Can a Thousand Lives Beat Honkai?
Chapter 561

The End of the Journey.

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The sunset and warm breeze diluted the lingering memories.

Su Qing'an could still taste the astringency of bitter tea and the throbbing pain of her chest being ripped open, but those were ultimately buried memories of the past. Even if they were to come back like a tsunami and engulf her, the wounds that could be carved out would no longer be as unforgettable as they were at the beginning.

Moreover, after regaining almost all his memories, the boy remembered that he had finally succeeded in completely freeing Seele and the Herrscher of Death's intertwined souls from Fuxi's imprisonment.

Even though the world has undergone a complete reboot, assuming that one day the interference of [records] can be controlled autonomously, could I reproduce this record, allowing the other party to successfully reincarnate in the future following the trajectory of their memories?

If he can truly achieve this, then he still has hope of seeing them again.

This hope, unlike the confusion and uncertainty that a young person experiences when they first arrive, has a clear outline and a well-defined principle that allows them to hold onto their boundaries.

Once the level of gene awakening is maximized, one can then attempt to consider its feasibility.

Even without the ability to control the [records], Su Qing'an can still meet with Seele Fulei from the future thanks to his immortal lifespan.

Because this is a completely rebooted world, Seele will naturally return to her original trajectory and live in the era she once experienced.

However, if the [record] cannot interfere, the karmic Karma between the two will vanish.

The girl who would most likely have inherited the Herrscher of Death's memories through Stigmata will never have such a perfect ending, and will be completely forgotten.

Su Qing'an was already used to this kind of thing, so even the worst outcome wasn't unacceptable to him.

Fu Hua glanced gently at the little girl who was looking up at her. Although she hadn't yet regained her memories from the third reboot, Little Feather had already whispered a lot. She smiled and said:

"We'll meet again; let's try to make up for our past mistakes then."

Could that be considered a mistake?

To outsiders and bystanders, Su Qing'an may not have to shoulder such responsibility. He has done the best he could. Some things happen due to anomalies and accidents that have nothing to do with personal ability. Any criticism in this situation is just a form of harassment.

Even though she hadn't regained the corresponding memories and only knew the outline of the events, she clearly understood that, given the other person's personality, no amount of outsider evaluation or worldly reasoning could prevent her heart from sinking into a prison, unable to find release.

Fu Hua still remembers her most innocent and naive period as a teenager.

That was the first time Su Qing'an accepted a mission from the St. Freya Academy. He and Satou Yunona, who was Pseudo-Herrscher, went to Kanagawa, Japan, to kill the remnants of the Herrscher of Corruption's power crystal.

For a B-level mission, to receive such an event as the first mission is obviously extremely unlucky. If it weren't for one of the team members being Pseudo-Herrscher, it would have been extremely difficult for Su Qing'an to return unscathed.

In the end, the two successfully completed the mission, but they were unable to save the client's life.

This event clearly held extraordinary significance for the boy at the time.

Fu Hua didn't understand the full meaning of this significance, but she knew that even now, Su Qing'an still held a grudge about it.

Gentle.

This phrase, which seems to describe anyone, is the perfect description for someone who appears distant and aloof.

The boy possesses the resilience and awareness to bear the burden of sin and sever the ties of reason, yet he also retains a deep appreciation and passion for life.

Even in a cycle of reincarnation that should have been completely unknown to anyone, he still retained his original qualities.

Su Qing'an stroked the little girl's head and replied:

"That time will come."

Su Muxi tilted her head, tugged at his sleeve, and uttered words that inexplicably gave off a sense of confidence with an unusually indifferent expression:

"Xiao Xi will take good care of Seele at that time!"

Su Qing'an fell into a subtle silence after hearing this, feeling that there was something wrong with what he said.

Given Seele and Xiao Xi's personalities, it would be more appropriate for the former to act as the latter's nanny and part-time parent if they stayed together. Moreover, the special nature of consciousness life means that the growth of the mind and the growth of knowledge will not match, and the catalyst of time will become ineffective due to the endless lifespan.

Su Qing'an actually had serious doubts. Based on her and Fu Hua's parenting methods, Xiao Xi might not have changed much in the post-era or in the present.

While it's not a bad thing, it's best to forget about taking care of people.

The boy spoke with sincere encouragement in a earnest tone:

"Then good luck!"

At this moment Su Muxi was completely unaware that she was being looked down upon. Even though the connection had been re-established, the barrier of the Manas consciousness still objectively existed. She could not understand the other person's feelings and thoughts. Right now, she was blinking her big, clear eyes, savoring this encouragement, and feeling somewhat happy.

Although the child's natural facial expression control was so good—almost like a blank face—that it showed no trace of his good mood, Su Qing'an, who was cheating, could still sense the child's anticipation and joy.

When she was still Little Feather, she also had the experience of sleeping or playing on Seele's head.

It must have been a regret for the rather intelligent Little Feather at that time that she couldn't meet Seele Fulei in her current form.

The boy thought, what if...

No, there will definitely be a day when the two of them meet.

When that time comes, it will probably be a very heartwarming scene.

