A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

The shaman's voice froze into ice and fell into people's hearts. Behind it, outside the house, the sweeping wind and sad music foreshadowed the approach of an event.

245.Grand Festival

"How much do you know about the Great Festival, Gray Snake?"

Clusters of crystals formed into huge crystals at the top of the cave, and the cold light they emitted illuminated every corner of the village, like the eyes of a god, and wherever they went, all filth retreated.

Hearing the raven's question, the gray snake said calmly.

"I don't know much, but it's undeniable that a grand sacrifice represents a transformation. Through offerings, the gods may be able to perform more miracles."

"And in this, sending us out is also possible."

At first, they used the language of the real world, and then the unique language of the indigenous people. The communication with the shaman was very quick, but after only a minute or two, everyone fell into silence.

Their footsteps were drowned in a distant and sorrowful sound. A large bell that was rung from somewhere merged with the dull horn, like the music played before soldiers went to war, telling the tragic and brave deeds that would never return.

The tall temple sits beneath the crystal light of the celestial ceiling, immersed in an ethereal and solemn atmosphere naturally surrounding it, which is released from the vines and magnolias entwined on the pillars supporting the dome, enough to make anyone who comes here realize the existence of the great one.

Anyone who enters here must not harbor anger in their hearts or impurity in their bodies.

Raven's attention was focused. She looked coldly at the increasingly large building in front of her that occupied her entire field of vision, feeling as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

The ethereal and solemn atmosphere should have been sacred, but she regarded it as weird and didn't want to inadvertently fall into that state of being captured again.

No, it's getting closer...

The thought of stopping did not arise in his mind, and the sentence he wanted to say dissolved in his mind. Naturally, without any surprise, Raven surrendered wholeheartedly.

A refreshing warmth flowed through his body, consuming the already limited Honkai energy. His weakened body lost all the magical powers brought by Honkai energy, leaving only pure physical strength...

Normally, Raven would have felt a strong discomfort, but here, she did not think there was anything wrong with it, as if it was supposed to be so. In the temple, Honkai energy was the so-called unclean thing.

The sacred things gradually disappeared, and then gathered on her weapon, which was already filled with pure spiritual energy. Suddenly, a subtle vibration burst out, shaking off all the shackles on the soul and liberating Raven's mind.

The uncleanness disappears, and those who are approved do not need to worship.

A realization arose in his heart, and his clear eyes looked around without obstruction. Among the rows of indigenous people standing majestically, Raven saw illusory fireworks one after another. The holy blue light burned without temperature on their right shoulders and nameplates, and the sense of solemnity it inspired was almost as if the gods had arrived in person.

This is the prelude to the grand sacrifice. All living things in the village will come here, gather all their vitality and tributes, and first ignite the holy blue fire to burn the boundary between the human world and heaven.

In the temple, roots growing from the dome were entwined with the skeletons of several giants. This time, the holy blue spiritual fire was also lit in their eye sockets, as if the rich vitality of life was wandering around in the skeletons. The no longer empty eyes were cast from the distant sky, suddenly giving people the illusion that they had come back to life.

Raven looked dazed, because, in another eye contact, she once again glimpsed the world on the other side. The tall giants exuded an unimaginable pure and spiritual aura, their strong muscles shone with the pure beauty of strength, and their eyes looking into the distance were filled with the wisdom of the years and a silent compassion.

——They have been looking at the earth, observing the numerous sufferings.

"???!"

Suddenly, a loud and strange sound interrupted Raven's spiritual vision. In front of her, a shaman with a dark blue glow raised a square diamond-shaped substance with his hands and roared a sacrificial sound for it, loud enough to tear the throat.

Suddenly, a strong wind appeared in the void, blowing the flames soaring, and the space of the temple was filled with holy blue, spreading from people's shoulders, climbing up the pillars of the process dome, and enveloping everyone's body.

The indigenous people also raised their hands and uttered loud syllables together with the shaman. Suddenly, a huge wave of sound arose in the vast space, and together with the rising and falling flames, it touched the vast sky and touched the spirits of those long-passed ancestors.

Fireworks are towering towers, building a bridge of communication between humans and gods. Strong winds are the cornerstones, sending all their spirits into the fire, making the light of Shengqing even more dazzling.

The gray snake remained silent in the flames, as if waiting for an opportunity to come. The raven lost its speech in the intoxicating light, with only a pair of rosy red eyes looking up at the sky.

Boom, boom.

The sound of footsteps one after another rang out from the other side of the sky that was gradually expanding. There was no doubt that they were the footsteps of giants. Each footstep stepped on the human soul, and the shock it brought was like a landslide, as vast as thunder in the sky.

On the dome of the temple, the gate to heaven that the indigenous people had been longing for opened. From there, came not only the footsteps of gods, but also a chilling aura like the vast ocean. That untainted sublimity ignited the enthusiasm in the hearts of the worshippers as soon as it appeared.

