Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

Hearing this, Fu Shi instantly perked up, stopped what she was doing, crossed her arms proudly, and lifted her chin with a slightly smug tone,

"Hmph, open your eyes wide and watch closely! Feel the overwhelming presence of the great Herrscher of Sentience!"

With that, Fu Shi focused her gaze on the livestream screen, as if already eager to relive her former glory.

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[The screen gradually brightens, revealing Fu Hua seemingly immersed in a vast, pitch-black ocean. Her body, like a soulless puppet, lifelessly sinks deeper and deeper into the increasingly dark and mysterious depths...]

"In the depths of this boundless dream, gazing at the completely unrecognizable... self."

With Fu Hua's murmured monologue, the entire atmosphere becomes increasingly eerie and oppressive.

Suddenly, the scene shifts abruptly, cutting to the devastated skies above the Schicksal headquarters.

But in the very next instant!

A towering structure in the video suddenly erupts with a deafening explosion, followed by thick black smoke billowing into the sky, rapidly spreading outwards.

At that moment, an unexpected figure bursts out of the dense smoke at astonishing speed.

It is none other than Durandal, the S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal, clad in the fourth-generation Godsbane-class Valkyrie Battlesuit, Bright Knight, Excelsis.

She crashes heavily to the ground, rolling several times in a battered state before finally thrusting her lance into the earth to barely stabilize herself.

However, before Durandal can catch her breath, a figure emanating a sinister and eerie black aura, with blood-red eyes, suddenly appeared beside her like a ghost.

Without a word, the shadow clenches its fist, generating a fierce gust as it attacks the still-recovering Durandal!

Faced with this sudden strike, Durandal doesn't dare to be careless. She quickly summons the automatic phantom "King" from her armor to block the blow.

In an instant, as fist meets barrier, a powerful energy storm erupts violently, churning the surrounding air into a frenzied turbulence...

[Magical Girl] Theresa opens her eyes wide in awe, 〈Is this the form the Herrscher of Sentience first appeared in? Such an intense pressure—it's no wonder Durandal ended up in such a sorry state.〉

Seeing Theresa's astonishment, Fu Shi is quite pleased and says, "Heh~ Now you know how powerful I am."

At that moment, Fu Lin suddenly speaks up with a reminder, "You can't call her the Herrscher of Sentience at this point, or she'll get mad. You should call her Fu Hua 2.0—she hasn't fully realized she's a Herrscher yet~"

Hearing this, Fu Shi glances toward Fu Lin in the stream and lets out a dissatisfied snort.

Meanwhile, Durandal takes a deep breath, her gaze firm as she looks at the shadow on the screen, murmuring, 〈Looks like I still have a long way to go...〉

[The screen transitions again, this time to a floating space filled with blocks. Durandal is gone, replaced by Kevin wielding the Judgment Greatsword.

At the same time, the "Fu Hua" who fought Durandal now fearlessly faces Kevin head-on.

Sparks fly instantly, fists roar through the air, and the entire space is turned upside down from the impact of their powerful blows, trembling violently with thunderous booms.

Kevin lands steadily on a massive block, his icy gaze locked onto "Fu Hua" in the distance, and he speaks, "Enemy or ally—choose!"

But before the words finish echoing, Kevin suddenly swings his Judgment Greatsword, sending a raging torrent of flames surging toward "Fu Hua."

However, in the face of such a ferocious attack, "Fu Hua" remains calm and composed.

With a wave of her hands, she effortlessly deflects the flames aside, floating calmly within the blaze.

Then, "Fu Hua" speaks,

"The past... only ever led to failure."

"The people I wanted to protect... all disappeared!"

In the next instant, countless black feathers begin to fall from the sky like snow, quickly enveloping Durandal within the video.

These black feathers then erupt with numerous blinding crimson beams, instantly transforming into countless razor-sharp swords that densely surround Durandal.

With a screeching sound of metal slicing, the swords effortlessly shred the so-called "King" into pieces.

On the other side, "Fu Hua" is now crouching steadily atop Kevin's raised Judgment Greatsword, a massive blade resting on her shoulder, her eyes glowing with a strange red light.

At this moment, Kevin finds himself in a situation almost identical to Durandal's, surrounded by countless feather-blade swords.

Amid this tense atmosphere, "Fu Hua's" words echo softly, "Only heart-wrenching regret can give birth to true transformation…" ]

Kiana, 〈What on earth happened in Class Monitor's past for her to say something like that...?〉

[Shenzhou Tablet] Fu Hua, 〈That wasn't me. That was Fu Shi speaking in the video.〉

Fu Shi, "So what? At that moment, I was thinking of myself as you, and I was talking about your past. Was I wrong? Think about Fuxi, Nuwa, Cheng Lixue…"

Hearing the names from Fu Shi's mouth, Fu Hua falls into deep thought, remaining silent.

Fu Shi, "Hey old antique, don't tell me you're getting all emotional now?"

Hearing the call, Fu Hua slowly comes back to her senses.

She gently raises one hand and places it over her chest. In her eyes, a faint and indescribable sorrow quietly flickers.

[Shenzhou Tablet] Fu Hua softly murmurs, 〈For some reason... when I hear those names, a sadness I can't put into words wells up in my heart...〉

Fu Shi shows a puzzled expression and blinks, saying, "Huh? Normally, with me around every day, you should have recovered some memories by now. Could it be that my Herrscher core not being in your body is why it's not working?"

As Fu Shi mentions the Herrscher core, Fu Lin, who has remained silent, suddenly reacts as if realizing something.

He recalls how, when about to have his heart ripped out by Herrscher of Thunder Mei☆, he specifically stored the Herrscher of Sentience's core into the system space.

Now that he thinks about it, that Herrscher core should still be quietly resting in that system space.

Fortunately, it seems Fu Shi is completely unaware.

With that in mind, Fu Lin decides to secretly reinsert the Herrscher core back into his body once the stream ends.

Meanwhile, in the comment section, Fu Shi sighs lightly and says, "Sigh... Looks like I'll need to take you back to Mount Taixuan sometime. I'll help you recall everything properly then."

But then she frowned slightly and added, "Tch, but if you regain your memories, you'll also remember those seven annoying disciples. Just thinking about it pisses me off."

Seele (White), watching the video of Bronya arriving on a motorcycle, excitedly exclaims, 〈It's Bronya-nee!〉

At that moment, Bronya sees herself on screen and says, 〈Bronya has a bad feeling about this...〉

Fu Lin coldly responds, "Too late."

Bronya, 〈Bronya dislikes hosts who don't understand boundaries.〉