Chapter 617 Wuliangta Jizi Is Dead!

"Hehehe——Hehe——Kiana, you're here! You're finally here again! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Ka-ka-ka-

Standing at the door of the theater, stepping on the dirty red carpet, the puppet's head turned, the puppet's hands waved, but in this vast and dilapidated theater, all these movements seemed so lonely. In particular, compared with the play that thousands of people performed together not long ago, the Domination Theater at this moment was too quiet.

"Herrscher! You're still alive!"

"Oh, it's wrong to curse someone to death, Kiana Kaslana...ah, that's right, although this is the most basic courtesy, no one will teach you, who makes you...whether as K423 or as Sirin, you lack the most basic quality education, which is understandable."

The puppet's torso twisted like a maggot, making Kiana feel sick and couldn't help but step back half a step.

But as the initial surprise, despair and anger gradually faded, after she regained her senses, she found that... unlike last time, the power of the void was still in her hands.

In other words, as long as she wanted, she could return to the original world at any time.

With a way out, Kiana felt much more at ease. She didn't know why the Tenth Herrscher left such a flaw. Was it because it was incapable, or was it simply careless and forgot this point, or was it a deliberate trap, or did it think it had blocked the power of the void, but it didn't?

Kiana thought it would be better not to make it public, and since she had the power of the void as a way out, she boldly decided to continue dealing with the Tenth Herrscher.

Kiana subconsciously glanced at the watch-like device on her wrist, and she was somewhat glad to have brought this [Shackle]. With this thing, even if the soldier responsible for monitoring her neglected his duty, he would be able to find out that she was missing when he handed over his shift at 8 o'clock in the morning. In any case, she could accurately locate her position and quickly rush to reinforce her.

"What about you, Herrscher? You must be very qualified, right? But who did you steal this quality from? Wendy, or Guinevere?"

Kiana combined bold guesses with temptations. When facing that attack, the only Herrscher individuals out of everyone's sight were Wendy's Leader and Guinevere. If there were really Herrschers who survived, it would undoubtedly be these two.

However, the Herrscher's reaction seemed a little strange.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk--"

The Herrscher shook his head.

"It's a pity. I remember the two names you just mentioned, but I'm not one of them. Or... I should call myself [we]."

"[we]? Why..."

"Hehehehe--"

The doll's body twisted like seaweed, accompanied by a piercing and creepy laugh.

Then, she clamped her throat again, put her body in a [乆] position, and whispered in an extremely disgusting tone:

"[The operation was obviously successful], [The puppet should have disappeared], do you want to know what happened? You really want to know, right? Hehehe——"

The head "clicked" and turned, and the smile on the corner of the puppet's mouth would expand accordingly with each turn.

"Then come on, come on, let me see your determination! Hehehe——"

Countless puppets and monsters fell from the sky and surrounded Kiana, and the first puppet disappeared without a trace in just a moment of distraction, perhaps mixed into the team of other puppets, or perhaps took the opportunity to escape.

Kiana took the starting position for the battle and reconfirmed that the power in her body was flowing correctly. If so, she only needed enough Sub-Sky Spears to deal with the mess in front of her...

"Wait!"

Kiana paused, and the half-condensed space power quickly dissipated. Because she wasted time, she had to bend down in a rather embarrassing posture and barely avoided the monster behind her.

"Bang!"

She stood up quickly and leaned back. Kiana's legs were long enough to kick the sharp heel of her shoe into its butt before the monster broke away.

The monster's body became translucent in an instant after being hit in the vitals, and the golden sphere in the middle of the body that originally connected the limbs also rolled to the ground.

Feeling the fluctuation of the air behind her, Kiana rolled forward, and while standing up, she dug the five fingers of her right hand deeply into the golden sphere and lifted it up, and then turned around and smashed it directly on the face of the puppet rushing towards her.

The puppet's face shattered along with the golden sphere. Kiana dodged the countless exploding fragments by tilting her head. She kicked the puppet that tried to grab her feet with her right foot. She leaned forward, spun upside down, and kicked seven or eight puppets to pieces.

"The Tenth Herrscher controls the power of the other Herrschers. Bronya's power has not yet recovered. I thought it took time for the power to return, but now it seems that the Herrscher is still alive. Mei said that only Herrschers who have [transformed] can wrestle with the Tenth Herrscher in the process of controlling power. Although I don't understand what transformation means, I probably don't meet this condition...

"But the intelligence has not confirmed how the Tenth Herrscher controls the power of the other Herrschers. Is it a simple touch? Or is there any other means? In any case, according to Dr. Mei's previous summary, it is best not to use the power of the Herrscher rashly. And these small fry... should be able to be defeated with pure strength!"

