Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

"What ability!"

Otto is now completely captivated by the information Seele is sharing.

"This ability is called—Death Mark! Death Marks can only be generated when a Herrscher's Honkai energy level reaches a point sufficient to destroy the world. When a Herrscher activates Death Mark, a golden rhombus pattern appears in the sky. At this point, unless the Herrscher is eliminated or actively withdraws their power, life on Earth will perish as Death Marks spread because it cannot survive in the high concentration of Honkai energy!"

Dead spots?! Deteriorating dead spots?!

The second-stage Herrscher actually possesses strength second only to the Herrscher of the End, and can even unleash Death Mark!

Moreover, this dead spot will continue to spread throughout the Earth, eventually leading to the extinction of life on Earth?

Everyone in the space, including Otto and Welt Young, was shocked by Seele's explanation of the death spots.

"I see. So that symbol is the dead spot?"

If there was anyone in the space who wasn't so shocked, it would be Kevin, after all, he had fought against the Herrscher of the End, although he had failed.

He knew about the symbol that the Herrscher of the End used to destroy the civilization before it was destroyed, but he didn't know what the golden symbol was called.

"Does the second stage of a Herrscher possess power second only to the Herrscher of the End?"

Kevin was more curious about the second stage of the Herrscher than about the Death Mark, because he had always believed that the previous Herrschers were worlds apart from the Herrscher of the End.

But now he is being told that ordinary Herrschers can also grow to the point of being close to the Herrscher of the End. He is now considering whether he can cultivate a Herrscher who fights for humanity and make Him the second stage to help humanity fight against the End.

"Death spots? Is this the power a Herrscher can achieve?"

Otto said solemnly, "After all, if such a Herrscher were to appear in reality, probably all of humanity combined wouldn't be a match for her!"

Fortunately, given the current level of civilization, such a Herrscher should not appear. Otto doesn't want such an overpowered being to ruin his plans.

Just as Seele was telling Otto about the Herrscher, things changed.

"Interesting! I didn't expect there would actually be someone who could fight that pufferfish!?" Seele muttered to herself, looking towards Siberia.

Just as Otto was about to ask Seele what had happened, his communicator rang.

"Amber, what's wrong?"

When Otto turned on the holographic projection, Amber's anxious face appeared.

"Your Excellency, this is terrible! The Honkai energy index in Siberia has increased once again, and it has been confirmed that this increase in Honkai energy was not caused by Sirin, but by another Herrscher, and the Honkai energy index is no lower than Sirin's!"

"What?! Another one has appeared!"

Otto's color is a bit ugly, and Sirin hasn't even solved it yet, and now another one has appeared!

"Don't worry, the new ones shouldn't be part of the same group, and it's not even certain if they're Herrschers!"

"Not a Herrscher!?"

However, this time Seele didn't answer the question; she simply asked him to go back and said that Otto would find out in time.

"I hope it's not too late! But I feel like it'll be soon!"

Seele then began her long process of absorbing Honkai energy once again.

The scene then shifts to half an hour earlier in the Tower of Babel in Siberia.

While everyone was captured by Sirin and could only watch as she unleashed Honkai Beasts to wreak havoc, the savior Jiuxiao, who had been swallowed by the Emperor-level Honkai Beast, began his own journey.

"Where am I? Wasn't I swallowed by a Honkai Beast?"

Jiuxiao stood up and looked at the dark surroundings.

But at that moment, the surrounding darkness suddenly changed, and Jiu Xiao suddenly heard a sound.

"Your parents died from a disease called 'Honkai,' but don't be afraid, our Destiny organization will adopt you."

"In addition, you are very lucky to have antibodies against Honkai by nature, so for the sake of humanity, we need you to help participate in some experiments."

"It might hurt a little at first, but you should get used to it very quickly."

Jiuxiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw a researcher saying this to a child next to him.

However, Jiu Xiao sensed that this researcher was not a good person and might want to do something to these children, so Jiu Xiao, who had a sense of justice, naturally would not stand idly by.

So Jiuxiao rushed forward, trying to stop the researcher! However, Jiuxiao's body passed right through him.

"Is this...an illusion?"

At this moment, Jiuxiao also realized that the scene in front of him was just an illusion and was not really happening in front of him.

Jiu Xiao also discovered Xi Lin as a child among these children, and at this moment, Jiu Xiao realized that he was in Xi Lin's memories.

Jiuxiao also entered the Tower of Babylon laboratory along with Xilin from his memories.

And so Jiu Xiao witnessed the children who had been tricked into coming here, undergoing experiment after experiment. Jiu Xiao tried to stop them several times, but he just passed right through them. Jiu Xiao could only watch helplessly as these things happened before his eyes, and he was powerless to do anything about it.

