After Ryn explained it properly, Sin Mal realized she had been mistaken and had misunderstood him. With the misunderstanding cleared up, the two began to discuss the feasibility of the plan.
"Although I don't know why you can move freely during my time stop, this plan is likely not feasible... because my time stop is very brief, not enough for you to accumulate enough energy to cover the entire world."
"If I rely solely on my own energy, there certainly won't be enough time. But..."
Ryn pointed a finger upwards, towards the death spot that blotted out the sky and gathered all the world's Honkai energy.
"Isn't there a ready-made source right there in the sky?"
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_Ryn returned to the new base that Fire Moth had established in ME Corp and told Penglaiji Ryn and the others about his idea.
As long as Femirins could isolate this Stigmata world, and then Penglaiji Ryn could hand over the Honkai energy from the death spot in the sky and Sirin's Honkai energy to Ryn, and with the help of Sin Mal's time stop to instantly unleash the power of 「Virtual-to-Real Conversion」, it would be enough to rewrite the world's fate of certain doom.
But one prerequisite was stuck...
Femirins couldn't sever Penglaiji Ryn's Stigmata Space because her Stigmata was not fully awakened yet. An unawakened Stigmata lacked sufficient power, and Kiana's power had taken the initiative.
And Kiana, because the Honkai had become active again, her consciousness was once again influenced and interfered with by the Honkai's will, preparing to destroy everything.
In other words, if they wanted to sever the Stigmata Space now, they had to solve the problem of Kiana first.
In the end, things had returned to the starting point: kill Kiana...
But since there was now hope of rewriting the ending, even if the Herrscher of Finality was like an insurmountable chasm, they had to try.
Yiselian installed the Second Herrscher's Herrscher Core into the Hyperion's power reactor, attempting to use the core's energy to restart it.
Although there were several close calls where the reactor almost exploded due to loss of energy control, fortunately, it was successful in the end.
By using the Hyperion to constantly consume the Herrscher Core's Honkai energy, they could slow down the charging of the death spot, buying more time on the countdown to the final destruction.
The Hyperion's anti-gravity system was completely destroyed and it couldn't fly. So Yiselian planned to use the primitive method of a sliding acceleration to give the Hyperion the initial velocity it needed to take off, but the estimated runway distance for acceleration was at least 20 kilometers... which meant it would need to cross more than half of Nagazora City.
Moreover, even if it did take off in the end, it would just be an "airborne coffin" with a one-way ticket, unable to land.
So Ryn vetoed this plan and directly summoned Kukulkan, who was still drifting in space.
Hearing Ryn's call, Kukulkan, enveloped in flames from friction with the atmosphere, returned from outer space...
But when the flames dissipated, the Kukulkan that appeared before them was already half-dead. Its body, from its left wing down to its tail, was pierced straight through by a massive Lance of Finality.
Kukulkan had been sunbathing in outer space for a long time, and relying on its Feathered Serpent God authority, it had finally recovered some of its strength. But recovering some strength also meant its life energy signature had increased, making it a suddenly magnified beacon in the Herrscher of Finality's perception.
Ordinary Honkai Beasts would naturally be ignored by the Herrscher of Finality, but the Feathered Serpent God, Kukulkan, was different. Even if Kiana didn't want to act, the Herrscher of Finality would, destroying all living things, even Honkai Beasts.
Kukulkan let out a low groan, calling out to Ryn.
"Roar..." (Boss, save me... I'm going to die.)
The Lance of Finality had shattered several of Kukulkan's cores, and at the same time, the Authority of Finality remaining on the spear was continuously destroying and suppressing Kukulkan's life force.
"This doesn't look like a new wound, does it? If I hadn't called you, were you planning to just die alone in outer space?"
"Roar..." (Because there's no death spot or atmosphere in outer space, I could have held on for another few hundred years with sunlight...)
"So you, you little punk, were planning to hide until the world was destroyed and Finality left, right?! Brace yourself... pulling this out might hurt a lot..."
Ryn reached out and grabbed the shaft of the spear. As he was about to pull it out, he thought for a moment, then called Sin Mal over and had her apply a time stop to the space around Kukulkan.
After Sin Mal stopped time, Ryn grabbed the Lance of Finality and ripped it straight out of Kukulkan's body, then quickly used the power of Creation to heal Kukulkan.
Thank goodness for Sin Mal's time stop. Otherwise, Ryn felt that just pulling out the Lance of Finality could have ripped Kukulkan into N pieces...
When the time stop ended, Kukulkan was presented before everyone, completely healed.
Without feeling a single bit of pain, and with its wounds already healed, Kukulkan roared excitedly a few times, then joyfully nuzzled its head against Ryn's body.
"Ryn's ability combined with Sin Mal's ability, it's a shame these two don't become doctors."
Himeko, watching from a distance, remarked thoughtfully. She remembered the brutal treatment she received from Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn before, all that digging and gouging... it almost killed her from the pain. That bastard Ryn knew to use pain relief now, but why didn't he think of using anesthesia first when he was with Penglaiji Ryn back then!
The Lance of Finality, pulled from Kukulkan's body, instantly returned to its normal size and was held in Ryn's hand. The spear trembled nonstop, its tip pointing to a certain location, wanting to return to its master's hand, but Ryn held it tightly, not letting it escape.
"Rest well. We'll be relying on you later to take us to the top of that tower for the final battle with Kiana." Ryn patted Kukulkan's head, then went to meet up with Penglaiji Ryn and the others to arrange things before the final battle.
"Roar..." (Ah... we still have to go find the Herrscher of Finality? If I had known, I wouldn't have come back...)
Kukulkan lay on the ground dejectedly, curled up. Its current cowardice was entirely beaten into it by Finality Kiana... If it had to face Kiana again, it would rather have the Lance of Finality still stuck in it...
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Because they had the help of Ryn and Kukulkan, everyone might end up directly fighting God Kiana and God Mei.
So Bronya had arranged for everyone from Fire Moth to hide in the underground of ME Corp. This place had survived the Great Honkai Eruption five years ago, and perhaps it could this time as well...
If they managed to deal with Finality Kiana and the death spot, then there would be nothing to worry about. If they couldn't defeat Kiana... then Finality Kiana would mercifully pierce through ME Corp from above with a single spear, giving them a painless death.
Ryn, Penglaiji Ryn, Himeko, Theresa, Bronya, Seele, Sin Mal, Yiselian, and the others gathered on Kukulkan's back, ready to head to the Tower of Finality at any moment to fight Kiana to the death.
"Everyone! We have crawled on the ground for too long, it's time to raise our heads and look up at the sky! This is the final battle! Fire Moth! Spread your wings and fly towards the light of hope!"
"Kukulkan, move out!"