Lovebirds Eventually Find Happiness

In this shimmering castle amidst the clouds and radiant light, Mei's shadow has vanished, and the boy has ventured into an even deeper realm.

The soft light, the cold Seawater, the fluffy clouds, the light breathing, the flowing wind.

The illusion created by data gradually crumbled, leaving only a gentle warmth that enveloped his consciousness, causing him to sink into the depths of the clouds and the edge of the sea. It reminded him of that person's silhouette and the feelings he had at that time.

Yet this place where the sea meets the sky still dissolved into an empty void, and his consciousness continued to descend, with the past flooding in like a slideshow.

Su Qing'an understood what he was going through. His body was in the facility cabins outside, while his consciousness was immersed in the virtual world created by Prometheus, and he was getting into the real process of memory and personality replication.

During this phase, all memories will be forcibly revived.

This is also why Mei wasn't sure beforehand that the other party would be willing to leave their self-mark.

This is because it means that all the despair experienced in the past will return at this stage, and the more unfortunate the past, the more suffering will be encountered at this stage.

Even out of pure humanitarian concern, the existence of this technology is destined to be available only to a small number of people.

Su Qing'an's experience clearly makes him the least suitable person to leave a mark, even among those who will later do so.

Apart from himself, probably no one else in this world has ever experienced death three times in a truly meaningful way.

But Su Qing'an did not regret agreeing to leave his mark.

All that has happened is in the past.

All the sorrow and despair had forged a new self in Su Qing'an. Now, when faced with these things, Su Mind Lake would still be stirred, but she would not truly be shaken.

This means that leaving an imprint will not destroy his current state of mind; on the contrary, it will make it easier for him to face certain things.

There was another reason that Su Qing'an did not tell Mei.

If I truly believe I will die, then I have no right to restart.

Then this engraving will have a lasting significance.

Whether for the sake of potential successors, or... for her, it was all the same.

Su Qing'an completely emptied her mind, controlling her soul to prevent it from being stimulated by the instrument's extraction and replication, thus causing the plan to fail.

Mei, she must have gone to see Kevin, right?

After that, she will embark on a journey alone to find the answers.

I hope they can both make choices that are true to themselves and to each other.

The boy's thoughts came to an abrupt end there.

Memories that you want to recall, memories you don't want to recall, memories you want to share with others, memories you want to bury deep in your heart or even memories you pray to forget.

They are being stimulated and awakened in their original form, transforming into countless indescribable shapes, disappearing from the mind and then reappearing.

Over and over again, without end.

Death, death, death.

The three deaths etched on the soul weave together their respective experiences and pasts, as if twisted into three completely different routes that are repeatedly rehearsed in the mind. At that moment, like an endless wave crashing down, past emotions are reborn from memory, and fragments of personality fall down amidst the myriad intersecting branches.

Outside world.

The Black Abyss White Flower thus exude a gentle glow, repairing the gradual damage to the brain back to its original state.

Imprinting a complete personality and memories requires the brain to instantly collect countless pieces of information and emotional secretions, which puts a lot of pressure on and damages all the organs in the body.

Based on this condition, the overall time of the surgery will vary depending on the individual's total amount of information and the strength of their willpower.

Even if it were just collecting all the information and fragments of self that a normal adult possesses in a lifetime, and perfectly replicating and combining them to create another version of one's own memories, the time required would not be short.

Moreover, those who leave their marks are not ordinary people.

Therefore, generally speaking, the surgery time tends to be long.

In today's technologically immature world, aside from "ordinary people" like Su Qing'an who can use their template-like instincts to repair themselves in this situation, only Fusion Warrior can undergo such a lengthy surgery to create a complete memory without harming their own health.

The boy's soul repeatedly accumulates and cycles around the three deaths in his mind, but only the departure of others can cause the "information" to reach a mountain-like level in an instant, causing the red light of the instrument to flash and the power emanating from the Black Abyss White Flower to complement each other.

By now, there are countless things that cause me immense suffering.

Even as one's own death piles up in memories, and the endless sorrow brought by the loneliness and Honkai the past cannot compare to the departure and end of someone important.

But we will neither run away nor despair.

The ripples in my Mind Lake stirred briefly before subsiding, and the engraving work proceeded slowly...

On the other side.

Mei and Kevin's meeting also ended with a completely different outcome from their original timeline.

Sometimes, all it takes is a big hug and a reassuring reply to make up for many regrets.

In the original scenario, neither of them had the opportunity or ability to perceive this feeling, intervene, or provide examples.

So they shouldered their respective responsibilities and the obligations they felt they needed to bear, and continued on this never-ending road.

This feeling was so unspoken, so unclear, that it was ultimately difficult to say whether it could be considered an answer.

