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

He never told them a lie from the beginning. Su Qing'an would remain silent about things that might affect their future happiness, but he would speak frankly about everything else.

It was precisely because of this wonderful honesty that Fu Xiuran was able to accept Su Qing'an's existence so quickly.

Fu Xiuran glanced at the old-fashioned car waiting to depart downstairs and said:

"Xiao Su, do you know? Actually, not saying anything is also a form of answer."

"This means that the facts you believe cannot be stated must be so serious as to be irreversible, and this crisis also has the potential to affect our normal lives in the not-too-distant future."

The man didn't expect someone like Su Qing'an to be so honest with him. What Su Qing'an was saying was just a hypothesis without much reason or evidence, a nonsensical judgment made purely based on imagination and experience.

But he was able to glean some truths from the boy's reactions.

Fu Xiuran was confident that he could detect subtle details from Su Qing'an's almost unchanging indifferent expression, which was enough to show that during this period of time, the man did not simply treat him as a guest who was staying overnight.

The reason is simple.

The fact that Su Qing'an can seamlessly integrate into her and her daughter's lives already signifies something extraordinary.

The boy glanced at the man's face and gave a helpless smile.

Fu Xiuran smiled smugly. Su Qing'an's rare reaction amused him, and it also made him realize how much Su Qing'an valued him and Fu Hua.

If you don't care, why bother worrying about whether you'll be affected by it?

He whispered:

"You're really bad at hiding things. Your first reaction to other people's hypothetical speculations is still to lower your head and remain silent. Remember to change that in the future."

Su Qing'an remained silent. If Fu Xiuran had already decided to guess to this extent, then there was little point in Su Qing'an speaking or not speaking.

He longed to know the truth.

With this fact alone, Su Qing'an believed that she had no right to deprive the other party of their right to know.

The man's smile vanished in an instant. The weight of the topic carried a suffocating magic, making the atmosphere as frozen as permafrost. The winter wind seemed to blow through the room, making the temperature bitterly cold.

He said:

"Since you haven't refuted it, then the fact that this crisis exists has been confirmed."

"If we continue along the same line of thought, if the specific scope of this crisis were this city, you would have already begun to frankly persuade Xiaohua and me to move away from here, right? But you haven't, and you still have this worry, which can only mean that this crisis... is not limited to just this city."

"So you yourself understand that moving would be pointless, so you keep quiet."

Su Qing'an took a deep breath, looked up at the azure sky, and said softly:

"As you might expect, this is a crisis that will occur randomly around the world. It is a large-scale disaster that no one can stop and no organization can effectively counter."

"Uncle, I'll ask one last time. Do you really want to know the truth?"

Fu Xiuran did not hesitate. Even though his martial arts intuition had made him realize the abyss ahead, he was determined to accept the reality that was bound to appear sooner or later for his own reasons.

"Yes."

Su Qing'an was silent for a moment, then asked:

"May I ask why? You don't seem to be obsessed with this out of mere curiosity."

The man laughed, and he said matter-of-factly:

"You said you would protect Xiaohua back then, right? The things you were referring to that would threaten my daughter can only be these truths that you don't want to say out loud."

Su Qing'an nodded in agreement:

"Ah."

Fu Xiuran continued:

"Xiao Su, knowing the truth might not change anything."

"But I didn't come here to change things. I just want to understand what kind of things Xiaohua and you will face in your future."

"I want to know the answer to that."

Su Qing'an was stunned; he hadn't expected this reason.

That's all the reason.

But such a reason alone seems to be enough.

A father's concern for his daughter speaks louder than a thousand words.

It requires neither reason nor logic, nor does it require considering the costs or understanding the consequences.

Fu Hua is Fu Xiuran's only treasure.

After realizing that he was unable to protect her, he acknowledged Su Qing'an and handed over this responsibility to the young man.

Based on this, the man wanted to witness the sheer despair of the ordeal the two were destined to face; otherwise, he could not find peace of mind.

Su Qing'an could understand and accept it.

Fu Xiuran looked at him and said:

"It must have been hard for you to bear these secrets and heavy things all by yourself all this time. Perhaps the greatest kindness you can show is that you refuse to say these things."

