Honkai Impact 3rd: Chiyou's Survival Guide

"...This is what you owe me, plus all the previous debts. One day, you will pay it back with interest."

Looking down at the unconscious Fu Hua, Fu You nodded slightly. Although Fu Hua was extremely weak at this moment, with the remnants of the "Divine Sound" in her mind completely cleared, she also ushered in a life that truly belonged to her.

"Okay, you can take your bow now, but I can't for the time being."

Turning around, Fu You spoke slowly.

"Indeed, as you said, helping her might lead to an irretrievable situation. As for the depth of humanity... I have also seen an enlightened being like you, from Shenzhou, who is also a hero."

"Fire Moth... a nice name. Just like you challenged the End despite knowing you were no match for me, I also have my reasons."

With a light sigh, Fu You looked into the distance.

"...Goodbye, Fu Hua, Xilin still needs my help."

At this moment, Otto, who was closely watching the battle, had a look of uncertainty on his face. Due to the interference of the huge amount of Honkai energy, Otto could not clearly understand the specific situation on the battlefield, but the sword that pierced the clouds made him feel the majesty of the immortal in the past.

"Old friend...you hid it really well."

Looking at the sword god piercing the sky on the screen, Otto suddenly felt that he had underestimated his old friend. He had clearly burned his memories through Yu Duchen, yet he could now wield the Grand Void Sword God again. There must be something he didn't know... Otto thought.

"It seems that there is no need to use the Honkai fission bomb."

Otto muttered to himself, removing his hand from the firing button. No one could escape the Immortal's Grand Void Sword Divine, not even the Second Herrscher, nor her followers. Otto had doubted the wielder of that Grand Void Sword Divine, but the only two individuals in the world capable of wielding such a powerful power were one dormant and the other, currently on the battlefield. Furthermore, it was impossible for someone without a connection to the Red Kite Immortal to have mastered the Grand Void Sword Divine's lethal moves.

On the other side, Celine and Bella, who had just escaped from Siegfried, were in trouble again.

"Second Herrscher, you can't leave."

A black-hooded figure blocked Xilin's way, red light flashing in his eyes. Then, dozens of figures identical to the uninvited guest suddenly appeared, surrounding Xilin and Bella.

"Where did you all come from?" Sirin was shocked. Her enemies had been multiplying: humans, half-Honkai beasts, half-humans, and even those completely lifeless... "Hmph, you're too late! I don't need to tangle with you!" Feeling some of her strength returning, Sirin scoffed and prepared to teleport away with Bella. However, the gray snakes seemed unresponsive. Not far away, Sirin spotted a flash of red light. The Yellow Springs Staff, a restrictive device targeting the Herrscher's core, used a special electromagnetic field to disrupt the connection between the core and the imaginary dimension. For a short period of time, it distorted the "channel" between the two, disrupting the Herrscher's Houkai energy, thus severely restricting their movements without killing them.

"...What?!" At the same time, Xilin was horrified to find that her Herrscher Core had lost contact with the imaginary space at some point.

"Why is this happening... Bella, take me away quickly!" Unable to figure out why, Xilin hurriedly shouted to Bella.

"Miss Second Herrscher, please stay here."

At this moment, the leading gray snake suddenly spoke, and the moment it finished speaking, the other gray snakes also rushed over.

Chapter 89 The End

Seeing the gray snakes attacking, Bella immediately stood in front of Xilin to block their attack. But the gray snakes did not seem to be in a hurry, and rushed up one after another, as if they were waiting for something.

"Roar—" Unable to escape, Bella transformed into a dragon-shaped Honkai beast and threw Sirin onto her back. "Bella, thank you so much..." Seeing the gray snakes had remained on the ground, posing no threat to them, Sirin finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, the next moment, a familiar, intense sense of threat surfaced within her.

A sharp whistling sound pierced the air, and Xilin looked up in shock, only to be met with a sight that pierced her eyes: a silver bullet, spewing flames, had suddenly become so close. The memory of Walter's near-death experience with the silver bullet fired earlier in the anti-entropy surged back into Xilin's mind, and she panicked. It was too late to intercept the oncoming silver bullet. Benares abruptly turned back, but the silver bullet, as if it had eyes, latched onto her. Seeing no escape, and in the nick of time, Benares hurled Xilin backward with almost brutal force. Then, flapping its wings, it sprinted towards the silver bullet. Suddenly flung out, Xilin was caught off guard and plummeted to the ground.

