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

In August 2002, Celine and Bella returned to the Land of the Past. Grace happened to be in the lobby.

"Cierene, and Bella, come here quickly."

Seeing Alicia's anxious expression, they came to Grayshu's side without knowing why.

"You came at the right time. Gray and I have been together for a long time, so it's a good opportunity for you to reconcile."

"Reconcile?" Xilin didn't understand.

At this time, Grayshu naturally saw the two of them.

"Ah... it's Sister Celine and Sister Bella... Hi, did you miss me?"

The two looked at Alicia with surprised expressions.

"See, this is the part I need to reconcile,"

Alicia spread her hands, looking somewhat helpless.

Just when Xilin didn't know what to say to Grayshu in this state, she spoke first:

"The color on Sister Xilin's body... is brighter than before."

"Little Grayshue means that Xilin is more lively and cheerful than before... Let me see."

As Alicia spoke, she had already held up Xilin's face with both hands and rubbed it carefully.

"Hmm…Hmm, she's definitely cuter than before, even though she was already cute to begin with?"

Bella knew that Alicia had no ill will towards Celine, so before she could do anything to her, she decisively hid behind Celine.

Grace looked at Bella, thought of something, and took out a letter.

"Sister Bella, please accept this invitation with gratitude."

Xilin took the envelope and opened it:

"The Paradise Chef Championship, are you brave enough to come?"

The two looked at Alicia in confusion.

"Ah, don't look at me like that. This was Wei Wei's idea. In order to make this Chef Championship a success, she even asked Enosia for help. It's just right, you guys can also participate. After all, we are here to have fun. Why not try out the fun projects?"

Xilin turned around and patted Bella on the shoulder: "Then it depends on you. With your cooking skills, you will easily win the championship."

Bella nodded confidently: "I will never let down the Queen's trust."

"Then you guys explore the paradise, I'll be waiting for you at the end, okay?" Alicia winked at the two of them and left the hall with Grayshu.

The two touched the anchor point of the hall and entered the paradise again.

This time, a huge bodhi tree appeared before them. Under the tree, a man sat with his eyes closed. When Xilin saw him, she immediately thought of the hermit masters in TV dramas or cartoons.

"Hello, visitor. I am Su, the seventh of the Fire Chasing Heroes, inscribed as [Heavenly Wisdom]."

Xilin was a little surprised. She saw the man in front of her with his eyes closed, and thought he didn't notice her. She stared at Su for a long time, revealing an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"If you don't use your eyes to see... you use your ears to hear? Oh... I see. It's because you can't see who is coming that you call everyone a visitor to avoid embarrassment..."

Xilin's low muttering fell into Su's ears. He smiled slightly and didn't say much.

"Visitor, do you have any questions? After all, this is the purpose of our presence here."

Xilin looked at Su carefully and said, "I saw it on TV... You seemed to be meditating just now? Shouldn't we disturb you? And I don't seem to have anything to ask."

"Don't worry, I'm just a shadow, and this world is just the remnant of yesterday's scenery. The past has all disappeared, and the dead no longer exist. Since there is no existence, why bother?"

Xilin was slightly stunned: "You all...know that you are actually a memory?"

Su nodded slightly: "I have noticed it to some extent, it's just a matter of whether I accept it or not, and whether I am willing to talk about it or not. The me standing in front of you now is just a silhouette of [Su]. How can the mystery of the human heart be expressed with [memories] alone?"

Xilin scratched her head: "A fish... a support... what is that? Eden also said before that there are no fish in the flowing water... Could it be that the people in the previous civilization all liked to eat fish?"

Although Xilin, who was raised by his father, did not understand what Su meant, he combined the context and Su's tone and inferred that Su believed that there was a big difference between himself as a memory and his real self.

"But... to some extent, isn't the memory an extension of the body? According to Enosia, from a broad perspective, you and the real Su can be regarded as the same soul."

Hearing this, Su's eyelids trembled slightly: "I am a little curious about the theory of soul, I wonder if you can tell me?"

Xilin blinked and began to recall what Enosiya, Cecilia, and Alexandra had said. At that time, they were in a state of self-doubt to a certain extent, wondering if they, as memory bodies, could be considered their true selves. Xilin, who was listening at the time, clearly remembered that Enosiya told them:

"Whether or not someone is a person depends on whether the same soul is contained in the same body. There are three parts that make up a person's soul: memory, personality, and the knowledge of someone, something, or something. Oh, the last point can be explained in a more understandable way, which is the way a person thinks."

"Motion is absolute, and stillness is relative. This statement is also applicable at the soul level. As long as a person with a soul is alive, he will definitely have thoughts, sights, and ideas, which means that his memory will change. When memory changes, a person's soul will naturally change as well. Can you say that you are the real you now, but you were not the real you a second, a minute, an hour, or a day ago? Obviously, normal people would not think so."

"If we regard the abstract soul as a concrete substance, as long as it undergoes physical changes rather than chemical changes, the soul can remain in a relatively static state. As long as you can maintain this relatively static state, you will still be you."

"So whether it's Cecilia or Alexandra, you don't need to regard yourself as their shadow, nor do you need to have the idea of ​​"I should live for her". You are them, not their substitutes. So live your life the way you should. There is no need to worry about "who I am", and there is no need to feel inferior because you are a memory..."

Xilin thought about it and felt that there should be nothing she had missed.

Su's eyes half opened. "Ms. Ino, as a Herrscher of Corrosion, must have the most profound research on the soul. Although I cannot completely agree with her point of view, it is undeniable that I have benefited a lot from it. Thank you, visitor, for relaying such valuable content to me."

Xilin told Su what Enosiya had said without any emotion, like a student reciting a text. Su was not sleepy, she was almost hypnotized by herself. It was not until she saw Su half open his eyes that she realized something was wrong.

"Wait, so you're not blind."