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

Carol was unconcerned, clearly finding such a clumsy explanation unconvincing.

Fu Hua hesitated for a moment, thinking about the future where she would be teased by the other party every day. At that moment, a sentence popped into her mind.

If you want to cover up a fact, all you need to do is create a hot topic that is more interesting than the fact itself.

The girl blushed and gritted her teeth as she confessed something she had never admitted before:

"Su Qing'an is my brother."

And so, in that instant.

"what?"

The sheer volume of information put Carol's brain into high-speed mode, and within a second, a brief chain of logic spontaneously formed a terrifying answer that was closest to the truth.

Su Qing'an is both the older brother and teacher, while Fu Hua is both the younger sister and student.

Su Qing'an and Fu Hua like each other.

This is actually a violation of two taboos that go against worldly ethics!

At this point, Carol's brain completely shut down.

This strange misunderstanding may not be resolved for a very long time.

Before the spell was lifted, her gaze towards Fu Hua became increasingly meaningful.

That look was just like the gaze of an NPC in a game watching a hero's departing figure, filled with worry about the hellish difficulties he was about to face, yet also with heartfelt admiration for his courage.

In short, although it was in a strange way, Xiao Hua successfully shut Carol up and made the world quiet and peaceful.

Of course, the cost of this is, in a sense, quite complicated.

……

……

Time: 1:30 PM.

This is the time when Su Qing'an is teaching in the classroom.

Seele looked out the window at the clear blue sky, where wispy clouds surrounded the vast expanse of blue, which resembled a jewel but was even more like the boundless ocean.

These are just ordinary scenes that can be seen everywhere in this city, but they always give her an incredible feeling.

So, the sky is something you can see anytime.

Such pure and simple feelings are a true reflection of the little girl's inner thoughts.

After she spoke out naturally, Xi'er found herself being treated more gently by her older sister and brother, Xiao Hua.

Perhaps only in moments like these will the little girl, in a state of bewilderment, once again come to a profound realization of a fact.

Both Fu Hua and Su Qing'an are very, very good people.

She realized that her every move and word would make them care and pay attention to her. The warmth that arose from the bottom of her heart was a wonderful emotion she had never felt before.

Very reassuring.

Being next to Sister Xiaohua and Su Qing'an makes me feel very safe.

Looking back on the short fourteen-year life of the human named Seele Flair, perhaps only in this one month did she obtain the treasure called freedom.

She now has family who care about her emotions and mental well-being; she enjoys three meals a day prepared with care to satisfy her palate; her wardrobe is filled with all sorts of clothes; and dolls have appeared on her bedside table and sofa to alleviate her loneliness...

There were so many other things that piled up like a mountain of warmth, causing her to gradually lose her sense of the winter's chill.

It was as if someone was trying their best to offset all the sorrow and pain she had experienced in the short span of time, and the little girl, unaware of it, agreed to the other person's efforts and accepted the sentiment behind them.

Xi'er was still a child after all. No matter how vigilant and wary she was, as time went by, she eventually got used to Su Qing'an's presence.

Even the gaze of strangers gradually diminished Xi'er's fear after attending Su Qing'an's classes a few times.

At least, that's true when it comes to the students in this academy.

It was Su Qing'an who brought her into the outside world, whether it was her self-escape from the quantum state that was broken, or her repeated forced dragging out of the house afterward.

He made the little girl realize clearly that the outside world is not actually scary.

The demons she had believed existed were not in this city. To the ordinary people here, Seele Voller was just an ordinary girl.

She has no need to worry about being treated differently or to fear that others might harm her.

No one here would force her to take various medications or undergo regular intravenous drips, nor would anyone draw her blood, let alone push her onto a cruel experimental table.

The outside world is such a complex and beautiful place, with countless things worth talking about and as many beautiful scenes as stars worth remembering.

As time passed, the little girl gradually came to understand that some things ultimately required a choice.

She watched the television program showing details of animal migration.

Large numbers of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles and other animals migrate repeatedly between seasonal water sources and pastures in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve.

They must reach the Mara River, where crocodiles roam, and after undergoing rounds of elimination, they will finally face the grasslands where lions and leopards have been waiting for them.

These images depicting the struggles and cruelty of life are so captivating that humans have turned these natural cycles into a tool for profit, with related industries already established hundreds of years ago.

Whether viewed from land or carried by an ancient hot air balloon, these are excellent options for appreciating these scenes.

The little girl didn't think much about it.

However... perhaps everyone in this world has to act against their will for certain things.

