Chapter 516

Before I started writing the epilogue, I considered the world after the great war...

But think about it, the original work also described the world after the great war.

Although there have been some major events, between 2014 and 2018, apart from the third, fourth, fifth, Herrscher of Dominance Herrscher arcs, and the Great Honkai of the Herrscher of the Herrscher of the Void Awakening, most of the time the rest of the world was relatively safe.

Therefore, in the timeline of this book, although all the aforementioned sacrifices have disappeared, and the ambitious high-ranking figures have been dealt with by the two-person one-click team, the number of sacrifices should be significantly reduced.

But in my opinion, that's not enough.

Although Lin Yu does not have the title of god, once he has reached the stage of True Fusion with the Cocoon of Finality, he can be considered a god of the earth who has the ability to make the world a better place.

Meanwhile, in the previous book, Ji Ran ultimately chose to control the Cocoon of Finality instead of destroying it with a million horses. This was because Ji Ran felt that if keeping the Cocoon could save more people, then there was no need to completely destroy it. It would be better to control it, erase its underlying logic, and use it as a slave.

After his return, he naturally lived a good life. Moreover, because of the Listener Bronya in the previous book, which was connected to the system database, Bronya was able to obtain some strange and mysterious black technologies from time to time. Therefore, in the world view of the previous book, during the years that Ji Ran was missing, Bronya had already solved some problems in the world by obtaining black technologies.

At this point, it's not surprising that Ji Ran take the data out for a walk to see who would be suitable to use these things to make life better for people in other worlds.

In Ji Ran's eyes, Lin Yu was the kind of person who was suitable to master this information.

Although Lin Yu had considered taking a break after returning, the "Rolling Dog" trait doesn't disappear after the task is completed.

A true workaholic, once they've finished their job, won't stop; they'll just keep finding things to do for themselves.

So, once someone has the ability, the ideas, and the right people to deliver powerful technology, I think he would definitely want to make the world a better place.

So the true ending is the story I wanted to write.

After the great battle, Lin Yu, being the strongest, certainly wouldn't choose to start enjoying a life of leisure.

He was once an orphan and his past life wasn't easy.

Having once received affection from his parents but then lost it, he should understand better than the average person how terrible sadness is.

Given his personality, he would naturally want to reduce these tragedies.

As for what the world will become in the future, in my eyes all the ambitious people have been wiped out, technology has been developed, Lin Yu is also willing to make the world a better place, and he has so many people by his side. In addition, he is not a tyrant in essence. I think unless I have a brain fart and write an extra chapter saying something like "Lin Yu's personality changes drastically and he begins to transform into the dark Bai Cinan", the world will only go towards good and better.

After a moment's thought, there really isn't much to say this time.

Although fanfiction is basically copied from the original characters, everyone has different writing styles and perspectives, so there will naturally be some differences in character positioning and analysis. So, after thinking about it, I managed to come up with this thing.

This chapter will briefly discuss my personal views on the characters and their roles in the book.

Emperor Otto is giving me a special treatment with a separate chapter. There's too much content, which might cause the word count to exceed the chapter limit. Don't ask why, just know that his extreme fans love me too much, the kind of love that Potio mentioned verbally.

The main character's personality details were listed separately earlier.

It contains 16,000 words and is extremely time-consuming; please read with caution.

The following is the main text.

First, there's the system.

When discussing the system of this book, we must mention the previous book.

A system also appeared in the previous book, and judging from the plot of this book, the system in the previous book and the system in this book are in a senior-junior relationship.

Of course, the difference between senior and junior in this chat group is simply the difference between those who joined early and those who joined late. However, since both systems are relatively easy to get along with, the system in this book took the initiative to recognize this identity.

In the epilogue of my previous book, I mentioned a few things.

When talking about plot and characters, one character is indispensable.

Yes, system.

Originally, in my design, the system was supposed to be a secondary character, and that's how it was written in the early stages.

But judging from everyone's feedback, it seems like I'm just posting fluff, so never mind.

Therefore, the system's appearances became visibly minimal afterward, partly due to the significant nerfs to the dungeon storyline.

However, after finishing the book, I wasn't writing any more books at the time, so I was reading books on various websites to recharge myself, and that's when I discovered another book.

That book also had narration, and the narrator pranked me by saying that people not only accepted it but also liked it. Then I started to reflect on why the system in my previous book was so disliked.

After summarizing, I roughly categorized the reasons as follows.

There are objectively people who dislike him and people who think he's just posting irrelevant content, but there should also be people who like him. I noticed the former while ignoring the latter, so naturally I felt that the system's public opinion was one-sided.

In addition, the system in the previous book, in my opinion, was [the benefactor who resurrected the protagonist] + [the helper who assisted the protagonist in becoming stronger], but there was a problem with the writing style.

