The screen began to slowly darken.
Looking at the progress bar with only a little left, netizens began crazily spamming bullet comments.
[Ah? I haven't watched enough yet! It's ending already?]
[Ji Xuanyuan. My Ji Xuanyuan!]
[You writers at Mihoyo, you have no heart! Can't you give the Guardian of Shenzhou a more complete ending?!]
[Rather than this, I'm actually more curious about the relationship between Van and Ji Xuanyuan. From their dialogue, there's clearly foreshadowing!]
[Wait, don't rush, there seems to be a post-credits scene!]
———
Then the camera shifted, the screen slowly moved downward, passing through the seabed, entering the abyss-sunken body of Chiyou.
It was dim here, remnants of Honkai energy floated in the air, and the surrounding flesh walls were rapidly decaying, emitting a nauseating smell.
And in this silent ruin, a figure quietly appeared.
It was a black-haired man, wearing a tattered long robe, his expression cold and deep.
His steps were light, as if unaffected by this collapsed space.
His gaze swept around, finally landing on the broken pitch-black longsword on the ground, that was the weapon once used by Black Ji Xuanyuan.
It was the last trace she left in the world, and also a symbol of her once being the Guardian of Shenzhou.
He bent down, his slender fingers gently picked up the longsword, the blade still carried the residual warmth of Honkai energy.
His movements were gentle, as if touching a precious treasure.
"Ji Xuanyuan…" he murmured softly, with a hint of sorrow that was hard to notice in his voice, and then he disappeared.
The man slightly raised his right hand, releasing a kind of void-like power, turning the pitch-black Xuanyuan Sword into a stigma.
"Wait for me…" he said softly, his voice echoing in the vast ruin, "I will bring all of you back."
His figure was gradually swallowed by darkness, as if he never appeared.
The camera zoomed out again, Chiyou's remains completely sank to the bottom, and the surroundings returned to silence.
However, beneath this silence, an even greater storm seemed to be hiding.
———
[Mihoyo, you really know how to hide things!]
[If it were an ordinary person who saw up to that point, they might've just closed the video, fortunately, I'm not an ordinary person.]
[You are a half-person]
[Pun jokers get out of here!]
[Good news: Ji Xuanyuan seems like she doesn't have to die. Bad news: Seems like she fell into the villain's hands again.]
[Although you can't see the man's face clearly, based on his aura, he should be the final boss, right?]
[Looking forward to the next part of the plot. Mihoyo, I order you to update it quickly! Urgent urgent urgent!]
[The Urgent King is here, right?!]
[See? Urgent again!]
———
[In a certain apartment.]
After watching the video, Van and Fu Hua both fell into a short silence. The reason for the silence was simple.
Fu Hua didn't speak because she had fallen into memories. The insane appearance of Ji Xuanyuan in the video left her at a loss.
When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.
And the final outcome of fighting against Honkai, naturally, also cannot escape Honkai's erosion.
Fu Hua felt fortunate that Van had always accompanied her.
On the other side, after watching the Nine Nether Chapter, Van was also silent.
Not for any other reason, it was just too awkward.
Damn it, this Ai-chan really wants him dead.
This damn cabbage head actually even exposed something like that, then what he was about to do next clearly couldn't escape either.
Thinking that his crazy plan from back then might be publicly revealed someday in the future...
Van could already imagine what kind of storm it would stir up in this world.
'So, still the same question: should I escape to the moon, or to Venus?'
'Or maybe, just run away to the Star Rail?'
———
The next day, Van still got up early and went to school like usual.
Don't misunderstand, only he went to school.
Although she was very reluctant, Fu Hua was still persuaded to go back by Van.
Why?
Mainly because if Fu Hua really stayed overnight, then he might be targeted by a certain powerful existence called 'Audit'.
As for whether it would be dangerous for a girl like Fu Hua to go home alone at night, Van wasn't worried at all.
'What a joke. As the former Guardian Deity of Shenzhou, our boss... No...'
Rather than worrying that Fu Hua might encounter a pervert late at night, it was better to worry whether the pervert would get their skull cracked open with internal force and end up half-paralyzed by our Immortal Fu.
After arriving at the school gate, Van didn't swagger into the campus like before, but carefully observed from the entrance.
After all, the commotion yesterday when leaving school with Fu Hua was still fresh in memory. Van definitely didn't want to be bagged and thrown into the river the moment he stepped into the school.
Or perhaps get attacked in some corner with scissors or kitchen knives or something.
Fortunately, there was no big issue, the 'Forget' curse on him was still in effect.
Some students did remember that Fu Hua left school with a male classmate, but they didn't remember that boy's name or face.
This let Van sigh in relief and enter his class. He thought the classroom would be empty, but he found someone had arrived before him.
However, after seeing who it was, Van was completely stunned.
Because, that person was none other than Ji Xuanyuan.
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