Xi Wang looked at the base that was right in front of him, swung the sword in his hand, and created a white water blade like waves, violently cutting through the base's outer defenses, forcibly breaking through one wall after another, and rushing towards the familiar breath.
In the end, all that could be seen was Sakura lying in the metal rubble.
"Hope...you're here..."
After smelling the familiar damp scent and the sweet smell with a slight scent of lilies that would not dissipate, Sakura's long ears trembled slightly, and then she raised her head, smiled, and spoke softly.
The traces of the collapse erosion... have already spread to her neck.
"I'm sorry... your gift... was accidentally broken by Ling..."
Sakura lowered her eyes slightly to look at the familiar and cherished cherry blossom pendant in her palm… the color on it had become dull and the shell was destroyed, revealing the electronic components inside that were no longer usable.
"It's okay... just change it."
Xi Wang held her in his arms with a panicked look. The azure water kept disappearing and reappearing. Finally, Xi Wang simply bit his wrist and let the dark blue liquid flow out. He applied it to the part of Ying that had been eroded, and tried to let Ying drink it, praying that this way he could save her life, or at least... at least delay the erosion of the collapse.
But... this method doesn't work.
Xiwang's alienated [blood] is converted into special "nutrients" to nourish the Honkai Beast genes, further stimulating the fusion warrior's physical recovery ability to achieve the "healing" effect. Its essence can even be said to be "Honkai Beast restores itself by absorbing Honkai energy", and Sakura's current condition is not suitable for absorbing this kind of "nutrients".
Because the Honkai that erodes her can also obtain this kind of "nutrients".
So Xiwang immediately stopped this behavior, hugged her helplessly, and kept looking for anything he could do to help her. He sought the "ocean", hoping that the "ocean" would accept her and give some of its power to Ying, so that she could at least recover by "eating" herself.
But no, the Ocean will not accept children who do not belong to the Ocean.
"...Thank you, but...this will do, Hope."
Sakura could feel her body becoming increasingly weak, and could also sense that the speed at which the collapse was eroding her body had slightly increased, but Sakura still smiled and thanked Xiwang.
She was quite happy...really.
When Ling left, when Ling died, when Ling became the Herrscher... Xi Wang became another person she cared about.
Being able to see him before we part, seeing him rushing to me regardless of everything, seeing him panicking for me...haha, these are all very rare to see.
"Be at ease... look..."
Sakura said softly.
"I stayed with Ling until the last moment... She is not alone... She is still my sister, and still... the child you like."
"I kept my pride as a sister...right?"
"Ah."
Xi Wang responded softly.
"...Wang, can I ask you for a favor?"
Ying blinked and spoke softly, trying to attract Xiwang's attention.
"I want to go home...with Ling...let's go home together."
"it is good."
Xiwang agreed.
"Under the cherry tree...have a good sleep."
"it is good."
"I want to eat Sakura dumplings..."
"it is good."
"Ha ha……"
Ying smiled happily, she knew that he must like her, just as she liked him... It was a pity that due to various reasons, they were not lovers after all.
However, at this time, it’s not wrong to be a little willful, right?
Just like when we were on the Ferris wheel, a little more...willful and proactive.
Ying tried hard to move her head closer to Xiwang's face, but her already corroded body made it impossible for her to do so.
Xi Wang also subconsciously leaned down and hugged her so that she could get closer to him.
So she gently left a kiss on the corner of Xiwang's mouth, which was cool and had a hint of cherry blossoms.
"Thank you...really, thank you..."
Whether it's your care for us or your love for us.
She gently lowered her head, leaned in his arms, smiled, slowly closed her eyes, and let her breathing become weak.
"I like you the most... Hope..."
The slender ears rested softly on the back of Xiwang's neck, trembling slightly, bringing a furry touch, expressing their affection for him, and finally... drooped down weakly, never to move again.
After confirming this fact, Xi Wang felt that his entire train of thought had stagnated and fell into a blank.
"……see."
A cold breath came from behind, the temperature around him dropped rapidly, and Kevin's voice sounded simultaneously.
"You shouldn't be here."
He was just stating a fact... Xi Wang was still a "prisoner" and was still judged to be "likely to become a Herrscher at any time", and Xi Wang's forced breakthrough... would only make the Fire Moth judge him as "already corrupted by Honkai", and could even directly label him as a "Herscher".
But Xi Wang just looked back at him and ignored him. He just controlled the blue water flow and wrapped Ying's body in the water.
The surroundings began to become humid. Even the low temperature around Kevin could not stop it. More and more azure water emerged, spreading and diffusing in all directions.
Xiwang, on the other hand, took a step and walked on his own.
"........."
Kevin remained silent and did not attack in the end.
Xi Wang has not been confirmed as a Herrscher at this moment, he is still a companion.
But his distracted, dead-like look just now also made Kevin alert, worrying that he might become a Herrscher at any time.
So, you must follow him.
Xi Wang came to the place where Ling was imprisoned and saw the broken corpse... He saw many familiar wounds on it, just like the ones he had suffered.
