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

But his naivety became the biggest obstacle to his breakthrough.

Can one truly develop the necessary willpower and awareness without experiencing pain and despair?

Su Qing'an knew the answer perfectly well.

But this is something he deliberately didn't want Fu Hua to experience.

He was troubled and saddened by it, yet he couldn't do nothing.

So the boy chose to do the same half-baked approach as always.

You can do it.

This statement reflects Su Qing'an's trust in Fu Hua, his expectations for Fu Hua, and also the pressure he exerts on Fu Hua.

Whether the 15-year-old girl can successfully meet Su Qing'an's equally high expectations is something no one can know in advance.

Even for him personally, the extent to which this action will benefit Fu Hua is still an unknown quantity.

Su Qing'an was really reluctant to part with it.

So he meticulously wiped out all the Honkai Beasts in the vicinity.

Under such circumstances, if Honkai Beasts appear nearby and successfully discover the shelter, it can only mean that Fu Hua will have to face these things sooner or later.

Whether due to reality or unforeseen circumstances, one cannot always follow the other person.

Given this, raising the girl is an unavoidable choice.

Given that most of the Honkai energy is now concentrated in the academy, the resulting Honkai Beasts will at most be a few Assault-class and a few scattered Tank-class.

Such a place, which minimizes risk yet creates a sense of crisis and challenges, is perhaps only possible now.

Even if she were to join the Firemoth with him later, the events they would encounter would only be more brutal than this.

The girl couldn't understand how much hesitation and inner turmoil Su Qing'an was going through.

She simply believed that the other party genuinely believed in her ability to do it, so even in this state, Fu Hua continued to silently recite Su Qing'an's words.

You can do it.

"I can do it," she whispered to herself.

The girl closed her eyes and focused all her consciousness into the sword's heart.

The arrangement of the collapsing energy between heaven and earth became so clear that every detail was visible, and an invisible information network entered the brain, informing it of every movement around it.

We mustn't wallow in autumn sorrow.

She must keep her promise to Master Su and protect everyone.

Therefore, even the Qi that Fu Hua despises must be used as a tool.

……

……

This marks the tenth minute that Himeko has been out of contact with the outside world.

Just as the signal disruptions felt on the helicopter foreshadowed, after landing and piercing the shield of the Temple-class Honkai Beast with his sword, his feet naturally touched the ground, and the team interaction frequency in his headset could no longer function normally.

The strange realm covered by the leaked power is slowly returning to its deathly stillness, which prevents the Honkai energy sensors inside the armor from malfunctioning.

But Himeko wasn't surprised.

The Honkai energy sensor inside the armor is designed with two sophisticated structures: one for its design and the other for its communication device.

Not knowing the specifics, she naturally didn't believe that the Honkai energy sensor would necessarily crash.

Himeko frowned slightly after initially determining the nearby Honkai energy threshold.

Compared to the average data for global collapse outbreaks, the threshold measured in this region appears to be slightly lower.

But perhaps that's the truly bizarre part.

The woman's brows relaxed, and her amber eyes were obscured by the thin goggles that naturally extended from her armor.

From Himeko's perspective, one can clearly see the entire map of Canghai City being loaded, along with locations where the corresponding Honkai energy range is fluctuating.

She drew her greatsword, glanced at the massive wreckage on the ground gradually dissolving into Honkai energy particles, and felt a headache coming on.

Honkai energy itself does not obey the basic law of conservation of energy, and Honkai Beasts themselves are monsters that are different from any other species.

After they die, most of their body matter will quickly degrade back into minute amounts of Honkai energy that are invisible to the naked eye.

This phenomenon means that killing Honkai Beasts is actually not very effective.

The already nearly inexhaustible Honkai energy, coupled with the fact that Honkai Beasts transform into Honkai energy and return to the world after death, further contributes to this energy.

It's a completely illogical cycle.

Fortunately, this cycle is explored from a macroscopic, long-term perspective. In reality, at least in the short term, the Honkai Beasts killed will not immediately and quickly give birth to new Honkai Beasts.

This also means that short-term cleanup efforts still have some meaningful benefits.

However, if this continues, the area of ​​land where humans can live in peace will be greatly reduced.

Even now, it is completely impossible to return to the original social order in a short period of time.

