Honkai Impact 3rd? Is It Really Just a Game? / Is It a Game or a Parallel World?
If it's the second possibility, then the problem is even bigger. Ling Xi from other parallel worlds has already disappeared, which means that Ling Xi from this world may also disappear. And if that happens, I can say that I am completely powerless right now!
At this moment, Mobius finally understood why Elysia had chosen to tell him this. Clearly, it was because Elysia was also worried that Ling Xi would disappear.
"Elysia!"
Suddenly, Mobius looked at Elysia with utmost seriousness and said, "I think we need to talk to Ling Xi. I hope... he can tell us everything he knows!"
"Um!"
Elysia nodded in agreement, saying, "Although Ling Xi probably doesn't know much more than us, any clue is very useful to us!"
"Yes!"
Mobius nodded again and said, "Then let's set off now. This matter... must be clarified!"
At this moment, Mobius had made up his mind. Tonight... whether through coercion or bribery, he would make Ling Xi reveal the whole truth. In the past, because of his trust in Ling Xi, he could let Ling Xi only say what he thought was truthful. But this time...
This concerns Ling Xi's own safety, therefore, Mobius will absolutely not back down this time. He must make Ling Xi reveal the truth no matter what, otherwise...
Otherwise, I'll secretly inject him with the Hypervariable Factor to eliminate the side effects of Shesha, and then go with the other four to find Ling Xi for a game!
Hmph, if I can't beat that guy in terms of Herrscher strength, do you think I still can't beat him after we team up?
Meanwhile, in Ling Xi's room, someone was burning incense and taking a bath, waiting at home for Elysia's reward. Tonight... there should be a surprise!
However, Elysia most likely won't come alone, since she can't handle it, so...
Will she take Sakura with her or Seele with her? Or perhaps...?
Together?
Anyway, it's impossible for the Doctor and my senior colleague; they're both too busy right now...
Chapter 442: Honkai Impact 3rd? Is it really just a game?
"Knock knock..."
Shortly after, there was a knock on Ling Xi's door.
"Are they here?"
Ling Xi knew it must be Elysia, so she went to open the door without hesitation, and was about to speak when...
"Um... Doctor, Elysia, what's going on...?"
However, Ling Xi discovered that not only Elysia appeared at the door, but also her own Dr. Mobius. Moreover... both of them seemed to be looking very serious, which made Ling Xi even more puzzled. Wasn't the Doctor very busy?
"Ling Xi".
Elysia smiled slightly, then took Ling Xi's arm and said with a smile, "Let's go inside first!"
"Um."
Mobius nodded in agreement.
"Okay, Elysia, Doctor, please come in!"
Although Ling Xi was a little puzzled by the Doctor's sudden appearance, she didn't think too much about it and let the two of them into the house. Ling Xi also made sure to close the door behind her!
"Doctor, Elysia, you two look like... something's wrong."
Seeing that Mobius and Elysia both seemed quite serious, Ling Xi was no fool. She knew that these two were definitely not there to discuss life with her; they probably had something to talk about.
"Heh, since you've seen through us, then we won't pretend anymore."
Elysia pointed directly at Ling Xi and laughed, "Ling Xi, now, we are protesting against you in the name of your wife, protesting that you are still hiding your identity from us, hmph!"
"Forehead..."
Ling Xi was momentarily stunned and then looked at Mobius.
"Ling Xi".
Mobius looked at Ling Xi seriously and said, "I should have told you that I started to doubt your true identity back in Changkong City. Later, you told me that you came to our world from another parallel world. I actually believe this explanation, after all, most of your prophecies have come true."
"Do you have any other questions, Doctor?"
Ling Xi hesitated for a moment, then looked at Mobius seriously. He felt that his fabricated excuse about a parallel world was about to be exposed.
"Of course."
Mobius said seriously, "I believed your explanation before because I thought it was very reasonable and had no obvious flaws. But now, I want to know the truth, not the kind of explanation that's just to appease me, but the real truth."
