To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

Because she is not something that can be given up; losing her seems even darker than the darkness itself.

[Knife, excellent knife skills, pain, so much pain, excruciating pain, this is your consistent knife skills, @MiHoYo]

Even though I'm crying and my heart is aching terribly, the thought that you're all crying too makes it all a little easier.

[Waaaaah, my dear stargazer, how could you do this? Such beautiful pictures... no need to show off your graphic design skills~]

Chapter 118 Eight-digit Deaths 2/2 * June

The thought of giving this kind of plot a five-star rating and adding a beautiful review makes my conscience ache. No, after thinking about it, I have to give it a good review. I can't live with myself if I don't recommend such an excellent plot.

[Hahaha, I've already been stabbed, why aren't you eating? Ah! This is candy—eat it!]

[You're more important than this world! (Random interruption) If you don't behave, the world will stab you twice!]

Why is it that no matter what I choose, I die? Is there even a chance to succeed? Is this how the game is designed?

Although we prepared at least a thousand death scenarios, we even specially assigned a team to rack our brains to come up with plot ideas to make these scenarios more reasonable.

However, Luo Mo naturally couldn't possibly let every player try it out in this game; otherwise, no matter how good the reward was, no one would be able to achieve it.

If you prepare a lot, you can be random!

He selected some options from the questions and answers.

The estimated value is based on each person trying more than 20 times, which means manually choosing to let the stargazer die more than 20 times.

The images were randomly generated from the text prepared by the development team, aiming to ensure that each player's image is slightly different, but the classic ones are ones that everyone will experience, and they are several illustrations drawn by Greta herself.

As for the selection method for "classic," it was determined by a vote among a few people within their company.

Then those girls collectively took two days off, claiming they were depressed or something... They couldn't even be bothered to be perfunctory!

In short, this randomness might give them more to talk about when they discuss how they died while stargazing.

—For example, how did I die while stargazing, and how did yours? Judging from the comments, this measure is very effective.

Of course, it's more likely they'll all join in cursing Luo Mo for being an inhuman son, a heartless scoundrel...

But if you were to ask Luo Mo himself, he would choose to echo Wilvi's words: "Rejoice to this magnificent finale!"

This was a grand performance he had prepared, originally intended to ensure that the stargazers would come out safely.

Who would have thought that the stargazer would come out first? Can we blame him for that?

Now, looking at the three people beside him, two of them were already in tears, and Guan Xing's expression was also abnormal, with red eyes.

Luo Mo then deeply realized his sins.

However, they never learn their lesson and will do it again next time!

Theresa pulled out tissue after tissue, having completely given up on trying to hide it. Her biggest act of stubbornness now was refusing to turn her head to look... preserving the last shred of dignity the headmistress should have.

Under the moonlight, she nestled into Luo Mo's arms, tears soaking her clothes, yet she couldn't stop the flood of tears.

Although she couldn't understand the emotions expressed, she felt a deep sadness and sorrow in her heart, and her eyes were misty with tears.

"Pah," Guan Xing spat lightly, but her gaze softened as she looked at Luo Mo, her eyes reddening.

"Did you really go through all that? That's...too tragic."

"Uh... I don't know, but... I might not have that ability,"

Luo Mo scratched the back of his head and said helplessly, "He's just a lousy game developer, how could he know so much?"

"In any case, that's how it ends. The captain was always portrayed as an ordinary person."

"But how can an ordinary person save the person most important to them?"

"He had no choice but to persevere...because retreating meant certain death, and giving up was true despair."

Luo Mo looked at the captain struggling in the game and said softly.

Even though his consciousness was already blurred, he refused to waver.

To be honest, he had absolutely no sense of responsibility as a captain, nor did he have those memories, but he was willing to believe them when they said they had done those things...

"Hmph, who knows if you'll give up, Mr. Assassin~"

Guan Xing snorted and turned her head away. She realized what it meant that Luo Mo kept looking into her eyes.

What? Can't we... even cry?

"However, if you can't persevere and have to give up, I won't blame you."

