Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

"Yes."

"—Saving Jiangcheng is my wish."

77. Alicia: Why... is this happening?!

The girl raised her head and looked up at the vast, boundless night sky.

Noisy yet silent, brilliant yet lonely.

All the dazzling lights hanging high above looked down on the girl, an unreachable expanse of billions of miles, like countless eyes, but not pure darkness, a pure black without a trace of light or brightness, but a deep blue color like the deep sea.

It's as if you're not looking up at the sky, but at the sea at night, and the stars are just reflections of light in the water.

Tiny individuals and stars, silent as eternity, radiant and noisy, seemingly unaware that they are being looked up to. Like mayflies and the vast ocean, each has its own measure.

That is not a product that humans can understand; it is an energy that is closer to a deeper essence, which is probably difficult even for Herrschers.

Even that self-contained continent only touched the very edge; theoretically, it was impossible for it to have any contact whatsoever.

But at this moment, the girl could hear whispers that seemed to come from the boundless pressure beneath the deep sea.

Ethereal, dull—that's an excessively distorted sound.

"Your [wish], your [rules]..."

……

—That is definitely not something from this world.

……

Although he is not actually a scholar and doesn't really know much about the world.

But relying on the authority of the Origin, the girl could clearly sense the strangeness of that energy, its opposite to the world, and its utter absurdity.

This is definitely not a power that the world can accept or naturally possess; she can even clearly feel the world's rejection of this power.

Previously, when the world was fighting against the Honkai, Alicia also went to the Mu Continent. They were researching and exploring downwards, and had encountered an energy that was very similar to this power. The people there called it quantum.

The only difference is that Mu Continent has only scratched the surface, merely beginning to build a channel connecting the two different domains.

At this very moment, what appears before the girl is undeniably true power—not the splash of water, but the tide, the tide that arrives because of the moon.

Perhaps it was the result of the collision between the power of the Origin and the power of the Herrscher of Death that allowed the power that could be unified and restrained to enter this place earlier, or perhaps it was simply that this burning desire was captured by the sea.

Like the tide that occurred on Venus countless years ago, the Sea of ​​Quanta has risen once again.

The world knows far too little about this power.

The only thing that is beyond doubt is that this power is definitely not simple.

There are no free wishes, and the idea of ​​a pie falling from the sky is something a girl who has loved paradise and fairy tales since childhood has never believed in.

So what?

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter anymore.

The once beautiful fairy has gone completely mad.

I can no longer accept being alone, I can no longer live without my youth, not even for a single second.

"No matter what it takes to achieve this wish."

"No matter what it takes to save Jiangcheng."

The girl pressed her hand to her chest, her diamond-shaped pupils staring unnaturally at those enormous 'celestial bodies' that were enough to overwhelm all reason.

—Anything is fine.

I can accept anything.

Only if it is possible...

—To save Jiangcheng.

……

What exactly is Alicia doing?

The highly corrosive energy continued to leak out, and Mebius outside could barely stay alive with the help of some devices.

This level of Honkai energy evaporated the two unconscious Emperor-level Fusion Warriors outside in an instant, leaving not even a speck of dust.

Even the massive Honkai energy generated when the Sixth Herrscher was born wasn't this terrifying.

At that time, the highest peak only reached 4000 HW.

Even in a single instant, this was enough to inflict a terrible price on all of humanity, turning this once blue planet into a desolate wasteland.

This is not an exaggeration; it is a true description that satellites can clearly see that the Earth has appeared as a vast, continuous expanse of ruins.

And now...

Even fusion warriors must rely on special tools to survive, and they can feel the extent to which their bodies are being melted.

Mebius estimates it to be at least 7000 HW.

Incomprehensible.

Can't understand.

Even considering the rate at which the Herrscher expands, this magnitude is completely incomprehensible.

It's almost like skipping a grade.

If you suddenly throw high school exam questions at a student in elementary school, no matter how excellent the student is, it is absolutely impossible for them to overcome an excessively difficult level.

Now, even if communication between the two sides is blocked, and the reason of seclusion is given, it's useless.

If this concentration were to radiate outwards, the entire continent would be destroyed.

What exactly is Alicia doing?

Is the first Herrscher that special?

Ah……

There's no point in exploring further. She is indeed a mad scientist, but she shouldn't have used all her brainpower to sell her findings.

It looks like my reputation is going to plummet again.

He'll probably go from being a demon scientist to a universally condemned anti-humanity criminal.

At the very least, they'll be condemned and cursed in history for thousands of years.

Alicia, oh Alicia...

Now, I've given it my all.

I just hope that the unique nature of that First Herrscher—Origin—won't disappoint me.

"We need to prepare a response."

Möbius decided to leave this place, which was completely decayed, offered no useful information, and offered no clues.

Despite the Honkai energy being so intense that even a Fusion Warrior would be melted, she has managed to retain her mobility thanks to her still-functioning device, having transformed into the Judgment-class Honkai Beast, the giant serpent Shesa.

No matter how much Jiang Cheng believed in the girl he trusted, he still had to find a way to deal with it.

If the final outcome is indeed a disaster, delivering another heavy blow to human civilization that is already on the verge of collapse and reduced to a dilapidated building, it could very well create a crisis capable of destroying humanity.

This Honkai energy has far surpassed the level at the time of the Sixth Herrscher's birth; at least half of this continent is now unusable.

Mebius, one of the instigators, was not the kind of person who would shirk responsibility.

All the equipment in the laboratory was damaged and there was no need to clean it up. All the individual lives in the laboratory were also declared dead.

That saved her time leaving.

There's no need to try and salvage any lab reports or personnel.

If someone thinks they are always successful and everything goes smoothly, they will eventually suffer a major setback—a point that Möbius was keenly aware of. Therefore, no matter what the situation, he had to be extremely cautious and maintain the highest level of attention for every experiment and every matter.

Let's go.

There's no need to stay here for even a second longer.

If there are no problems, Alicia will come out with the itinerary in a little while.

If there are any problems, the opponent's combat strength is basically enough to solve them; if they can't, adding another one of hers would be pointless.

Möbius turned around gently, holding the instrument that had just finished recording everything, and prepared to move to another place to continue the experiment.

After becoming a Fusion Warrior, his ears, which already possessed unimaginably keen perception, clearly heard things that couldn't possibly happen.

—The sound of waves crashing can be heard in the distance.

The sound was dull yet clear, like a whirlpool forming a column of water that surged upwards from the seabed, where everything was so tightly compressed that it would inevitably be crushed and flattened. The sound, compressed layer by layer, only became real the moment it broke through the water.

what?

Why can I hear the sound of waves here?

Mebius paused, the dry and eroding energy in his body suddenly becoming somewhat viscous, as if he had fallen into the deep sea.

If the erosion just now was like inch by inch of glass skin on land, then now it's as if someone has forcibly pressed you into the deepest part of the sea.

This is absolutely uncomfortable.

Because this water is definitely not as clear and refreshing as a stream.

Could it be that the large amount of Honkai energy led to the creation of Judgment-class Honkai Beasts?

Möbius turned his head, took a deep breath, suppressed his physical discomfort, and prepared to see what other messy things were hindering this experiment.