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

On a bustling commercial street, a mother and daughter were selecting flowers for decoration in a flower shop.

The girl had forgotten the news of her mother's death and was hugging her imaginary mother intimately, talking to her about her upcoming wedding.

In an apartment far away from the downtown, a young visual artist is putting the finishing touches on his new work.

His family finally understood the life path he had chosen, and his works began to stand out among his peers. This young man had just taken the first step towards a promising future.

Next to the ruins buried by sand, a retired soldier is working with his companions to rebuild the city in the abandoned city.

The protracted war finally came to an end. Although his former home no longer existed, he never doubted that the city would one day regain its former prosperity.

In an inconspicuous park, a young man, witnessed by his relatives and friends, hugged tightly the person he had secretly loved for a long time.

The lonely young man finally got the warmth he had longed for. This was the first time in more than 20 years that he felt grateful for his birth.

In the brightly lit library, a scholar is studying the notes of ancient sages.

Overnight, he gained extraordinary wisdom and the gift of photographic memory, which finally gave him enough power to pursue the truth of this world.

...Different souls, similar visions.

Different faces, similar dreams.

Life, wealth, emotions, honor, dreams...

These most simple human desires reflect each other, are linked together by intertwined memories, and constitute a complete spiritual [Adam].

There, eternal dreams promised eternal time to mankind.

Old and young, sorrow and joy, death and life...

All the chasms that exist in human life have become blurred because of the influence of dreams.

As a price, humanity was immersed in a long night called the [Stigmata Project] and turned into the dark shadow of this planet.

【--Oh.】

A discordant sound suddenly appeared in this boundless and endless dream.

-A special gray snake stood on the land distorted by the [Stigmata Project]. Its eyes, made of semiconductors, looked indifferently at this [Giant] born from human dreams.

Under the influence of the [Stigma Projector], the most beautiful memories in the human mind are connected, shared with each other and frozen in dreams.

Those illusory moments, like the stars in the night sky, twinkle with the light of humanity called [expectation], as if they can illuminate the empty earth.

——But illusion is just illusion after all.

As if it had found the answer it wanted, or as if it was tired of the work at hand, the Gray Snake disconnected the monitoring of the Holy Mark Space.

Then the world fell into endless silence.

[Even after tens of thousands of years of accumulation, human [desires] are still confined to the world they can access, and have not improved at all.]

The person who was speaking was a gray snake with the main colors of gold and black.

He was different from others and spoke these words condescendingly while looking down upon the "human" who was immersed in the dream.

[I am afraid that even if I go through more reincarnations, this result will not change. If that is the case, there is no need for me to add unnecessary details.

History, I believe that just relying on the memories and experiences you all have, is enough to provide enough nutrients for each other's dreams. 】

[Then, before your life and the stigmata space completely merge and enter the final stage, please enjoy the new life you have been looking forward to.]

As if sensing something, the gray snake raised its head and looked towards the sky.

The moon hangs quietly in the sky, like a cold gaze cast towards the earth. Apart from that, there is nothing else.

[It seems that sweet dreams are not limited to sweet-loving ants. ]

[Since there are new guests, then... as a small security guard helping to maintain order for the [Stigmata Project], let me extend the necessary welcome to [them] who have come from afar. Or, to be more precise - [her].]

As the words fell, the story about the Golden Snake came to an end.

Although the information provided is not too much.

But everyone in the live broadcast room can understand one thing - at this moment, the Stigmata Project has already entered its stage, and humans have been swallowed up by dreams one after another.

Today, most people have sunk into the beautiful dream woven by the Stigmata Project.

If it's not stopped...

Things are bound to get extremely bad.

As the screen fell into darkness, after a long wait, a line of subtitles appeared on the screen.

[If a person realizes that each of his days is just another night, and that his two eyes are equal to one eye of others, then he will strive for the true day,]

[This kind of daylight will bring him a complete awakening, a complete awakening from the waking state, and everything at that time will be much clearer than when he was awake.]

[By then he will finally realize that compared with people with two eyes, he is one-eyed, and compared with people with good eyesight, he is blind.]

And with the appearance of three lines of subtitles...

All I heard was a "whoosh!"

Kiana and the others have returned to Earth from the moon, and the place they are in is Haiyuan City.

That is, the pre-civilization Mu Continent.

"Wow. It really is just a blink of an eye and we are back from the moon."

Kiana put her hands on her hips and couldn't help but sigh.

"Is this... Haiyuan City?"

Xier looked at the familiar building in front of her, and for a moment she couldn't understand why she was here.

Bronya, who was the starter, had a thoughtful expression at this moment.

"I see. Haiyuan City is the remains of the former civilization and technological center of Mu Continent. It makes sense that the [Star Gate] would send us here."

"[New Atla]... That's really what you mean."

After hearing Bronya's answer, Fu Hua couldn't help but sigh.

This also made Mei feel incredible.

Seeing that she looked confused, Fu Hua began to explain.

