Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 223 God of War

Kiana gasped, looking at Janna with awe.

She never expected that Janna in this world would be so unpicky about food. Could this be the result of sleeping for 250,000 years?

They were so thirsty.

Ahem, I meant deep affection.

However, it seems that this Janna's character design is not much different from the one in Honkai Impact 2, as she also regards Kiana as her lover.

I don't know how she figured out that Durandal was the real Kiana. Maybe it's a perception ability unique to Honkai Beasts?

"I'm sorry, my name isn't Kiana."

Once she came to her senses, Durandal stepped out from behind Kiana. More concerned than Janna's sudden confession was where everyone else had gone.

"Can you tell me where everyone here has gone?"

"Not Kiana?"

Clearly, Janna didn't understand the situation, so Durandal had no choice but to tell Janna about his own experiences.

Because she discovered that, apart from herself, Janna completely ignored the other two Kianas, as if she didn't care about them at all.

Even though Kiana has long since become the End, or even something beyond that, she doesn't care.

"I see. In that case, I'll call you Bianca," Janna nodded and said to herself.

"As for the original people here, they've already retreated, haven't they? After all, they've already experienced my strength, and with that woman among them, they definitely won't confront me head-on."

"That woman? You mean Mei?"

“That’s right. Although I don’t know why she split into two, there’s no doubt about the aura that I find repulsive about one of them. She has indeed been reborn.”

It seemed that Janna knew something about Raiden Mei from the Zero Era. Durandal turned around and exchanged a glance with Kiana.

Both sides saw the desire to gather information in each other's eyes, so Durandal, with Kiana's assurance, inquired about the Zero Era from Janna.

"You want to know about the 250,000 years ago, the era you call the Zero Era?" Janna asked. "Well, since it's Bianca's request, I'll tell you about it."

Two hundred and fifty thousand years ago, Janna was still wandering on a planet near the Centaurus constellation. Billions of years have passed since the Cocoon of the End left the Centaurus constellation.

As the final Honkai Beast it created, equivalent to the End, used to completely destroy civilization, Janna slowly awakened her own will over this long period of time.

At first, Janna's consciousness was as pure and innocent as a newborn's, but as time went on, the negative emotions carried by the Honkai energy slowly made her begin to hate civilization.

But the civilization within the Centaurus constellation was long ago destroyed by her over the billions of years, perhaps it was a destiny ordained by fate.

One day, Janna suddenly received a signal from the cocoon, and she had a premonition that she would meet the most important person in her life there.

Yes, people.

Even Janna herself didn't know why she was human, since humans, as the creators of civilization, should be the beings she hated the most.

Surprisingly, she couldn't feel any aversion towards the silver-haired girl with braided pigtails named Kiana who suddenly appeared in her mind.

Driven by a desire to understand what was going on, Janna embarked on her long journey.

On her way to Earth, Janna lost count of how many planets she destroyed along the way, but she eventually arrived at Earth as she wished.

But it wasn't until she found information about Kiana that she realized she was too late. The existence named Kiana had already been turned into a Stigmata Terminal by someone named Raiden Mei.

This news was told to her by Raiden Mei herself, and Raiden Mei's reason for doing so was quite simple.

That was to ask Janna to provide energy for the Stigma Terminal, and for this purpose, he also told Janna the location of the Stigma Terminal.

However, Janna was not interested in this. After refusing Raiden Mei's request, Janna went to the sea area where the Stigma Terminal was located.

After randomly choosing a location closest to the Stigmata Terminal, Janna began her journey into slumber.

During this period, Janna was only awakened a few times by the enormous energy during the final destruction of the world; otherwise, her consciousness remained dormant.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Janna chose a location directly above the underwater base where the Stigmata Terminal was located.

Therefore, the base's remote Honkai energy harvesting function began to operate, continuously extracting Honkai energy from Janna's body to power her.

Time passed unnoticed and now, and because of Kiana's arrival, Kiana, sensing the fluctuations of the final-level Honkai energy, awakened.

Janna originally thought that this reincarnation would be another scene of Kiana transforming into the end and destroying the world, but the scene she saw after opening her eyes was not what she expected.

After a fraction of a second of thought, Janna realized that this might be the moment she had been waiting for.

Upon sensing Durandal's presence, Janna rushed over there.

