Honkai Impact: I will save everything alone

Chapter 88: The Ancient Battlefield of the Stars

[You took Project Bunny and began your journey of exploration in the quantum sea]

[This is truly an unfathomable abyss. No matter which direction you go, it seems to have no end.]

[After coming here in person, you begin to understand why Kevin Kaslana, the most powerful being in the previous civilization, was trapped here for 1,500 years and unable to return to the original world.]

[If you didn't have a fake Cosmic Juggernaut in your hand that could record coordinates and return to the intrinsic world at any time, I'm afraid the Quantum Ocean would be a place of no return for you.]

[Although you saw the starry sky before entering, after actually entering, you found that it is not so easy to find a world bubble in this empty world.]

[——Just like the stars you see in the night sky in reality, but in reality, the distance between each star, and the distance between them and you, are extremely far away.]

[In the first few hours, relying on the ability to backtrack to correct the direction and keep trying, you did successfully observe and reach several world bubbles through the Cosmic Juggernaut, but they were all desolate without exception, and there seemed to be no living things. Even the existence of the world bubble itself was precarious as if it would be annihilated at any time.]

[While drifting in the sea, you and Project Bunny are welcomed by the "local residents." Fortunately, these quantum shadows are not difficult to deal with.]

"...sigh."

Kirataka left another world bubble.

This world is a ruin with nothing in it. Not to mention any clues about Seele, not even a moving thing has been seen.

However, this is probably the situation that you will often encounter in the quantum sea. It is rare to encounter living creatures.

"Anyway, keep looking for the next world to go clubbing in."

He patiently set out on his journey to find the next world bubble.

After what happened in the [Seed of Sumeru], Su taught him a lot of common sense about the Quantum Sea.

For example, the existence of different types of world bubbles.

Although these fragmented worlds floating in the unfathomable "ocean" of the quantum sea are all named "world bubbles," the differences between them are still quite huge.

Some world bubbles are extremely small, and the total amount of Honkai energy may be less than the Honkai energy that can be released by the core of the First Herrscher;

As for some world bubbles, even if a perfect Herrscher uses all its strength, it will take a considerable amount of time to eliminate and destroy them.

In short, we cannot ignore the crisis contained in it just because it is only the afterimage of the world. Some existences in the world bubble are not inferior to the original world, and may really endanger our own safety.

Although there are differences between them, world bubbles can basically be distinguished as "artificial" and "naturally born."

The world bubble where Durandal experienced adventure, the three trial world bubbles created by Welt Yang, the [Candy House] of the alien race Sugar, and the [Seed of Sumeru] created by Su using the Cosmic Juggernaut are all artificially created world bubbles for various purposes.

The total amount of Honkai energy contained in this type of artificial world bubble is generally not large. After all, many of them are created by one's own efforts.

Moreover, they are highly functional and are usually created for a certain plan or purpose.

But the world bubbles that are born naturally... are all kinds of strange.

Some of these naturally created world bubbles are incomplete echoes of the world, constantly repeating a fixed story;

Some have created their own civilization and history in the quantum ocean over a long period of time. Of course, it is hard to say how long they can survive.

——This "ocean" that is like an abyss is constantly trying to dissolve and swallow everything in it.

Whether it is the world bubble or the life that comes here.

Kirataka could feel that his body was gradually becoming weaker due to the influence of the quantum sea. Although it was very slow, it was indeed happening.

Unless one has a special physique, such as a talent like Seele, or is as strong as Kevin who can survive thousands of years of erosion without dying, ordinary people cannot stay here for too long.

Kirataka continued to cruise aimlessly in the quantum sea with Project Bunny. At first, this talkative mecha would chat with him, but after a few hours, it simply remained dormant and automatically followed him forward.

At this moment, Kirataka seemed to feel something.

"...Um?"

Through the induction of the Cosmic Juggernaut, he discovered another world bubble nearby.

However, this world bubble looks quite special.

"This world is..."

Kirataka quickly arrived near this world bubble, looked at this not-so-big world bubble, and then looked at the data fed back by the Cosmic Juggernaut.

The properties of this world bubble seem to be almost the same as Su's Seed of Sumeru.

In other words, it was created based on the power of the Second Divine Key, or the Herrscher of the Void.

But it is obvious that this world of chaos was not created by Su, who has been executing the VALUKA Plan in the Seed of Sumeru. At least, it was not the one in his world.

There are quite a lot of parallel worlds on the tree of imaginary numbers. This world bubble might have been created by people from other parallel worlds who came to the quantum sea.

With this idea in mind, Kirataka planned to go in and find out what was going on.

After Kirataka skillfully used the Cosmic Juggernaut to open the passage leading to this world bubble, he also entered it.

This place is not big, and you can see the end of the world at a glance. Everywhere you look, there are swamps emitting deep and dark miasma.

It was very similar to the interior space of the Seed of Sumeru that he had entered in the Thames River, but here there was only an atmosphere of deathly silence.

Ahead is the center of the swamp, in which stands a huge dead tree, all its branches and leaves have long since fallen off.

"...Even the space inside is so similar to the Seed of Sumeru."

Kirataka stepped into this small world bubble and looked at the environment here.

Apart from the giant tree in the center, the rest of the area was in ruins, with obvious traces of battle remaining.

This is an ancient battlefield.

It seemed as if someone had fought a fierce battle here before, and it was quite large in scale.

Even Kirataka, a latecomer, could still vaguely feel the remaining marks here when he stood on the scorched earth after the war.

The huge amount of mental power that remained seemed to allow him to glimpse the echo of that battle. Indistinctly, he seemed to be able to see the scene of a huge blood-red peacock fighting with four other powerful opponents.

The battles that took place here were probably at a level that he was unable to engage in at his current level.

What exactly happened that caused several powerful beings to fight to the death here?

Kirataka was very curious about this.

Although curious, that is probably another person's story and has nothing to do with him.

That aside, this does look like a nice place.

The scale of this world bubble is quite small and difficult to detect. It is a good choice whether it is to avoid the quantum shadows in the quantum sea

At the same time, a structure similar to that of the Seed of Sumeru also ensures its stability and it will not be destroyed by the quantum sea in a short time.

He likes this place very much.

Kirataka tentatively recorded the coordinates of this world bubble within the Cosmic Juggernaut as a backup.

If he doesn't find any other suitable world bubbles later, he would like to use this place as his retreat in the quantum sea.

Well... even though the traces of battle left here are quite old, he should still be careful about the possibility that those who fought here may return here.

After Kirataka patrolled this world bubble and confirmed that there were no clues here, he left again.

When he was about to move on, the long-lost voice of Project Bunny rang in his ears:

"Master Kirataka, I can sense Seele's presence nearby!"

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