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

Su Qing'an's gaze sharpened slightly, and after a moment's hesitation, he turned on the parent-child GPS location.

The reason this feature exists is that both people have the same brand of phone.

At the suggestion of the vending robot, Su Qing'an activated this function that could not be turned off unilaterally. He had heard that this function of the phone had helped parents successfully catch countless runaway children or children who were not doing their jobs in internet cafes.

The reason the boy chose not to consider Seele's privacy in this regard was that he felt the little girl's personality might lead her to leave without saying goodbye one day.

Xi'er could imagine that people from the lab would come, so how could Su Qing'an not? If you think about it from the opposite perspective, the little girl making this choice was bound to happen sooner or later.

The reason the boy didn't openly reveal his plans was that the more he did, the more Seele wanted to escape; the more important she thought she was, the less likely she was to choose to stay.

Su Qing'an walked towards the school gate, muttering to himself:

"Are we already this far from the academy?"

The so-called GPS positioning is only a tool to determine whether the other party has left or not. To expect to find Seele's true location from it is to underestimate the child's determination.

The boy ignored the missing two thousand yuan in his personal account. Looking at the payment and withdrawal records, he realized that these were all basic disguises put up by the little girl, with the aim of making it impossible for him to find her.

If we follow the location of these two taxis, we will definitely not find Seele's real place of departure. Judging from her action of asking for cash, the little girl most likely paid for the taxi with cash and went to other places.

While the possibility of overlooking the truth cannot be ruled out, Seele's random departure without leaving any clues is the most realistic scenario.

If the destination is random, then the behavioral logic of not even knowing where one is going cannot be traced using clues about personality.

What could be Seele's reason for leaving?

Su Qing'an was confident enough that she didn't have such thoughts before she left the house.

With his own knowledge of micro-expression observation and judgment, coupled with a re-examination of the essence of the soul, no abnormality can escape his eyes.

If Su Qing'an had known in advance, his usual approach would have been to skip class today and wait for Xi'er to run away from home, thus achieving his goal once and for all.

But the unexpected situation now can only mean that the little girl somehow knew that someone was coming to arrest her, so in order not to implicate him, she chose to leave directly.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain Seele's motive for leaving.

Let's speed it up a bit. In a bustling city, using [Thousand Stars] is much more convenient than using other modes of transportation.

The clamor of the wind cut through the surrounding snow and wind, and in the next instant, Su Qing'an had already left the school grounds.

At this incredible speed, as if teleporting, even the meaning of "hidden" becomes almost imperceptible; the human retina can no longer capture the boy's figure.

With the improvement in physical attributes and the passive effect of the [Stigmata], the harm of [Thousand Stars] to the body is much lower than before, and the upper limit of the amplification has also been raised again.

Even without releasing artificial stigmata to enhance Honkai energy control, the internal and external circulation structure, which has become almost instinctive, has been carefully constructed.

Simply put, it has changed from an ultimate skill to a regular skill.

So much so that even now, using it for traveling is not considered a waste.

Su Qing'an has been getting stronger all along. Even though his upper limit was already fixed, he still made breakthroughs beyond the limit in subtle areas.

The chaotic flow of Honkai energy should be disordered and chaotic data.

However, the boy nowadays can predict the chaotic flow of each Honkai energy in advance and use his naturally crude Honkai energy manipulation ability to indirectly interfere with it in order to achieve his desired goal.

This is a truly terrifying method; no one can imagine how extreme one's thinking speed and efficient execution ability would be to accomplish the same thing.

Even if Fu Hua were at her peak, she would only think this was an absurd theory that was utter nonsense.

But the boy has now achieved a 100% success rate.

In fact, this kind of precise operation is accompanied by extreme danger; even the slightest mistake can lead to death without warning.

Su Qing'an is a genius in a certain sense. He bypassed his own shortcomings and achieved an operation that only a natural-born Saint Mark holder could replicate using completely different methods.

This is the real reason why he can still use [Thousand Stars] without activating artificial stigmata.

During his time in St. Freya, the hundreds of deaths he experienced in the virtual battlefield were not in vain.

The miracle that Fu Hua once believed might happen has been completely accomplished through the boy's silent efforts, in a place she couldn't see.

The significantly enhanced soul essence after the reboot is one of the reasons for the miracle, but the seemingly meaningless accumulation beforehand is the true source of success.

Even with the ability to maintain high speed for an extended period, finding Seele in an entire city is still quite difficult.

However, as mentioned before, Su Qing'an's growth is quite abnormal.

He has the kind of personality that tends to focus on one thing and strive for the ultimate.

It may seem that it has only a handful of abilities, but in reality, its effects have already undergone several transformations without anyone noticing.

The same is true today.

It covers a wide area with the wavelength of [momentum], and at the same time incorporates the boy's special ability to remember the aura of the soul, which extends outward continuously like sound waves.

