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

Otto had a vague sense of foreboding.

This was a strange sense of unease that arose at the very beginning of a series of plans.

Based on the reality that even previous civilizations could be defeated by the Collapse, it can be inferred that the immortal from Shenzhou must have had a clear limit to his power.

Even though they are stronger than regular Herrschers, they are still flesh and blood and should not be invincible.

As initially predicted, the First Herrscher has gone berserk, shifting the tide of battle in our favor. In addition, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal has broken free from her battle with Feather Dust, and the Honkai Fission Bomb is ready to be fired at any moment. Even if we cannot completely kill the opponent, we can severely injure them.

Theoretically speaking, this is already a very cautious judgment.

Even though Otto intended to test Fu Hua's power limits, he had already placed a cap on her power in his mind.

Under these circumstances, he did not believe that the other side could break the deadlock.

If that completely uncontrollable immortal from Shenzhou were to be dealt with now, that would be the best outcome.

Even if they can't solve the problem, they can create more loopholes, glean some information, and completely destroy Walter Joyce.

In the heart of this bishop of Destiny, the one who truly deserves awe and fear is not the First Herrscher under the enslavement of Honkai, but Joyce, who possesses self-awareness and wisdom and wields corresponding powers accordingly.

Therefore, based on a series of goals and plans, the best way to make the other party lose this qualification and take action against that immortal is to use a frame-up as a pretext to kill the person most important and closest to Joyce with "Ji Qing's" soul steel puppet.

— Albert Einstein.

She would be his Karen, the saint in his heart.

Even with the talent Einstein has shown so far, he could very well have become the greatest scientist in human history. Killing him would be a terrible waste of a precious talent.

However, for Otto Apocalypse, who inherited the legacy of the previous civilization through the Void Treasury, the existence of this genius scientist was not irreplaceable.

On the other hand, Lisser's close relationship with Joyce might not necessarily allow her to use Joyce for her own purposes.

Therefore, killing the other party is not such a difficult choice.

As Otto had predicted, Joyce's reaction was to render the crudely made Soul Steel doll inoperable within the third minute of his rampage.

Of all the plans, the First Herrscher's rampage was the most important and crucial element.

Once Walter loses his sanity, the remaining steps are to time his encounter with the immortal precisely so that he can achieve his desired goal.

Therefore, knowing that the agent of [Chao Xian] had a clone of Yu Du Chen, he used the informant left behind by that immortal to calculate the distance and time between them and take action against him, thus making the other party realize his target and take the initiative to find Walter.

What awaits Fu Hua is the First Herrscher, who has gone berserk.

Otto believed in the power of emotions and also believed that for Joyce, the fairy who gave her a place to stay must have held a similar position of respect in her heart as an elder.

Therefore, in order to prevent Joyce's rampage from faltering after Fu Hua's appearance, it was clearly meaningful to frame her beforehand.

After all, from the perspective of the First Herrscher, Ji Qing killed Einstein, and soon after, the Crimson Iris Immortal appeared, which would inevitably arouse suspicion.

When Joyce loses her composure, her subconscious will develop additional psychological defenses that didn't exist before, causing Yu Duchen's attempts to comfort her to lose their original effect.

Ultimately, the power of the Key of Consciousness has clear limits. If it could truly isolate the Herrscher's personality and control over the Honkai at will, then every Herrscher born afterward would pose no corresponding threat.

In other words, a major battle between the two is almost inevitable.

Of course, to avoid any unexpected situations, he also prepared other backup plans.

That is, Frederica Nikola Tesla.

This is also why they didn't just get rid of Ms. Tesla, with whom they had a close relationship, all at once.

Joyce would realize that Ein's death was not an accident.

Tesla, who was briefly separated from them, is now also under the control of the Destiny forces.

Anger and hatred are often deadly poisons that destroy reason.

If Ein's death could be the trigger for the collapse of the fortress he had built over three years, then Tesla's death was the perfect addition to the fire, enough to ignite even the most restrained emotions into a grand spectacle, burning everything in sight and causing the battle to dissipate throughout the entire city.

Otto agreed to the suggestion to transfer the two genius scientists to Laboratory 42 because he himself needed a few bonds and shackles to restrain the First Herrscher.

Even if Fu Hua doesn't bring it up, this Destiny Bishop will actively arrange pairings.

Whether used to threaten and restrain, or to burn away the other party's rationality like a disposable item, it is a very useful tool.

The Honkai Fission Bomb will be the final segment, at which point Leona's Schicksal forces, and even the entire city of London, will become victims in this game of eliminating dissidents.

This did not stir even the slightest ripple in the heart of this villain who used the entire world as a bargaining chip for his own selfish desires.

Otto snapped his fingers, and the jazz music instantly switched to a country religious tune. He listened silently to the banjo's chant, his emerald eyes lowered, and murmured:

"We should run into each other around that time."

“My friends…”

After the man finished speaking, the light in his eyes dimmed, and he sat down at the bar like a silent statue, ceasing all movement.

At this moment, the consciousness residing in this body descended again, instantly transferring most of its consciousness to Leanna's body.

The man in the suit wearing a clown mask looked at the chaotic scene nearby; clearly, the chaos in the coffee shop had attracted outside attention.

The comrade from Shenzhou left the place under Yu Duchen's protection, most likely heading to her other colleagues or the area where Joyce was.

Although Yu Duchen, as a key of consciousness, was able to resist the erosion of the Black Abyss even with only a clone, which was beyond his expectations, the other party clearly did not intend to rely on a single feather to fight Otto. After launching a preemptive attack, he left the spot.

