Seeing that the situation was about right, Hua crushed a portable Honkai reactor in her hand.
In an instant, Honkai energy spread wildly, first engulfing the Babylon Tower, then the entire snowfield.
Fortunately, Otto had already ordered Schicksal to evacuate everyone from the area beforehand, and those inside the Babylon Tower had been injected with anti-Honkai serum.
Thus, the Honkai energy only made them feel uncomfortable rather than causing erosion.
After finishing her task, Hua directly dispelled the illusion using the Fenghuang Down.
This was Hua at her peak, or rather, Hua who was always at her peak.
As for Sirin, she only had one core at this point. To obtain more Herrscher cores, she would need to make a trip to the moon.
"You guys actually deceived me! Mom, Aponia, Bella—they're all dead! I'll make Schicksal pay for this!"
Terrifying Honkai energy erupted from Sirin's surroundings.
However, it only lasted for a moment. Hua immediately restrained her power and punched Sirin out of the Babylon Tower.
Although the punch wasn't fatal, Sirin felt as if all her bones were about to shatter.
"In your current state, you're no match for me. If you want to get stronger, maybe you should go to the moon. But I won't give you that chance."
At this point, Hua was practically urging Sirin to go to the moon to gain power and then return.
Although the current Will of Honkai was an old friend, the Cocoon of Finality was also watching. She had to put on a show.
Sirin, on the other hand, thought Hua was simply confident in her own strength, which was why she dared to say such things.
With a wild grin, Sirin said, "Foolish! You have no idea what kind of power my god has bestowed upon me. I'll go to the moon now, and when I return, I'll wipe out Schicksal!"
Opening a portal, Sirin teleported directly to the moon.
Seeing that her mission was complete, Hua wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She really wasn't cut out for acting.
But Sirin had been surprisingly cooperative.
Upon arriving on the moon, Sirin was pulled into a pure white space.
She saw a pure white figure sitting on a throne, identical to herself.
Instantly recognizing it as the God of Honkai, she knelt on one knee and said, "My god! Please grant me even greater power, and I will destroy the world for you!"
The pure white figure didn't speak, but with a wave of its hand, it granted her four more authorities from the Cocoon of Finality.
Thankfully, Prometheus was an AI; otherwise, she might have burst out laughing.
With the authorities of Space, Electromagnetism, Ideal Fluids, Molecular Acceleration, and Decay/Creation, Sirin immediately returned to Earth.
"Schicksal! Come out and face your death! I'll make you pay—"
"Sirin, what are you doing there? Come down."
"Mom!"
Just as she was about to boast, Sirin heard a familiar voice. Her eyes widened as she looked around.
Then she saw her mother. For a moment, Sirin's brain completely shut down.
"No, this must be an illusion. I saw Mom and the others die right in front of me. This can't be real."
"What can't be real? The Valkyries told me you've gone astray. Come down here and explain yourself.
You always said your dream was to be the greatest little seamstress, but now you've gone down this path. Just wait until I spank you tonight."
As soon as her mother finished speaking, Sirin couldn't hold back anymore. She teleported in front of her mother and hugged her tightly.
There was no mistaking it—this was her real mother.
"But I remember you... you were..."
"Dead, right?"
At this moment, Hua appeared before them.
Seeing the man who had nearly punched her into oblivion, Sirin immediately grew wary and pulled her mother away.
"Sirin, now that you've become a Herrscher, there are some things you should know. What happened before was..."
Hua spent five or six minutes explaining everything. Sirin was initially on guard, but gradually she began to relax, until finally, all her resentment vanished.
"So I'm the protagonist? Yay! Where's my Snow White?"
"...There's no Snow White. Now that you know the whole story, please cooperate with us moving forward. But first, let me apologize—those memories must have been painful, right?"
"Hehe, it's nothing. After all, the protagonist always has to go through hardships. I'm the one who's going to save the world, after all~."
Sirin scratched the back of her head and laughed.
After all, what could be better than going through so much pain, only to find out it was all just a dream?
Besides, she was the protagonist! What's a little hardship? Just a bit of frost.
"Wait, I want to ask—will any of this harm Sirin?"
As Sirin's mother, she didn't care how exceptional her daughter was or whether she could save the world.
All she cared about was whether her daughter was okay.
"Don't worry, there won't be any harm. We have a professional team."
Seeing the concern in Sirin's mother's eyes, Hua's tone softened.
However, thinking about her five disciples who had left and rarely visited, a sense of emptiness, like that of an empty-nester, washed over Hua.
"As long as she's okay, that's all that matters."
Hearing that Sirin would be fine, her mother finally relaxed.
She took Sirin's hand and patted it gently. "You must cooperate with Schicksal. They've been working hard to save the world."
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm the savior. I won't let everyone down."
Sirin gave a thumbs-up and flashed a confident smile.
At this point, Hua really wanted to say that Sirin wasn't the protagonist, but after some thought, she decided against it.
Meanwhile, Anti-Entropy had detected a massive Honkai eruption and quickly sent people to investigate.
As a mole within Anti-Entropy, Patrick relayed all the information he had to them.
Upon receiving the news, Welt Yang rushed to the scene.
Little did he know, the entire Anti-Entropy was about to be plunged into a Truman Show-like world.
"So I just have to beat that guy up, right?"
"Exactly. Then make him hand over the Herrscher core and see if there are any issues with you using it."
"Got it. I may not be great at using Herrscher authorities, but I know how to brute-force things."
Although Sirin wasn't great at physics, she was decent at literature.
At least she could use some idioms.
"By the way, don't actually hurt anyone except him. He's the Herrscher of Reason, so he can take it. The others are just ordinary people. Just teleport them away when the time comes."