Debate

As Feng Chen expected, seeing lilies bloom in a bamboo forest was perfectly normal. After all, the colors in the bamboo forest seemed to match that green-clad individual quite well.

However, this also indicated something: Sakura's affection level for Kallen had surpassed Sakura's 300 affection points for Feng Chen...

"System, isn't Kallen the perfect route for Sakura?"

"If it wasn't a perfect route, do you think Sakura would have said that?"

That sentence? Feng Chen's heart trembled, and he fell silent.

"If there's a next life, let's go see the cherry blossoms together?"

"What a fool... In my eyes, she's always been cherry blossoms. Looking at her is like looking at cherry blossoms, why would I need a next life?"

Honkai itself hadn't expected Feng Chen to be so open-minded. It hadn't even considered why. After all, in its eyes, human love was merely a valid excuse for engaging in certain unspeakable acts. While yuri love was pure, it was ultimately forced to be short-lived due to external circumstances.

"Can I leave now? I don't think I need to watch anymore. Besides, my injuries seem to have healed a bit."

His body and consciousness had reconnected somewhat, indicating that Feng Chen's physical load was no longer as high.

After all, recovering from 60% body load should be quite fast, right?

"Alright, as a reward for being so open-minded, I'll give you the third mission."

"Mission Three: Defeat Jizou Mitama and stop the Purple Kite Phantom's theft.

--Mission Reward: 1,000,000 Honkai Energy, Divine Key - Jizou Mitama, Special Dungeon - Stigmata World: Sakura Cycle."

"System, what's the difference between Stigmata World: Sakura Cycle and Box World: Sakura Cycle?"

"Of course, there is. The Box World is used to house Jizou Mitama, while the one in the Stigmata World is Yae Sakura's consciousness. You can think of it this way: the Box World is Tenshu-kaku, and the Stigmata World is Yae Village. The combination of the two is what created the current state of the Black Box."

"Since it's the Stigmata World... what about the Stigmata?"

"The Stigmata is naturally Yae Sakura herself, and her abilities are Yae Sakura's three ultimate skills: Dimensional Slash, Flash Slash, and Blade Return."

Feng Chen hadn't heard these three names before, but he had seen them. From the name Dimensional Slash, he could guess it was that invisible sword energy. Flash Slash was a charge that created an illusion of being as fine as a mosquito's leg. As for Blade Return, that was probably the move Sakura used back then to disrupt the Honkai Energy within the Third Herrscher?

"Xiao Yun has a passive support ability called Shangqing Zhishui, why doesn't Sakura have one?"

"As a Simulated Herrscher, Yae Sakura naturally does, but you can't learn it now. You saw that move once, but you didn't pay attention. Don't worry, when you reach the highest floor of Tenshu-kaku and face Jizou Mitama, Yae Sakura will definitely use that move."

"Oh, right, where should I get Sakura's Stigmata? Sakura herself is gone! This is just a wisp of her soul, she shouldn't possess a Stigmata, right?"

"The Host has already had Yae Sakura's Stigmata for a long time. It was... back then, Yae Sakura gave her Stigmata to you, otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to detoxify."

"That Stigmata..."

"Wait a moment, alright, I'll bring you back to Xiao Yun's Stigmata Space now."

Transported into the Stigmata Space, Feng Chen looked up and saw a giant mirror.

It turned out that on Feng Chen's glabella, there was a Stigmata with three magatama.

"This is Sakura's Stigmata... System, can you make her hide it?"

"Yes, but why do you want to hide it?"

"I just don't want others to see it. It's quite important to me, isn't it?"

"What an interesting human... No, you have the body of a Herrscher, yet you still have human thoughts. You are not controlled by the Herrscher's personality, but you are influenced by human personality. You are not deluded by the Herrscher's immense power, yet you are disgusted by humanity's evil deeds. Can you tell me why?"

"Humans often err, and then they can correct themselves." This was a quote from Mencius, a phrase Feng Chen used to encourage himself every time he made a mistake.

"Honkai is the will of the world. When the world deems that human actions have caused immense negative impact on it, it will actively destroy human civilization time and time again."

"So you chose those who harbored resentment towards humanity's mistakes, turned them into Herrschers, and then let them destroy this world."

"But there are also Herrschers who chose to protect this world, aren't there? Moreover, humans now have no fear of Herrschers. Schicksal's bishops even want to control my power through Herrschers."

"He cannot succeed." After nearly two months of interaction, Feng Chen had gradually grasped Honkai's true power.

Calling it GOD was not wrong at all.

Even if all the Herrschers were gathered into one entity, they probably couldn't contend with it.

This was even considering all Herrschers being complete, not the incomplete Herrschers that existed in this civilization.

"It's precisely because he hasn't experienced such a huge power gap that he believes his plan is the most comprehensive, when in reality, it's full of loopholes."

"Oh? For example?"

"You yourself said that the Kiana we encountered before was a clone. So, why did Siegfried raise this clone? I can't be sure, but I can speculate: Siegfried had already guessed Otto's plan and wanted to take away this clone to disrupt his plan. He might have even considered killing this clone. As for why he didn't, perhaps it was because she resembled his daughter a bit?"

"That's one point, and what else?"

"Also, how could the leader of Anti-Entropy not know about the existence of this clone? You said that the leader of Anti-Entropy had fought the Second Herrscher, so it's impossible that they wouldn't be familiar with this kind of Honkai Energy. If Schicksal can detect Honkai Energy here, then Anti-Entropy is even less likely to miss it."

"For you to be able to analyze so much without me telling you the story of the clone and Siegfried, you truly are someone I've taken a liking to."

Honkai applauded, showing no doubt in Feng Chen's analysis.

"Now I can tell you something, Host. Do you know that the Black Abyss White Flower in Cecilia Schariac's hand is called a Herrscher Killer? But what you need to pay attention to is, if a Herrscher Killer can kill Herrschers, why can't it backfire on the user? Moreover, Cecilia herself has become a part of the Herrscher Killer. Oh, right, I don't think I've told you, Siegfried and Cecilia are a couple, and their daughter's name is Kiana Kaslana."

"The combination of a Herrscher Killer and Kaslana... then the real Kiana should also have some factors related to the Herrscher Killer. And Siegfried gave her the name Kiana Kaslana... what's the intention behind that?"

"I can't answer that. I really dislike the complexity of human thoughts."

Honkai shrugged, indicating it didn't know either.