The man felt the ceaseless power surging within this soul steel body, which had been slowly forged over countless years using the Void Treasury, and sensed a somewhat unfamiliar feeling.

This body, which originally belonged to Leanna, was ultimately covered with traces of that person's memories.

Even though the existence of these things allows the warrior's remaining combat instincts and skills to be put to use, the corresponding price is the creation of alienation and estrangement, as well as... the risk of being backfired.

[Reporting to the Bishop: An unidentified object is approaching the Shard from the skies far above London.]

Clearly, the visitor could only be that Crimson Iris Immortal.

This news left Otto with no room to care about such things; he had to add more weight to the opponent's strength before the Crimson Lotus Sage met the First Herrscher.

The level of combat power of that Crimson Kite Immortal is quite troublesome. Joyce's current combat power is far too weak, even weaker than that of a regular Herrscher individual. It would be easy to be defeated if compared to him.

There's nothing we can do about it; the First Herrscher's power is to understand and reproduce.

In theory, Joyce could replicate weapons and tools within his understanding and with knowledge of their construction principles, and even extend them to phenomena to some extent.

The First Herrscher, when it goes berserk, is like a Homo sapiens who has lost its wisdom and forgotten how to use weapons.

Although the relevant knowledge will become instinctive as it is integrated into the DNA of the Herrscher core, the corresponding judgments and tactical combinations will become arbitrary and clumsy, making them vulnerable and unable to shoulder great responsibilities.

Moreover, the timeline has changed.

The current First Herrscher is not the original Walter Joyce who carried the souls of 300,000 Berliners. He has not only lost his great resistance to Honkai control, but also lost much of the hidden knowledge that was extremely beneficial to this power.

In other words, the butterfly effect caused by the Red Iris Immortal has given Walter multiple debuffs.

Moreover, even the original Welt did not possess particularly outstanding combat capabilities before obtaining the Star of Eden, the ninth key of the gods.

Therefore, in order to prevent the opponent from being easily subdued by Fu Hua, and to possess the power to force the opponent to reach their own limits.

This bishop of Destiny decided to send a weapon to the Herrscher of Reason.

Otto discovered a message in Yellowstone National Park three years ago, and after a detailed investigation by the corresponding forces of Destiny, he finally found the Type 1625 floating storage room in Lexington.

The object stored within is the Ninth Divine Key, which Joyce and his group recently discovered in the original future timeline.

—Star of Eden.

This divine key, after wandering through vastly different world lines, was ultimately delivered to the current First Herrscher in a different form.

Otto, as the mastermind behind all of this, had been planning this for a long time.

Joyce's subcutaneous tissue was embedded with coordinates corresponding to the Star of Eden. Once Schicksal headquarters receives the relevant instructions, it can be deployed to the target's location.

On the other hand, as Joyce's pen pal and top superior at the Imperial Institute, he would have Joyce complete the relevant academic reports and experimental reports in two ways.

Among them are various theories and structures concerning this key of the gods.

In short, Joyce had been a researcher on Eden's Star for three whole years, and he could instinctively control this divine key and unleash its terrifying power.

Through meticulous calculations and deductions, it is concluded that the Herrscher of Reason who possesses this Divine Key is essentially wearing the shell of the Ninth Herrscher, wielding two completely different powers, which is enough to pose a certain threat to that being.

[Your Excellency, a lone individual, suspected to be the Crimson Iris Immortal, has arrived at the Shard Tower.]

The blond clown gazed at the distant sky and earth suddenly darkening, and at the massive building that was crumbling and collapsing towards the ground. He gently stroked the black knight's sword in his hand and whispered:

"Behold what a shattered star looks like, my old friend."

……

……

AM: 1:25 PM.

The girl put down the fashion magazine she was holding, straightened her back as she sank into the soft sofa, and asked earnestly:

"Qing'an, how long can a person's soul be preserved after death?"

Su Qing'an thought for a moment and replied:

"It varies from person to person. If it's not an attack of the nature of the Collapse Will that directly crushes the soul to near nothingness, but just a normal death of the physical body, it can generally be preserved in a roughly intact state for three to three days. Under normal conditions, it will tend to break apart and fall into the cycle of reincarnation in the dark."

In the previous timeline, he possessed the ability to observe souls, giving him some authority and insight into this matter.

The Sydney tragedy caused by the Herrscher of Sunfire left countless souls adrift in the dark dust. At that time, I chose to use the remains of those victims to build a memorial monument that resembled an iron tower.

Thus, those souls, in the remaining years, gradually entered the realm of the unobservable and disappeared.

Whether it is related to the memorial stone he erected is another unknown matter.

He continued:

"This data is also related to the obsessions, emotions, beliefs, the degree of physical integrity after death, the index of the essence of the soul, and the local environment."

Su Qing'an looked up at his wife, who, after hearing the news, was still waiting for the plane to land and showed no intention of getting up, and asked with a smile:

"You want to know if, after those people died for this, I can use the Black Abyss White Flower to resurrect them intact?"

Fu Hua nodded in response:

"Hmm, but I think I know the answer."

After all, if the situation were irreversible, given Su Qing'an's personality, he wouldn't continue to stay in the cabin, explaining some trivial information that clearly existed deep in the memories of the two of them.

She continued:

“We have interfered with the original future process. If we take action now to resolve this, given Otto’s personality, he will refrain from taking any action for a long time until he has absolute certainty, just as he did when he admitted to the establishment of anti-entropy.”

"On the other hand, thanks to my intervention, Walter did not undergo three years of excruciating research as he had originally planned."