Honkai Impact 3rd: I picked up a Seele at the start of the game.

Chapter 119 (4k) - Unexpected Title

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Based on her previous experience with the Shadow of Darkness, Black Seele stated with certainty, "That was definitely your world encountering the Shadow of Darkness!"

Hei hope was still bothered by her previous experience. She had almost brushed past the "Shadow of Darkness" but missed the opportunity because of a trace of fear.

But she's not a coward; this kind of thing is incredibly embarrassing for her!

World Bubble Seele bit her lower lip. All the evidence pointed to one thing—all her memories related to Yun Fuyu were false, fabricated by the Shadow of Darkness.

Not long ago, she was secretly delighted: she had reunited with her childhood sweetheart, and he had saved her from the Herrscher's curse...

The contrast was stark; she simply couldn't accept this conclusion. Especially now, seeing A-Yun and that Xi'er sitting side-by-side, completely unconcerned about her (she couldn't bear to look)...

Subtly, the color of her hair began to fluctuate, deepening as if the fluctuations in her mind had triggered a surge of power.

Seele walked up behind Seele in the World Bubble, patted her on the shoulder, and hugged her.

"?"

Seele sighed inwardly, having already pieced together a logical line of reasoning in her mind—

I have had countless cycles of dreams with Yun Fuyu → Yun Fuyu must be connected to the Shadow of Darkness → The Shadow of Darkness can implant false rules or even "plots" into the world.

So, let's speculate: could it be that their memories from one of their past lives were implanted into this real-world bubble, which led to the birth of Seele in the world bubble?

This is not impossible, but it lacks empirical evidence—evidence of the relationship between Cloud-Assisted Rain and Dark Shadow.

This world bubble Seele shouldn't be confused about this, because she is the most innocent victim.

Seele suddenly wanted to glare at him like Black Seele had. But then she thought better of it; he seemed rather innocent after all…

Whose fault is it?

~

World Bubble Seele, held in Seele's arms, instantly calmed down. Her "love rival's" embrace was practically a provocation!

Her body stopped trembling. World Bubble Seele took Seele's hand, untied her embrace, then stood up and turned to face Seele.

Two almost identical Bai Xier stood facing each other. Yun Fuyu's eyes blurred, and he felt that he could hardly tell who was who.

"Thank you, Seele. I was too cowardly."

"Yes, you're welcome. After all, we're all Seele, so there's no question of who's real and who's fake."

"This is the only thing I can't let go of."

World Bubble Seele looked at Yun Fuyu: "He is the only one who can prove whether my memories are real or not, I will not let him go."

Faced with this blatant provocation, Seele remained confident: "But he belongs to me. We will return to our world sooner or later; everything now is just a memorable journey."

World Bubble Seele's gaze sharpened: "What if I insist on keeping him?"

Seele smiled confidently: "You can't beat me, and you can't beat us together."

She pinched Seele's cheek: "My dear Seele, turning evil won't make you ten times stronger. You really need to think carefully before you speak."

World Bubble Seele's tough expression froze instantly, letting Seele knead and flatten her face, neither wanting to resist nor being able to resist...

Yun Fuyu huddled silently in the corner, lost in thought. So this was the legendary battleground? Unfortunately, Seele's level seemed far superior to World Bubble Seele's; she directly positioned herself as the "sole rightful owner," crushing the other Seele with unparalleled dominance…

Wait, why did I say "what a pity"? I'm not the kind of person who gets excited when I see girls fighting!

~

Unable to stand the incessant chatter, Hei hope stood up, banged on the table, and said decisively, "Now that we understand the situation of this world, let's talk about the 'Shadow of Darkness'! Xi'er, Yun Fuyu, what do you know?"

Seele released the world bubble from Seele's face, secretly marveling at how soft and tender her cheeks felt. Faced with Black Seele's question, she thought carefully before answering:

"First of all, it's almost certain that Ah Yun and I are connected to the Shadow of Darkness."

There was no escaping this fact, and even Yun Fuyu himself was aware of it. Although Su believed that Yun Fuyu might lose consciousness after realizing the truth, Xi'er had more faith in the bond between them.

