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

When everyone left, the bubble of this world began to disintegrate at an extremely fast speed, just as Dr. Schrödinger predicted. Prometheus understood that this was the last time she and Dr. May would see each other.

"There is nothing to regret...my old friend."

Although it was extremely brief, after hearing Dr. Mei's answer, Prometheus did fall into a state of "unable to respond". After mobilizing a large amount of knowledge to try to interpret it, she still found it difficult to accurately understand the current situation.

"No regrets... huh? Even though we can't communicate with the outside world right now, even though your "plan" has long been "completely failed"? "

"The plan... clearly knows everything and controls everything just like the 'original me', but like her, it can only pave the way for others and then unfortunately perish... Do you think I should feel 'unwilling'?"

"At least for humans, it is indeed a painful experience. But doctor, you know I mean something else."

"You mean the accusation you made against me before they came? Using those children as leverage for my betrayal of the world?"

"If you mean the reason why I said those harsh words at that time... then yes. "Fusion" is indeed an irreversible process, but according to my calculations, it would not really begin until at least forty days later. In other words, you used your wisdom to buy them more time and pushed your world to destruction forty days in advance. Although it can be considered a bubble of a world with only you and me left."

“This is also necessary for humanity itself.”

"Does the so-called necessary action also include today's intention? Even if the Herrschers have sufficient reasons to stop the Stigmata Project, they don't have to rush back to the Eigenworld today.

According to my calculations... letting them quietly accumulate energy "over here" and fully regain their fighting form is also a good strategy, the so-called "sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood" method. But Doctor, you used the hint of "time is running out" to induce them from the beginning. I thought there was a deeper consideration for this matter, but...

Doctor, are you also being "emotional"?

"……oh?"

"In the past, when we were free to move around... every year on this day, no matter how important the matter was, you would abandon it and come here alone, but do nothing.

Since this matter takes priority over everything else... I might speculate that at the moment of "fusion", "being here" is of vital importance to you.

But judging from the current trend, since the error is ultimately difficult to control, you and I will completely disappear before the "fusion" is truly completed. The so-called "salvation" is even more a fantasy.

So - although I don't know what the content is - this must be an extremely bad result for the doctor. The time you deliberately pursued will become meaningless. That is what I said before... "The plan has completely failed."

"...I am very pleased, "Prometheus". Apart from some details that you could not possibly know, you have finally "seen through" me with your own ability. However, I am afraid that we do not have enough time to make you "understand" me. "

"Impossible to know...details?"

"Yeah. That happened... a long time ago.

When I first speculated that the Herrscher of the End might have "slashed" some world bubbles from the original world, I immediately shared this discovery with Kevin. Of course, he didn't understand anything at that time. "

"A reasonable situation. After all, he didn't even graduate from high school."

"…That's not what I meant. Although he knew nothing about the theory at that time, he discovered a detail that I would not have noticed. Based on this, he proposed a conjecture to me and made a promise."

"He said that if in the future, any one of us could survive the "end" - then this person would come here every year on this day... the day he and I met, and spend a day quietly together."

"What's the point?"

“It’s a very simple idea… He believes that since the world bubble is created by the “destruction” of the “end”, we in the world bubble might also remember this promise.

And the meaning of this day lies in this - across endless space and time, we may be able to accompany another person who has "lost everything" in the dark. "

"…So, after learning about the situation in the Eigenworld, you began to deliberately control the time of the "fusion". You wanted Kevin in the Eigenworld to see you one last time before you disappeared? Even though the success rate of such a thing is close to zero?

I must point out one thing... Doctor. For someone who possesses the "One Vehicle of the Thousand Worlds", this is completely meaningless. If he has the corresponding intention, he can take the initiative to do this at any time.

The way his world snake connects us and makes us "act as tools" is enough to show that his level of understanding of the truth of the world is "no longer ignorant."

"And you, Dr. Mei... you have chosen the most fundamental decision-making direction today just because of this irrational promise. In terms of logic itself, this is even to the point of being "blind."

