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

“Some people fly just to fall.”

"—I know the story of Ikaros."

Kevin then told the story on behalf of the old man...

Ikaros and his father, a craftsman, used feathers to make wings in an attempt to escape the island where they were imprisoned...

But he refused to listen to his father's advice and flew to a height that he should not have reached. The sun melted the wax used to fix his feathers, causing him to drown in the sea.

Faced with Kevin's story, the dying philosopher couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah... you are very well-informed. But I suppose... you have not talked to him as I have. Yes, he is a mythical figure, just like you - that is why he existed."

"...?"

The man then realized that he seemed to have underestimated the wisdom of the person in front of him.

"Everyone thinks Icarus died in an accident because of his hubris. But what if this was something he had wanted to do all those years ago?"

The dying philosopher seemed to be talking nonsense, but he used simple language to express the true dream of mankind.

"When he was very young, he said this himself: "I will fly to the sky and meet my victory by falling."

"......"Their ideals are completely opposite, they hope that their ideals will be trampled upon.""

Kevin recalled the words that the philosopher once said...

"He is the other kind of hero you have seen... But what is the value of this? Providing a ladder for others to step on, using his own failure to teach others not to fly too high?"

"On the contrary. He wanted to prove one thing - 'I flew to the front of the sun - where no one has ever been before.'"

These words can be said to be the best interpretation of Icarus' life - but the following sentence is the best explanation of Icarus' spirit.

"So, maybe someone can leap over me." Then why can birds fly?"

Because they had seen the first bird, with a heart as noble as the moon, try to touch the zenith, but fall to the ground and die.

Because they had seen that later birds made similar attempts and flew higher and higher—

That is why at this moment, the birds are still circling in the sky.

The man didn't know which bird he was. But for some reason, he suddenly thought of a basketball rolling on the ground.

Icarus did not fail. His fall was the fruition of his flight, the end of another kind of triumph.

Even though this is an extremely narrow-minded view, the wishful thinking of a romanticist...

But this may be the only rule that can make the world go round.

Chapter 539 Yulan Daier: "......" Kevin: "......"

"Some people fly... just to fall? It sounds like a very sad and beautiful fate."

In the live broadcast room, a barrage of comments with moonlight special effects floated across.

At this moment, Kiana has made up her mind to kill Kevin.

It wasn't out of hatred, or other shallow reasons, it was simply because - she wanted to surpass this pioneer of civilization.

"Hmm~ Isn't it romantic? Although I will melt because of it, there will be people who will continue to chase my shadow until they surpass me... Isn't this a grand and magnificent curtain call?"

Ai Lishia: It is undeniable that this is truly the core of the human spirit.

It can also be said to be the greatest aspect of human civilization.

Even if I will leave this world because of this, I have at least proved that I have been here - and from now on, there will be people like me who will reach such a height and go to the higher sky...

"It is undeniable that this is indeed a great idea, but... the price seems a bit..."

"Haha~ This is the curse of heroes. For the first primitive people who left the cave, they realized a wider world - they got rid of their childhood, but they also had to bear the fate of adults."

In the live broadcast room, comments from the audience floated across...

Obviously, at this moment, with Kevin’s final mental revelation.

Everyone's impression of him has changed dramatically.

Kevin is now more worthy of the word hero than ever before...

If there was ever a time when he would be more worthy of this word...

Maybe it was the moment when Kevin's feathers were melted by the sun and 'fell into the sky'...

As his memories return, Kevin confesses the beliefs he has always held on his way to the exit of the dream.

"Yes, in order to prevent the sun from setting, I flew into the sky and took away your light."

"I will melt and fall into the sea."

"But to get it back, you--you--must fly higher than I do."

Kevin walked slowly towards the white door that was gradually appearing.

This is the logic of human beings becoming adults after they have transcended childhood...

Finally, Kevin walked through the door again.

When the light ends, in the still dark space...

A Valkyrie is quietly waiting.

"Have you realized this now, man of Tianyuan?"

This was a conversation that had not been noticed by anyone before and had hardly caused any ripples.

That was in the desert experimental base filled with yellow sand...

