You asked for healing, but wrote Honkai Impact 3rd?

Every subsequent major Honkai eruption brought massive casualties to humanity.

The Herrscher of Domination that followed shattered trust between people.

The Binding Tragedy reduced the Flame Chasers of Moth of the Fire to just thirteen survivors.

Seventy percent of human civilization was destroyed.

When the Twelfth Honkai erupted, the last three remaining cities of humanity were annihilated.

With the descent of the Herrscher of the End, humanity had no hope of victory whatsoever.

And so the tone of the story seemed to be nothing but despair.

The knife is coming!

A malicious smile curled at the corner of Su Nian's lips, and his entire demeanor shifted.

He smiled like a villain.

This sinister grin was broadcast to everyone watching through the livestream.

A chill ran down every spine.

[Holy crap, last time I saw that smile was when that veteran actor played a villain]

[Su Nian full of mischief.jpg]

[Based on my understanding of my three dorm roommates, that expression means he's definitely up to no good!]

[No worries, I don't believe he'd sacrifice his own work to pull a big stunt on us. Watch!]

Book recommendation—a masterpiece by my dear friend!

After transmigrating, Su Jinyan loaded the Narration System. Every so often, the narration would reveal a secret to him.

From the little preferences of young ladies to the economic turbulence of the cosmic market, every secret brought him great benefit.

He once threatened Qingque: "You wouldn't want your slacking off to be exposed, would you?"

He also flattered Fu Xuan: "Lady Fu Xuan, please use your soft, white-socked little feet to step on me hard."

He once provoked Silver Wolf: "If it gets out that you cheat at games, your career as a top hacker is over, right?"

And he even took the initiative to guide Lord Huanlong: "Hey, Lord Huanlong, this way, please~"

In reality, he threw heavy punches, brimming with confidence, the dream lover of countless maidens.

In the Simulated Universe, he was an invisible emperor, a name that struck fear into all.

But what I want to say is: Lord Su Jinyan is truly an unprecedented, out-and-out great person—Fictional Historian, signed.

[Absurd comedy + harem romance + trolling + Simulated Universe + power fantasy]

Chapter 22, The Sinking of Mu Continent, The Tone of Failure Has Been Set

Su Nian indeed wouldn't sacrifice this story just for the sake of trolling.

But... this story was already like this from the start, so it's not his fault.

The end of the Previous Civilization's destruction wasn't a conclusion, but the beginning of hope.

If you could really analyze it a bit, you'd know that from the very beginning, the ending of this story was a tragedy.

Moth of the Fire—moths chasing the flame.

"Moths flying into the fire" is a famous idiom in Shenzhou. Apply it to the story of the Previous Civilization, and you'd know the ending it deserved.

Even from other angles, you could see a little.

This story was too tight.

So tight that by the time Kevin joined Moth of the Fire early on, still a young man, the Herrscher of the End had already descended.

The Previous Civilization's Moth of the Fire had only been established for a little over twenty years.

From Kevin leaving Senba Academy to the Eighth Honkai Outbreak, only about five years seemed to have passed on the timeline.

What they lacked most was time.

If they had had enough time, maybe everything would have been different.

To create countless miracles in such a short span and leave behind a treasure trove—before The Past's Paradise came out, it was impossible to estimate the brilliance of the Previous Civilization.

Unfortunately, they had no "ifs."

If you think they were just one step away and fantasize about giving them something more to turn the tide—like discussing whether giving Zhuge Liang a million college students or an endless supply of pig trotters rice could let him succeed in the Northern Expedition—

The reality is that nothing could be given, and the outcome wouldn't change...

That's the real regret.

Soon, they would taste it—the regret of this proposition.

The moment he thought about how soon he could drop the knife, watch them shed little pearls of tears, and then turn them into scumbags like him, scattering knives across the world...

Su Nian's blood boiled. He grabbed his keyboard, determined to fight until the heavens went dark and the earth turned upside down.

But he didn't immediately write about the Ninth Honkai.

Instead, he pulled up the character card and selected Cosmo's blank page.

Cosmo had fallen in the Previous Civilization era, and relatively speaking, miHoYo hadn't given him much introduction—most of it overlapped with Kevin's, to the point where his presence could be called low.

If Kevin had transformed from a youth into a savior.

Then Cosmo was the only one among the Thirteen Flame Chasers who could truly be called a boy.

A boy who dreamed of becoming a hero, representing ideals—but this character's design was also deeply contradictory.

A demon's form yet granted the name Morning Light; a name meaning cosmos and omnipotence, yet he couldn't accomplish much...

[Character Card: Cosmo]

[Behind Cosmo, time casts three shadows—child, youth, and hero. The days of childhood have long since passed, and the dream of becoming a hero can no longer be realized. In the endless night, the youth named Cosmo walks alone, like a ray of morning light, quietly awaiting dawn.]

Su Nian didn't write about what Kevin did during the Fourth Honkai. This was the first time Cosmo's character card appeared before the public.

Using this passage as Cosmo's introduction.

