[Whale Fall]: Xiwang leaps into the air to briefly charge, then kicks the character and summons a whale to deal large-scale, high damage (with additional damage based on the number of [Sea Eclipse] layers). After releasing [Whale Fall], the character on the field will have 8 layers of [Sea Eclipse] reduced.
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[Ocean Currents Give Me Swiftness]: Xiwang initially has 3 layers of [Ocean Currents]. When attacked, he will randomly move to a nearby area to avoid the attack (the effect is similar to the effect of the [Xier Stigmata] two-piece set). After the 3 layers of [Ocean Currents] are consumed, 20 layer will be restored every 1 seconds.
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[The Deep Sea Gives Me Life]: Xiwang chants on the spot, granting herself a Times Shield (20) while summoning a vortex that gradually expands to the entire field. The vortex causes a small amount of high-frequency freezing elemental damage, and each time it causes damage to a character, one layer of [Sea Erosion] is stacked; for every second the vortex exists, Xiwang randomly stacks one layer of [Biological Adaptability]; for every 1 seconds the vortex exists, Xiwang recovers 1% of her maximum health.
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[The Unknown Depth of the Sea]: When Xiwang's health drops to a certain value (breaking the first health bar), he becomes invincible and immediately casts [Whale Fall] once, and then summons [Killer Whale] to attack the character 1 times. If the character successfully parries 3 melee attacks at this time, the [Sea Eclipse] layers on all characters will be removed and the character's overall damage will be increased; if hit twice, the [Sea Eclipse] layers on all characters will be doubled and will not be less than 3 layers in subsequent battles, and then Xiwang enters the second stage.
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[Everything Will Return to the Ocean (Phase 2)]: Xiwang displays greater power, a stronger desire to attack, a faster attack speed, increased damage, and the greatsword's three-hit combo, [Wave Leap], and [Tide Strike] will all incur additional damage based on the number of [Sea Erosion] layers.
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[What I Once Longed For]: When the character on the field is [Ailishia], Xiwang interrupts all current actions and stops attacking, temporarily removes all skills, and switches to [Restore 2% of maximum health every 1 seconds], while giving and only giving [Ailishia] a 50% total damage increase (calculated independently), 30% total damage penetration, and 1 point of energy recovery effect per second.
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[The One I Once Loved and Chered]: When the character on the field is [Ying (Godly Armor·Don't Forget)], the damage caused by Xiwang is reduced by 70%, the desire to attack is lower, and the effect of adding damage according to the number of layers of [Sea Eclipse] in all skills is removed. At the same time, it gives and only gives [Ying (Godly Armor·Don't Forget)] a 50% increase in total damage (calculated independently), 30% total damage penetration, and an energy recovery effect of 1 point per second.
"Hey, Kevin, you can talk now."
In the cabin where everyone was gathered, [Xiao Shi (Hersher of Consciousness)] said impatiently as he watched the outside world gradually filled with seawater and finally turned into darkness.
"You went through so much trouble, executing the [Stigmata Plan] to trick us to the moon, and then finally said that there was a more important plan for us to execute together, and pulled us back... What exactly do you want to do?"
"And look at this lineup..."
Xiao Shi glanced around... Not to mention himself, there were Kiana, Mei Raiden, and Bronya as Herrschers, and then Yulandel who had awakened the Stigmata... or Bianca, and Li Sushang, Seele, and that [Feather Rabbit (Misterlin)], even Old Antique (Fu Hua) was there, and even Anti-Entropy and Destiny were on standby with the Moonlight Throne and Hyperion... What is this? What is this lineup for?
"Are you looking for trouble? Or do you want to blow up this planet? Who can beat this kind of lineup?"
"……I have no idea."
Kevin paused for a moment, but answered truthfully.
"I don't know if we have the strength to defeat him now."
"Him? Uh... huh?! Wait? You mean he's still alive? Are you kidding?!"
Although Kevin's words were incomprehensible, Xiao Shi quickly flipped through his "memories" and found the person Kevin described.
"He... Kevin, is... the... [Ying Jie] I met there, right?"
Mei Raiden thought for a moment, glanced at the deep, dark sea outside, and then asked.
