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

Sato Yuno's despair may be overcome, but her hatred can never be put aside.

The culprit is humanity.

Collapse is simply a part of nature, like a tsunami or an earthquake; it is inevitable, it is destiny.

However, the collapse of Changkong City was different. It was a product of human intervention. It was not an accident or bad luck, but a game that was actually tested on countless human lives.

The voice spoke to Sato Yuno, like a demon who could see through people's hearts, luring out the girl's hatred and despair.

Look. It's true that Honkai destroyed everything and took everything from you, but Honkai is just a tool.

It's like a dinner knife; it's a knife used to cut through beef and put it in your mouth, but it's a person who's actually eating it.

"The culprit... is humanity..." The sunlight shining into the girl's eyes seemed to plunge into deep darkness, she murmured softly.

"Yes, it's human," the voice said.

“It’s…human…” the girl repeated mechanically, but her words began to show emotional fluctuations.

My mother is dead.

My father is dead.

It's humanity's fault.

"Yes, it's humanity's fault," He said.

All the precious things have vanished.

They must be feeling incredibly sad and heartbroken.

Anger, hatred, and resentment overflow, causing you so much pain that you don't want to live anymore.

Then let it be destroyed.

Destroy this filthy world, kill all those ugly humans.

Make this world the way you want it to be.

You can wield power and influence if you are willing.

If you are willing, you can become my apostle.

You will lose nothing more; the whole world will be under your feet.

Because you will completely break away from such a lowly form of existence as humans.

“To be…detached…from…humanity…from…lower…” the girl murmured, her head bowed, “But…I am also…human…”

You won't be like that for long.

"Just reach out your hand," He said.

"Stretch out... your hand?" The girl looked at her fair palm, the lines of which were as intricate as a maze.

In her memory, her father's hands were rough, but the way he touched her head was always exceptionally gentle. Her mother also liked to gently pinch her cheeks with her hands, her face beaming with smiles, and her hair, the same color as hers, carried her favorite fragrance.

Can I take revenge just by reaching out my hand?

Then I...

The girl reached out her hand toward the ray of sunlight, as if to cup it in her hands, her expression blank and lost.

The girl with that expression looked like a delicate and fragile doll.

Once she grasped that light, Sato Yuno would never be able to show that expression again.

Because she will not be herself; what will survive is merely a fake in the body of Sato Yuno.

But he would never allow something like that.

The moment the girl reached out her slender hand, the boy entered her world, took her hand in front of the beam of light, and embraced her.

Blood trickled from the boy's forehead, and as he lowered his head, the warm blood slid down her neck. He whispered in her ear:

"Sato, I don't know what that guy was talking to you about, but so-called gods are all bad things, so wake up, you're not completely without anything."

The boy's sword shattered the boundaries of darkness, and the girl looked up blankly as sunlight fell into her eyes, making them feel extremely blinding.

"Su...Qing'an?"

I'm not completely without anything.

I see.

It must have been a long time outside. Manager, you must have worked very hard to get here.

I'm so sorry to have caused you so much trouble.

So, even if it's just for you... the girl made her decision.

Regardless of whether the Honkai or humanity is at fault, she will no longer waver.

If we were to kill all humans, wouldn't that mean killing the shopkeeper too?

if it is like this.

I refuse.

After a strong will emerged, Sato Yuno fully regained consciousness. The voice of that being seemed to have faded away. She turned her head, trying to smile and thank the boy, and also to say sorry.

But the clothes on her abdomen gradually became damp, causing her to choke on her words.

Sato Yuno stood there blankly, unable to utter a word.

A blinding crimson light came into view. The moment the boy embraced her, the relentless vines pierced his body. As Sato Yuno regained consciousness, all the vines in the entire library withered and died.

The same was true for Su Qing'an's wounds; with no obstruction, blood gushed out like a spring.

After saying those words, the massive blood loss and the energy consumed by controlling Honkai energy caused him to fall into a coma. Su Qing'an leaned against the girl, his body covered in blood and his body temperature was ice cold.

Unable to stop it, the girl tried to stop the bleeding with her hands, but it only stained her hands with bright red blood.

The crimson hue painted the entire world, and the girl's eyes could no longer hold anything else; only one thought echoed in her mind.

will die.

Su Qing'an will die.

She killed him.

Sato Yuno killed Su Qing'an.

Do you want to save him?

Humans cannot do it, but becoming my apostle can.

That is enough power and authority to control life and death.

That being spoke words that bewitched the girl, and from the very beginning, it was always there, never leaving.

If Sato Yuno wavers, He will drag her into the abyss.

"If it can save him, I don't care what happens to him." The words that came out of Sato Yuno's mouth contained an unprecedented obsession and determination.

Su Qing'an, who did everything in her power to pull Sato Yuno out of the abyss.

He was her only light, her hero.

Yes, the world left her with its last act of kindness.

The girl, who had already lost everything, was unwilling to lose anything more.

Therefore, one can leap into the abyss again without fear.

Because what's even harder to bear than all of this is regret.

Intense Honkai energy surged and gathered around the girl once again, forming an outer shell, like a cocoon.

After a short time, Sato Yuno will emerge from her cocoon.

The unfinished pseudo-Herrscher will also be completely complete.

56. The Unknown Future

Chiba Academy, the dilapidated library.

Emerald-green vines were created from the void by Yuno Sato. They wrapped around the boy's body and emitted a bright green light.

A scenario that defies common sense has emerged.

As the bleeding stopped, the wound began to heal, Su Qing'an's weak breathing gradually returned to normal, and her pale face seemed to regain some color.

A fatal injury could be healed in just a few seconds.

Sato Yuno stood up, holding the boy. Her purple hair cascaded down to the ground like a waterfall. Her emerald eyes looked around indifferently and disgustedly, as if she were looking at the most filthy filth.

Such a world has no reason to exist.

Sato Yuno, emerging from her cocoon, thought to herself.

With every breath, a powerful urge to destroy raged through her brain, but she had no interest in ravaging a deserted, ruined city.

The girl's memories have been corrupted and sealed away, and her thoughts and personality have begun to become distorted.

I am Sato Yuno, an apostle of God.

The goal is to exterminate humanity, as weak as ants, and cleanse the world of its filth.

But the human in my arms was an exception. Strangely, when the urge to kill him arose, my heart ached.

It's like a hand gripping your heart; as soon as the killing intent surges, the shackles and thorns formed by that obsession will shatter everything, leading to self-destruction.

This is the only person who cannot be moved.

She wouldn't care even if the world collapsed and perished.

Hmph, quite an important existence, huh?

Why was something as insignificant as an ant considered a treasure by my former self?

"Su Qing'an... huh. How weak I used to be." The girl said coldly, but the vines gently lifted the boy into her arms.

However, you cannot die before I lose interest.

A pseudo-Herrscher named Sato Yuno stepped out of Chiba Academy and began wandering around Changkong City.