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

"But where did they go?"

27. Only a madman would sacrifice himself, Doctor.

Theoretically speaking, when the Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Chaser are no longer just a monument symbolizing the previous era, but most of them become pioneers left behind in the present civilization, then the current timeline will inevitably undergo earth-shattering changes.

Not all heroes are like Fu Hua, choosing to stay in China and try not to interfere with any progress of civilization, even feeling a sense of alienation when it comes to establishing their own organization.

In other words, aside from relatively well-behaved and honest people like Fu Hua, Sakura, and Ling, if troublesome characters like Mebius, Alicia, and Qianjie were still alive, the path he had seen should not overlap with the original one to this extent.

When everything from the previous era seemed to have been passed down intact, he had to admit that his long-calm heart was suddenly stirred by many waves.

All of this seems to prove that the cause and effect of the past were indeed inherited intact, and that the innate deity named Fuxi truly existed in that era.

But if that happens, no matter what plan Mebius and Mei have implemented against that being, the 50,000 years of change could potentially allow it to break free of its shackles and return.

The reason Su Qing'an hadn't paid attention to this crisis before was that, theoretically, his "personal record" could only reproduce levels below the upgraded dimension.

The cause and effect at Fuxi's level neither increases nor decreases; it is the same level of life he reached at his peak, but even further to the end of the path, a level that cannot be interfered with by one's own "personal record".

In the timeline where Fu Xi married Fu Hua, the reason he disappeared was entirely because the god's restart mechanism reached the level of overturning the multi-dimensional structure of the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea, which naturally erased the cause and effect of Fu Xi's birth, allowing the timeline to return to the very center of the central finite curve.

However, the restart mechanism dictates that only subtraction can be performed, not addition.

Regardless of the restart, that innately divine being, whose concept is based on humanity as a whole, is a possibility outside the infinite curve, and there should be no causal relationship between them.

Of course, Su Qing'an can use [Personal Records] to overwrite and add to the original world.

However, since he had not even reached the complete metamorphosis stage, he did not have the ability to trace back the cause and effect of Fuxi's birth.

So after regaining his full memories and understanding this, he no longer worried that the enemy he had once faced would return.

At this moment, Su Qing'an suddenly recalled a memory he had seen from Mebius in the previous timeline. Even though that memory was strangely ambiguous and seemed to have rolled into the deepest part of [Thoughts] after that time of entering the complete ascension state, he still remembered that it was about Fuxi.

In that timeline, Mebius seems to have indeed lived through the era in which Fuxi existed.

[Su Qing'an, don't you want to know what Mei and I did to Fuxi in the end?]

That was the feat of ants killing a mammoth.

You're still the same as before, ridiculously stupid.

The boy's mind replayed the snake-like eyes that had drawn his gaze into them, as well as the clear words that had echoed in his ears. The memories he had read with his Manas consciousness were also replayed deep within his consciousness like a video clip, allowing him to understand the whole story.

However, these are most likely just time diversions unrelated to the facts themselves, and the Paradise of the Past is merely a collection of information, a "Lostbelt" that does not involve the overall history of the world.

It doesn't truly cover the world, nor is it necessarily accurate or valid information.

Therefore, it is even more difficult to judge the veracity of the "truth" learned from Mebius.

Su Qing'an murmured:

"The documents here contain information about me, as well as events that I interfered with or influenced. Although they don't mention Fuxi at all, there seem to be many words that hint at her."

The boy pondered for a moment, then his mind scanned all the books in the facility again, integrated and refined the relevant information, and transmitted it to his mind for in-depth understanding and analysis.

This soul wavelength continued to sweep across the golden courtyard beyond the sacrificial site, passing through all the memories within and filtering out the useful ones.

Previously, for convenience, he only searched for relevant information using the keyword "Kevin," but now it's clear that he needs to know more than that.

After Su Qing'an finished receiving the information from the memory bodies left behind by the heroes, he discovered a series of chain reactions caused by their later death order.

Most of these heroes seemed to have survived to the end, so their remaining memories were updated in real time to the period before they entered the hibernation pod, meaning they had a very complete understanding of the ins and outs of the previous era.

This also indirectly shows that the number of pioneers is no longer small.

Although the purpose of this trip was clearly to find Kevin and confirm some things, it seems that more trouble has been found instead.

Project Ark, Multiple Anchor Points, Throne of Flames, Thorn Dynasty, World Dimensional Ascension, Dimensional Reduction Project...

Su Qing'an fell silent:

"..."

This is not only because he cannot understand that Fuxi would exist in the world against the logic, but more importantly because of the many memories about what followed in this Mebius's memory.

First, it can be confirmed that these two genius scientists, rare in human history, did indeed work together in their final days to devise a series of plans to kill Fuxi, a plan that would have sealed him away for 50,000 years, and successfully implemented it, allowing modern civilization to flourish.

The reason why Dr. Mei and Mebius were able to establish such a comprehensive and rigorous contingency plan in such a limited time, even far exceeding the legacy of the original timeline, can all be attributed to that large-scale calculation mechanism.

How can one achieve superhuman efficiency and create incredible miracles?

The answer is to put in dozens of times more effort than the average person, possess dozens of times more talent than the average person, and sacrifice at a price that others cannot imagine.

As is well known, Dr. Mei's Honkai energy proficiency and physical constitution are quite ordinary, and the price she has to pay for a large-scale calculation is half her life.

However, the result was that they successfully found a way to deal with Fuxi.

Even if Dr. Mei is an unparalleled genius, it will undoubtedly take a lot of time and inspiration for this talent to be effective in dealing with the god-like Fuxi.

A large-scale computation that uses a tributary of the Quantum Sea as a coolant, with Prometheus's mainframe as its core, along with numerous world bubbles containing corresponding data and memories, and even countless clones of Mei's brains, to successfully meet the activation conditions, is an accelerator capable of erasing the vast expanse of time.

To be precise, this large-scale calculation is actually forcing the calculator to explore all the potential possibilities and make it go through countless illusory years in a seemingly short period of time, until a feasible and complete path is selected, and finally such memories and data are engraved into a world bubble and transferred to Prometheus.

In other words, if a genius like Mei could ignore the costs involved, he could endlessly exploit the possibilities he could reach in a short period of time, preserving precious wealth and the future for humanity.

Logically speaking, this is impossible.

but……

Among the moths that chased the flame, there was one who was exempt from the corresponding costs and possessed a genius scientist who was not much worse than Mei.

Mebius.

This renowned scholar from the continent of Mu, the introducer of Mei to the Fire Moth, the mad scientist who developed the prototype of the Stigmata in the original timeline, and... a fusion warrior with immortality.

Based on the information gathered from the memories of the Paradise of the Past, it appears that shortly after Su Qing'an's death, Mebius, under the pretext of testing the limits of immortality, initiated another large-scale calculation within Prometheus's mainframe, taking over the path paved by Mei and completely completing what she had left unfinished.

These two brilliant scientists, each with their own independent laboratories, would almost never have been able to work together so intensely in a united manner in a normal timeline. Yet, during that special period, they tacitly chose to cooperate, setting aside all other considerations.

And this collective wisdom and potential, after being revised and improved time and again, actually led them to achieve a feat that was almost god-slaying.

At that time, within the frozen timeline, Su Qing'an instilled in Mei the meaning of so-called dimensional life, including the form of existence, world mechanism, the rules of the imaginary tree, and so on—information that could only be clearly obtained from that perspective.

Therefore, both she and Mebius were well aware that normal methods could not possibly interfere with Fuxi, who possessed an independent spacetime axis, let alone delay his awakening.

The reason why beings capable of ascending to higher dimensions are so special is that they have broken free from the recording mechanism of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, and are no longer bound by the constraints and limitations between them.

Conversely, if the ascended being is dragged back into the record layer of the Imaginary Tree and incorporated into part of the core mechanism of this behemoth, it may be forcibly assimilated into the record during its slumber, leaving its mark once again.

This series of principles forms the core of the dimensionality reduction plan.

In fact, under normal circumstances, both Mebius and Mei understood that this plan was not feasible.

Dimensional beings are beings that have broken free from the Imaginary Tree mechanism once. Their independent spacetime axis and special life essence determine that "dimensional reduction" is nonsense. It is as ridiculous as sinking a block of iron into the ocean and expecting it to break into water in a short time.

However, Fuxi was not a normal ascended being. To be precise, she was a born deity based on the concept of humanity as a whole, and her self-awareness was formed by the integration of the souls of those billions of humans.

Therefore, before she could completely integrate all the humans in the original world and fully complete the concept, she was not as complete as Su Qing'an, who relied purely on her own extraordinary abilities.

Of course, this does not prevent Fuxi from easily defeating Su Qing'an, who had just reached the upgraded dimension.

However, under special circumstances, she possesses a flaw that does not exist in fully evolved beings.

That is, the imprint of over a billion people that has not been erased from the world's mechanisms.

This is easy to understand. Fuxi's life foundation consists of ordinary people, and these billions of unique soul maps are all imprinted in the recording mechanism of the Imaginary Tree. Her specialness stems only from the fact that her essence is to integrate them into a single conceptual life.

In theory, after completing the soul of all mankind, this naturally divine being will truly be cleansed of all impurities and undergo a conceptual dimensional upgrade, erasing billions of imprints in one go. At that time, it is not impossible for it to actually break the collapse mechanism of the Imaginary Tree.

But theory is ultimately not reality.

Su Qing'an temporarily hindered Fuxi's path to ascension by adjusting the scales of the soul, while Mebius and Mei took advantage of this to seize her fatal weakness and carry out a dimensional reduction plan.

This process was extremely difficult and arduous. In order to locate the dimension of that recording mechanism, the multi-anchor point plan came into being. After overcoming trial-like obstacles, Fuxi was finally successfully sent into the Sea of ​​Records.

For the Sea of ​​Records, an ascended being with billions of imprints on its body as a breakthrough point can be completely bypassed by using the medium on the other party to assimilate it.

If a complete ascended being falling into this place is like an iron block falling into water, then the scene at that time would be like an effervescent tablet falling into the sea, stirring up many bubbles, and gradually losing its shape.

——Kill God.

Unfortunately, shortly after achieving this great feat, the Honkai Will seemed to have timed it perfectly, anticipating the moment when humanity dealt with Fuxi. After the dimensional reduction plan was completed, it immediately dispatched the Herrscher of the End, unwilling to give the enemy even the slightest respite, thus ending the civilization of the previous era.

However, Mei, through the delayed appearance of the final trial, had already guessed the Honkai consciousness's intention in doing so.

This consciousness, representing the Honkai mechanism itself, seems even more unwilling than humans to see Fuxi safely resurrected. It would rather halt the arrival of the Apostles, postpone the increase in Honkai concentration, delay the trial of civilization, and use them to end the future of this ascended being.

In other words, humans can take the middle value between these two and perform a bug-like operation to buy more time.

But Mei also understands that the time allotted for the Honkai Impact 3rd is still limited.

Because the other party's essence is the consciousness of the mechanism, it can only act within the rules. Therefore, although she deliberately delayed the implementation of the dimensional reduction plan, she also gave up the hope of completely defeating the Honkai in this civilization. In the process, she prepared measures in advance to pass on the spark to the next era.

Ultimately, large numbers of survivors, drawing on their experience from the Multi-Anchor Project, crossed the boundaries between Leaf Worlds and arrived at an area that had been pre-observed as suitable for human habitation.

This action, which is tantamount to abandoning the exam, cannot be considered a violation of the Honkai Impact mechanics.

However, from the perspective of the Honkai consciousness, this action by humanity is tantamount to erasing its own necessity to deal with Fuxi, shaking the tacit understanding between the two that they originally shared the same interests.

Therefore, during this period, the missionary, the only remaining core character, was resurrected by Him. After causing some casualties, He was then successfully killed by Kevin, who was immune to mental attacks.

The Honkai consciousness then followed the trajectory of fate and chose Ling as the Herrscher of Corruption.

However, due to Su Qing'an's spoiler about the Fire Moth, they had laid an ambush with mental fusion warriors such as Aponia and SU in advance. Together with Fu Hua, who had entered the Feathered State once before, they used the Key of Consciousness to erase the Honkai Link ten minutes after the crisis occurred.

After experiencing numerous twists and turns, the dimensional reduction plan was launched.

When the end comes, only the most core members of the Fire-Chasing Moths, and even those who are unwilling to leave their original world, choose to accompany this world to its demise.

Mei, on the other hand, had fallen into a strange coma before this, and was then sent to a specially designed hibernation pod. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

As for the other acquaintances, including Mebius, they also entered the hibernation chamber and arrived in this era.

After sorting everything out, Su Qing'an could roughly guess why these people had disappeared.

First, some of them, after regaining consciousness, will be assigned by Dr. Mei before she fell into a coma to travel to the Leaf World, which has been chosen as a refuge, to check the situation and determine whether it can still serve as a way out for humanity after a long period of time.

This is a branch of Project Ark.

On the other hand, Dr. Möbius died more than once in the large-scale computational mechanism. Some of the solutions and plans she deduced were extremely crazy and crossed the bottom line of humanity, while others were worth trying.

This also requires assigning a group of people to carry out the task.

Therefore, in other words, among the pioneers who remained in the original world, apart from Mebius, most of them were kind-hearted people who would not deliberately cause trouble.

Yes, for example, one of the best among them—Fu Hua.