Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

Before reaching the final layer, you forcefully tore through the protective barrier of the previous layer with your bare hands. Unlike before, this time what appeared in your sight was not twisted trash, but a notebook lying quietly.

The notebook was a dark gold color, with a gear drawn on it in pencil. Over time, the color had faded somewhat.

With just a little more effort, all the defenses can be torn apart, revealing the secrets hidden beneath.

[For some reason, this resistance is unusually strong, so strong that just having the thought of it causes a tearing pain in your heart.]

It seems there's something lurking on the next level that you absolutely mustn't touch, something you should never touch.

If you truly open that final layer, you might never be able to turn back.

【perhaps……】

You need to take it step by step.

Let's first take a look at what's recorded in that notebook.

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Jiang Cheng gently picked up the notebook from the ruins, carefully patting off the dust, his breath coming out with extreme caution.

Even without realizing it, a deep sadness quietly flickered in her eyes, as if her body already knew what was about to happen.

Turning to the first page, there were several torn pages, the contents of which were lost to time, leaving only fragments.

Is it something important?

So they chose to tear it off before they died, fearing it would be discovered.

However, it is clear that these marks were torn over a longer period of time than the wear and tear on the outside of the notebook.

It didn't seem like it died just before it died; it seemed more like it was torn off hesitantly a long, long time ago, with even the cracks at the edges showing such hesitation.

Jiang Cheng flipped through five or six pages, all of which were the same, until finally, starting from page twenty-three, there were complete texts written in pen.

……

—Today I met a person named Alicia. She is so beautiful. When she walks, she is like a flower in flight. Her youthful and lively steps, without any restraint, really seem to sway in the wind.

Moreover, she only needs a few words to interact with others, easily turning strangers into good friends with whom she can chat.

Chatting with her is never tiring, there's never any awkwardness or running out of topics, and you can chat happily for a long time.

That's really impressive. I just don't understand why someone like that would approach me and be willing to be friends with someone like me...

You probably brought it along when you were making friends with other people, right?

How could someone like me be valued by others?

……

—I heard that Alicia is currently traveling the world with one, very close friend, preparing to see this beautiful world.

So envious...

Being able to see the world with friends, and so on.

Although I've traveled all over the world, a lovely girl like this must be completely different from my travels, and definitely much more beautiful.

Even if someone like me goes on a trip, all I can do is waste the scenery.

……

Today, a woman named Alicia is hosting a birthday party for Jiang Cheng. She has only just announced it, and already a lot of people are willing to help.

As expected of a cute, fairy-like girl, I, a useless piece of trash, feel offended just by looking at her.

I wonder who Jiang Cheng is, that he could get that flower-like girl to prepare a birthday party for him.

……

Not right.

Something is very wrong.

Alicia mentioned the birthday party again in the group chat today, but why does it feel like the way it's being held doesn't resemble a birthday party at all?

Well……

Perhaps I'm just too incompetent to think correctly.

Perhaps it's a completely new way of doing things, something entirely incomprehensible to a country bumpkin like me.

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Jiang Cheng's brows furrowed slightly. His handwriting, though delicate and refined, always had a few bold strokes that highlighted the writer's hesitation.

Alicia...

What about me?

The description of her as ethereal and swift as the wind truly suits the image of a young girl; only she in the world is worthy of such a description, thus ruling out the possibility of a duplicate name.

But wasn't the journey originally just for me and the girl?

Who is the person who wrote this?

And a birthday party.

Inviting so many people to a birthday party seems to ignore the birthday person's actions. Shouldn't it be a distorted memory imposed by the Honkai?

Alicia still vividly remembers the solemn promise she made two years ago, and her cherry-pink pupils contain only pure love.

But the even older book in front of me, which was clearly a diary, recorded something different.

What's even stranger is why a diary would be sealed so tightly?

This is a blockade that even an emperor-level being couldn't easily break, right?

Driven by unknown and incomprehensible emotions, the boy turned the page once again, attempting to find the answers to everything from more information.

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Today I ran into that person named Jiang Cheng, on an uphill section of the road. I don't know if I acted impolitely, but it must be strange for someone like me to stare at a stranger like that.

Yesterday, it seems I wasn't wrong after all, and I wasn't just naively thinking of Alicia's intentions. As the host of the banquet, Jiang Cheng didn't receive any gifts from anyone, nor did he experience any surprises or celebrations.

Jiang Cheng is clearly a very good person. He's even willing to be friends with someone like me. Even though it was my fault... he's willing to apologize to me and all that.

"Your ability is the proof of everything."

"—You really helped me. Even though I don't consider this my birthday party, you were still willing to give me a birthday present and offer me sincere blessings. That is the greatest help you could give me."

"—It's very simple."

"I can be your friend."

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There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

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Just hearing those words is enough to melt my heart. Does someone like me really deserve to be comforted and praised like that by Jiang Cheng?

She has an eccentric and withdrawn personality, can't do anything right, and spends her days blaming herself and making mistakes. Anyone who sees her would feel disgusted.

Can someone like me be praised?

As expected of Alicia's companion.

It's almost like a replica, even more realistic, more approachable, and more tangible than the ethereal one.

Why is someone so gentle and polite, practically like the sun, being ignored?

Jiang Cheng and Alicia are a perfect match. They are both gentle and kind. Shouldn't people like them be close together?

Really incomprehensible.

It must have been an accidental mistake.

It's really nice to chat with someone like that; they don't deny, scold, or criticize. I wish we could continue like this...

Sigh, how could someone like that possibly waste his time on someone like me?

If it weren't for today's mistake, Jiang Cheng probably wouldn't even have given me a second glance.

……

Jiangcheng actually contacted me to chat today.

He actually took the initiative to chat with me.

He actually messaged me to ask if I was free today?!

Ah ah ah ah ah ah!

Simply unimaginable.

How could someone like me be chatting and such after the birthday party? Is it really possible that there will be a second time before things go wrong a third time?

At the time, we just chatted and added each other as friends. I never thought that someone like that would take the initiative to send me messages.

That's so strange. Wasn't he traveling with Alicia?

Why would you waste your precious time on me?

I don't want to think about all that nonsense anymore; such a gift from heaven should never be wasted.

Chatting with Jiang Cheng, even replying a second late is a crime, absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely unacceptable.

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Birthday party.