Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

She sighed, "This guy must have a lot of wives and concubines. If he used those methods on me, I might fall for him... Otto? What are you doing?"

Otto was holding a small notebook and a strange pen, writing something on it.

"Oh, I'm writing down how I interact with girls. I always feel like this is knowledge I might use in the future."

"Stop memorizing these useless things! Can't you have any sense of crisis? That's a Herrscher capable of destroying human civilization! Even if you can revive Kallen, what can you do with her in this ravaged world?!"

"But isn't a world without Kallen just a scene of devastation for me?"

"It's hopeless. Human civilization is truly beyond saving. Why is the smartest person in this era so obsessed with love? And that Herrscher over there is even in a relationship! Has my system malfunctioned? What I'm seeing now is all a result of what's already gone wrong?"

The vast emptiness is truly magnificent, even in a complete crash!

Before long, everyone quickly regrouped. Cheng Xing didn't expose the two people who had been watching in the alley earlier. After all, his conversation with Fu Hua was just a normal conversation between friends, and there was nothing to hide.

After their previous conversation, Fu Hua kept glancing at Cheng Xing on the way, seemingly unintentionally. Although her expression was calm, her eyes always carried a certain inexplicable emotion.

"Hey! Bronya, I want to talk to you."

Fu Hua didn't know how she found Bronya in the city. The latter looked at the serious-faced class monitor and said, "If it's to stop my plan, then you should go back."

"No, I'm not here for your plan; I'm here to talk to you about someone."

"...Cheng Xing?"

"Correct."

"...Sigh, alright, let's go inside and talk."

Bronya sighed helplessly, then turned and walked around to her room, letting Fu Hua in.

The two then engaged in a heated discussion in the room. However, when Fu Hua left after the discussion, her expression remained calm, as if nothing had happened.

Bronya watched the class monitor leave as if nothing had happened.

"Cheng Xing, you are such a... big idiot."

Chapter 127: Confession

Humans often live for a sense of security. They work hard to earn money so they can have enough to eat and drink, work hard to earn money so they can have a house to shelter them from the wind and rain, and get married and have children so they can have someone to rely on in their old age.

Everything is for the sake of living in peace. Some people pursue more because of their desires, while most ordinary people just pursue the necessities of life.

When something threatens a person's sense of security, people often become unusually irritable and sensitive, and almost always think about how to get rid of the event or person that makes them uneasy.

Lin Chaoyu was restless and paced back and forth in his living room ever since he received the news from that stinky fox that his master might be resurrected and that his seventh junior sister had died mysteriously.

This series of changes shattered the sense of security that Lin Chaoyu had maintained for so many years, and a strong sense of irritability and disgust arose from within her.

"That person can still come back to life! We clearly destroyed all her meridians, pierced her head, and left her with all sorts of wounds all over her body. Even if she were a corpse, it would be a crime to whip her... So why did she still come back to life?"

A sense of crisis called death enveloped Lin Chaoyu's heart, and she couldn't help but worry about her husband, Ma Feima, Ma Yanqing, who was now wandering the martial arts world and was a famous fighting maniac.

"This guy hasn't written me a letter in ages... I wonder how he's been doing lately..."

Lin Chaoyu is now going through menopause, and her mind has become extremely sensitive and restless. Sometimes when she goes to sleep at night, she thinks about whether her husband will run off with that vixen again. After all, they were a couple years ago, and that guy's appearance hasn't changed at all.

This made Lin Chaoyu feel a little jealous.

On this peaceful afternoon, the four of them arrived at the foot of Tianqiong Peak.

"According to the custom in the martial arts world, we need to present a formal letter of introduction, state our identity and purpose, and wait for the disciples here to report to us before we will be allowed to enter."

Otto recounted the intelligence he had gathered over the past few days, then looked at Cheng Xing beside him and said, "But you definitely won't do that... What do you plan to do?"

"Of course, we climbed up step by step."