Jiu Xiao also witnessed Xi Lin undergoing the first experiment. When she cried and begged the adults not to make her do this kind of experiment again, the researchers seemed to have changed their attitude and ignored her desperate pleas, making her do the second and third experiments. Jiu Xiao wanted to punch these people's heads to pieces.

Amidst this suffering, Jiu Xiao noticed that Xi Lin's nerves were gradually becoming numb, but she also made some new friends.

Although the experiments were painful and the adults were terrifying, the time spent with her friends was the happiest time for Celine.

However, this small happiness was shattered when the experiment with their friends failed.

At that moment, Jiu Xiao's surroundings transformed into the snowy forest not far from the Tower of Babylon laboratory, where he saw Xi Lin burying her friends.

"Hey! Has the scrap metal been buried yet?"

An impatient voice came from not far behind Xilin.

"Aurora, Agatha, Galina, and Bella...you all should get some rest."

Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Apocalypse's Deal

[But Sirin continued speaking as if she hadn't heard a thing.]

"Let's hurry back to the experiment. I don't want to waste my time on this junk!"

The researcher continued to urge him impatiently.

Celine remained motionless, only tears welling in her eyes.

Those despicable and hypocritical adults are nothing but 'garbage'. People who have lost their experimental value are garbage. Instead of wasting time on such garbage, I'd rather have a cup of coffee.

From that moment on, her heart seemed to be buried in that snowy field along with the burial of her companions.

Sirin was actually already dead.

When her mother died, and when her friends died one by one, Sirin died too.

"Is this... the pain that Sirin went through?"

Kiana closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She could feel a burning anger within her.

No amount of words can compare to the awe-inspiring feeling of witnessing it firsthand.

Previously, Sirin's journey to becoming a Herrscher was only shown in a few scenes and summarized in words, but now Sirin's past has been broadcast very clearly.

“Fate… really made a mistake.”

Theresa sighed, her brows furrowed with regret and sadness. If she had been able to rescue Sirin and the others sooner, would none of this have happened?

Fu Hua fell silent. Sirin's experience reminded her of fragments of her memories, as if something almost identical to Sirin's had happened in the previous civilization. It seemed that humanity was always making the same mistakes.

"Otto is still the same as before; he'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals!"

When Einstein saw what Celine was doing, he seemed to remember something, and his expression became somewhat gloomy.

"I take back what I said before, Otto should die!"

Siegfried now wished he could shut his mouth again, realizing he should never have trusted Otto to do anything good.

"The Herrscher of the Void?"

Walter Yang regretted this, thinking that if he had persuaded Sirin more back then, perhaps he could have convinced her and the second Honkai wouldn't have caused such great damage. But unfortunately, it was too late.

Apart from Kevin and Otto, who were unmoved by what they saw in this space, everyone else had different thoughts.

Kevin had seen too much human experimentation in the previous civilization, so he wasn't really affected by what was happening above. Now he was focused on defeating the Honkai, and he was willing to use the Stigmata Project, which was even more brutal and killed more people. Compared to the Stigmata Project, human experimentation was nothing.

Otto, on the other hand, knew he had done many bad things, and this was just one of them, nothing serious. He never considered himself a good person, so naturally he felt no remorse. His only goal was to resurrect Kallen, and he was willing to do any number of bad things for that purpose.

Meanwhile, in the video, Sirin's memories continue.

"Hey, are you deaf?!"

The figure grew impatient seeing that Xilin didn't move, so he went up to her intending to slap her.

When Jiuxiao tried to stop the figure from hitting Xilin, he was once again unable to touch them.

Seeing that he couldn't stop the researcher, Jiu Xiao tried to protect Xilin with his own body, but found that he could actually hug her.

So he hugged her from behind, saying, "I'm sorry... I'm not a good savior!"

But is justice delayed still justice?

Meanwhile, a blue light began to emanate from Sirin's body, and her clothes began to change into a dress with purple as the main color and some gold patterns inside. Except for not having the Infinity Gauntlet, she was exactly the same as the Herrscher of the Void that Jiuxiao had seen.

"Only now do you think of offering a fake apology?!"

"too late!"

"I want revenge!"

"I will spare not a single human being!"

"However, if you are willing to submit to me, I can spare your life!"

Xilin had no affection for humans whatsoever, but for some reason, she felt a strange sense of closeness when she saw Jiuxiao, which was why she didn't kill him!

"No, I refuse. As the savior, how can I do such a thing as indiscriminately killing innocent people? Sirin, I beg you to give up your revenge."

"Otherwise, I will definitely stop you!"

Even when faced with an enemy stronger than himself, Jiu Xiao still did not agree. If he had agreed, Jiu Xiao would not be the savior.

"It's such a pity, it's rare for me to share my experience with you, I..."

I thought you would understand me.

"Since that's the case, then I have no choice but to kill you!"

Although she was somewhat disappointed that Jiuxiao had rejected her invitation, Xilin still took action immediately.