Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

Without experiencing the same trauma or going through the same things, empathy is essentially just a condescending form of comfort.

You now deeply realize just how true this statement is.

Even though you knew you were wrong, even though you couldn't accept Jiang Cheng leaving you, even though you still felt pain and frustration, these feelings ultimately stemmed from your unwillingness to let go of love.

Only after experiencing the loss of everything a thousand times over can you truly realize just how terrifying this feeling of loneliness is.

[Just as you can only now fully appreciate the struggles the boy went through before his death.]

You think of the boy every moment, recalling his happy smile and his loneliness before his death—a loneliness that should never have belonged to such a gentle boy. Your ego and reality act as the narrator for this set of contrasting images, telling you that you created this ending.

All of this cannot be denied, cannot be severed. Just thinking of the boy makes your heart ache with an emptiness, as if someone is forcefully squeezing it, sealing every opening, even stopping your breathing.

[It was pain from top to bottom, every cell, every nerve.]

Even the most turbulent tides cannot create a ripple in the deep sea, a world filled with pressure, darkness, and terrifying monsters.

[It's meaningless.]

Even if it might waste a single second, it's meaningless; you still have to live, and you still have to keep searching for 'paradise'.

No one in the world knows, no one seeks, and no one can truly care about you.

[You have indifferently killed everyone who was willing to care about you.]

You can only fall endlessly, plummeting into the deep sea.

Beneath this deep sea, where even sound cannot travel, where the eye cannot see even the smallest detail, the oppressive seawater fills the throat, enters every orifice, and engulfs the entire body—a desolate abyss, an ocean.

How long will this stagnant life continue?

【ah……】

Perhaps until the day you atone for your sins.

[This is what you deserve: the struggle of the boy who witnessed his death, the murderer who had the ability but didn't even dare to embrace Jiang Cheng.]

You do not deserve liberation, not even the relief of suffering—through physical harm.

When experiencing extreme emotional pain, physical injury can alleviate that pain, making the self feel as if it is no longer being subjected to excruciating agony.

—Sinners have no right to escape punishment.

No one deserves to escape punishment, no matter the circumstances.

You've forgotten how to forgive yourself, even in your dreams.

[You continued to endure this endless torment day after day, until, after two years of relative calm, the Honkai energy surged once more, with a staggering 5000 HW of Honkai energy coalescing in the Far East.]

[It surpasses any previous one; even the Fifth Herrscher, who froze one-sixth of the ocean upon her birth, is completely incomparable to it.]

Its strength is even twice that of the Fourth Herrscher; even the Honkai needs to accumulate energy to maximize the destructive impact.

Even the Flame Chaser, who had already made initial modifications and utilization of the cores of the first through fourth Herrschers, couldn't help but feel panic and fear. Her burning anger and hatred were also dampened by the stark reality.

[Even these mere precursors shortened the already nearly stable defensive line by an average of several hundred meters.]

The defensive line that once sacrificed countless lives for a tiny bit of living space can only be willingly abandoned in exchange for stability and conservatism.

Human industry has become more concentrated than ever before, with defensive barriers against calamities being erected in various regions at any cost and with no regard for energy expenditure.

[Numerous bleeding sites were abandoned, and the festering land was directly bombed and wiped out, leaving only the people to migrate to the core areas as much as possible.]

Even the most foolish person could realize that this disaster was completely different from the previous ones, just like the difference between the first and second Herrschers.

The First Herrscher only destroyed Europa; its impact on humanity as a whole was not significant.

The Second Herrscher directly tore apart humanity's jewel.

—A moth drawn to a flame.

Humanity's most brilliant geniuses all perished here, including Jiang Cheng, who at a young age surpassed all geniuses in history but died young due to physical reasons; he was injured in that cataclysmic event.

There are even rumors that Jiang Cheng's assistant, Wilvie, is a more talented person than Jiang Cheng himself.

[No one cares whether it's true or false anymore; what everyone knows is that humanity's cutting-edge technology has almost completely collapsed.]

