The Awakening of Fuxi and Nuwa

Amidst the burst of laughter, everyone looked at Fu Hua in unison, and she smiled lightly and put her fingers to her mouth.

A genuine smile appeared on the usually serene immortal's face, like the first time the sun shone on ice that had been sealed for ages. The warm sunlight bathed her.

As Fu Hua watched the video from the game, she felt a wave of warmth wash over her heart. This comforting feeling helped to ease her worries about the future and lifted some of the burdens she carried. She no longer felt as anxious about the Honkai, and her concerns about the Herrschers were less overwhelming.

The heavy weight of fifty thousand years had lightened a bit more. She hadn't expected that she, in another world, would make such a surprising choice.

"Huh? Everyone... why are you looking at me like that?" Fu Hua asked, tilting her head slightly, her finger still resting on her lips just above her smile.

She was happy, genuinely happy.

Even in the game, she had felt the weight of her duty to fight the Honkai.

It was both comforting and a bit tiring to see that part of herself reflected in the game's story. But the ending of the game had given her a sense of peace.

—There couldn't be a better ending, she thought.

"Because, I suddenly think you, Squad leader, look pretty good when you smile."

Kiana's eyes lit up, a hint of joy appearing in her blue eyes. She reached out to touch Fu Hua's hand, but was swatted away by the Herrscher of Sentience.

"It's true," the Herrscher of Sentience added with a touch of smugness, clasping her hands behind her back. "Old antique never smiles. You should do it more often. It's good for you."

"Yeah, yeah, come to think of it, I've never seen you smile before, Hua. When was the last time you smiled?" Elysia asked, a playful expression on her face as she took hold of Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Sentience's hands.

"Smiling more makes you look younger, right? Isn't that right, Eden?" she added, looking over at Eden with a mischievous smile.

Eden nodded gently, holding a glass of red wine and swirling it elegantly. "Yes, my Ellie. I've also heard that red wine can have that effect. Would you like to try some?"

She offered the glass to Elysia, the wine inside catching the light and looking tempting. It was a bit sweet, and Eden thought Elysia might enjoy it.

"Oh my, this is embarrassing, Eden. I don't like to touch alcohol...now Although the feeling of seeing three Edens after drinking is also great, I still don't need it? ♪ "

After a moment of hesitation, Elysia declined Eden's offer.

Elysia turned to Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Sentience with a teasing smile. "So, you two must have a lot to talk about. The old Hua was always so honest and wouldn't tell me anything~."

She glanced over at the old Hua, who stood a little apart from the group, with a sad expression, as if she felt wronged by the lack of secrets shared.

"...Although I don't know what to say, but after thinking about it, I wouldn't say it in front of you. Are you sure you don't just want to watch the fun?"

The Herrscher of Sentience stared at Elysia for a while, and combined with her memories, quickly figured out what the other party was up to.

But, what she wanted was for the old antique to coax her herself, without anyone else's guidance.

Elysia? Although few people could refuse her, the great Lady Herrscher of Sentience was definitely one of them.

"Really? What a pity," Elysia's beautiful eyes rolled, she smiled and squinted, not discouraged at all.

Turning her attention to Fu Hua, she added, "Fu Hua, don't forget about the old Hua just because you have little Senti. She feels lonely too and needs your company~."

"Huh?" Fu Hua responded, looking at Elysia with a blank expression.

"Huh what? If little Senti is still young, then isn't the Hua here also young? Sigh, it's also like the state of you before you found your goal,"

Elysia said reproachfully, with a hint of blame in her eyes, but deeper down, there was a playful glint. "After seeing your legends and deeds, Hua has been in a daze, unable to believe that she could do those things. Don't you want to talk to her?"

"Hmm? ♪ " Elysia smiled gently, pulled the other Hua over, and then walked a little further away, carefully comparing the three people.

Hmm~, three Fu Huas, you can try three sets of clothes at the same time, you can also perfectly compare, perfect!

