Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

It's like stepping into a long-lost ancient civilization described in a post-apocalyptic novel, where people are moving forward with hope in the face of despair and calamity.

There are no flowers, birds, or songs here, and moss cannot grow in this place ravaged by collapse. This is a forbidden zone for all life, not just humans.

Jiangcheng moved forward gently, and the power floating in the air was inadvertently shut down, as the girl's newly designed and made boots stepped onto the old land.

Simply moving forward.

It's just taking a step.

An inexplicable, electric shock-like sensation seemed to penetrate the exquisite sole, the velvet insole, and even the Herrscher's energy shield.

From the deepest part of the soles of the feet, along the nerves and meridians, in an instant, incomprehensible and inexplicable emotions are transmitted to the depths of the heart.

what……

Feel.

I definitely felt it.

An emotion that could not be denied slowly flowed into my heart from places that had been blocked, suppressed, and unexplored.

It was like stepping into paradise, like the familiarity of going to the pool with a girl, and... a loneliness and sorrow far deeper than that moment.

How much has been left here? How many memories are left behind that make the emotions at this moment so intense?

This place is clearly a concentration camp for geniuses, not a place that any ordinary person can easily enter.

Why……

How could I be so familiar with the fire-chasing moth?

……

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112. Excavating the ruins of the Spiral Workshop

Everything seen through the eyes remains incomprehensible.

These few scenes alone cannot provide any valuable information.

In that inexplicable, deeply felt familiarity, no meaningful memories emerged. It was as if it had been intentionally sealed away by an unknown person, leaving only the most instinctive physical sensations and the warmth of that moment.

Doubts cannot be dispelled by more doubts; thinking when you know nothing and know nothing will only breed more troubling doubts.

Jiang Cheng simply buried all these questions in his heart and moved forward again, enduring the discomfort and taking one step after another on the broken ground.

The Herrscher's keen eyesight revealed nothing that could not be called ruins; the limit of his vision was only scattered fragments and swirling dust.

If it weren't for the fact that this place hasn't been covered by vegetation yet and hasn't suffered too much wear and tear, it probably wouldn't even qualify as ruins.

Nothing could be seen or discovered; there were no traces of advanced technology. Even the steel floor was incomplete, with spiderweb-like cracks forming large pits.

The once sharp and flawless material, once fallen into the pit, naturally formed a theft-proof trap, but it also lost all its sharpness under the ravages of time.

In a sense, the power of time is so great that even theft prevention measures will one day become useless as the internal structure decays.

All of humanity's wisdom, efforts, and hard work—the edifice built from the memories and sweat of countless people—collapsed in an instant.

Perhaps only when it collapses will people suddenly realize just how enormous and insurmountable this seemingly ordinary skyscraper truly is.

The magnificent ruins lie buried in the dust, their ancient colors shrouded in mist. Only the remaining fragments still reveal glimpses of the past, seemingly proving that this was once a world where humans tread, mine, and build.

A world devoid of any human presence is far more desolate than a deserted road. Stone bricks covered by Honkai energy, so much so that not even a single green leaf can rise, are left only with traces of being gradually eroded, worn, and turned to ash by the wind and sand.

The building, though cut in half, remained magnificent; however, after the collapse, everything that had been protected by it was destroyed in its fall.

How tragic, how pitiful, how lamentable...

The boy's dark eyes now held only the desolation reflected in the wind.

Each time I moved forward, each time I saw ruins and broken walls, an uncontrollable emotion would rise from my heart, interfering with my thinking.

Until those eyes, gradually sinking into sorrow, reflected a complete ruin, so collapsed that not a single trace of architecture remained.

……

……

……

His fingers clenched tightly in an instant, and several blue veins stood out clearly on the back of his white hand. Even with the body of a Herrscher, his nails dug deep into his flesh, and blood flowing with Honkai energy slowly dripped down his knuckles.

Anger stemming from instinct, a rage deep within the soul, an unquenchable, unyielding resentment, surging and igniting all emotions.

With only minimal contact with the ground, the earth, which had already withstood the baptism of wind and sand, was unable to support the high concentration of energy and crumbled and shattered in an instant.

In that instant, Jiang Cheng's thoughts came to a complete standstill, so much so that even the sadness in his eyes vanished without a trace, leaving only a blank.

Indescribable.

Indescribable.

It cannot be described.

All thoughts, all the doubts that were weighing on my heart, vanished without a trace at the same time, leaving only the most complete blankness.