"Hah——"

The already devastated theater quickly turned into a construction site with rubble and dust. Kiana felt that the power of the puppets and monsters seemed to be much weaker than before, but they were too numerous and it was too troublesome to fight.

"It seems that the power of the Tenth Herrscher was indeed affected by the previous failure. But even if Leader and Guinevere dodged that attack, they were only two individuals. What about the dozens of puppets here?

"Is the so-called [one thousand] just a bluffing number, and the real number of puppets is far more than one thousand, or are there more fish that slip through the net? "

Ten minutes later, Kiana stood there, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and her breathing was a little heavy.

At her feet, nearly a hundred puppets and monster corpses were in all kinds of twisted postures. Fighting with only hands without weapons and power is sometimes more cruel than the previous two, but perhaps it is also because it contains a certain hatred.

"Hehe-hehe-hehe-"

A sharp laugh floated in the dark theater again. It did not urge, but just laughed and laughed, but the veins on Kiana's forehead gradually twisted into a [well] shape.

"Calm down..."

Kiana warned herself in her heart.

"So that's it. If I use my power, I may be dominated by the Herrscher, and if I don't use my power, the Herrscher can continue to consume my physical strength in this way... I don't know how many puppets there are. Are they really endless? To be on the safe side, I'd better stay here and wait for the support of anti-entropy..."

"Oh, Kiana? Why did you stop? Aren't you going to catch up? If you don't come over, I'm going to run away, okay? Think about Jizi, can you bear to let me go like this? "

A warm current directly connected the heart and the brain, breathing became heavy, rationality evaporated in an instant, and when I came to my senses, my body had rushed hundreds of meters ahead of my consciousness.

Stop?

How could I stop just like that?

Kiana knew that she was no longer rational, but she still tried to give her own reasons in her mind-

"Sure enough, I can't let it go like this. If I stay here and do nothing, the Herrscher will escape, and there may not be a chance to annihilate it again in the future. I must catch up, entangle it, and delay it for a certain amount of time, just like Jizi did before! "

"Hehehe——"

As if it had sensed Kiana's anger, the laughter became more and more loud, and the tone was no longer ethereal, but concentrated in one direction. There was no doubt that it was deliberately pointing out the direction for Kiana.

Kiana soon saw the puppet again. It was leaning against a railing in the theater. The stone railing seemed to have survived the aftermath of an explosion. A small section of two or three people wide, the railing was still full of traces of fire and cracks.

And on the right side of the railing, you can see at a glance that it is a bottomless abyss. And the puppet stood in front of Kiana in such a nearly defenseless posture.

Kiana took several deep breaths in a row before she suppressed the urge to kick the puppet down.

She really has the confidence to do all this, whether it is to grab it before the puppet It was not difficult for her to rush to it with pure physical speed before reacting, or to kick it and break the railing together with one foot. But in this bubble of world, does falling into the abyss really mean death? Will the doll fall into the quantum sea and then return to a corner of the intrinsic world that no one knows? She can't bet on such a possibility.

But such calmness quickly faded when she saw the smile on the doll's face. If she hadn't pressed her beating heart in time and took a deep breath again, Kiana would have kicked the doll down.

From the doll's perspective, the more Kiana restrained herself, the more she smiled. The corners of her lips soon stretched below her earlobes. She opened her mouth wide, but added a tone like coaxing a child:

"Oh, Kiana finally caught up, Kiana is so great!"

Suddenly, its lips closed tightly, and its flying hands and head drooped together, and its tone naturally became sparse.

"But... why did you catch up?"

"!? "

"You actually understand, right? You actually understand everything, right?"

The puppet suddenly raised its head again, and two scarlet dots of light lit up under the dark eye mask. Its body no longer leaned against the railing, but took two steps forward and came directly in front of Kiana.

Kiana swallowed her saliva and suppressed the urge to fight, but she had no intention of giving in. The stalemate between the two was upgraded to the physical level from the beginning. If we look at it from this perspective alone, the failure of the Herrscher is inevitable, but...

With the style of the Tenth Herrscher, how could he think of conquering others with strength?

The puppet suddenly raised his hand and touched Kiana's cheek with pity. Although the hand was quickly knocked down by Kiana, it didn't care.

"Poor Kiana, so pitiful... You actually understand, understand that I deliberately mentioned Ji Zi to trick you, understand that I made this gesture just waiting for you to chase me. You know I must have a way to deal with you, but you still chased after me without hesitation. Why?"

"..."

"Is it stupid? No, I understand you, Kiana. I understand you too well. Angry at what we have done, unwilling to accept an unacceptable truth, and willing to sacrifice all our rationality for hatred - this is what we have in common as losers."