After listening to Mobius's words, Ling Xi fell silent for a moment, but finally nodded slightly and said, "Doctor, Elysia, I can tell you everything I know, but the truth... you may not be able to accept it."
"Hehe, do you think there's anything I can't accept?"
Mobius simply smiled, appearing very confident. He had lived for so long; what hadn't he seen?
"Uh-huh."
Elysia nodded silently and smiled, "Don't worry that I won't be able to accept it. To be honest, I know just as much as Ling Xi does."
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll tell you everything I know, starting with..."
Ling Xi paused for a moment, then said seriously, "The world we are in now, no... I should say, the parallel world we are in now, including the trees and the sea, including everything we know, is a game..."
Afterwards, Ling Xi began to explain to the two of them, telling them everything about her playing the Honkai Impact 3rd game and her inexplicable experience of coming to this world. After all, things had already come to this point, and Ling Xi had no reason to doubt that they would betray her, especially since...
There's also the Herrscher of Finality behind them. If Mobius knew the truth beforehand, perhaps the Previous Era would still have a sliver of a chance. Of course, this chance wouldn't be a chance to directly confront the Herrscher of the Finality, but rather...
An opportunity to choose another parallel world!
In short, it took Ling Xi about fifteen minutes to tell the two of what she knew.
"Game..."
"Honkai Impact 3rd..."
After listening to Ling Xi's story, both Mobius and Elysia fell into deep thought. Clearly, even though they had seen many grand occasions, they had never seen anything like this before. The entire world they knew was just a game's setting and data.
Who the hell can accept this?
"Ling Xi, have you considered another possibility?"
However, Mobius said, "The world you live in is also a member of a parallel world. After all, among the parallel worlds that exist in the tree, worlds that have not Honkai are rare, but they do exist."
"That's unlikely, isn't it?"
Ling Xi shook her head and denied it, saying, "If my world is also a parallel world, then why would a game like Honkai Impact 3rd be created? Besides, there is no Honkai in my world. Everything was created by Da Wei Ge and his two accomplices through their imagination."
"Hehe..."
Mobius laughed and said, "Ling Xi, haven't you ever thought that the three people who created Honkai Impact 3rd might have come from a parallel world to yours? Moreover, they happened to have experienced a world where Honkai existed, which is why they were able to create such a work, or even an entire complete worldview!"
"So, maybe the truth is that this Honkai universe wasn't created by them, but rather they knew the truth about the Honkai universe, which is why they created the Honkai Impact 3rd game. What do you think?"
"This..."
Ling Xi couldn't refute it, nor could she say anything, because her Doctor's explanation was also very reasonable. Just like Zhuang Zhou dreaming of becoming a butterfly, was it the butterfly dreaming that it had become Zhuang Zhou, or Zhuang Zhou dreaming that it had become a butterfly?
In any case, both sides have their own reasons!
"Ling Xi, there's one more thing."
Mobius said quietly, "The fact that you traveled through time is the biggest loophole in itself. If what you said is true, then your world does not have Honkai, quantum energies, and so on. So where did the energy that supported your time travel come from?"
"That's right."
Elysia nodded silently. "We already have a hard time observing other parallel worlds using the Thousand Worlds Samsara. And sending people into parallel worlds, even ignoring data errors, would require energy that the normal world probably can't handle."
"But all of this is just speculation, and there is no substantial evidence."
Although Ling Xi thought Mobius's words made a lot of sense, a hypothesis is still just a hypothesis. Without evidence, it can only remain a hypothesis!
"Ha, who says I have no evidence?"
However, Mobius smiled confidently and said, "The painting that Elysia in another parallel world observed by Aponia and Sue today drew is the evidence!"
"Um?"
Ling Xi only seemed more puzzled by this...
Chapter 443: Is it a game? Or a parallel world?
"Ling Xi, if what you're saying is true, and you are a transmigrator who came to our world from outside our game world, then..."
Mobius smiled slightly and said, "Logically speaking, you should only exist in our world and not in other parallel worlds. After all, you are not from our world, so it is most reasonable that you do not exist in other parallel worlds!"
