Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

Just as the Firemoths were preparing to retaliate, and humanity displayed unprecedented unity and efficiency, ready to once again exchange blood and sacrifice for the continuation of humankind, the rampaging Honkai energy suddenly vanished.

When the elite soldiers were dispatched to investigate, all they could see was the Herrscher's chest pierced and its core still flickering.

[—Three minutes after the Great Collapse, the Herrscher died.]

After easily defeating the Herrscher, you found a young man covered in frostbite near the Honkai impact site. Sensing his ferocious power, you hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the ravaged town.

[If left like this, given the Herrscher of Ice's strength, even the power possessed by that young man would undoubtedly die.]

[Anyway, he only has strength close to that of a former first Herrscher at the Judgment level. Putting him in a small town... shouldn't be a problem, right?]

After much hesitation, you threw this strange-looking young man into the forest.

[If even natural disasters like the Herrscher of the Void can occur, then it's not surprising that some exceptionally powerful 'people' with two hearts would mutate.]

At twenty-six, you spent a whole year cleaning up the Honkai, secretly protecting the legacy left by the boy.

Gradually, you came to be known as a hero.

[You tried to deny the title, but almost had your picture taken instead. Those humans seemed to be blinded by the fear of collapse, and began to become stronger by any means necessary, even secretly unsealing human experiments.]

In just one or two years, the growth rate of the Honkai has already been several times that of the previous two years.

[What was once considered a rare Emperor-level threat now appears in almost any medium-sized Honkai event, and their average strength has also increased significantly.]

You vaguely sensed the reason, and it might be related to the boy's actions.

But you refuse to think, you refuse to consider.

Because you've already broken down.

Your current actions are driven entirely by obsession; in reality, you're already immersed in an endless fall, your body merely functioning like a machine.

Your heart is crying out in despair, for you feel yourself sinking into an endless abyss.

[It fell...]

It fell.

[They've fallen!]

Fall...

Fall...

—In a sense, you have indeed become numb.

What you crave is to escape the pain of memories, to be torn apart by the beautiful past and the cruel reality, almost driving you mad.

[In a way that was tortured to the extreme.]

[It's obvious to anyone that there's a huge problem with this state of mind. Even the beautiful, flawless town you created with your power, beneath this state of mind, still harbors the potential for collapse and disintegration.]

The young man you picked up has recovered from his injuries during this time.

[You've only been gone a few months, and that seemingly irritable person has already made good friends with some of the gentler animals in the forest.]

Although he never verbally expressed it, you could actually sense a desire to protect this place emanating from that young man.

At twenty-seven, one evening, that young man approached you.

"They told me your name is Alicia."

"Right."

With a rather impolite tone, the young man, who was covering his face with a leaf, stood in front of the girl with his arms crossed, blocking her way.

"Is there a problem?"

The girl's once flawless, sublime pink starry eyes were now devoid of any light.

Despite the obstruction of his path, he merely pulled the bow in his hand like a machine, his perfect posture revealing not a trace of life.

The absence of even the slightest emotional fluctuation might be more vivid and concrete, to the point that no human emotions are visible at all.

"You're in terrible shape, don't die so easily!"

Qian Jie's eyebrows twitched, and a well-shaped character almost materialized on his forehead.

"This place is maintained by your power, isn't it?"

I see……

Just like Mebius.

Alicia reached out, her slender fingers gently pointing to the towering tree in the distance, which had transformed into a giant tree that reached into the clouds after being infused with the power of the Origin.

"This place will not disappear when I leave; it is the original trace left by Jiangcheng."

"You don't need to worry about this place being destroyed or collapsing."

"I will stay very, very far away."

……

This was the first time Qianjie had felt that someone's attitude was worse than his own, even though the girl in front of him hadn't offended him in the slightest, and even though the young man, who hadn't experienced much loss, spoke quite normally.

—At least there won't be any profanity.

“You created this place, and you should bear the responsibility for what you created.”

Qianjie took a deep breath, clenched his fists tightly, and tensed his whole body to forcefully suppress the rising anger and dissatisfaction.

At least let's face the creator of this 'home,' at least let's face the creator of this peace and beauty...

Repressed.

Repressed.

It must be suppressed.

