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

In a sense, Fu Hua is similar to herself, and Xiao Xuan is an armed puppet that can obtain energy without eating. The only people in the family who truly need three meals a day to meet their physical needs are Jiang Rongyue and Li Shishi.

But apart from these two couples, the other two little ones are both foodies.

The girl didn't quite understand, but nodded to indicate that she was right.

She'll eat anything as long as it tastes good, so why think so much?

Seeing this, Su Qing'an rubbed her head and thought that it was good that the child never grew up and was a little silly. At least she was cute. The most trouble she could cause was bullying other naughty children and cats and dogs in the alley. Xiao Xuan could help clean up the mess, so she and Hua didn't have to worry about it at all.

Especially after Fu Hua deliberately recreated some of the entertainment facilities from the previous era to keep Xiao Xi from getting bored, she had no interest in sticking to the two of them most of the time. She was usually either watching cartoons or playing games, and she was even afraid that he would come to her and hand her an Olympiad math book. She would not disturb the couple's game at all.

Su Qing'an thought for a moment and asked:

"Has Xiaoxi never made any plans for the future in the past eight hundred years?"

"For example, what do you want to do in the future, what do you want to learn, and what do you want to do that is useful to the world and society?"

Su Muxi took a bite of potato chip, counted on her fingers, and said seriously:

"Yes, I have."

"Seventy-eight years ago, I planned my future and decided to watch all the cartoons on that Soul Steel TV. Now I've watched one out of eight hundred and ninety thousand."

Su Qing'an remained silent for a while. Was this goal a bit too ambitious? By the time the child finished reading it, wouldn't it be more than a dozen centuries later?

This number was indeed quite a shock to him.

After all, Su Qing'an has only been conscious for a maximum of seventy or eighty years. According to this logic, the little girl in his arms is ten times older than him.

he asked:

"So, after all these years, you haven't made any good friends?"

Su Muxi blinked and said softly:

"Yes, a long, long time ago, I used to play zongzi with Cui Cui from Qingyang Town at the foot of Taixu Mountain, but not long after, she stopped playing with me."

Her eyelashes drooped, her fair skin shone like warm jade in the light, and she pursed her lips, saying:

"Xiao Su, making friends is tiring, and making good friends is even more tiring."

"Everyone will die someday, so we might as well watch cartoons."

"Characters in cartoons never die, and you can go back and watch them a few more times when you miss them. It doesn't make you sad at all. As long as you drag the progress bar, you can stay together forever without worrying about separation."

Su Qing'an fed her a potato chip and said with a smile:

"But you still remember those people, don't you?"

The girl responded:

"Yeah, I'm not stupid, I'll definitely remember it."

"But it's precisely because you can remember that you feel sad. If you could easily forget, you wouldn't be unhappy."

Su Qing'an rubbed her little head and said:

"It's good that you can remember it."

He seemed to recall a time when his memory was hazy and his sword heart was on the verge of shattering, and continued:

"One day, you will truly feel that it is wonderful to be able to remember these things."

"You possess my memories and Hua's records, but there are always some things that you still need to experience, choose, and face yourself. You need to know what you want and occasionally try to realize your personal value. I haven't tried it yet, but maybe it will be a very interesting thing?"

Su Qing'an thought for a moment, realizing that Bronya, who would later become a game producer, had clearly found a way to survive outside of combat, and joked:

"Doesn't Xiaoxi really like playing games?"

"Since you have plenty of time, you can totally give it a try, learn some art, programming, scriptwriting, and other random things, and then make your own games for everyone to play."

Su Muxi thought for a moment and replied:

"Xiao Su is right."

"I'll watch another hundred years of cartoons, then I'll ask Sister Li how to write a book and ask her to teach me."

Su Qing'an was speechless at this bizarre sense of time, but still patted the little guy's head and suppressed the urge to complain.

Anyway, it's not like we're really letting the child play games.

Ultimately, that scene was quite eerie.

On the other hand, it doesn't seem so bad for an immortal being who has no worries about food and clothing and few desires to spend long years watching cartoons in a way that is not boring or dull.

This pure, childlike heart enabled her to maintain a clean and holy state of mind throughout the long years, thus preventing her from developing any mental problems.

Therefore, Su Qing'an decided to adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards her little feather, and simply pinched her cheek, saying:

"Well, it's up to you."

……

……

The years pass by day after day amidst the mundane routines of daily life. More than twenty years seem like an hourglass that will eventually run out of time, marking insignificant marks in an extremely long lifespan, announcing the gradual approach of the future.

But apart from Li Shishi and Jiang Rongyue completely integrating into this era, the other minor changes seem insignificant.

Although times continue to progress and the world around us changes, for the people in that mansion, time seems to stand still at a certain moment, as if it will never be extinguished.

Li Shishi officially became an admissions teacher at Chaoxian University. She was already used to the fame of "The Legend of the Immortals" and would probably not have her mind go blank when she encountered something even more intense in the future due to the supermodels.

