Chapter 129: Version PV Released, The Highly Anticipated Herrscher of Reason!
After arriving at Kiana's house with Seele, the two had a clear division of labor: one was responsible for teaching Kiana how to clean, while the other was in the kitchen preparing dinner...
As the saying goes, "when men and women work together, the work is never tiring."
When Kiana emerged from her room drenched in sweat, followed by a serious Seele holding a mop, Su Mu had already finished dinner and set the table.
"I'm starving! I feel like I could eat a whole cow today!" Kiana scrambled forward, eager to grab the food with her hands, only to have her fingers tapped by Su Mu's chopsticks.
"Wash your hands first." "Fine, fine! Hmph!" Kiana went to wash her hands with a look of utter reluctance, and finally, she was able to sit down and indulge in a massive feast.
"Housework is way more exhausting than I imagined.... I feel like I'm about to collapse." During the meal, Kiana didn't forget to complain to Su Mu. "Seele is way too strict! She wouldn't let a single nook or cranny slide. She nearly worked me to death."
Su Mu said dryly, "How could that little bit of work tire you out?" He could see right through Kiana's laziness. Complaining after a bit of cleaning—was she really tired? It was just her "laziness cancer" acting up!
Seele held her small bowl. "Ah, w-was I really that strict.... If Kiana-oneesama is uncomfortable, I will definitely change...."
Su Mu used his chopsticks to place a pork rib into Seele's bowl. "Seele, don't listen to Kiana's nonsense. Her laziness is acting up, so she's just talking rubbish. You worked hard today; eat more good food to nourish yourself."
Seeing Su Mu give Seele a rib, Kiana immediately began to wail: "Your boss is right in front of you and you don't serve her first? Su Mu, you're way too inconsiderate! Quick, call me President Kiana, do you hear me!"
Su Mu looked at the "Tuna" suspiciously. "Didn't you say not to call you President at home?"
The Tuna turned her head. "Hmph! I've changed my mind! Call me President Kiana, got it!"
Su Mu stuffed a chicken leg into Kiana's mouth. "Even food can't shut your mouth. I seasoned this specifically to your taste; is that better?"
"Mmph! Sow good!" (So good!) Kiana's mouth was stuffed full, but she didn't forget to give Su Mu a thumbs-up. It seemed she was completely conquered by his cooking.
"Seele, I purposely put more chili in this stir-fried pork. The 'other' you should like spicy food, right? Why not let her come out to eat together?" After settling Kiana, Su Mu looked at the Seele who was focused on her meal.
"Eh? Thank you.... The other me... the food fits her taste, but she today..." "Is that so? Well, alright."
To be honest, Su Mu felt a bit dejected about not seeing Black Seele. Ever since Seele started working at miHoYo, Black Seele hadn't appeared in front of him. Su Mu liked that "love-and-hate" driven, slightly tsundere Black Seele; her personality was quite cute.
Then, he turned his gaze back to Kiana, who was eating heartily. Watching the Tuna eat was an interesting experience. This girl had an incredible sense of happiness when eating; seeing her eyes light up while eating his food gave Su Mu a deep sense of satisfaction.
Mhm. He finally understood why his grandparents always stuffed him with food whenever he visited...
Seele stole a glance at the joyfully eating Kiana, then peeked at Su Mu, who was watching Kiana with a gentle gaze. She lowered her head and took a sip of the winter melon and pork rib soup. For some reason, it tasted a bit salty, but also a bit sour.
"Seele, is something wrong?" Su Mu looked at Seele curiously. He noticed her gaze was a bit blank, as if she were deep in thought.
"No, no, Brother Su Mu.... I'm going to use the restroom." Seele shook her head, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and headed for Kiana's bathroom.
"Seele?" Kiana sucked the remaining meat off her chicken bone, looking curious. "You didn't bully Seele, did you? I'll tell Bronya!"
Su Mu glanced at the idiot. "I'm going to check on Seele. There's more rice in the pot; help yourself later." "Go ahead, go ahead." Kiana waved her greasy hand. Over the recent period, she and Su Mu had gotten to know each other well. The initial stiffness between boss and employee had vanished. With Kiana's carefree personality, they were now quite close—at least, Kiana felt they were good friends.
If Theresa heard this, she would likely faint from rage. Right, right, right. A 'good friend' who cleans your house, cooks for you, and makes your bed. Isn't Su Mu just your second father after Siegfried? Still calling him a friend? Move your butt! Are you trying to worry your Auntie to death? Is it that hard for you to actually date?
As Kiana ate the bone, she suddenly noticed a new video notification from the Honkai 3rd account on her phone. The time was exactly 8:20 PM. Since it was her own studio's creation—even if she secretly hoped for a loss—she clicked it out of curiosity.
[Honkai Impact 3rd New Version! Cyberangel Shockingly Released!]
Kiana clicked into Bilibili. Eh? It won't play? Is the internet lagging?
Clearly, Kiana underestimated the popularity of her own game. Knowing the new version PV would drop, a massive number of players were waiting for exactly 8:20. These users flooded Bilibili all at once, nearly crashing the servers. Fortunately, Bilibili was prepared; after a minute or two, the video finally loaded.
But within those few minutes, Kiana found the screen completely covered in dense barrages of comments.
[Seele is Number One!!]
[I want to play the new version right now!]
[Seele has a yandere attribute? Too good! I'm dying!]
Kiana frantically clicked around to hide the comments so she could actually see the video.
