To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

She went to the agreed location and waited quietly.

As a result, she waited from morning until the sun set in the middle of the sky, from the morning dew drops disappearing into the air, and from the burning passion in her heart slowly cooling down... but she waited for nothing.

She trusted the other person's character and believed they wouldn't break their promise. In fact, she always waited for others first and then greeted them with feigned surprise.

Gradually, a sense of doubt began to creep into Mei's mind.

She began to explore her surroundings, searching for traces of the other party, checking places they had been, and looking for any news of Alicia among the other heroes.

After searching many places, she finally met the other heroes.

And there were several of them at once; they gathered together to discuss matters: Kevin, Sue, Aponia, and Mebius.

Their expressions were not good. They looked at each other, and there was a hint of wariness and seriousness in their eyes.

She was curious, as the heroes rarely appeared in groups, especially when Alicia was not around.

Mei didn't understand why, so she chose to ask about what she cared about most at the moment.

After all, she had a promise with Alicia, and with so many heroes here, there should be news about her.

Kevin, however, remained silent, his face expressionless, and did not respond directly to her words.

Su frowned and said that Alicia had been delayed because of some matters.

Mei pressed further, "So what exactly happened?"

"She's temporarily...missing," Su said calmly.

"Gone...? What does that mean? Has she gone into hiding?"

Mei was stunned. This was an answer she had never expected. Yingjie had disappeared in Paradise.

"Hehe—, Su's words are always so hard to understand. Why don't I tell you the answer?"

"The fact that the woman you wanted to see has disappeared means..."

Mei looked at her, but her mind couldn't help but recall the past few days of playing together and every smile and frown of the other person.

She always smiled like this, even when she said goodbye to herself—eternal, flawless…

In the end, she could only hear those three words from Möbius.

"She's dead—"

These three words, completely different from Su's answer, also revealed the reason why these people were here to discuss things.

Alicia is dead.

Yesterday, they made an appointment, and Alice was all smiles with the fairy Alice. Now, Alice is dead.

Seemingly fearing misunderstanding from the audience and players, the screen's perspective returned to the initial homepage, displaying the cards of the thirteen heroes and the interface where their memories could be viewed.

In the middle, a picture featuring Alicia's figure shattered with a crisp, glass-like sound—

Transparent white, irreversible cracks replaced the former Alicia, leaving only emptiness, coupled with Mebius's words just now.

rotten

I really like a quote from a Honkai Impact 3rd player.

【ah--??】

[No, what happened to the secret? Just like that? Gone? The person is gone too?]

[Was this so sudden? These days, they don't save the kill for last anymore?]

[Huh? Where's my huge Alicia? Mihoyo, you're really something!]

And just like that, she vanished into the Eternal Paradise, like a gust of wind.

In the Golden Courtyard,

Although everyone had a deep understanding of the Heroes' experiences because of Su Luo, even the Heroes who had experienced all the Herrschers could easily guess that it was the last Herrscher who did it.

However, some people who haven't done voice acting are still confused.

Everything happened too fast, too unexpectedly, and caught us off guard.

"No, no... Is he sick? No... Luo Mo, are you sick?"

The Lawbringer opened his mouth, still reeling from the shock, and uttered a vulgar remark.

Her eyes widened as she glanced at Alicia, then stared at Luo Mo, her rose-red eyes wide with astonishment.

"Such a swift death, and it happens right at the beginning of the story?"

Kiana was also somewhat surprised; she had thought that the other party would still slowly deliver a death blow to the reader at the end of the story's chapter.

Unexpectedly, the first part of the main storyline announced the other party's death.

"There aren't many left that can kill us in Paradise, are there?"

Aponia felt a pang of pity as she looked at the shattered image of Alicia in the game, and her heart ached.

"Heh—who knows what that is? Anyway, such a thing will never appear in Paradise."

Mebius said coldly, "Even if we fight amongst ourselves, it won't be that woman Alicia who dies."

