Don't shoot, I'm just a Honkai Impact 3rd content creator!

"Fun fact: There is a real company called Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in North America, which also has medical assistance programs in many countries and regions around the world."

"!!!"

"Wow, it really exists? Is this just a coincidence?"

"Coincidence my ass! Didn't you see the trending topics a while ago? The floating island of the Destiny headquarters in the sea near North America fell down. You guys actually thought the uploader's video was just a fictional animation?"

"...But wasn't that already debunked?"

"What a load of rubbish! Many coastal cities in North America are still engaged in disaster relief and rescue efforts. Debunking this is just fooling honest people like you. Satellite photos are still spreading like wildfire on Twitter!"

"..."

"If the uploader's videos aren't fictional, but based on reality, then this Shencheng Medicine wouldn't actually be..."

"Holy crap, my third aunt's second aunt's cousin recently participated in Shencheng Medical's medical assistance program, and we haven't heard from her lately. Could she be dead?"

My deepest condolences...

In an instant, everyone was shocked.

For these ordinary people, they are unaware that otherworldly invasions are constantly occurring throughout the world. From their perspective, Su Yu created the Honkai Impact series of videos based on the unknown truths of the world.

They had no idea that the headquarters of Destiny and the jackals of Divine City Medicine came from another world. They simply assumed that these things had always existed, but they had been kept in the dark and had no idea about them.

So now they need to know the truth!

It's alright domestically, but overseas it's gotten out of control.

Online and in real life, countless people have united to demand that the government reveal the hidden truths, and many others have joined together to demand the shutdown of Shencheng Pharmaceutical and a thorough investigation of its medical assistance projects.

The government ignored the former, while for the latter, since Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. had already blocked Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, the government, under pressure from public opinion, simply went with the flow and completely shut it down.

Various countries and regions have also investigated Shencheng Medical's medical assistance projects, and as for the results...

How could Jackal's project be without problems?

Although the World Serpent no longer has her backing in this world, and the Jackal's underhanded tactics have become much more restrained, there are still many shady dealings in those medical aid projects.

Therefore, it was only natural that Jackal was placed on a global wanted list issued by countries around the world!

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Otto, a coward! 3/5

Of course, sealing off Shencheng Pharmaceutical as a way to appease the public is a story for another time. Right now, most people are probably still watching Su Yu's video.

Bronya was also greatly shocked by the sight of the basement of Shencheng Pharmaceutical.

Although she had been a mercenary since childhood and later joined Anti-Entropy, Bronya was somewhat aware of the darker aspects of life. Even so, she still couldn't accept what she was seeing.

Even Cocolia wouldn't do something so heinous, would she?

"The World Serpent, it really is no good!"

If Bronya's hostility toward the World Serpent was largely due to Kevin and Welt's attitude in the Sea of ​​Quanta before, now she is truly making a judgment based on her own will.

Even Otto from Destiny seems more reliable than World Serpent!

Alicia, however, didn't feel anything particularly special about it, having seen it many times before. In the previous civilization, Mebius's experiments were hardly any better than those at the Divine City Medical Center.

If we had to point out a difference, it would probably be that, in Alicia's opinion, the jackal's experimental results were far inferior to Mebius's!

The unfinished stigmata, the fusion of Honkai Beast organization and human body, and the electronic prosthetic modification are basically things that Dr. Mei and Mebius have already played with.

Meanwhile, in the video, Rita continues to venture deeper into the basement of Shencheng Pharmacy.

Finally, in the terminal deep in the basement, Rita discovered the secret buried by Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, and also found the truth she had been searching for.

Stigmata, it's Stigmata!

All of this was done by Shencheng Medicine, or rather, World Serpent, in order to study the legacy left by the previous civilization: the Holy Mark!

[Stigmata, the noblest legacy in human blood.]

[The Stigmata are not a product of natural evolution, but rather a miracle of pre-civilizational biotechnology. Many mysteries surrounding their principles and operation remain unsolved to this day.]

Before their civilization perished, they inoculated a small number of their offspring's embryos with complex Honkai antibody genomes. These genomes would then form marks on the human body's surface—these were the Stigmata.

Humans who carry Stigmata possess greater resistance to and control over Honkai energy, thus exhibiting incredible powers. Unfortunately, with the inheritance of human lineages and the continuous mutation and exchange of genes, the originally complete Stigmata genome eventually disintegrated.

Therefore, although every modern human has a stigmata genome, only a very small number of people can naturally express stigmata.

The Destiny Organization once artificially replicated Stigmata and used them through implantation. However, this technology was riddled with flaws and dangers, and was merely a clumsy imitation.

However, inspired by the omniscient and omnipotent serpent, our research has made leaps and bounds.