Currently, heading towards the Honkai energy fluctuations indicated within the armor seems to be Himeko's only compass.

Given the limited mobility of human feet, finding a means of transportation is clearly more convenient.

Himeko had this concern before landing, so she chose a location within the military district of Canghai City.

The hordes of zombies swarming in from all sides let out inhuman howls, and their original faces and expressions quickly became rotten and stiff.

The way it moved forward and the look of utter defeat in its eyes both conveyed a strange and ferocious feeling.

Faced with this scene, the woman's eyes revealed pity.

Although we had a general idea of ​​what would happen here after losing contact, the devastating scene of the entire army being wiped out was still hard to accept.

She swung her heavy greatsword and sighed softly:

"rest in peace."

Himeko's armor possesses the basic function of absorbing external Honkai energy and converting it into driving force to amplify the warrior's all aspects. Under the Ironblood's offensive, all the weakest zombies in these Honkai events died.

This level of output doesn't even require her own physical strength. The armor is connected to a portion of the body's neurons, and after long-term training, the warrior's pure instinct is enough to drive the armor to move the body into combat without delay.

Himeko will only activate this function when facing opponents who require the least effort and the most terrifying enemies.

Before the troops arrived in Canghai City, she had to find out the rest of the information, so she had to carefully manage her physical exertion.

It seems that due to the scarcity of women in the military region, apart from some Honkai Beasts, the number of suicide soldiers can be described as negligible.

The zombies created by hundreds of soldiers are the least threatening monsters.

Even though I really want to help these comrades stop maintaining this ugly attitude and give them a way out.

But there are priorities.

After testing several military energy vehicles and finding them all in a state of complete malfunction and becoming scrap metal, Himeko successfully found an old-fashioned gasoline armored vehicle in the army warehouse with the last serial number and drove it into the military tunnel without hesitation.

The academy where Su Qing'an works almost completely overlaps with the peak area of ​​the Honkai energy fluctuation.

This really made Himeko uneasy.

Whether it's a mere coincidence or something else entirely, this phenomenon speaks volumes.

That means there's one more factor supporting her previous judgment.

If Su Qing'an is truly the agent of the Honkai, then the academy is indeed the cradle of the Third Herrscher, and things have already started to develop in the worst possible direction.

Even if this guess is completely wrong.

Su Qing'an has no connection with the Collapsed Consciousness; he is simply incredibly mysterious and ridiculously powerful. Yet, the current situation is still unexpectedly dire.

This means that a powerful warrior fighting against the Honkai is likely facing a Herrscher directly.

A sacrifice, perhaps caused by a series of coincidences, may have already occurred without Himeko's knowledge.

This is certainly not a good thing either.

From an official and moral standpoint, humanity has lost the possibility of knowing the secret of how Su Qing'an could be so powerful without using armor.

Even considering the scarcity of high-end combat power that could be recruited, this is undoubtedly a huge loss.

As for personal matters, the woman always found the boy pleasing to the eye.

Perhaps it's because he's good-looking and very polite, or perhaps it's just a matter of first impressions.

In short, for various reasons.

Su Qing'an encountered the Lawyer and died in battle.

Su Qing'an has colluded with the lawyers; he is a confirmed traitor.

Neither of these outcomes is the situation Himeko wants to see.

The former would inevitably make her feel sentimental and somewhat regretful.

The latter only exacerbates the current situation, making humanity even more overwhelmed.

The authorities should now have received confirmation that they are completely out of contact, and the priority rescue policy for elites should change accordingly.

The light at the end of the tunnel is just around the corner; let's hope there are no more unexpected events.

As she thought about all this, she floored the accelerator and headed toward her intended destination.

A New Year's bonus episode, the sequel to the Walking Marriage Bridge.

Suppose there is a worldline that is without any regrets.

Perhaps after stepping onto this bridge, the path will not lead to death, but to a future where we can face everything together hand in hand.

……

……

A gentle breeze, between day and night, caressed his face. The young man gazed absently at the ripples spreading slowly across the river. It seemed as if he had something he wanted to say but couldn't, and his lips parted but no words came out.

But soon, the immortal's puzzled gaze brought Su Qing'an back to her senses.

As the girl's face came into view, the boy suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of longing and a deep-seated panic.