"Don't act like you know me very well! I'm different from you guys!"

Kiana quickly retreated to distance herself, and regained her fighting stance.

But the puppet just shook its head, neither continuing to approach nor having any intention of fighting Kiana. It just turned the topic in another direction:

"Kiana, do you want to know why we are still alive when we should all be dead? The question seems a bit redundant. You must really want to know, right?"

Kiana narrowed her eyes and did not deny it.

The doll opened its arms, and its head still turned twice.

"It's very simple, because this is what we are - sadness, pain, despair, anger, unwillingness, hatred... and so on. We were born from these darkness, but we still yearn for those beautiful creatures. In this ugly old world, darkness can never be eliminated. As long as such emotions exist, we will never lack new companions, and we will never usher in true death!"

"Don't confuse the concepts! What you do is the culprit of causing darkness! Without you, this world would definitely be much better than it is now!"

Seeing Kiana gritting her teeth, the doll laughed again.

"Really? Is that really the case?"

The doll's smile is meaningful.

"Without the collapse, wouldn't there be sadness in this world? There would be no pain? There would be no despair? There would be no anger? There would be no reluctance? There wouldn't be any powerlessness? Wouldn't it be possible in a world without the collapse? , won’t human beings break out wars, have disputes, and cause tragedies because of their own selfish interests?

"From this perspective, Honkai is really an all-powerful excuse. The mistakes that have been made, the irreversible sadness, and the unreasonable despair can all be classified as Honkai's masterpieces, but among these... In most tragedies, Honkai only plays the role of [catalyst]. In fact, it is always human beings who are ugly and dark! Disasters will never defeat human beings, only human beings will be defeated! "

Kiana bit her lips until they hurt, and her lips parted, but for a moment she couldn't make any sound.

What to say?

What can be said in reply?

Yes, that's true.

The Tenth Herrscher is like human beings themselves. Unlike other Herrschers, they are not very powerful and cannot even be united as a whole. It is as if humans are too weak compared to beasts of the same size in nature. .

So they never expect to rely on strength to win victory - humans once took away the power called [consciousness] from the gods, and then became the primates of all things, and all the attacks of the Tenth Herrscher are aimed at humans. "consciousness". Even though they do not actually have the power of consciousness, they are more powerful than the Herrscher of Consciousness in deceiving people's hearts.

Because the Law of Consciousness does not understand the human heart, but they do.

Kiana's heart was trembling.

Is the Tenth Herrscher right?

It seems right. Even if there is no collapse, there will still be wars, conflicts, and intrigues among humans. A world without collapse may not be better than a world with collapse. After all, humans themselves are not beautiful creatures...

No...that's not right!

Kiana shook her head violently, feeling that her thoughts were being led astray by the Herrscher.

She stood up straight, her eyes widened, and her tone became firm again:

"But if there was no collapse, most of the human beings in this world could at least live a peaceful and stable life..."

"Oh? Really?"

The corners of the Herrscher's mouth quirked up strangely, as if he had known that Kiana would say this.

She suddenly reached out her hand to Kiana.

"Having fully mastered the power of the Herrscher, I can hear every despair in the world and turn it into my own power... Come on Kiana, do you want to try it?"

"What to try?"

"Of course, connect with me and listen with your own ears. What exactly is the so-called [A Thousand Kinds of Despair]?"

reject.

It should be rejected.

Whether from an emotional or rational point of view, one should not accept the lawyer's invitation.

But before her brain could initiate a warning, Kiana's hand had already touched her for no apparent reason.

In an instant, countless voices rang in my ears, countless hearts beat and rhythmed in unison, and my brain seemed to have run into a sea of ​​despair, slowly and irrevocably suffocating as time went by.

Until—"Bang!"

The doll snapped its fingers and recalled Kiana's consciousness.

"How's it going? Did you hear everything?"

The doll smiled heartlessly.

Tears dripped from the corners of Kiana's eyes. They were not her tears, but the sadness and despair of countless people.

But the sadness and despair were not what she thought.

“There are so many mortgages and car loans, and they are not even paid off. Why did I buy these in the first place…

"I have only saved 200,000 yuan after working for ten years. The wedding gift is not enough. How will I spend the rest of my life...

"The interactions between relatives are so annoying. They have to prepare gifts every time. If you give too much, people will feel bad when you think of receiving a gift in return. If you give too little, they will be disliked. So why do people still give gifts? There's something wrong...

"I earn more than 30,000 yuan a month, but what does this have to do with me? I turn in all my salary, and my wife gives me 500 yuan a month! I saved my pocket money for two years to buy a DS5, but the money I bought it from my wife and bought a washing machine specially designed for washing underwear. Why did I get married in the first place? Isn’t it good to live alone?