Unfortunately, when she arrived, Kiana had just led Durandal and the others to the Imaginary Space, so Janna, having missed her, immediately vented her anger on the others present.

However, since she had been having her Honkai energy extracted for so many years, the Honkai energy reserves in her body had long been depleted.

Not to mention that this body is a clone she created based on a human, and it contains even less Honkai energy.

Therefore, all of Janna's attacks were defended by the Captain and Kevin. The moment Janna saw Kevin, she almost thought she had finally found her true love.

Unfortunately, after realizing Kevin's gender, Janna was momentarily stunned with disappointment. In that short moment, Kevin told the others to quickly board another spaceship and leave.

So, under the cover of Kevin and the captain, the group left Krosten aboard the Hyperion, which Kiana had brought.

The direction they were heading was the same as the direction of the Stigmata Terminal, which reminded Janna of what Raiden Mei had once told her.

She said that the function of the Stigmata Terminal is to store human genetic sequences and consciousness in the Stigmata Factor as a carrier, and when the time is right, the Stigmata Terminal will release these Stigmata Factors containing human genes and consciousness.

This allows the owners of those consciousnesses to be reincarnated in the new human civilization. In the future, as long as they awaken the Holy Mark and return to the Holy Mark terminal to stimulate the dormant Holy Mark factors, their consciousness can be revived.

Thus, that person was completely reborn, and the consciousness born in the new civilization era would be integrated into it, existing as memories.

Although Janna didn't know Kevin and the others' specific purpose, she did know Raiden Mei's purpose.

She definitely wants to use them to help her achieve her goal of resurrecting herself.

At this point, Kiana and the others understood what had happened and the reasons behind their actions.

After all, with Kiana as their backup, it's impossible for Otto to fail. Moreover, with Kiana backing them up, they have absolutely no fear of a planetary-level Honkai Beast in a weakened state.

Even Durandal and Kiana would have made the same decision under those circumstances, so there's nothing to complain about.

"Kiana, can you sense their current location?"

It was obvious that the words were directed at Kiana, and Kiana Kaslana understood that with her strength, it was impossible for her to sense others from such a distance.

Therefore, after Kiana said "Wait a moment," she began to sense the captain's location, and the next second Kiana opened a portal, signaling the others to follow.

Stepping out of the portal, the group arrived inside the base that the captain and his team had visited before.

For a moment, Janna also curiously looked around the base where the Stigmata Terminals were stored, since she had never been inside it even once in all these years.

After all, every time I arrived at the door, I was turned away by that guy who called himself Alaya-vijnana.

They then saw the other people in the room where the Stigmata Terminal was located, but everyone immediately became wary when they saw Janna following behind Kiana and the others.

After Durandal's explanation, the group lowered their guard, though still somewhat skeptical.

"So there really isn't any other way to remove Mei's Stigmata?" Kiana Kaslana asked worriedly.

"At least Mei gave up her Stigmata here, and we had no other choice."

No one present could refute Kevin's words, since perhaps only Kevin was the most qualified to speak on this matter.

So the group had no choice but to have the Stigmata Terminal begin executing the Stigmata removal command, while Janna watched the scene unfold with great interest.

She had never seen anything like this before, and besides, she was happy to see it happen.

According to the man who looks a lot like Kiana, Raiden Mei from the previous civilization era seems to have rejected the Stigmata and completely removed it.

Based on her calculations over the years regarding the rate at which the base's Honkai energy was being depleted, this civilization era was her last chance.

Because her Honkai energy is no longer sufficient to support the needs of the next civilization restart, at which time she and her Alaya consciousness will completely lose all functions and be unable to separate forever.

The mere thought that the woman would vanish completely and never reappear made Janna feel her brain tremble.

However, now that he has finally met Bianca, it is time to give up his power supply here.

Let's just wait until they finish that so-called stigma removal surgery and then cut off the power supply.

Janna's lips curled up into a crescent-shaped smile, her face filled with a sickly expression.

But just then, Kiana spoke up and stopped everyone's actions.

"Wait a moment!"

"What's wrong?" the captain asked, turning to her. "Kiana, is something worrying you?"

“That’s right.” Kiana took a deep breath and looked at Raiden Mei with a serious expression. “Before we begin the surgery, I want to confirm one more time, Mei. Are you really the Mei we know?”

