Honkai Impact 3rd: I picked up a Seele at the start of the game.

Chapter 139 The Key to Stasis

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The first part is the story in progress, and the second part is the real Alicia's memories.

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"After joining the 'Flying Flowers' (Fire Moth) organization, the girl quickly gained everyone's recognition through her strength and beauty~"

While repairing the Fifth Divine Key - the Key of Stagnation: All Things Hibernate, and listening to Alicia read a story, Velvi yawned and couldn't help but complain:

“Alice, I know you. Hen talked about your past when he was drunk back then. You were a little girl with a 'clearly childish face, a bit timid in doing things, and afraid to speak loudly'! You were nothing like the girl in your story.”

The little fairy revealed her fairy feet and was caught red-handed by Velvet.

Alicia looked embarrassed for a moment, her face flushing slightly: "Don't say that! It's just a story, and a beautiful fairy tale at that! What's wrong with the protagonist being a little perfect?"

Vervi smiled slightly: "Alright, alright, you're right. I was being too attached to appearances."

Alicia smiled and said, "You're so good to me! To reward you, let's start the story with you!"

Velvi immediately shook her head: "Damn! After you joined the Fire Moth, the first person you slept with was clearly Möbius, why did you write about me first!"

(This adopts the argument that Velvet was captured by Alicia and taken to the Flame Chaser during the period between the Second and Third Herrschers. Therefore, Velvet knows most of Alicia's story.)

Alicia: "It's just a story, isn't it normal to have some minor changes?"

"Adaptation is not making things up, and fiction is not talking nonsense."

Alicia exclaimed in shock, "Such a resounding statement! Velvi, this story belongs to you!"

"Don't make up excuses!"

—So, after the tragedy of the Twelfth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Corruption, when Velvet felt suffocated because the Honkai Fission Bomb she created was controlled by the Herrscher and poured onto the world, Alicia's unreasonable behavior did indeed make Velvet feel a little more at ease.

"..."

"So, shall we begin the story with 'Sunset Street' (Dusk Street)?"

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"As time passed, the girl grew up and became more and more beautiful. She accepted a mission from the Flying Flower Organization to investigate the whereabouts of a dangerous individual in Twilight Street."

"So, who exactly is this dangerous individual? Turns out, she's a beautiful girl named Wei Tuwei~"

Vervi couldn't help but complain, "What the hell is Vervi?!"

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it~ How about this, we'll just call her 'Weiwei' for short~"

"Isn't this even worse?!"

Ignoring Virvi's complaints, Alicia continued reading:

"Vivi's public identity is that of a magician who temporarily resides on Twilight Street. She frequently hosts magic shows, and the venues are always packed."

"But in private, Vivi is an incredibly terrifying genius! She transforms her creativity into a grand magician, her skillful hands into a mechanical expert, and her pursuit of life into a master chef of a hundred flavors..."

"Because the world was frequently in turmoil at that time, Vivi believed that a terrorist organization was launching operations with impunity and had set its sights on an organization called the Moth of Fire."

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At that time, Velvet actually managed to hack into the Firemoth's database using her skills, and based on the surface mission intelligence, she really regarded the Firemoth as a terrorist organization and opposed it in every way.

So, Alicia was ordered to capture Velvi. Starting from Twilight Street, she searched for Velvi's whereabouts along the way, played more than one game of "hide-and-seek" with her, and finally successfully infiltrated Velvi's secret base and captured her.

"Pink Agent Girl," that's no exaggeration!

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After hearing this shameful, embarrassing, and unbearable story, expert Wilvi covered her forehead and sighed: "Looking back now, I was so stupid. I wasted so much time just to play hide-and-seek with you."

Alicia cupped her face and laughed: "In the end, you still joined the Firemoth on my recommendation! I told you, a girl as beautiful as Velvet could never be a bad person!~"

Velvi looked down at the large amount of engine oil stains on her brown clothes, and pursed her lips: "You talk a good game, but not a single word of it is true."

"Huh? How could you say that to me?" Alicia seemed angry. She walked up to Velvi and hugged her without any hesitation, rubbing her face against Velvi's.

"I truly love you!"

This mess ended up leaving Alicia's clean team uniform smeared with engine oil, especially on her face, which, like Velvi's, was covered in dark brown stains. It actually made her look... well, kind of cute!

Alicia grinned foolishly and took out her phone to take a picture of herself and Velvi. Both pretty girls were dirty, but the stains couldn't hide their lively and adorable charm.

Velvi gave Alicia a push, sighed again, but with a hint of a smile on her face: "Alright, alright, I can't stand you anymore. I've heard the story, I've hugged you, is there anything else?"

Alicia put away her phone and said, "I'm here to help Su find out something. Velvi, what are you planning to do by taking the Fifth Divine Key from him?"

Velvi shrugged and looked at the hibernation pod in front of her: "Look, as you can see, I'm going to modify it, turning it from a weapon of slaughter into a tool for self-preservation."

"Hmm?" Alicia asked, puzzled.

Vervi gave a sarcastic smile and said, "I've indirectly killed far too many people, so consider it an act of good karma."

Alicia comforted her, "It's not your fault. If someone kills someone with a knife, can you say the person who made the knife was wrong?"

Wilvi remained noncommittal: "Perhaps. But I just feel uneasy."

She changed the subject: "The brand new fifth divine key, the Key of Stasis - All Things Hibernate, what do you think of this name?"

The original Fifth Divine Key was the Herrscher Core of the Herrscher of Ice, ultimately forged into a weapon of slaughter, wielded by Su. But now, Velvet despises these weapons of slaughter.

She transformed the Fifth Divine Key into the core of the hibernation pod, powered by the power of Honkai, which is enough to ensure that the hibernation pod can continue to operate for 50,000 years, 100,000 years, or even longer.

This may be the last resort for people in this era—to survive.

But Alicia knew that this idea was doomed to fail.

After the end comes, if humanity fails, His great power will reverse the Earth's natural environment for 50,000 years, ushering in a new era.

The remnants of the old era cannot remain on Earth—as evidenced by the relics on the Moon.

The Fire Moths discovered relics dating back at least 250,000 years on the moon, but there is no trace of their past on Earth.

Vervi's plan was doomed to fail.

unless……

Alicia smiled and praised, "It's a very nice name! But, in my memory, you've never been this dejected before."

The great scientist, engineer, and magician, the genius Velvey who oversaw the creation of the Divine Key, even with only eight parts of her soul, each part was enough to make most scientific researchers feel ashamed.

She said calmly, "I will fight the Herrscher to the very last moment. Alicia, if possible, I hope you can use this to survive."

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Alicia turned her head away, trying hard to swallow back the urge to sob. She wanted to say something with a smile, but the feeling of tightness in her heart only intensified.

I want to live too.

But what I want even more is for everyone to survive.

She smiled faintly, her voice low as if concealing some emotion, and whispered, "Thank you, Vilvi, you're so kind to me."

"...There's nothing good or bad about it."

"But I won't do that!" she suddenly declared passionately. "I will fight the Honkai to the very last moment, just like everyone else!"

Velvi sighed, rubbing her forehead: "Alicia, don't be so hot-blooded at a time like this!"

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The mirror of memory suddenly froze, as if a stop key had frozen space.

When the mirror shattered, the girl shattered along with it, scattering into the starry sky.