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

Humans without moral boundaries are not human; they are merely beasts that allow destruction to emerge from its very source.

Xing Chen agreed with this statement, so he only needed to play the role of that damned beast.

The man, now only a broken body, was determined to do what he believed was necessary.

The reagent in the man's hand popped out of the syringe on its own, and given his decisive manner, the anesthetic would soon be injected into the girl's slender arm.

But it didn't work out before that.

Giving Seele the right to finish speaking was the only flaw in his actions.

In that brief moment when she lost control of her emotions, the connection that had been severed with the Sea of ​​Quanta was re-established.

Seele's body vanished from the world almost instantly, like melting snow. All the laboratory's careful precautions were rendered meaningless by this unreasonable and mysterious power.

Xing Chen watched the little girl's figure disappear from the spot with a blank expression, realizing that the mission was doomed to failure.

"Recording begins."

"Experimental subject VJKA13809, Seele Voller, possesses the ability to enter a quantum state at intervals of less than 0.5 seconds."

“It is difficult to capture without injury if the other party is on guard. At present, the key to judging whether the other party has entered the quantum state is whether they are conscious.”

"The next time the target appears, it is recommended that you do not overly consider its physical characteristics. Simply maximize the transmitter installed inside the target to render it unconscious, and you will be able to capture it successfully."

The system records these messages and reports the task results simultaneously.

Xing Chen gazed at the empty space ahead and murmured:

Even if you manage to escape this time, there is still a possibility that you will reappear in this world.

"But next time, I won't be so lucky."

"Besides, is drifting in the quantum sea really better than so-called experiments?"

After he finished speaking, he turned to leave.

Just as the man was about to return to the plane and fall asleep, his thoughts and mental processing suddenly came to a standstill.

It was as if a silent storm had swept across this small area, extinguishing the sparks of the soul and shrouding the boundaries of vision in endless darkness.

The wind and snow behind him continued to whistle past his ears, but Xing Chen's modified senses were not affected in the slightest.

Even if he were to fall into the lava erupting from the Tambora volcano, his corresponding senses would be directly severed by the intelligent system.

The current situation is hard to explain rationally. The man's whole body is trembling with fear of something coming. It is like the despair that a herbivore involuntarily exudes when facing a superior predator. His innate genetic instinct tells him that escape is the only option.

Even the option of escape was bound by an even deeper darkness, preventing any path to safety.

Xing Chen, whose entire body was no longer human by 70 percent, and another intelligent system used to control the body, stopped all their functions at this moment because of this simple sense of oppression.

Even the thought of being shocked by this situation is unable to arise due to the stagnation of thought, which is simply domineering and unreasonable.

A second stretched out infinitely in an instant, and only when the unrestrained and violent clanging sound tore through the wind and entered the room did he vaguely regain the right to think.

Standing in front of him was a young man in a loose-fitting suit. The tie that was originally tied on his collar had been taken off and stuffed into his pocket. His thin shirt and coat billowed in the wind.

His clean and tidy appearance, combined with his slightly old-fashioned clothes and neatly placed leather shoes, looked strangely handsome, but in the current situation, all of this was so unusual.

Before this person even entered the Ferris wheel, his body was already out of control. This absurd reality was hard for him to accept, even though he had witnessed the horrors of collapse before.

"————." The man's words were stuck in his throat, unable to be uttered. His willpower was extinguished by the displeased frown of the boy as he looked up.

There was no confusion, no bewilderment, no fear.

In that instant, Xing Chen simply came to a profound understanding of the fact that this person was indeed the instigator.

Aside from that, the only other emotion I felt was disbelief at the mystery surrounding the person in front of me.

The boy held Seele Voller, who had already entered the quantum state, in his arms. Her bleeding forehead and scraped palms were reflected in his dark eyes, making the color inside them even more eerie.

The man couldn't understand why someone could single-handedly drag a human who had already been transformed into a quantum state back into the real world. Even the project team that had specialized in this field for many years couldn't do the same thing, otherwise he wouldn't have judged the mission to have failed.

Seele nestled weakly in the boy's arms, the blood from her forehead staining her once pristine white shirt.

Despite being rescued, the little girl showed no joy. Like a child who had done something wrong, her dark blue hair, soaked with blood, tried to conceal her misty eyes.

Seele whispered sadly:

"Su Qing'an...why did you come?"

Su Qing'an said softly:

"It's snowing. The house will be so lonely without Seele around."

"Hua and I will be sad too, that's enough reason."

54. The [time cut] that tears through the wind and snow.

Finding Seele's location within just ten minutes is an extremely low probability event.

The speed of [Thousand Stars] was not enough for Su Qing'an to travel to every corner of the city in such a short time, and even with the assistance of [Momentum] to expand the search range, he still could not do so.

The reason why Su Qing'an was able to arrive at the last moment so coincidentally was due to the huge anomaly created by Xi'er after she entered the quantum state.

That sense of alienation from the normal world was like a torch lit in the dark, too dazzling to bear.