The tributes burned by the flames turned into long dragons of smoke, floating up into the sky. The Third God's Key that was made into a sacrifice by the shaman, the so-called square diamond-shaped material, the so-called nano soul steel, and the so-called Herrscher's Core, all became fragile things at this moment and were offered to the gods by the residents.

"What are you praying for?"

The voice of the gods is naturally vast and mysterious, which is self-evident.

Raven didn't know what kind of power the gods possessed, but in just this brief sight, she confirmed one fact.

——Sending them out of this hellhole was easy. When she thought about the question in her mind, her intuition gave her the exact answer.

This is really like the god imagined by ordinary people, who can make people understand everything without knowing it.

"I see. I understand."

The giant stood far away, talking to the priest in another world. His eyes looked through the gate of heaven at all the lives standing in the temple, and he extended a finger peacefully and calmly.

Raven's body froze. In this moment when she could neither speak nor see, only the daggers on her body kept her mind clear. When the finger of the god fell, she fell into terror.

Afterwards, she didn't remember what happened. She only knew that she and the gray snake had indeed returned to reality, and what appeared before their eyes was the tranquil night scene of the primeval forest.

"The shaman dies because he tries to live for God."

The gray snake coldly told the scene that the raven had forgotten, and then realized the connection with the mental network. Countless gray snakes thus had a "new friend".

246. Incident Report

Everything is over for now.

Standing on the land of the primeval forest, seeing the broken wreckage of the mecha and the stopped column instruments together, which looked like an abandoned relic, Raven felt a sense of emotion in his heart.

A fantastic adventure, a world that can resist collapse, a seemingly new civilization, no matter what secrets are hidden under the surface village system, it will surely attract the full attention of the World Snake.

By then, I'm afraid I'll be tasked with exploring that world again...

After all, the only survivors who returned from that world were her and a gray snake...

"Gray Snake, by the way, where is the feathered rabbit that you carried out the scientific research mission with before?"

Having escaped from danger and feeling no threat from the outside world in the quiet night of the primeval forest, Raven, whose Honkai energy was slowly recovering, had more room for thought.

"I don't know. After the accident, she and I were no longer in the same place."

After saying that, the gray snake was absent-minded for a while, as if he was deep in thought. Raven knew that he might be preparing a mission report and uploading it to the network where the gray snakes coexisted.

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Mission report uploading:

Missing Personnel: Hato, some later mission members (according to Raven's mission comparison, this includes at least four Gray Snakes and twenty-five mechas)

Mission Summary: Discovered the remains of an unknown world, a landscape of alternating hills and plains. The sky is constantly obscured by thunderstorm clouds, creating an extremely harsh environment. The indigenous inhabitants survive in underground caves, and all observed so far are mechanical lifeforms...

Related results: pictures, some visual materials, and a comparison table of unknown texts that have not been fully analyzed...

The reporter suggested: The specific situation of that world is not clear, but it can be confirmed that it is the root cause of the rejection phenomenon. It has a conflicting nature with all things related to Honkai energy and has a very high research value. If possible, it needs to be explored further in the future.

Reporter: Gray Snake 10381 (referring to the Gray Snake born No. 10381)/Sera's Gray Snake replica.

Reported by (memory-shared): All Gray Snakes.

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"Successful."

The heaven that the indigenous people prayed for was actually the real great barrier. After completing this simple play, Sera began to count her gains.

Several kilograms of nano-soul steel (already stripped), a dormant Herrscher of Thunder core (completely inactive after entering an environment rich in mana), and several mechas shredded by the dimensional devouring...

"Wow, it's the Herrscher of Thunder's core, Sera, let me see~"

As the former Herrscher of the Sky, Xilin's curiosity was genuine. When she saw a darkened purple-black crystal reappear in Sera's hand, she came over with a popcorn bucket, swallowing without forgetting her original intention.

The core of the Herrscher of Thunder is a regular polyhedron with exquisite symmetry. It contains a lot of Honkai energy, but after losing its activity, it feels no different from a gem.

Xilin reached out to grasp it, but all she felt was a chill, like ice and a dead body. She didn't feel any interest at all, and immediately put it back into Sera's hand with a dull look.

"What? This isn't even as good as my Gem of Conquest! That Herrscher of Thunder from the previous era is too lame."

Ever since she left her Herrscher roots and was influenced by Sera, Sirin no longer has any attachment to her old employer. If her straightforward and outspoken nature were to be placed in front of the god she once prayed for strength from, the lonely "God of Honkai" would surely show the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his cell phone, lamenting the departure of an employee.

"Just as I thought, Miss Instructor, the environment here is not suitable for the existence of Honkai energy. In other words, it has a strong suppressive ability against all things related to Honkai energy."

Gray Snake stood up and moved closer. He carefully observed the Herrscher core in Sera's hand, and then expressed his judgment.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a miserable state, and I have to rely on little Sera to live a good life."

Misterlin agreed jokingly, but her face did not look pitiful at all. It was just that her strength was indeed weakened to a pitiful level. Before she could completely abandon the Honkai energy system and embrace the path of magic, she still needed to go through a long process.

