Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

After initially giving up on yourself, belittling yourself, and wallowing in self-pity, you find yourself unexpectedly finding the courage to face your youth, to confront the mistakes you've made, and the sins you need to atone for.

When exactly was this problem that had been troubling you resolved?

[You don't know, so it's difficult to give a specific time.]

[Perhaps it was because of the day I witnessed Vilvie formally confessing her feelings to Jiang Cheng.]

[Perhaps it was while observing that I realized the smile on the boy's face, a smile I had almost never seen before, was utterly genuine and without any pretense.]

Perhaps even earlier, before everything else, when you first chose to run away, to hide in the toilet, you already realized that you could never win again, that you could never hurt Jiang Cheng again.

[You've wasted so much time simply because you're unwilling to accept all of this so easily, unwilling to admit that you've completely lost the boy, and that even if you return to his side, you can only be an ordinary passerby, or even a sinner who needs to atone for your sins.]

What's the point of escaping anyway?

[This situation is already irreversible, and continuing to run away might even cause the last shred of care the boy might have to disappear completely.]

Being a passerby is fine, being a bridesmaid is also acceptable, even helping with butt pushing is not out of the question, as long as Jiangcheng is happy.

Having processed your emotions and stopped running away, nothing can stop you now.

Even though I haven't yet received authority, even though I don't yet understand my own identity, even though the emotions in my heart have only found a place to rest, an outlet, to be released after the battle, but only at this moment...

You are invincible in this world.

At this point in time, nothing in the world can stop you.

Grip the bow and arrow crafted by the boy and Velvi; the perfect fit makes you feel as if you and the weapon are one.

[With light and firm steps, your right hand twirling a bowstring made of some unknown thread, you eagerly await your duel with the Herrscher. After your victory, you no longer flee, but return to the boy's side.]

【only……】

[As you step out of the room, past Velvi, preparing to head to the battlefield.]

An unprecedented emotion suddenly arose.

The once azure sky was suddenly shrouded completely by thick, dark clouds. The few remaining gaps looked like two completely different paintings, and looking up, not a single ray of sunlight could be seen.

[Only endless, oppressive clouds, their reflections even showing a twisting, purplish-black hue.]

【weird.】

Only the bizarre can describe the current scene.

It may even cast a shadow over your heart.

Even as you try to suppress this strange feeling and prepare to eliminate the Herrscher as quickly as possible to prevent future troubles, your body suddenly experiences a surge of Honkai energy, followed by an unprecedented feeling of comfort.

[For no apparent reason, it felt as warm and comforting as falling into a cozy spring.]

Unfortunately, you simply don't have time for this right now.

This Honkai energy is far too massive.

【--Why?!】

【How can it be? 】

[This level of power is enough to destroy a city. Even now, with the Firemoths utilizing Honkai energy, they are far from reaching that level.]

Until this moment.

Reason is what allows you to regain your normal self-judgment when you're lost in your emotions, and to recover even a tiny bit of your sense of self from those delusions that were within reach just minutes ago but are now unattainable.

[A massive amount of Honkai energy crashed down, resembling the apocalypse, as four knights, bringing calamity, rode their warhorses into the world.]

[—The Lawyer.]

Only a Herrscher could unleash such a terrifying wave of Honkai energy. Simply standing there is enough to generate an astonishing deterrent force capable of tearing apart a city and shattering a small to medium-sized country.

The Honkai energy's reaction has even reached the main base of the Firemoth, putting even Jiang Cheng's life, who should have been safe, in grave danger.

[The security system of the Flame-Chasing Moth couldn't even stop you when you were grieving, so how could it possibly withstand the Great Collapse from the Second Herrscher?]

The Herrscher who should have been waiting for you to fight in Siberia has instead appeared here.

The Herrscher, who should still be fighting a tough battle, has left.

You seem to have misjudged the energy levels.

It seems you've made the worst choice again, making things incredibly worse when you could have changed everything.

[Collapse...]

—It has arrived.

