looked like a dying candle flickering in the wind, but then again, knowing MiHoyo's writers and their style, there's no way they'd give screen time to a dead man.

So this meant, Van likely wasn't dead.

Sure enough, as the camera zoomed in, Van's body began to move.

"Ugh… I can't fall here. There are still many things waiting for me to do…"

———

Seeing this, the real-world comment section all expressed that their hearts could finally rest.

[Dear writer, I admit my voice outside earlier was a bit loud. Now that there are fewer people around, I'll kneel to you, please don't mess with my Van anymore]

[I admit Honkai Impact 3 is a light, joyful, sunshine-filled story. So can you please write the rest of the plot nicely?]

[Since Van's not dead, the next part should be a comeback-from-fire-to-fight-the-boss story, right?]

[Exactly! Beat the dog-ass Otto to death!]

[The three-year agreement is up, welcome back, Emperor Van!]

Just as people were fantasizing about future scenes of punching Otto and kicking Destiny, the video suddenly took a turn.

A strange BGM began to play, and Van suddenly looked back.

A dark green giant snake was coiled behind him, its body winding straight into the abyss. With lightning speed, its bloody maw bit down, Van didn't even have time to react before being swallowed into its belly.

The snake's tongue curled at its mouth, and its vertical pupils showed a disturbingly human-like satisfied expression. Its massive body then bizarrely disappeared into the darkness of the Quantum Sea, just as it had come.

At the same time, a line of text appeared.

[To be continued...]

———

Night fell like ink, moonlight quietly casting down.

Aside from the occasional sound of cicadas outside the window, everything felt like someone had pressed the mute button.

Suddenly, a scream pierced the silent night.

"MiHoyo! I will never forgive you!!!"

The girl's shout shook all the motion-sensor lights in the stairwell, lighting them up floor by floor, from the first to the top.

The entire building erupted.

A baby was startled awake and cried, someone even pushed open their window and shouted, "Can we sleep or not? Don't you have fing work tomorrow morning?"

However, the culprit, Ji Xuanyuan, didn't care about any of that.

She stood in the middle of the room, fists clenched tightly, chest heaving. Her eyes were not only filled with tears, but also burning with angry flames.

'Unacceptable! I can't accept this! He was clearly the hero who saved everything, yet ended up with such a fate! MiHoyo, you really deserve to die!!!'

For someone like Ji Xuanyuan, who planned to devote her whole life to the yuri cause, the death of a male character shouldn't have made any waves in her heart.

But alas, who told the man in the video to be so damn attractive?

Watching him give up his life to save Kiana, Ji Xuanyuan's heart couldn't help but be moved.

A ridiculous thought even appeared in her mind.

'If it's him… I guess I could loosen up on gender requirements…'

Thinking this, Ji Xuanyuan didn't bother wiping her tears.

She instantly pulled out her phone and, with lightning speed, typed on the forum.

[Damn MiHoyo, give me back my husband!!!]

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