The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"Herrscher of the Void, that's enough! You're so despicable!" Siegfried exclaimed in a fit of rage.

You're taking advantage of the fact that I don't dare to hit you because you're inside my daughter's body, so you just keep messing with me, huh?

If you're so capable, come out and fight me one-on-one!

"Dad, don't worry, I've calmed down the Herrscher personality. She said she will never hit me again. Come here, give me a hug."

"Really?"

“Really! Your daughter is so smart, how could I possibly fall in the same place twice?” Kiana patted her chest and assured her.

Trusting his daughter, Siegfried once again opened one arm.

This time, Siegfried stared intently into Kiana's eyes, and only when he saw that Kiana did not immediately activate Herrscher mode did he feel relieved.

"Thwack!" Siegfried was thrown over the shoulder again.

"Despicable Herrscher of the Void!"

Trying to fool a 40-year-old one-armed man like me! Trying to ambush me!

"Oh, Dad, don't misunderstand. This time I was thinking of giving her a shoulder throw! I think the Herrscher of the Void is quite right. When father and daughter reunite, the father who ran away without saying a word should be given a little shock during his rebellious phase!"

"Damn you, Herrscher of the Void! What have you been teaching my daughter?!" Siegfried trembled with rage.

"Okay, Dad's serious this time. Come here, give me a hug!"

"..." Siegfried, thinking that even if the Herrscher of the Void was despicable, she wouldn't cheat people in the same place three times, reached out her hand again with some doubt.

"Snap!" Kiana instantly activated Herrscher mode again!

Siegfried, who had fallen in the same place four times, fell into deep thought.

How could the Herrscher of the Void be so evil!

Siegfried has fallen into the Red Temperature! Siegfried wants to destroy all the Honkai in the world! Siegfried has caused an artificial Honkai!

……

"嘤嘤嘤!"

"嘤嘤嘤!"

"Hahaha, this old man is so much fun." Kiana couldn't help but laugh as she looked at the whiny little thing that she could lift up by the collar with one hand.

"Stop laughing, this is proper treatment. Grab your snacks now," Chen Li said.

"Oh." Kiana obediently accepted the snacks that Siegfried, who had turned into a whiny monster, offered her.

When Kiana, Siegfried's only concern in Changkong City, accepted all the snacks, Siegfried suddenly went from being a whiny whiner back to being a normal person.

In a sense, those who only have one friend are the most relaxed after using the magical item "Moe-Ying-Shen," because they only need to go to one place.

"I feel much better, thank you." After being relieved of his burden, Siegfried praised Chen Li highly.

Just now, Siegfried triggered the Kaslana family's "ideological seal" to destroy the Honkai due to close contact with the Herrscher, and was also angered to the point of being red-hot. He immediately activated the artificial Honkai state, but was forcibly controlled by Meng Ying.

“Although your mascot costume makes me feel a bit confused and want to hit you, you’re a good person,” Siegfried said after a moment’s hesitation.

"...Is my outfit strange?" Chen Li, dressed in the Golden Houmu King outfit, turned to Kiana and Raiden Mei and asked.

"I think it looks really good. Can I hug you?" Kiana asked, tilting her head.

Kiana inexplicably felt that Chen Li's outfit was quite pleasing to the eye.

“I feel that Chen Li, you look even more like a sage in this suit. You look respectable,” Raiden Mei said.

Chen Li's attire reminded Raiden Mei of the Houmu Sword Saint, the Houmu Sword Saint who taught her the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style and was actually her father in disguise.

“So you think it’s your problem, not mine,” Chen Li said to Siegfried.

"So it was my problem after all?" Siegfried scratched his head.

"Speaking of which, Chen Li, didn't you say you were weak, pitiful, and helpless? But you seem to have a lot of magical items." Raiden Mei said, somewhat puzzled.

"That's normal, my friend. After all, I'm a support, a logistics specialist, and a blacksmith. It's not unusual for a blacksmith to have some magical items, is it?"

"Is that so?" Raiden Mei was unsure, but upon closer reflection, she realized that those heroes who saved the world always had some childhood friends who had long been in love with the hero, prepared various equipment for the hero, and could always come up with the perfect solution to any problem the hero encountered.

"Oh, right, and this too. Turning into a whiny monster helped you get rid of the mind imprint of annihilation of Honkai etched into your Kaslana bloodline, and this Senzu Bean can heal all your injuries, including your severed arm." Chen Li tossed another Senzu Bean to Siegfried.

"Wow, Chen Li, you have so many amazing gadgets! You even have something like this?" Kiana was somewhat shocked.

"It's just basic stuff, and we also need to deal with the immediate issues." Chen Li pointed to the two people who were tied up and hanging upside down from the rafters.