This allowed him to instantly pinpoint the specific area and, even before his true form arrived, exert pressure from a considerable distance using his [power/aura].

As a result, Seele, who had just entered the quantum state, was forcibly pulled out, and Xing Chen's will was also obscured until Su Qing'an stepped into the cockpit.

Su Qing'an smiled and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips. He then carefully tied the scarf around the little girl's neck.

Noticing that her coat was missing, he took off his own fleece-lined coat and wrapped the little one up tightly.

As the boy wiped the blood from her forehead with a tissue, he whispered:

"Was Xier worried that this incident would affect my and Hua's future, which is why she ran away from home?"

Su Qing'an looked at her stunned eyes, tears streaming down her face, and said softly:

"When I brought you back, I already had this kind of future in mind."

"I am a useless person, which is why I came into this world in such a sorry state, but even so, there are things I want to protect."

The boy looked up at the man in front of him. The aura had dissipated, but he remained silent.

Xing Chen had no intention of fleeing on the spot, because as long as the other party was willing, there was no possibility of him leaving.

In order to ensure that the resources the country has invested in him are not wasted, the man is determined to make the most of his value.

Death is no longer something to fear, and physical pain can never compare to the torment of doubting one's own personality. Therefore, he would not lose his basic judgment because of the meaningless trembling and shutdown of his body.

The man began to calmly analyze all the data about the other party.

First, the other party seems to possess mental abilities, something we've never encountered before.

This was a conclusion Xing Chen drew from the intelligent database and his own speculation.

Following my body's first instinct, I felt at that moment that I was facing a species far superior to myself.

Even monsters like the Herrscher can only create fear by squandering their power, leading people to similar conclusions.

But the boy in front of them had accomplished this without even showing himself. If this wasn't a matter of mental strength or willpower, then it could only mean that he was even more terrifying than a Herrscher.

Xing Chen did not doubt that Su Qing'an was a lawyer.

This person is clearly intelligent and seems to regard Seele Voller as an important person.

The Lawyer does not meet these conditions in this respect, not to mention that the conclusion that is even more terrifying than the Lawyer is utterly absurd.

Therefore, men definitely tend to analyze themselves in the former way.

Secondly, the opponent has the means to manipulate Honkai energy and also possesses extraordinary physical abilities.

As Su Qing'an stepped into the cockpit, he deactivated [Power] and simultaneously deactivated [Thousand Stars].

Even so, after Xing Chen regained his will, the Honkai energy sensing device mounted on his body still provided data on the changes in the surrounding environment.

The Honkai energy wisps that spread in a regular ring pattern silently dissipated into the air. This unnatural Honkai energy fluctuation could only prove that it came from the other party's actions.

Judging by common sense, the person in front of you probably hasn't undergone any prosthetic modifications.

The observations from the prosthetic eye undoubtedly proved this point, but the other party's vital signs showed signs that were different from those of ordinary humans.

Preliminary assessment suggests that even in a purely human form, the opponent could demonstrate output power and speed no less than that of their own prosthetic body.

The exact limits are difficult to measure, but this is abnormal enough.

Legend has it that there are indeed powerful martial artists in the world who focus on tempering their bodies and developing their potential, thereby reaching the pinnacle of human potential.

In fact, Xing Chen can also see many related videos and analysis results in the intelligent database.

These things have existed for a very long time, dating back to more than a hundred years before the United Nations was established, and even among such a vast sea of ​​martial artists, no similar level could be found.

Because there is no precedent, it is difficult to understand this using the so-called martial arts.

Even so, Xing Chen trusted the judgment made by the central system of the intelligent system, and it was this trust that made him believe that he was currently in a complete dead end.

Entrusting one's life to the will of the other party is not a good choice, but that is the situation I am facing now.

If given the choice, a man would naturally not want to simply die like that. His own value may be as insignificant as a feather to all of humanity, but the thought of striving for this ideal is another kind of self-satisfaction.

If one were to die here, the slight solace offered by this powerlessness over oneself would cease to exist.

But Xing Chen ignored all of the above and uttered those repulsive words indifferently:

"Seele Voller is an indispensable existence for humanity. If we lose her, the failure of that experiment may affect the continuation of civilization."

Even if this is a genuine confession from the man, he understands that such words are just unreasonable attempts to impose righteousness and morality on the other person.

Xing Chen knew perfectly well that this would be an unpleasant response for the other party, but he needed to use this to understand the specific level of threat and the other party's personality.

No one can understand what kind of impact such an existence, which is beyond official understanding, will have.

This was especially true after the other side seemed to possess the ability to interfere with the Sea of ​​Quanta. In just one minute, the impression Su Qing'an gave to the man was enough to overturn too many perceptions.

He was not worried that his words would cause the other party's previously uncertain position to be negatively shifted.

Or, if a human with this power changes because of verbal stimulation, then it can confirm the degree of instability in that person.

Provoking the other party also allows one's internal intelligence to accurately observe just how dangerous they are.

At the cost of one's own life.

After the boy frowned, he continued: