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

Asking this question now might be a bit too early.

But the same situation...

Though the forms and mediums differ, these things can't stop the Flame-Chasing Heroes' personal charm from shining before all of them...

And deeply drawing them in.

The time spent getting to know them was short, yet it couldn't overshadow their brilliance.

Between the audience and them, there was still a thick barrier.

But at this moment, they all felt a stir.

For reasons unknown—was it admiration, reverence, longing, or some other emotion?

They couldn't tell, but they only knew one thing.

Their hearts seemed to beat faster with Su Nian's words, and their emotions were stirred just the same.

When had it been... that the impressions of the Thirteen Heroes of Fire had already been etched into their memories?

Both were worlds on the same tree, though they didn't know how far apart they were from that world's versions.

Yet there was an inexplicable resonance, something profound and beyond explanation...

[Is she talking to Raiden Mei? Or to me?]

[Flame-Chasing Heroes, we love you~ We love Kevin~ We love Elysia~ We love Eden~...]

[Getting cheesy, huh?]

[...I feel like crying, what's going on, what virus did Su Nian download into my brain?]

[It's not just me who's moved... I'm a tough guy and I'm starting to get emotional, and it's not even midnight yet!]

[Don't doubt the meaning yourself—existence isn't for meaning's sake, beware of nihilism's invasion]

[Haven't figured it out yet, give me half an hour to think of an answer!]

[It has meaning for Kevin, meaning for the successors, and meaning for me too!]

[Ah, why am I the only one not feeling it, what did I skip?!]

Su Nian didn't know this story would affect the Heroes in this world, those who were the protagonists themselves.

Nor did she know the story's impact wouldn't stop at the Heroes.

In this world, the people of the Previous Civilization and the people of the current civilization, in this world without Honkai, all existed in the same time and space.

An inexplicable tide of emotion left them somewhat bewildered.

This was no longer something that could be explained by immersion.

They didn't yet have such deep insights at this moment; they still needed some time...

But time was the one thing they had in abundance.

Su Nian had anticipated their reactions when she put pen to paper. Perhaps in their eyes, this passage was just a forced elevation...

And instead came off as a bit lackluster?

In Honkai Impact 3rd, The Past's Paradise and Eternal Paradise had given players a full year of experience before asking this question.

But she wasn't in a hurry. As a qualified work, Eternal Paradise could still hold its own even after many years.

The answers left by the sedimentation of time would only prove she was right.

["I understand. I'll think about this seriously, but... no matter how long I ponder, I think my answer won't stray from my consistent belief—you are exactly as I perceive you to be."]

["...Haha, thank you, Mei. To meet you like this, I'm truly lucky. You've brought me... a 'gift' I've always longed for but never dared to hope for."]

["That's an exaggeration."]

At this moment, Raiden Mei still didn't know what the 'gift' she spoke of really was.

It wasn't just a simple meeting.

It was Raiden Mei herself.

The audience just felt that Elysia was flirting again, the queen of sweet talk in the Paradise, stirring hearts every moment!

They liked her even more!

["Ah... it seems the sky's getting dark. In the end... we still couldn't figure out what that fog was. Looks like we'll have to wait until dawn."]

["Tomorrow morning, let's meet here again, okay?"]

["I'll find a way to open the path. Let's go to that mist-shrouded island, to the place where 'The Last Banquet' happened, and witness together—"]

["The birth and end of the Thirteenth Herrscher."]

Elysia was going to let Raiden Mei witness everything there...

But she had to wait until the next day!

And she even textbook-style set up a ton of death flags.

Like saying she'd go back to her hometown and get married tomorrow, only to die on the spot.

She really did die.

Close your eyes when night falls! The werewolf has opened their eyes.

All that back-and-forth earlier was just to make them shed a few more tears when they faced this!

The Paradise Werewolf Kill is about to begin!

Thinking this, Su Nian had already revealed a smile from the bottom of her heart.

Hehehe, feel it!

Back then, the news of Elysia's death was spread by the Ship Ghouls to every corner of the online world!

Now, they were all completely unguarded.

At most, they thought the Paradise would have a fight, maybe a bit of trouble.

But they absolutely didn't expect.

Perfect Elysia—Su Nian had spent a long stretch building her character and making it full—this very Elysia.

Would be directly killed by him!

MiHoYo, the first game in Su Nian's memory that would kill off a playable character.

Someone who entered the gacha could die? And die completely.

It directly shattered their preconceptions.

Now this pain was about to spread.

Didn't expect it, did you? The real Elysia died, and the memory Elysia would die too.

Probably because Su Nian hadn't dropped any knives since The Past's Paradise...

Or maybe because the scene just now was a bit beautiful, so they never even considered a knife.

Now, seeing Su Nian smile again, the audience only felt...

What a bright and sunny smile!

Even if your story of the Previous Civilization ends in tragedy, it must just be to fit the show's theme, right?

Someone who could shape such a beautiful person as Elysia—how could their heart be that twisted?

Su Nian didn't rush to start the Paradise Werewolf Kill.

Instead, he polished the famous Paradise scenes he hadn't written yet.

This information was all revealed through conversations between the Flame-Chasers.

Su Nian organized it all; after all, there were traces to follow.

About xx, and one, two, three things.

At the same time, he was whetting their appetites.

Let the story fly a bit longer; it was still too early to start cutting.

And besides, the Paradise Werewolf Kill required them to fully understand what traits and personalities each Flame-Chaser had, to give enough clues...

This was necessary to build the chain of suspicion.

For example, V2V's personalities, as the second wolf of the Paradise, these introductions were essential.

Moreover, now was the time.

Time to complete the character cards of the Flame-Chasers.

Su Nian had only written the character cards for Kevin, Cosmo, and Sakura before; the rest of the Flame-Chasers were empty.

So from that perspective, today's task was already set.

The bullet comments had also woken up from that brief moment of beauty.

They couldn't forget that beneath the surface beauty lay the already-departed Flame-Chasers.

On this point, and given Su Nian's "track record" with the Previous Civilization...

What was the ending of this story? It was hard not to be curious.

Some believed Su Nian would write a good ending, while others thought he really liked writing this kind of content...

[This passage is so well written, so heartwarming—why is the show's theme regret!]

[I don't think it's the show's problem; telling you to write regret doesn't mean you have to kill off main characters]

[This is just the first stage of the finals; can't you use the simplest method? His competitors this round aren't much of a match, no need to aim too high]

[What you said—he put a lot of effort into this work; how could he not care?]

[Next time, the show should give a better theme! Something more positive, like... healing, dedication, growth!]

[Exactly, even though his tragic ending leaves us regretful and wistful, what he wrote is truly top-notch]

[I misjudged you, Su Nian, thinking you were just a newborn writer who only drops knives to trick us into tears and make us suffer—I'm so sorry!]

[I don't think you misjudged him... ah, can I say that?]

[It's not about what you think, it's about what I say!]

Su Nian never expected that the first thing viewers would do after watching the story was discuss whether it would be another heartbreaker.

Though... whether they were right or not was another matter.

Su Nian couldn't see the bullet comments, or else he would have laughed even harder.

Didn't expect it? Good, that's exactly the point.

They should also be grateful that the lead editor of The Past's Paradise writing team wasn't Ling Yi Niang.

Otherwise, there really would have been rivers of blood.

Chapter 68, The Death of Elysia

Su Nian needed to flesh out every detail of the story between the Flame-Chasers. The text volume wasn't the entire thing, but it was still substantial.

Details determine success or failure—the story couldn't fall flat on his watch.

In this situation, Su Nian activated his second trump card: a tool for rapid creation.

Voice typing.

This method was fast, and Su Nian had the material stored in his head. While he couldn't replicate it word for word, he could remember the general content, and that was enough.

But relatively speaking... voice typing had another downside.

The biggest difficulty was... embarrassment.

A shame that was hard to overcome.

If he were alone, the psychological aspect would be much better—after all, only he would know, as long as he didn't tell anyone.

Su Nian once again requested to cut the livestream, planning to secretly use the voice typing method to complete this massive text volume.

But the request to cut the livestream was something only Su Nian himself wanted.