"...Bella, get out of the way!" Falling rapidly in mid-air, Silin reached out to Benares, calling anxiously. However, Benares ignored her. A flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he drew a sharp arc through the air, resolutely facing the deadly silver bullet. ...I was born into this world as a Houkai beast. From birth, I was given two missions: to serve the Queen and to destroy humanity. I didn't think much before, until I was severely injured by that man. Then I noticed the anxiety and sorrow in the Queen's eyes. Was she... caring about me? But it didn't matter anymore. With my last bit of strength, I saw the Queen safely reach the moon. As the Queen's knight, my mission was complete. I thought my life was over, until I opened my eyes again... "Bella..." Was she calling me? The Queen used her power to create a Pseudo-Hermaphrodite Core for me. With the power of the core, I have a human body, human emotions, and human thinking ability.

"You'll be called Bella, and you'll always be by my side!" She caressed me, smiling happily. Seeing the Queen happy, I was happy too. The Queen has given me a new form, a new life. But the most precious thing is the name she has bestowed upon me. [Bella] ... "My Queen, I know I'm weak and can't help you in your battle with the seniors, but I've always longed to fulfill my duty as a guardian, even if it means sacrificing my own life."

After glancing at Xilin reluctantly, Bella took the initiative to crash into the silver bullet.

"This is the last thing I can do for you."

At the same time, Xilin also fell heavily to the ground, unable to move.

"Boom—" A fireball exploded in the sky. Benares successfully blocked the fatal blow to Xilin with his own body. After taking the silver bullet, Benares fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string.

"Bella... No, my Bella!" Two clear tears streamed from the corners of Xilin's eyes. Xilin could only watch, unable to do anything. The Herrscher Core's connection to the imaginary space had been severed, and Xilin could no longer even seek revelation from the [God]. A rustling sound was heard, and the lingering gray snakes surrounded Xilin again.

"Get out of my way, get out of here!" Xilin was furious and waved her fists around. With her Ruler's power sealed off, Xilin was no different from a lamb to be slaughtered.

"Boom-boom-" In the distance, a huge mecha slowly approached. Einstein personally drove the Arahato, loaded with the imperfect form of the Moonlight Throne, and arrived in time.

"What are you going to do..." Xilin was extremely frightened at this moment. Looking at the towering mecha that stopped in front of her, she suddenly fell into panic.

"Doctor, proceed according to the plan and recover the core of the Second Herrscher."

Off to the side, a gray snake looked up at Alahato and spoke slowly.

"Moonlight Throne, prepare."

After final adjustments, Einstein activated the ultimate weapon, which had been sealed away for years in the Anti-Entropy base. The energy field instantly enveloped Xilin, and this unknown fear had already left Xilin at a loss.

"Boom--" "Ahhhhhh!!!" Xilin's body floated uncontrollably in the air, and the Honkai energy continued to drain out of her body. Even with the operation of the Moonlight Throne, Xilin was horrified to find that the Herrscher core in her body was also being pulled out.

"No, no! Aurora, where are you? ... Fuyou! Save me!" Helplessness, despair, fear... Alahato before her overlapped with the white-coated figures in the Babylonian laboratory. Xilin struggled desperately, tears streaming down her face. Within her body, all five Herrscher cores were extracted. As the Herrscher of Death core was ripped from Xilin's body, her life began to count down.

"I'm so cold... Mom... Mom..." Xilin's eyes lost their luster, her pupils dilated, and she kept murmuring. In a trance, she seemed to have returned to the day when her mother left her.

"Second Herrscher, for the innocent people who died as a result of your atrocities, pay for your sins!" In Alahaton, thinking of Walter and the countless innocent people who died in the Honkai, Einstein roared. Suddenly, Xilin seemed to understand something, and her struggles suddenly froze.

