Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

A wicked guy like me should be dealt with using brutal methods.

The only people who deserve to be treated gently are those like Vivi, who are both insecure and soft-hearted to the core. How could I possibly be worthy of such gentleness?

Alicia's dissatisfaction and self-blame could only turn into a sigh of resentment. The marks left by gently tapping the table had already left rings of fingerprints on the wooden surface, which were more vivid and obvious than the marks on her neck.

No matter how perfect the skin is, it is ultimately less malleable than an object in real life that is oppressed by brute force.

The physical body is a product of the relative fragility of life.

If only it were that fragile.

If only it were possible to die fragilely.

The girl raised her head, revealing her smooth collarbone, and her slender, soft fingertips gently brushed across her swan-like neck, which was marked with layer upon layer of marks.

It's almost impossible to see any trace of its former glory.

My neck has long been tormented and bruised by my own self-punishment.

Countless near-death experiences left only physical marks, testifying to the punishment chosen in despair time and time again.

Only from the edges of the bruised red fingerprints, amidst the layers of wounds, could one barely glimpse a few traces of fair and delicate skin that had not yet been tormented.

It was as delicate as gentle white jade, but without the excessive coldness of jade, gently exuding the vitality of a young and beautiful girl.

No matter how hard she tried to suffocate herself, she couldn't die completely. Instead, because she couldn't make a choice right away, she made the boy wait there for an answer that she didn't deserve.

It would be better to wait until I have free time to continue trying. At least I shouldn't let my trivial matters delay my trip to Jiangcheng.

But this look in his eyes, even though his pupils are exactly the same as before, gleaming with a dark light, and the diamond symbol in the middle is like a cooled celestial body.

No matter how you look at it, it's exceptionally cold, like photographs taken by a camera, each one so captivating, so similar.

No matter how fake that gentleness may be, it is still enough to melt away one's power instantly with just a soft utterance.

But it seems that in Jiang Cheng's eyes now there is not only simple gentleness, not only a doll born according to his own wishes, but also sadness, helplessness, and a feeling of being unable to do anything.

Is Jiangcheng also grieving?

What is he sad about?

Is it really just because of the collapse?

The increased strength of the Honkai is indeed frightening, but for an individual who has become a Herrscher, can this alone truly bring sorrow?

If not, then what is Jiang Cheng worried about?

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137. Isn't this already great?

At thirty-five, you and Jiang Cheng spent a year retracing all the trips you had taken, from beginning to end, leaving no stone unturned, striving to recreate the scenes you had witnessed in the past.

Even the mountains that were flattened in the Great Collapse, the lakes that were filled by the earth's crust due to energy movement, and the grasslands that were burned by the flames that engulfed the entire continent at the moment of the birth of the Eighth Herrscher—the Herrscher of Flame—have managed to reconstruct some of their past appearances based on memories.

Lost mountains are pulled back into new ones by gravity, lakes are re-excavated, and water is brought from places on Earth where it still exists.

[While it's difficult to replicate grasslands and flowers in a short time, simply adding a touch of green can be achieved with a little optical illusion.]

[You can't do much more than that. For a replica, even a 30-40% similarity is acceptable, let alone 70-80%. A 50-50% similarity is enough to capture the day with a camera.]

This continent has the largest population on Earth, overwhelmingly so, and naturally, it also produces the most Honkai.

This is inherently the greatest destruction posed to the birth of civilization, and it will evolve with the development of technology, naturally causing the most severe damage to the most advanced places.

Although the minimum requirements for supporting a population include strict environmental standards, the sheer size of the continent means that a calamity might not be able to easily traverse it. The places you've visited aren't particularly remarkable; at least on a global scale, they aren't actually that rare if you remove the filters.

Theoretically, this level of damage should not have occurred.

It's normal to leave a little bit.

[In relatively remote parts of Australia, even Mongko National Park has been preserved, with its folded rock formations and shifting sand dunes largely undamaged; at sunset, the white dunes still turn orange.]

[Like an inverted wine glass, Wine Springs in Tasmania's Fressina National Park offers views of some of the world's last remaining blue waters and white sand beaches, largely untouched thanks to the protection of the New World Snake.]

Whether it's the Valley of Giants, home to the world's only ancient red tinge forest, or Ayers Rock, known as the heart of the world, at least a portion of them survived the collapses, preserving some of their beauty.

[Only the Twelve Apostles, located on the Great Ocean Road, because of its position on the coast, ended its life in the first aftershock of the Fifth Honkai Impact 20 million years ago. The Herrscher of Ice, carrying with it a tsunami of frigid air and cold waves, instantly reduced it to rubble.]

[Essentially, the rock pillars formed by erosion from ocean waves and strong winds will eventually be destroyed by even more violent and potentially unnatural disasters. The collapsing washing machine merely brought forward this outcome, which might have continued for tens of millions of years.]

The destructive power of Honkai is truly terrifying, extending beyond the biosphere to inflict massive damage on planets themselves.

However, this does not mean that the Flame Moth, which supposedly once boasted three extraordinary geniuses, couldn't even preserve a shred of humanity.

—It simply cannot be preserved.

[If it were merely a normal Honkai event, at most a Honkai Beast at the end of its life cycle, perhaps some of the past scenes could be preserved, preventing complete annihilation. But the beings called Herrschers are far too excessive.]

[Leaving aside the First Herrscher who wielded the power of creation, since the Second Herrscher set the precedent, the birth of any Herrscher has been world-class.]

