Genshin Impact: Starting Guide - End of the World Qi Bao

Everyone was on high alert. Mebius's pale green pupils turned into vertical snake eyes, and she spoke to Juexi with an unusually serious expression.

"You know, these things can't be changed, like the Thousand Tribulations, like the outcome this time."

Although Mebius was reluctant to believe such nonsense, her own research, Jue Xi's inexplicable power, and his earlier reminder forced her to accept that Jue Xi might indeed have traveled from another time.

"Is that so? Then I'm relieved."

After Jue Xi finished speaking, a sword of domination formed from the core of reason appeared in her hand, and the group launched an attack on the End. Meanwhile, on the other side...

Paddy tried to open the strange door in front of her. As the process progressed, she felt her body begin to shed fur. Even though her entire body was resisting, every cell in her body was telling her to leave quickly and not open the door, but...

"squeak......"

"Hey, open L."

The moment the "door" opened, Padophilia completed her mission. The AI ​​"Number 17" successfully infiltrated the "door," and Padophilia was instantly killed by the massive Honkai energy blast the instant the door opened.

Meanwhile, Juexi's situation wasn't ideal either. Even if Juexi wanted to defeat the End, he couldn't. The ideal scenario of him surviving the End's attack and gaining its power didn't happen. Kiana was unaware and unprepared when Juexi first acquired the End's power, which is why it was taken from her. The End Herrscher, having previously bestowed power upon Juexi, naturally knew of his abilities. With the End also using its own power to counter him, the two sides engaged in a back-and-forth struggle, each stealing a bit from the other, neither able to gain the upper hand in the short term.

The End on the moon possesses near-limitless Honkai energy. If the fight drags on, the best-case scenario is a stalemate between Juexi and the End, but the current situation is one where they can't afford to delay any longer. Juexi can protect herself, but Velvet and Kosmo have both perished in battle... If the fight continues, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After Mei used "Moonlight Throne" to hit the End twice, some of the Honkai energy in the Herrscher's body was lost, and Juexi came to Kevin's side.

"Hey Kevin, stop holding back, use that already, or we'll be wiped out."

Kevin remained silent; the group that had arrived were all prepared to die. Seeing that she couldn't persuade Kevin, Juexi could only invoke Dr. Mei's name. After deflecting one of End's attacks with her sword, Juexi returned to Kevin's side.

"Kevin, aren't you listening to Dr. May? She still has the Stigmata Project and the Fire Seed Project for you to work on."

Kevin was taken aback when he heard this, then gripped the 'Annihilation' in his hand tightly.

"Heavenly Judgment - Zero Rated Power"

"Heavenly Fire - Unsheathed!"

Kevin's all-out attack temporarily halted the Herrscher of the End's movements, but it couldn't kill her, only restrain her. The only weapon capable of causing real damage, the "Moonlight Throne," burned out due to overclocking after two uses. The operation failed, and Kevin could only lead his remaining comrades back to the Flame Chaser to carry out the Vault Plan...

However, Juexi refused to go back with the others.

"Juexi, what are you going to do?"

"Kevin, you should leave now. There's no place for me in the previous civilization. My battle with the End isn't over yet. I'll buy you some more time, hehe."

Kevin was a little angry, and he could only helplessly say to Juexi.

"We lost, you can't defeat Him."

Jue Xi nodded.

"That's right, but He tricked me so badly, we can't just let it go like this. Stop dawdling and let's go."

Kevin was naturally unable to change Juexi's decision, and in the end, Juexi was left alone on the moon.

Jue Xi, on the other hand, felt a headache coming on. Why had he ended up in the previous civilization? His head was throbbing. He could clearly sense that the End was likely to wake up soon, in three hours at most, which was completely different from the situation in the original civilization. Perhaps because of his arrival, the two of them were absorbing each other's energy, making the End even stronger than normal? So he had become a power bank? He was truly speechless.

Jue Xi lies on the lunar surface, waiting for the end to come...

On Earth, Sue also received a message from the moon confirming Kevin's survival and that they would soon be able to return to Earth. Upon receiving this news, Sue immediately rushed to May's side.

"May, Kevin will be back soon, and then you can be reunited."

Mei turned around, panting heavily, and said with a strained smile.

"That's great... he's still alive, but it's a pity... I won't be able to see him one last time."

"Mei, could it be that you...?"

"I'm sorry, Su, my body has reached its limit. I can't even see your face clearly anymore. But thank you, Su. Thanks to your medicine, I probably wouldn't have made it this far."

Su frowned, gritting her teeth as she pondered something, while Mei continued arranging the funeral.

"There are two letters on the table, one for Kevin and one for you."

Mei said in a gentle and weak tone.

"I'm sorry, Kevin. I lied to you and said I was cured, and that we could be together forever once you came back from the moon. Did you always know I was lying, but you still chose to believe me? For the next few thousand, tens of thousands of years, Kevin will be left alone in this world. He must be very lonely."

After Mei finished speaking, she reached out her hand, as if trying to pull something. Mei continued speaking.

"Su, please, stay by his side and don't let him go astray. Promise me, okay?"

Sue reached out her hand back.

“May, Kevin is also my friend, and I will always keep an eye on him.”

Ke Mei didn't touch Su's hand; her hand fell limply to her side.

......