"So I'm sorry to have disappointed you."

"But please understand how I feel as a father."

An indescribable smile appeared on Su Qing'an's face as he whispered:

"How could I blame you?"

"My uncle reminds me of an old friend, who was also like that, willing to give everything for the one he loved."

"But he died in the end."

The boy's words fell into the room like the final notes of a piano piece, so melancholy and lonely.

24. A grand journey, entrusted to you.

Shuichi Kanbara chose to die for his daughter.

To achieve that goal, he could abandon all his personal dignity, accumulated wealth, and power.

And the fact is, he did it. He successfully saved Kanbara Yu in his own way, even if the price was so heavy. For that man, it was the best answer... and redemption.

But Fu Xiuran's situation was completely different. The two fathers, who both cherished their daughters, could only take different paths.

Like his former self, Fu Xiuran, lacking talent, had no chance of protecting Fu Hua's future. In the face of the Honkai, he didn't even have the right to make a final stand.

He was a speck of dust destined to be annihilated when the collapse occurred.

As for Su Qing'an... what she needs to do now is to state this cruel fact directly, which is no different from predicting a man's death date in advance.

Honestly, if he had a choice... the boy would never want to see the look on his face after he found out the answer.

"Collapse".

"Such a calamity is called Collapse."

Su Qing'an began to speak slowly and deliberately, each word falling like an ice bead shattering in jade, clear and cold.

"You can think of it as a civilizational screening of the entire world. The so-called collapse will destroy the existing civilization of all mankind in various forms."

"They are the mortal enemies of mankind, the murderers of the collapse of the future era, the thugs who disregard good and evil, and the flood that will destroy the world."

The boy looked up and met the man's slightly constricted pupils, and said softly:

"It is also an existence that I must personally destroy."

Fu Xiuran was stunned.

A global crisis.

This is a great terror that involves the life and death of all mankind. Just through words, Fu Xiuran could already feel how deep the darkness would be in the future.

But as he pondered Su Qing'an's last words, his feelings became even more complicated.

It's an existence that must be defeated by my own hands...

Could the indomitable spirit I once felt in that martial intent be the same kind of determination that could arise after understanding this immense despair?

What exactly did this person in front of me go through?

What kind of trials must one endure to face such a future with such composure and fearlessness, while also having the will to defeat the opponent with a deep understanding of their strength?

In a sense... this is terrifying.

After discovering some of Su Qing'an's true nature, Fu Xiuran found it difficult to treat him as an ordinary junior. However, perhaps due to a strange psychology, or perhaps because the boy seemed too ordinary in his daily life, he could no longer treat him as just a junior.

During this time, the man would occasionally and unintentionally feel that he was a child, a junior.

Now that Su Qing'an has made everything clear, the man couldn't help but feel a strange mix of emotions.

in case……

If he were to entrust his daughter to this person, even with such a future, Fu Xiuran inexplicably felt confident.

He asked:

"That kind of monster... is it one of the harmful forms of Honkai that you mentioned?"

His voice was somewhat hoarse, as if the instinct to gradually approach the deep darkness was prompting his body to issue a warning, and his emotions, like the tides spreading across the coast under the night sky, began to permeate his entire body wave after wave.

Su Qing'an's throat bobbed, but he forced his eyes to remain fixed on the man, speaking each word clearly:

“Uncle, those are the lowest level monsters, human zombies infected by the Honkai.”

"And this is only the eve of the collapse. On the day the calamity occurs, large amounts of high-concentration Honkai energy are likely to appear in various regions around the world. This is a preliminary screening."

"I told you before that ordinary people don't have the ability to come into contact with those kinds of monsters, right? That's actually a natural resistance to Honkai energy. Humans without resistance would even turn to ashes in that environment."

"They don't even have the qualifications to become assassins."

Fu Xiuran took a deep breath, then held it in his hand, his blue eyes already unfocused and vacant.

The man's heart is facing an unprecedented earthquake.

He suppressed his emotions and whispered:

"The prelude to the appearance of Honkai energy will be here soon."

Su Qing'an understood Fu Xiuran's meaning: if the outbreak of Honkai energy had clear signs, then that traceable clue would become the only chance of survival.