"The day before yesterday, I stepped on dog poop while walking in the community. What kind of fool can't control his dog every day? Yesterday, when I was walking, I was choked by the smoke of burning paper money and almost coughed out my lungs. Burn, burn, burn, burn, what's the good thing? It’s burned. No one knows what it’s like to be dead. How can you be sure that a dead person costs money down there? It’s even worse today. God is against me. It rains when I walk, and I step on muddy water. What a bad luck...

"How about it? Most people in this world were not even aware of the existence of Honkai not long ago. The despair, sadness, and anger in their hearts just came from the trivial things around them. These are still good, and there will be more to come. have……

"More and more hair is falling out on the pillow, my favorite sandwich bread has disappeared from the shelves of convenience stores, my favorite characters have been written or drawn to death by the author, and the game draws cards that are crooked and eaten several times in a row. Full guarantee, I wanted to change to a non-drawing game to relax, but ended up losing more than a dozen games in a row, I set the alarm clock for class in the morning, but the alarm clock broke, I was criticized by the teacher for drinking water during class, and I kept on going in front of me during self-study class. Submit new papers and assignments When I arrived, I was sitting in the last row but I was missing several class representatives. I secretly did my homework during class, but when school was over, the teacher suddenly assigned new homework. I ordered takeout, but the merchant didn’t put the tableware. There are garbage bags with holes in the bottom suddenly when taking out the garbage, as well as packaging that can never be torn open, bottle caps that can never be opened, and the fork on the surface of the bucket cannot penetrate the lid to fix it, and it cannot fit properly. Plugs and cables…

"...Wait a minute, how can there be so much despair in this world about life, separation, and death? Most of the despair is as ordinary and small as the above ones, but when accumulated, it becomes a huge thing. That is us."

"How...how is it possible...human beings won't destroy the world just because of these trivial things!"

"Oh? Are you being harsh, Kiana? How many times have you human beings had the thought [the world should just be destroyed] flashed through your mind when you were angry? Do you think it was a joke? You only realized it when you calmed down afterwards. That's a joke. How many people really wanted to destroy this old world at that moment?

"..."

"So, Kiana. There is no doubt that you are our companion. You are even more qualified than most of [us], because you understand the weight of despair better, don't you?

"As Sirin, you have been betrayed by the whole world. You have done nothing wrong, but your parents and yourself have both been infected with Honkai Impact Disease. In order to save you, your mother was deceived by a friend into filling out the voluntary form for Tianming Medical, but... Pushing you deeper into the abyss, you finally met someone who could be called your salvation, but she turned into ashes along with you.

"As Kiana, you are even more miserable. All the truths you have believed in since childhood are just illusions. Even so, even if they know that you are the Second Herrscher who has killed countless people, Theresa and Siegfried still Even Kevin treats you as a real junior - you must really want them to blame you, insult you, criticize you, right? But they still love you, but you don't know that this kind of love will be even more desperate.

"There are also those mortals in the base who know nothing. Even though you have proven your position by saving the entire Tianqiong City, they still doubt you, are hostile to you, and even wish you were killed by us. Those outside The people are clamoring to drag you out of the anti-entropy base and hang you. This is the person you want to protect - the person you want to protect is a group of people who want to kill you. This must be desperate, right?

"Not long ago, you were restrained in the center of this theater, watching your teacher die after swinging the sword again and again, but you could do nothing, nothing, not even You must be very unwilling and angry that you can't even get her body back - no need to deny it, there is no need for you to chase me. Isn't it this emotion that drives you to come to me? "

Kiana was speechless. She could only insist with her last stubbornness:

"Himeko may not have died——"

The puppet laughed [乆], and its voice became cheerful and sharp:

"Look! Look! That's it, that's it! To adopt an attitude of not acknowledging established things and to the truth that you know well is a manifestation of a person's unwillingness to the extreme. This is also what you, as our companion, prove!"

"That's enough, I'm not your gay--"

Kiana didn't finish her words, and the Herrscher didn't interrupt her. He just took out something on his own.

Kiana's pupils trembled and trembled, and the whole world was constantly reincarnating in upside-down shocks.

Someone behind her seemed to be holding her shoulders and stroking her cheeks. The harsh and cold touch was undoubtedly that of a doll, but Kiana did not make any resistance.

She just looked at the gem in the hand of the puppet in front of her with trembling eyes, which was almost pink.

"How, how, does it look familiar? Do you remember who is holding her? Do you know why it is here?"

"Disease Gem!?"

"Yes, yes, tell me the answer in your heart!

"——Murata Himeko is dead!" (End of this chapter)