In a truly meaningful sense, not a single thought remains, not even an instinctive reaction to the ruins before one's eyes.

nausea……

Feeling nauseous...

All that remained was an instinctive loathing, a desire to turn and run away immediately, a desire to escape from this place at all costs, a desire to leave this place at all costs.

It seems that simply staying here is dangerous, and it seems that just looking at the ruins in front of them could lead to something terrifying for a Herrscher.

Just then, a gentle breeze swept by, carrying with it fallen leaves and flowers that had long since dried up, leaving not even a trace of their pink petals.

The wind wasn't strong; it just stirred up a cloud of dust, which happened to fly up in front of us and hit a few pebbles.

In the yellow sand carrying Honkai energy, in the dust where ordinary people would be blinded or maimed the moment they opened their eyes, the dark blue pupils clearly and unobstructed took in everything that was being blown by the wind.

This is the privilege of the Herrscher, and everything that the Herrscher must bear is also the truth that has already arrived, and there is no choice but to escape it.

An inexplicable, instinctive emotion made Jiang Cheng hate his own eyesight for the first time.

Because the wind also happened to blow up an old-fashioned plaque.

The blurry characters are still vaguely discernible.

——Spiral Workshop.

……

Perhaps it's because the emotions are too intense, complex, and changeable, churning within like a dye vat, mixing countless colors to create something that can make one lose their rationality at a glance.

[In that initial moment, you felt absolutely no emotion, like a sage after being completely dried up by Alicia.]

[It might even be more thorough. The girl, in any case, only puts you into a state of physical exhaustion; a Herrscher's body has absolutely no risk of energy depletion. It's practically limitless energy, limitless power, and limitless drive; they don't even need to sleep.]

Sleep, food, and any form of rest are essentially just comfort for the mind; they still allow the human self to rest.

Even if you're exploited to the extreme by Alicia, you can simply rest for a while and then recover before being exploited again.

Only at this moment.

This is the only time.

[Only this one moment.]

You feel like you've completely entered a state of mental stagnation, experiencing a deep-seated exhaustion and a fear of not being able to accept reality.

Perhaps because this emotionless attitude is the norm for you, you not only don't feel any discomfort, but you also feel more relaxed and able to think more rationally.

If you weren't by the girl's side, if your experiences weren't related to her, you might not even find a trace of emotion.

[Starting from the very first second after your resurrection, you can only regain a portion of your emotions by experiencing things related to Alicia.]

Whether it's the old swimming pool, the resentment at being exploited, the pent-up anger from each time the topic was changed, or the unwillingness to accept being deceived.

All of this is related to Alicia.

The swimming pool from your childhood is one of the happiest memories you and your teenage years can find.

Being exploited essentially stems from your dissatisfaction with the power gap between you and the Herrschers, your unilateral defeat, and your unwillingness to accept the waste of time.

Even if you're misled or deceived, the essence of this exploration shouldn't be entirely interpreted as you genuinely wanting to find your past.

Since we are happy in this moment, why must we break it?

Since things are already beautiful enough, why bother exploring the darkness?

You are just an ordinary mortal. You don't possess the unwavering will of historical figures or heroes who, once determined to do something, are willing to give up everything, even the beauty of the present moment.

Your good and evil are both at a very ordinary level, and the awareness you have for hurting your loved ones in pursuit of your ideals and goals is far beyond your reach.

[Perhaps some people, in order to avoid appearing weak and to appear tough, would choose to kill all their loved ones and family members.]

But without a doubt, you are definitely not that heartless; you simply cannot place an issue entirely above your emotions.

The reason you're so determined to get to the bottom of this is because you don't want to be deceived, and you don't want this beauty to seem like a lie.

If you don't want to shatter the happiness of this moment, at least make sure that this happiness is real, and not a toy created by anyone else in a charade.

If you live amidst lies and falsehoods, then even if you pretend to be deaf and dumb, one day you'll still be hit on the head by a falling shelf.

What's the difference between this behavior and burying one's head in the sand?

Instead of pursuing one's own efforts, one endlessly begs others to place everything on them, making one's happiness, one's entire being, and even the good things one currently has, dependent on the preferences of others.

If you really do that, then one day when you're kicked out because you're no longer useful, you won't have the right to complain to anyone.

[Not wanting to deny Alicia and trying to find the truth are not contradictory. At worst, you can apologize to the girl after confirming there's nothing wrong.]