Chapter 28 A Sprout and an End

Honkai calendar year 4571, AD 1870.

January 1st, New Year's Day.

China, Linshan,

early morning,

The heavily armed Hua brought a large family from Taixu Mountain to Wutong's house.

in the living room,

Guanxing is teaching Yuexia to play the guqin. She is wearing a gorgeous red skirt with gold silk crouching embroidered on it. She looks very festive.

Lin and the others were still busy in the kitchen, preparing for the evening meal.

Uncharacteristically, Xiaoshi, Danzhu and others got up early. They did not play games or make any noise. These lively girls were drinking tea or fruit wine and looked very worried. Even the melons on the table were Didn't even touch the snacks.

An hour ago, they received an unexpected piece of news: Antarctica suddenly experienced a large amount of Honkai energy reaction. Its value was very close to Herrscher's level, and it was still increasing rapidly.

The Herrscher may have arrived early.

According to their original estimates, the Herrscher of Reason should be born between 1950 and 1955 AD.

Abnormal and unplanned events can always cause people anxiety and uneasiness.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano stopped.

Guan Xing sighed and said melancholy: "It's a big holiday, don't look so lifeless, be more lively.

"Ling Shuang and Mr. Su have gone to the Antarctic region to investigate the situation. It won't be long before we know the cause of the matter. Worrying and speculating here cannot solve any problems.

"Master Danzhu, why don't you, the versatile one, perform a show?"

Danzhu waved her hand, she was not in the mood.

"Hey... what are you worried about?" Guanxing asked puzzledly, "Isn't the birth of the Herrscher a normal thing? Instead of worrying about the Herrscher's arrival, we should worry about the Herrscher's safety. Ling Shuang may... Accidentally killed the weak Herrscher."

"That's what I'm worried about!"

Xiaoshi held his cheek with both hands, leaned on the table, and said feebly: "The little white-haired monster is so perverted. If the little Herrscher is too weak, he can't even withstand an ordinary sword. If he is hacked to death, , what should we do?!

"I think we shouldn't have let that little monster go. You made a mistake, little Star Gazer."

"..."

"Yes." Ling echoed from the side, "Most of the people who can become Herrschers are very pitiful people... Herrschers should be redeemed. It's such a pity to die."

These two Herrschers have a great sense of belonging. They were a bit miserable when they first became Herrschers.

"Yes, yes! I should have been allowed to go in the first place!" Su Chang, who was already tall and graceful, took over the conversation, "I, the Taixu Sword God, can definitely..."

"What can you do? That's all you can do?!"

Before Su Shang could finish speaking, Qin Suyi pushed her down on the table. The mother-in-law was about to spank her daughter, but Xiao Yun stopped her.

"If you're celebrating the New Year, don't spank your children." Xiao Yun said lightly.

"I know..." Qin Suyi let go of her daughter very obediently. She still respected Xiao Yun very much.

In fact, Su Shang is no longer a child. Many people at her age have become grandmothers or even died.

Moreover, respect is respect, Qin Suyi still has a lot of confusion in her heart.

Why can’t we spank our children during the Chinese New Year? How did this custom get passed down? No, is this really a custom?

Also, don’t we advocate science?

The rescued Su Chang was very grateful to Xiao Yun. She took the initiative to kowtow to Grand Master Xiao Yun and received a very generous red envelope.

It's quite shameless. At such an old age, you still receive red envelopes.

In fact, Qin Suyi, a mother-in-law, is even more shameless, because her daughter can only hold the red envelopes for one day, and she will give them all to her tomorrow. She will help Sushang "save" them, which is called her daughter's dowry.

Yes, Su Shang's life was quite miserable. Since she had always lived and lived with her mother, she had not yet achieved financial freedom and independence, and her monthly salary had to be given to Qin Suyi.

Not only that, Su Shang's monthly pocket money was not much, so if she wanted to buy something valuable, she had to negotiate with her mother in a sweet and coquettish way.

Qin Suyi's intention of doing this is obvious. She just wants her daughter to take the initiative to find a wife or get married. She does not want her daughter to be single all her life like most people in heaven.

But things went against expectations. Even so, Su Shang never had a girlfriend or boyfriend.

Because this girl knows how to hide private money.

"..."

Guan Xing was silent for a while and said: "I think it is better to let Ling Shuang go. Insurance is better than an accident. Don't worry, Ling Shuang is not a person who doesn't know the rules. Moreover, with Dr. Su and Hei Yuan Bai Hua here, the Herrscher It should be impossible to die.”

