Honkai, they all became my stigmata

he asked:

"What about the other Yingjies, won't you come out and meet them?"

"...Although I know everything about them and their names are exactly the same as in my memory, they are not the Yingjies I am familiar with after all."

Aponia replied lightly:

"It was you as a bridge to communicate with the world that allowed me to glimpse this [Paradise of the Past], and I am already satisfied. On the premise of losing [Precognition], I should not reveal myself in front of them, so as not to cause any unnecessary disturbances." trouble."

In the final analysis, she is not from this world, and those people in front of her belong to the category of familiar strangers after all.

In this [paradise of the past], she doesn't need experience like other girls.

"So, that's why you're only going to meet your other self..."

Chen Yu pondered.

After stepping through many light ladders, he finally came to the world belonging to [Discipline].

As always, a church in the sky surrounded by blue sky and white clouds.

And the nun in charge here, with her back to him, reached out and stroked the statue of the goddess, praying in a low voice:

"Let me step into the city of sorrow...

"Let me fall into eternal suffering..."

This prayer did not continue, the memory of Alponia turned around, put his hands in front of him, and sincerely greeted him:

"[The Deepest Place] welcomes you, traveler."

"Hello, Alponia."

Chen Yu nodded slightly, and continued:

"With your ability, you should have already known my purpose."

Memory Alponia nodded.

"I know that you came to [Paradise of the Dead] to resist the Herrscher of Corrosion.

"I also know...you don't need the engraving of the [Discipline] anymore."

——Because on his body, there is an imprint left by another self.

Now that she has chosen him, she can naturally trust him.

And since there is another self in him, then the biggest secret kept by [Paradise of the Past], Alicia's identity should no longer be a secret in front of him.

"It's just that I'm guarding her the real secret kept by this [Deepest Place]. Before allowing you to get there, I think we still have some topics to discuss."

Memory Alponia said softly:

"Let's do it in the form of a question and answer. I have some questions I want to ask you, and in exchange, you can also ask me questions."

"In that case..."

Chen Yu touched her chin, and asked straightforwardly:

"Let me ask first, in your opinion, what is the ending of [Paradise of the Past]?"

This memory Alponia has not lost the power of [prediction] like the one in him, and she who has become the paradise itself can still predict everything here.

"...I haven't seen any signs of destruction in [Paradise of the Past]."

The nun in front of her replied silently.

"Well, that's fine, it's your turn."

Dust Feather nodded.

Now that he has been traveling with another Alponia for quite some time, he really doesn't have too many questions to ask in front of this memory Alponia.

The only problem I can think of is to get a "spoiler" in advance through this method.

"Then...it's my turn to ask questions."

The nun in front of her spoke lightly, and asked an unexpected question:

"Chen Yu, in your opinion, what is 'noble'?"

"...?"

Chen Yu was a little confused for a moment, he thought for a moment, and replied:

"In a literal sense, it means Zhixing is noble and pure."

"Very well, then, in your opinion... what is the meaning of 'noble'?"

Memory Alponia continued to ask.

"……significance?"

He didn't know why for a while.

The nun, who had been thinking 5 years longer than the Alponia inside him, became even more mysterious when speaking.

"Let me give you an example..."

The nun continued in a low voice:

"Once, I discussed [justice] with a scholar of Flamemoth.

"I think [justice] is doing the absolutely right thing.

"Just like the famous thought experiment railway problem, five people are tied to the connected track on a branched track, and an out-of-control locomotive is about to pass by; I can pull the switch and let the train go to Another rail with a person tied to it.

"In that scholar's opinion, I should not pull up the barriers, but just let the train follow its original track. In this way, I don't have to bear any moral and legal responsibilities, and I am just a pure witness.

"In my own opinion, from a fair point of view, the lives of five people are obviously more precious than the life of one person, so I should pull the switch...

"If it were you, what would you do?"

"...I will use my strength to stop that train and not let it run over anyone, so that no one will be sacrificed."

Chen Yu replied without thinking.

"Yes... as you say, this is the 'absolutely correct' and noble choice, whether it is to stand by or change the course of the road, it will still lead to sacrifices, and it is not fair to the victims... "

Memory Alponia sighed softly and said:

"Of course you possess extraordinary power and you have the ability to stop the train, but if you replace the train with the Honkai that is rolling towards us, you who have no way to completely stop it, how would you choose?

