Honkai Impact: Capturing the Little Herrschers starting with Sirin

(If you ask me why I suddenly added an extra chapter, it's because I wanted to get through this part as quickly as possible and catch up on the progress.)

Bai Mo felt it, one, two, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million, and ten million!

More and more people are showing the desire to wake up.

This made Bai Mo look at Tang Yue who was at the front of the crowd.

If possible, she would like to praise her.

Her actions may not have affected everyone, but they did greatly help Bai Mo speed up his progress.

Bai Mo didn't even need to say much. Tang Yue was like a mythological believer in an ancient church, swearing in the language of God on Bai Mo's behalf and leading people in devout prayers.

Perhaps she felt Bai Mo's gaze, the girl with her eyes closed quietly opened one eye.

Meet the gaze from the sky, meet it in the air, and...

She blinked her big eyes playfully.

It seems to be saying:

"I'm great, right? Remember to praise me more."

“…This girl.”

It's true. Every time I want to praise her, she looks so proud, which makes me want to teach her a lesson.

But let it go this time. After all, the shining will in front of him, which seemed to be on par with the stars in the sky, made Bai Mo feel relaxed.

"Perhaps, this is the end of it."

Did this process go smoothly?

It's smooth and not smooth.

Among them, there are naturally some people who are unwilling to give up the beauty in their dreams and have weak minds, or perhaps it can be said that most people are like this.

Although they were pious and praying, their wills were weak and Bai Mo was unable to use them to open up a passage.

Or perhaps, what they pray for is a return to their dreams, not reality.

Prayer itself is not important, or even necessary. After all, Bai Mo is not a god, nor is he a bishop of a church.

No faith is needed.

She just needs the purest, awakening will.

Beyond that, nothing matters.

Fortunately, this percentage is very unbalanced, only 2% is needed. So even if most people's will is not so strong, progress is gradually approaching this goal.

"Don't you want to go back to that beautiful dream?"

"..."

At this moment, a word, a plain and low voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

Clean, direct, without even a hint of emotion.

But just such a simple sentence made the shining stars in front of Bai Mo suddenly extinguish.

Should I say... is that really the case?

The sound of that voice was actually expected.

Gray snake.

Although his voice was a little low at this time, Bai Mo would not make a mistake.

Or rather, Bai Mo had already anticipated this situation from the very beginning.

She is also gambling.

If he came to stop him, or exposed the lies that Bai Mo had woven for the world, then his beloved mistress would definitely be hated by the world.

and so……

Would Gray Snake do this?

This is a choice.

And it was obvious that Bai Mo still overestimated himself.

In the face of the Stigmata Plan, he was not enough to make Gray Snake give in.

Although it was an expected result, Bai Mo still shook his head helplessly when he saw such a smooth plan collapse because of a single sentence.

"So, after all, I still have to be the villain."

"Did you... hear it?" Some people around had already opened their eyes and asked others around them blankly.

"Yes, it was another person's voice. It seemed to be asking us if we wanted to go back to our beautiful dream."

"A beautiful dream? It really was a dream."

"Can we go back?"

"But...is it really good to live in a dream?"

"What are you trying to say? Living in a dream is not living? Then how can you be sure that our reality is not a dream created by another advanced civilization?"

"I'm not saying anything, but this copy was written many years ago. Who would still buy into this? Marketing accounts don't say this anymore, okay?"

"Even though I say that, I don't think it matters whether it's realistic or not. If reality is cruel, then what's wrong with living in a dream?"

"Wait..." Listening to the whispers in her ears and seeing the people in front of her who were either looking forward to it, hesitating, or happy, Tang Yue became a little anxious.

"Everybody, don't stop! Don't believe him!"

"He is the enemy who wants to take away our future! Don't be fooled by him!"

Tang Yue's voice rang anxiously in everyone's ears, trying to pull everyone back.

But obviously, the situation is not optimistic.

Indeed, because of her reminder, the people present might have had doubts.

But Bai Mo said nothing and did not try to save the relationship like Tang Yue did, which in itself proved the result.

Determination can sometimes be the most fragile emotion.

Everyone had no choice before, and many people didn’t think too much about it, nor did they expect to return to their beautiful dreams, they just wanted to stay alive.

Therefore, they will firmly choose to wake up.

Because they think that is the only way to survive.

But now, someone has given a second option.

That choice could not even be called a promise. It was just a simple sentence, a few words, but it still shattered the former's determination born out of helplessness.

Yes, this plan was so fragile, so fragile that even Gray Snake could completely crush it with just one sentence.

"Before you two choose to argue, may I ask a question?"

Just when the situation was becoming a little delicate, someone in the crowd spoke slowly.

He was an old man with a Chinese face, kind and calm.

Facing Bai Mo, he raised his head.

Unlike the others, he was dressed simply and was very calm.

I wasn't pretending, I was really calm, so calm that I didn't have too many emotional fluctuations from beginning to end.

"I think we can now put the matter on the table and discuss it."

Perhaps in a dream, or perhaps by tacit consent, his voice was heard by everyone.

"From the time we arrived here until now, you seem to have never thought of explaining all this to us."

"So before you choose to dictate our future, I think we have the right to know the truth."

"..."

"You need to wake up." Gray Snake was silent, but Bai Mo seemed to have made a decision. As he took over the question, his voice gradually became colder.

"That is to say, we are still in a dream, right?" Without any pause, he looked at Bai Mo when Bai Mo said this.

"At least, that's the case before you choose to wake up." Gray Snake's voice was neither hurried nor slow. While answering for Bai Mo, he also continued:

"In this woven dream, you can feel everything that is real."

"This is Fantasy Township, the Garden of Eden, the reality of a beautiful dream."

"You don't need to be afraid because you have no choice. Being forced... is sometimes a gift."

The gray snake's voice was like a clear spring that fell into people's hearts at this moment.

They completely ignored what Gray Snake said next.

Only care about the meaning of the previous words.

Yes, there was no pain there, they had felt it.

Just as the gray snake said, it was wonderful, happy, and desirable, the reality of a beautiful dream that they did not want to wake up from.

"But that's not civilization! It's not humanity! It's not even living!"

In stark contrast to the people around her, the girl's verbal denial was evident.

"You're taking away everyone's future!"

Tang Yue looked up, not agreeing with this conclusion, and tried to find the location of the gray snake.

"Really? Then...why don't you ask them?"

But Gray Snake didn't care and even asked this question to everyone present.

"What did you say?"

Tang Yue's eyes subconsciously swept around following the voice, but she saw that no one cared about what she said, and no one cared about civilization, or whether mankind should continue to move forward and have a tomorrow.

They are just looking forward to returning to that beautiful dream and living their life after that.

They don't care about anything else.