After he left, the Domination Theater fell into complete silence.

It was not until a long time later that a barely perceptible girl’s voice came from somewhere.

[Backdoor program is starting.]

[LOG COMPLETED.]

[Honkai Will Individual 18362 confirmed to be erased.]

[Records are being uploaded… Upload aborted… Data is being overwritten…]

[Data modification completed, virtual data disguise completed.]

[Prometheus 17 successfully intercepted the Honkai Will cluster data upload.]

[Permissions changed, entering hibernation.]

The shadow of a girl with light grey double-spiral hair quietly appeared in the theater. She floated on the wreckage-strewn ground, talking to herself.

……

In the silent and lightless sky, the girl fell like a shooting star.

The flames are extinguished, but darkness remains.

Kiana, who has lost her ability to move, is falling at high speed. The violent wind is whistling in her ears, and the faint light covered by dark clouds is no longer bright.

The girl closed her eyes and waited quietly for her death.

“Don’t worry, I’m here.”

The extinguished flame rekindled its warm light.

335 Time Chasing Gravel

The rich ink was dyed into the quiet night, and covered the winding mountain path together with the snow. The towering coniferous forests stood gloomily on both sides of the forest, watching the petite figure climbing alone.

This is East Siberia, a deserted place. The girl is carrying a heavy package, and the only thing that accompanies her is a series of footprints behind her.

In order to find her missing stupid dad, Kiana embarks on her first journey of search.

“She doesn’t know which way to go, nor does she know what she will encounter, or even where Siegfried is, but…”

puff.

The young Kiana slipped and was buried in the thick snow, sliding back down the hill to her previous position. Her cheeks were scratched red by the cold snow, her thin arms ached, and her backpack was getting heavier and heavier.

The girl just stood up firmly, brushed off the snow on her head with both hands, looked up at the starry sky, and stretched out her tender hands, because she knew.

“No matter how far the distance is, as long as you set out on the journey, you will reach your destination one day.”

……

She climbed over the mountains of Siberia, crossed the chaotic bay, made new friends in Changkong City, and finally stayed on the campus of St. Freya.

Mei, Bronya, Himeko, Auntie…

“Is this the end of the journey?”

The girl stood on the edge of the mountain she had climbed with great difficulty, with an endless cliff below her. The starry sky above her head was twinkling, and she seemed to hear the calls of her companions.

But Kiana slowly lowered her open palm, turned around, and crushed the short-lived memory between her fingertips.

She closed her eyes and fell towards the cliff with her back. As her body continued to fall, the starry sky became increasingly distant and the darkness became increasingly thicker.

“The awakening of the Herrscher of the Sky completely shattered the illusion of peace and threw Kiana back into the eerie forest. After witnessing the rampage of the Herrscher and losing her teacher, she no longer has the courage she had at the beginning.”

……

Above Tianqiong City.

The falling figure passed through the thick dark clouds, and only the whistling evening wind passed by her ears. She was like a drowning person falling into the deep sea, sinking deeper and deeper.

She was thrown into this city that never sleeps, full of lights and debauchery, with the sins of tens of millions of people weighing on her petite shoulders, causing her to fall faster and faster.

There were no stars in the Sky City, only flashing neon lights. However, even with all the lights on, there was no place for the girl.

“Faced with the constant self-blame in her heart, she felt panic and fear, and even wanted to end her life.”

“She’s starting to get homesick.”

“But the moment Kiana embarked on her journey, she could no longer turn back. The footprints she left in Siberia had long been wiped out by the wind and snow. The girl could only continue along the winding road full of thorns.”

She closed her eyes tightly, waiting to fall into the endless abyss, just like a dim meteor streaking across the sky until it was completely wiped out by the air, leaving no trace.

Suddenly.

The girl’s falling figure suddenly stopped, and a hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back from the edge of the abyss.

He was a gray-haired boy holding a candle in his hand. Although he was also in the darkness, he was willing to share his light with Kiana.

The light was not bright, but for the girl at that moment, it was enough to dispel all darkness.

“When the neon lights of the city flicker, there is no place for a girl.”

“Amidst the dimming lights of thousands of houses, there is a single lamp that burns all night long.”

“No matter how dark the world is, this light will always be there for you. If you get tired, you can always come back.”

……

“The girl remembered Su Jue’s words, packed her bags, and started a new journey.”

“But this journey is a separation for both of us. The girl who regained her courage continued to move forward, while Su Jue, who passed on the candlelight, stayed in the darkness.”

They are like the two sides of light and shadow, the light becomes brighter and the shadow becomes farther away.

Kiana’s journey is the dream of saving the world and the responsibility of redeeming herself, while Su Jue’s goal is just to survive in this increasingly collapsing world.

After all, the thousands of people made of puppets cannot touch the burning flames. Their only use is to act as fuel when the flames need to burn.

With this thought in mind, Su Jue looked at Kiana who was getting farther and farther away. He covered his eyes, forcing himself not to look at the light emanating from the girl.

“The road ahead was extremely rough, and the girl could only try her best to maintain the flame in her hand. She recalled the boy’s company and mustered up the courage to move forward.”

“But when she turned around, she found that her companion who had been walking beside her was nowhere to be seen. She stopped and returned to the original sky again.”

……

It’s like fate’s favor.

Su Jue’s plan was accidentally interrupted by Otto’s temptation, forcing him to re-formulate his plan. The temporary illusion plan was not comprehensive and even left considerable flaws.

The Ruler of Law can weave a perfect plan, but cannot weave his own heart. A small accident allows Kiana to meet Su Jue again.