Morning Light is the rising sun, the dawn—but unfortunately, he never got to see it.

Su Nian still remembered that in the manga, it said Kevin used Tears of Heaven to kill the Ninth Herrscher and the Eleventh Herrscher.

But the truth was, that did happen—it's just that the process seemed off.

The upcoming Ninth Honkai event would be written into both character cards at the same time.

This segment was one of Kevin's experiences of loneliness: the death of an old comrade and the rift with a junior he had raised from childhood.

[Ninth Honkai: The Herrscher of Rocks is born]

[The Herrscher of Rocks descended on Mu Continent. The moment it was born, it activated its Herrscher Authority to create a Pseudo Black Hole, devouring everything around it almost instantly.]

[The Honkai came faster and faster, and the Herrschers grew stronger and stronger.]

Another event. Clearly, Su Nian's Stigmata Project from earlier had become another massive pit.

A pit no one knew when would be filled.

[We need someone dedicated to keeping track of all the pits Su Nian digs]

[The enemy's getting buffed again—are we gonna lose in the end?]

[Don't overthink it. Kevin's definitely getting a buff too. Keeping the power balance in check is basic—Su Nian won't mess up]

[The places Su Nian writes usually fit the setting. The Herrscher of Flames burning Australia makes sense, but Mu Continent... I remember that place was where high-tech precision goods were made, a gathering spot for talent...]

Some viewers thought Su Nian wouldn't act without reason—burning Australia wouldn't cause too big a problem—but what about sinking Mu Continent?

Based on Mu Continent's real-world setting, if it sank, the problem would be enormous.

Put yourself in that position: if the real Mu Continent sank, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This was undoubtedly a direct severing of humanity's main artery!

And judging by previous events, the losses caused by the Honkai were never small.

A single major Honkai would wipe out several cities.

Once someone pointed it out, the more they thought about it, the more wrong it felt.

[Is that you, Isayama? Did you reincarnate and come back?!]

[Above: Unfortunately, he's not dead yet]

[Something's off, really off. Humanity's doomed at this rate]

[Savior Kevin—guess how he became the savior?]

[Thanks for the invite. I'm on Mu Continent. Successfully immersed. I've already become a Honkai Beast swimming in the sea]

It suddenly made a bit more sense why Su Nian had smiled so sinisterly earlier.

The story to come was bound to put Kevin through the wringer again.

But it didn't matter. Kevin's life was like a non-stop power trip—even without a system, his level of protagonist arrogance was no less than any dragon's.

Five years to become the Moth of the Fire's top warrior, surviving odds infinitely close to zero.

Maybe for the characters in the book, there was nothing Kevin couldn't do. His very existence was a miracle.

By now, the viewers online couldn't help but immerse themselves in this story.

Some would project onto Kevin, others onto one of the billions of ordinary people in this world.

Summary: Gu Yuan was on the Xianzhou, with a golden finger that could keep upgrading as long as he grinded.

Playing cards with Qingque, he earned [Card Skill]. After a hundred games, ordinary card skill turned into [Gambling King], able to cheat without being caught. After a thousand games, [Gambling King] advanced to [Super Luck], enough to alter fate. After ten thousand games, [Super Luck] advanced to [God of Fortune]. After a million games...

Sparring with Yanqing, he grinded from [Apprentice] to [Sword Immortal].

Playing Go with Jing Yuan, he grinded from [Ordinary Player] to [Go Sage].

Until one day, Gu Yuan unlocked a strange term called [Xianzhou Land God]. From then on, he was unstoppable on the path to becoming an Aeon...

Chapter 23, First Man-Made Honkai

[During the Ninth Honkai, Kevin, Hen, and Cosmo participated in the subjugation of the Herrscher of Rocks.]

[But this Herrscher's authority was gravity manipulation, making it extremely difficult to deal with.]

[Under such gravity, human movement slowed, and killing the Herrscher of Rocks became exceptionally hard.]

Kevin was indeed strong, and with Tears of Heaven, his destructive power was more than sufficient.

But against Herrschers with special abilities, even he struggled to bring his true strength to bear.

[Although Kevin had the power to defeat the Herrscher, rushing in recklessly would lead to danger or even severe injury.]

[Kevin could not take that risk.]

Whether it was Mei or Moth of the Fire who gave the order—that point was never made clear. The decision was rational.

At this time, Kevin carried the hope of humanity on his shoulders. He was their strongest combat power.

He could not afford any mishap.

[Weighing the lesser of two evils, Moth of the Fire forbade Kevin from taking risks. Someone had to face the Herrscher head-on so he could find an opening.]

[Kevin, in his own name, ordered Hen to hold the Herrscher back.]

[This was extremely dangerous. For Hen to go was almost certain death.]

[Hen told Cosmo to take care of Griseo, then charged forward without hesitation to draw the Herrscher's attention.]

The Herrscher was indeed eliminated.

But this order ultimately led to Hen's sacrifice. He was devoured by the Pseudo Black Hole summoned by the Herrscher.

That was how the Previous Civilization was. If this were a normal story told from the Previous Civilization's perspective...