Cheng Xing smiled and then took the lead, heading towards the mountain peak. The two figures who seemed to be gatekeepers couldn't help but feel a little disdainful when they saw that the newcomer wanted to come up directly without any announcement.

Judging from his appearance, he's just an ordinary middle-aged man. There's no such name circulating in the martial arts world. He must be some overconfident person trying to challenge the sect.

When one of them tried to call out to the man to ask his identity, the scene suddenly went black and he lost consciousness.

To outsiders, the two goalkeepers only glanced at Cheng Xing briefly before collapsing to the ground, completely losing their strength.

"Let's go, no one can stop us along the way."

Cheng Xing smiled and led the group toward the mountaintop. Along the way, anyone who noticed the group instantly lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

At this moment, Li Sushang felt even more strongly that this guy must be a reclusive old monster, and given his familiarity with the Crimson Kite Immortal, he might also be an immortal.

"I wonder what level it takes to challenge an immortal? And will I end up like these people, falling to the ground without even having the chance to make a move?"

As if he could read Li Sushang's doubts directly, Cheng Xing, who was walking in front, said without even turning his head: "When you no longer have any hesitation or fear in your heart, and when nothing external can break your clear and still mind, then you will have the strength to be my enemy."

Indeed, once you reach that level, you are generally not easily frightened, so physical means must be used.

The group walked straight up, but none of them could hold on for even a moment before collapsing. It seems that none of them could remain calm and composed; they all harbored strong fears about certain things to varying degrees.

So even when everyone had arrived at a place not far from the sect leader's house, no one was able to inform the sect leader that a group of unpleasant guests had arrived.

Lin Chaoyu was quietly drinking tea in her room when, as if sensing something, she suddenly dropped her teacup to the ground.

She no longer cared about the water stains on her clothes caused by the broken teacup; instead, she suddenly stood up and stared in disbelief at the closed door.

“…Master…Master…”

At this moment, Lin Chaoyu felt that incredibly familiar aura. Although it was not as vast and boundless as before, like the boundless sky, the familiar feeling was undeniable. Although faint, it was definitely the feeling of her master.

Lin Chaoyu took a long breath and didn't know how long it took to come back to his senses. The people outside just stood quietly, as if waiting for the prisoner inside to walk out of the cage on his own.

The execution ground was just outside the cage.

Lin Chaoyu opened the door and saw four people standing not far away, looking at her. There were two men and two women. One of them had long, shiny black hair and carried a huge sword box on his back. He looked like a handsome young master.

The other person carried a medicine box like a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. He looked ordinary, and judging from his posture and breathing frequency, he was not someone who had practiced martial arts.

The other one, although showing signs of martial arts training, appeared quite immature in appearance and demeanor, and could only be considered a young girl with decent skills but no experience.

As for the last one... although he was dressed in men's clothing, he was indeed his master, the one who had raised him since childhood... the one who killed his parents.

That famous, Crimson Iris Immortal.

"You traitor, Lin Chaoyu, pays respects to the immortal."

Lin Chaoyu's eyes seemed to be filled with tears, whether it was out of guilt for what happened back then or the helpless sadness of knowing her own fate, it was hard to tell.

In short, she said this, and then knelt down directly towards Fu Hua, who was not far away.

Cheng Xing looked at Fu Hua, who seemed dazed, and then said gently, "If you have something to say, go and say it. With me here, everything will be fine."

"……it is good."

Fu Hua gave Cheng Xing a deep look, then stepped forward and looked at this person with a complicated expression, who still remembered her even after she had lost her memory in time.

"...Long time no see, Chaoyu...You seem to have aged a lot compared to how I remember you. Decades have passed, haven't they? Time really flies."

"..."

“I originally thought that when I saw you, I would feel angry and hateful... but when I saw you, I only felt sadness and self-blame. If children are not taught, it is the father's fault. Perhaps I really did not teach you well back then.”

