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

Madman, thug, villain, psychopath, dictator...

In an instant, countless evaluations of that bishop flashed through Leanna's mind, and she suddenly understood why she had suddenly come to London.

Once the collapse of the Shards, the multiple missiles targeting the area, and the terrifying Honkai energy levels that previously erupted nearby are combined, the logic can be pieced together, pinning the blame for the loss of nearly a day's worth of memories on that bishop.

Previously, I was unwilling to think in this direction, and because the incident happened so suddenly, there was little room for reflection.

When all the clues pointed to Otto Apocalypse, Leanna had to admit that she did have too many weaknesses that allowed him to control her body. The reason she was able to maintain her peak combat power for over a hundred years was because the bishop personally modified her body.

In other words, it is actually very difficult for Leanna to determine whether this body can completely belong to her, let alone judge whether this body can be completely under her control.

In the past, she had no reason to doubt that the seemingly kind and elegant bishop would plot to seize the body of the Valkyrie under her command.

But now, the answer is obvious.

Although I don't know why I lost control, this nearly one-day gap in my life has undoubtedly proven a lot.

Moreover, the Black Abyss sword that should have been with him had disappeared without a trace, and there was no response to the order sent to headquarters to teleport it.

However, judging from the fact that he had regained his autonomy, that the collapse of the Shard Tower had not caused any casualties, and that the missiles had been annihilated before he even noticed them, things had not developed to the worst possible extent. In fact, it could be said that the opposite was true. The bishop's plan was undoubtedly heading in the wrong direction.

In Leanna's mind, there were also some people whom Otto had targeted in this way.

—The Crimson Iris Immortal.

She glanced down at the tiny city below, which resembled a grid of squares, and suddenly remembered the stranger who had done her a favor.

If it were that otherworldly being who extinguished the first Honkai outbreak in Berlin and single-handedly wiped out all the Honkai beasts in a short time, it would indeed arouse the bishop's fear and killing intent.

Before Leanna could even try to reunite with the other party and find out what the current situation was, alarm bells rang in her heart. An inexplicable premonition seemed to cause her body to burst with a nerve-straining pressure, forcing her thoughts to break down.

The woman suddenly looked back, and a black dot was zooming in infinitely between her blue pupils.

It was an even more deafening unidentified flying object, accompanied by a scorching storm, tearing through the upper clouds at a terrifying speed of Mach 25 per second. It prematurely began releasing light and heat that could melt everything, and massively disrupted the Honkai energy particles in the surrounding dozens of miles, causing them to twist and condense into various phenomena that rendered signals ineffective and caused magnetic field disturbances.

Intercontinental ballistic missile?

No, although it's incredible, if it were that level, it would probably have been reduced to ashes under a similar pressure.

She could only interpret it as the headquarters releasing the Honkai Fission Bomb, which was considered a trump card and was only used in a meeting vote when facing a desperate situation.

This new weapon, developed over several years, possesses the terrifying effect of artificially aggregating and releasing a large amount of Honkai energy from the imaginary side in an extremely short time through a physical chain reaction, thereby destroying all nearby matter.

Theoretically speaking, this is humanity's ultimate trump card in the fight against Herrschers and Honkai Beasts.

But now, that bishop is using it for internal strife among humans, and it has descended upon the skies above London in such an unreasonable way, and will soon destroy all life and matter within sight.

Almost instantly, Leanna devised a series of plans to mitigate the trauma inflicted on the city on a massive scale through her self-sacrifice.

But the next moment, something even more unexpected happened.

The terrifying weapon, which was about to sink into the city and had already released light and heat, was like a snowflake falling into boiling water. In an instant, it lost its own form and shattered into a soft halo of light that spread like mercury in the incomparable transparent force field and shock wave. In the next second, it was ground into even finer particles by the ultimate power, along with the dissipation of thousands of fireworks.

This recurring cycle, like an infinitely ascending spiral staircase, completely resolved the crisis in an extremely absurd and incomprehensible way, as simple as a pre-arranged performance.

What Reyanna failed to notice was that the object that completely tore the Honkai Impact Explosion into ashes was merely a red hairpin that turned to dust along with it.

At this moment.

Fu Hua glanced at the three unconscious people on the lawn, completely unconcerned about the lingering ripples in the sky, and simply sighed:

"So, the hardship has begun."

"But since Joyce was directly controlled by the Honkai, it's as if we ended up finishing halfway through his experience. Hopefully, it won't change his personality or beliefs."

After all, under those circumstances, it was really difficult for the two of them to continue to stand idly by.

The First Herrscher who lost her mind, Ms. Tesla who was simply tied to the trunk, and Dr. Einstein who was directly killed were all essentially betrayed and stabbed by Otto, leaving them no room for a comeback. Therefore, it is difficult to call their battles of hard work, trials, and positive significance worth mentioning.

Moreover, if we continue to let the other party act recklessly, it would be a huge waste of time to resurrect them with Black Abyss White Flowers without restraint.

For Su Qing'an, who had only recently woken up and just wanted to enjoy a leisurely life, and Fu Hua, who had just reunited with her lover after eight hundred years, wasting time on unnecessary things definitely needed to be stopped.

From this perspective, Otto's calculations and plans were indeed quite successful. However, the prelude he laid out for so long attracted a subject that completely exceeded the limits of this network, leading to a meaningless result.

