Eden said with a smile, showing off her wealth without leaving a trace... Damn, is this a rich woman?
"That's not necessary... There are other people who want to come here and enjoy the fun like us. It would be bad if this caused distress to others. An occasional and short privilege is enough... Being able to be together is the greatest happiness."
Xiwang shook his head and spoke softly.
"……Too."
Eden paused for a moment, then looked at Xiwang and laughed again.
"Mmmm--Eden, don't keep your eyes on Wang for too long, or Sakura and I will be jealous!"
"Are you still afraid that I will take him away, Ellie?"
Eden laughed for a moment.
"Of course! Eden, you are so beautiful, you have a great figure, you have a gentle personality, you are a big star, and you are rich...Huh? Why do I feel that you have so many advantages, Eden?"
Alicia enumerated Eden's advantages, and finally found that she really couldn't win the competition.
"I was wondering what you guys are thinking about...isn't it bad to talk about this in front of my wife?"
"Haha~ Who made you mess with so many cute girls?"
"So this is all my problem?"
"Of course~?"
"Okay, okay, you're right... What do we want to play next?"
"I want to ride the roller coaster! And the bungee jumping machine!"
"Ring! The bungee jumping machine is too dangerous."
"Then the roller coaster!"
"Ying, have you been tricked by Ling again?"
"…This kid only knows how to be clever."
"Hey~"
Everyone gathered together, laughing, and walked into the amusement park together.
Because Eden had booked the entire venue, lunch and dinner were naturally eaten in the restaurant in the park. The meals that Sakura had originally prepared were not wasted and were shared by everyone, and everyone also praised Sakura's cooking skills.
Everyone had fun together, and because they didn't have to queue, they were able to enjoy all the attractions in the park. The only pity was that there were too many cumulus clouds in the sky in the evening, so they were unable to enjoy the beautiful sunset from the Ferris wheel, which was a pity.
At night, after playing several activities exclusive to the evening and enjoying the unique light show and fireworks show, everyone planned to rest for a night in the hotel in the park - after all, Eden has booked the big star, so why not stay?
On the way to the hotel, Grayshut and Ling walked at the front of the team, playing around Hen and Blanca. Eden and Alicia followed slowly behind them. Perhaps because of the presence of two children, Eden restrained himself and had not drunk since entering the park. He only occasionally hummed songs to follow the atmosphere. Xiwang and Ying walked at the end of the team, shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, looking at the people in front with knowing smiles.
only……
Something is missing.
Xi Wang frowned slightly, and his head began to ache unconsciously again.
【Anything missing? 】
Yes, what else is missing?
[Are you dissatisfied? Everything now]
No, I am satisfied, I like it very much, I can't be more satisfied than this, but...
【Then why are you still confused? 】
Because something is missing...
[Something is missing...ah, I see]
"What's wrong, Hope?"
Alicia, who was supposed to be walking in front, stopped at some point, stood in front of him, and asked with concern.
"Are you unhappy today?"
"No, I'm happy, I just feel like...something is missing."
Xi Wang shook his head and then expressed his doubts.
"It's like there's a taste missing in my mouth... Ah, it's not that the food today is not delicious, it's just that I simply feel like something is missing."
"Missing...what?"
Sakura beside her thought for a moment, then reached into her bag as if naturally.
"Is there something missing... I know!"
Alicia seemed to have thought of something and turned around to fumble for her bag.
"Is this it? / Is this it?" x2
They both took out a candy box from their bags at the same time and handed it to Xiwang.
Alicia spoke in her usual cheerful and affirmative tone.
Sakura, on the other hand, looked at the candy box in her hand with a slightly puzzled look, and her tone became uncertain.
"........."
Xi Wang paused.
...Is this an illusion? I feel as if the air around me is condensing, and there are more cumulus clouds in the sky, and the moonlight is gradually being obscured.
Xi Wang silently took the candy boxes from the two people's hands, took out a white star from each and put it into his mouth.
They are all familiar flavors, and the sweetness makes up for the missing part.
But, is the air getting more humid? Is it going to rain?
"...It is indeed this... Where did this candy box come from?"
Xiwang asked softly.
"Hehe~ I knew that Wang used to like eating candy~ But today he forgot, but fortunately~ Ying and I both brought some~?"
[Alicea] said so.
"Ah... um."
Sakura beside him seemed a little dazed, but still nodded in response.
“…No, that’s not right.”
Xiwang shook his head and denied it.
The cumulus clouds in the sky grew thicker, and there was even a faint sound of thunder.
"I told you I wouldn't let them touch [this thing]."
Xi Wang slowly raised his head and looked into the eyes of [Ailishia] in front of him. The golden color in his pupils shone like a star in the night, so fascinating, yet so terrifying.
tick-
Light rain drops fell from the night sky.
"Absolutely not!"
In an instant, heavy rain fell like a waterfall.
Chapter 32 He Fails to Wake Up
"Well……"
The pungent smell of disinfectant rushed into her nasal cavity, which seemed to be mixed with some other medicines. Sakura sat up with her head covered, and shook it slightly, and the slender ears on her head swayed. With the physical fitness of a fusion warrior, Sakura's vision gradually became clear, and her perception of the surroundings gradually recovered.
"here it is……"
"Sakura? You're awake~"
Alicia's surprised voice came from beside him, and almost the next moment he felt her breath coming to his side.
"How was it? Did you sleep well? Are you awake now? Can you see the cute me clearly?"
"...I'm fine, Alicia...what's going on now?"