"No! Master, you have never been wrong. We are the only ones who are wrong!"

Lin Chaoyu felt incredibly distressed at this moment. Whether her master scolded her, hated her, or even tormented her, the way he took responsibility upon himself was a thousand times more painful than physical torture.

"Please, Master, don't do this! Kill me, let me... pay the price for what I've done."

"Sigh... Why did you even take action in the first place?"

"Because you were an immortal back then."

"...Is that so, a fairy...?"

Fu Hua was in a daze; at that moment, she seemed to see her past self.

There was no change in expression, no personal pursuit. As time went by, his heart and emotions were constantly washed away, slowly transforming him into something inhuman.

It has the appearance of a human, but it doesn't look like a human at all.

Is this what immortals are like?

Chapter 128: Suicide

"If that appearance is that of an immortal, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to that level for a while."

Fu Hua felt that she couldn't do it now; she couldn't easily sway her mind because of anything, and she couldn't have emotional changes because of the smallest things.

I used to lash out at people just because they joked about me. It's clear that I'm very different now than I was in the past.

At this moment, Cheng Xing slowly walked up, looked at Lin Chaoyu kneeling on the ground, and said with some curiosity, "You are clearly saying in your heart that you are very unwilling, so why are you unwilling to draw the sword in your hand and fight to the death? Look at her current state, she is not the Chiyuan Immortal who could protect the Divine Land alone in the past."

"You clearly still want to live, you clearly still want to accomplish things, you clearly still have a great attachment to this time, so why do you give up?"

Hearing Cheng Xing's words, which were full of encouragement and temptation, Li Sushang couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine. She felt that the seemingly ordinary middle-aged man who was speaking had transformed into a demon that was tempting people to fall into an abyss.

Upon hearing these words, Lin Chaoyu subconsciously tightened her grip on the sword. For some reason, she strongly agreed with what that guy said. Yes, why not fight back with all our might?

Anyway, losing would only mean death, but if I could seize the opportunity while my master's body is not fully recovered, and succeed, wouldn't I be able to survive?!

I want to live. I haven't had a child with Yanqing yet. I want to live. The new Taixu Sect I've built hasn't truly become the number one sect in the land. I want to live. I don't want to die before that vixen. I want to defeat her! I want to defeat her!

The higher a person's position, the more distracting thoughts they will have when facing death. They always have enough reasons to struggle to survive; they want to continue living, to continue to obtain something, and to continue to overcome something.

The deeper this obsession goes, the more insane it can drive a person.

The deeper the fear of death, the more maddening the desire to survive becomes. At that point, no matter who you are, under the dual torment of life and death, you will make the most bestial judgment.

That is to make a final struggle in order to survive.

This is the will to survive.

Abandoning tedious mundane etiquette, abandoning one's own reason, abandoning one's own kindness and cowardice, just to live for a simple desire!

Lin Chaoyu knelt on the ground, her fear of death growing ever stronger, and her desire to survive growing ever more intense. She gripped the sword in her hand and slowly drew it from its sheath.

"That's right. You've been cultivating for so long that even if you can't beat the Crimson Kite Immortal in poor health, you can still escape. As long as you find a way to gather those junior brothers and sisters who have been stranded outside, you can recreate the situation from back then. Even though Seventh Junior Sister is dead, you know that the immortal is not in good condition."

Cheng Xing's smile grew increasingly sinister.

"You clearly still want to live, don't you? You clearly still have so many desires left unfulfilled, don't you? How can you just die here so easily? Even if you don't want to draw your sword, you can still run! Get up! Don't just kneel on the ground and wait to die! Show your last struggle!"

"enough."

Fu Hua suddenly placed her hand on Cheng Xing's shoulder, her expression serious, and said in a somewhat stiff tone, "Cheng Xing, don't lead her astray anymore. What happened back then... I was partly to blame, wasn't I? Even if they were unforgivable, they didn't deserve... such torment."