“In the snowstorm, the tired girl found a cabin in the woods. The warm firelight shone through the glass outside. The girl walked to the door and knocked on the wooden door of the cabin.”

“The one who opened the door was a familiar boy.”

“The time of stay slows down the pace of travelers, allowing them to rest for a while, without having to rush. They can put down their heavy bags, sit around the warm stove, drink a glass of warm water, and look back at the scenery along the way.”

The time in the illusion was still, leaving the two with ample time. The only problem was that the boy seemed to have mistaken her for an illusion.

He told the girl many things he had never said, just like an animal taking off its cold and hard shell.

They cried in front of the burning hut, they cuddled in the narrow culvert in the dark, and they quarreled in the high tower in the blizzard.

Until time reached its limit, everything came to an end, and the world collapsed and withered, the girl leaned close to the boy’s ear and playfully revealed her identity.

“They made a pact.”

“No matter how far the distance is, as long as you set out on the journey, you will reach your destination one day.”

……

The shattered illusion failed to retain the stranded time, and the girl set out on her journey again.

The brief separation was only the starting point of this journey, and she firmly believed that sooner or later they would reach the end where they would meet again.

She stood on the bank of the long river of time and picked up the grain of sand forgotten in the corner.

“I’m back.”

“I’m here.”

“The girl pushed open the wooden door of the hut, and the boy sitting by the stove inside handed her the hot tea that he had prepared long ago.”

……

“Don’t worry, I’m here.”

The girl falling from the sky above the coral island slowly opened her eyes, and the boy’s appearance was reflected in her blue eyes.

“Ah.”

She stretched out her hand and clasped Su Jue’s palm tightly.

336 Time Gravel Chasing Light

“Hold on tight!” Su Jue, who returned from the imaginary space at the last moment, tightly grasped the girl’s hand. Under the influence of the inertia of falling, the two figures were getting closer and closer like a tightly intertwined spiral.

Finally, at the last second before falling to the ground, Su Jue held the girl tightly in his arms.

The moment his chest was touched, a gray light suddenly burst out from Su Jue’s heart. Invisible ripples instantly swept across the island that was pulled off the ground by the Ice Ruler, turning all colors into the eternal gray of the old time.

boom.

Su Jue adjusted his posture and positioned himself as the target, placing himself under Kiana and falling to the ground with a loud bang.

However, the ground is not the solid reinforced concrete of a coral island, nor is it the solid ice of the sea, but the thick snow of Berlin.

As the two fell, the pine trees beside the snow were startled and shook off the snow. The white snowflakes were blown up several meters high, and then buried the two figures in the snow.

The dark sky was dyed light gray by dark clouds, the coral city with tall buildings turned into quaint wooden houses with curling smoke, and even the cracked ground turned into a country road paved with black bricks.

This is not a coral island, but the city of Berlin.

Because the time crystal is unstable, Su Jue has never been able to get close to Kiana.

Not only is the girl’s memory resonating with the time crystal, being too close will increase the girl’s mental burden, but more importantly, once the time crystal gets out of control, the entire city will be dragged into the cracks in time and space and become part of the past.

But for the Coral Island today, being destroyed by the Ice Meteor, and even dragged into the air, millions of civilians have no chance of survival, and the tsunami caused is enough to destroy all the surrounding islands.

Saving the world is no easy task, and Su Jue doesn’t mind helping Kiana if she can’t do it.

The only way to save everyone is to drag this area, along with the Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, into the past.

In fact, Su Jue’s conscious decision to let the time crystal go out of control was not a sudden impulse, but something he had thought about when Otto decided to cause the collapse.

Kiana is only one step away from fully mastering the Fire Flame, and [Time Chaser] requires a more stable energy source. The only thing that can meet both of these requirements is the Honkai Will, which is rooted in the Honkai.

The main body is very fragile, and once it is used, it is very likely to perish. But since Su Jue decided to prepare this gift for Kiana, he was ready to take the risk.

Fortunately, he succeeded.

The effect of the time crystal did not exceed Su Jue’s calculations. He accurately converged it to the entire coral island and excluded the gathered civilians. Moreover, this was not an illusion. There was no human consciousness in the core of reason and law. It was just an empty city.

This is the best battlefield and also a haven for rest in the rifts of time and space.

“Well.”

Su Jue, who had endured all of Kiana’s attacks, was buried in a meter-deep snow. He felt an extremely sore back. Ice and snow covered his vision, and there was only darkness in front of him.

He wanted to struggle to get up, but the faint warm breath in his arms made him feel a little helpless. Just as he moved, he felt a pair of hands holding him tightly.

In the dim and silent snow, there was only the sound of two beating hearts.

“Kiana…” He sighed slightly and could only let the girl hold him. Fortunately, as both of them were Herrs, they didn’t have to worry about breathing problems.

The stagnant time and space gave the two of them enough time to be intimate. Su Jue lay flat on the snow, just as he had just entered the illusion.

Warm tears flowed down the girl’s cheeks to Su Jue’s side face and slid into the snow. But this time they were not tears of sadness, but joy after a long separation.

“You’re back.”

“I never left.”

……

An unknown amount of time had passed, and even the Meteoric Lawrence in the sky began to lose patience and wantonly destroy the city of Berlin. Only then did Su Jue and Kiana quietly get up from the snow and walk to a wooden house in the blind spot of the Meteoric Lawrence’s vision.

Kiana pushed open the wooden door of the cabin. Firewood was crackling in the warm fireplace inside. Kiana stood on tiptoe and gently shook off the snow on Su Jue’s collar, while Su Jue carefully wiped the dust off the girl’s cheeks.

“You remember?”