Honkai Impact, starting by entering Kallen's body

"Don't you want to stay alive?"

"Do you deserve to live if you only want to?"

"Then how shall I live?"

"for?"

Chi Yuan seemed to be possessed, asking and answering herself questions, desperately covering her ears with both hands, as if trying to avoid the inner turmoil.

Her disheveled hair flew wildly in the evening breeze, and her crimson eyes almost shrank into the size of wheat awns.

A poignant appearance, words of self-doubt, a face filled with melancholy and confusion.

When a person begins to doubt, they are destined to either be proven right or face certain death.

No, Chi Yuan is an exception; she has been like that since birth.

Once upon a time, their homeland was destroyed and ravaged. Amidst the ruins, Hemiko was brought home from despair. He was then selected from an ordinary soldier and subjected to the Fusion Warrior experiment. Finally, he and all the surviving heroes embarked on the final battlefield.

Chi Yuan never had to make choices; the only thing she could do was follow others.

They marched forward, they fought, they never needed to judge or make choices.

Therefore, even though Chi Yuan constantly doubted whether she was qualified to protect post-civilization humanity for thousands of years, doubted the value and meaning of her protection, and even doubted whether her mission was correct and reasonable.

He will not make a single choice in the "".

Shenyin has the right to choose, while Chiyuan is at best just a shell with a weak will.

This time is no exception; the divine sound is effective.

The moment the thought arose, a divine voice in my mind sent a sharp pain through my nerves.

This idea quietly faded away in complete silence.

Even Chi Yuan was unaware that the changes in the divine sound were so subtle and gradual.

Chi Yuan quieted down, and she returned to the countless days and nights she had spent alone, gazing at the starry sky.

Protecting this vast land, for reasons unknown, for an unknown timeframe.

It seems only natural that she should exhaust all the meaning of her life in fulfilling her responsibilities.

"In the empty mountains, no one inquires; on the frosty path, few sparrows perch."

"A lone sword flies through the clear snow, a fist dances in the north wind."

"Proud and unyielding, yet worldly and vain; loyal and devoted, yet sealed away in ancient scrolls."

"A jar of spring never grows old, spring never grows old for a thousand years."

Chi Yuan unconsciously recited a poem, which she remembered was written by an extremely important person.

But who is that person?

Chi Yuan stared blankly at the falling paulownia leaves, a sudden pang of pain shooting through her heart.

Pain, pain that makes my heart pound and tremble.

"Xin?"

Fishing boats sing their evening songs, waterside pavilions and terraces, ancient city alleys, old wine and new tea, the passing of time.

As dawn broke, a wisp of bluish-green light spread across the eastern horizon, gradually illuminating the shops and pedestrians with golden rays of sunlight. Smoke curled around the green tiles and blue bricks, creating a breathtaking scene.

"Today, China is as peaceful as it was yesterday."

"Thanks to the protection of the immortals, the land of China is safe. How dare those petty Japanese pirates be compared to our Great Ming?"

"A gigantic monster has appeared in the Eastern Continent and killed over a thousand people!"

"Thousands of people! A truly staggering number, no!"

"It doesn't matter, that immortal will take care of it!"

"These mere demons and heretics are not worth mentioning! It doesn't matter, that immortal will take action!"

Gradually, the discussion at the inn's lunch, like an infection, transformed from a normal conversation into a famous saying that has been passed down for thousands of years.

"It doesn't matter, that immortal will take care of it!"

The people of China are well aware of this principle: if demons run rampant, the Crimson Kite Immortal will surely eliminate them completely with swift and decisive measures.

If something happens that could shake the entire nation, the Crimson Iris Immortal will step in to resolve the crisis.

As the saying goes, the monarch is the symbol of a nation.

But in everyone's hearts, the Crimson Iris Immortal is a symbol of the spirit of China and the highest faith in the hearts of the people.

Even the emperor held the Crimson Iris Immortal in high esteem.

As the saying goes, any dynasty that receives guidance from a celestial being will prosper for at least a hundred years.

Folklore—

A century after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the collapse of the dynasty became increasingly rampant. Every year, the Red Crows would join forces with the Tang army in Chang'an to fight against the monsters. During the hundreds of years that the Red Crows guarded the city, the Tang Dynasty stood firm amidst the collapse, becoming the most dazzling pearl in the East.

The Immortal Red Iris stayed in Chang'an for several days and gave the emperor some pointers, thus becoming famous.

Chi Yuan often travels the world, slaying demons and monsters, turning a blind eye to minor disturbances in the land, but he would never sit idly by and stand by if the land is shaken. The people regard him as the guardian of the land, and he has been recognized as the number one martial artist in the martial arts world for thousands of years.

The Ming Dynasty court bestowed upon Chi Yuan the title of a celestial being, granting her permission to disregard politics and have no restrictions.

Regardless of dynastic changes, every emperor who ascended the throne would visit Mount Taixu to pay homage to her. It was said that those who met the immortal would enjoy longevity and the prosperity of their dynasty. Those who failed to meet the immortal's countenance either died prematurely or lost their throne, meeting an untimely end.

Emperors come and go, but immortals remain forever.

Of course, there are some unverified rumors circulating among the public.

Legend has it that the Crimson Kite Immortal once walked in alone during the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago, lingered there for a long time, listened to music in the brothel, and smiled broadly. Yes, in colloquial terms, he visited a brothel.