"Ha, I hope so." Xiaoshi chuckled.

"..."

"Master, why do you think the lawyer came early?" Yuexia's voice was soft, and she handed the master a glass of bitter melon juice.

Yuexia prefers to drink sweet and sour tomato juice. It would be better if she could add some honey and blood.

"Why else? It must be man-made." Guanxing said confidently, "It's either the World Snake, or it's destiny. Tomorrow I will send someone to inform them that the annual interest rate on their arrears will be increased by 0.01% starting from this year. Overdue payments will They raised the mortgage interest rate by 1%. They are really a bunch of bastards who are looking for trouble for us during this special holiday."

"Hua Wei?" Hua Wei looked sideways.

"Yes." Guanxing nodded and guessed, "This Herrscher was most likely created by Otto Apocalypse."

"No way?! I think Otto is quite honest! Could it be him?" Danzhu scratched his head.

She had met Otto several times, and in Danzhu's impression, this archbishop of destiny was a very simple and honest guy, full of a sense of justice.

"No, Master Danzhu, honesty is just the appearance of the archbishop. He is definitely not an honest person." Su Mei's tone was very sure.

at this time,

Antarctic region,

Otto, surrounded by Kevin, Su, Cheng Lingshuang, and Kallen, raised his hands to show that he was not hostile. In front of his feet were Void Manzo and a golden Herrscher Core of Reason.

"Don't get excited, everyone, please don't take action. As you can see, I have handed over all the weapons and have no power to restrain the chicken. Although I have successfully become the Herrscher of Reason, I am still a friend of mankind. The enemy of collapse." Otto looked very calm.

"But, how can we believe your words? Mr. Otto." Su was still so polite.

"You can take away the void Manzo and my core." Otto said with a smile. He looked very kind. "If you are still worried, you can tie me up with Judas, seal or even remove the Honkai energy in my body. All is OK.”

Su nodded, took away the God Key and the Herrscher Core, and then motioned to Kallen to tie Otto up.

Although Su was very polite and friendly to most people, this did not prevent him from using the most cautious principles when facing a Herrscher.

"Why do you want to become a Herrscher?" Kevin asked coldly, making others feel as if they were colder than the Antarctic.

Otto smiled and said: "This is the best choice for human beings, isn't it? I am different from other people, and the Herrscher of Reason is also different from other Herrschers.

"If I become the Herrscher of Reason, I can fully cooperate with any experiment without reservation, and obtain the most precious experimental data for mankind.

“This will not only increase the probability of defeating Honkai, but also increase the probability of saving future Herrschers.

"From today until the arrival of the next Herrscher, these more than a hundred years are the most precious time I have fought for for mankind.

"And, I have the confidence to face Honkai and suppress Herrscher's consciousness."

"No, you don't understand what Honkai Impact is at all, and there are fundamental differences between Herrschers and Mimetic Herrschers." Kevin said coldly, "You're overconfident, Otto."

"You underestimated me, snake." At this time, Otto was already tied tightly by Kallen.

"I have never underestimated you, but you think too highly of yourself."

"Well, maybe you're right, but it doesn't matter anymore."

Otto calmly said: "Here, I have a proposal. How about our three organizations, Heavenly Court, World Snake, and Destiny, jointly establish a laboratory for the purpose of mutual benefit and win-win results?

Gu: "Tianting is responsible for contributing talents and technology, World Snake and Tianming are responsible for funding, I am responsible for being researched, and the results of the research are shared, how about it?"

"World Snake only provides 10% of the capital, but we can also provide talents and technology." Kevin said.

"No, no, no, your skills are all available in Heaven. World Snake must provide at least 50% of the supplies." How could Otto be deceived by his idiot ancestor?

"impossible……"

"Oh, are you two mentally retarded?!" Cheng Lingshuang sneered and interrupted, "What's the use of your agreement? Have you asked Heavenly Court for its opinion? These days, anyone with a similar brain capacity as Kallen can be The leader?"

"..."

Otto suggested: "How about? Let's go to heaven now?"

Kevin nodded. He had originally planned to find any reason to go to Linshan. Today was a good day and he could have some sumptuous meals there.

It's better now, he doesn't even have to find a reason.

Su happened to be there too, so it was convenient for him to be on his way.

…

The red moon in the sky was completely swallowed up.