"However, the clues observed by Aponia and Sue today overturn this hypothesis. Although there is no direct evidence of your existence in other parallel worlds, Elysia's painting indirectly proves your existence, although..."
Mobius stroked his chin slightly and said, "Although there are still many mysteries, it is undeniable that in other parallel worlds, you may not truly not exist, but rather we are unable to observe you for some reason. Perhaps... you once existed, but later disappeared."
"This..."
After hearing Mobius's explanation, Ling Xi finally had a hint of doubt. Could it be... that what the Doctor said was true?
I used to think of everyone as a character in a game world, but after hearing Mobius's speculation... wait, the Joker is actually me?
Although Mobius did not provide any concrete evidence, the fact that Elysia in a parallel world drew her own portrait is the biggest plot hole!
If I truly am a transmigrator from the real world who crossed over into the game world, then I should only exist in this one parallel world. After all, I am an outsider, so I shouldn't exist in other parallel worlds. But...
If that's the case, then why would Elysia in a parallel world draw a portrait of herself?
Anyway...
At this moment, Ling Xi's long-held belief finally began to waver. Could it be that she was really just an ordinary person who had traveled from her own parallel world to this one?
Perhaps... this is the truth!
As for the game Honkai Impact 3rd, perhaps, as Mobius said, at least one of the three giants was a transmigrator, a transmigrator who traveled from the Honkai world to a world without Honkai, and then created the game Honkai Impact 3rd.
Finally, there is one more question.
At this moment, Mobius spoke again, looking at Ling Xi seriously, and said, "Why did you travel through time? After all, sending a person to another parallel world requires a huge amount of energy, which is obviously unlikely to be a natural phenomenon, so... I think, Ling Xi, your time travel must have been done by someone."
"Forehead..."
Ling Xi opened his mouth, unsure of what to say, because this was getting increasingly absurd, and he sensed a strong whiff of conspiracy...
Ling Xi had never thought about why she had transmigrated. Even if she did, she would only think that she was the chosen one, which was why she was able to transmigrate. Otherwise, how could her transmigration have been deliberately orchestrated by someone?
In any case, in their original world, humans could never possess such power, so...
There's only one truth: it was done by people from another parallel world. But why would they do it? What was their purpose? It's all completely unknown!
"Never mind, let's think about this later..."
In the end, Mobius shook his head and smiled, "What we should be thinking about now is the future. After all, although Ling Xi said that this might be a virtual world in a game, for me, this is our only world!"
"That's right!"
Elysia nodded and said, "Let's put Ling Xi's matter aside for now. We should be thinking about how humanity can survive."
"I already said, let's implement your plans, Doctor, as soon as possible."
Ling Xi rubbed his forehead and said, "Leaving aside the Thirteenth Herrscher are still unknown, the Herrscher of Finality of the End will definitely appear, and I don't think humanity can defeat the Herrscher of Finality, after all..."
"In the parallel worlds I've seen, humanity developed for a full ten years, but still failed to defeat the Herrscher of Finality. In our current world, humanity will probably go from the Third Herrscher to the Herrscher of Finality in no more than five years. Our time... is not enough!"
"Really..."
Mobius also sighed. According to Ling Xi, the era they were currently in should be called the Previous Era, while the game Ling Xi mentioned had its main storyline taking place 50,000 years later, and the Previous Era ...
Ultimately, it was just a prelude.
Although Mobius doubted the reality of the game world Ling Xi described, Mobius didn't doubt the plot Ling Xi described, so...
The best option for humanity now is to give up fighting against the Finality and preserve as much of humanity's heritage as possible so that it can rise again in the future!
"Don't rush."
Elysia laughed and said, "Even if Ling Xi has seen the plot and knows that the future's Finality invincible, but... I've said it many times, that's a future in a parallel world without Ling Xi, but in our world, Ling Xi is here, so..."
Whether humanity will truly lose in the future remains to be seen, doesn't it?
"Forehead..."
Ling Xi looked at Elysia with a slightly speechless expression. "Elysia, are you asking me to go and solo the Finality? I think... the Project Fireseed is a safer option!"
That's not what I meant.