Live broadcast of Honkai Impact 3rd, I chose to expose Kiana in Sky City!

As they spoke, the two of them arrived at a beautifully decorated bar almost in an instant.

Raven walked into the counter with ease, picked up the cocktail bottle, turned around and asked:

【Please sit down. What would you like to drink?】

【milk.】

Mei replied calmly.

[Seriously?]

Raven was somewhat surprised by this answer.

But she soon got her answer.

["Aseptic skim is the best way to deal with minors who go to bars" - you said it yourself. ]

Mei's complaints brought laughter to everyone in the live broadcast room.

I have to say, her memory is surprisingly good.

[...Haha. You really hold a grudge.]

Raven sighed, remembering that he had indeed said this, and then mixed a glass of rainbow-colored children's milk.

When Mei saw the milk and listened to Raven's rather interesting sales pitch, she was unable to react for a moment.

After a moment, she sighed and then drank the milk.

After the milk went down her throat, she realized that it was not the product of a prank.

It tasted surprisingly good.

And through chatting with the raven, she also learned that the taste of the glass of milk in the dream came from the raven's shared experience at this moment.

[I see. Sharing experiences and feelings with each other through dreams is a refreshing experience.]

[You see, peacefully falling asleep... at least it can still bring a little surprise to people, right?]

Raven slowly commented on what Mei was surprised about.

But to be honest, her words make people feel that there is something wrong with her position.

So, Mei asked her directly whether she really wanted to be a lobbyist for the World Snake.

Of course, Raven flatly denied this and said that Mei overestimated him.

But after she finished speaking, she gave another reminder.

[It’s just that… the last cup is almost finished, isn’t it?]

【Um......】

Mei quickly realized what Raven wanted to say.

Although she still looked calm, she was actually ready for a fight.

Time passes like this little by little.

Like tasting wine, Raven raised a glass of ordinary coffee milk and drank it slowly.

The empty bar was strangely quiet, as if the bells of the world had also fallen silent at this moment - until the glass was irreversibly empty, and both of them were ready for battle.

【By the way, this should be considered the place where we "first met". 】

[I think so. But at that time, our attention was not on each other.]

Before the fight, the two chatted about some old times.

From their first meeting, to everything they went through, to now they are fighting again.

Raven is still the same Raven, but Mei is no longer the same Mei.

The two sides then started a fierce battle, although the Ravens could be said to be firing on all cylinders this time, and their home court was also in the dreamland of the Stigmata Project.

But to be honest, Mei's strength is still much stronger than she imagined.

Finally, after a fierce battle, the winner was decided. Even in the dreams of others, the gap between the two was still bottomless.

Raven was defeated as expected...

[Surrender, surrender. You are stronger now than when you were in the paradise.]

[Really? I feel like my opponent is becoming more and more restrained.]

Faced with Raven's surrender, Mei did not let down her guard.

Or rather, she felt that this time the raven... was far from being as simple as it seemed.

[Heh. That’s hard to say, huh?]

A disturbing short staff emerged from the raven's palm. It was called the "Staff of the Underworld", and it had severely injured the Herrscher in front of her on the coral island.

(I’m sorry…my Miss Mei.)

Raven muttered to himself, and then prepared to release his power...

However, in a flash, a thunder sounded.

Mei directly held her hand holding the stick.

[Sorry. A descendant of Beichen Ittoryu will not be defeated by the same move twice.]

[Well, I lost to you too. I thought someone would let their guard down the moment I gave in.]

The held hostage Raven finally realized that he had indeed been defeated.

At the same time, she finally confirmed that the Herrscher behind her had indeed grown a lot...

[You clearly reminded me - "From the moment you left World Snake, every member of the organization is your nominal enemy." For Ms. Natasha, who is a mercenary, this is even more true... Isn't it right?]

【You are amazing...】

So the raven spread his hands and raised his arms to indicate his complete surrender.

[Okay, okay, I really have no cards to play this time. I was still hoping for the best and wanted to take you to "New Atlas" like this.]

When Mei heard the word "New Atla", she was a little confused about what place Raven was talking about.

Later, she learned that this place was equivalent to a temporary shelter where humans lived during the operation of the Stigmata Project.

Of course, the World Serpent wouldn't be so kind as to let everyone move there.

Those who can go anywhere are often extraordinary.

