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

Assuming the world's will is the consciousness of collapse, he lacked the courage to test what would happen if it discovered his abnormality, using himself as a bargaining chip.

Perhaps it's a merciful death, or perhaps it's a choice to ignore it from a position of power.

It wouldn't be surprising if they were turned into zombies or Honkai Beasts.

Only children are qualified to make choices.

But adults have no choice.

This is probably the result that being wanted to see.

Whether Su Qing'an pushes open the door or not, he cannot leave Changkong City.

Collapse is the despair he must face.

The biggest challenge facing him was how to resist the erosion of Honkai energy. Since he could not avoid Honkai energy, Su Qing'an's only hope was his own Honkai energy resistance.

And this point is perfectly proven by his existence in this world and by his previous death, which both demonstrate that he does not exist at all.

Even though he comes from another world, his essential nature as an ordinary human being remains unchanged.

According to the shameless setting of Honkai Impact 3, women generally have higher resistance to Honkai energy than men, and most of those who fight against Honkai are women.

Although there are occasional exceptions, such as Siegfried Kaslana, who is mixed in with a group of Valkyrie ladies.

Another example is Otto Apocalypse, the mastermind behind the scenes who has never been exposed in the main storyline of the game and comics.

There's also the former Herrscher of Reason, Welt Joyce, who has already died in the present timeline, and the current Herrscher of Reason, Welt Yang.

It can be seen that the male characters who have a lot of screen time are basically big shots. They are either Herrschers or have Honkai energy resistance due to their ancestors' legacy. They basically all have cheat codes to use.

However, this does not negate one fact.

That is, normal men are basically powerless to fight Honkai head-on. Even if they can fight with the help of some weapons, they are far inferior to Valkyries who have Honkai resistance.

If these settings in a game are merely for better portraying yuri (lesbian) pairings and appealing to anime/manga fans, then in a real world, they would be a cruel death sentence for Su Qing'an.

This is discrimination! Why do Honkai energy users prefer young ladies? Is the essence of humanity not a broken record but a matriarchal society?

To relieve stress, Su Qing'an tried to recall the plot he still vaguely remembered, and found that he could only wait to die, except to hope that someone would give him a cheat code or that a miracle would happen.

If only I could cultivate immortality! Once I reach the Nascent Soul stage and break through a few more realms, I could take down a Wind Herrscher with a single punch. Beating Herrschers would be like sweeping through an old folks' home in Nanshan. Maybe I could even have a one-on-one fight against the End Herrscher in the end! My future is incredibly bright.

However, the art style of cultivating immortality in the world of Honkai Impact 3 is quite strange.

Su Qing'an rolled over and lay on the ground, his face expressionless as he pondered the empty fantasies in his mind.

"Ah, lately there have been strange settings like using Honkai energy as internal energy to cultivate. Cultivating immortality doesn't seem so wrong, does it?"

Wait, did I just say something crucial? Using Honkai energy as internal energy to practice martial arts? Practicing martial arts?

in case.

If he has this training method, commonly known as a martial arts manual, is there still a glimmer of hope for him?

Ignoring men's resistance to Honkai energy could make martial arts training extremely difficult, and Su Qing'an was trying her best to consider this possibility.

In his understanding, a Honkai outbreak is actually the instantaneous creation of a large area of ​​high Honkai energy concentration, causing people without Honkai energy resistance to die.

For humans with high Honkai energy resistance, the danger lies only in the Honkai Beasts and Death Soldiers generated by high levels of Honkai energy.

Su Qing'an wanted to take the most basic step to avoid being killed by the high concentration of Honkai energy.

In the Honkai Impact 3rd universe, the essence of martial arts training is nothing more than turning Honkai energy into one's own. Just like the old man said, you have to use magic to fight magic. It's the same here; you have to use the power of Honkai to fight against Honkai.

The most basic requirement for utilizing Honkai energy in a human body is to have Honkai energy resistance.

The logical equation holds true. Within the martial arts of Shenzhou, there exist methods for cultivating resistance to Honkai energy.

This method also has a certain degree of popularity; otherwise, martial arts sects and similar circles wouldn't exist in the setting.

Thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising. Using the technology of the previous generation of civilizations should have made it easier to achieve the goal of increasing Honkai energy resistance.

Martial arts should only be a relatively slow method.

While it's difficult to quickly reach a level sufficient to resist the corrosive effects of high Honkai energy before the Honkai eruption, it's not entirely impossible after fusing with another fragment of one's own soul.

After the successful fusion, Su Qing'an has begun to feel that his five senses are much stronger than before. Compared with his previous self, it is like lifting the fog and experiencing another world anew.

In fact, this became much more apparent after his death, even more so than the enhancement brought about by fusing with soul fragments.

He simply didn't realize it after his resurrection.

But in fact, the correctness of his idea has been shattered in the visual novels that Su Qing'an has not read.

But at this moment, he was like a gambler who had found his last glimmer of hope; even if he understood the truth, he could only strive in this direction.

Now, the biggest problem is just one thing: martial arts manuals.

He already had a clue about this.

In Su Qing'an's memory, his parents were still archaeologists, unlike the cause of their deaths in the plane crash in his other world.

In this world, he didn't know the cause of his parents' death. Apart from being informed by the relevant authorities that they had passed away, he only saw a symbolic urn being buried.

These things that might have doubts and secrets are not the time to investigate. What interests Su Qing'an is that among his parents' belongings in his memory are a bunch of strange things, including this martial arts manual that he thinks is nonsense at first glance.

As an archaeologist, the fact that he collected such out-of-place items led him to suspect that his late father, Su Jinyan, was a low-key martial arts enthusiast, and that these items were simply his hobby collection in his spare time.

