Regarding the question of whether one thousand lives are enough to beat Honkai Impact 3rd.

The power of [Hidden] was forcefully unveiled by this resonance, granting Fu Hua, who would otherwise have been unable to find Su Qing'an, the ability to glimpse the boy's appearance.

Yu Duchen was like an invisible thread connecting the two of them. The girl instinctively understood where the source of that feeling was. As long as she firmly believed in this inexplicable intuition, Fu Hua would definitely be able to find Su Qing'an.

In fact.

Five minutes later, the girl saw the strange boy who seemed to be invisible to everyone else.

He wore a blood-stained, tattered white shirt and carried a leather satchel. He walked barefoot on the cold ground. His face was obscured by bloodstains, making it difficult to see clearly. Only his eyes revealed some of his thoughts.

How do I start a conversation?

The bewildered girl struggled with this strange question, and a strange sense of shame and her inability to communicate with others became the biggest obstacles at this moment.

So Fu Hua foolishly followed the boy all the way, witnessing a series of crimes he committed.

Why did this person leave fully clothed without paying?

However, some girls who understood that the other person was not quite normal let go of these small inner conflicts. Not long after the boy left, she mustered up her courage and quietly put down the money for the clothes he had taken on the cashier before stepping out the door.

Then, she noticed the brand-new shoes on Su Qing'an's feet.

But this unethical behavior, which should have resulted in further demerits, strangely transformed in Fu Hua's eyes into a sense of reassurance and comfort that only a mother would feel.

At least I'm not barefoot anymore; the ground is cold, so it's better to wear shoes.

The girl, realizing something was wrong, shook her head. What was going on? This feeling of affection, ten times stronger than seeing a stray cat or dog on the street, was completely off.

But immediately, as always, she paid for Su Qing'an and hurriedly continued to follow in his footsteps.

Fu Hua calculated her allowance with some worry.

In fact, she rarely needed to spend money, and her father would often slip her money, but that couldn't stop Su Qing'an from getting money for free.

Fortunately, the strange man didn't take everything. Apart from essential clothing and shoes, the boy simply looked around and strolled around, which relieved the girl.

Aside from the bloodstains he never tried to clean and his strange abilities that no one else could notice, he seemed no different from a normal person.

So, it seems he's not the kind of bad person who uses strange abilities to seek personal gain. He must have some kind of hardship.

With her little head filled with random, unfounded thoughts, Fu Hua had already forgotten about striking up a conversation. She watched with some curiosity as Su Qing'an abruptly stopped in front of an expensive shop.

The boy stared at the crystal ball in the shop window, and his previous dejected look gradually faded.

Does he really like cute things? Does he get happy just seeing the little people and deer in them?

How about using this as a topic to start a conversation with him?

The girl asked herself anxiously, still somewhat hesitant. She wasn't a very decisive person to begin with, and being able to follow him all this time was already a challenge.

Especially when paying for the boy, she should have been careful not to let others notice her actions.

However, fearing that Su Qing'an, who was so close by, might run away, Fu Hua would basically go in, put the money in, and then run away, acting like a thief while paying, which was quite comical.

Even after Su Qing'an stopped lingering, the girl still didn't speak to him; she didn't even dare to get too close until the boy walked into the flower shop.

Fu Hua, who went in together, was closer to Su Qing'an than ever before because of the size and layout of the flower shop.

She glanced at his face, which revealed no particular expression, and suddenly became certain that he was reminiscing about something.

What is it that I miss?

Every move the other person made captivated her. The initial sadness that welled up inside her had unknowingly dissipated, leaving only a distinct sense of pleasure that made the girl feel extremely uncomfortable.

What am I happy about?

This is so strange. Why do I feel happy just looking at him? I never felt this happy when petting the kittens my neighbor used to have. This doesn't make any sense at all.

In her mind, Fu Hua made a strange analogy, and then she suddenly saw the image of the boy crushing the bellflower. He looked at the fallen petals on the ground and murmured some words.

The girl couldn't immediately grasp the extremely complex and heavy emotions she felt.

"I don't want to forget..."

Only this sentence was deeply imprinted in Fu Hua's mind. The sorrow that had inexplicably subsided in that instant returned, and this emotion seemed to be whispering to her, "Don't make him sad."

So Fu Hua suddenly felt that she couldn't let him be sad no matter what.

She squatted down next to the boy and mustered up the courage to say the first sentence.

"If you're afraid you'll forget... then write in a diary?"

Immediately, the boy looked up at himself, as if he were seeing someone he knew all too well. His bloodshot and tired eyes were incredibly filled with a gentle meaning.

He whispered:

"magnificent."

...

...

This was Fu Hua's third first meeting with Su Qing'an.

That day, the girl felt that her previously boring diary had gained some precious things that she could add to it.

6. Fu Hua's house.

The girl stared at her toes, not even glancing at Su Qing'an beside her, and asked softly:

"What's your name?"

Su Qing'an found it particularly amusing to watch her originally fair earlobes gradually turn red.

The barriers in his heart had crumbled, as if vibrant life had been drawn from a dead seed, or as if an ancient flood had submerged all the buildings on the earth, causing all things that were not bright to vanish into thin air, leaving only a clear and pure expanse.