"Hey, End, they're all taught by the same master and can't break each other's moves."

The reply was utterly devoid of any emotion.

"No, human. Your death is only a matter of time. You could have chosen to become my messenger, and I would have let you live until the end of the world. But you didn't, foolish human."

"Really? But I have other skills."

As the two fought, Juexi lost all her powers except for Origin and Domination. Should we say that she has returned to her rightful owner?

In the end, he was utterly disdainful.

"Oh? Is that so? Human. I thought you were just an insect that only stole divine power."

"Come on, End, let me show you the limits of what the worm in your mouth can do."

"The Spirit of the Taixu Sword Technique"

After unleashing this sword strike, Jue Xi's face turned deathly pale. A pure white sword aura hurtled towards the End, who was somewhat surprised to find no Honkai energy in the attack. However, seeing Jue Xi's expression, the End became bolder, combining the powers of Restraint, Domination, and End (Time) into a single attack that shot towards Jue Xi. Just as the two attacks were about to collide, a layer of pink light suddenly appeared on the sword's edge. With the blessing of this 'Origin,' the End's power was temporarily neutralized, and the pure white sword aura pierced straight through the End's body.

Finally, somewhat surprised, he realized that he was injured.

Then the power of the Herald of Death within him was helping him recover, but Jue Xi was powerless to wield his sword again.

"Humans, your dying struggle is meaningless. When I recover, it will be the end for you humans."

Jue Xi smiled but didn't say anything, thinking to herself.

"There's no way to win. But the time we've gained, plus Kevin's attack just now, is enough for twelve hours. However, if Dr. Mebius is right, even if I die, I won't truly die, because I'm destined to die anyway. Only in this way can everything be restored. As for Kiana, if nothing unexpected happens, she'll be fine too."

......

Meanwhile, Kevin, who had just arrived on Earth, was already separated from May by death. Kevin stood silently in front of May's coffin, holding the baby, his face expressionless, while Sue bowed her head and apologized beside him.

"I'm sorry, Kevin. I couldn't cure May's illness."

Kevin turned around and brushed past Sue, replying with a blank expression.

"Enough, Su. This isn't your fault. We need to go to the shelter. The Herrscher of the End will be returning to Earth soon. I don't have time to regret this. The war against the Honkai isn't over yet. No matter the cost, we must defeat the Honkai!"

Sue watched Kevin walk away, then looked at the letter in her hand, and at May...

“May, I should go now. Don’t worry. I will keep an eye on Kevin and make sure he doesn’t go astray. As for the Overseer program you gave me, I hope I never have to use it.”

......

After everyone entered their hibernation pods, Eden sat outside the base, set up a small table, elegantly sipping red wine and gazing at the gray sky. Mebius had just finished recording a video of his future self's memory and entrusted it to Klein for safekeeping. He saw Eden as he came out.

"Eden?"

Eden still wore an elegant smile.

"Hello, Dr. Möbius, would you like to have a drink with me?"

Mebius didn't speak. She sat down next to Eden, silently picked up her glass, and poured herself a glass of wine.

"Eden, why don't you go into the hibernation pod?"

Eden replied with a smile.

"My friend~ My era has ended. As a singer of the old era, let me just disappear with the demise of the old era."

Mebius poured herself another glass of wine, perhaps thinking that if she didn't drink it now, she might not have another chance? After downing the glass, Mebius joked.

"Come on, Eden, you just refused to enter the hibernation pod because you saw that Alicia was dead and no one was there to keep you company, and you felt it was boring to be alone in the new era, right?"

Eden didn't speak. She poured herself a glass of wine but didn't directly answer Möbius's question. After they drank for a while longer, Eden slowly opened her mouth.

"Dr. Möbius, aren't you my friend?"

"Humph."

"By the way, Doctor, your alcohol tolerance... isn't very high~"

"Humph~"

Eden smiled, looking at Mebius and thinking of Alicia, and of the "afternoon tea" when they drank together.

"The play has reached its final curtain call. My era has ended, and there is no place for me in the new era. Why not let me depart with the old era, my friend? To turn to dust with our time—is that not a kind of romance?"

Mebius said nothing, gave up trying to persuade Eden to get up, and left.

After leaving, Mebius went to the location of Prometheus 17 and helped it hack into the "imaginary space," making it the collapsing will of the next civilization and temporarily uploading itself to the network.

Thus, the previous civilization came to an end...

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On the moon, after recovering from the finality, Juexi was immediately killed off. And as Möbius had predicted, Juexi wasn't completely dead; he found himself in a strange, large house. But why was his resurrection location the kitchen? And what's this place all about? Bronya?

"Oo~ Master, you're here. You're finally dead! If you hadn't finished this, your Kiana would have kept nagging me to death. Every day, she wanted to eat this and that."

Jue Xi was completely dumbfounded.

"Huh? You're the system?"

System scraping return path.

“( ? v ? )~ Hmm~”

Jue Xi ignored why the system had turned into Bronya and asked anxiously.

Where's Kiana??

"Well, he's probably in his room watching stories of you and your comrades from the previous civilization fighting bravely to the end. He might be so moved that he bursts into tears. You'd better go and comfort him."

Then he handed the food he had just prepared for Kiana to Juexi.

"Okay, go deliver it. You go ahead and get busy. We'll talk later."