Human effort has its limits, but the will of Heaven is even harder to defy.

For Su Qing'an in the past, Fuxi was the inescapable will of Heaven.

For Bishop Otto now, these two are equivalent.

The only difference is that he lacks the scales of the soul.

Su Qing'an glanced at Joyce's sleeping face, walked to his side, straightened his clothes which his wife had wrinkled, and said with a smile:

"It's fine."

"Sometimes, getting something back after losing it is a way for people to grow."

"I have severed the link between him and the Honkai consciousness. From now on, his future joys and sorrows are up to him."

The girl blinked, patted his head, and said:

"I thought that once you became nearly omnipotent, you would want everyone to be happy and have many more concerns."

She smiled and said with a slight upturn of her lips:

"Looks like I was overthinking it?"

Su Qing'an shook her head and said softly:

"Does Hua believe that with great power comes great responsibility?"

"For me, being bound by reason and rules is not a bad thing, but it is not necessary to become a believer in certain ideas."

"I only want to do what I believe is right."

"I will change some tragedies, I will save some people, I will try to reverse the arrival and occurrence of some things as I please, and I will uphold the principles and rules that should be upheld."

"But I hope to do all of this from one person's perspective and vision."

The girl picked a white flower that was swaying in the breeze on the lawn, and gazed intently at the other person's beautiful face. She tucked the flower into her matching black hair and said softly with a smile:

"Yes, that's enough."

"You don't want to be a god, and humanity doesn't need a god."

"We just need to maintain this state. The joys and sorrows of the world, the partings and reunions of life, are all natural things and should not be simply erased by the gods."

"Let's witness it together, slowly, and witness the future that humanity needs to work together to create."

Su Qing'an nodded and said:

"Okay, that's good."

He did not want to be a god, nor a beacon guiding the world.

The so-called contribution within one's ability is nothing more than a confinement to one's own desires.

It might be considered selfish, or perhaps even more so, foolish in the eyes of others.

But for this planet, this human race, and this leaf-like world itself, the self-imposed confinement and self-discipline chosen by this ascended being may be the greatest fortune.

For Su Qing'an herself, and for Fu Hua, this constraint and restraint are indispensable in order to maintain the earthly atmosphere and the original emotions and life in their hearts.

As perspectives and levels of thinking rise infinitely, things once cherished will eventually be gradually discarded.

So, that's fine.

……

……

At this moment.

Otto Apocalypse silently turned off the jazz music in the bar, pushed his glass to the table, crossed his hands and rested them on his chin, staring at the scene on the video for a long time without saying a word.

15. The Void and the Myriad Treasures, Dialogue.

The Honkai Fission Bomb failed to achieve the desired effect, which was somewhat expected. Otto Apocalypse had a premonition after witnessing a portion of the true combat power of the Crimson Kite Immortal.

In fact, through the records in the Void Archives and the ruins of pre-civilizations around the world, he learned that the Honkai Fission Bomb was a weapon that existed in the previous era.

What Schicksal now considers its ultimate weapon as its trump card, in that era, apart from demonstrating its undeniable strategic value in the initial few Herrscher battles, could only gradually fade into the background, passing the baton to the Fusion Warriors and subsequent Herrschers to fight against.

But Otto thought that the reason why the Honkai Fission Bullet became useless was largely because the Herrschers had different powers and were highly mobile. With a little wisdom, they could find a way to protect themselves, thus losing their strategic significance.

But the Crimson Iris Immortal is different.

Even if the opponent possesses the combat power to easily defeat a high-ranking Herrscher, they may still have genetic abilities that the user is unaware of.

However, this guardian is clearly different from those Herrscher individuals who are indifferent to the casualties caused by Honkai fission bombs.

The so-called Honkai Fission Bomb is a destructive weapon that can play a significant role under these conditions and should be able to inflict numerous wounds on the opponent.

But the current results prove that the enemy can not only let the Honkai Fission Bomb be used as a target and remain unharmed, but can also eliminate this crisis in a more easy way in advance.

The fact that he maintained a calm and indifferent attitude throughout the entire process clearly meant that he still had room for maneuver.

Otto had anticipated a similar outcome; he always mentally prepared for the worst. After witnessing the Red Lotus Sage defeat the First Herrscher, his expectations began to shift toward the current situation.

This meant that when the time actually came, his heart was strangely not stirred up much.

When humans encounter incredible events, they realize that their own understanding is limited and lacking, which leads to a sense of inexplicable shock and speechlessness.

Otto Apocalypse was the same; he had to admit that his understanding was flawed.

A thought suddenly popped into the man's mind: perhaps the Void Treasury has not granted him access to indexing information so far, precisely because he has fallen into this predicament.

The next instant, along with this conjecture, a cube overflowing with golden arcs of light appeared, silently rotating on the side of the bar not far away.

He took a sip of the wine in his glass and asked:

"Old friend, I'm very curious."

"Is this one of the traps you've carefully laid for me?"

The voice of Void Treasury emanated from between the cubes; it was not far from Otto's, but with a slightly blurred electronic tone:

"Don't you think this is a pointless question? Otto Apocalypse, you know in your heart what the answer is."

It paused, then sneered:

"However, I do find your current predicament interesting, and if there is anything I can do to help, I would be more than happy to do so."

Otto, hearing the laughter from inside the cube, chuckled in surprise and responded: