Honkai Impact 3rd: Chiyou's Survival Guide

"Your mother...is dying!" "What?!" Xilin was shocked. The scene before her suddenly distorted. Before she could react, Xilin appeared in endless darkness. Then, a white hospital bed appeared before her, and at the same time, Xilin had an ominous premonition in her heart.

"Xilin..." Cecilia's breath was as weak as a thread on the hospital bed. She looked at Xilin lovingly and slowly extended her hand. Seeing her mother suddenly become like this, Xilin immediately stepped forward and took Cecilia's hand, sobbing uncontrollably, tears falling heavily on the bed.

"Ich liebe dich, Siren."

Cecilia struggled to twitch her eyelashes, using the last bit of her strength to pull the corners of her mouth upward. Her fingertips gently brushed against Xilin's trembling cheek, as if she were trying to engrave her final memory of Xilin in her mind. Then, she slowly closed her eyes.

"No!" Seeing that Cecilia had lost her breath, Xilin immediately threw herself on her and burst into tears.

"Mom! Please... don't leave me!" ... Success! Otto nodded with satisfaction. Next, it was his turn to make his own appearance. He transformed into Bella, then approached the desperate Silin from behind, his tone full of temptation.

"Your Majesty, with the authority of the Ruler of Death, you can resurrect your mother!" "After resurrecting her, you can always stay by her side!" Otto suggested with some anticipation.

"Yes, that's right. I can resurrect Mom!" As if awakened from a dream, Xilin hurriedly collected a few strands of Cecilia's hair. Then, using the collected DNA, Xilin invoked the power of the Herrscher of Death. Cells, tissues, organs... Xilin exerted all her might, creating Cecilia from scratch.

"Mom, this way we won't be apart!" Silin happily hugged her newly created "Cecilia," oblivious to the gloomy expression on Otto's face. Are you kidding? Is this the power of the Herrscher of Death? If this is a "resurrection," then how is it any different from the Kallen experiment he cloned? Ignoring the possibility that Silin might notice something was wrong, Otto stepped forward and risked speaking.

"My Queen, with all due respect, she is not your mother."

"Bella, what are you talking about?" Hearing this, Xilin turned around with some confusion and looked at Otto, looking at "Bella" who started talking nonsense in confusion.

"She's my beloved mother, Cecilia!" "But she's just an individual with the same face as your mother. Your mother's soul hasn't returned!" Otto firmly retorted, meeting Celine's gaze. The world allows consciousness to match new containers, but it doesn't allow containers to collect dissipated consciousness. Creating a body based on DNA is completely meaningless to Otto.

"Soul?" Xilin was silent for a long time, then she raised her head in confusion.

"So, what is the soul?" "Of course..." Otto opened his mouth without thinking, but suddenly he was stuck. Yes, the soul, what exactly is it? In the five hundred years since the Saint's death, he has never stopped thinking about this question. The soul is her existence, her essence, the reason why she is who she is... Otto and Silin were silent, not saying a word. After a long time, Silin took the initiative to speak.

“I thought, I can ask [God] for help.”

"[God]?" Otto was stunned upon hearing this. This was his ultimate tactic. Meeting a being far beyond human comprehension, communicating with a devastated [God], was undoubtedly a radical strategy. Reason told Otto not to take the risk, but ready to go all in, he no longer cared.

A moment later, Otto's consciousness returned to his Soul Steel body, his mind nearly overwhelmed by all sorts of information. Meeting with the ruined god had completely overwhelmed the bishop's plans, but Otto was thrilled—he had received a revelation from the Divine. Unable to pause, Otto hurriedly dashed off into the distance, not even glancing back at Sirin and the other Soul Steel bodies left behind.

Chapter 79: Sumeru Mustard Seed

... "Leave... return to reality..." The long-lost mumbling sounded in Xilin's mind, and suddenly Xilin came back to her senses.

"[God]? Is that you? What am I doing..." On the snowy field, Xilin suddenly woke up, and the mumbling of [God] brought her back to her senses.

"Did he just control my mind... [God], thank you!" Xilin felt a wave of fear and looked around, but the Bishop of Heaven's Fate had long since vanished, leaving only a few motionless soul-steel bodies. However, in Xilin's blind spot, the eyes of a soul-steel body behind her flashed an eerie red light.

"Puff—" Blood splattered, and Xilin's pupils shrank sharply. She stared in astonishment at the soul steel body that had long since stopped functioning as it pierced her chest. ... "Doctor, I succeeded."

In the distant snowfield, Gray Snake put down the communicator.

Destiny Headquarters. When the Honkai fission bomb hidden within the floating island exploded, Fu You knew his plan was ruined. The Bishop of Destiny had likely already planned everything that would happen here and was prepared to destroy the entire Destiny headquarters. In that case, his control and coercion were futile.

"I remember that golden-haired kid had a good reputation... It's only been less than a thousand years, how come his behavior has changed so drastically?" Watching the wreckage of the floating island plummet downward, Fu You shook his head, attributing it to human fickleness. The Bishop of Destiny had made his position clear with his actions. Since staying here was meaningless, Fu You decided to return to the Tower of Babylon. However, just as Fu You was about to leave, the sky above the entire Destiny headquarters darkened without warning.

"Boom!" Immediately afterwards, a purple spatial crack suddenly tore a hole in the sky. Fu You vaguely saw what seemed to be a twinkling star inside the crack.

"The new and strange things I've encountered in the past few days...are simply more than I've encountered in the past thousand years."

Fu You laughed at himself and looked at the rift that almost covered the entire Destiny. He suspected that it was the work of the Destiny Bishop, but after thinking about it, he rejected the idea. If the Bishop really had such ability, there would be no need to hide the Honkai energy fission bomb on the floating island.

"So... what exactly is that?" Fu You narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the purple space crack in the sky. This unusual spatial phenomenon made Fu You instinctively think of Xilin's power, but he was certain that this was definitely not Xilin's work.

"Mr. Fu You, don't worry. I don't come here with any ill intentions. I just want to talk to you in detail."

Suddenly, a gentle voice echoed from Fu You's mind, and upon hearing it, Fu You's face darkened. Although only fragments of information were transmitted through the other party, Fu You was certain that the other party's mental power was extremely powerful. If they were an enemy, they would definitely be a formidable foe. Moreover, Fu You noticed that the other party knew his real name.

"What if I say no?" Fu You asked tentatively, warily watching the slowly rippling spatial rift. He still had to return to the Tower of Babylon to deal with the Bishop of Heaven's Fate and didn't want to waste time here.

"I'm sorry, based on my observations, I have no choice but to invite you now because you need to know the possible consequences of your next actions."

The other party continued to extend invitations and did not seem to intend to give up.

"Interesting. You don't even dare to reveal your name when inviting others? You're playing tricks on me?" Looking at the spatial rift just a few feet away, Fu You secretly activated Yu Duchen. People with strong mental powers, like Chi Yuan, are the best at plotting against others... "There's nothing to hide. My name is [Su]. I'd be very happy if this could comfort you a little."

The voice appeared in Fu You's mind again, and the other party was still speaking at that slow pace.

"Su..." Fu You lowered his head, thinking for a moment, then suddenly remembered. Su, the seventh of the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire, was from Shenzhou like Hua, a spiritual fusion warrior.

"Oh, I see. You're here to avenge Chi Yuan, right?" With this thought in mind, Fu You had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​returning to Babylon Tower for the time being. In a sense, his situation was even worse than Xilin's. After all, if the opponent was Ying Jie in his prime, and ranked above Chi Yuan, he really had no chance of victory.

"I think you've chosen the wrong time. Chi Yuan has already been defeated by me. I'm afraid she no longer has the strength to fight."

"Although your seat is higher than that guy Chi Yuan, I tell you, it's still unknown who will win!" With a ferocious smile, countless feathers fluttered around Fu You. At the same time, Fu You slowly spoke.

"A psychic fusion warrior... no matter how strong you are, can you be stronger than the Key of Consciousness?" "You may have some misunderstanding. The Thirteen Heroes are not ranked according to strength. Rather than a warrior, I hope you will see me as a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded."

The guy who called himself "Su" seemed to pause and explained patiently.

"Also, I've said before, I have no ill intentions on this trip. I also know about the grudge between you and Hua, and I regret the falling out between you two."

As if afraid that Fu You was still hostile to him, Su spoke again.

"Hua, Cangxuan, and Danzhu are all executors of the Spark Project, and I'm in charge of the Hengsha Project. The three of them all think highly of you, and I trust their judgment."

"Furthermore, in countless parallel worlds, I have never observed Chi You develop self-awareness, nor have I observed him unwaveringly protecting Shenzhou... You are a special case."

"Oh? So, what's your purpose?" Fu You's tone softened. Judging from Su's attitude, he really wanted to discuss things with him. At least Su wasn't like Chi Yuan, who would take the initiative to stir up trouble the moment they met.

"I just hope you can let me show you the possibilities of the future, and these possibilities cover a wide range of areas - including Shenzhou."

"Welcome to the world bubble I created. You can call it [Sumeru Mustard Seed]."

Seeing Fu You enter here, the gray-haired man sitting under the tree nodded.

"Just tell me what you want to say. I have things to do."

Fu You spoke bluntly.

"To increase credibility, I will demonstrate the power of the Second God Key to you."

The next moment, countless images flashed before their eyes: A giant beast, obscuring the sky and the sun, emerged from the Nine Netherworld, wreaking havoc across the land of Shenzhou, slaughtering all life. Cities were destroyed, humans were slaughtered, and Shenzhou was plunged into panic. Ultimately, Cang Xuan, Dan Zhu, Ji Lin, and others sacrificed their lives to seal the beast within the Nine Netherworld. … No one knew the identity of that beast better than Fu You.

"Ridiculous... The picture you gave is something that never happened!" After reading it, Fu You turned and looked at Su, a little angry.

"This is not me. Chi You has never done these things. You are deliberately smearing me!" "No, this is you."

Hearing this, Su shook his head.

"...Are you provoking me?" A hint of gloom flashed in Fu You's eyes. Everything he experienced in Shenzhou was the most beautiful memory, and he would never tolerate it being tampered with at will.