We must be patient.

What needs to be done now is to ask her and 'make' her pay attention to her condition so that she doesn't die in the next second and take the whole family with her.

The pink-clad girl in front of him, still oblivious to sadness and human emotions, poked her lips and raised the bow in her hand—a gesture completely out of character for the villain, filled with wickedness, twistedness, and filth.

"I know what you're thinking."

Why are you worried about me?

—Worried about a Lawyer.

—Worried about a demon.

……

The conversation ultimately ended without any resolution.

[The other person seemed to want to say something more, but you kept repeating Jiang Cheng, acting like a machine without any sense of self. You're almost comparable to that cuckolded, blond archbishop.]

The young man, who was engulfed in flames, left in a very bad mood; even you, who had already shut yourself off, could sense it a little.

Interestingly, when the young man tried to vent his frustration, he discovered that all the surrounding plants and trees were owned, and even parting the grass might reveal a small hamster looking innocently at him.

[So much so that Qianjie could only swallow his anger and left, growing angrier with each passing moment.]

[I didn't even dare to make a loud sound when I walked; I had to tiptoe carefully across the area—because someone was taking a nap nearby.]

[At twenty-eight years old, almost two years have passed, and the sixth Herrscher has still not appeared. This is a difficult phenomenon to understand.]

[Theoretically, the rate at which Herrschers appear is accelerating, just like the growth of the Honkai. Initially, it might have been several years apart, but now it's one per year, and the fourth and fifth Herrschers could almost happen within a year.]

[Could this mean that the Honkai has reached its end?]

【impossible. 】

[If the Honkai Beasts don't grow stronger as previously predicted, perhaps some will still hold onto hope that the Honkai is about to retreat.]

[While no Sixth Herrscher has been born, three Judgement-level Herrschers have emerged within this year, each possessing strength comparable to the First Herrscher, and they have appeared simultaneously in three different locations.]

[Feathered Serpent Kukulkan.]

【Thunder Dragon Kurikara.】

【Demon - Feitian.】

Any one of these disasters would be enough to urge humanity to exert all its strength, and any one of them, if it had ever occurred in the past, would have been devastating.

This being, which should have appeared as a Herrscher or a boss-level entity, is now spawning randomly on Earth like an elite monster.

[Given the current severe shortage of scholars, we can only rely on Mu Dalu and Möbius to keep things afloat, and sometimes they even have to work outside their field.]

All humanity can do, besides hoping Möbius will step up his efforts, is to accelerate the deciphering of the experimental data left behind by Jiang Cheng.

[Use everything left behind by those two top engineering geniuses, the titans at the top of the pyramid, to enhance humanity's weapons and infrastructure.]

The good news is that, after several years, one-tenth of the experimental reports left behind in Jiangcheng, covering intermediate and advanced levels of difficulty, have finally been deciphered by people from the Mu Continent.

[Besides some constructions that humanity couldn't achieve a few years ago, it also revealed some technologies that could utilize the Herrscher core.]

[—The Key of God.]

This discovery caused a stir, and people immediately began preliminary modifications based on the records within, making use of the first few Herrscher cores.

With the entire civilization working together, initial utilization was achieved in just a few months.

[Even the Judgment-level enemies, who were originally quite difficult to contend with and whose combat power had increased by more than one level compared to the past, could be easily dealt with by humans.]

Furthermore, it is speculated that if the Divine Key could be deeply modified and completely transformed into a device, it could even reach the level of the Herrscher in life.

[—The true power of God, the Key of God.]

[This also made Jiang Cheng's reputation even more illustrious, and countless people began to believe that Jiang Cheng's death was one of the greatest regrets of human civilization.]

[Because that manuscript wasn't made so difficult to decipher specifically to make things difficult for others.]

[This is just an ordinary record of a teenager.]

What's most striking about Versailles is the frequent use of terms like "mediocre" or "ordinary," suggesting the character is merely imitating Villeville.

Such a humble and talented person, if he were to continue living, would likely be able to lead humanity in a better fight against the Honkai.

Perhaps it's because most of the politicians skilled in infighting are already dead, leaving behind those who either have a modicum of morality or are rather indifferent, thus preventing the next tier of politicians from becoming "fire-chasing moths."