Humanity can never experience such a catastrophe again, one that shattered human pride, turned democratic societies back into authoritarian regimes, and, after countless years of escaping extremism, has now returned to populism.

—It's all meaningless.

[In the eyes of the Honkai, they are still as insignificant as dust.]

The Sixth Herrscher has inevitably arrived.

[After its birth, the entire Far East region, and even nearly a third of the surrounding continent, became a realm of absolute death.]

In the very first instant, another quarter of humanity's remaining billions perished; the corpses piled up would be larger than a country.

The land covered in energy became a wasteland where no life could survive, not even fusion warriors.

This doesn't refer to how terrifying the radiation from Honkai energy is, but rather to its literal meaning.

The Sixth Herrscher's ability is...

"die……"

"--born?!"

Alicia's expressionless eyes suddenly lit up.

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73. Alicia: Do I... really have to go and bother Jiangcheng?

Although the connection with the Honkai has been severed.

However, as the most special Herrscher besides the One of End, and with the title of Herrscher of Origin, even after fully embracing and accepting her authority, the power wielded by the girl still exceeds the limits of any other Herrscher.

Even if it's ascension, even if it's surpassing one's own limits and reaching a new world, even if it's fully unleashing the power known as the Herrscher.

They should not even think about touching the power of origin.

The fundamental difference is an insurmountable gap.

Therefore, when the girl became interested and took the initiative to investigate, the authority that should have been extremely secretive was completely revealed to her.

Even the Herald himself was unaware of this.

--die.

--born.

……

……

Hundreds of millions of people died in the very first instance.

It was clearly the Herrscher who descended, a being described as a calamity.

It is something that would terrify, frighten, and sadden anyone who hears it, and make them grieve over this bloody disaster and death.

But the eyes of that flawless girl, that perfect girl like a fairy, suddenly lit up. It was not the gentle pink light that once belonged to her, but a cold, twisted, numb madness. For the first time, the stiff corners of her mouth turned up, stiffly raised like building blocks or dolls.

That seemingly broken system began to operate in an even worse way.

—Because something more important has come up.

Paradise...

Paradise.

Paradise!

I was overwhelmed with excitement, more so than ever before. I doubt I felt anything more excited than when I was first born and rescued by the boy and brought into the world.

Death and life are always relative, and the luxury called Honkai grants Herrschers a power far exceeding their expressive abilities, essentially making them a rule.

The girl could sense the life force hidden beneath that intense death.

That is enough to make a hundred flowers bloom, enough to make withered branches sprout new buds, enough to paint the barren earth with emerald green, to make the old and frail return to youth, and to restore the scarred body to its perfect state.

Even if severely corroded by Honkai energy, even a body that has been cold and dead for years can be revitalized and radiate the breath of life.

Perhaps the Herrscher alone cannot rewrite the tragedy.

Even though there is a world of difference between her and the previous Herrschers, her power, which is almost at the limit of a Herrscher, is still powerless against death.

The laws of the world dictate that no matter how well-developed a body is, it cannot collect a shattered soul; only a complete soul can choose a body.

—What if we add an origin to it?

Even the deepest, darkest ocean, where not a single ray of light can be seen, doesn't seem so profound. Even the pressure sweeping in from all sides, as if to crush and destroy everything, doesn't seem so heavy.

The arrival of the Herrscher was indeed a disaster, but in that beating little heart, there was almost no trace of pity or sorrow.

Because all sorrow will eventually fade away.

Because it is still possible to regain the paradise that one has lost.

Because I still have the possibility to make amends for everything.

To atone for all sins, to rewrite all the mistakes I have made, and to no longer live alone in this cruel world.

But behind this almost unstoppable joy from the bottom of her heart, there was still a pink undertone in her bright eyes, still a flawless beauty like that of a flower, the pure beauty belonging to the fairy moon spirit.

Even if that beautiful soul suffers a blow that leads to an eternal fall and a strange kind of numbness.

Yet it remains as pure as flying blossoms, as pristine as stars and the moon.

More than joy and cheers.

Instead, a question came to mind first.

……

—Do we really have to bother Jiangcheng?