Chapter 68: Bodhi: Su
[ Genshin Impact - Jean: Everyone, hurry up and think of the answer. After all, once the time is up, a random person will be selected. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Otto: Rita, you're on the list. It seems your culinary skills have been recognized by the Ranking Livestream Room as well, though given your talent, it's only natural. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Rita: Thank you for the praise, Lord Otto! ]
Although Otto was no longer the Overseer of Schicksal, he remained the face of the organization. After all, in this era, if not for Otto, humanity would have fractured from within long ago.
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Firefly: Ranking Livestream Room, I want to answer! ]
"Very well, Honkai: Star Rail's Firefly, please provide your answer."
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Firefly: I choose C. ]
"Congratulations to Honkai: Star Rail's Firefly for the correct answer."
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Firefly: That's great! ]
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At this moment, Firefly, who was lying in a medical cabin, showed a look of joy and excitement upon seeing her correct answer, but her expression soon dimmed again.
"I wonder if the Ranking Livestream Room can cure my illness." Although Firefly desperately desired a cure, the rewards from the room were random, so she didn't know if it would actually treat her.
"Don't worry, the Ranking Livestream Room should give you a reward based on your situation," Xuan Yong said lazily as he sat beside her.
"But Lord Xuan Yong, if you help me change my fate, won't it violate your Path?" Firefly asked curiously, looking at Xuan Yong.
"Isn't a changed fate still fate?" Xuan Yong said indifferently.
Though Firefly was curious about Xuan Yong's nonchalant personality, getting the reward was the most important thing right now, so she turned her gaze back to the livestream.
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"Congratulations to Honkai: Star Rail's Firefly for obtaining one Great Rejuvenation Pill."
"Great Rejuvenation Pill: Can cure any disease."
[ Genshin Impact - Collei: Cure… a Great Rejuvenation Pill that cures any disease? ]
[ Genshin Impact - Dunyarzad: I… I want one too! ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Firefly: This is wonderful! I can finally treat my Entropy Loss Syndrome. I finally don't have to lie in a medical cabin anymore. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Kallen (Resurrected): Entropy Loss Syndrome? What's that? A disease you get from losing to Anti-Entropy? ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Herta: Entropy Loss Syndrome? I've heard a bit about it. It's a condition where the patient's physical structure falls into an irreversible, chronic dissociation. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Dottore: Oh? There's such an interesting syndrome? It sounds quite similar to Eleazar. If only I could study it. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Mobius: Such a disease exists? Now I want to study it too. ]
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After receiving the Great Rejuvenation Pill, Firefly endured her physical pain and swallowed it. Upon consumption, a comfortable sensation flowed through her entire body, causing her to let out a soft moan.
"It's great, I'm finally cured! I can finally go eat something!" After a short while, Firefly was able to stand up. she clenched her fists and spoke with excitement.
"Take this. There's plenty of money inside!" Xuan Yong casually tossed a card to Firefly and then vanished from the room.
"By the way, if you encounter danger, just shout 'Help me, Mr. Xuan Yong.' Perhaps I will come to help you." At that moment, Xuan Yong's slightly teasing voice echoed in the air.
Hearing this, Firefly's lips couldn't help but twitch. After all, shouting those words would be a bit embarrassing.
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"Alright, since the Q&A has ended, it's time to begin the next ranking."
"Our next subject is also one of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers. He is—Bodhi, Su!"
"The ranking will begin in half an hour. Let us prepare first."
When the people in the livestream room saw that the ranking would start in half an hour, they returned to their work. After all, there were many ordinary people across the three worlds who still had to make a living.
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"The time has come. Let us begin the ranking."
"Su was one of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers of the anti-Honkai organization, MOTH, in the First Previous Era. Ranked VII, his Signet is Bodhi. He was a Pioneer who executed Project Valuka and Project Stigma."
"When the Third Honkai Impact broke out, Su's close friend, Kevin, disappeared. For five years, Su dedicated himself to fighting the Honkai sickness and searching for a cure. The children who believed in Su and the Director who provided him much help were eventually eroded by Honkai and died, further strengthening Su's resolve to fight it."
"After the Director's death, the hospital abolished the department for treating Honkai sickness, and Su was moved to another department. However, Su did not give up his battle against the disease and continued to study cases every day."
"Before his death, the Director entrusted Su to a friend working at MOTH—the Doctor. After his death, MOTH became the only organization capable of admitting patients with Honkai sickness. Whenever MOTH sent people to collect patients, Su would have the Doctor look at his Honkai resistance serum formulas to continuously improve them."
"When the Honkai descended again after five years, Su increased the dosage of his serum to save a girl infected by Honkai, successfully delaying the spread of the Honkai within her. Unfortunately, the girl eventually died. Su, however, survived by using a serum made from a small amount of antibodies produced by a thousand deceased patients, including the Director. He then joined MOTH and became the Dr. Mei's student."
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[ Honkai: Star Rail - Asta: No matter how many times I see it, the disasters brought by the Honkai are still shocking. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Sangonomiya Kokomi: Indeed. If the Honkai appeared on the continent of Teyvat, I'm afraid we wouldn't last even a few days. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Theresa: That's why the Honkai is such a massive chasm. ]
Although they knew from previous rankings that the world of Honkai Impact 3rd would eventually defeat the Honkai, seeing its destructive power still left the people of the three worlds with lingering fears.
[ Genshin Impact - Ningguang: Actually, I've always been curious about how the Honkai is generated and why it wants to destroy the world. ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Xuan Yong: This is everything one must face when moving forward. When a civilization becomes powerful to a certain degree, it attracts the Honkai, because the Honkai is a means for the Will of the Universe to suppress the progress of civilization. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Raiden Ei: Then… was my previous approach not wrong? ]
At this moment, Raiden Ei froze upon seeing Xuan Yong's words. After all, if a civilization continuing to progress would invite the Honkai, then was her previous policy of Sakoku actually correct?
Since Raiden Makoto's resurrection, Ei had been pushed by her sister every day to learn how to make a civilization stronger, knowing that a civilization needs to progress to grow. But now she was being told that a civilization becoming powerful to a certain degree would attract the Honkai. Her heart was thrown into turmoil.
"It's alright, Ei. Don't think too much." At this time, Raiden Makoto walked over, patted Ei's shoulder, and spoke with a smile.
Ei looked back at her sister, then nodded and fell into silence.
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