Su Qing'an gazed at the sunset shattered into a torrential rain and the reappearing nothingness, and whispered:

"Let's go, the foam is about to dissipate."

This is the last ripple, the end of the aftershocks created by the disorder of [record] and [record].

Ahead lies a truly twisted and distorted creation, a "Schrodinger's cat"-like creation.

That is, World Bubble that theoretically contains a large number of demons.

The girl nodded. "Mmm!"

Instantly, it transformed into the red string on my wrist.

Su Qing'an then took Fu Hua's hand, relying on this physical connection to protect her from unnecessary interference using the characteristics of an ascended life form.

Even though he knew that Fu Hua, still known as the Immortal Chi Yuan, possessed the ability to remain calm in any situation, his instinctive protectiveness did not diminish in the slightest.

"Good."

The girl obediently cooperated with his movements. Her gentle eyebrows and the warm, upturned lips were completely different from the consciousness in Jiang Rongyue's Sea of consciousness. It was as if she had two different life trajectories, resulting in a huge difference that was difficult for outsiders to understand.

And that is indeed the case. If she hadn't met Su Qing'an, the current Immortal Chi Yuan would have given people that cold impression of being detached from worldly affairs and isolated from the world.

But now...

There's no need to dwell on her past; let's just live in the present and look forward to the future.

Su Qing'an gazed at the distant scene, which resembled a meteorite shattered into a ring, lost in thought.

The [Stigmata] are being activated once more, ready to test some of my inner thoughts.

Most of his memory has returned, and the remaining fragments will likely gradually become completely complete in the rest of his life.

As for knowledge, combat experience, and even skills, everything has been restored to its proper place, and we can finally weigh and deeply understand the essence of higher-dimensional life from the original perspective.

The original Fu Hua once asked herself, "Is it really impossible for humanity to defeat the Honkai using forces outside of Honkai?"

At that time, he genuinely doubted whether using the power of Honkai could truly defeat Honkai.

However, after he began to read MEI experimental reports and various hypotheses that were beyond his previous understanding when he started to truly understand the pre -Previous Civilization, Su Qing'an gradually began to realize that he had gone astray.

Humanity's use of Honkai Energy through technology may not be essentially about using the power of Honkai to fight against Honkai.

This means that all the accumulation of civilization to this day has not been useless; they are indeed on the road to victory, only the road is still quite bumpy.

After successfully ascending to a higher dimension, one hardly needs to think; the instincts and self-awareness of a young person can provide the true answers to the questions that have troubled them for so long.

The Honkai Consciousness, or rather, a will similar to that of an ascended being.

He is not a holder of Honkai Energy.

Honkai Energy is merely an energy source similar to nuclear energy, naturally existing in every corner of the Imaginary Tree.

Just as humans use technology to utilize Honkai Energy, the Honkai Consciousness is using technologies and methods that are currently difficult for humans to understand to utilize Honkai Energy at a higher level.

This means that His position and that of humanity are essentially on the same level; they are both merely scooping water from the ocean in their own ways, but neither of them is the ocean itself.

So perhaps, to civilization, He is so powerful that He is like a god.

However, the existence of this fact proves that the other side is not invincible.

Knowing this, Su Qing'an believed that even if he never existed in this world, the humans of the later era, or those who continued to inherit the legacy, would still be able to defeat the so-called Honkai, stand on equal footing with it, or even go to a higher level.

However, by forcibly using His power in a way that is currently incomprehensible to humankind to conduct a large-scale dimensional ascension experiment, and ultimately achieving a leapfrog development, He can still help civilization's path forward by reducing some sacrifices and obstacles from a position detached from the world.

As for the Honkai Consciousness, the events that occurred in the previous cycle of the Proper World have completely transcended its original foundation.

Whether it was Fuxi or Su Qing'an at that time.

Both of them are exceptional individuals who can simply flip the table.

If the two can coexist harmoniously, the struggle against the Honkai might come to an end then, and the rest of the story will unfold.

The boy extinguished his thoughts.

He sensed the Void Sword Heart reappearing within his mind as the retrospection was essentially completed, allowing it to coordinate with the Stigmata, creating a tremendous echo that reverberated freely within the vast void of heaven and earth.

The Ephemeral World was shattered prematurely, and the seemingly disordered vast amount of Heaven and Earth Qi was constantly overlapping, swirling, colliding, and expanding.

These are a series of linked formulas, meticulously calculated down to the atomic level, based on the Manas consciousness.

Fu Hua was able to understand the other party's reasons for doing so.

The appearance of the foam is due to the overlapping and disorder of the records, but when exactly did the foam appear?

Was it in the middle of their journey into the Sea of Quantum, or near the quantum tides near the World Bubble?

Or is it possible to directly reach the real World Bubble simply by clearing away all Imaginary World?

This is a difficult question to answer, yet it is extremely important.

There is ultimately a certain gap between the level of the Immortal Chi Yuan and the monster-like Kevin, and the two also bear different responsibilities.

In the past, the Sea of Quantum was a taboo subject that she would never have entered.