Jiang Rongyue occasionally works as a martial arts instructor for "The Immortal Strike" at universities, but spends most of her time traveling with her partner to explore the vast land of China, which she has never been able to fully explore in her lifetime, as well as to more distant countries and regions.

Su Muxi and Xiao Xuan remained the same as always.

As for the global landscape, both anti-entropy and destiny have been constantly in motion, but they have maintained a relatively restrained approach.

Because Su Qing'an intentionally or unintentionally absorbed and controlled the overall world's Honkai energy, both sides were gradually able to reduce the accidental casualties caused by Honkai to be lower than the usual accidental deaths.

The current leader of Anti-Entropy is Joyce, the young lady of the telecommunications group. She also possesses a power different from the Stigmata and the Fusion Gene. She has preserved her youth in a way other than the Black Abyss White Flower and the Soul Steel Body, and seems to have an extraordinary lifespan.

If Edison's ideas and methods remain unchanged decades later, radicals like Cocolia would likely be unable to make any waves in her hands.

Although twenty years have passed and Seele Volleria, who was born in the year 2000, has not yet been born, the date of Theresa Apocalypse's birth is drawing ever closer.

The boy stood on a field, wearing a black trench coat, gazing at the distant scenery.

In the starlit night, a steam train, not too old, clattered along the tracks. What caught the eye were the bright sparks it emitted as it moved forward, like fireworks, both intense and serene.

Su Qing'an said softly:

"It looks pretty good."

Fu Hua glanced at the sign on the steam train; soon, the forces of Destiny would arrive to retrieve what was hidden within.

She said:

"Are you sure you want to use your Vishnu genes to fuse Otto with Karen's DNA?"

"Even if you deliberately exploit and suppress many parts, it is hard to say that it is a normal emperor-level gene. It would be more appropriate to classify it as the end-of-days level."

"This variable could very well lead to unexpected changes in her birth."

Su Qing'an's expression revealed a hint of helplessness as he replied:

"There's nothing we can do about it."

"We cannot deny the possibility that she is someone's reincarnation, and if her soul is indeed a reincarnation, then time is a more decisive factor than the structure of the body."

"The future that we are currently changing should have little impact on the soul-matter cycle ecosystem in another dimension."

Su Qing'an's gaze was complicated, and he sighed:

"Furthermore... the concept of Vishnu's genes was also unified when I ascended to a higher dimension, and these three Honkai Beasts codenamed after the Triads will never be born in this world again."

“If I hadn’t actively given Otto Vishnu’s genes, the very basic design of his physical structure would have undergone a radical change.”

"The End-of-Dharma level is a bit troublesome, but from the moment we start planning to use the Black Abyss White Flower to assist in the fusion and cultivation of those embryos, some subtle deviations will inevitably occur at this level."

"I will try to correct it back to the original template as much as possible during this process."

The young girl wore a white shirt with a black flared skirt, and a jet-black ribbon was tied at the neckline, swaying with the hem of the skirt. Her expression was solemn, and she was obviously concerned about whether this old acquaintance could still be successfully reborn.

However, Fu Hua was more concerned about Su Qing'an's safety than about Theresa's own, and felt saddened by this.

But she couldn't find a better way. Compared to directly changing a gene, the current approach at least preserved the original base.

"How long until it starts?"

Su Qing'an responded:

"Let's start tomorrow. We'll replace the normal steps with the fusion of the embryos and genes in advance. Black Abyss White Flower can assist. Otherwise, if the fusion is too perfect, accidents may easily occur."

"Whether the construction of the soul map is related to the physical body is also an unsolvable mystery for me."

"I can only control the elements that are within common sense; as for choices beyond that..."

The boy glanced at the progress bar showing how much the world had supported him over the years.

[Unknown Gene Awakening Level: 74.8923%]

Even setting aside the issue that interfering with the world through "personal records" can alter one's state of mind, before possessing the ability to maintain one's individuality upon entering a fully evolved state, any mistake in operations related to dimensional ascension will lead to irreversible consequences.

He was unwilling to use this to satisfy his own selfish desires unless absolutely necessary.

The Crimson Iris Immortal smiled gently, embracing him warmly and whispering in his ear:

"Don't worry, it will succeed."

Su Qing'an responded softly, saying there was no need to worry:

"Ah."

The two watched the steam train disappear into the distance, their feelings a strange mix of emotions.

Although there are indeed some concerns about whether Principal Theresa will be born properly in this timeline, their current state of mind, status, and even seniority make it very difficult for them to establish the original relationship with her. It would be quite normal for them to be pulled by the sleeve and called uncle, aunt, grandpa, or grandma.

However, at this point, the related eerie emotions were suppressed and no longer surfaced because the matter had not yet settled.

……

……

1972年，3月28日，下午3点38分。

In a cultivation chamber, a white-haired girl floats in bubbling liquid. Her snow-white eyelashes droop over her eyelids, and her delicate, petite body is displayed to the world naked. Her tender skin boasts a hazy charm in the refraction of light.