Someone Decapitated a Honkai Impact Mascot Standee in miHoYo's Office Building and Stabbed a Real Knife Into It — With No Surveillance Footage in Sight, Theories Are Running Wild

On the third floor of miHoYo's customer service building, a real knife was stabbed into a decapitated Homu standee — just let that image sink in for a moment.

According to a post on the Honkai Impact 3rd (崩坏三) section of NGA, an employee from another company sharing the same office building discovered that a life-sized standee of "Homu" (吼姆) — the beloved mascot of Honkai Impact 3rd — had its head chopped off, with a real knife stabbed into the body. The original thread was quickly hidden by moderators, but the screenshots and gossip had already spread.

As for who the knife was meant for, three main theories have emerged. Theory one: it was aimed at DeShiKa (得仕卡), a payment card company that recently had its own scandal and happens to share the building with miHoYo. Theory two: it was a direct threat against miHoYo itself — a beheading as a warning shot. Theory three: just some random idiot messing around — though the real knife makes that explanation feel pretty weak. The original poster also warned that pulling stunts like this IRL will get you arrested (进橘子 = slang for going to jail).

The comment section, however, is where the real entertainment lies. One top-voted commenter nailed it: "What's the upside of doing this in miHoYo's own office building where CCTV coverage is practically guaranteed? At any company this would just look braindead." Another hot take was equally pointed: "Just check the security cams — if they can't find the guy, it's an inside job (自导自演 = staged). If they do find him, throw the book at him. This is literally a terroristic threat. Employee safety comes first. You're telling me a customer service building has no cameras? I don't buy it."

What's even more spicy is how many commenters straight-up accused miHoYo's community management team of staging the whole thing. One wrote: "miHoYo's PR team has been acting in a way that makes you feel totally capable of orchestrating something like this." Others dug up history: "Here we go again — after the Bunny Girl (兔女郎) controversy, there was that mysterious, never-resolved 'assassination attempt' on Dawei (miHoYo's co-founder), where nobody ever provided any evidence of what actually happened." This kind of "boy who cried wolf" erosion of trust clearly didn't happen overnight.

Meanwhile, the faction warfare in the comments is absolutely vicious. An anonymous user tried to pin it on "miHoYo haters" (米黑) or "Arknights players" (粥÷, a derogatory term), claiming the culprit could be "anyone who wants to hurt miHoYo or whoever they want to attack." This triggered immediate blowback: "Starting the anonymous narrative-spinning already? Why not say miHoYo staged it themselves?" and "I thought anonymous posting wasn't allowed in the gossip section — the fact that you're here and anonymous makes me suspicious..."

Some sharp-eyed users also noticed construction cloth on the floor in the photos, asking "which part of that floor is under renovation?" and "is the entire building miHoYo's office, or are there other companies?" One commenter quipped: "Budget cuts so deep they don't even have a security guard at the door — at least install a 200-yuan security camera, come on."

As of now, there's been no official response from miHoYo, and no publicly confirmed police involvement. Many commenters are blunt: "Report it to the cops already" and "I support calling the police." But as one commenter perfectly summarized: "Even if miHoYo staged it themselves, who could prove it? And even if someone proved it, who would believe them?" In a surveillance black hole where trust has already hit rock bottom, the truth might not even matter anymore — what matters is that everyone is using this knife to stab in whatever direction suits their narrative.