"He doesn't like being called [Ying Jie]."
Kevin's answer was a bit puzzling, but it undoubtedly confirmed Raiden Mei's guess from the side, but this made Raiden Mei even more surprised.
"Mei, what are you talking about...Who is [he]?"
"You can simply think of him as the [Final Herrscher], Kiana."
Fu Hua explained for her.
"Are you talking about the Herrscher of the End? I am the same now, right? Even Kai... Kevin is..."
When facing Kevin, Kiana still didn't know how to address him... In the end, she chose to call him by his name.
"No, we are not true Herrschers of the End right now... because we have not, and cannot, embrace the Cocoon."
Kevin corrected the mistakes in Kiana's words and after a brief silence, he continued.
"The one who embraces the Cocoon now is still him. He is the Herrscher who brings about the end... As for us, we are at most thieves who steal power."
"……what?"
"And in fact, Kiana...you should know him too."
Fu Hua said.
"His existence is recorded in the records of [Destiny]... but his titles are recorded as [Herder of the Sea] and [Herder of Revelation]."
"[Herrscher of Revelation]? This title..."
"According to Bronya's records, the Herrscher of Revelation will blow the trumpet of doom, bringing the world to an end... A raging flood will submerge everything, and the entire earth will be filled with seawater and Honkai beasts, completely turning into a blue planet. Therefore, it is also called the Herrscher of the Sea..."
"……I see."
Mei Raiden now understood why Xiwang had told her in "Paradise of the Past" that "If you hear the sound of the horn, it's best to pray only six times", because... he is still alive, just sleeping in the sea.
But then another question arises...How did Xiwang in [Paradise of the Past] know?
Wait... could it be that?
"Wait a minute, Kevin."
Mei Raiden shouted out loud, with a look of disbelief at her own guess on her face.
"He... is still alive, and... he's about to wake up, right? And the him in [Paradise]... is also the him now, not the same [memories] as you, right?"
"...That's right."
Kevin nodded in affirmation.
"Although he left behind his [memories],... due to some negligence on our part in the past, he woke up once... In order to delay time and continue to accumulate strength, we had to use some... special means to connect his spirit to a specific area of the [Paradise of the Past] and use the [memories] of Alicia and Sakura to calm his emotions so that he can continue to sleep until we accumulate enough strength."
"So... [Paradise of the Past] is a lie of yours, a lie that will make him sleep peacefully... right?"
"...Yes, we must do this for the sake of humanity."
"........."
Mei Raiden opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't say anything to refute.
"Be prepared. Because of the Herrscher of Corrosion, the Paradise of the Past can no longer continue, and it is time for us to give it... some relief."
After Kevin finished speaking, there was a tremor feeling around him, and the door of the cabin opened. Kevin walked out first, following the alloy passage towards the depths.
Everyone followed Kevin to the deepest part of this deep-sea building, where they also met another [Ying Jie] and... a robot?
"People of the new generation, Herrschers, and the Lord and Miss Hua, Prometheus 17 greets you all."
The little robot girl who looked somewhat like Bronya bowed slightly to everyone, and then without caring about anything else, she immediately led everyone to the observation window and control panel.
"Ms. Wei Wei has made preparations. Of course, according to your wishes, we will still maintain the Paradise of the Past and try our best to keep him emotionally stable. This also buys us a chance."
"Once? That's enough."
Kevin glanced at Mei Raiden, nodded, and then looked at Wilvi who was concentrating on the control panel not far away.
"Virvi, it's time to start."
"Huh? Kevin, you're here~"
Wei Wei seemed to have just noticed everyone at this moment, and spoke with a slightly exaggerated expression of surprise.
"Let me see... Yeah, as expected, Mei is in there too. So this should be our first meeting, right? Oh, I'm sorry, I don't have time to prepare a grand opening performance for you this time... What a pity."
"Hello... Miss Velvet."
Mei Raiden nodded, and then said with a strange look on her face.
"As for the performance... let's not do that for now."
"Virvi, it's ready."
"Don't be so boring, Kevin. I haven't explained to these lovely [audiences] how we managed to [arrange all this]~"
Weiwei spoke quickly as she operated the panel.
