Collapse: The World I Live In

"...I didn't expect...that you are the only ones who came...even Yi didn't come..." Alicia said as she looked at the five people in front of her. She had found a way to unite humanity again.

"As for Yi, he is on his way here. He happened to be on a mission... Does he have to do this? Ai Li..." Eden looked at Ai Lishia with heartache.

"Eden..." Alicia looked at Eden with a smile. There were not many words between the two, but Eden also understood Alicia's determination. "Okay, from now on, let them be with you as [Alisa]~" Alicia showed several fairy Alis behind her.

"Senior... is this really necessary?" Mashu couldn't help but feel distressed when looking at the girl in front of her who saved her. This shouldn't be the case. Alicia shouldn't be treated like this.

"Mashu... you have grown up to be really beautiful~" Alicia looked at Mashu kindly, "I am very, very happy about this. Although you are often compared with me in the Fire Moth, which may cause you trouble, but your smile is really, really beautiful. So, even if I am not around in the future, you must keep moving forward!"

"Okay, okay, everyone, stop looking so sad and smile more~" Alicia said to everyone in the heavy mood, "Vilvi, I'm sorry... I seem to have told a big lie... I hope that the Thirteenth Herrscher's claim won't cause you too much trouble... After all, I am such a special existence~ After all, the truth may cause even greater chaos."

"Don't worry, Alicia. I will use several lies to protect your secret." Weiwei said to Alicia. At this moment, she was as serious as ever. "It is not difficult for me to deceive the world, or even deceive history. The Thirteenth Herrscher, let her be a blank page in the book... As for the Yingjie who is not present now, their absence is the best proof. Those who left refused to fight because they believed in Alicia, and those who were present came because they believed in Alicia."

"Ailisha, your love has not been betrayed. The people you trust will always trust you." Weiwei said.

Then, Alicia said goodbye to Abonya, Kevin and Eden one by one. At this moment, the door of the banquet hall was opened, and Yi stood at the door, panting.

"You should have a good talk with her..." Eden came to Yi's side and said, then went out with the others to wait for the result.

"Are you really going to do this?" Yi asked Alicia.

"Of course... this is the only way... you are the first person to know my secret... thank you for keeping the secret for me for so long..." Alicia said with a smile looking at Yi.

"Can that method be guaranteed? Alicia, you don't have to make these sacrifices. You have already given a lot to mankind... There is really no need..." Yi said while choking.

"Yi, you know, because I am a Herrscher... so maybe, I can do it." Alicia wiped away the tears from the corners of Yi's eyes and said, "But because I am a human, I can definitely do it."

"Then let me ask you another question. If one day, you can save most people by just pulling the trigger on me, what will you do, Yi?" Alicia looked at Yi and asked.

"Do you remember that Li clamored to become a hero not long ago?" Yi asked Alicia.

"Remember, what's wrong?" Alicia said.

"He's wrong in one thing. I'm not some hero...or some righteous partner..." Yi looked into Alysia's eyes and said, "So, to me, you are more important, Alysia."

"Don't say that... I'll cry~" Alicia turned around quickly so that Yi wouldn't see her face. "Remember you and Eden said before that I don't know what love is?"

"It happened so long ago..." Yi said.

"But now I understand. I love you, Eden, Mobius, and I... love humans... So for their future... I'm willing to give it a try." Alicia turned her head and looked into Yi's eyes and said firmly, "Okay, don't be so serious. From now on... Mashu will be left to you..."

"Why do I always encounter things like this... From Himeko, to Hen, and now it's you... Please don't get rid of me... things like this anymore..." Yi Qiang said while holding back his tears.

"...I'm sorry...After thinking about it, I think you're the only one who's suitable for this..." Alicia said, "Don't cry~ I'll ask them to come in...to say our final goodbyes..."

……

Everyone stood aside, and Alicia was in the center of the banquet.

"I really wish time could stop here..." Alicia said as she looked around, "But there's no play that won't end, right? So now it's time to put a perfect end to it..." As soon as she finished speaking, Alicia's face began to change. Her ponytail became loose, and her combat uniform turned into a pure white bride's.

Alicia is the most beautiful at this moment.

"If in the distant future... you meet a Herrscher like me... you must find a way to tell me... then I will be very happy!" Alicia turned around and faced everyone and said with a smile, "Because I will know that people in the future will not encounter such difficult choices as ours, because I know that the footprints we leave in the world will eventually become a light for another person to move forward one day. Tragedy is not the end, but the beginning of hope."

"Only humans would think this way, and only humans would turn such beliefs into reality." Alicia looked at everyone and asked her last question, "So at the end of the story... have I become a human?"

"Of course." This was the answer from the audience.

"Isn't this the reality before us?" Weiwei said, holding back tears.

"There are no more Herrschers here tonight," Aponia said.

"Because the one who sleeps here and is sung by future generations is the noble and proud warrior of the Fire Moth, the creator of the Fire Moth Hero..." said Eden.

"He is a reassuring senior..." said Mashu.

"She is a pitiful girl..." Yi said.

"It's the flawless person... Alicia..." Kevin said.

"Thank you." Alicia, who was on the stage, smiled and said to everyone, "Then it's time to say our final goodbyes."

"Well then... my friends... my confidants, my most important companions, Alicia's farewell must be brilliant and beautiful, so... please bid me farewell one last time..."

Then the stars began to rotate. Originally, there were countless glowing filaments gathered there. Only Aponia could see them, the so-called strings of fate, but now those strings were gradually disappearing.

It seems as if a pair of hands arranging the stars are erasing the originally predetermined future.

……

The banquet is over and everyone is preparing to leave...

The few people who had just left the banquet heard the people in the Fire Moth Combat Team celebrating for the successful defeat of the Thirteenth Herrscher. It seemed that humanity had united again because of this.

"Yi...are you okay?" Eden asked Yi who seemed a little abnormal.

“The people like Fire Moth are so ridiculous… That poor girl, in order to save humanity, tried her best to suppress her emotions, just for these people… Why is this world so cruel…” Yi turned around and looked at them, his eyes flowing with blood instead of tears, “I probably understand Qianjie’s feelings now… Can I kill those people?… I probably can’t feel anything now…”

"Hey, don't listen to that! Don't let Alicia down!" Weiwei said, "Things have come to this point. We can't let Alicia's sacrifice go to waste."

"There's no point in doing this... They are all human beings... They are the force against Honkai..." Kevin also said with his head down, and his clenched fists showed how uncomfortable he was.

"Really... Is it meaningless..." Yi turned around and left like a puppet, and Eden hurriedly followed Yi.

The remaining few people could only remain silent...

Alicia is betting on the future, not the present...