—It's not the kind of idealistic bond found in anime, but rather the vows they made and the many nightmarish cycles they went through together.

After thinking it through, Seele wanted to find a way to save him rather than fearing the disastrous consequences of his "awakening." Simply waiting for things to end wouldn't get her the result she wanted.

Seele: "But I must make one point clear: although it may seem that our power can eliminate the influence of the Dark Shadow, this is actually a world of difference from 'eliminating' it."

Last time it wasn't very obvious, but this time Seele carefully observed the process of repairing the etheric singularity. During this process, they actually proceeded in two steps—

First, manipulate the rules using existing rules. Second, integrate the modified rules into the Ethereal Singularity.

[Example: Gold said: The Honkai will destroy everything here.]

The clever manipulation of the clouds and rain at the time created a loop in the rules, leading to "the destruction of the Honkai." While it couldn't completely eliminate the Honkai, it caused most of the power of the "destined" rules to be used for "internal friction."

For example, Gold said: I will destroy everything that does not suit my taste.

In other words: If it doesn't suit my wishes, it will be destroyed.

Yun Fuyu then directly presented a negative proposition, changing it to "I will not destroy anything that pleases me."

In other words: If it suits my wishes, it will not be destroyed.

It directly dissolved the danger, transforming the destructive force into a protective one.

Clearly, this is not about "eliminating the influence of the Shadow of Darkness," but rather about using administrator-like privileges to "forcefully modify the logic."

Although there is no apparent difference, it does highlight one thing: their abilities are far weaker than those of the Shadows of Darkness.

Seele said meaningfully, "Even the End couldn't rewrite the rules of the world so recklessly, could it? This power is either no weaker than the End or even more violent than the End. It's definitely not something humans can handle."

Think about it, how many people in this world can bear the power of the end?

Only Kevin and Kiana. (Kevin only possessed the power of the Cocoon of the End through the Stigmata Space, and even then, it wasn't at its full power.)

What if it's the power of a more powerful (or more chaotic) dark shadow?

You cannot be like the clouds that bring rain. Please do not come into contact with such things.

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Just as the two were exchanging glances, Hei hope looked at Mei and asked, "Do you have any intelligence here?"

Mei almost picked up a watermelon and started eating it. Hei hope's sudden interruption made her speak more seriously: "The information I can provide is limited. On one hand, there's the information Dr. Einstein detected from outside the World Bubble; on the other hand, there's the research data I've collected on this World Bubble over the past few years."

The purple-haired girl with glasses rubbed her temples in annoyance: "But unfortunately, I realized that this world is a bubble world a bit too late. My research data is already data from the world after the influence of the Shadow of Darkness, so its reference value is limited."

Mebius, standing to the side, spat out the watermelon seeds, put down the watermelon in his hand, wiped his mouth, and said, "Alright, since Mebius is willing to part with it, I actually have a lot of research data on the World Bubble here, and it has been recorded regularly for ten years. You can take it if you want."

...Ten years ago?

Mebius really pulled off a big move. After all, she's a veteran of the Firemoth team. Although she's often grounded and has her budget cut, over time she's accumulated quite a few good resources.

But what Yunfuyu is most curious about is—

"By the way, Dr. Möbius, how old are you exactly this year?"

Legend has it that Möbius started working at the research institute at the age of fourteen, but when did she have her own research institute? When did she join the Fire Moth? How many years did she stay with the Fire Moth?

Anyway, it's not like it's Möbius from his own world, so Yun is taking off.

Mebius gave him a cold glance: "If you can't speak, then shut up. Nobody thinks you're mute."

Hiss, it's so cold.

Well, this isn't Mebius from her own world, so she sees Yun Fuyu as a boring stranger, and it's already quite polite of her not to secretly poison him.

Xier also poked Yun Fuyu's waist hard, her angry eyes seeming to say: What do you want to do by asking other women's ages?

Yun Fuyu's face fell: "I'm sorry, I was just a little curious. Aren't you curious too?"

Seele thought for a moment, then blinked: Oh right, we don't even know Aunt Mebius's age.

Yun Fuyu pouted: Aren't you even more outrageous than me?

I'm not talking anymore.

