Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

"According to Padu, we should be there if we cross that road... Speaking of which, Su told me that before Sakura disappeared, she gave the Seven Purifying Thunders to Wei Erwei for safekeeping. In other words, Wei Erwei saw Sakura for the last time. I wonder if she will..."

"Sister Mei, we're here."

Just as Paddo said, the door of Vivi's workshop was closed, but upon closer inspection, there was a note on it:

[To my lovely audience, the great magician’s performance is about to begin, please stay tuned...]

"Sister Mei, what should we do now? Should we just wait here or go somewhere else..."

Mei kicked the door of the workshop and it was easily opened.

"Sister Mei, this..."

Ignoring Padu behind her, Mei quickly walked into the seemingly empty workshop and placed her hand on the scabbard.

"Come out, before I draw my sword."

A familiar figure walked out from behind a bulky machine not far away.

"Oh my! Not only did he run behind the scenes before the show started, but he also threatened the magician. This audience member is really..."

"That's enough, Vivi... Now is not the time for lighthearted conversation."

Wei Wei spread her hands:

"Why? Because Alicia and Sakura are dead?"

"You...already knew?"

"Ah, don't look at me like that. Although I don't have the same abilities as Su and Aponya, at least I saw Sakura for the last time. She looked so determined that anyone who came would understand that she was going to die."

"But I feel... not only are you not surprised, you even... don't care."

"Maybe I am too open-minded. My dear audience, maybe my wonderful performance made you forget a simple fact...

Memories are originally the dead, and death is not a strange word to us. "

"Oh, I know what you want to say. Not everyone is dead. The real Kevin, Hua, and Grace are still alive, right?

But that is for you. When the heroes left their memories, they were all determined to die and prepared to sacrifice themselves.

"We" is the epitaph that the Thirteen Heroes wrote for themselves. As for "us outside"...it's not that important.

Rather than calling it the paradise of the afterlife, I prefer to call this the "Tomb of the Dead Fire". The disappearance of memories is something that will happen sooner or later."

"That's not the point..."

"I know. The key point is why the Herrscher of Corrosion chose Alicia first, what Sakura and I talked about when we met for the last time, and who the next target will be, right?"

"Okay, don't be nervous. I just don't want to pretend to be surprised, but I may be more curious about the truth of this matter than you are."

"Although memory is just data, it also gives me the possibility of a second life. It may even make up for the regrets that cannot be realized in reality..."

"Isn't it interesting to think about it this way? Before the twelfth collapse, [Sakura outside] had come to the paradise. She hoped that Alicia and Mobius could do something to prevent [her] in the paradise from knowing the truth."

"But after all, Sakura in Paradise is still Sakura, and she soon realized that something was wrong. In the end, Aponia chose to tell the truth. After all, compared to other memories, the gap between her and the [real Aponia] is the smallest."

Seeing that Mei's hand did not leave the scabbard, Weiwei sighed:

"Okay... It seems that if I don't resolve your doubts, I won't be able to proceed with the rest of the process."

"Let's deal with the second problem first. When Ying and I met for the last time, she hoped that the Seven Purgatory Thunders could play a greater role in you, the Herrscher of Thunder."

"And then...she went to die."

"You mean to say that you knew she was going to die, but you did nothing to stop her?"

"Don't say that. In the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire, strictly speaking, like Mebius, I belong to the rear rather than the combatants. It's just that when the Hero System was established, the [rear] no longer existed...

What do you think I can do in front of Ying, who is eager to see her sister? I will stand in front of her and not let her go, and then be split into two Weiwei?

For Ying Jie, even the thought of [persuasion] is arrogant. Besides... everyone has their own little thoughts. If you delve too deeply into it, you might end up hurting yourself, okay? "

"As for the third question...it seems that you already have the answer in your mind."

"After such a long time, only two heroes have encountered misfortune, and one of them chose to die. I think... you don't need to be too pessimistic. Maybe... under Enosia's manipulation, this Herrscher in the Paradise will not be able to gain a decisive advantage over the memory."

"You already knew Enosia before you came here."

"When an emergency occurs, it is in line with her style to suppress the danger within the range that Yingjie can resolve by doing everything she can."

"And if my assumption just now is correct, then even if Kevin is alone, you can rest assured of his safety."

"I am a well-deserved expert in this area. I have made dozens of times more attempts than the clothes burned by Qianjie.

The total number of all the weapons that Weiwei has developed to fight Kevin exceeds four figures, but so far none of them has been able to achieve this goal, whether in reality or in the paradise."

"So, when the supermodel ability of the Corrosion Herrscher fails, no one knows better than me how to kill Kevin."

"Eh? Judging from what you said just now, am I the most suspicious person? Could it be that... your lovely audience is doubting me? Suspecting that I invented an anti-Kevin weapon that can kill Kevin and gave it to the Herrscher of Corrosion?"

“…It’s hard to say.”

Seeing Mei's attitude, the great magician Velvet's expression became much more serious:

"Practice makes perfect. Ah, it seems necessary to show you my selection of weapons against Kevin. Although I am not used to showing my failures to others, I have to prove my innocence."

"By the way, the answer to the first question can also be revealed through this opportunity."

"So... dear audience, which one would you like to see first?"