["Sleep, Bronya-oneesama.... When you wake up, everything will be over."]Amidst a deep BGM that seemed to come from the depths of a dream or the ocean... Seele's voice rang out, accompanied by images of her and Bronya together in the past. As the camera zoomed in, the well-behaved Seele standing next to Bronya saw her eyes turn scarlet in an instant.
With the BGM swelling, various bizarre sights and battle scenes from the Sea of Quanta were showcased on the screen.
["I won't let anyone stop me. Not even you, Big Sister!"]Amidst multiple scene transitions, Bronya's figure flickered through different Quantum World Bubbles. In the following scene, the boy who appeared at the end of Chapter 10 watched as Bronya gradually sank toward the bottom of the Sea of Quanta.
["Seele, Bronya.... is coming for you."]As Bronya's voice fell, a scythe tore through space, and amidst the stirring BGM... Seele swung a scythe taller than her own body, blooming flowers of death as she crushed the Quantum Shadows before her!
["Captain, are you calling for me?"]Seele in her Stygian Nymph form appeared on the screen, sitting atop that giant scythe. Her eyes turned scarlet instantly, and her aura became sharp and manic! Above her floated the frantic comments of the shocked and delighted players.
[Holy crap, that gaze! I'm dead!]
[That look! Please look at me like that!]
[Ohhhh!! Seele's voice acting for this line is too good!]
[This perfectly matches my imagination of Seele's other personality!!]
In the PV, after Seele unleashed her ultimate, her attack speed became more vicious, and the trails of her scythe turned into a dangerous black and red, as if capable of severing anything! Seeing Seele's dancing form on screen, like a blood-colored butterfly, even Kiana's eyes widened.
"Wow, the design is too good! I didn't expect Bronya's junior, Carole, to be this talented!" Since Kiana lacked artistic vocabulary, looking at the PV with its smooth transitions and Seele's Stygian Nymph character, she could think of nothing else to say but "Holy crap."
The PV didn't end after the character introduction. Immediately following was a short animation teaser.
[Amidst countless memories of her and Seele, Bronya limped forward. Though battered and bruised, she never gave up.]
[She passed through many reflections in the Sea of Quanta, like an exhausted traveler.]
[Her body felt bound by heavy shackles; every step was agonizingly heavy.]
["Seele.... Bronya.... will definitely save you."]
[Bronya reached out her left hand.]
[In the next moment, the Core of the Herrscher of Reason appeared before her!]
The screen cut to black, replaced by a line of text: [The "Cyberangel" animated short will officially air in seven days—]
This short teaser, less than ten seconds long, made the chat explode instantly.
[Holy crap? Another one?]
[MiHoYo is doing another animation? Is your company actually an animation studio?]
[As a game developer, making an animation is perfectly reasonable, right?]
[Hurry up! Why do we have to wait seven days for the full short!]
[Isn't seven days from now the version update? Seems the animation is part of the main story!]
The sudden animation teaser hidden at the end of the PV hooked the Captains completely. They became incredibly impatient for the new version, frantically discussing the details revealed in the PV in the comments section.
[It looks like Bronya is going to awaken a new power and save Seele!]
[Wow, this short looks like it's going to be hype! Saving you despite being battered and bruised... how classic!]
[Haha, the last 'hype' short was called 'Final Lesson'.]
[Hey, can we not judge the Old Thief by the past? Have you played 'Legend of the Xuanyuan'? Maybe the Old Thief really turned over a new leaf?]
[Exactly! You can't call him a villain for life just because he did a few bad things!]
Many players in the comments were worried about the plot direction—was this going to be a repeat of "Final Lesson"? But those concerns were quickly dismissed. The more naive players believed Su Mu had truly become soft-hearted... or rather, was afraid of having "unfortunate final years" and started doing good deeds to build up "underworld karma" (positive karma) by writing "upper-world" (positive) plots. Some pessimistic players thought that if Su Mu wanted to stab you, he wouldn't use the same trick twice, or the players would be too numb for the stab to work.
Regardless, the vast majority of players believed that Cyberangel would not be a repeat of Final Lesson.
"I told you all to put your hearts at rest..."
At the same time, in Senti's livestream, having "snitched" first-hand intel from Su Mu, Senti began acting as an "official leaker," chatting with the fans.
"This time is absolutely Bronya's highlight moment! I guarantee it! You millions of Bronya fans are in for a treat!" "What? You don't believe me? Don't you know Su Mu is my dearest friend and blood brother? Our relationship is 'me beating up his sandbag' levels of close!" "Put your hearts at rest! I never lie! This time the Old Thief isn't pulling any 'underworld' stunts, believe me!"
Seeing Senti thumping her chest and making confident guarantees, Fu Hua, standing beside her, wiped the sweat from her brow. "Senti, is it really okay? You don't know the specific plot either, right?"
Senti said dismissively, "Old Timer, look at the previous event plot—how healthy and interesting it was! I think Su Mu has definitely pivoted. Maybe he's determined to be a gentle, positive energy writer? You know, people make mistakes, but we have to give them a chance to correct them!"
".....Sigh." Fu Hua let out a deep sigh. She knew saying more would be useless. If things went south, Senti would be the first one to jump up and blast Su Mu.
Looking at Senti and the audience getting along famously, Fu Hua suddenly recalled a fishing proverb:
Don't rush to cast, find the bottom first. Lead the hook true to save the line. Tap lightly to keep the fish around, Bait often to never go home empty-handed....
To catch a fish, you must first lay the bait.
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