It seems that from the moment Senba Academy was reduced to a living hell and dusk slowly fell, time seemed to stand still for some things.

Even as it becomes richer and more profound, it still cannot escape the prison of the heart.

It's difficult for outsiders to comment on this.

From the outside, Mei may seem like someone so purely rational that she's destined not to reciprocate.

The same applies to those unfamiliar with Kevin.

The only impression this man left was his imposing figure walking on the frozen lake, so lonely yet powerful.

Would such a person possess emotions?

A rational and incredibly intelligent young female PhD student who is almost demonic in her intimidation.

A white-haired warrior, regarded as a monster, as cold and desolate as a frozen glacier.

In that timeline, someone who could perceive the emotional connection between these two individuals, and who could intervene in their relationship, and who possessed enough trust to earn their affection, probably doesn't exist.

Su Qing'an saw through the true nature of the two people and genuinely hoped that they could find happiness. That's why he was able to change Mei, who was in a dominant position in this tug-of-war, and make the ending less regrettable.

But tragedy doesn't turn into comedy just because there are fewer regrets.

The warrior knew Mei's inevitable fate. Whether the joy brought by the answer he had received earlier could withstand the overwhelming unease and sorrow was something only he himself could understand.

But... I won't regret it.

In the vast desert, a white-haired warrior gazes into the distance.

His usually stern face softened unusually, his eyes, like those of a still lake, lowered, and his lips moved slightly.

"We won't lose, Mei."

"No matter how many more wars we have to face..."

The remaining words were swept away by the flowing sand and dust, carried to the distant horizon.

Two weeks later, in Shenzhou.

Shennongjia, in northwestern Hubei Province.

The holy nuns walked slowly along the towering mountains.

The mountains stretch endlessly before and behind, and to the left and right, making a figure appear exceptionally small, as if in the eye of a tsunami, surrounded by towering waves.

The surrounding mountains rise and fall, layer upon layer, their depths unknown.

The girl glanced down at the unpredictable, continuous forest of rocks. She turned her attention to a suddenly towering area, then abruptly looked away and continued walking forward.

Lately, my attention has become increasingly sensitive, to the point that I occasionally use Honkai Energy wavelengths to probe areas that are clearly normal. Even when I walk into areas where there are no traces of humans, I unconsciously repeat this habit.

The missionary did not underestimate modern civilization, but being forced to this extent despite her cautious nature still far exceeded her expectations.

The failure of the Thousand Herrscher was not unexpected for Flora; in her mind, both failure and success were normal outcomes.

However, once the other party broke free from the theater woven from Seele's memories, Christianne and her own plans were on the verge of collapse, and their chances of winning were greatly reduced.

Flora had already foreseen this outcome at that time.

Even if Christianne had no intention of betraying herself, after using [bewitching] to control Fu Hua and get her to act, she would inevitably reveal a fatal flaw.

Even if Su Qing'an couldn't pinpoint the exact ability of the [Domination] power, it was perfectly normal for the other party's intuition to sense that something was amiss.

Furthermore, once the Blank Core falls into the laboratory, its true nature will be revealed in no time, and many details, once pieced together, will no longer be considered coincidences.

At the same time, despite being essentially half Pseudo-Herrscher, he failed to lose the Pseudo-Herrscher Core.

If the opponent were to even slightly verify the [Bewitchment] ability, this would become a fatal flaw.

The reason Su Qing'an failed to notice the flesh and blood sub-body left behind by the missionary was not because he didn't see the flaw, but because he needed to kill the Eighth Herrscher immediately using the coordinates given by Su Muxi. And most importantly, Flora's soul had indeed perished before his eyes at that time.

In this situation, the boy could only conclude that the missionary was so special that even his core essence would not be left behind after his death.

The missionary did not come without a price for that "resurrection." Her entire body was reduced to the size of a cross, and she even had to dissipate most of her soul in order to deceive Su Qing'an at that time.

As a result, for a period of time her [bewitching] power was so weak that it was almost non-existent, and she could only bully ordinary people who had not undergone any professional training.

In theory, Flora should have died at that time. Even though her soul was formed from the souls of thousands of humans, she was still an individual after that. The dissipation of the soul upon death was still an extremely deadly act.

However, the part of the soul that was left on that cross in advance, and the memories and information that the Honkai Consciousness helped preserve through the link established with it, allowed the personality and experience that the missionary had accumulated over the years to be preserved intact, resulting in a seemingly perfect resurrection phenomenon without any side effects.

Later, in order to restore her original body and soul, Flora first went to Canghai City and, together with Orank, absorbed the force field entangled with the local Nuclear Radiation and Honkai Energy, turning it into new nourishment. This hasty action also attracted the attention of the authorities, indirectly revealing some information.