"...The Eighth Herrscher raided the base. Its special power caused too many people to fall into dreams. Although Dr. Mei and his team made drugs to resist mental attacks, many people still fell asleep."
Alicia said softly.
"Sakura, you were like that before, but luckily, you're awake now."
"Really... It was... a dream..."
As if she hadn't fully recovered yet, Sakura muttered to herself in a trance.
So, marrying Wang before...was it all my dream?
"…By the way, where are Ling and Wang? How are they doing?"
Although still a little dazed, Sakura quickly came to her senses, quickly grabbed Alicia's arm and asked.
"Don't worry, Ling, she's safe. She's just looking for him..."
Alicia opened her mouth, but finally turned sideways, revealing Wang lying behind her, and Desdobia who was further away.
Unlike the others who had fallen into deep sleep, most of the others were in their own sweet dreams with peaceful expressions, smiles on their lips, and perhaps even some ambiguous mumblings. However, Xi Wang had his brows tightly furrowed and his body twitching slightly. It was obvious that he was not having a sweet dream. He even had inexplicable wounds appearing on his body from time to time, and they appeared very strangely, as if the wounds were caused by his body itself.
As for Desdobia, her situation was even worse than Xiwang's.
The terrible situation made Ying subconsciously move closer to Xiwang. She gently held his hand, trying to comfort him who was still in the nightmare.
"He and Desdobia were pushed into a nightmare by the Eighth Herrscher."
Mei's voice came from the side. She slightly pinched her brows, which were becoming more and more furrowed due to long hours of work. Mei brought a group of researchers to stand beside Sakura, and then briefly explained the current situation to Sakura.
When the Fire Moths discovered that the base had been invaded by the Herrscher, they immediately sounded the alarm and tried to gather combat troops. However, the unique mental abilities of the Eighth Herrscher were too difficult to prevent, and it was even harder to defend against intentional targeting and sneak attacks. Soon, most of the people in the base fell into a dream. If targeted drugs had not been distributed in time, the entire base might have been paralyzed.
When no one was falling into a coma anymore, Dr. Mei and others began to study how to wake people up, and for this purpose they urgently developed a batch of drugs for trial. The first to use them were Ying, Xiwang and Desdobia. All three of them were fusion warriors, and even if there were problems with the drugs, they could recover with their strong physical fitness.
But now, after the injection of the drug, only Ying woke up. Xiwang and Daisy Dobia did not wake up either. Even their originally peaceful sleeping faces became hideous and painful.
"Ying, can you tell me how you woke up? This may help us research drugs."
Mei asked Ying, she urgently needed to know the situation in the [Dream] and try her best to ensure that the two fusion warriors would not be targeted and killed by the [Hersher]... As the precious fighting force of the Fire Moth, they must not die like this.
"…I'm sorry, I'm not sure either."
Ying recalled everything in her dream, but her memory of the dream had become vague at this moment. She opened her mouth, but in the end she could only shake her head in disappointment and said with a hint of apology.
"I just realized that I was [dreaming] and then woke up."
"So... was that a sweet dream you were having? At least it was a sweet dream in your opinion."
"Yes."
"…It's the same as what others said."
Mei frowned, but didn't doubt it.
Although it is very difficult to wake up on your own after falling into the dream of the Herrscher, it is only "very difficult". It's not that no one has woken up, but that the number of people is really very small... Mei naturally asked those people, and the answers she got were the same. After they realized that they were dreaming, they woke up naturally, and the dreams they had before were all "sweet dreams" without exception.
Coupled with the happy expressions on their faces when they were sleeping, Mei speculated that everyone was having a [sweet dream], and when people completely sank into the [sweet dream], they would naturally die... This is the killer move of the [Eighth Herrscher].
After all, reality is so cruel, and everything in dreams is so beautiful. Ordinary people will follow the instinct of [pursuing beauty] and choose dreams, and then fall into the trap of the [Eighth Herrscher]. In addition, the overly realistic [dream] will make it difficult for people in it to realize that they are [dreaming]. Therefore, once they are caught, it is difficult to wake up, and they can basically be sentenced to death.
But now... looking at the painful expressions on Wang and Destobia's faces, Mei felt that they still underestimated the [Eighth Herrscher].
Mei believes that each of the fusion warriors has the ability to escape from the dream. In fact, Xiwang and Desdobia had both shown signs of "waking up" before, Desdobia a little later, and Xiwang showed the same sign at the same time as Ying. But in the end only Ying woke up, while the other two fell into nightmares and even had physical problems.
That's why Mei came to ask Sakura about her specific situation, but the answer she got in the end was of little help... Now it seems that the Eighth Herrscher is deliberately targeting the fusion warriors, and Sakura has avoided the targeting of the Herrscher either because of luck or for some other reason.
"... Let's temporarily stop researching drugs that can wake people up. Others can't withstand the targeting of the Herrscher. What about the exploration of the Dream Realm?"
Mei rubbed her head tiredly, sorted out her thoughts, and then spoke.
"Observer No. 24 has been confirmed dead, and Observer No. 25 is ready."
"Then continue. We now need to find the physical coordinates of the Herrscher and destroy him, so that we can officially end this Honkai Impact... Alicia, go to the Deep Place to find Aponia and ask her to help. I will get permission from the higher-ups. Also, contact Mebius and tell her to prepare for the fusion warrior surgery immediately. The requirement is to use the genes of Mayuri. As for the candidate... let the higher-ups find it!"
"learn."
