"Dr. Einstein, how is it?
Did you figure out why that island suddenly sank?"
Theresa pushed open Einstein's office door, still preoccupied with the earlier report.
A whole island suddenly collapsing into the ocean—
That was not normal.
And since Jiuxiao insisted that her so-called divine revelation mentioned "Herrscher" and "island," Theresa decided to let Einstein investigate it thoroughly.
It wouldn't take long, and more importantly—
They could test whether Jiuxiao's "god" was actually useful or just her imagination.
Einstein kept her gaze fixed on her laptop.
"Based on the underwater drone footage, the island collapsed from below.
A large portion of its foundation broke apart for unknown reasons, and the entire island slid into the ocean."
Theresa nodded.
"So it really wasn't a normal geological collapse…"
But before she could finish—
Einstein frowned.
"Wait. New data just came in."
The screen refreshed.
And a bright red parameter flashed across the monitor—
Honkai Energy Reading: 400 HW
"H-Honkai energy?!"
Theresa nearly climbed onto the desk to look.
If Honkai energy appeared, then this island's collapse was absolutely not a simple geological event.
Either—
A Herrscher
● A Honkai beast
● Or… a secret experiment from Schicksal
—but it was definitely linked to Honkai.
Jiuxiao's "revelation" suddenly didn't seem so stupid.
Einstein asked carefully:
"Theresa, did you… know something?
Could this be something Otto did?"
Theresa sighed.
"No, no. But I realized—I forgot to tell you why I wanted you to investigate."
"You did forget," Einstein muttered. "So tell me now."
"Jiuxiao said she received a divine prophecy.
Her exact words were… 'Herrscher' and 'island.'
Nothing else."
Einstein froze.
"Just… two words?"
"Just two."
Einstein fell silent for a moment.
Jiuxiao was ridiculous—but annoyingly, her ridiculous predictions somehow kept coming true.
She claimed "God" led her to them.
Then "God" showed her where Kiana was.
Now "God" said "Herrscher, island,"
and an island actually sank with Honkai energy readings.
If Jiuxiao made this all up…
Why?
What would she gain?
And if it wasn't made up…
Then what kind of "god" was she hearing?
Could it really be the Honkai Will?
And why could Jiuxiao hear it?
The two fell into troubling silence.
Einstein finally spoke:
"Let's investigate the island first.
That's the only solid lead we have."
Theresa nodded.
"And bring Jiuxiao. She's way too invested in this."
Of course, Theresa had another reason—
Jiuxiao was suspicious.
Far too suspicious.
She wasn't going to accuse her, but she wasn't going to ignore her either.
Somewhere atop the Inverse Network Base
"You humans sure love obsessing over irrelevant details."
Wendy (Fourth Herrscher) lay sprawled across the base rooftop, munching on a popsicle she stole from the infirmary fridge.
"I hinted very clearly. Coral Island is the problem.
Not Raven's pathetic little bird-nest island!"
She rolled around lazily.
It was, of course, her own fault that Theresa's group misunderstood.
She had destroyed Raven's private island entirely because—
"Eh, I'm bored. Might as well blow something up today."
—then decided to let Jiuxiao "interpret" it as a divine omen.
But no. Everyone keeps obsessing over poor Bird-Island instead of Coral Island.
Humans truly had limited imagination.
Wendy sighed and stretched.
"It's fine.
Once the big Honkai outbreak hits Coral Island, they'll understand Jiuxiao's revelation anyway."
After all—
She was already preparing for this world's final battle.
But before that?
She still had free time.
And since nothing important was happening in the Honkai world for the moment…
Wendy decided to return to the Genshin world for a quick visit.
Her true body would go.
The clone could stay here and continue watching movies.
"System—take me back to the Genshin world."
[ Request received. Executing world transfer. ]
Genshin World
The moment Su Mo re-materialized, a cold mechanical voice greeted him:
[ New Mission Generated:
Use the Mebius character card to abduct Acting Grand Master Jean so she can finally rest properly.
Then use the Celestial Knight card to rescue her afterward. ]
Su Mo:"...?"
"I just got back and you're already giving me a mission?
And the mission is to—beat myself up?!"
[ Host, different worlds require different quests.
If you don't wish to participate, you may immediately return to the Honkai world. ]
"…Forget it."
Su Mo inhaled deeply.
Yes.
He was still the protagonist of this novel.
At least the system remembered that.
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