"In the end, I'm all alone..." Silin muttered to herself with a hint of bitterness. The Moonlight Throne closed, and the ground that had previously held Silin aloft vanished. With a hollow gaze, Silin gave up hope of survival and let her body plummet like a puppet with its strings cut. The cold darkness devoured her consciousness, and her life force slipped away like sand in an hourglass. Gradually, Silin's consciousness sank into the bottomless abyss. Closing her eyes numbly, Silin suddenly felt that ending like this, in a place where no one cared, was not bad.

"Boom—" A violent roar came from outside, but Xilin no longer cared. Suddenly, like a ray of light splitting the darkness, a hand firmly grasped Xilin's wrist, pulling her back from the brink of depression.

"Look, why is our queen crying?" Hearing the familiar voice, Xilin was in disbelief. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw Fu You standing in front of her with a look of concern. Seeing Xilin open her eyes, Fu You smiled.

"Let's go, I'll take you home."

Chapter 90 The End

"...Am I dreaming?" Looking at Fu You, Xilin still couldn't believe that this was real.

"Of course you're dreaming. This is your consciousness."

Fu You answered as a matter of course and looked at Xilin, who seemed to be frightened, with pity.

"Don't be afraid. I told you I will protect you."

Fu You touched Xilin's head and comforted her.

"Hmm..." Xilin responded softly, feeling relieved, and held Fu You trustfully.

"What's going on?!" Einstein exclaimed in Arahatone as he saw the sudden alarm and the huge amount of Honkai energy reaction.

"Doctor, we were a step too slow and the plan failed."

Gray Snake's indifferent voice came from the headset, accompanied by the sound of metal tearing, and Gray Snake left his last words.

"The Second Herrscher's companions have arrived, Doctor, and have escaped from Arahato."

Without hesitation, Einstein activated his emergency escape plan. Almost immediately after Einstein's escape pod launched, a slash of terrifying Houkai energy struck the giant robot.

"Boom!" A faint blue crack spread at a visible speed. The humanoid weapon, embodying the pinnacle of anti-entropy technology, wailed mournfully as its waist armor shattered, revealing its intricate internal structure. Amidst a resounding roar, Arahato's upper body slowly tilted. Its lower body, still in a fighting stance, could no longer support its heavy weight and crashed to the ground. As Arahato disintegrated, the Moonlight Throne's systems collapsed. In the instant the system failed, the Houkai energy within Sirin ceased to dissipate. Losing its levitation, Sirin's body plummeted from mid-air, along with the six stripped-away Herrscher cores. At that moment, a figure flashed by. Ignoring the fleeing Einstein, Fu You embraced the unconscious Sirin. However, just as he was about to reach for the Herrscher cores, something strange happened: ripples appeared on the surface of the Herrscher Core. These were no ordinary energy fluctuations, but rather a living, condensing and reorganizing process. The light dissipated in an instant, and a familiar figure loomed in the core energy vortex. Swinging his windbreaker violently, Walter rebuilt his body and reappeared in the world.

"Thank you for destroying the device that blocked the Herrscher's power. As for me, there's no need to hide now."

Walter took the other five gems beside him and took the lead to speak in a deep voice to Fu You who had not yet responded.

"I have been living in Xilin's body, and I have all the information from her perspective... Without the Herrscher of Death core, she can no longer survive."

In order to prevent Fu You from making a sudden move, Walter did not dare to stop talking and spoke very quickly.

"After the Second Herrscher dies, the Great Collapse will also end. Now is the time for you to say your final goodbye to her."

"If you think these gems are more important than the last words of the Second Herrscher, then please do as you wish!" After saying that, the Star of Eden appeared in Walter's hand again, and the power of the Herrscher of Reason flowed again. Walter stared at Fu You with a domineering look.

"You may not be able to kill me before the Second Herrscher completely loses consciousness!" Walter was gambling. He was gambling on the feelings of the guy opposite him towards Xilin, and gambling that the other party would not delay seeing Xilin for the last time in order to kill him. Looking at Walter who was on high alert, and then feeling the vitality draining from Xilin's body and her increasingly weak consciousness, Fu You narrowed his eyes. At this time, Fu You did not want to take any risks. After looking at Walter deeply, Fu You's figure disappeared in an instant. However, Walter did not let down his guard. He still held the Pseudo-Star of Eden tightly and looked around. It was not until a long time later, when the other party still did not show up, that he breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, cold sweat had soaked Walter's back.