"I see, this is indeed the way you "should" think... You don't blame the "meaning" of an action, but the "efficiency" of an action. In your opinion, I should have been "absolutely rational" from beginning to end, right?"

"Ah."

"Indeed, many people have described us like this... If "Prometheus" is the integration of all the "knowledge" in the world, then "Mei" is the "thinking" that gods use to process knowledge."

"But 'thoughts' are different from 'knowledge'... they must have a 'purpose'. That's why I always hope that you can 'see through' and 'understand' me with your own strength."

"...Are you trying to say... that you have always been 'emotional', and the so-called 'absolute rationality' is only applied to 'means'? No, that's not right...Once again, Prometheus fell into a state of 'unresponsiveness'."

"You mean... the purpose of keeping yourself 'rational' is precisely to seize 'living space' for your 'emotion'?"

At this moment, Mei finally showed a look of relief.

“There are shortcuts to learning and making decisions. But no matter how advanced the artificial intelligence is, it can only learn from scratch what “subjective thinking” is, just like a newborn baby… and what “self” is.”

No matter how superficial the answer that follows is, it is the starting point for every "existence" to "become a human being".

Whether the cornerstone of existence is genes or codes. "

"That's right. Although the people of Fire Moth will never admit it...they will follow me without hesitation precisely because...I am a thorough "romanticist"."

This must be the reason why Kevin in the Eigenworld used us as "tools" to allow those children to come here. He finally realized the true meaning of the "Spark Project".

"Project Spark?"

"Hmm. I'm afraid there's not enough time to explain it in detail... But for that "plan without a plan", what really matters is actually "a firm dream" and "an unchanging true self."

"It's the same with Kevin, it's the same with those kids, it's the same with me as the 'shadow'... and it's the same with you."

Prometheus is an expert at deciphering Dr. May's riddles, but his brain is a little out of order at this moment.

"It's okay, you don't have to force yourself to accept this philosophy."

"No... But why don't you just tell them this? I don't think their thoughts can go deeper than what you just said."

"Because... just like now... if we simply appeal to dogma, the 'other' will not be able to understand. ...Oh, let me point out another misunderstanding you had before."

"In fact, 'betraying' the world you live in... Because that is what Kevin would definitely do, so at this moment, I have to 'do the same'."

"I did this on my own initiative... The significance of this is not insignificant to each other's selves.

In any case, ever since "the original me" chose to accept that clumsy but sincere boy, our relationship has never been fair to him. I want to exhaust the truth of the world, I want to lead everyone to declare war on Honkai - in the end, the time we have for each other is very little.

Since there is already a me in the Eigenworld who plays the role of "absolute rationality", and I have cooperated with "her" to do everything I can for the future of mankind... then let me try to do something for that lonely boy. "

"But he had no way of even knowing."

"It doesn't matter. Prometheus, the essence of human beings, is to sacrifice life for something that is not for me."

“…I don’t understand. If this continues, even if there is no collapse, the extinction of mankind may be inevitable.”

"No, Prometheus..."

Mei wanted to say something else, but found that her body had become so blurry that even she couldn't see it clearly.

"...That's it. It seems that the "rejection reaction" in me is stronger than yours. Well, if you can still "continue thinking"... remember what I'm saying now."

"The 'bad qualities' that you believe will lead to human extinction are precisely the key to my belief that they can survive forever. They are also the only blessing I can leave you."

Leaving behind this final "blessing", the man who was regarded as a god by countless followers finally ceased to exist as the "fusion" intensified. Of course, the same omen also appeared in Prometheus.

…Under this body that was running as a machine, an impulse emerged at this moment. She looked around, wanting to find a cold figure and tell him everything she just knew.

Tell that man—

"The one person you're willing to betray the world for can do the same for you."

But...it seems to be too late.

"...The wreckage of the "end" they saw, in the "spiritual" sense, is indeed my end in the original world. It's a pity, Doctor... the time you left for "my side" is still too short."

