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

But if such a game were to actually be released, I have a feeling it would evolve into a bizarre scenario where players would draw each other's character cards to develop their characters.

Moreover, setting aside these potential future hilarious situations, Li Shishi and Jiang Rongyue, as former leaders of [Chaoxian], have not had any direct contact with it recently, clearly showing that they have no interest in the relevant power and only want to relax and slack off.

However, since Fu Hua did not intend to hide this matter, it would be more convenient for the Shenzhou government and the [Chaoxian] organization to have some knowledge of it in order to help the two obtain legal status.

Even though out of respect and awe, the Chaoxian side did not send any personnel to make contact, but still transferred a portion of their assets to the two individuals and proactively elevated their authority to the highest level.

The official Shenzhou authorities sent over special documents the following day. Considering that both of the returning individuals had long lifespans, the birth ages on the documents could be adjusted.

Yes, forever eighteen and forever seventeen.

Therefore, Li Shishi and Jiang Rongyue were not short of money, and their residence remained in the original Baiyue Tower.

However, since this ancient building had become an untouchable ancient structure in the eyes of the locals, the two, who did not want to attract too much attention, chose to stay at Fu Hua's house.

This house is very large; theoretically, it could comfortably house more than a dozen people.

Therefore, Su Qing'an, who believed that this would not affect their marital games and would make the house more lively, had no reason to refuse.

Speaking of which, this house was originally prepared by Li Shishi for the two of them, and its appearance is no different from that of eight hundred years ago.

The interior is basically made of Soul Steel, with every brick and tile mimicking the design. Even the furniture can be replaced with this metal. As long as the design is done on the control panel, this metal can easily mimic various styles.

Of course, in most cases, it is more time-saving and labor-saving to directly apply some data inherited from the previous era.

In short, the two people's lives gradually returned to normal after their recovery.

Su Qing'an was relieved; there was no need to keep an eye on it.

And it's likely that after a while, Li Shishi will become an admissions officer for Chaoxian University, and while shouldering this responsibility, she will naturally travel around the world.

As for Jiang Rongyue, she is quite suitable as the martial arts instructor of the current Chaoxian University in a sense, but she is more likely to accompany the former on his travels.

On the other hand, the development of anti-entropy expanded rapidly under Nancy's leadership.

However, because the leader's ideology was relatively pure, and his goals and beliefs were to drive out and eliminate the Collapse, rather than to pursue personal interests, there was no direct conflict with Destiny.

Su Qing'an only scratched the surface of his concern, understanding that his existence and actions would inevitably cause some changes and distortions to the future.

However, if one chooses to concern oneself with the minute deviations in each individual's fate, it is clearly going too far. As long as the general trend does not go in the wrong direction, there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

As for Destiny, its development and progress are not much different from before. However, it has recently begun a collaboration with [Chaoxian] on some aspects of demon corpses. Even though it did not collect them intentionally in the past, Destiny's current inventory contains a considerable number of experimental materials.

However, since the amount of progress required for gene awakening is too large, there is no need for him to immediately set off to devour it all.

For Su Qing'an personally, the most noteworthy thing is the movements of that Bishop of Destiny.

Although the bishop was made to forget the concept of the soul and to continue creating synthetic humans according to the original trajectory, the current stage is 1955.

The original plan was for Otto to use Kallen's DNA and the cells of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Vishnu to create a series of synthetic humans in 1972.

In this experiment or verification process, all the synthetic humans stopped growing at the age of 12 for unknown reasons.

Only the individual with the number A-310 possesses complete consciousness.

This girl, who did not yet have a name at the time, was Theresa Apocalypse, the next generation of bishops who would later found St. Freya Academy.

However, before this newly born A-310 could embrace such a future, she had to undergo trials arranged by Otto.

It was during this trial that she displayed a gentleness and strength that stunned Otto.

—The A-310 looks just like Karen.

This is the sigh left behind by the bishop in his experimental diary.

Based on this inexplicable sense of déjà vu, the girl was adopted by the bishop of destiny as his granddaughter and named Theresa, meaning "gift from God".

As for why I understand it so clearly, it's simply because, in order to thoroughly understand the entire process, I deliberately used my Manas consciousness to record, extract, and deduce within the Hall of Souls during the process of modifying my understanding of Otto.

Su Qing'an stored the final answer and details in his mind, but found that this experiment was very likely indeed, as Otto said, a gift unique to the gods, a miracle that could not be replicated again.

soul.

This is what Theresa truly possessed, and it is the source of her personal consciousness and self.

However, figuring out how to replicate the results of that experiment and allow the original Theresa to continue along the original trajectory is indeed a difficult and troublesome problem.

Having experienced and witnessed much death, he has developed his own insights into the existence of the soul and reincarnation.

Reincarnation and transmigration are not equal.

Or rather, for the vast majority of people in this world, the saying "when a person dies, it's like a lamp going out" is an undeniable truth.

In the previous era filled with death and war, Su Qing'an witnessed the annihilation and dissipation of many souls. These were dust particles of soul matter, far smaller and more difficult to discern than particles in the material structure, interwoven into a thin mist and a sea of ​​light.

However, most of the time, the dark dust and the collapse are enough to obscure all of this, making death seem more pure.

In the past, Su Qing'an believed that it might be a way to reincarnation.

In ancient Chinese legends, death is also categorized into many different ideologies, like an endless game of layering.

When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it becomes a ling; when a ling dies, it becomes a hope; and when a hope dies, it becomes a yi.

At that time, I was just like the people who compiled these things. We subconsciously believed that something existed after death. We were also subconsciously out of some kind of fear, whitewashing everything that death brought, hoping to make the final destination that people would eventually reach seem less cold.