The two "strongest men" entered into a stare-down confrontation.

In their respective eras, they each reached the pinnacle of human nature and, without a doubt, stood on diametrically opposite positions.

However, at this time and place, there was nothing else except silence.

According to common sense, this might not be ordinary "silence", but the "extinction" created when two great forces cancel each other out.

But the fact is——

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

I have to say that the way these two members of the Kaslana family communicate is exactly the same.

Everyone in the live broadcast room couldn't help but sigh - it turns out that liking to use "..." to answer is also hereditary?

Of course, Yulandel and Kevin’s “…” was not directed at the Riddler.

On the contrary, the two no longer want to hide anything from each other, nor do they need to hide anything.

After all, for Kaslana now, the truth has already been revealed.

At this moment, the two Kaslanas were facing each other, just waiting for the other to speak first.

Before that, in order to observe the civilization reshaped by me as it was thousands of years ago—

The man walks through time, searching for the dreams of the past in his own shadow.

The girl in front of him was doing the exact opposite. She was constantly diluting the dream with her own footsteps, in order to seek the truth of the world.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this ambiguous difference that the two of them ended up...

They unexpectedly reached a silent but friendly attitude with each other.

However, this silence caused by tacit understanding cannot end in silence because of each other's positions.

——After a long silence, Yulandel spoke first.

"Would you like to sit down and have a chat? You don't get many opportunities to interact with people of this era."

What Yulandel said was not false. To Kevin, it seemed that he did not belong to this era after all.

"A comrade-in-arms once told me that."

Kevin mentioned one of his comrades.

"We are all just living in a hole in the ground... just a bunch of primitive people, sitting on the ground with our backs to the cave entrance, our hands and feet chained, and we can only see the boring stone wall in front of us by the light of the fire behind us."

"?"

As Kevin mentioned this, a winding golden barrage floated across the live broadcast room.

Obviously, Mebius was surprised that he was Q-ed by Kevin.

After all, until now, she thought that this little follower's mind was full of Mei and he couldn't think of anything else.

"Sometimes, by firelight, the shadow of something would be cast on the stone wall - these shadows were the entire world in our eyes."

"Shadow is everything to us."

It’s just a pity that at that time, Yulandel didn’t know what this shadow specifically referred to.

"...Is this referring to that special shadow beneath your feet?"

she asked.

"No. That's a phenomenon caused by Chimera."

Kevin replied.

"Humans can indulge themselves in dreams, but Honkai beasts can think in dreams. "Chimera] integrates the dreams of all Honkai beasts, and therefore corrodes those shadows in human dreams."

"Well, if you were just speaking metaphorically, then the problem would be much simpler."

Yulandel roughly understood what Kevin meant, so she said something like this...

Kevin was a little confused about this.

"What do you want to say?"

"[Fu Hua] has left the hole you mentioned. You can too."

At this moment, Yulandel tried to help her ancestors - but unfortunately.

Fu Hua was able to find her destiny in the new era, but Kevin couldn't...

His fondest memories have forever remained in the past when his companions were still here.

For the next 50,000 years, Kevin fulfilled his duties as a pioneer.

Just as he himself said - what is really difficult is to let go.

"Maybe...if there is no "Stigmata Project"."

"Fully integrating into your world...it does require determination, but it is not difficult."

Although he couldn't agree to it, Kevin still showed respect to Yulandel at this time.

"What's really difficult is how to let go of everything after doing these things."

"...You don't want to be Otto."

After listening to this, Youlandel made this judgment.

"That's totally unnecessary."

Kevin answered decisively.

The man could sacrifice himself for what he loves, but he can’t—he’s on a mission to help civilization escape its childhood.

"Of course - maybe in your eyes, my arrogance is on par with his."

"After all, I have been the coffin maker since the beginning."

Kevin then tells the cruel truth unknown to the former civilization.

In the days when the world is about to end, people are dying in large numbers every day.

It's obvious...as long as the conditions permit, everyone will rack their brains to produce various types of coffins and build various types of cemeteries.

This may be of no benefit to the continuation of mankind, but it is something that must be done for the sake of civilization.

"...It's no different than the Stigmata Project, right?"