Honkai Impact: Travel Notes of the Tree and the Sea

The appearance of the pale figure was indeed unexpected by Tian Na.

After he and Xilin arrived here, Tian'an's enemy-seeking skill has not been turned off. At least before this figure appeared, Tian'an's search for enemies did not find any traces of monsters.

However, since a monster appeared, Tian'an would not let it rush towards Xilin and remain indifferent.

call out--

With the sound of breaking through the air, Tian's cane was stuck straight on the stone platform, and the next second the monster's attack hit the cane directly. With Tian'an's obstruction, Xilin finally had enough time to hold the sword in her hand, pull out the cane in front of her from the stone platform, and then decisively jump back to distance herself from the monster.

Coming to Tian'an's side, Tian'an took the cane and looked at the two red lights in the shadow in front of him. He thought that they should be the eyes of the monster. It was also the only way to intuitively judge the monster's location here.

Seeing that the unknown monster had not responded, Tian'an also took this opportunity to use the identification skill on it to see if he could get some information about the monster.

As the skill was activated, the monster's information soon appeared on the Tian'an system panel————

"——Clothing Store Doll——"

"It shows the purest wish of a girl in the past. Every day, the girl will use scissors to cut her dream into shape bit by bit."

"It's just that the girl's pure dream did not wait for the last cut. Her wish could not withstand the mockery of fate after all. So the girl cried her tears and buried the scissors and her unfinished dream here."

Seeing this, Tian'an took out a few lighting stones purchased at the prop shop from his backpack, and swung them hard against the surrounding stone walls, and the lighting stones were firmly embedded on it.

Later, with the help of the lighting stone, Tian'an and Xilin finally saw the true face of the monster.

A wooden doll that can be seen everywhere in various costumes. Because it stayed in a humid cave for a long time, the exposed parts of the doll have become rotten and moldy to the naked eye.

The doll is wearing a white wedding dress that is eye-catching. The chest of the wedding dress is filled with a gorgeous white flower, but one of the petals seems to have not been cut.

Although the wedding dress has become tattered along with the doll, and its original white color has become filthy, it still does not prevent those who see it from admiring its former perfection.

Tian'an and Xilin just looked at the doll wearing a wedding dress, and the doll also stood there blankly, tilting its head that was missing a piece to look at them.

Seeing that the puppet didn't respond, Tianan took a few tentative steps toward the scissors. When he was about to touch the scissors, the puppet launched an attack again.

Sure enough, the doll was just protecting the scissors instinctively. Maybe the doll gave birth to consciousness, or maybe the wedding dress gave birth to consciousness. They protect the scissors that the girl discarded back then, and wait for the day when the girl picks up the scissors again and cuts out her dreams.

It's a pity that the doll's decaying body cannot support it in accomplishing its purpose.

Tian'an just blocked in an ordinary way, and then swung a horizontal blow with his staff. One of the doll's arms was simply cut off and fell to the side.

From the broken parts, it can be seen that the wood that was originally used to make the arms has completely rotted inside, and the current body of the doll is nothing more than an empty shell. If Tenna and the others had not come here, this doll would have turned into a pile of mud.

"Human, let me do it..." Xilin's voice stopped Tian's next move.

"...After all, it is my mission." Xilin held the one-handed sword and walked towards the doll step by step.

The puppet seemed to be a little out of balance because it was missing an arm, and it kept shaking its body in an attempt to continue the attack that was destined to be futile.

Seeing this scene, Tian'an leaned on his cane again and watched Xilin approach the doll.

This isn't really a fight at all.

On the 32nd floor, this doll's level is only a pitiful level 2, and its health is only a short section, and it is constantly decreasing due to the "corruption" debuff. Xilin didn't use any skills at all. She just blocked the attack of the doll, but the body of the doll could no longer withstand such a collision.

...First the remaining left hand of the doll, then its head, and then its left leg... The doll, which had lost its balance and could no longer stand, twisted its body, trying desperately to stop Xilin's steps, and The already tattered wedding dress on the doll was completely shattered as a result, mixed with the mud on the ground, just like the girl's hope that was lifted high... and then fell down hard.

The doll was completely damaged, with pieces of rotten wood and pieces of wedding dress. Perhaps apart from the original girl, they were the only ones who remembered this unfulfilled wish.

"Humans... let's go back." Sirin already held the rusty pair of scissors in her hands, but her tone no longer had the excitement it had at the beginning.

Tian'an nodded silently, took Xilin's little hand again and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Along the way, Xilin was silent, and Tian'an didn't speak either.

He had seen the story before him. Among the countless worlds he has traveled to, such things are not uncommon. Tian'an knows and understands Xilin's mood at the moment. Although she is the Herrscher of the Sky in another world, as a girl who once had a beautiful vision for the future, there will always be a weak place in her heart.

As for Tian Na, he only "knows" and "understands", but that's all.

Long-term travel... the wear and tear of time... Tian'an has long been accustomed to all this, and the consequence of getting used to it... is numbness.

Although after coming to this world, after getting along with Kiana, Mei, Bronya... and getting along with them, Tian Na felt the waves in his heart for the first time in a long time. Later, Alicia also risked her life to help Tian Na anchored his broken "human nature", but this was only for them. Tian Na could show a side that was biased towards "human beings", and for other things, Tian Na could only express It is as indifferent as a spectator.

Returning to Grandma Karin's house again, at sunset, bursts of smoke were already coming out of the chimneys on other roofs in the village, but the small house in front of them looked a little deserted.

Xilin slowly opened the door. The door was not locked, but the owner of this house was not here. On the wooden table in the living room, there were still two bowls of rice porridge and the first time Xilin came here. Tasted pancakes.

On the table, there is a piece of paper with something written on it.

"...Xiao Xilin, the rice porridge should not be cold by the time you read this letter. After a hard trip, just eat the rice porridge and pancakes while they are hot..."

"...The first time I saw you, Xiao Xilin, I seemed to see myself in the past...but I will never have the chance to go back to the past..."

"...You should have seen it when you went to get the scissors... It almost became the most perfect work in my life, just a little bit... I left it there, maybe because I still Just think about it a little bit, why would he appear in my dream again?"

"Forget it...forget it...since it has completely lost its meaning, I don't have to wait here anymore...Xiao Xilin, there is a gift left for you under my pillow, remember to take a look look……"