Disaster Simulator, global collapse begins.

"Give me back the feeling I had!"

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Chapter 43 The Dead Pay Tribute to Those Who Died

At first, Chen Jie thought Elke was an annoying brat, but his opinion changed for a while. Now, he's come full circle and is back to where he started.

"Now you have two options in front of you."

"By staying in this world and not pursuing power, the golden hourglass can last for about a hundred years."

"Fame, wealth, power—all of these are readily available to Elke of the Shaniat family."

"This is the kind of life that so many ordinary people yearn for but cannot attain."

"After living a century that far exceeds what ordinary people enjoy, I suppose you will have no regrets, nor any obsession with saving the world."

"The second option is to stick to your original path of salvation."

"I really don't know what you're so insistent on."

"You seem to have no deep connection with the real world."

"Your real-life parents are just like Batman's parents, and you don't have a lover you can't forget, or even a close friend."

That hurts.

How could someone with a mouth that's only 37 degrees Celsius utter such cold words?

At this moment, two options appeared on the screen in front of Chen Jie.

[1. Abandon reality and stay in the Honkai world]

[Rewards include all of Elk's past memories, which will help you fully integrate into your new identity, as well as some speculations about how to extend your stay in each simulated world.]

[2. Continue to save the world]

[Here's a banner and 500 yuan as a reward; I actually paid someone to do it!]

"I……"

Chen Jie understood.

I am not some kind of staunch savior.

Compared to those heroes and great figures who make it into history books, he falls short in both thought and will.

But if we just give up like this...

"I feel so cheated!"

If you give up here, wouldn't all the hardships, suffering, tribulations, and despair you've endured along the way be for nothing?

It felt like playing a mobile game.

The more money you spend, the less you want to quit.

The sunk costs are too high.

"Reality is a trash game, but I will never quit it here!"

Choose 2.

"You won't be angry if I say I didn't prepare a banner," Elke mocked on the screen.

"Haha, because I never expected you to choose number 2."

"Give up."

"Could it be because of those games and anime in real life?"

"If you stay in the Honkai world, you'll find the same entertainment options just as readily available."

"You can just lie down here and wait for the main characters, namely Kiana, to bring Honkai energy to the moon. Anyway, the Post-Honkai Odyssey has already been released, and humanity hasn't been wiped out."

[1. Abandoning the salvation]

[2. Keep going]

Choose 2.

Chen Jie is a rather stubborn person.

Just like before, once you've decided to pursue a research career, you won't take any entries like "prophet" even if you come across them.

Call him steadfast, stubborn, single-minded, or someone who's determined to go down a dead-end path.

With the spirit of finishing a novel or anime even if the sequel is a pile of crap, since I've already decided to save the world, I should see what lies ahead.

“The Honkai in reality won’t kill you anymore. You can leave behind a copy of the human gene pool and knowledge base,” Elke continued to persuade.

"Once the collapse ends, we will begin a new civilization."

"You are the Kami of the New World!"

Choose 2.

"Give up sooner or later, you're really not cut out for this."

Choose 2.

"What do you care about the lives of billions of people around the world?"

"No one will remember your kindness, your sacrifice will not even be celebrated, you great hero."

Choose 2.

Have you ever felt that you've been subtly influenced by simulators?

"It makes you feel like saving the world is your only way out."

"You should think about these things carefully."

Choose 2.

"If you choose option 2, you'll really lose the reward for the final puzzle."

Choose 2.

For some reason, Elke was very enthusiastic about persuading Chen Jie to give up saving the world.

Perhaps he inherited Chen Jie's stubbornness.

……

Choose 2.

The choice was made repeatedly over and over again.

"Heh, I guess I'll just say you've passed." Elke's expression changed yet again.

"I am Elke! The one and only Elke."

"Remember me, and then tread upon the full gifts of my flesh, memory, and spirit, and continue on this winding path of salvation."

"The dead pay tribute to those who faced death!"

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The video ends abruptly here.

Several images flashed alternately at high frequency, and Chen Jie suddenly felt that some memories in his memory palace had broken free.

"So that's how it is..."

He suddenly understood everything Elke had done.

First, the reason for making a just division.

Before constructing the memory palace, Chen Jie, as the original being, had thoughts in his mind that could be likened to a cloud.

Meanwhile, Elk in the simulated world had become a sturdy palace.

When in sync, it's like using clouds to crash into a palace.

At this point, the final outcome was that the entire cloud cluster disintegrated.

Elke from the Honkai world became the dominant personality, while Chen Jie from the real world was absorbed.

Even the simulator won't help him.

In essence, Elke is also a part of Chen Jie, another extension and possibility of him.

"How come I never realized my personality was so terrible?"

The reason is an extraordinary level of brain.

The difference between them and ordinary people is too great.

So, before Chen Jie could enter in person, he committed suicide by smashing his own memory palace and sealing away the related memories.

It was only after Chen Jie completed the construction of the memory palace and passed the test to gain the strength to accept everything that it was released.

Elke had absolutely no desire to be the dominant personality.

Some of the mockery in the video is genuine; this gifted young man is very pessimistic about the future.

He believes that this Honkai Impact 1 is not the end, but just the beginning. Even if it is broken, all sorts of other disasters will follow.

Chen Jie was like an ant struggling in water.

At this moment, countless children with watering cans are preparing to water the ant nest.

Elke felt that rather than becoming the object of amusement for some unknown being, it would be better to die early and attain eternal peace.

"Is this what they call the ultimate escapist?"

They'd rather die than leave this world...

Secondly, why persuade him to give up saving the world?

Elke believed that if Chen Jie couldn't even pass a few language tests, he might as well give up early and become a rich young master.

Of course, understanding is one thing, but agreeing or disagreeing is another.

My memory contains Elke's final gift.

A method that combines three viruses into one.

He didn't do it himself because he couldn't open the dimensional rift, the modified virus stock solution was still in Chen Jie's hands, and at that time he didn't have his own laboratory to do experiments and had to borrow it from others.

What used to require three repeated infections can now be eradicated with just one infection to infect all cells in the body.

It reduces the number of infections, thus lowering the burden on the immune system and reducing risks.

This is a tool that will be of great help in future simulations!

A tool virus that can be used to modify human genes.

"Is this your final ripple, Elke..."

Chen Jie sighed.

Humans are truly complex creatures.

Even if it's just a little brat.

He was the one who helped me, he was the one who mocked me, and in the end, he was the one who resolutely chose to seal his memories and merge with me.

The characters suddenly became more fleshed out.

It is not a clone of Chen Jie, but the one and only Elke.

"Then let's name it after you and call it the Elk One Virus."

An image of a proud and somewhat arrogant little brat popped into my mind.

"I'll remember you, comrade."

There's no need to be confused.

All decisions are made underfoot.

Keep going.

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Chapter 44 Iron Hooves Trampling, Death Like Flowers