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Waking up, the young man discovered MiHoYo had already dominated every major chart.
Perhaps it had been silent for too long—if not for Honkai Impact 3rd keeping the topic alive, MiHoYo might have been buried under the waves of the internet.
But since a PV had been released, and it was only a few minutes long—might as well watch it since he had nothing better to do.
He clicked without knowing what to expect, and was immediately met with an overwhelming flood of bullet comments. In less than half a day, tens of thousands had already been posted.
The screen was completely covered—almost nothing visible.
Only after turning off the comments did things improve somewhat.
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"To this day, Kephale still bears the dawn!"
"There has always been light in this world."
Accompanied by the narrator's voice, a bright glow emanated from the screen, like the morning sun breaking through the night at dawn.
"Titans created the initial heaven and earth, and then Kephale shaped humanity, granting light its calendar—causing history to begin flowing."
The camera panned downward, revealing a colossal figure on screen.
"Humankind passed through a golden age, with myriad city-states spread across the land. A time for war, a time for peace…"
At this moment, a massive map appeared, representing the civilizations and cultures built by humanity.
The city-state names were: Okhema, Janussapolis, Suspended Edge City, Arbor of Divine Insight, Styxosia, Aedria.
"Until the blasphemous black tide descended from beyond the heavens and devoured Amphoreus."
A surge of black mist instantly engulfed all the city-states.
"The mighty Kephale bore the dawn upon its shoulders. Under its protection, the walls of the sacred city stood firm!"
Kephale's form appeared again, shouldering the Dawn Engine— in the next moment, light once more illuminated the earth.
"But the price… was the eternal slumber of one Titan!"
"Now night engulfs Amphoreus. In the ruins of Suspended Edge City, the horn of summons has sounded."
"Nikadori, Titan of Strife, driven mad by the black tide. Its army raises long spears, vowing to completely incinerate this shattered world!"
A armored warrior brandished the long spear in its hand—yet a golden body grew from its back, as if parasitized.
With every swing of its weapon, a gigantic sword in the sky tore across the heavens, leaving golden scars!
"Messengers race in all directions, begging the surviving city-states for aid, but replies are few…"
"Janussapolis, Hall of the Three Phases of Fate—will the priests there share their oracles?"
The camera shifted to a dilapidated city-state, its architecture clearly bearing Greek elements.
"But the scales have long been broken. Oronis, weaver of years, hides in the mist and refuses to give prophecy."
A golden butterfly flew past, and beneath a great tree, it somehow constructed an entire city-state!
"Arbor of Divine Insight, cradle of knowledge—will the sages there offer wisdom? Alas, the flames of war will consume even the branches, and even the rational Titan Theseus has fallen into the embrace of death."
"Ah, death—Thanatos, sovereign of death. You once swore to guide souls back to the river of the underworld. But when the waves fall silent, where is the reaper who shelters the lost?"
In the scene, under the light of a waning moon, nothing but ruins remained.
A deformed colossal dragon spread its wings atop a building!
"And you, sky titan Aigle—why have you closed your eyes, abandoning the world to eternal night?"
"Gods, what exactly has befallen you?"
"To this day, Kephale still bears the dawn, but the walls of the sacred city will not stand forever."
"The age of Titans has ended—only heroes can bring hope."
In the scene appeared the back view of a white-haired youth gazing toward the world-bearing Titan.
"One day, the nameless Deliverer will take up the divine spark and reforge this shattered world."
"Just like that world-bearing Kephale!"
[????]
[Holy shit???]
[Is this just flexing tech? I don't believe scenes like this can appear in an interactive city.]
[Who was that last person? Caelus?]
[No, it should be Kevin from HI3.]
[Oh, I get it—Thirteen Flame-Chasers, right?]
[Kevin? Then he must be super strong, huh?]
[Strong or not aside, I have a really bad feeling!]
[Whatever, just watch it. Season 8 is airing soon anyway—hype!!!]
[Finally, after being quiet for so long, MiHoYo is starting a new story.]
[Amphoreus has been foreshadowed for several seasons—it's finally here.]
[And the official released character art for this batch—I suddenly have so many more waifus!]
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Under everyone's eager anticipation, Season 8's story officially begins!
The trigger was still the great Black Swan. After her sudden inspiration to propose that the entire Astral Express head to Amphoreus for a Trailblazing journey, things started from there.
Pom-Pom summoned all Express crew members to the parlor car for a meeting.
The meeting content was simple: choosing the Express's next destination.
[Question: Why are they even going to the next stop? It's been so long I've forgotten.]
[The Express is out of fuel and needs Trailblazing to replenish new fuel.]
[Question answered.]
First was the "ocean planet" Lushaka—Mikhail's hometown.
Lushaka was once affected by a Stellaron, causing global sea levels to rise. No one knows what it's like now.
Next was the "agate world" Melustine.
The ascension site of "Beauty" Idrila, a world of undying eternal beauty. Rumored to be one of the original detonation points of a Stellaron disaster—probably not very safe.
Finally, the "Eternal Land, Amphoreus."
March 7th added specifically: "A world even Akivili never visited—zero data in the archives… but if this 'Trailblaze' succeeds, the fuel problem is solved!"
Caelus scratched his head. "No one wants to go to the Edo Star?"
[Yeah, what about Edo Star? I remember it kept getting mentioned in the story, but we never went!]
[I heard Edo Star is the destination after Amphoreus.]
[Heard from who?]
[From the insider!]
"It was recently attacked by the Antimatter Legion. According to the Company, the enemy has been repelled, but Edo Star has temporarily closed access. There's nothing we can do there for now." Welt Yang gave the reason they couldn't go to Edo Star.
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