For the first time, positive emotions dispelled the burdens that had once weighed him down. Su Qing'an looked at the slight ripples in her eyes, which were like layers of a painting being unveiled, constantly revealing its magnificent colors, just as beautiful as he had seen before.

Compared to the tired and indifferent eyes I had seen before, she now appeared more youthful and innocent.

Having not experienced any severe hardships and unaware of the collapse, the girl was clearly still very naive. However, this bizarre meeting at different times not only gave Su Qing'an a sense of wonder but also gave him some unusual thoughts.

If I had met her at that time, perhaps I could have made sure her path wasn't so bumpy.

Based on the memories that still exist, Su Qing'an can deduce from the information the girl once told him that the place where she first truly faced the Honkai outbreak was Canghai City.

At that time, Fu Hua had been studying at the academy in Canghai City for half a year. Just as she was about to board the plane home, the Honkai broke out.

Based on this timeline, if the girl in front of me is about to go to Canghai City to study, then the time when the Honkai will break out will probably be about half a year from now.

Su Qing'an had studied history about pre-civilizations very seriously, although the lessons only mentioned some clues about pre-civilizations and many things were just hypotheses and speculations.

But Su Qing'an could understand one thing: the scale of the catastrophe represented by the collapse of the previous civilization and the collapse of his own era was far more terrifying.

If the third collapse in Changkong City affected only one or two cities, then the level of collapse that occurred in the pre-civilization era, based on the gap in technological development, should far exceed Su Qing'an's current imagination.

The worst-case scenario is that Canghai City is not the only outbreak point; localized outbreaks around the world are a very likely possibility.

Even a single outbreak point could have an impact on an area that would reach Fu Hua's hometown.

In other words, there's nothing strange about this city right now.

This makes Fu Hua's original fate clear: after losing her friends at the academy, she stayed alone in that emergency shelter for a while and was successfully rescued by the Fire Moths, but the bad news she received was the destruction of her hometown.

It goes without saying what would happen to a normal man in an environment with a high concentration of Honkai energy.

Fu Hua's father died in the Honkai, and the girl lost all her relatives, embarking on an eternal journey that would last for tens of thousands of years, completely alone.

Fu Hua's journey only truly came to an end in the future that Su Qing'an glimpsed.

But that kind of future is not the future that Su Qing'an wants to see.

The prolonged silence and unwavering gaze made the girl uneasy. She glanced at the boy's dazed expression; his mental state was clearly poor, even to the naked eye. This prompted her to ask:

"Are you alright?"

But given Fu Hua's personality and experience, all she could say at the moment was such dry, meaningless talk, which made her start to doubt whether she could really make friends in Canghai City in the future.

They're so bad at talking.

Just as Fu Hua had suspected, Su Qing'an's mental state was indeed not good, otherwise her thoughts wouldn't have wandered off so quickly.

Upon seeing the familiar figure, an intense drowsiness inevitably spread throughout his body along with a sense of security. A languid fatigue locked within every cell of his limbs and bones. If he hadn't deliberately maintained his consciousness, it wouldn't be surprising if he had fainted at any moment.

The boy was stunned for a moment after hearing this before realizing that the other person had forgotten about him.

Now he needs to reintroduce himself.

Su Qing'an replied:

"My name is Su Qing'an."

The voice was naturally cold, with a slight hoarseness, but the tone that entered her ears was so gentle and sweet that it made the girl's earlobes turn even redder. She quickly and quietly took a few steps back, as if she were keeping away from some dangerous creature.

Fu Hua had realized that her feelings for this person were too strange, almost nonsensical and unreasonable.

That won't work.

After calming herself down, the lingering emotions she had felt earlier seemed to dissipate, giving the girl the courage to continue looking directly at the other person. She said:

"My name is Fu Hua. I noticed something was wrong with you, so I pulled you out of the picture."

Recalling the boy's behavior throughout and his initially clearly blood-stained clothes, she couldn't help but ask without much thought:

"Where are you from?"

Su Qing'an said without hesitation and in a serious tone:

"I come from a civilization 55,000 years in the future."

Before Fu Hua could even reflect on her somewhat rash question, the other party gave her a very outrageous answer. Looking at the boy's serious expression, she naturally made a reasonable judgment.

Fu Hua let out a soft sigh:

"It seems you've deteriorated to the point of being unconscious. We'll discuss this later."

The girl felt the gazes that were gathering around her. Su Qing'an's blood-stained face was really eye-catching, and this subtle sense of shame made her want to leave the scene immediately.

But since I've already pulled him out of this mess, I can't just turn around and leave him to fend for himself.

Regardless of whether Su Qing'an needed her help in his current state, Fu Hua didn't really want to part ways with him until she understood the reason for the strange feelings that had suddenly welled up in her heart and the bizarre intuition she had today.

"As for now..."

Looking at Su Qing'an's seemingly frail physique, Fu Hua found an excuse to convince himself.

Although bringing a complete stranger home is quite outrageous for a girl's personality, it's the most realistic answer at present.