The last sound was barely audible, barely audible.

...

"Stargazing...my stargazing, waaaaah, you jerk boss, you ripped me off again~"

Kiana rushed into Mei's arms, tears streaming down her face. As the one controlling the game, she couldn't save Stargazer no matter what she did.

The two nestled together, and for a moment it was unclear whether Kiana was genuinely heartbroken or had planned something.

The little hands automatically climbed onto Mei's back, crawling around as if looking for something.

"This kind of plot is a bit..."

Mei's eyes were also red as she hugged Kiana, inhaling her scent.

She was also moved by what she had just witnessed. If it were her and Kiana... what would she do?

Giving up? No, absolutely not! But the bleak future offers no glimmer of hope, a despair even greater than the main storyline itself.

What's the point of going back in time? What can you change by repeatedly returning to the past?

The future of death is like an unshakable, towering mountain, and all you can lift is a small stone at its foot.

...

[This reminds me of the choice between life and death we just discussed. Why does stargazing necessarily mean certain death?]

[There are so many paintings I've never seen before. Could they be from other players' experiences? Damn (a type of herb), it really is!]

[Another one? So many drawings, all of them are death scenes from stargazing? Have some decency!]

The players' voices were weak and powerless, destined never to reach Luo Mo's ears.

By the way, did you guys notice the number in the top left corner? Something seems off, doesn't it?

As it turns out, even this kind of knife can't stop people who truly love stargazing.

Soon, someone completed the twenty sword techniques for observing the stars, but instead entered an animation that contained all the completed artwork from the game.

Some were from their own selections, others from other sources. While there certainly wasn't enough time to display all the text, each carefully crafted image was still revealed.

As the images flashed by, they stirred up even deeper wounds in the players' hearts, tearing them apart and reopening already scabbed wounds, sprinkling salt into them.

She smiled and died in your arms;

Under the night sky, her body felt as light as a feather at the site of the collapse;

Blood was everywhere on the ground, and Guan Xing's face was pale and helpless.

After swallowing that poisoned pastry, she only had time to look at you one last time, her eyes filled with longing.

In the flames, the white figure was obstructed by a falling roof beam, its life extinguished.

High in the sky, the falling figure is out of your reach; you can only watch helplessly as it crashes to the ground.

The numbers in the upper left corner also jumped rapidly as the image flashed.

The choice we just made, and the numbers above, represent the number of deaths during stargazing, or you could consider them as the number of times we could rewind.

Each incident, each event, flashes by rapidly, while the numbers on them jump even more dramatically.

3-digit numbers...4-digit numbers...6-digit numbers...7-digit numbers...

...

"Waaah, this time...this time the plot has nothing to do with us, Bronya-neechan!" Rosalia said, crying.

"...I didn't hit you, don't cry."

Bronya's eyes were red, but she didn't shed a tear. She said helplessly, her hand still patting Seele's back in her arms.

Clearly, apart from Bronya, who is not easily moved by emotions, everyone here is in a state of despair.

"Lilia, Lilia cheated! W-why did she manage to fall asleep while crying?"

Rosalia wiped away her unstoppable tears and said helplessly.

...

"Dr. Tesla? You were just now...?"

"I...I got sand in my eyes, no...no, that won't do!" The person who was discovered jumped up and down, and said irritably.

"There's no need. The scene just now was indeed touching, and I even shed a few tears. There's no need to be so ashamed of it."

"Really, really?"

Tesla turned his head trustingly, only to see a flash of light that captured his red-eyed, tearful face in the photograph.

The Einstein before me, though not smiling, also had no tears on his face; instead, he looked at me expectantly.

"Chicken coop hair—!"

...

Finally, even if you're unwilling to admit it, you've come to realize this fact.

—You can't save Guan Xing, no matter what, even if you rack your brains, risk your life, or use your hands and feet.

The impossible cannot be accomplished simply by saying "I can."

If there were bystanders, how would they judge your actions so far?

"This person is incredibly stupid."

"Why can't you even do something this simple?"

"If it were me..."

"Why didn't he just do that back then?"