60. Alicia abandoned Velvi.

—I looked and saw a white horse, and the rider on it was holding a bow and a crown was given to him.

He then went out, wanting to win again after winning.

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Collapse.

The most terrifying disaster on this land.

The most terrifying catastrophe that a civilization still in its cradle could encounter.

Touching it is fatal. Even talented people will be paralyzed for life if they get infected, experiencing their bodies slowly decaying and eroding, turning into a pile of rotten flesh, and having a long time to quietly feel themselves walking towards death.

Only one in several thousand individuals can preserve their body from turning to ashes.

Only one in several million individuals has the ability to preserve their limbs.

Only one in hundreds of millions of individuals has a chance of surviving a collapse.

Even if it's not a direct confrontation, even if it's just a touch, even if it's just a little contact, ordinary people will still face the most terrifying outcome.

Meanwhile, in the brain of the world, the place where human civilization is at its highest level, the headquarters of the Fire Moth, a collapse descended without warning.

On the ravaged earth, Alicia, buried by sand and dust, barely opened her eyes. Her delicate hands supported her disheveled body, which was stained with dust, and her hazy pink-blue pupils reflected the broken world.

Trees snapped in half, dilapidated buildings, brick and tile fragments scattered everywhere, and the iconic gear shattered into countless pieces.

The once sturdy roads were instantly riddled with holes, the once towering buildings collapsed, and the roads designed by Spiral Workshop itself were reduced to rubble.

There isn't even a single connecting line left; it has become countless cracks, cut in half, allowing the underground soil to seep into the road surface.

It was as if a god had picked up a huge and heavy hammer and swiftly shattered the exquisite model into pieces. In the cross-section, one could even see traces of blood mist and meat paste slowly drifting out from the messy fragments.

dilapidated.

destroy.

ruins.

Everything is used to describe what happens after a calamity.

Everything is used to describe the bleakness of the apocalypse.

All words used to describe disaster.

At this moment, everything fits so perfectly, so aptly, that even the world's most critical critics cannot utter a single word.

There wasn't a trace of life, not a trace of the past; only ruins, debris, and a dark red, sauce-like substance.

Those eyes, which once reflected the beauty of the world, the flowers, the moon, and the mountain sparrows...

—Only the streets remain, filled with flames and explosions.

—A desolate ruin where a deep, burning crimson flame blazes.

After the strong winds stirred up high temperatures that melted the plastic, the resulting black substance was swept by the wind onto the ruined streets, making the world seem like it had fallen into a pitch-black hell.

Where once a variety of buildings stood side by side, and even a spot where one had to find a good vantage point to observe a teenager, now the view is unobstructed within a radius of ten thousand meters.

The explosion of large gas and electrical structures has caused phenomena such as the complete gasification and destruction of some rooms and neighborhoods that had special functions.

There is no longer any neon light that twinkles in the starry night, no silent hum of machinery, no intellectual debates and discussions among scholars.

Endless, countless flames exploded across the ruins-like land, like fireworks bidding farewell to the countless tombstones that stood there.

The once magnificent base, a symbol of the highest technology of human civilization, and a gathering place for countless top scholars, is now dilapidated and unrecognizable, with no trace of its former glory and grandeur remaining.

The magnificent ruins lay fallen in the dust, and everything that had once been protected by it was destroyed in its collapse.

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Ok?

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Seeing the endless, completely ruined landscape, the girl's beautiful face, which had been displaying a perfect expression, suddenly paled. Her voice, which had been full of warmth and expectation, finally began to falter.

The fantasy of reconciling with the boy, of standing openly before him, of remaining in that eternally beautiful paradise, still lingered in my mind and shone brightly when I saw the ruins.

So much so that all the beautiful happiness in one's mind seems so ironic, so ridiculous, like a tower built of sand that crumbles at the slightest touch.

Beautiful dreams are even blown away and destroyed by their owner, turning into countless fragments.

—Let those sharp, terrifying shards pierce into the girl's body and mind.

Hard to understand.