"Kiana, what are you talking about? Of course I'm the Mei you all know! Are you doubting me?"

"Stop pretending. I heard about the principle of consciousness replacement from Xiaoshi. Once I understand the principle, I can easily distinguish between you and Mei."

Kiana said confidently.

"You're not Mei now, you're the Dr. Mei from the Zero Era, right!"

"..."

Raiden Mei's face began to darken, then turned into an indifferent expression.

"I didn't expect to be seen through in the end. Is this the power of the end?"

"You were the one who orchestrated everything behind the scenes to ensure Wen Mei's success, weren't you?"

"You guessed that?" Raiden Mei looked at Kiana in surprise, then admitted, "That's right, I gave the instructions behind the scenes. As for the purpose of doing so, I think you should have guessed it by now, right?"

"Everything is paving the way for this civilization."

“That’s right. When I, from the previous civilization, awakened the Stigmata and finally came here, I realized that the previous civilization era had failed. Because without becoming a Herrscher, I couldn’t activate the God-Slaying Armor I left behind, so everything was meaningless. Besides, Janna’s Honkai energy can only be used for one more cycle at most. So I put all my bets on the next civilization era, which is now.”

"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever gambled since I can remember," Raiden Mei said with a wry smile. "But luckily, I succeeded in my gamble. In this civilization era, all the conditions have finally been met. And as long as I give you a little hint and let you know about the events of the last civilization era, you will help me complete this final step."

"How despicable!"

Kiana Kaslana glared angrily at Raiden Mei; to be honest, this was the first time she had ever been so angry with Raiden Mei.

"Despicable? Perhaps you think so. But everything I've done is to defeat the Honkai. Logically, you should understand me, so why are you all trying to stop me from taking my revenge? Don't you need my talents?"

"Stop your hypocrisy," Janna said. "You keep talking about doing this for humanity, but from the first moment I saw you, I knew you were only ever thinking about yourself. Everything you've done is just a scheme to realize your ambition of ruling humanity."

Raiden Mei, however, didn't seem to care.

"What's wrong with that? As a super genius ahead of my time, why can't I lead humanity into a new era?"

"Ah!"

Janna said nothing more, only gave a cold laugh, and left. Before leaving, she tried to pull Durandal away, but Durandal had no intention of leaving just like that.

Left with no other option, Janna took Durandal to a safe corner and quietly watched how things would unfold.

"Perhaps you were a genius ahead of your time in your era. But that's no reason for you to want to rule humanity and treat all of humanity as your experimental guinea pigs!"

"I didn't expect you to guess that." Raiden Mei didn't refute. "No, it's more like you found out about this from somewhere, right? After all, you shouldn't be able to guess my true purpose based on the information you have."

"Stop," Kiana continued to persuade. "Humans are not your experimental subjects, and if you just want to resurrect them, I can do that too. There's no need to go to such lengths."

"But will you give me a Herrscher's body?"

"This is impossible no matter how you look at it," Kiana said with a wry smile.

"So why should I give up this ready-made body? Besides, don't think that just because you're the Herrscher of the End I'm helpless. The time has come to awaken, God of War!"

Following Raiden Mei's command, the ground began to tremble.

Immediately afterwards, everyone felt the floor beneath their feet rising.

And indeed, this underwater base was rising at an astonishing speed. After reaching the sea level, the ascent process changed to ascending, and the anti-gravity device deployed in the next second, thus transforming the base into an aerial base.

At the same time, three enormous machines rose from the sea, and Janna was completely speechless upon seeing the mechanical Janna reveal her true form.

"How is that possible! Didn't I already dismantle those two War Gods?! And what's with the third one?!"

"Jana, you don't actually think the system I'm involved in doesn't have an automatic repair function, do you? And what made you have the misconception that the third God of War hasn't been put into production?"

Raiden Mei's words struck Janna's heart like a heavy hammer.

"Although it did take a long time, I still have to thank you for your help. Without your supply of Honkai energy over the past 250,000 years, I really wouldn't have been able to complete this third War God."

"So the reason my Honkai energy is being consumed so quickly is because most of it was used to create this third War God, right?"

"That's right, thank you for your contribution. Without you, I really wouldn't have been able to obtain this power that transcends the end. Now, do you think there's any power left to stop me?"