"It's like that sentence... Oh, before the final [ending], there always needs to be [narration] to supplement some [settings] and [background], right?"
"that's not important."
"Yes, yes, yes~ I know you're a [plot skipper], but there's still time for a brief explanation~ Or are you worried that he'll give up early and wake up early?"
"We can't go through that again."
Kevin just said so.
"...That's true."
Weiwei was silent for a while, then nodded in acknowledgment, but then returned to her original brisk attitude that made people feel a little strange.
"But~ there are still corresponding explanations~ After all, it is our seniors' job to help our lovely juniors fill in the gaps in [history]~"
Then Wei Liwei quickly recounted what these surviving [heroes] had done, or rather, what she mainly did, and in the meantime solved some [historical] doubts.
The first problem is naturally [he woke up early once]... Because of the [Yingjie]'s quick operation to restore civilization, he woke up early. Although civilization finally survived the world-destroying flood by "destroying all equipment that was not in line with the progress of civilization" and "using the paradise of the past to soothe his spirit", it still caused civilization to suffer a heavy blow... Fortunately, Wei Wei finally helped a little guy named "Noah" to build an "Ark", otherwise the civilization of this new era would have been directly destroyed.
And from that time on, Weiwei had to keep monitoring [him] in the deep sea for a long time and maintain the stability of [Paradise of the Past] as much as possible... at most, she could go out and build some "ruins" in the middle to accelerate the development of civilization to a limited extent.
Of course, Velvet did not do nothing in this process. Relying on Prometheus and her own research, she successfully found the Cocoon through him, and gradually guided the new generation of Herrscher through him. In other words, everything about Honkai Impact 3rd in the new era was under her control.
Of course, after [he] wakes up... the situation will be hard to say. After all, [he] is an obstacle that everyone cannot avoid.
"So we're going to deal with him next?"
Xiaozhi said so.
"Can't we just take him out in one go while he's still asleep?"
"The [sea water] won't allow it, and..."
Vivi began to explain.
"As the [Final Ruler] who is closely connected to the [ocean] and [water], if he cannot instantly wipe out [all the water] on this planet... then it will be difficult to kill him."
"So what we have to do... is to make him give up the power of [End] and then take it away. This way we will have a chance to defeat him head-on."
"Kiana, Kevin, whoever finally obtains the power of [End] will be fine, but only in this way can we have a chance of winning."
"As for the [Stigmata Plan] that Kevin is implementing... first, it allows all ordinary people to temporarily leave this [planet] to avoid being affected by the battle, and second... if we fail, humans can continue to survive."
Weiwei opened a hatch, and a thin curtain of light isolated the deep sea water outside.
"And next, we need you, who has inherited the power of Alicia... Miss Raiden Mei, to negotiate with him. After all, you are the most suitable person here."
"Hey, hey, what can't I do? I'm the great Herrscher of Knowledge!"
"You can try~"
"Just try it!"
"Wait! Little recognition!"
Before Fu Hua could stop him, Xiao Shi had already activated his power, and then...
【Xiaozhi: Born by my 】
Fortunately, Xiao Shi was worthy of being the great Ruler of Consciousness. He recovered after being in a trance for a while, and then spoke with some lingering fear and a distorted expression.
"I (expletive)...where on earth did all these memories come from..."
"Like I said before, the [Sea] won't allow it, so... we can only ask him to take the initiative to accept us."
Velvet looked at Raiden Mei.
"And Miss Raiden Mei is the most suitable and only candidate here."
"…You arranged all this?"
"Of course not. I just played a guiding role. After all, I don't know who will inherit Alicia's power in the end. Besides... you have an aura that is very similar to Sakura, which is enough for him to accept you."
Velvet put a ring device on Mei Raiden's neck, and then put her thumb and index finger together slightly to show that she really only did [a little] work.
"Next, please~"
Weiwei pointed to the dark deep sea outside the light curtain.
"If possible... please thank him for us. Even though he may not accept it,... everything we have achieved so far is done with his tacit consent. Please thank him for his efforts for me... for us."
Velvet said this softly before Mei Raiden left.