If they hadn't promised not to say it out loud, those of them who participated in the voice acting... even if they didn't participate, would easily guess what could harm their memory cells.

Just like Velvi's persistent research into arming Kevin, Alicia, who was no weaker than Kevin, was killed because of the memory; normally, such an accident wouldn't happen so easily.

However, she was very unhappy with her final fate, if it weren't for Klein's sake...

"Indeed, I didn't expect that it would be Kiana who appeared next. Guess what it is?~"

Alicia blinked and asked Kiana a question.

Is she the female version of Su?

Kiana said seriously,

Since that visit, she had kept this formidable foe in her mind, but it seemed she didn't remember much, only that he was not a good person and was just like Su.

Su: "..."

You can’t get over this joke, right?

Alicia: "..."

Luo Mo covered her mouth and chuckled. How come the other person didn't know anything? Could it be because Alicia had said something strange in class?

However, the original course didn't seem to contain much information about the Herrscher's abilities later on; it was more of a cryptic message.

Actually, it did appear a few times in the game, but... it's just a game after all.

Bronya was only curious about... why this animation was added later, and why Alicia's portrait was completely shattered.

Beside her, Bronya sighed and asked, as a game developer herself was very curious about the role of such details.

She will definitely lead an even more interesting game in the future.

Mebius was the first to offer his opinion: "Who knows? Maybe she just dislikes Alicia."

"Huh? Mebius, why do you have such a big problem with me?"

"Oh, you just realized that?"

Möbius sneered, "See, wasn't it me who announced your death in the game? You can see how much I hate you."

"A death...that's true. Judging from those thirteen scenes, it seems Luo Mo is bringing quite a few knives this time. Luckily, I was really prepared this time, hmm?~"

Alicia confidently stated that she was the one primarily involved in the voice acting this time, so how could anyone possibly harm her?

Moreover, before Su Luo died... cross that, after Su Luo became a thousand-person Herrscher, she reminded everyone that all thirteen people were dead, and none of them were alive.

In short, Alicia was confident that there would be no problem this time and she would never shed tears in front of Luo Mo!

Gretchen was the only one present who was unaware of the news; she was surprised by the news of Alicia's 'death' once again.

"Next, let's activate the Paradise Ice Crushing Mode."

Luo Mo murmured to himself with a hint of anticipation.

"Hmm?" Alicia's ears perked up, and she looked at him with a puzzled expression, grinding her teeth.

"Oh, no, it's the suspenseful case of finding the last murderer in Paradise. It's time for Hua Yi to make his mark!" Luo Mo announced.

"Hmm, great! Finally, an old hand has stepped in, and Mei really trusts him—"

"So, what kind of investigative methods were used?" Fu Hua smiled as she glanced at Luo Mo and Xiao Shi, who had brought up the topic, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

"Of course, it's when we're investigating cases in London / Of course, it's when we're investigating cases within the Ring Project!"

Two people, two completely different answers.

This time, Luo Mo is determined to answer correctly.

"Fine, you clearly knew that was the way you wanted to go, but you let me answer first. No way, you have to say it again!"

Xiao Shi glared angrily, and out of the corner of her eye she caught Fu Hua's darkening expression, and hurriedly said.

Then, she activated her powers—

"Of course Fu Hua is... the cutest in the world!"

"Hmm?—" The Herrscher of Knowledge drew out her words and looked at him strangely. He must have been infected with a virus. He should quickly find out what was going on.

It's okay if her powers fail, but it's strange that all she does after failing is shout "the cutest girl." Is this a sign that the Delicious virus is about to activate?

"Pfft, haha—" Alicia laughed loudly.

Fu Hua looked at the other person helplessly.

Luo Mo: "..."

No, is he really sick? Why does he always blurt out this sentence when he's being controlled?

...

"If one day, pulling the trigger on me like this could save the majority of people...."

"Kevin, what would you do?"

In the darkness, for no apparent reason, he remembered those words.

That was a question Alicia had asked him, and his answer at the time was incorrect.