Now we know how to activate and recombine latent stigmata fragments in the human genome through artificial intervention, enabling their full expression.

This process is exceptionally difficult; those who cannot endure it will die, or even become zombies. But those who survive will possess the power to endure the collapse.

The activation progress is still slow and far from the expected number. We plan to conduct an experiment in a densely populated city...

Yes, the experiment of activating the Holy Mark in Sky City is the true purpose of Divine City Medicine and the World Serpent behind it.

The Great Collapse caused a rapid influx of people from the surrounding area into Sky City, and also because of the Collapse, access to and from Sky City was restricted.

For the World Serpent at this moment, there is no more suitable experimental site than Sky City!

This plan is so crazy that anyone with a sound mind would find it insane and unbelievable.

"To conduct experiments on an entire Sky City? World Serpent, that's insane! Compared to this plan, what they did at Divine City Pharmaceuticals is nothing at all!"

"Calm down, calm down, there's nothing surprising about this."

"Indeed, we can roughly understand from the previous videos that Kevin and World Serpent's ultimate goal is to awaken the Stigmata of all humans in this era, and then use this to curb the birth of the Herrscher of the End. Compared to this, what is a Sky City?"

"..."

"Well, while I can understand it, there's absolutely no way I'd agree with this approach!"

"Indeed, surely there are other ways, right? Why resort to such an inhumane plan?"

"Is it possible that all the other plans failed, like Project Fire, Project Ark, Project Hengsha... just watching the drama unfold."

"Ah this.jpg"

......

In the video, just as Rita was engrossed in reading the information related to the Stigmata, an unknown signal suddenly came through. It was from Raven, the head of Divine City Medicine who had previously received Rita!

Without much communication, Rita understood that she had fallen into their trap.

Despite this, Rita remained completely calm. This was nothing to worry about; she was an S-class Valkyrie!

Aside from Herrschers, who are essentially humanoid natural disasters, S-class Valkyries are basically at the pinnacle of combat power in the current civilization. Of course, Rita completely ignored the cat she encountered during her trip to London.

Moreover, Rita wasn't alone this time; she brought along a squad of the Undying Blade, all of whom are elite Valkyries.

Even if Shencheng Pharmaceuticals tries some clever tricks, what waves can it possibly make?

And the reality is often so surreal; Rita and her team really did capsize in the ditch of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.

The ravens and jackals weren't entirely unprepared to set a trap for Rita.

Under the influence of the special serum created by Jackal, everyone, whether ordinary members of the Undying Blade or Rita, the S-rank Valkyrie, temporarily lost the ability to control the Honkai energy within their bodies.

While it's not accurate to say they become ordinary people in this state, their combat power is indeed reduced by 99%, since the Valkyrie's strength stems from her application of Honkai energy.

However, thanks to Kiana's timely rescue, Rita managed to escape.

A few hours later, Raven received a message from Jackal on the World Serpent's internal communication channel.

"How's the preparation for the experiment going?"

The raven glanced at the jackal and said indifferently.

"I've already committed all my manpower to the operation, but I'm not a magician, I can't conjure up any magic tricks!"

"And the most critical thing is that the Herrscher of the Void has already set her sights on us, and her intervention will completely ruin our plans."

When the Herrscher of the Void was mentioned, a barely perceptible fear flashed in Raven's eyes, as if she were recalling something terrible.

"Hold her!"

“Hold them off…” Raven scoffed at the jackal’s words. “Although I also hate the Herrscher of the Void, I’m not crazy.”

"Jackal, even if you created ten times more monsters, even if you used up all their lives, you still couldn't stop the Herrscher of the Void for even a second! You know very well what she did during the Second Honkai Impact!"

"The battle with the Herrscher is not a simple matter of adding or subtracting personnel."

Although Raven herself wanted to kill Kiana more than anyone else, as a mercenary, Raven valued her life very much and would never do anything that would lead to her death.

“I have analyzed the previous battle videos. The Herrscher of the Void did not show the destructive power of the Second Honkai Impact. It may be because she is a newly born Herrscher and has not yet fully awakened.”

"The Herrscher of the Void awakened at Schicksal headquarters, but was defeated a few hours later. Rita, the lady from just now, was among those who participated in that battle. This shows that this Herrscher is not as terrifying as you imagine?"

"It all stems from the fears you had in your childhood!"

"Heh." Raven ignored the jackal. "Your statement is based on too much speculation! And who knows if Bishop Otto has some methods we don't know about."

"Otto? He's just a coward hiding behind the Valkyrie. What kind of hidden tricks could he possibly have?"

P.S.: Chapter 3, two more chapters to go. It might be this afternoon, or it might be tonight.

Chapter 80 Kiana: Raven, you have no sportsmanship! 4/5