Chapter 62: A Bit of Herrscher of the End's Shock Value
Ahem, another excerpt from "Honkai Impact 3rd's" Garden of Recollection.
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "No way? Even the Garden of Recollection knows Earth's coordinates? Am I the only one from Earth who doesn't?"
[Sampo]: "Lol."
[Stelle]: "Uncle Yang must be questioning whether he's really from Earth now."
"[The god gazes upon this place, and thus the sun and moon hide their forms, bowing to his hazy vision.] Is this the unique magic of those who dwell in eternal night, or merely a whim of the one seated atop the tower?"
Amidst the faint starlight, Kiana remained silent toward the approaching figure. The unknown visitor quickly apologized: "Ah, my apologies. I got distracted by beautiful memories again, Kiana Kaslana. But I hope you understand—under the moon's radiance, flickering starlight has its own charm."
"And I, for the most part, exist to preserve such starlight."
[Raiden Mei]: "Kiana? Future Kiana is so strong... Why would the Garden of Recollection record her memories?"
[Kevin]: "This presence... The Finality!?"
Kevin instinctively activated his Herrscher of Domination form, immediately treating this as a dire threat. Anti-Entropy and Schicksal tensed up as well. Even through the screen, the endless Honkai energy seemed to overflow.
[Kiana]: "The Finality? Me? Seriously?"
Kiana felt her brain short-circuiting. Why would she become the Herrscher of the End?
[Herrscher of the Void]: "This... is the presence of God... Why would God choose you? A mere vessel!"
[Kiana]: "You keep calling me a vessel! What do you even mean by that!?"
[Mobius]: "The Finality has humanity too?"
[Elysia]: "Why not? A maiden's lovely heart can accomplish anything~"
[Tesla]: "Joachim, you *** said fighting the End meant making it one of us!?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "Isn't that exactly what happened?"
[Stelle]: "Turning enemies into allies counts as victory, right?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Void Archives]: "My old friend~ I told you sealing Honkai energy on the moon was completely ineffective!"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "That still doesn't justify leading extraterrestrials to Earth."
"You haven't introduced yourself yet," Kiana said coldly, eyeing the uninvited guest before her."I am a devotee of memories, an envoy of radiance, traversing the cosmos in search of all precious [memories]. To put it in terms you're familiar with, I could simply be a photographer obsessed with capturing beauty and freezing moments in time."
"Photographers don't barge into people's dreams," Kiana remained wary."Well, that's true."
"But the three phases of time—past, present, and future—have been disrupted by an immense force. I truly gave my all just to seize this opportunity to speak with you!"
The Remembrancer sounded rather pleased with herself.* "So, would you be willing to share your memories with me? Rest assured, this isn't deception or theft. For both of us, it's more like a mutually beneficial transaction."
"I refuse."Kiana continued: "The very reason you want to take my memories is exactly why I won't give them to you."
[Otto]: "It seems Earth's coordinates will be exposed to the universe in just a few years."
[Bronya Zaychik]: "If we're all in the same universe, why don't Paths exist in our world?"
[Pardofelis]: "Yeah! Boss Kevin and Sister Elysia have such strong wills—how come none of them have embarked on a Path?"
[Dr. MEI]: "Perhaps it's related to the Honkai energy tide surrounding the solar system."
[Herta]: "That can't be the main reason. There are worlds untouched by Astral Rails that still have Paths."
[Changguang]: "In that case, the cause must be Honkai itself."
[Herta]: "'The three phases of time have been disrupted by an immense force'... Does that mean the solar system's timeline is scrambled?"
[Herta]: "How many years has it been since Honkai energy first appeared on Earth?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "From what I know, at least a billion years ago, the Cocoon of Finality descended upon the solar system, cycling through planets in repeated timelines."
Welt let out a long sigh—finally a question he could answer.
[Fu Xuan]: "That far back? Only a handful of Aeons had even been born by then, right?"
[Screwllum]: "This is the result of time being distorted by immense power."
"But this is precisely the choice one would expect from you."The Garden of Recollection's envoy nodded in understanding:"After all, through sheer will alone, you stirred waves akin to an Emanator on a fringe world barely reflected in our mirrors..."
"Which Aeon shields this place?""Or..."
"Is this a world beyond even divine gaze—one untouched by [Trailblaze] itself?"
[Kiana]: "Huh? I'm an Emanator?"
Kiana recalled the intel she'd gathered from the chat group—Annihilation Generals, Abundance Emanators... Was her future self really as strong as those people?
[Black Swan]: "And not just any Emanator. Ordinary ones couldn't achieve this level."
[Qingque]: "Now I get why your previous civilizations failed. It's like a pre-spaceflight nation trying to fight Emanators."
[Qingque]: "If Earth ever enters the cosmic stage, it'll be like those hidden masters from backwater villages—everyone expects newbies, but out comes a bunch of OP legends instead."
[March 7th]: "So the first to discover Earth wasn't us Trailblazers but Aha!?"
[Aha]: "Aha is also a Nameless~ Aha's Fool discovered Earth~"
[Aha]: "Round it up and it counts as Trailblaze's discovery!"
[Stelle]: "Wrong! Uncle Yang is from Earth. Uncle Yang discovered Earth. Uncle Yang is now a Nameless on the Astral Express. Therefore, Trailblaze discovered Earth first!"
[Silver Wolf]: "LMAO, what kind of rounding inequality math is this?"