The same is true of wildebeests killed by alligators and monarch butterflies dying on the surface of California waters.

The same is true for Seele/Velocity today.

Seele touched the head of the doll in her arms. Her gaze toward the sky and the television was somewhat dazed and distant, yet she still harbored some scattered thoughts in her heart.

Perhaps we can delay it for a while longer.

But just as time was slowly passing by with the sound effects of the television, a burning pain suddenly pierced the back of her neck, causing the girl to cry out in pain and her vision to gradually become blurry.

She seemed to be instinctively clenching her teeth, yet realized that even that strength didn't exist within her body; only a faint, soft sound could escape from her lips.

"What exactly...is it?"

He was delirious and everything was upside down.

Her frail body collapsed weakly onto the sofa, an unnatural flush spreading across her pale cheeks. Strands of her dark blue hair were plastered to her forehead with sweat, and her pupils lost focus, the very essence of consciousness.

For a full ten minutes, Seele completely lost the ability to think and act. It was as if a fine electric current was coursing through her limbs and bones. The long, lingering pain was like needles pricking every pore, making it hard to breathe. Her heart almost stopped in the last few seconds before the strange sensation disappeared.

This is a punishment that comes very close to death.

Seele's pupils gradually stopped dilating, and her consciousness slowly returned to her body, but she was unable to move for a few short minutes.

The little girl took a deep breath, her chest feeling like an old bellows, each breath pulling out a dense, painful stimulation that irritated her nerves.

It's a signal.

It was my own passive hands and feet that came into play.

It's now absolutely certain that the lab will know my location.

Seele had previously suspected that she might have been subjected to some kind of manipulation. As the most precious experimental subject, it was only natural that her existence was valued so highly.

She reached out and slowly brushed aside the strands of hair that passed over her shoulders, her icy fingertips touching the very origin of the initial, radiating pain.

From an angle invisible to the little girl, a mysterious barcode, only one centimeter wide, glowed faintly on the upper edge of the back of her neck, but it quickly faded from a vibrant red back to pitch black.

Even as Seele took the photo with her phone, the barcode in the picture had already begun to gradually change towards the natural color of her skin.

If it's in a place like this, it's normal that I haven't noticed it all this time, especially since the unnatural colors in this photo also prove a lot of details.

Even if they discovered it, it would be of no use; that was the little girl's judgment.

The only thing Seele hadn't anticipated was that she possessed not only a simple transmitter, but also control mechanisms that restricted her escape.

In that heavily guarded white world, even when faced with unarmed and mentally bound children, the management took such a safety net approach, a behavior that Seele could hardly understand.

But after understanding their existence, the little girl quickly grasped their purpose.

In this way, even if someone escapes the laboratory by accident, the self-activated transmitter and neural currents will be enough to make up for these mistakes.

But why not inflict such severe pain that the person falls into a coma?

The body was unable to move for only fifteen minutes; obviously, the longer the better for complete protection.

This is a very simple reason; you only need to understand your own value to the laboratory to understand the answer.

The reason is that such manipulation methods can cause certain harm to children's bodies. As precious living experimental subjects, if they are only used as a means that will not be used at all, it is obviously more in line with the interests of the parties involved to use a gentler approach.

Seele looked at the dense needle marks on her arm and thought to herself.

Perhaps the laboratory's safety net served as a good wake-up call for her, as she had been subconsciously clinging to a tiny possibility and sweet hope, indulging in a beautiful dream of freedom and unwilling to wake up.

Now that's good, we can no longer choose to run away.

Everyone in the academy is a good person. Sister Xiaohua is very gentle and kind, and Su Qing'an is Xi'er's brother.

How could that little girl bear to let these people get hurt because of this?

She turned off the TV, silently placed the teddy bear in the center of the sofa, looked around the room, and then stared blankly for a while.

Animal migration is the same, except... it's something they can't control.

finally.

The little girl walked to the door and chose to leave.

50. Seele's Great Escape.

This was the first time Seele had faced the outside world alone, but for some reason she no longer felt fear or rejection.

She walked along the avenue of the school and glanced at the fountains that kept emerging in the central pool, lost in thought.

So... I really won't feel scared anymore.

Even if you are alone, the unease, terror, and distress that well up inside you cannot turn into a prisoner's chain on your ankles again.

go out.

It was such a simple and ordinary act, but after she truly confirmed that she could do it alone, Seele was stunned for a long time.

In this short month, what Su Qing'an gave her seemed to be far more important than she had imagined. Perhaps the boy's care was clumsy and not very meticulous, but the result was that she was healed.