So out of a sense of remembrance, he did not use them as tools to prop up table legs.

The martial arts manual that Su Qing'an used as proof that he was a boy until his death was hidden under the TV cabinet, beneath the book "Karen Fantasy".

Su Qing'an stood up and reached out to pull it out.

Stroking the cool, smooth texture, he carefully examined the book, which was more of a booklet than a book.

Because it was so thin, he began to question the authenticity of this martial arts manual, but it was clear that this book, which was suspected to be a manual, was indeed quite old.

The back of the booklet has a deep, dark black background, with not a single word written on it.

Su Qing'an turned the book over to the front.

The old cover has four traditional Chinese characters written in regular script.

【Tai Xu Sword Qi】

8. False hope

"The Void Sword Qi?!" My father's keepsake was this?

The martial arts passed down by the legendary immortal Chi Yuan of Shenzhou are essentially a method of modifying the human body by a pre-civilization. It can subtly transform the entire human body into a container and channel for Honkai energy, thereby increasing the ability of ordinary people to contain and utilize Honkai energy while avoiding the corresponding risks.

Su Qing'an himself was unaware of such a complicated background setting; he only knew that it was a skill of a Valkyrie he liked in the game.

Fu Hua, an immortal who has protected the land of China for five thousand years, is also a fusion warrior from a previous civilization.

This is essentially what Su Qing'an needs most right now, and it is also the most suitable thing for him. Only by cultivating this martial art to improve his resistance to Honkai energy can he possibly avoid becoming a pathetic monster like a zombie in the not-too-distant future.

But besides joy, Su Qing'an, who had found a lifeline, was filled with more doubt: Were her parents really dead? Were they really just ordinary archaeologists? If not, what were their true identities?

And also, it's such a coincidence.

Even using the unknown identities of the parents as an explanation, it's still too much of a coincidence.

This feels like you're playing a game where the game designers provide a guiding NPC to help you survive the initial cutscenes, and then throw a newbie gift pack at you as a sweet treat to prevent you from quitting.

If we were to match them up, Kiana is the NPC who guides him to the starting point of the game, while the Taixu Sword Qi is the newbie gift pack that prevents him from quitting the game.

His journey, which took less than two hours, seemed to have been meticulously planned.

Su Qing'an could already imagine the general route ahead. If he mastered the Taixu Sword Qi and survived the Collapse, he would probably use his relationship with Kiana to infiltrate the main trio and escape Changkong City.

If you can't learn it, then all your efforts are in vain.

In theory, he was already imprisoned, and invisible shackles bound him to Changkong City.

Wait, why is he trapped in Changkong City?

Because of Su Qing'an's fate in this world?

Why would he believe that there must be such a thing as a world consciousness? Such a fantastical setting is not surprising in the world of Honkai Impact 3, but what is strange is why he is so convinced of the existence of a world consciousness.

Even if a world consciousness truly exists, why would he believe that it will definitely discover him? Would a human being discover an extra speck of dust on their own body?

There are too many uncertainties and too many possibilities, but why does he feel like he has signed a contract that he cannot go against the future path of Su Qing'an in this world?

His keen intuition and subtle sense of inconsistency led him to perceive the fact that was closest to the truth.

That unknown entity tampered with the soul fragments, granting him a stronger soul essence and the memories of himself in this world than before, while subconsciously making him firmly believe that he could not leave Changkong City.

Let's call this being God for now. What a perverse God!

Peeling away the sugar coating, the cannonball inside made his heart feel instantly cold.

Even before opening the book on the Void Sword Qi, Su Qing'an had already begun to question its authenticity.

He gradually realized that in this isolated and helpless world, he needed to be more careful with every choice, because if he made the wrong choice, he might face death.

He understood this before his last death, but the peaceful scene in Changkong City made him subconsciously lower his guard.

He tried to take deep breaths, trying to clear the chaotic emotions churning in his chest. Calm down, calm down. Su Qing'an, you have nothing. If you can't even stay calm, then there's nothing else to talk about.

He carefully photographed every page of the Taixu Sword Qi with his phone and uploaded it to Su Qing'an's social media account and cloud space in this world.

Even if he can't confirm whether it's true or not, this is one of the few bargaining chips he has, and he must first prevent the possibility of losing it.

"Let's go downstairs and find Kiana first. It's been... ten minutes already." He glanced at the time on his phone. In those short ten minutes, Su Qing'an had experienced a complex and rich journey, which gave him a feeling of being in another world.

Putting his phone in his pocket, Su Qing'an took the ancient book, pushed open the door, and went downstairs.

"Manager, have you been hiding in your room grinding dungeons?" Kiana, sitting in a chair, swayed her braided hair. Her white hair was dazzling in the sunlight, but it paled in comparison to her delicate face.

In a sense, being good-looking is really powerful. Even in this state, Su Qing'an felt a sense of pleasure the moment she saw Kiana.

That's a unique personal charm created by the combination of her extremely high looks and a wonderful aura about Kiana.

Just being near her makes me feel at ease.

"Kiana, I suspect that I was mentally confused from practicing the peerless martial arts left by my father, but I've returned to normal now," Su Qing'an said seriously.

"(▼皿▼＃) Do you think I'm an idiot?! Shopkeeper! Only a moron would believe such nonsense! Besides, why would you practice something like this?"

"You've been complaining about your dad being a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) before! If you're going to give me a perfunctory excuse, at least come up with a more plausible one!"

"It's quite normal for you to be mentally unstable because you sold your house in Canghai City and poured all your money into Houmu Paradise without getting any good items!"