But later, in the battle with Fuxi, his dimension and self were infinitely raised and far away, thus he understood many things that he could not understand in his previous life, understood the answers that ordinary people could hardly get in a lifetime of thinking, and truly saw the so-called reincarnation and saw the true nature of the world mechanism.

Death is death.

For most humans, the soul gradually dissipates after death, transforming into matter in another dimension. This is similar to the ecosystem formed when a whale dies and falls into the deep sea, becoming an "oasis" for deep-sea life, constituting another intangible yet undeniably existing food chain.

A few extremely lucky souls, before their annihilation, enter another dimension and are thus included in the world's records, randomly placed in an infinitely long sequence along the spacetime axis, where they are reborn.

When Su Qing'an sent his old friends into reincarnation, it was as if he had proactively added a few people to that long sequence, thus avoiding the many trials of the prelude.

In other words, reincarnation is a luxury for most people. People in each era seem to be drawing on the souls of the previous generation, absorbing corresponding resources in an ecosystem built in another dimension, and ultimately becoming different patterns.

This is where the unique nature of the soul comes from.

The reason why those synthetic humans lack consciousness is that the embryo cultivation process was not natural, the time spent was not long enough, and the corresponding technology may have been lacking.

Theresa was born with a rich human radiance, which foreshadowed that even if she was not the reincarnation of someone, she was a complete soul who would create her own unique poem by absorbing the essence of the soul.

But the problem is...

Su Qing'an couldn't quite tell whether her school principal was a reincarnation.

So even if he could help the experiment cheat, ensuring that one of the synths could obtain enough matter to weave a complete and passionate soul and be successfully born, he couldn't simply choose to do it that way.

Therefore, the boy's current option is to wait.

Even though the butterfly effect could cause many changes in the future, he really had no other way to guarantee that Theresa would still be the Theresa he knew, except to ensure that the date and time of the experiment were exactly the same as the original route.

In this regard, whether the other party can gain Otto's approval seems to be the biggest proof.

19. Twenty years are about to be born.

Su Qing'an was able to use soul observation to determine whether it was Principal Theresa, whom he knew.

After all, the soul map is unique.

But if the synth-human that the bishop approves of and is willing to adopt as his granddaughter is different from the soul map that he knows, how should he conduct himself?

If the other person possesses a gentleness and strength that amazes Otto, and can eventually become someone like Principal Theresa, is it necessary to correct this "mistake"?

Assuming the most rational approach is taken, the answer is no correction is needed.

That's like the Herrscher of Death and Seele back then, ignoring the differences in their soul maps, they were completely identical people.

However, Su Qing'an, who is still human at this moment, cannot make only the "correct" choice. He will inevitably be swayed by emotions and cannot be purely guided by reason. He will be shaken and saddened by various variables, which will affect his decision-making and reflect on his actions.

In this respect, the Bishop of Destiny was undoubtedly the master of this art.

Even the ruler of another timeline committed many evil deeds out of a desire to revive his beloved.

Although the damage caused and the final outcome are more unforgivable in terms of results, this is simply due to differences in ability.

Otto received no clear response from Karen during her lifetime, nor was he able to establish a real romantic relationship. The five hundred years that this bishop of destiny lived were nothing more than a man's wishful thinking.

Once he thought of this, Su Qing'an couldn't help but add an even heavier weight to the limitations he felt he had. Sometimes he would think that he really couldn't escape the common fate.

Human desires are like rocks falling from a mountain; once they start, they cannot be stopped.

Initially, he believed the fourth ending would be humanity defeating the Honkai.

This has nothing to do with one's own life, nor with a happy future.

After reaching the higher dimension, defeating the Honkai seems to be within reach. As he gradually regains his memories and recalls his past, he believes that continuing this peaceful life with Fu Hua is the fourth ending.

But since his wedding, Su Qing'an has been hoping that the world will remain unchanged in some way according to his will. He wants to ensure that all the people he knew before can be born into this world according to the trajectory of fate and live a happy and fulfilling life under his protection, provided that those tragedies do not occur.

But what happens after that?

Once all goals are achieved, will new desires arise, and will more unrealistic cravings emerge?

He is now wavering simply because of the paradox of whether the future Theresa will still be Theresa.

Su Qing'an had to admit that his willpower, resilience, and even the ruthlessness in his bones could only be directed at himself.

In the boy's own view, this cannot be attributed to strength and courage, but is merely a certain degree of self-abandonment and self-destruction; he is unable to have such trust in himself.

but……

He is no longer alone.

Su Qing'an took out a bag of potato chips she had found in Xiao tide's room from the Soul Hall, and sighed as she opened it:

"There are still twenty years to go, there's no need to think too much ahead."

At this moment, the white sparrow, who had been sleeping soundly on the soft black hair, suddenly awoke. She pouted unhappily, scratched the other's hair with her little paws, and instantly transformed back into a girl. Sitting in the other's lap, she tilted her head back, puffed out her cheeks, and said unhappily:

"Xiao Su, you're a bad person."

Su Qing'an put the first potato chip into the child's mouth, completely unsurprised by this reaction, and simply asked softly:

What would you like to eat for dinner?

The girl's attention was immediately drawn to those words. She quietly ate her potato chips, and after finishing, she blinked and said:

"Eat meat."

Su Qing'an found this concise answer somewhat troubling and said quietly:

"That means whatever, right?"

As a sentient being, Su Muxi could eat from morning till night without any problem if it were purely for the sake of her appetite. To avoid her wasting food, the two of them also imposed certain restrictions on the child's appetite.