Cocolia and Bronya.

Chen Li and his group have now moved to a different location, leaving Qianyu Academy and arriving at Raiden Mei's home.

According to Raiden Mei, her house is quite big.

"Oh, right. What should we do about those two?"

"Gulp! Kill me! But please spare Bronya." Cocolia spoke first.

"Oh, so now you know how to pretend to be a good mom?"

"..." Cocolia fell silent, and Bronya did not offer any explanation for Cocolia.

Because Bronya's mouth has already been gagged by Kiana.

This is the special treatment Kiana gives Bronya.

At least Kiana was laughing happily when she was tying up Bronya, like a 16-year-old child.

A dance for three people is still too difficult to perform.

Let's change the starter family from the three starter families to the two starter families.

“Cocolia is too evil. I suggest she be shot on the spot,” Kiana said, raising her hand.

Based on Cocolia's plan, summoning the 3rd Great Collapse in Changkong City would be enough to kill Cocolia 30 times over.

This is murder, this is blatant murder.

Although Sirin prevented the third Great Collapse, if Sirin had arrived just one minute later, the Great Collapse would have already occurred.

This constitutes a de facto crime to a certain extent.

"Could we let Cocolia rescue my father first, and then execute him?" Raiden Mei suggested.

When it comes to how to deal with Cocolia, everyone keeps mentioning execution.

Bronya, on the other hand, was left out in the cold.

Because Bronya has a biochip in her brain, a biochip controlled by Cocolia, everyone assumes that Bronya is being manipulated by Cocolia and has no say in the matter.

It's a miracle that the control program of this biochip was damaged by Raiden Mei's electric shock, but the biochip itself was not greatly affected.

However, considering Bronya's different allegiance, she was still hung up.

"There's no need for Cocolia to help you save your father, Yukari Yakumo!" Chen Li called out.

"Here it comes, here it comes, Yakumo Yukari Express delivers on its mission! Here, this is your father." A gap suddenly appeared out of thin air and then fell in front of Raiden Mei.

The reason why Yukari Yakumo appeared in this world for only three seconds and then disappeared was because she ran off to save someone.

"Dad!" Raiden Mei was shocked to see the figure in front of her, and then quickly helped her father up.

"Yo, Raiden Ryoma, you're here too?" Siegfried, who was overjoyed to find that his arm had actually grown back after eating the Senzu Bean, greeted Raiden Ryoma in a fairly friendly manner.

"I didn't expect you to still be alive, Siegfried." Although he was somewhat shaken by the gap in Yakumo Yukari's eyes, Raiden Ryoma still managed to reply.

Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma's acquaintance can be traced back to the Second Honkai Impact. At that time, Raiden Ryoma thought Siegfried was a carefree and irresponsible guy, and wondered why the leader Welt would take a liking to this man. He then glared at Siegfried.

From then on, the two fell in love at first sight... well, it should be said that they had interactions with each other.

But no one can deny that Raiden Ryoma's "one glance of charm" was the beginning of their relationship.

"Hey, Dad, do you know Raiden Mei's dad?"

“It’s more than just knowing each other, it’s practically being acquainted.” Siegfried nodded.

"You're not even giving an explanation."

"This must be Kiana, right? Aren't you afraid of upsetting her by showing up in front of her?" Raiden Ryoma glanced at Kiana and said.

The higher-ups at Schicksal and Anti-Entropy were actually aware that this Kiana was actually the original form of the Herrscher of the Void.

When Siegfried led Kiana and K423 to defect from Schicksal, he had made an agreement with Anti-Entropy to have them meet him.

Even Siegfried knew to look for a new job before changing jobs, but some people just don't understand.

"You might not believe it, and I don't believe it either, but Kiana seems to have reconciled with her Herrscher personality. And what you should be worried about now is what will happen to your daughter?" Siegfried said casually.

Although he was thrown over the shoulder three times by the damned Second Herrscher, Siegfried was still quite pleased with the result.

What's wrong with my daughter?

"Your daughter has become the Herrscher of Thunder, and you're asking me what happened?"

"What? My daughter has become the Herrscher of Thunder? The Third Great Honkai Impact has begun! Daughter, are you alright?" Raiden Ryoma was stunned for a moment before quickly looking Raiden Mei up and down.

"Dad, I'm fine, I'm alright. With his help, I successfully defeated the Herrscher personality!" Raiden Mei said to Chen Li.

"Thank you," Thunder Dragon Horse said to Chen Li with great gratitude.

Raiden Ryoma originally spent a lot of money to create his masterpiece in order to prevent his daughter from potentially awakening as the Herrscher of Thunder again—a weapon that is said to be able to freeze even Herrschers: Plasma Shadow Show.