Looking back now, the system in the previous book threw Ji Ran into other worlds, giving him even more survival crises on top of the already high pressure he was under.

While this allows him to become stronger in a short period of time, and the system is quite reasonable, it cannot change the fact that the system brings danger to the protagonist.

Having grasped this point, the book's system design softens in this respect.

First of all, the system's role remains that of the second-in-command.

Then, the system must be completely harmless to the protagonist—so the so-called harm is limited to verbal abuse.

While being completely harmless, it also provides the protagonist with ample assistance—there are guaranteed rewards when you are about to die or when you win, and there is a reward mechanism while helping you overcome difficulties. This is much better than giving you rewards after risking your life.

Well, what were the subsequent effects...?

The system in this book should be much more pleasing to the eye than the previous one.

In my personal opinion, the system in the first book is stronger than the system in the second book. After all, although both systems have the ability to travel through worlds, the first book can directly give this ability to the host, while the second book currently only has a lottery function and a hint function, so the difference is quite large.

From the perspective of the role positioning, while Lin Yu is very grateful to the system, the system also treats Lin Yu as a bad friend.

As for those who felt the protagonist was a system's lackey during the serialization...

I find this very strange. If someone resurrects you and you help them all the way, wouldn't you normally feel like you're being a dog to your benefactor?

Aside from the occasional teasing that would slightly raise Lin Yu's blood pressure, he should be considered a purely positive character.

Mei – Although she is the female protagonist, there isn't much to say about her.

Because if it's a standard starting point in Changkong City, the protagonist will inevitably get involved as long as they don't just stand by and watch. Once involved, they can save Mei's affection level and get it almost maxed out in the early stages.

But if you choose to be an audience member and ignore Mei...

No, then what's the point of having a protagonist like you? I definitely wouldn't write it like this unless there were special circumstances.

I remember seeing a reader make a very reasonable but unconvincing comment when I was reading other Honkai 3rd fanfiction on the same site.

Because Mei's affection level can be maxed out in the early stages, it leads to being overtaken by others in various ways later on, resulting in a lot of hats on one's head.

This seems to be the actual situation, and what remains...

There's really not much to say about Mei, making her role quite awkward.

Mei's writing in this book isn't particularly good, but hopefully she'll show a slight improvement in her next book.

Kiana —also a female protagonist, there's a lot to write about her.

Because her background is a complete mess, and she carries the dual characteristics of being both a "future savior" and a "destroyer of the past," and is even at the core of the villain Otto's plan, her storyline will be significantly more extensive.

Even in the finale, Kiana still called Lin Yu "senior" not because they didn't get along, but subconsciously because she felt that it would make her seem a little special.

On another note, here's my perspective on the writing of this character.

Kiana carries a mountain of blood debts, and in my opinion, these debts cannot be simply dismissed as 'hey, you're a reincarnation, so you don't have to take responsibility.'

Of course, some readers will use similar reasons to excuse this, and I won't refute them. This is a different viewpoint, and I think what you said isn't entirely unreasonable.

However, this involves some of my personal opinions.

Readers and players may try to excuse Kiana, but Kiana absolutely cannot voluntarily escape this sin.

In my eyes, Kiana's most dazzling moment was not when she was in the Celestial Meteor or when she defeated Kevin and the False God, but when she Herrscher of the Void the Void in the Dominion Theater and took the initiative to say, "I am Sirin."

At that moment, faced with her own evil side, she acknowledged her past identity and chose to move forward even if she had to bear the burden of sin. In my opinion, this is what Kiana Kaslana should have done.

So whether it's the previous book or this one, the Kiana I wrote absolutely cannot evade this matter.

Of course, as for their mindset, the younger generation couldn't keep up because the plots on both sides progressed too quickly, but that's another story.

Furthermore, since opening the Flame of Fire often means Himeko's death in battle, and Himeko never had a chance to die after the protagonist appeared, the Herrscher of Flamescion didn't appear in either book, which is something that can't be helped.

Based on my definition of the protagonist and my writing style, I probably won't have the opportunity to write about Herrscher of Flamescion if I continue writing about Honkai 3rd.

Rita – Actually, I didn't confirm the setting that Lin Yu was Rita's sworn brother after writing the first chapter; it was added in the second chapter.

Of course, there's not much difference.

Rita wasn't initially conceived as the female lead, as can be seen from the plot. She and Dudu were drifting around the headquarters, but after the story map shifted to St. Freya, their appearances actually decreased significantly.

Even though I added more storylines for her in the Nine Nether Netherworld Chaos and Moon Shadow, she still doesn't get many opportunities to appear because she mainly spends her time with St. Freya.