……

When this thought came to her mind, the girl made of machinery suddenly felt something "weird".

(Doctor... Even just now, were you still "planning" something? Could it be... that you want me to... at this moment...)

Indeed. Although every word she said just now came from her heart, the doctor's "way of expression" today was not quite consistent with her usual style.

Even... it was as if he was deliberately guiding the girl into a certain state, so that her feelings could be conveyed to...

(There are only two of us here...)

Although it was "late", the "third element" did appear in this tiny world that was about to disappear.

"……who?"

As Prometheus dissipated like May, a white light descended on her, putting her body back together.

"Thank you for 'keeping' me. But... who are you?"

A gentle voice sounded in her ears:

"The people of World Serpent call me "Hato". However, you can also call me Mistrine Shaniat."

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(The following content is irrelevant to the main text. As for why I write it here… Although I can’t get a perfect attendance, I have been writing for more than half a year and I already have obsessive-compulsive disorder. I feel uncomfortable if it is not 4000 words.)

First of all, whether you have followed this book from the first chapter or jumped to this chapter using the Scarlet King, I want to say thank you to all my friends for your tolerance and support for this book. The readers don't have to think so. As the author, I also know that this book has collapsed, especially the characterization of the protagonist, which can be described as a mess.

Q: At the beginning of this book, was Xilin or Alicia the heroine?

Answer: Since I wrote this novel initially on impulse, I don’t know either.

So the result... the relationship with the protagonist, as expected, completely collapsed. The previous chapter can't be called "salvation", but I just hope that it can be completed, and not torture Enosia, torture Xilin, torture the readers, and torture myself.

Around November last year, I once considered cutting the book short, but in the end I kept writing until now because I still hope that the story I wrote, even if it has a poor beginning and a poor ending, will have an ending.

So even if no one reads it, this book will not be abandoned. It will be written to 1.5 parts of the original work, until the real Gray Shu is found at the edge of the solar system. The second part of Honkai Impact rd has just begun. We have no idea what the underlying logic of the Martian computer is, and we don’t know where Sinadia and Litost are aliens, so we can’t write anything.

I am Xiao Deng, who has been playing Honkai Impact 300 for about days, and I am currently reading the plot of the second part. In a few years, when some underlying concepts have been explained clearly and I am still writing novels... I might consider it, but by that time, Honkai Impact may no longer be that popular.

After finishing this book, I initially considered writing a fan fiction with Mistylin as the protagonist, because I looked around on Yangshizi and it seemed that not many people were writing it, but I soon found out why no one was writing it.

Although Yutu has a lot of scenes in the original work, he is the Riddler almost from beginning to end in both the Stigmata Project and the Holy City of Salt and Snow. In a sense, Yutu is the narrator of Mr. Fanfan's philosophy class.

So I finally gave up writing about Yutu, a person's thinking, a person's decision. The protagonist of the next story is still the Herrscher of Corrosion, and it is confirmed to be the Love Eclipse Lily.

I have read at least half of the reviews on this book, and I can say that the friends who read this book, no matter they can finish it or not, hate it or like it, are all gentle and kind people... Because I still read the community's comments when I play Eryou, and compared with the scenes when filial sons, black fans, stalkers, and humans and machines join in the fun, their opinions on this book do not even reach the threshold of [sharp voices].

Finally, I want to complain... As a fan fiction author, I never thought that one day I would need to subtract from the original work instead of adding to it. I mean the content of the final chapter. Chapters 388 to 413 correspond to the content of the game's interlude plus 32 chapters. In fact, I cut at least one-third of the text of these two chapters. The cut parts are basically either the riddles of the riddler or Mr. Sailing's philosophy class. Compared with the final chapter of Honkai Impact rd, both Pinocchio and the current Onfalos are too anthropomorphic.

Thanks to all the friends who have read my ramblings. I hope that the cloze test articles and all the questions will be printed on the same page at all times.