Ordinary people will most likely fall into the dreams woven by snakes and be unable to extricate themselves.

【Aponia would probably agree with this approach, right?】

In response to Raven's teasing, Mei's expression became unusually serious.

Her position has never changed from the beginning to the end, so she would never agree to this plan.

【But obviously, I am not her. 】

But after saying this, she suddenly found that some of the words she had said before were ringing in her ears.

Then, everything seemed to become blurry.

At this time, Raven also said a name that had just been mentioned - Feather Rabbit.

Oops...

Mei thought to herself that something was wrong.

However, the situation was far more difficult than she had imagined.

Finally, there was a 'thump! '

Mei seemed to have fainted directly.

And a mysterious voice that she had never heard before also sounded.

[It's okay, Raven. As a result, you and her are no longer in cahoots with each other. Isn't that good?]

The voice of the person who came seemed to ring directly in people's brains...

Mei felt a pair of warm hands around her shoulders - the soft touch of the arms vaguely reminded her of some warm times in Saint Freya.

[Sorry... lost child. In this game, you will drift to a distant shore and meet a familiar yet strange "self". ]

[But you don't have to be afraid. There, you will reunite with the person you cherish most, and work together with her to create a brand new tomorrow that originally only existed in fantasy. ]

[After all, no matter what, compared to "redefining humanity" - "redefining the world" is always a better choice, right?]

And at the end of this comfort, the mysterious Hato also gave Mei the most sincere blessing.

"Mei! She...was captured by the World Serpent?"

"Hey, what's going on? Was this also Kevin's idea? But didn't he say that Mei could leave the World Snake?"

"It doesn't seem to go against what he said, right? After all, hasn't Mei left the World Snake?"

"Really? What's the big deal? Compared to these irrelevant topics, what that woman said just now is more intriguing, right?"

As Yutu said some profound words to Mei and took her away, everyone in the live broadcast room was a little confused as to why this happened.

After all, didn’t Kevin say that Mei could leave?

As a result, halfway through the journey, the World Snake's men captured Mei again. What were they planning to do?

Soon, everyone's questions were answered.

The plot jumps to Kevin's side - to be more precise, Kevin's dream.

He walked in time. The night crystallized in his dream, leaving behind faintly discernible starlight.

He remembered what she once said. Every faint starlight in the dark night, born from the fusion reaction in the core of the star, must first experience millions of years of random wandering to escape to the surface of the planet - and then cross millions of years of lonely and cold journey in the universe, before it can fall into your and my eyes at this moment.

She said that in her early years, she once thought that every star in the sky was an enemy. But at the moment when the world was about to fall into reincarnation, she suddenly realized...

Every star in the sky is a sign that civilization will eventually break free from its destiny.

Then, Kevin looked ahead at the dark dream, at the young girl who was full of curiosity about the world...

Chapter 458 Kevin: I will take on the power of the end and [save] this world!

【Save】this world!

At this time, the little girl asked her father an incredible question.

[Dad, we actually have life... Don’t you think this is amazing? ]

【what? 】

Faced with the child's question, the father was stunned.

Then, he heard his children raise a series of questions, such as why they have life and why the world exists like this.

For such a bizarre idea, the father simply warned his children not to talk about it in front of other people in the future.

The reason is that this person will be rejected by others, and people may even mistakenly believe that he or she has mental problems.

Although, the child at that time agreed.

But judging from what happened in the future, she is still curious about the world.

Kevin moved to another place in the dream.

There, Mei was talking to him and Su.

[Please imagine a possibility. For a time and space that is larger than the universe, your consciousness and your life itself may have appeared countless times - it's just that you will never be able to realize this.]

The purpose of Mei's words was to find out the truth of the universe, or to find out what the concept of collapse itself is.

After talking with Kevin and Sue for a while, she was finally convinced that what she had guessed required a witness.

[But... Mei, is it really possible for such a "witness" to exist? Even if there is a cycle in the universe, this process itself seems to be enough to destroy all history that we don't know.]

Su raised his own questions about this.

May said that if even the universe itself cannot achieve an autonomous closed loop in terms of causality... then for any descriptive system, over time, observers will inevitably find its flaws and gain insight into new truths.

After recalling this memory, Kevin came to another memory.

That was a conversation between Alicia and Mei, which happened after Alicia revealed her identity as a Herrscher to Mei.