Mei asked Hei hope, "What are you going to do with this data? Will I help you organize and study it, or will you take it with you to study it?"

Hei hope thought for a moment and said, "Let's take a two-pronged approach. After all, no one is omniscient, and everyone's research focus will definitely be different. I'll leave a mark in this world, and after three months in this world, I'll come back again."

Although it's a bit troublesome, the doctors from the previous civilization are indeed shining stars, and their help might bring some surprises.

To be honest, Black Seele's essence is a Stigmata that has come to life, and this Stigmata is the Stigmata of the Herrscher of Death from the previous civilization. Dr. Mei modified this Stigmata and left it to the future (Manga: Azure Sea Arc).

From this perspective, Hei hope should still call Mei... cough, never mind, we're all equal beautiful girls, the wings of this story!

The most troublesome point is that travelers from around the world shouldn't have too deep a connection with the world bubble. However, the current situation is special, so an exception will be made this time.

With Möbius contributing a large amount of data on the world bubble, this discussion can now be concluded satisfactorily, and everyone can go home.

But just as this thought flashed through Seele's mind, the space of the world bubble suddenly trembled, and then a heavy mech appeared in front of everyone as if it had been born out of thin air.

The blue and white mecha disintegrated automatically, revealing a cute girl with a silver spiral ponytail. Her gaze was fixed on Seele, completely ignoring everyone else, and she stormed forward angrily!

For some reason, Seele suddenly felt flustered (had she been caught cheating?). She looked left and right as if searching for something, and gave Yun Fuyu a pitiful look, but he just sighed helplessly...

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Seele was left to endure Bronya's storm-like... embrace all by herself?

The former Ural Silver Wolf, now the Herrscher of Truth, but ultimately, she was a girl named Bronya who was redeemed by Seele. She hugged Seele tightly, saying with a mixture of anger and worry, "Seele, thank goodness you're alright..."

Seele instinctively hugged Bronya: "Yes, Bronya, Seele is always safe."

———Sisters' Reunion Divider———

Bronya gave Yun Fuyu a cold glance, then smiled at Seele and said, "I only found out what happened recently from Kiana. Seele, if you encounter any difficulties, try telling us. Everyone will help you."

Seele's voice was low: "I'm sorry, Bronya..."

She looked up and stared directly at Bronya, her tone firm: "But this is a very strange story, one that only Seele knows about and is involved in. Seele wants to try to solve it on her own, instead of relying on everyone's help every time."

Bronya suddenly flicked Seele's fair forehead, causing the girl to clutch her forehead and cry out in pain.

The silver-haired girl said irritably, "Seele! Now is not the time to be stubborn! As a fan of Houmu, don't you have any sense of caution about me naming myself 'Shadow of Darkness'?!"

That's the big boss of season nineteen! A Cthulhu-style evil boss who can be considered a supreme evil god!

Seele looked aggrieved: "What Houm? Seele doesn't remember..."

...Well, she really doesn't remember. Even her current conversation with Bronya is mostly an instinctive reaction, something she says without thinking, without even knowing what she's saying.

Bronya looked as if she had been betrayed; her already pale face turned even paler. "Seele! That's Houm! How could you forget that?"

Hei hope covered her face, wanting to cry: How could this teammate be so unreliable? If this weren't her older sister, she would have given this guy a good whack with a scythe!

Thinking this, she couldn't help but cast a murderous glare at Yun Fuyu.

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I could tolerate it once or twice, out of respect for the Blue Ocean group and "Please, Another Me"! But what does it mean to make me take the blame for everything now? This is the fifth time today!

Believe it or not... I'll keep enduring!

Forget it, they're all stronger than Yun Fuyu right now, he really can't afford to mess with them. Besides, without understanding the whole story, he can't really be tough.

So, wouldn't feeling "frustrated" be considered a kind of stimulation? Could we help him awaken some abilities, or like Su suggested, make him "awaken"?

Yun Fuyu's mind suddenly went blank.

—Tch, why control his mind? At that time, he had only temporarily lost the ability to control his body, but his consciousness could still peek.

The consciousness protection from the Origin Land is highly praised by those who have used it!