Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Kevin, let me ask you again, what if I'm not dead?"

At this point, Kevin really didn't say anything extra, but went straight to the point and answered without any concealment:

"The Herrscher of the End will only appear after civilization has accepted all the tests... The Collapse is the final test for civilization. Even if your willpower and soul are strong enough to temporarily resist the erosion brought about by the awakening of the Seed of the End in your body, you will still pay the corresponding price."

"for example?"

"If the seed of the End continues to germinate in your body, it will continue to accelerate the arrival of the rest of the Herrschers of this era until the day when the End truly arrives."

"How much time do humans have in that situation?"

"I don't know, but it won't be long."

"..."

The captain paused for a moment, then replied firmly in a slightly heavy tone: "I am aware that I will end my life after that."

"Do not."

Hearing this, the man shook his head and said, "Zhi, do your best to survive. I will find a way to solve the remaining problems."

"You want to help me?"

"I didn't say that, but keeping you alive doesn't conflict with the course of my plans."

After saying that, Kevin remained silent. It seemed that even if the other party was himself, he had no intention of revealing more information.

But the captain could still guess something about Kevin's actions.

As a "snake", he and his organization have been hiding in the dark side of the world for thousands of years, faithfully carrying out a certain plan.

When Kevin realized that he had set foot on the land of ancient Egypt, he and the forces he had cultivated quickly disappeared after abandoning the Ptolemaic Dynasty, as if he did not want to discover any news related to his organization at all.

Maybe he really didn't want to be implicated, but more likely, it was because the plan he was carrying out would not be recognized by himself, who was on the same side as Alicia...

And the reason why he appeared in this quantum sea, if he thought about it carefully, the captain could still capture some clues from his memory, but he couldn't focus on these things now.

From the moment he decided to go back, he simulated over and over in his mind what response strategies he should adopt if he returned to any previous time point.

This is a chance he only has once, and he must not miss it.

After making sure his old friend was ready, Kevin raised his hand and waved it downwards, tearing a strange crack door not far from the two of them. "I have set the beacon for you. Activate the first rated power of the "Trace of Nothingness", and you will be able to leave this bubble and return to our world from the bottom of the quantum sea. Xi'er Fule'ai will guide you for me."

"What about you? You don't plan to leave the Quantum Sea?"

"You don't need to test me. As you can see, I can't leave here now, but I will still provide you with the necessary support. Let's go, Zhi."

"..."

Since that was the case, there was no need for the two of them to say anything more. Miss Butterfly at the side did not dare to neglect the order from the "Snake" and fluttered her wings and flew to the captain's shoulder again: "Mr. Zhi, Mr. Zhi..."

"Well, thank you for leading the way, Xier."

"Okay, I'll do my best!"

After saying that, the captain looked at each other for the last time with the only two old friends in front of him who had survived thousands of years like him to this day. His ice-blue eyes still revealed the same firmness as when he first arrived, without any change.

If I live on, maybe one day, I will be with him again... No, maybe one day I will be his enemy, but even so—

Kevin Kaslana, still his friend.

“Xiaoye, please!” The captain raised the dark sword in his hand, which was emitting strong light. His body was gradually covered by some strange purple particle light: “First rated power, start!!!”

At the moment the order was given, the sword in the captain's hand turned into a strong light that wrapped around the boy's body. The captain himself then turned into a stream of deep purple light and soared into the air. After passing an arc in the air, he rushed into the crack without hesitation. Once stepped into, there would be no chance of turning back.

"Hector knew that the kingdom would eventually fall, and Achilles knew that he was heading towards death—"

"But they still stepped onto the battlefield without hesitation—"

"In this story that was destined to be a tragedy from the beginning, no one ever hesitated or wavered—"

Turning his head to look at the cherry tree in the distance, the man reached out and caught a translucent cherry blossom petal that fell into his palm.

"Aliceia... You knew he would do this from the beginning."

……

……

From beneath a sea whose specific shape cannot be observed by the naked eye, which is shining with countless stars but is as silent as death, a tiny ray of light, guided by a certain Miss Butterfly, passes through the stars composed of countless world bubbles and rises at full speed towards the plane of the "sea".

"Mr. Zhi, are you okay?" Miss Butterfly, who was traveling through the quantum sea with the captain within the light and guiding him on the way, asked with concern.

"Well, thank you Xier, I can still hold on. I have recovered some strength when I was talking to him just now."

She couldn't understand the complicated things between the boy and the "snake", and she didn't dare to ask questions, but she could still hear that what Mr. Zhi was doing was very dangerous for him.

She could feel that Zhi was a kind person who was willing to sacrifice for his companions. From her point of view, she didn't want Zhi to really encounter misfortune, but she couldn't stop him.

She knew that she was not qualified, and that doing so would tarnish the other party's determination. Therefore, she could only try her best to do what she could, that is, to take him out of the Quantum Sea safely.

And during this journey which might be the last one, she also hopes that she can learn more about the other person, try to make the image of the other person more complete in her mind, and she hopes that she can remember the other person.

"Mr. Zhi always gives me a very familiar feeling..."

"Ok?"

"Ah! Yes, sorry, I just... it really feels familiar."

"Haha, it's okay. I feel the same way, ok?"

"Huh!? Really?" Xier asked in surprise.

"Well, although I'm not sure whether Xi'er and I are from the same world, but...even if not, maybe we know the same person in our respective worlds?"

"Is it like the same person in a parallel world?"

"Haha...yes, that's right. It's amazing, isn't it?"

"Yeah! Indeed... that's good too!"

During the conversation with the captain, Xier was guided by the boy's words and couldn't help but think of a possibility. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but ask: "Um, Mr. Zhi!"

"What's wrong? Xi'er?"

"You just said that we might know the same person. Um, then do you...know someone named Buluo...Ah! They are coming!!"

"What? Them?"

Just a few seconds after Xier issued the warning, several dark shadows emerged from the ocean currents of the Quantum Sea and surrounded the starlight that was passing through the darkness.

"Honkaimon?"

"no!"

Looking at the Temple-level Honkai beasts approaching him and Xier at full speed, with their bodies covered in ominous dark purple and revealing some "things" in their translucent bodies, the captain clenched the sword in his hand.