The world fell into darkness.

The final song has already been played.

Wutong held a lantern in his hand and stood on the roof, quietly waiting for the final outcome.

The lantern in his hand seemed to be the only source of light in the world.

Now, his hair and eyes were black, a black that was darker than this world, a black that was not filled with any other color.

Wutong felt very calm in his heart. What should come will always come. Whether the ending of this world is good or bad is no longer important to him, because even if it is "important", it cannot change the bad ending that has been determined.

He had done everything he needed to do and thought everything he needed to think. The worst he could do was start over from scratch. It was not like he had never failed before.

Failure is not scary, giving up is scary.

In the body of little Chi You, there used to be a world of nothingness, which was the failure of Wutong in the past. If it still failed this time, it would just be another failed collection.

Standing next to Wutong were Ying, Eden and Zhanyan. They were not in the mood to communicate, so except for the sound of "decline", the surroundings were extremely silent.

Shao Yan,

Mebius is back.

"All the 'Indus' are dead." Snake inserted himself between Sakura and Eden.

"I know." Wutong is fully aware of everything he carries.

"Are you sure?" Finally, he spoke rarely.

"Do you have one?" Wutong asked.

Finally shook his head.

"Whether you can succeed depends on your strength." Wutong smiled.

"..."

He had already prepared everything he needed to do, including the price he had to pay - one person's "soul", hundreds of thousands of years of memory, and as many as sixteen digits of "undead".

However, Wutong still lacks one of the most important things, and that is strength.

The reason for making countless preparations is that, in the final analysis, the strength is not enough.

Manpower is exhausted and beyond our capabilities.

Strength is the hardest thing to obtain. There is no shortcut except hard work and suffering a heavy price.

However, even if you practice hard, you cannot gain power endlessly. Otherwise, Kevin or Sakura and others would have been invincible long ago, and they might be able to chop down the tree of imaginary numbers with one sword.

Humans are the race that can endure the most hardships.

But there is an upper limit to human power.

This so-called upper limit is despair.

After a while,

"You should know that my original surname is 'Wu'."

Wutong said with a smile: "In my eyes, the surname 'Wu' is very special, just one '一' short of it can lead to success.

“It’s a pity that no matter how much I want to move from ‘nothing’ to ‘one’, I am always missing such a ‘one’.

"This seems to be my fate. It has been determined for a long time. Even if I change my name, it will be useless, but I just refuse to obey my fate."

"When did this happen? Why are you saying these things are useless?" Sakura frowned.

She found Wutong's words particularly "depressing".

Human beings are very complicated and contradictory creatures, and they always have different opinions and loves.

People who don't care in their hearts always like to tease "fate" with their mouths; while people who care a little in their hearts always avoid talking about the topic of "fate".

"Okay, okay, let's talk about something else." Wutong said with a smile, "Actually, 'One' and I are quite destined. The First Divine Key is the weapon that has been with me the longest, and the First The Herrscher and the Herrscher of the End are also the two Herrschers I value most."

Finally, she glanced sideways slightly. She felt that she should be happy when she heard such words. Well...she was happy.

Wutong continued: "They are the most special existences among the extraordinary Herrschers, and they respectively represent the playing and ending of the 'Song of the End Times'."

The First Herrscher is not necessarily the first Herrscher, but the first Herrscher discovered by humans.

The rank of the Herrscher is given by humans.

Wutong said: "Actually, I have always believed that the gods have given way to mankind. If He arranged the Herrscher of Reason to the 13th place, mankind would have no chance of defeating the end.

“The Lawyer of Reason is a [cheating device] given to humans by the gods.

“Unfortunately, even so, this ‘game’ arranged by the gods is too difficult for humans.

“In the past, we were not sure. We were so bad that we could not beat the final boss even with a [cheat device] in hand.

“The price of failure is to usher in a relatively simple game.

"And a hidden, harder version of the game."

The "final boss" believed that she should not be happy at this time, Wutong didn't seem to be praising her.

Well... I'm not happy after all.

No one knew whether she was happy or not, her face was expressionless.

"Have you lost your feelings again?" Sakura suddenly asked.

"No, but... more or less, it was affected by the memory of the past."

"Isn't it just a little bit?!" Sakura questioned.

"The time is coming, my friend." Eden said calmly.

She helped Wutong change the topic, but it entered another more annoying "topic".

"..."

"Final Song" is coming to an end, and the world has completely collapsed.