"Please remove the small print, Mistlin. I remember I didn't give you the privilege of teasing me. What on earth gave you such a bold idea?"

Being called a generation younger by an elder, Sera, who remembered not being treated like that for a while, felt a little annoyed and unconvinced. As a mother, she had to show her strength in front of others.

Otherwise, a weak and vulnerable younger mother can easily be bullied by others.

Putting away the important research materials, Sera's blue eyes, without any worldly air, looked at the charming mature woman. The meaning in her eyes was self-evident, and her half-smile was also very majestic.

To be fair, I'm your new boss now! How dare you, Mistlin Shaniat?

"That's because..." Misterlin didn't care. Instead, she continued to look up and down at the slowly growing girl with admiration, making a look of extreme satisfaction.

"Little Sera is so adorable. Her petite body carries the weight of being the head of a family. She looks strong yet fragile. This contrast really makes me feel pity for her."

"To be honest, I don't want to think of little Sera as a sister anymore. If possible, I would rather be a mother."

As soon as the earth-shattering and bold statement came out, Xilin's subtle eyes instantly hit Misterine's face, and the meaning of "Are you crazy?" was clear. Even Sera frowned, and her focused eyes seemed to see through Misterine's expression and into her heart.

"That's right, but don't say 'mom' anymore. I only recognize Tree Mom."

Humph, Mistlin must have lost her mind. She needs to undergo a few more treatments to adjust her mindset, so that she can complete her transformation and no longer be associated with weird things.

Sera saw some things clearly, but she didn't care. Just like what she and Xilin had said when they were joking with each other before, if that person could have even a third of the divinity of the tree mother, then she could tentatively admit that it was possible to find another mother.

But how can humans be compared with God?

As Sera thought about it, she closed the illusory storybook that symbolized real dreams, and attached it to the barrier as a new layer of protection, making the barrier even more magical.

247. Spiritual Resurrection

"Why, aren't you leaving yet? I have some very dangerous things here. With your current state, if something goes wrong, I can't guarantee that you'll be able to escape unscathed."

The passage to the ground was opened, and ripples of light appeared on the distorted boundary of space. After the gray snake had obediently left the workshop, Mistlin still stayed where she was, which caused Sera to advise her.

"Little Sera, do you mean that even though it's dangerous, I can still stay here?"

The beautiful woman expressed her understanding, with a clear glint in her pale blue eyes. With her outstanding appearance, if she were an ordinary person, she would probably consider even the most unreasonable request.

Unfortunately, Sera is not an ordinary person. At this time, Xilin came over quietly, pulled the hem of Sera's skirt, and still held the popcorn bucket in her hand.

"Something's wrong with Misterine. Is she a little too brave? Sera."

Sera's blue eyes slanted at Xilin who came over to tell her something. The meaning in her eyes was self-evident, and Xilin could understand it as soon as she looked at her.

——You don’t think that I would discover this later than you.

"There's no other way. Then follow me, Misterine. Please put aside your curiosity for now. Everything in the workshop is dangerous to those who are not familiar with it."

"Once the spirits here are familiar with your presence, browsing around won't be a problem."

Sera spoke softly, and after putting away the Herrscher of Thunder core, she led the way and opened another spatial passage leading to other areas. After a burst of bizarre scenes that quickly faded away as if time had passed, gorgeous colors appeared before everyone's eyes.

The third node, where the Mud and Dust Colossus is located, is the spiritual vein that runs through the entire home.

The colorful lights form a colorful Milky Way on the zenith, and the warm breath it emits flows endlessly, guiding the fragments of souls and the wings of longing to circulate back and forth. From the life and death of microorganisms to the natural death of residents, all can be understood clearly here.

This is the place in our home that is closest to the boundary between life and death. Recently, due to Sera's input, unusual mana was born. The so-called "Mana of Resurrection" was originally born here.

"The stigmata, a new thing born from an original thing, is indeed a new life different from the old one from the perspective of life itself."

"However, under certain circumstances, the old life may be revived through the new life."

Sera's gaze was distant and peaceful, she looked clearly into the distance, then she withdrew her gaze from Mr. Orange who seemed to be half asleep, and turned her gaze to Misterine behind her.

"What the deceased gain is mana, which promotes regeneration and resurrection. Mana grants them the power to return to the living world."

What Sera saw was the new power being nurtured in Misterine's body, part of which had the nature of Sushenmana, but the corresponding spirituality was not Misterine herself, but came from the thoughts of a certain person that stirred her at the beginning of her birth.

It's really incredible. The second collapse occurred at the beginning of the year 2000 AD. It has been 10 years since then, but the little bit of longing can still be maintained without collapse.

"Sierra, what do you mean? Cecilia?"

Xilin's mind raced, and after realizing a possibility, her golden pupils lit up. An excited and positive emotion prompted her to open her eyes wide, trying to find any trace of the old man in Misterin.