"No matter how hard you try, you can't stop the train of destruction that hits the world, and even you yourself will be damaged on the blocked road, useless and useless.

"It's meaningless to be absolutely correct, because we can't do everything, and the final reference to evaluate things is still ourselves."

"...Are you trying to persuade me to 'do what I can'?"

Chen Yu heard the meaning of her words.

The nun nodded slightly and said:

"I have always firmly believed that the noble should not sacrifice for the despicable, they should live on and radiate their light and heat forever."

Nobility is actually meaningless to individual survival, because it means that they have to give up their own part to satisfy others;

For society, this is just an illusory moral standard.

Growing up on Twilight Street, she was used to seeing those lawless things, so she knew it best.

"The so-called 'noble' means abandonment and sacrifice."

The fact is that the noble are always sacrificing themselves, giving up things for the base.

Behind the birth of every fusion fighter is the life of dozens or even hundreds of experimenters who are gifted and willing to sacrifice. However, even such fighters who bear the lives of others are still dying there. In this era, he was discriminated against and looked at strangely by other ordinary human beings.

Thirteen Yingjie knew about this all along, but they were strong-minded and never cared about it.

Among the people you protect, there are obviously despicable people who should not live, and there are people who hate you, but you still want to protect them. This...is really very contradictory.

Even at the end of the era, human beings... this group of people with hard-to-change natures, still haven't been fully united.

"But even if the ending cannot be changed, I must at least try it first."

Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

Choosing to give up without trying, and the result of having worked hard, will give different meanings to the same ending.

"...I know that you have the strange ability to travel through the world on the tree of imaginary numbers. You have also retreated in the face of death several times. However, when that feeling of helplessness and powerlessness really comes to you When you are in the body, when you can no longer be resurrected by virtue of the difference, can you really face it calmly like this moment?"

Memory Alponia asked softly.

"I can't give you an answer now, because I haven't really faced Him yet."

Chen Yu said honestly:

"But I don't think I'm going to stop."

"This...maybe it's the [discipline] you imposed on yourself."

The nun in front of her nodded slightly:

"So, can you tell me, what is the reason for your insistence? What are you expecting?"

"..."

Chen Yu fell into deep thought for a moment.

The reason why he has done so far, has been the source of power that has pushed him to where he is today... that is the answer he should have based on this memory Alponia.

He once saw little Sirin who was suffering from inhuman torture, hoping to bring her a happy life;

He had repeatedly contacted Xi'er, who was destined to become the Herrscher of Death, in reincarnation, just to change her inescapable fate;

He also successfully rescued Anna, who should have lost herself, and helped her disintegrate the erosion of the Herrscher of Ice;

As for St. Freya's people, he also tried his best to help;

There are also those three "Yu Sanjia" from another world...

The reason for his hard work was that he felt that their fate should not have been like this.

And the source of all this, in the final analysis, is Honkai, or in other words, the [Death Cocoon].

He brought a disaster called the end to all the worlds, resetting the worlds again and again.

And in the vast world on the tree of imaginary numbers, there are more than tens of thousands of creatures who have been or are being poisoned by him.

After thinking about it, Chen Yu's expression suddenly became relaxed.

He had already figured out how to answer her question.

"The answer is actually quite simple, Alponia."

"I'm listening."

"That's—I'd love to."

Not much reason, just because he wanted to do it.

"Even... you will step into the city of sorrow and fall into eternal suffering?"

Memory Alponia confirmed again.

"I have no reason to stop, and besides, I have to do something with that thing after all, there is no option to stop halfway."

Chen Yu waved his hand slightly:

"Maybe I can completely destroy him, or I can only change a part of him slightly. Even if I fail and nothing happens, it can at least prove that human beings have tried and can resist him, and the latecomers still have a chance .”

"..."

Memory Alponia nodded slightly.

She closed her eyes, as if she was directly communicating with the Alponia in Chen Yu's body.

"...I understand. This answer is never similar to the last words she left behind. I also use this to confirm that you should go and meet the real her."

Another door of light appeared in this [Deepest Place].

"Go and meet her, as her [similar] in every sense..."

Albania said calmly:

"And before that, about the Herrscher of Corruption... I can provide you with a piece of useful information."

When Chen Yu first set foot in the [Paradise of the Past], she already knew their purpose and started her own actions based on this.