"The Great Collapse... is it over?" Walter looked up at the sky, bewildered. The Second Herrscher was dead. This unprecedented catastrophe, which had affected the entire globe, caused countless casualties, and ultimately cost humanity a heavy price to overcome, had ended. ...Should it? However, Walter hadn't considered that the Second Herrscher, now nearly dead, still had a chance to survive.

"I think, if there is no collapse, no destiny, and my mother is not dead, I can live as an ordinary girl. How wonderful life would be."

In the consciousness space, Xilin's eyes were filled with envy and yearning.

“There will be such a life.”

Fu You responded casually, put Yu Duchen down, and breathed a sigh of relief - he had saved Xilin's consciousness.

"Thank you for staying with me in these last moments."

Turning to look at Fu You, Xilin smiled with relief.

"Ah?" Fu You was stunned.

"I already know my current situation. Without the Herrscher of Death core, my life will be over, right?" Xilin said casually, but her slightly trembling body showed that she was not calm at the moment.

"..." Seeing Xilin acting out of character and starting to feel sad, Fu You, who had put away Yu Duchen, looked strange for a moment.

"I'm lucky to have met you, Bella, Aurora, Agata, Galina... But because of my arrogance, I implicated you all, and Bella even blocked a fatal blow for me. I'm sorry for you all."

Not noticing Fu You's abnormality, Xilin continued to reflect.

"Actually… Bella is still alive. I'll be there to get her soon."

Fu You comforted him, suddenly feeling playful. Looking at Xilin, he pretended to be serious.

"By the way, do you have any other wishes? I will consider helping you fulfill them."

"A wish?" Hearing this, Xilin paused for a moment.

"No, it's just... it's just that I really... really don't want to die..." Xilin's body was shaking, tears flowed uncontrollably, she held Fu You tightly, her eyes full of desire for life.

"Well, actually..." Seeing this, Fu You felt a little reluctant and decided not to tease Xilin anymore. Fu You was about to tell Xilin that he had saved her consciousness and there was no need to repeat this drama of life and death. However, Xilin interrupted Fu You and continued to cry.

"I want to eat birthday cake again, and play the video game again... Also, she promised to give me a dress on my sixteenth birthday, and I... I don't want to die!" After all, Xilin was still a child. Faced with death, she finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

"Woo... woo woo woo, I don't want to die!" Seeing that the situation was getting more serious, Fu You interrupted Xilin, looking both pitiful and funny.

"Okay, okay, stop crying. Congratulations on surviving!" "...Huh?" With tears still on her face, Xilin looked at Fu You in confusion.

"Yes, I used Yu Duchen to preserve your consciousness. Although your physical injuries are too serious, it doesn't matter anymore. If it really doesn't work, I can just build another body!" Fu You said, waving his hand indifferently.

"...Anyway, you won't die."

"Waaaaaa! Why didn't you say so earlier?!" Xilin's face flushed red with shame, spreading from her face to the tips of her ears, and even her neck was stained with an intoxicating crimson. What the hell did I just say?!

Chapter 91 Sky (crossed out) Siberian Meteor

On the Floating Island of Destiny, Otto returned to his bishop's office again.

"The Herrscher core was taken away by the Anti-Entropy Alliance Leader, and the second Herrscher is missing? Walter, hehe..." Otto raised his eyebrows after receiving the battle situation submitted.

"Siegfried...you're having an affair with Anti-Entropy, and you've taken on this form that's completely beyond my plan. You're really getting further and further out of my control..." The bishop showed displeasure while observing Siegfried's various performances during this great collapse.

"The hidden power of the Kaslana family bloodline? He is still alive after releasing the power of the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire? Interesting..." "Your Excellency the Bishop, Lady Cecilia's whereabouts are still unknown, and Lord Siegfried is still in the Babylon Tower area. Should we send troops to provide assistance?" Amber asked from the side.