"This place once belonged to a city called Atla. I guess it's for this reason that the other side of the moon connected by the Star Gate is called New Atla."

After listening to Fu Hua's answer, Mei couldn't help but remind her: "This is now the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. If we plan to go to other places on the earth, we must spend more time and effort."

"Yes, if this [dimension] is also messed up by the Stigmata Project like the one on the moon, it will be difficult for the Herrscher of the Void to exert his power."

After Kiana finished her analysis, she began to ask Bronya some very crucial questions.

For example, is this where the Eye of the Abyss was located at that time?

And then, she received a positive answer from Bronya.

[Yes. In the past, this place was directly connected to the Quantum Sea, and the environment was also greatly affected by the Quantum Sea. But now...]

Bronya's gaze stopped on Seele.

[…Hmm. Right now, I can hardly feel the extra power from the Quantum Sea. This wasn’t the case when Anti-Entropy just closed the Eye of the Sea.]

[Sure enough. It seems that the Stigmata Plan has still affected this place... It's just that the power of the Quantum Sea is balancing this influence, so Haiyuan City can still maintain its status quo.]

After Kiana finished her analysis, Mei also came to a more serious conclusion through reverse reasoning.

That is to say, if no intervention is made, as time goes by, this Haiyuan City will eventually be included in the Stigmata Plan...

[......According to the information we have obtained before, the Stigmata Project is indeed trying to rewrite the entire earth into a kind of dream. Although we still have no way of knowing the specific meaning of this statement. ]

This was the first thing Fu Hua thought of after listening to Mei's description.

And her words also made everyone realize it.

We must do something now, otherwise this place will become a dream due to the erosion of reality by the Stigma Project...

Chapter 504 Kevin: Yes, that's right. I expect you to surpass everything.

Although no one quite understood what this meant, Bronya still suggested that everyone explore the Abyss City first.

Kiana had no objection to this proposal, but she needed to be reminded:

"Yes. At least according to Yulandel, the Earth today is probably not what we remember it to be."

"We [can say] there are eight of us. After we go up from here, should we split up and investigate the entire area?"

Fu Hua suggested.

No one had any objection to this proposal.

As for the allocation of personnel, they were divided into teams with Kiana and Mei on one team, Fu Hua, Herrscher of Consciousness and Beichen on one team, and Seele and Bronya on one team.

Because everyone now has a unified goal, there are not many questions about their respective tasks.

As for the communication problem, Kiana's suggestion is.

"When we need to communicate, we can use the consciousness network that Herrscher of Knowledge has built before, right?"

"..."

Fu Hua was silent.

"?"

Kiana was a little confused.

In this regard, although Shibao conceded that it could do it, he still couldn't avoid making his presence felt.

She then broadcast it directly into everyone's minds through her consciousness.

"Okay, okay! You old-fashioned guy, you don't have to tell them everything you want to say, right?"

"Ahem. Anyway, you must remember that all of this, in the final analysis, comes from the benefits brought to you by the great Lady Herrscher of Knowledge."

"I am not seeking fame or profit - but you must remember that the benefits I give you are what others cannot give you even if they want to. Do you understand?"

When these words came out, everyone present was stunned...

Then, Li Chen clapped his hands:

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, we have to thank Ms. Herrscher of Knowledge for this. Come on, everyone, say it with me, thank the great Ms. Herrscher of Knowledge!"

"...Pfft! Well, thank you, great Lady Herrscher of Knowledge."

Kiana continued Beichen's words with a smile.

Afterwards, everyone present became even more silent...

"Alright, Xiaozhi. Now is not the time to be frivolous. Since everyone's division of labor is relatively clear, let's just do as Kiana said and start practicing as soon as possible."

After Fu Hua finished speaking, everyone started to act in small groups.

The process was going quite smoothly. Although everyone had encountered small-scale enemies to some extent, no strong enemies had appeared so far.

There are almost no elite monsters.

In this way, everyone explored Haiyuan City in an orderly manner.

And just when the exploration was halfway through - Bronya found that Seele seemed a little absent-minded.

"What's wrong, Xi'er?"

"Ah. I was wondering... Kevin, what kind of person is he?"

Bronya's gaze naturally fell on Fu Hua.

"...Indeed, to you, he has almost only shown this face [of the enemy]."

"I heard that when Xi'er met him in the Quantum Ocean, he was still acting weird and pretending to be a big snake?"

As soon as Shibao saw someone starting to speak, he started to interrupt.

Hearing her say this, Fu Hua began to explain as usual.

"That is one of the incarnations of the end-level Houkai beast [Brahma], named [Kukulkan]. Like [Tlaloc] and [Coatl], it is an intermediate product of the Chimera Project and a specialized existence that is more adapted to the Quantum Sea."

"[Tlaloc]... is the big skeleton that Bronya destroyed."

Bronya thought back to her defeated opponent.

This thing can be said to be a rare achievement of mine.