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

"Alicia...in the end, she returned to herself, didn't she?"

She pondered those four words for a moment, then closed her eyes and chuckled softly.

“I know that she is special to you. You are angry and feel that it is unfair, but you just hope that she can have a better ending.”

"But this is my limit."

“I will strive to become her; her thoughts are my thoughts, and her voice is my voice.”

"We have the same faces, the same personalities, the same memories. If Mei wishes, we can relive those past memories too—"

She extended an invitation to Mei, an invitation she considered extremely attractive. Although she possessed memories, she could not read minds.

For humanity, for life itself... there are some things and some people that are irreplaceable.

"Do you want me to tell you what she would do in her place?"

Mei retorted, a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

All that pretense, all that talk about wanting to be like them… it was all for one purpose only.

Just as she initially said, she only wanted to live.

That was the only truth she ever told.

"You desperately try to imitate her, repeatedly insulting the traces she left in this world, all for your own sake..."

"That is the only thing you fear, and the only weapon in paradise that can completely destroy you."

"The order to eradicate everything from the former paradise cannot be activated without the consent of all or the majority..."

"It is Alicia's will."

"Domination over Kevin Armed Model 666—you went to great lengths to imitate Alicia just to steal it, didn't you?"

Mei said with a cold laugh, revealing to herself all the other party's hypocritical pretense.

"Ah……"

The woman curled her lips into a smile, looking at Mei with a hint of amusement.

"So what? Right now, I'm the only one who still has the chance to access that device. Guess what... I'll transform Paradise into?"

Mei narrowed her eyes. Seeing that her thoughts had been exposed, the other person stopped being coy and began to play along.

"Data doesn't lie, and you know that better than anyone. So, if you carefully examine her life, you'll realize..."

Even if you could replicate her appearance, imitate her mannerisms, and repeat every word she uttered....

"You can never become her."

You can never be her.

Blades clashed, and thunder roared.

Mei blocked an attack from the other party, who was already furious at her words.

“...Imitation!” she said coldly.

[Become her? Shi Bao: Hey, I know this stuff! Shi Bao: ...?]

Everything seems like a replay of fate. That's how Kiana revealed the secret of treasure back then.

[The erosion is quite clever; it took over Alicia's image first. Even if she's resurrected, it will still affect that program, right?]

[It was only Alicia's will that destroyed the paradise of the past!]

"...Well, as a senior, I should say a few words. Silly child, you can't become someone else."

Those who understood the law sighed, feeling a deep sense of sorrow.

Once you've been chased and called a fake, you'll never want to experience it again.

“Mei… I’m suddenly so touched. Just think, there’s someone in the world who doesn’t want a similar appearance, doesn’t want a fake or pretentious personality, and doesn’t want anyone to replace her memories…”

Alicia forcibly wiped her eyes, which were still damp.

She looked at Mei with emotion, stirring up a sweet, pink atmosphere.

"...She doesn't want you either?"

Luo Mo asked curiously, glancing at Alicia, whose mouth was slightly open and stiff.

Kiana, who had initially looked displeased, now couldn't suppress her laughter, and Mei also couldn't help but chuckle, covering her mouth.

A cheerful atmosphere filled the air for a moment.

"How is that possible?!"

Alicia let out a sharp, explosive sound, looking at Luo Mo with a sorrowful expression, feeling deeply betrayed.

"The next sentence should clearly be, 'She only wants you, the one and only.' Luo Mo, it's all your fault!"

She glared at him intently.

"Ahem, okay, okay, it's my fault, but seriously, how does it feel to have a Herrscher who wants to be you all the time?"

Luo Mo chuckled awkwardly, finding the other person's words so insightful that he couldn't help but chime in.

That kind of ending... is truly a tragedy.

"Well... if I had to say, I guess I'm just too cute. The Herrscher of Corruption is someone who cares about appearance too."

Alicia casually remarked, "Didn't the other person say earlier that there were many reasons for choosing her based on her appearance?"

That must be one of them!

Alicia wholeheartedly agreed.

"Tsk..."

Mebius looked at the other person with some disdain.

"But Mei's final insistence that you can never become her really made me happy, the kind of happiness that can make me happy for two or three days!"

Alicia emphasized earnestly.

Chapter 86 The Truth of That Night

Alicia's happiness was palpable. Although most people could think that the Herrscher of Corruption couldn't possibly be Alicia when faced with one, not many would dare to turn against her for that reason.

Moreover, the facts are right in front of her: the person who made her satisfied and put her wish aside was none other than Mei.

It can be described as a double happiness.

...

On the so-called final secret island, the only thing visible was the projected fiber optic cable, wooden crates sat quietly on the ground, and the area was completely empty.

This island, supposedly the repository of the ultimate secret, presents such a desolate landscape.

Nothing.

Mei and the Herrscher of Corruption faced each other at a distance, and a chilling aura gradually filled the air. After calling her a fake, the expression on her face changed unpredictably.

Finally, he forced a smile.

Only this sentence made her feel incredibly angry.

"Mei...do you know that what you said really hurt me?"

Her eyes were slightly cold as she looked at the other person with a chilling gaze.

What exactly is the difference between her and that woman?

and also……

Why does she... always deny herself like this?

The Herrscher of Corruption couldn't understand the other's thoughts; it was merely a life form of data... She had already tried her best to imitate it, hadn't she? Wasn't that enough?

Why, why am I always more concerned about... that memory that has already been deleted?

But she knew that at this moment—this battle still seemed unavoidable, even though she thought Mei had learned her lesson.

She sighed repeatedly, feigning helplessness, and gently raised her hand. Several Honkai Beasts surrounded Mei. As a Honkai Herrscher, she had this power.

She was determined to make Mei look good.

During the battle with the faded monster, Mei's eyes narrowed.

The strike, imbued with thunder, cleaved the earth in two from top to bottom, leaving a massive rift through which a stream of icy blue data flashed by.

Learning from the ways of a thousand tribulations, they stirred up a corner of the collapsing paradise.

—After Paradise was eroded, her previous attempts to probe it yielded similar conclusions: the space of Paradise was no longer as stable as before.

Within Vilvie's space, she remained curious about what Qianjie had done to force the cautious Erosion to address his problem first...

But no matter how she thought about it, the only conclusion she could come to was... violence!

That's what that man is best at. Memory is hard to kill by erosion, it's a natural incompatibility, but that doesn't mean it can't do anything about Paradise itself, which is also built of memory.

When Mei saw the Herrscher of Corruption's somewhat stiff expression, she knew she had made the right bet.

Damaging Paradise can indeed weaken the opponent's power.

But that's all.

The Herrscher of Corruption raised her hand, and the huge crack in the ground returned to normal. She raised her eyebrows, somewhat surprised by the other party's keen perception.

However, she can recover from a full-force attack with a simple wave of her hand, making the outcome of a war of attrition predictable.

Mei didn't care; that wasn't her original intention.

She understood very well that one person's strength was insufficient to defeat a Herrscher.

Therefore, the shockwaves from her all-out attack on Paradise had already spread to every corner of Paradise.

It was also transmitted to the person who was supposed to receive the signal.

"The response has arrived." A smile involuntarily appeared on Mei's lips; she had not misunderstood Virvi's meaning.

In the distance, lights appeared.

The light illuminated the girl with the same long pink hair, who had disappeared at the beginning, and she suddenly appeared from afar.