In this way, Su Qing'an could confirm whether Xi'er's soul aura was present in every corner of Canghai City in less than an hour.

As long as she hasn't completely left Canghai City, the young man is absolutely confident that he can bring Xier back.

52. Seele's determination.

"Kids can get off now. The Ferris wheel, the White Horse Eye, is right below."

"The White Horse Tour Bus is dedicated to serving you and looks forward to seeing you again."

Xi'er got out of the car, somewhat dazed.

As one of the facilities in this amusement park that is to be phased out, it is a hundred meters high.

The enormous structure before them was vastly different in appearance from the Ferris wheel Su Qing'an had described.

Clearly different from the Ferris wheels that were popular hundreds of years ago, this is a spokeless Ferris wheel.

Even their operating principles are significantly different, so it's naturally difficult for them to correspond to the Ferris wheel that Su Qing'an described.

Its central axis is not axle and it does not need to move around an axis. The track and sightseeing cable car are all within the already closed steel structure inner ring, which looks like a hollow ring from the outside.

Although it may seem artistic, this type of spokeless Ferris wheel is considered outdated technology in today's world. Compared to these Ferris wheels that are almost ubiquitous, the original traditional Ferris wheel may seem more innovative.

It's so deserted.

Standing beneath this tall building, Seele could only come to this conclusion as she looked around at the surrounding scenery.

The long corridor outside where people were queuing was empty. A welcoming robot that looked like a giant plush toy stood at the entrance, holding a somewhat deflated balloon in its hand. Behind it was a dark underground passage that led into the interior cabins of the Ferris wheel.

Upon seeing the little girl approach, the welcoming robot bowed and said:

"Do the children need balloons?"

Seele tightened the scarf around her neck. She examined the strange robot, which looked a lot like her teddy bear, for a moment, then nodded and said:

"want."

The welcoming robot politely asks:

What color balloons do children like?

The girl stared at the balloons it was holding, all of them red balloons with the amusement park logo printed on them, and she earnestly stated her request:

"Seele wants the blue one."

The robot's AI seemed to pause briefly, but in the end, it chose to adjust the color of the field of vision to all blue through intelligent judgment. It tilted its head and looked at the balloons in its hand that had all turned blue, and nodded in satisfaction.

Without warning, under Seele's bewildered gaze, it confidently handed the balloon to the little girl, and after she took it, it said:

"Here are the blue balloons the children wanted. Here you go."

Seele stared silently at the balloon in her hand and the smiling plush robot for a while.

She was somewhat discouraged.

The little girl chose to stop dwelling on these details that would lead nowhere, and she now understood better why the amusement park was practically deserted.

The entrance to the Ferris wheel is just ahead. She only needs to follow the guidance of the welcoming robot to enter the cabin not far away, and the door will close automatically, leaving this huge machine to operate for her alone.

But Seele didn't go in immediately. She glanced at the white horse-drawn carriage that was still standing there playing piano music, and hesitated.

However, the little girl quickly made up her mind.

She turned and jogged to the side of the smart car, stuffing the remaining change into the slot.

Then Seele ran out of the car and whispered to the AI:

"Let's go to the carousel."

The smart car responded cheerfully as always:

"Children need to get on the scooter to reach our destination."

Seele tied the balloon in her hand to the railing next to her seat and tilted her head.

However, such slight weight and appearance make it impossible to identify them as tourists, resulting in mechanical, repetitive answers.

"Children need to get on the scooter to reach our destination."

After hesitating for a while, the little girl took off her coat and reluctantly used it to cover the somewhat deflated red balloon, complaining:

"How come you're not even stupid enough?"

So this smart car, whose recognition system was so old and mostly broken, mistook the coat for Seele and responded in a cheerful tone:

"Kids, sit tight, the white horse sightseeing bus is off!"

Then, the presence that had been with the little girl the longest in this deserted amusement park gradually distanced itself from her, accompanied by melodious and ethereal piano music.

Instead of standing there watching the smart car slowly drive away, Seele hugged her arms to ward off the outside temperature and entered the cabin led by the welcoming robot.

The welcoming robot bowed at the entrance and asked:

"It takes about twenty-five minutes to run one cycle. Dear child, would you like to start the game now?"

The little girl's expression turned somewhat downcast; she knew that the people in the lab would find her soon.

Almost two hours had passed since the transmitter was started, and it was no longer possible to continue the plan of recklessly riding the carousel as before.

But this final encounter with the world is in an amusement park where he has never been before, which can perhaps be considered gentle.

“Okay, let’s begin,” she replied.

The plush robot removed its hat and awkwardly bowed again, saying:

Have fun playing the game.

The cabin was very spacious, enough to seat about ten people, which made the girl's small body appear even more lonely in such a confined space.