Of course, Rita and Lin Yu eventually developed a deeper connection, which, in my opinion, is a plot point where "since the emotions are right, there's no need to avoid it."

As for the claim that Rita liked copper smelting and therefore brought Lin Yu along, I have to say that the two are only two years apart in age. This is just wishful thinking on the part of some readers.

Bronya —one of the most unlucky characters in this book.

Oh no, because of my writing style, I've been incredibly unlucky from the last book to this one.

Because my mother is an unlucky person with a mental disability, her background is utterly awful from the very beginning of this book's plot.

In my opinion, it's quite abnormal that Bronya was able to live so easily in St. Freya in the original story.

In the Blue Sea chapter, it was mentioned that Bronya's mission in the Third Honkai Outbreak was something I'd like to see.

Cocolia is responsible for triggering the Honkai, Bronya's task is to "recover the awakened Raiden Mei".

Well...

Cocolia truly thinks highly of her daughter.

Of course, this is not the focus of this part. The focus is that this plot clearly states that Bronya is part of Cocolia's plan.

Given her feelings for Seele, she would definitely not refuse, and might even actively help Cocolia do this.

At the beginning of this book, someone jumped out and said, "Hey, no, Bronya just went to retrieve Raiden Mei, the Third Honkai Outbreak has nothing to do with her," to defend Bronya.

I think that since she was involved in this plan and there's a very high probability that she doesn't object to it, it's not an exaggeration to say that she's Cocolia's accomplice.

Instead of sympathizing with Bronya, we should sympathize with the millions who died inexplicably.

Of course, that's how the world of anime and manga is; looks and physique matter more than anything else. Perhaps for some people, the sacrifice of these millions of nameless people in Changkong City might not seem like much. Anyway, you can't criticize Bronya.

Of course, the protagonist can't think that way.

Leaving aside the memories the protagonist forgot, even if he had just transmigrated, he couldn't possibly tell Bronya, "Hey, what you did to save Seele was the right thing to do."

Bronya has a very bad background, so to bring her into the team, mental torture is necessary.

If Bronya can't recognize how outrageous things she and Cocolia did, then I put Lin Yu into it, and I just don't think I could trust this person at all.

Furthermore, considering the situation outside the book, I can't say, "You're a beautiful girl, so you're innocent of harming humans." I don't expect everyone to be atoning for their sins, but at least some self-reflection is necessary.

This isn't a problem that can be solved by simply patting the duck's rear end.

Anyone who has read this book to the end probably knows that I have a problem: sometimes I place too much importance on logic.

In my personal opinion, Bronya is designed to be extremely intelligent, has killed people on her own initiative, and can even hack into the Schicksal database directly from her room in the Sakura Remembrance. In the early stages, with her Heavy Cannon, she might be more difficult to deal with than Mei, who is afraid to unleash her power, or Kiana, who is unaware that she Herrscher of the Void.

If you want to team up with someone like that, you have to make her realize that Cocolia is wrong, that following Cocolia won't save Seele and will only kill many people, while following the protagonist will give her the opportunity to do what she wants, so that the protagonist can feel at ease.

Conversely, if Bronya is successfully recruited into the team by the protagonist, she can actually play a good support role even if she can't get the core.

However, the core aspect is quite awkward. In Old Yang's book, he goes from being a second-class cripple to a second-class Herrscher [why second-class? Because his combat power is really not enough]. In addition, he knew in advance that there was a problem with Haiyuan City and had the help of Su and Siegfried at his peak, so he didn't get beaten up like in the original work while trying to hold off Kevin. As a result, the inheritance of the Herrscher of Reason simply couldn't continue.

All I can say is that in the Honkai mechanics, when Old Yang finished creating the Divine Key and it was completely hollow, he created a Honkai in the Honkai, giving him the opportunity to transfer the core to Bronya, and then use the drama in the Dominion Theater to coordinate a move.

Originally, there should have been a special scene where the protagonist saves the day, but Bronya's personal storyline was moved to the hospital earlier due to Cocolia's death, so there was no scene where the protagonist saves the day in the movie. In my opinion, Bronya can handle the small problem herself.

Why didn't I touch on her when this story ended? Consider that she was still in her mother's womb during the Second Honkai Eruption, and then think about why I dragged it out for three and a half years.

Regarding the handling of Cocolia's plot, as mentioned before, before Bronya can join the main character's team, she must be tortured until she realizes she has a problem. This is also a setup for sending Cocolia away later.

To make her realize that 'her mother died because of herself, not because of everyone,' Bronya won't have an overly serious emotional knot. Otherwise, if she becomes a Herrscher of Law later on, even with Joel leading 300,000 people guarding the gate in the core, she probably won't have an easy time.