The surroundings became more humid, as if we were in the deep sea.
Xi Wang remained silent. He just wrapped Ling's body in the blue water. Then... he summoned the "ocean current" and walked into it. He ignored Kevin at all, and Kevin could not catch up with him at all.
tick-
The rain was still falling, drizzling, with no sign of stopping.
Xiwang came to the construction site of the [Ark Project], where a large amount of resources to be placed on the "Ark" were piled up, including various plants, crops, artworks, books, and some animal embryos.
Xiwang naturally found a cherry tree sapling here, took it away directly, and then left... As for the soldiers guarding here?
Soldiers? Where were the soldiers? Xi Wang only knew that someone was trying to stop him from taking his things.
The azure water continued to surge, sweeping up all the people who came forward, and then dissolving them bit by bit, turning them into foam in the water, leaving no trace at all.
The "ocean current" was outlined in the air again, and Xi Wang stepped into it. Before leaving, it cut off and rolled away the entire kitchen area.
He returns to Sakura and Ling's hometown - Far East, which is also the place where he met her.
He found a place to stay, put down the kitchen area, controlled the water flow, and started making cherry balls... He remembered how cherry balls were made, so it wasn't difficult and he could do it quickly.
He controlled the water to bury Sakura and Ling, then cut two pieces of wall from the kitchen to serve as tombstones, and then dug a small hole in front of the grave, buried a piece of cherry sapling he brought, watered it, and then stared blankly at the sapling that quickly withered.
The Honkai energy emanating from his surroundings was still too high, and the Honkai energy had already corroded the saplings.
tick-
It's still raining.
There was only a slight sound of fluttering wings, and the rain did not fall on Xiwang's body, nor did it fall on the dead sapling.
Looking up, I found that there were several pure white wings shielding me from the rain.
The scent of lilies lingered at the tip of his nose. He turned around and found her standing behind him.
As always, she was holding a lily and surrounded by abundant, azure "water".
She stepped forward and placed the lily in Xiwang's palm, causing it to turn into a stream of azure water and flow into his body.
Xiwang did not resist.
She gently lifted Xi Wang's hands, cut his wrists, and used his alienated blood to water the dead sapling.
Then, the sapling "came to life" in a way that was visibly visible to the naked eye.
It grew rapidly, from a sapling into a towering tree, with pink flowers in full bloom. Countless petals fell with the wind and scattered all over the ground, adding beauty and...Honkai energy to the ground.
It has become a collapsed beast.
It trembled slightly, making sounds of its own, and the roots beneath it began to move, trying to move its body, but soon, the azure water penetrated the entire tree, forcibly fixing it in place.
【■■■……】
After doing all this, she whispered something in Xi Wang's ear. It sounded like a horn, or a female voice, but her language was still unknown.
Finally, her figure disappeared quietly, as if she had never existed, and only the scent of lilies remained there.
On the other side, tentacles made of water flow placed a plate of cherry balls covered with water in front of the grave.
tick-
When she left, the rain fell on Xiwang again, but Xiwang didn't care.
Lying quietly beside the grave, he closed his eyes, as if about to fall asleep.
The cherry tree that had become a Honkai beast was still imprisoned. It kept struggling, and its pink petals fell along with the rain until they covered the ground.
Xiwang ignored it and just closed his eyes, gradually letting his breathing become steady, as if he was going to fall asleep.
The trickle of water flowed down his face and gradually merged into the puddles on the ground, making it difficult to tell whether it was rain or tears.
One of the two "lines" that were constantly flowing on his body also deviated from its original trajectory at this moment, and disappeared bit by bit behind him like a petal blown by the wind.
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No, that's simply not enough.
Xi Wang opened his eyes, and only star-like golden color remained in his dilated pupils. The scarlet color originally given by the "ocean" had long since dissipated, but the predator-like breath was still there.
Obviously, Ling did nothing and was only judged as "suspected"...but in the end, she was treated like this...In the end, this led to the arrival of the Herrscher...Hehe.
Such human beings...are not worth continuing to exist, nor are they worth saving. They are not worth continuing to be tolerated or acknowledging as [human beings].
Embrace it... embrace [Honkai], and fulfill the wishes of those people, let yourself become [Herrserker], and clean them all up.
Hunt... Hunt [humans], eat them all up, let them all embrace the "ocean", dissolve in the "water", turn into foam, and become a flower in the waves.
tick-
The rain is still falling with no sign of stopping.
He stood up shakily and raised his hand. The dark strange sword not far away was brought by the water flow and fell into his palm.
Attract the "ocean current" and walk into it.
Come on, come on, the hunt begins.
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tick-
"So hot!"
The hot drink spilled from the cup made him cry out in pain, and he rubbed his burned hands while muttering to himself.
"What's going on? I feel so scared... Is something bad going to happen?"
I heard that something happened to the little girl who was imprisoned before, and all the people who were still inside died, and that little girl really turned into a Herrscher... Humph, I knew it, this "suspected Herrscher", she must be the Herrscher!
But luckily... I wasn't transferred to that class, otherwise I would have died... huh?
