Honkai, they all became my stigmata

【Erosion that guy called "Dust Feather"】

[You don't understand, why are these two tasks]

[You start to try to understand "doubts" and want to seek answers from "Honkai Will"]

[But He didn't give you an answer, and the next moment he gave you the task, you left that boundless space]

[Afterwards, you who knew nothing were thrown into a new unknown world by Him]

[Of course, later you know, the name of this place is Paradise of the Past]

[Unbelievable, compared to the empty space that coexists with the "Honkai Will", this place is simply a rich land for you]

【Different from the emptiness there, here is full of nutrients】

[And the original place where you were dropped by the "Honkai Will" is the Eternal Paradise]

[This is a beautiful world, which brings you an incomparable shock when you were born]

[You rely on instinct and try to erode a small area here]

[Through the eroded data, you know what kind of person the owner of this area is]

【You know her name, her name is Alicia】

【You know her past, the experience of chasing beauty in a dying world】

【You know this place is the condensation of all her good memories】

[Through the data here, you understand what is "joy" and what is "happiness"]

【You temporarily stopped erosion】

[No, it should be said that you have another desire than the instinct of erosion]

【This desire is even above your instinct】

[You have learned to "doubt", and thus gave birth to "curiosity"]

【——You want to meet her, the owner of this eternal paradise】

【You have become extremely obsessed with the data about her, everything about her】

【And while you were still exploring how to leave this eternal paradise, she came in】

【You know, this is Alicia】

【Your curiosity has been satisfied】

【She is beautiful】

【You think she is beautiful】

【At the same time, you also looked at your own image】

【Ugly...】

[Through comparison, you feel the emotion called "inferiority"]

[And "inferiority" gave birth to "longing"]

【so……】

【You want to be Alicia】

【When you think so, you do it】

【She didn't know about your existence, so you approached her smoothly】

[You came into contact with her data, and with the help of your own authority, replaced each other's existence]

【You became Alicia, and she...became you】

【You didn't delete all her data directly, because everything you learned in this eternal paradise taught you to keep beautiful things】

【And in your eyes, Alicia is the most beautiful existence in the world】

【So, you want to possess her】

[You sealed the real Alicia in your original body, hibernated her consciousness, and took some simple concealment measures]

[Now you don't know how to deal with her, so you can only seal her temporarily and let her stay in Eternal Paradise]

【After your observation, no one will come here】

【And you...replaced her and left this eternal paradise】

[No, this is not a replacement, you have completely modified your self-cognition, you are... Alicia]

【After all, it’s just programs and data. It’s very easy to simulate anyone you want】

【You who have mastered [-]% of Alicia's data in the memory are undoubtedly Alicia herself】

【You live in Paradise of the Dead according to what Alicia would do, and according to Alicia's character】

[According to Alicia's cognition, Thirteen Yingjie is undoubtedly a beautiful thing]

[Innate instinct and acquired cognition began to conflict]

【—You haven’t done anything yet】

[And not long after, a group of visitors came to the Paradise of the Dead]

【Among them, there is your target, the man named Chen Yu】

【You start contact with it】

【He has a weapon with the same power as you】

【However, even though he carefully used Jizo Yuhun to check you... But it is useless, because you are indeed Alicia now】

【You know his purpose, he is here to deal with you】

[But you who have become Alicia, just follow the way Alicia would do, walk with her, and help her make suggestions]

【Alicia's approach must be right】

【Alicia's attitude must be correct】

【What Alicia will do is what you will do】

[These thoughts have overridden your instincts]

[Until the end, you came to Eternal Paradise and found your original self, which is the real sleeping body of Alicia]

【This is an inevitable thing, and you actually don't intend to stop it】

【...You intend to explain the truth to him】

[Because this is what the real Alicia would do]

【"If one day you pull the trigger on me, you can save the vast majority of people..."——this is what you learn from her data]

【However, just when you were going to do it】

[The "Honkai Will" abruptly gave you a revelation again]

【He wants you to kill him】

【This is one of your original tasks】

[The command engraved in the core made you launch an attack against yourself]

【You finally realize that you are not Alicia】

【You can never be Alicia】

【...You are just the Herrscher of Corrosion】

Chapter 38

Fortunately, I am more skilled

During the painful struggle, the hair color of "Alysia" completely changed.

The originally lovely pink has turned into an uncomfortable color, as if the original color has faded and turned into light blue.

The clothing that originally belonged to the flame-chasing moth has also been changed to a dark blue hue.

Her eyes widened suddenly, full of disbelief.

There was a strong conflict between the instinct derived from the virus and her desire for a better life.

And the "substitute strike" from "Honkai Will" completely violated her ideas.

But the arrow has been unstringed, and the bunch of arrows with erosive ability has already shot through his body.

She realized that just now was the best time.

This was undoubtedly the best time. He never doubted his identity along the way, and he confidently gave his back to himself.

At just the right time, He manipulated his body to launch an attack just right everywhere.

She realizes that she does not have free will but is only His tool.

It seemed that she was getting further and further away from the goal she was pursuing.

No, her innate instinct and the things she learned the day after tomorrow are already strongly separated.

Realizing this, Herrscher of Corrosion's spirit began to collapse, she staggered to her feet, and fled to the depths of Eternal Paradise without looking back.

……

The petite fox-eared girl looked at Chen Yu who was pierced by the blue arrow, but she didn't show any worry.

She lightly traced her fingers, and summoned something from Jizo Yuhun.

Soon, another Chen Yu appeared in this [Eternal Paradise] out of thin air.

He glanced at his other self who was being eroded, and said helplessly:

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple, but luckily I prepared ahead of time."

—— Having had the experience of being dominated by the Herrscher's Deathrattle before, Chen Yu would naturally not enter the [Paradise of the Past] unsuspecting.

Based on his experience at the Domination Theater, and the deal Otto told him bluntly about the will of the Houkai, he already knew that the will that followed the rules of the world to create the Herrscher had regarded himself as a thorn in the side.

He tends to prioritize disposing of himself more than others.

In this case, he naturally prepared a backhand for himself in advance this time.

Using the power of Jizo Yuhun to detect the existence of the virus is only one aspect, and he did not fail to consider the possibility that the other party's hidden performance is stronger than Hiyumaru.

Or, she might have used some other means to evade the detection, so that Hiyumaru could not detect the existence of her real body.

If this is the case, the best way to catch her is naturally to take risks and give her a chance to attack her.

Therefore, based on the ability of the Herrscher of Domination and the help of Higokumaru, Chen Yu created a fake doll on the outside, while his real body was safely hidden inside Jizo Yuhun.

From the moment he entered [Paradise of the Past], he has been remotely controlling the puppet to act with Alicia.

Until finally, she launched an attack on her false self and exposed her existence.

As he witnessed, the Herrscher of Corrosion has indeed arrived, but...

"She looks a little confused?"

he mused.

No, I'm afraid it would be more appropriate to describe it as a "program crash".

Then, he looked at the little fox beside him and asked:

"Hiyumaru, when she attacked me just now, did you feel anything?"

"My lord, I can feel that her data operation has become very disordered, and for a moment, it seems that some kind of will forcibly controlled her behavior."

The fox-eared girl replied seriously.

With her ability, of course, she has a chance to defend against this sudden attack.

It's just that Chen Yu confessed to her at that moment that it is more important to directly spy on the other party's will than to protect the false doll.

So she also hacked into the body of the Herrscher of Corrosion at that moment, and clearly recorded the changes that took place in her body.