Fu Hua's Past, and the Veil Over the Previous Era
"Don't worry, it's not a transfer back to headquarters."
Kiana breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's a lateral transfer, from the film department to the new project department to help out, still in the Far East, and even in the same building."
"That's good, that's good."
Kiana saw Fu Hua's shadow in Lin Chaoyu's sword moves and couldn't help but ask. Lin Chaoyu introduced himself as the guardian of this Tai Xu Mountain.
Kiana made no attempt to hide that she was a friend of the fairy. From Lin Chaoyu's face, it was clear that she was very surprised. She murmured "friend" softly, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.
After learning that Lin Chaoyu was also a disciple of the Taixu Sect, Kiana asked her to teach her Taixu Sword Qi.
Lin Chaoyu then inquired about the story between Kiana, Bronya, and Fu Hua.
After Kiana finished recounting her experiences with Fu Hua,
After listening, Lin Chaoyu sighed. The Taixu Sword Qi is divided into five categories, and only the Sword Heart is useful to Kiana. However, she and the others had already sworn an oath that they would never pass on the Sword Heart to future generations.
"I'm sorry, I can't break my blood oath."
Finding one path blocked, they turned to another. Lin Chaoyu, having already sensed their possession of feathers, used his sword heart to release the seal on them.
Upon hearing Lin Chaoyu claim to be the guardian of Tai Xu Mountain, Little Knowledge couldn't help but exclaim, "Guardian? You mean those guys who burned Tai Xu Mountain down? Bastard!"
"That's not the strangest thing." Fu Hua stroked his chin. "Lin Chaoyu was talking about Herrscher. Does she even know what Herrscher is? In her time, the Herrscher was born far too long ago."
"Old fogey, you doubt... me?"
Fu Hua nodded.
"Besides me, only you, who is occupying my body, can use Feather of the Wind at will."
"Ha, old-fashioned, you really don't put on an act at all."
Chapter 323 Fu Hua's Past, The Veil of Previous Era
[After the seal was broken, the feather was pushed into Kiana's arms by Lin Chaoyu without explanation. A brilliant light shone forth, and Kiana didn't even hear Lin Chaoyu's last words before her consciousness was swallowed by the light.]
What did she do?
Because of the precedent of the Seven Disciples killing Fu Hua, the audience did not trust Lin Chaoyu. When they saw Kiana enveloped in the glow of feathers, they subconsciously suspected that she was behind it.
Kiana has been through too much.
"If she really attacks Kiana, she'll lose all her remaining goodwill," Fu Hua sighed.
"Heh." Little Knowledge scoffed coldly.
In the scene, Kiana and Bronya see Fu Hua's past. At that time, Fu Hua was still very young. Although she hasn't changed much now, she doesn't give people a rigid feeling.
During her innocent and confused youth, she would feel shy because of others' praise, feel lost when she went to an unfamiliar city alone, and be afraid of whether she could make new friends.
"This is... the squad leader's memory?"
Bronya felt very unfamiliar with it.
Kiana was surprised, even deeply incredulous, by Fu Hua's performance, and she rejected Bronya's guess.
She couldn't reconcile the girl she had just seen with the class monitor.
Lin Chaoyu explained to them that it was Fu Hua. Because of her immortality, her memories flowed like a tide. To suppress the growth of these memories, the immortals had to filter them, transforming them into heart imprints that remained on Tai Xu Mountain.
Kiana and Bronya were unaware of the Previous Era, but the audience knew, and they could guess that Fu Hua, who had just appeared on screen, was definitely the Fu Hua from the Previous Era before she became a warrior.
"That's... Hua?"
Fu Hua has always given the audience the feeling of a strong person, and it seems that everything becomes reassuring when she appears.
If her appearance and figure hadn't remained unchanged, Pardo almost wouldn't have recognized her.
"The Previous Era of Hua actually gives us a sense of familiarity, doesn't that make sense?" Elysia blinked.
Everyone agreed that the fairy was right.
In reality, Fu Hua is just a girl who has practiced martial arts. It's perfectly normal for her to feel confused, helpless, and afraid. What Fu Hua brings to the scene is more her powerful combat strength.
"It seems like the Previous Era Chinese were a bit withdrawn."
As a doctor, Sue realized this.
"You'll get used to it. Hua is a pretty quiet person in real life."
Kevin patted Sue on the shoulder.
"Could this be considered a precursor to autism?" Yaqing laughed. "After all, the mental health of those around us... well, you know."
Kevin and Sue were taken aback.
The appearance of Fu Hua from the Previous Era brought great surprise to the audience.
["It's Immortal Fu Hua immortal immortal, in her youthful innocence and naivety! She's just like a teenage girl who hasn't developed yet, and she's so cute!!!"]
"You'd better say you haven't developed yet."
Fu Hua's Previous Era and the current civilization are vastly different, but the audience is not surprised because, with Kevin as a precedent, no matter how much Fu Hua changes, it can't be as great as Kevin's changes.
Even sunlight can feel cold.
Audiences are eager to see if this film can unveil the Previous Era, and they especially want to see the story of Fu Hua from that Previous Era.
Kiana still harbors doubts about Lin Chaoyu.
Bronya could sense that the feather was alive, as if it was trying to convey some information to them, but it only showed them some memories.
Kiana and Bronya were puzzled and could only go to find some feathers. Several feathers were not sealed, and when Kiana touched them, she saw Fu Hua's memories.
Kiana's sudden transformation from Brainless Idiot to a more alert person made the audience sigh with admiration and feel even more sorry for her.
The memory in this feather is that Fu Hua came to a new school, and because of her personality, she couldn't get along with her classmates, which led to her being all alone.
On her way to the classroom, she overheard two girls discussing a zombie attack and immediately became alert, as her father had been hospitalized due to such an attack.
Fu Hua has a withdrawn personality. Even when she tries to chat with other girls, she's ostracized and even mocked for her outdated clothing.
Kiana and Bronya felt that Fu Hua, who appeared with feathers, was completely different from the Fu Hua they remembered.
They had the same idea in the screening room.
Fu Hua's aloofness, even her reluctance to approach people, is completely different from the serious and rigid Fu Hua we have in mind.
"Class monitor, have you ever experienced this kind of bullying or passive-aggressive behavior in the academy before?"
Kiana asked curiously and cautiously.
Mei gently patted Kiana.
Bronya and Seele looked worried.
Fu Hua's forehead looked like it had three question marks written on it.
Little Knowledge couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahaha, you guys really think that Old Gu Gu was bullied at school? It's good enough that she doesn't bully others. I remember when I was in high school, Old Gu Gu was on the school's heartthrob list."
Little Knowledge couldn't help but burst into laughter.
School heartthrob?
Kiana and the other three looked puzzled.
They even felt like they had misheard.
"Why is he the school heartthrob? Shouldn't he be the school beauty?" Theresa suddenly asked.
"Because... cough cough."
Little Knowledge blurted out, but seeing Fu Hua's threatening look, he swallowed his words back.
Kiana, Himeko other five were eagerly waiting for Little Knowledge to give an introduction, but Little Knowledge remained silent, which made them very upset.
Fu Hua clenched his fists, making a series of cracking sounds.
Having found a sealed feather, the two hesitated whether to go back to find Lin Chaoyu, each suspecting that the other had a problem.
"Kiana is getting more and more cautious."
"Yeah... Am I being too wary of others?"
Bronya meant that if someone won't harm you, trust them completely; if someone will harm you, don't trust them even for the smallest thing.
At least for now, Lin Chaoyu has not revealed his intentions.
So the two of them went back, took the sealed feather, and once again saw Fu Hua's past.
"Kiana's caution is something she was forced into." Mei sighed. "If she could, she would probably wish she had remained an innocent Brainless Idiot more than any of us."
"Mei, don't say that about me." Kiana grabbed Mei's arm and said coquettishly, "I'm very smart too."
Mei gently tapped Kiana's forehead.
The memories preserved in this sealed feather are related to Kevin. Fu Hua has become Fusion Warrior, and even the Eleventh Herrscher has been destroyed.
Fu Hua was still resentful. Although her tone was calm, it was filled with resentment towards Dr. MEI. From her tone, it seemed that Mei was a cold-blooded and ruthless person.
She was killed and became the captain of the Herrscher. Fu Hua believed that the captain still retained a trace of humanity at that time, but she was killed without mercy.
"Compared to me, she should ask those warriors who breathed their last on the modification platform, those warriors twisted by the Hyper-Evolution Factor, those warriors who died holding the Tenth Divine Key... whether they understand her."
It wasn't until they saw Kevin that Kiana and Bronya realized that the memories they were seeing were actually scenes from Previous Era.
From Fu Hua's words, the audience's impression of Dr. MEI has clearly plummeted to rock bottom; cold-blooded and ruthless, that's the only impression they have left.
The choice is between believing in Fu Hua or believing in a character who hasn't even appeared yet.
They had already made their choice.
Mei felt somewhat dejected, never expecting that her character would be similar to Otto's, except that her ultimate goal was to fight against the Honkai by any means necessary.
Kevin grasped Mei's hand and glared at Yaqing.
Yaqing felt rather helpless.
"Well done, little guinea pig!" Mobius leaned happily on Yaqing's shoulder.
This immediately drew Kevin's hatred to Yaqing.
"Senior, please stop talking..."
From their conversation with Lin Chaoyu, Kiana and Bronya learned of a phrase called "those who fall into evil must be punished." They could sense that Lin Chaoyu cared a lot about this phrase, but they didn't know why.
Immediately afterwards, they embarked on the search for the feather again, and soon they found another feather, the memory of which was that Fu Hua had become Chi Yuan.
Twin sisters named Cang Xuan and Danzhu persuade Fu Hua to use the Feather of the Wind to erase some useless memories.
Because of her memory loss, Fu Hua has experienced headaches and even fainting spells, yet she remains hesitant.
She didn't want to abandon her past.
Forget that anxious little girl born in an ordinary city.
"If I lose my memories, Cang Xuan, my life will be severed..."
Fu Hua and Cang Xuan's conversation was long, but the audience didn't find it boring. On the contrary, they heard the confusion of being a warrior and the pressure that came with her identity in Fu Hua's words.
If there had been no Honkai, Fu Hua might have gone to university, started working, and lived an ordinary life. But under the threat of world destruction, that country girl gradually became Shenzhou of China.
The pain involved is beyond what ordinary people can imagine.
Such a change, when placed in anime, is certainly exciting and thrilling, but it also adds a touch of heartache to their hearts.
"Life is never perfect. You gain some things and you lose others. This is true for Hua, and it is also true for Kevin."
Eden said.
[At night, unable to sleep, Fu Hua overheard a conversation between the sisters Cang Xian and Danzhu.]
"... Does she think so?"
"Um."
"Sigh, the result was exactly what the doctor expected." Danzhu sighed. "Hua is starting to have problems with self-awareness. She is rejecting memory operations, and this is already very clear."
"... Do you think we should proceed with the next phase?"
Cang Xuan's last words made the audience's hearts jump to their throats. Hua had already suffered enough, and they didn't want to see Hua suffer any more harm, even mentally or in terms of memory.
However, the next part of the story will reveal the truth to them.