Since no one can guarantee what might go wrong, and any deviation would greatly affect one's responsibilities and tasks, staying away is the best approach.

But now the two of them have to face this problem together.

The collapse at the quantum level is random; even if observation is performed, only random data can be observed.

The Manas consciousness can transcend this limitation and make precise observations in a higher dimension.

This is the key element that enabled Su Qing'an to deduce the time flow rate of the World Bubble and the Proper World, and it is also the real reason why he took action at this moment.

The boy could see that the two were on the verge of entering another forced alternation. Once they were swallowed up by those empty and colorful meaningless images, they would return to the state of the initial Ephemeral World.

Just because Fu Hua escaped unharmed that time doesn't mean she won't have an accident next time.

Even if it's a very slim possibility, given the ability, Su Qing'an still wouldn't mind using pure violence to wipe it out completely.

That is, to break through the last barrier, push the end of the tide directly aside, and arrive at the World Bubble without needing to alternate.

As for going back.

Once the [records] are obtained in the form of Karma, these tributaries of the Sea of Quantum will disappear completely, so there is naturally no need to worry.

The sight of the young man unleashing his full power to manipulate the [Stigmata] was truly a magnificent scene that defied description in every sense of the word.

The scene refracted at the quantum level was already bizarre and strange enough, but at this moment, the vast Heaven and Earth Qi seemed to be sweeping a stream into a vast ocean, squeezing this ethereal "stream" from all directions, which was originally beyond our control.

This was the first time Su Qing'an had used this [Stigmata] ability, which had been elevated to an unknown level, after he had completely materialized his soul.

Fu Hua couldn't understand how the other party could extract and manipulate such a massive amount of Honkai Energy within the tributary of the Sea of Quantum.

This is even more unreasonable than linking the Imaginary Space with the Herrscher Core. It ignores the constraints of spacetime and quantum mechanics and just descends upon the world recklessly, like a painter driven by inspiration wildly splashing ink and coloring everything with his own colors.

In reality, for Su Qing'an after his dimensional ascension, the [Stigmata]'s ability regarding Honkai Energy has lost most of its practical use.

Actively linking to the Imaginary Space to absorb Honkai Energy is not difficult for an existence that can independently create its own spacetime axis; the previously known infinite Honkai Energy is meaningless at this stage.

The existence of [Stigmata] is like a central hub or fixed mechanism; it can link not only the Imaginary Space itself.

If Su Qing'an wished, he could directly fix it to his own Proper World, regarding it as his energy reservoir. By analogy, linking to several unknown spaces or Leaf World would also be no problem.

As long as the [Stigmata] vessel can withstand the excess anchor points and records, there will be no problem.

But now that the Manas consciousness is extremely damaged, even the [Stigmata] are becoming broken.

The boy is still confined to limited constraints and cannot do whatever he wants.

Otherwise, he could have simply drained all the tributaries of the Sea of Quantum outside the World Bubble and forcibly pulled the World Bubble into his palm. Why bother with so many complicated matters and taking so many unnecessary risks?

Even so, the current tides are being pushed into deeper dimensions in an extremely violent manner.

From an outsider's perspective, all that can be seen is a chaotic and unclear world, full of broken traces and colorful patterns, which is twisting and rapidly being pulled away in the form of vortexes, eventually being forcibly gathered into an extremely tiny point by the Heaven and Earth Qi, gradually melting and disappearing.

Instead, a blue sky and a desolate world were revealed.

Su Qing'an, holding the girl's hand, forced her way through, refusing the quantum alternation process, and directly entered this World Bubble that shouldn't exist. Every move he made exuded a calm and breezy air.

He gazed at the dazzling sun above, his eyes blinking involuntarily to avoid its radiance. His lips curled slightly, but a subtle feeling stirred within him.

With most of his memories restored, the fact that he could use this partially recovered state of power was even stronger than before, creating a stark contrast.

On the other hand, despite entering this place with an air of dominance that could be described as overbearing, without using Honkai Energy, he is still just an ordinary human being.

"Qing'an, you've returned to your original form."

The girl lowered her thick eyelashes, her eyes blinking, full of smiles.

Looking down at Su Qing'an, who had reverted to her childhood, she felt the contrast was even stronger than before.

The current Su Qing'an is different from the one who grew up and whose gender was clearly recognizable. His body has not yet fully developed, and his features are more delicate. He really looks like a beautiful girl. No wonder he was dressed up as a courtesan by Shishi without any sense of incongruity.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing'an's expression froze for a moment.

The Imaginary World is a realm composed of various cognitions and memories, within which one will naturally manifest in the most habitual form.

However, once the reality of time flowing is realized, the body's age will naturally remain at 13 years old.

The young boy wisely changed the subject:

"I sensed the presence of many demons, but they were all mixed with the scent of quantum particles."

"Since the Manas consciousness failed to give a warning, it's probably edible."

"Let's go first, Rongyue and Shishi are still waiting for us."

Every second World Bubble was too precious, so faced with the other party's reasonable words, the immortal, who had no wicked sense of humor, nodded in agreement.

Thus began the two of them searching together for a glimmer of hope in this desert of civilization.

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