Honkai Impact 3rd: I picked up a Seele at the start of the game.

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After the sisterly affection subsided, Seele appropriately left Bronya's tablet embrace and sat back down next to Yun Fuyu.

She sat upright with a slight smile and said, "Ah Yun and I have already begun to be affected by the repulsive force of the Sea of ​​Quanta. Everyone, before we say goodbye, is there anything we need to discuss?"

World Bubble Seele was the first to raise her hand: "Can I go to your world?"

Seele shook her head regretfully (perhaps?): "No. We can't interfere with the original story of the world bubble; it's a rule that people agree on. Seele, your home is here."

Worldbubble Seele bit her lip, unable to utter the words of pleading. They had already saved the world and themselves; further demands would only lead to no good.

Prometheus suddenly interjected, "Please wait a moment, the death list for the Sixth Great Collapse has been compiled."

The mechanical girl in the projection looked at Seele in the world bubble with a faint smile: "The name 'Yun Fuyu' is on the death list. His body is still preserved."

Are you interested in taking a look?

Yun Fuyu suddenly opened her eyes: "Where? Take me to see!"

Everyone says he's special, and he actually feels a little bit of it himself. Now that there's a sample of "another version of himself," of course he wants to see it!

Mei: "Please calm down. Are you sure you're mentally prepared?"

Yun Fuyu then realized that he had become so excited that he slammed his fist on the table and stood up, acting like a madman, which even frightened Mei.

With so many mysteries and such astonishing speculations, he couldn't help but tense up.

Yun Fuyu composed herself and explained, "During the fusion surgery, I consciously observed what my flesh and blood looked like as it decayed. I don't think there could be a more terrifying scene than that."

After he said those words, Möbius's eyes lit up as he looked at him, and he unconsciously licked his red lips, seemingly lost in thought about something impolite.

Mei nodded: "Then, I'll have someone bring the body over right away. You can sit down and rest for a while."

Her gaze shifted to World Bubble Seele, and Yun Fuyu's gaze followed.

She slumped onto the table, her barely suppressed sobs echoing in the quiet conference room.

—The Yun Fuyu she knew was very likely the same Yun Fuyu who had died.

No one knew how to comfort him, and for a moment they had no desire to discuss it further.

"..."

The body was brought over.

Yun Fuyu got up first, and Seele patted World Bubble Seele on the shoulder before following her. Black Seele and Bronya also followed curiously.

How would you describe that corpse?

It was exactly the same as Yun Fuyu, without the slightest difference.

This means that everything about them—their facial features, age, skin color, scars, birthmarks—was exactly the same after death.

According to World Bubble Seele, four years ago, this Yun Fuyu spent some time in an orphanage. If he is Yun Fuyu's counterpart, it can be compared to "this Yun Fuyu traveled to an earlier timeline," meaning he should be older than Yun Fuyu.

But they look exactly the same.

...Oh right, how old was he again? What was his identity before he transmigrated?

Suddenly, Seele stepped forward and placed her hand on the corpse's chest. Her action also disrupted Yun Fuyu's thoughts.

From Seele's hand, the power of creation began to flow, and she attempted to use this extraordinary power to resurrect the corpse.

Her power fluctuations attracted the attention of Seele in the world bubble. Seele hurriedly came to the corpse and looked at Seele expectantly, wanting to help but afraid of interrupting Seele's rhythm.

It's worth mentioning that, perhaps because the time of death was relatively short, the corpse looked incredibly lifelike, as if it were asleep. However, for someone with Honkai energy within them, this wasn't anything too unusual, and they hadn't paid much attention to it before.

But now, Seele's power is flowing into its body, yet the corpse remains completely unchanged. To put it bluntly, even a real corpse, even if it cannot be resurrected, has already risen from the dead, but this "Cloud-Assisted Rain" corpse shows no change whatsoever.

Finally, Seele slowly stopped channeling her power, shook her head, and said, "This is no ordinary corpse. It's like a bottomless pit, absorbing my power without any reaction."

World Bubble Seele wiped away her tears, squeezed in front of the corpse, and said firmly, "Let me try!"

"Don't try it."

Yun Fuyu grabbed her wrist, his expression strange.

"This is not a corpse, this is me."

"Eh?"

The girls gasped briefly, glancing in unison at Yun Fuyu, then at the corpse, then back at Yun Fuyu…

Enough with the chit-chat. Yun Fuyu got straight to the point, projecting his consciousness onto the body—note, not a transfer of consciousness, but a projection.

It feels like being inside a doll's costume.

Lying in the simple coffin, "Yun Fuyu" suddenly opened her eyes, like a puppet inhabited by a human soul in a horror movie. She rolled her eyes, twitched the corners of her mouth, and twisted her limbs uncoordinatedly before finally standing up with a somersault.

Apart from May, Möbius, and Bronya, whose mental fortitude was ridiculously strong, all three Seele exclaimed in surprise and couldn't help but take a step back.

The two identical Yun Fuyu pinched each other's muscles and bones, and exclaimed in amazement, "Exactly the same, really exactly the same."

Seele asked in a panicked voice, "Ah... Ah Yun, what exactly is going on?"

World Bubble Seele asked with delight, "Ah Yun, is that you?"

Yun Fuyu closed her eyes, savoring the fragments of memory that flashed through her mind:

A frail boy, newly born, arrives at the orphanage where Seele lives through a series of coincidences. He is older than Seele and falls in love with her at first sight (she is the only person he knows). He protects Seele and only plays with her.

However, he was no longer a child, and was soon introduced to a part-time job at school. From then on, his contact with Seele became intermittent.

A year later, he went on to study in a new city—the capital of Mu Continent.

Seele seemed safe, so there was no need to worry too much. He knew he lacked power, so he desperately wanted to reach the Firemoths and the future heroes, which was why he had bid farewell to Seele.

After that, as if divinely inspired, he quickly found a way into the Firemoth and passed the trials to become a warrior—after all, his talent was indeed remarkable. (But not to the extent that Yun Fuyu kicked Kevin and punched Ellie in the main storyline.)

After the Herrscher of Death descended, he was sent to the Honkai Center with the mission of finding the Herrscher and delaying her actions.

However, he knew that the epicenter of this collapse closely overlapped with Seele's residence, and he guessed that Seele was the Herrscher. Therefore, he deliberately separated himself from the main force and approached the battlefield alone.

Then, his experience coincided exactly with Yun Fuyu's.

The Herrscher is indeed Seele, but the Herrscher being besieged is Seele from another world. The native Seele took the opportunity to conceal her identity and hide—before becoming the Herrscher, she was a reserve warrior of the Flame Chaser.

Because Seele found out he was in the Firemoth, she tried to join the Firemoth as well, wanting to give him a surprise.