The unrepeatable scenery added many regrets to your trip, and ultimately, it was impossible to completely make up for all the mistakes.

Time is such a cruel thing.

What's past is past.

Nature does not possess the warmth, flexibility, or capacity to offer everyone a chance to back down, unlike the human heart.

Even if you return to the places of the past, even if you try to find that piece of land remaining in your memory, all you'll find are landscapes that are no longer similar.

Even Jiang Cheng was saddened by this, believing the entire trip was half-hearted and lacked any semblance of quality.

Perhaps this is where his sorrow comes from...

【Feel sorry……】

[This is the only thing that even you can't relive the past; all you can do is mindlessly move forward.]

Stop thinking about those messy things, truly isolate yourself from everything, and just keep moving forward, forward, and forward.

If he could really do that, the journey wouldn't be entirely unbearable; having lost his emotions... he could also hypnotize himself.

Regardless, Jiangcheng is still Jiangcheng.

No matter how much he changes, he will never become another person.

So what if the journey itself isn't perfect? ​​As long as the people accompanying you are perfect, that's all that matters.

[This failure was never entirely unchangeable. At least with Möbius's help, you could, as before, place a finger to your lips, whisper secrets in a mysterious voice, deliberately delay for a whole day before leading the boy to his destination, gently taking his hand to the place that should have been utterly destroyed.]

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Her lotus-leaf-like skirt fluttered in the mountain breeze. Alicia stood against the cliff in her high heels, her figure straight and slender, like a newly grown sapling swaying its branches in the gentle breeze.

The girl, who was so powerful she was like a monster, seemed so fragile that she could fall off a cliff like a pitiful bird with just a gentle push, even though the only person who possessed this right did not want it.

"I'm here, have we arrived yet?"

The boy, his eyes covered by a warm handkerchief, stepped lightly across the dry grass, obscuring all vision as promised, his feet wobbling unsteadily.

"Alright, alright, we've arrived at our destination."

Only when she heard footsteps approaching from behind did the girl turn around gently and, as if she had expected it, pat Jiang Cheng's shoulders with both hands.

"Now you can untie the handkerchief."

"Please give your eyes a good rest!"

Jiang Cheng untied his handkerchief, and the setting sun surged into his vision like a tidal wave. The enormous sun had already touched the sea surface, and tens of millions of tons of seawater rippled slowly beneath his feet. The tide broke into white splashes under the black cliffs.

The wind blows through tens of thousands of hectares of forest, showcasing the miracles created overnight. The woods at dusk look like the sea from afar, a deep reddish-brown sea, with thousands of treetops swaying in the wind, forming layers upon layers of waves.

Small towns are scattered along the winding coastline. Alicia told Jiang Cheng the names of those towns one by one. Below the cliffs is Fenghua Town, and a little further away are Mello Petersburg and Fontaine Town. These are all places they have visited together, leaving behind some unforgettable memories.

Although this profound feeling was more for the boy, because the second birthday party was held in Fontaine, the scenery of the seaside town was beautiful but there was no empty seat for him, and the rolling waves carried only his loneliness.

This place was originally very desolate, but after it was designated as one of the destinations on the journey, the girl's support group transformed the town into a beautiful and orderly seaside garden like a fairy tale in less than half a month.

Having hosted hundreds of business leaders from all walks of life on the same day, if the mayor can seize this opportunity, perhaps Fontaine could one day become a renowned metropolis, provided that the Honkai doesn't descend.

In the Fourth Great Collapse, this beautiful town was completely torn apart, with no survivors. Even the ocean was polluted, and everything that once sustained them had vanished. There were no fish or shrimp, only haunting Honkai beasts.

Until the eighth Herrscher of Flame's Honkai attack, the polluted ocean was also wiped out, and the sea in the coastal town was about to disappear.

The current scenery is merely a memory hastily created in a day after seeking Möbius's help, relying on the excessive power of the Herrscher.

Even the specific scenery is different, and it can only be arranged according to how it should be, and some places even appear somewhat chaotic.

Some small facilities designed specifically for pedestrian convenience look very out of place in a town that is now deserted and lifeless.

The Ferris wheel rotated slowly, but it was empty. Compared to the Ferris wheels in the amusement park, this one was only a miniature version, but it was magnified in the sunset, casting a huge shadow on the undulating sea of ​​trees.

This building was actually a temporary structure; strictly speaking, it was dug up from somewhere else, repaired urgently, and then placed here.

The electrical wires weren't even connected to the surrounding structures; they were buried in the ground like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, spinning solely on unnatural energy. The poorly applied lubricant produced a faint creaking sound.

Perhaps because of the great distance, the sound seemed incredibly faint, but for a Herrscher, even the slightest movement could be clearly detected.

creak-

creak-

It was so conspicuous that it looked like someone was shouting through a megaphone, with hundreds of people pointing at that spot and telling it about the flaws and imperfections.

"I'm sorry, this is all I can do."

"There's not much usable stuff left on Earth."

Alicia couldn't face the mess she had made, so she could only hide her face behind the boy like a turtle.

Even the most skillful fairy would feel powerless when faced with only one day to spare and a mountain cliff so dilapidated that it was nothing but wasteland and devoid of any grass.

Even the act of blindfolding is not essentially meant to create a surprise or to enhance the atmosphere of something that is practically no different from junk; it's simply a way to avoid seeing the path that is not properly repaired and whose flaws are obvious at a glance.