Later, she lived in the incinerator and hospital of Haiyuan City, areas where souls were prone to appear, waiting for the appearance of the dead and forcing them to merge with her. Through the link of the Honkai Consciousness, she recorded herself in order to achieve the goal of not losing her original personality and slowly recovered to her prime.

Having experienced such a devastating price and the stark reality of death, Flora naturally became more cautious than before.

Therefore, during the battle, Christianne had already fled in advance, at most taking on remote command. After the enemy's death, she immediately moved most of her spies and buried her true identity in a more secluded area.

Unfortunately, Mei's soul-detection network virtually eliminated the possibility of Flora staying in the true human capital, forcing her to wander in more peripheral areas and lead a secretive life.

Logically speaking, it is completely impossible for humans to find missionaries through normal means.

However, the emergence of a large number of Fusion Warrior has made this spiritual power no longer so elusive.

Multiple Mental Perception Type Fusion Warrior are almost her nemesis if she wants a peaceful life, because the power of [Bewitchment] is almost ineffective against her. If she were to encounter them directly, she would be unable to conceal her identity and would be forced to change areas.

The most crucial point is that his actions in Canghai City with Orank in order to repair his body revealed important information.

This resulted in these Mental Perception Type Fusion Warrior being equipped with luxurious squads of Armed Puppet, all of whom possessed radiation detectors that were extremely sensitive to their surroundings.

Flora could indeed suppress the Honkai Energy around her to almost nothing, and the few bits of Honkai Energy not be surprising to ordinary people, and could be considered no flaw.

However, investigating Nuclear Radiation is a completely different concept.

It is impossible for a normal resident to have a force field that is a mixture of Honkai Energy and Nuclear Radiation; even the mere presence of the latter would be considered abnormal.

However, missionaries cannot completely shield themselves from the Nuclear Radiation field for long periods of time. The amount of Nuclear Radiation they emit under normal conditions is so small that it would take more than six months of prolonged exposure to ordinary people for it to cause significant harm to those nearby. Even so, they cannot escape the detection of instruments.

Flora was always fully aware of her fatal flaw, so whenever she couldn't resist the urge to kill, she would deliberately summon a Honkai Energy tide to submerge the crime. This not only concealed her incriminating evidence and prevented others from noticing, but also swept away any remaining radiation fluctuations.

In this situation, even Su Qing'an initially believed that conventional methods, relying solely on the power of civilization, would be completely ineffective in finding the other party's trace.

In the end, the only way to figure out where the other party was before was to use Prometheus to analyze big data and indirectly deduce their past location, which led to the situation on Greenland.

However, some things are simply a matter of information asymmetry. Once this is exposed, the missionaries who were previously able to act with impunity and do whatever they wanted are now like rats crossing the street, forced to flee to a deserted, open area to barely gain a sense of security.

Just as Su Qing'an had expected, Flora still left her spies in some areas. Of course, she understood that there would be certain risks, but if she didn't want to be completely forced into a stalemate and find an opportunity to take the initiative, she had to take some risks to obtain information from within the human community and then find a way to deal with it.

It can be said that the practice of leaving behind spies using seeds of power was something that no one could do anything about in the past, and only after Udu-dust was born did that helpless situation change.

But what can Fu Hua accomplish by herself alone?

Flora initially thought that leaving an informant was more beneficial than harmful, but she overlooked the role that rare Mental Perception Type Fusion Warrior could play in it.

Against conventional enemies, they are indeed inferior to other types of Fusion Warrior, but against themselves, whether it is the guy who can give his main body some damage and restraint through the power seed, or the monster who can lock onto a certain area of his main body with his eyes closed using this medium.

Or perhaps it was the other warriors who were completely unaffected by her [bewitchment], and even those who occasionally tried to act out a ruse to obtain information, that made her feel for the first time the threat that humanity as a whole could pose.

At that time, Flora was unaware that she had been caught out of her most fatal weakness, but her inertia and unstoppable caution made her decide to run away immediately.

Otherwise, it would be entirely impossible for this seemingly calm and composed nun to remain unharmed.

Flora now believes her decision was correct because she can confidently confirm something.

--He likely couldn't defeat any of the Fusion Warrior who came looking for him.

Based on the vision transmitted before the eyeliners disappeared, these teams all coordinated with the Armed Puppet who were completely unaffected by the [bewitching].

If they were to encounter such a situation, even if it wasn't a life-or-death predicament, missionaries would still need to pay a heavy price to truly escape danger.

However, being hunted by people all over the world means that being seriously injured almost means being one step closer to death.

So, she came to Shennongjia.

A no-man's land that remains partially isolated from the outside world.