Although he didn't do anything outrageous, the fact that the Red Iris Immortal went to the brothel was itself extremely unusual and out of the ordinary.

Because Chi Yuan denied it outright, it was determined that someone had deliberately fabricated rumors to slander and defame the great and respected Immortal Chi Yuan!

Several emperors even ordered the execution of the entire family of those who spread this rumor!

Unsuccessful, died without illness.

Even I, the immortal, have personally denied it, so how could it be false!

Chapter 25 A Collapsed World Where True Redemption Never Exists

While Su Xin was far away in Europe, he was unaware that he was using divine essence to help Karen temper her body, and that this was also invisibly drawing upon the divine power of China.

Divine sound is a kind of hypnosis that transcends willpower.

No, it exists more like a manager of a command information network.

Obsession is the source code, time compiles the data, and then divine voice categorizes and integrates it to guide the reforging.

This pattern repeats itself endlessly until the body and even the will become an ideal existence exactly like the obsession, only then will it cease.

Chi Yuan doesn't remember anything from the past, and has even forgotten most of her mission.

She simply followed her long-held instincts; she didn't need to know the reasons or the cause.

Like Jiu Jiu, fate will make all the choices for her.

Without exception.

In the courtyard of Kaslana in Europe, a faint light flickered, and even the sunflowers in the darkness couldn't help but turn towards that light, though Su Xin's spirit was not in the sunlight.

A purer, higher-energy substance.

The lake was frozen solid, and after Su Xin's overnight tempering, a small part of the lake's surface froze into ice.

"If I could break through the Dustless Realm, I wouldn't even need the Void Sword God to defeat that Chariot-class Honkai Beast during the day; one punch would have been enough."

Su Xin looked at the fair and tender fist; it was quite cute.

I'm thinking

Su Xin shook her head, trying to clear her mind of distractions.

Karen's strengthening is equivalent to his strengthening. After leaving her body, her strength will also increase. Therefore, helping Karen hone her skills is not something Su Xin, a kind-hearted person, should do.

If he were truly kind, he wouldn't let Karen be troubled by the divine voice.

While the improvement in strength through this path is unparalleled, the side effects are enough to ruin a person's life.

A person who lives solely for their obsession, never considering anything else, is undoubtedly quite terrifying and lonely.

Anyway, Kallen is just a transit point. Sooner or later you will possess a more powerful person or reappear in the world in your original form.

Like a train changing trains, she is not just a passenger in your endless life; she will silently leave once the next train departs.

Kallen's talent ultimately has a limit; she may never reach even one ten-thousandth of the heights she achieved on the final battlefield, even in death.

"I know, instead of talking to me, you should focus on repairing my body. I don't want to fight with a broken body when the end of our current civilization comes again. Be careful, or I might lose and never wake up again."

Su Xin teased, changing the subject, saying he had thought the system would say something like "born with a life of hard work."

But she didn't; she calmly conveyed clear words into Su Xin's consciousness—

You know, Su Xin... there's no other one like her in the world.

I don't understand what you mean.

I'm just reminding you that, like the Honkai Beast inside you, it's impossible for a second one to appear.

Those who can transcend death are blessed by heaven; Garuda, with the help of divine sound, can be reborn from the ashes.

The latter, human sin, transcends the concepts of reality and illusion, encompassing all the hopes and despair that countless humankind has exhausted over millennia.

"At least I feel there is only hope now. I will not give up fighting against the Honkai. No matter what the cost, I will carry on with the belief they placed in me."

"I don't want to see their disappointed expressions when I die."

They won't feel disappointed.

"But I will."

"I could have averted some of the tragedy."

"I could have defeated all my enemies."

“I could have brought them to victory and let them live in a peaceful era.”

“I could have killed him.”

The price of kindness is bearing the burden of something so intangible and ethereal.

It's just that the Honkai Beasts' abilities shouldn't exist. They're even more cruel than the Divine Sound. They make the weak strong and the strong weak. Don't you find that ridiculous?

Su Xin clenched her fists, ignoring the system's words, and began to contemplate Garuda.

He understood the meaning of Garuda deeply.

To gain even greater power, the system took him to other worlds to soak in the body of Chi Yuan.

She said this before she died.

“You know, Su Xin… there will never be another Garuda in the world.”

Garuda is not a powerful Honkai Beast.

There is no need for the other meaning of the Red Kite.

Aside from Kevin in his Salvation state and the Herrscher of the End, Su Xin felt that no one could challenge him.

Even Kevin, after that, was no match for him at all.

He was powerful, powerful enough to stand at the very top of the human world, but Su Xin felt a deep sense of powerlessness regarding the Collapse mechanism, which was completely different from what he remembered.

If Honkai Impact were truly like in the game, where even tank-class Honkai Beasts could be defeated by armored B-rank Valkyries, then humanity wouldn't have suffered repeated defeats in the initial resistance.

Even the Lawbringer is an existence that is difficult to match.

Su Xin harbored a fantasy that the current Herrschers were weaker than those in the game.

For example, Wendy, the Herrscher of Wind, was knocked unconscious by the Anti-Entropy mech, showing no shame whatsoever for a Herrscher.

As for the Herrscher who came after, although she was much stronger than Wendy, that was all.

In the previous civilization, the birth of every Herrscher meant the death of at least tens of millions of people.

The Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire were not actually thirteen; in fact, they were not the most powerful beings in earlier times.