Chapter 80 Possible

Doubt and vigilance surged in his heart, and a dark glint flashed in Fu You's eyes. Although the images Su showed him were extremely realistic, they were completely fabricated.

"What do you mean?" Fu You asked Su, looking at him. Although he was a little angry, he felt that Su would not speak without a purpose. He must have his own explanation for releasing these "false" pictures.

"This is something that really happened in another parallel world."

Su still looked leisurely, without even opening his eyes, sitting under the tree, and spoke lightly.

"Over the course of thousands of years, I have observed countless worlds, and Chi You's experiences in all of them were exactly like what I have just shown you."

“Although the process may be different, the outcome is predetermined.”

With that, Su continued to explain with a curious look on his face.

"But you, in the Eigenworld, are the only special case. Of all the possibilities, you are the only one who has awakened to self-awareness."

"Unlike other [Chiyou], you not only did not wreak havoc on Shenzhou, you even joined Shenzhou's camp."

"Okay, okay..." Fu You interrupted Su. He didn't understand what the man in front of him wanted to express.

"So? I am who I am. What the other [Chi You] did and how they ended up have nothing to do with me?" Seeing what Su showed, Fu You naturally felt a little unbearable because his other "selves" were no different from mindless beasts.

"They're all sealed away in this parallel world, so what does that even mean? Chi You is still here, alive and well, still talking to you."

Pointing at himself, Fu You looked straight at Su.

"What you said is completely hypothetical and ridiculous. It doesn't mean anything at all."

"...You may not know what this means. From the moment you helped Shenzhou, as a completely different variable, the paths of the Eigenworld and other parallel worlds have diverged greatly."

Hearing this, Su shook his head and explained slowly. At this point, Su slowly raised his head, and his pair of peacock-like eyes slightly opened, staring at Fu You in front of him.

“In you, I see new [possibilities].”

Countless worlds observed in the past had been destroyed by the Collapse. For thousands of years, Su's "Eternal Sand Plan" had made no progress. Methods to combat the Collapse seemed like castles in the air, unattainable. Just as Su was feeling disheartened, he suddenly noticed a difference in the Original World—neither Cang Xuan nor Dan Zhu had sacrificed their lives to seal Chi You. Even more bizarrely, the Collapse Beast named "Chi You" appeared unusually friendly in the Original World, even leading Su to believe his observations were flawed. This was the reason Su became interested in observing Fu You. Since then, Su's confidence has soared. Although he still hasn't observed another world successfully resisting the Collapse, the fate of the Original World has quietly shifted.

"Look, another leaf has fallen."

Su sighed softly, and at the same time, a fallen leaf slowly fell from the big tree that Su was leaning on.

"Every leaf represents a possibility... When this leaf falls, another civilization collapses and is destroyed, withering like this leaf."

Picking up a dead leaf, Su explained to Fu You's puzzled gaze.

"Civilization was destroyed by collapse, what does this have to do with me?" Fu You showed disdain for this, looked at Su who was holding the fallen leaves, and spoke slowly.

"I just need Shenzhou to continue. As for civilization, that's not something I should consider."

"Do not."

Su seemed to have anticipated Fu You's answer and shook his head.

"It is true that the Second Herrscher made a promise to you, but the essence of Honkai will not change."

"By then, if the only civilization left in the world is Shenzhou, it will become a hotbed for the Honkai outbreak... You should have seen such a scene before when you were in Shenzhou."

Hearing this, Fu You recalled the scenes of the past. Thousands of years ago, thanks to Chi You's awakening of self-awareness, the Spark Project didn't suffer catastrophic losses. Instead, more advanced knowledge spread to the people. The price paid was that during that period, traces of Honkai beasts could be found even in every few villages. Even with the help of the Red Kite Immortal, Fu You felt the constant small-scale Honkai outbreaks were simply too much to handle. Now, alone, he couldn't possibly handle the situation he had back then.

"So, you should understand that if all civilizations elsewhere were destroyed, and only Shenzhou remained, it wouldn't last long."

"And in the future I have observed, Shenzhou will also be severely damaged by the collapse."

"And the only way to resolve all this from the root is to completely eliminate Honkai."

Su said as he pointed at Fu You.

"I have observed countless worlds, and you may be humanity's solution to defeating the Houkai."

“…” Fu You was stunned and looked at Su strangely.

"You mean, I am a great help in eliminating Honkai?" He asked hesitantly. Seeing Su nodded, Fu You's mentality was about to collapse.

"I'm a Honkai beast... Do you understand? A Honkai beast!" After hearing what Su meant, Fu You was completely stunned. Although he didn't have such a strong desire for destruction, he was considered an outlier among Honkai beasts. But in all these years, he had never had the slightest thought of destroying the Honkai beasts.

"You're letting a Honkai beast rebel against its very nature? Why don't you persuade Chi Yuan to surrender to the Second Herrscher?" A moment ago, Fu You had thought Su a wise man, but now, he felt the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire must be seriously ill. Letting a Honkai beast destroy Honkai? How could he even think of that? "Huh... Xilin and I are enough to protect Shenzhou."