This time, Elysia, who was not being threatened with a knife, was a little excited, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the three people with the same face.

Three Huas have gathered, only two short of five Fu Huas together, Luo Mo calculated carefully in his heart, his eyes glanced back and forth between them, and she nodded secretly.

...

"Hua—" A sigh echoed in the darkness. The man sitting on the throne rubbed the uneven surface of his palm, his eyes flickering before settling into stillness.

He pondered many things, then gently let them go.

"So be it... It's good this way."

Hua had integrated well into this era and would have a brand new life.

Kevin offered his most sincere wishes to his former comrade.

"My lord, the Herrscher of Ice and the Herrscher of Sentience have appeared in St. Freya one after another, suspected to be... controllable."

Grey Serpent interrupted his thoughts, reporting his findings from this period.

Kevin snapped back to reality; his blue eyes fixed coldly on Grey Serpent. "The Herrscher of Sentience... is she the same as the one in the game?" he asked.

"Exactly the same," Grey Serpent replied respectfully. "Even her attire hasn't changed, and her relationship with Miss Hua is identical."

He continued, "The Herrscher of Ice seems to be awakening; there are signs. As for Chen Tianwu... there's still no movement recently. Should World Serpent intervene?"

Kevin paused before responding. "Yes, I understand," he said, without indicating whether or not to take action.

His gaze drifted to the empty space beside him, where the "Cosmic Juggernaut" Locomotive rested, and he became lost in thought.

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With the soft background music, the short film slides towards the end, concluding this journey.

But in an unknown place, there are still some small easter eggs, serving as a connection to the subsequent plot.

Against a white background, a hidden conversation takes place between two people with identical appearances.

The Herrscher of Sentience turns her back to the other, while Fu Hua turns back to try and persuade her of something.

"..."

" really weird, "

"Why did I lose?" The Herrscher of Sentience said self-deprecatingly, looking ahead, ignoring Fu Hua behind her.

"Whether it's speed or strength, spirit or willpower... I should far surpass you all. Hmph, hahaha..."

"Just because I am a Herrscher, am I destined to fail?"

The Herrscher of Sentience asked the question that troubled her the most. After much thought, this was the only reason she could think of.

Otherwise, she couldn't figure out how she could have lost.

"You've discovered it." Fu Hua said softly.

"Of course, no matter how much I try to deceive myself... when I use all my power... no, actually even earlier..."

The Herrscher of Sentience lowered her head slightly, her words filled with helplessness and sorrow.

She struggled to express something.

"I just don't want to admit it... Hehe, I am the Herrscher of Sentience, isn't it easy for me to deny anything?"

"..."

"But in the end, what I always wanted to become wasn't me, and what I always wanted to eliminate was actually myself. I mocked everyone, haha, but the biggest joke is me."

The Herrscher of Sentience laughed out loud, but her laughter was filled with sadness.

She was unwilling, dissatisfied, and couldn't believe it.

But the ending was already decided, beyond doubt.

Fu Hua comforted her softly. She knew that the other party wasn't wrong. Being born from Honkai wasn't her choice, and that body was originally discarded by her, so it rightfully belonged to the Herrscher.

It's just that... she had things she had to do, and once again took away what belonged to the other party.

But, if possible, she hoped that the Herrscher of Sentience could stay, or perhaps help her.

"...No way!" The Herrscher of Sentience shouted as if her tail had been stepped on.

"You still want me to help you? Hahahahaha, are you stupid!? I won't help you! Go to hell! Share a body? The thought of it makes me sick!"

"You won, I lost—you are the real Fu Hua, I am nothing. Goodbye!... No, never see you again! I'm leaving, and you'll never be able to—and never will be able to—stop me!"

"...Where are you going?" Fu Hua immediately asked.

"None of your business! I can go wherever I want, no one can control me. Hey, I am the 'Herrscher of Sentience'! You better pray you never meet me again."

"Thank you."

Fu Hua whispered, she didn't know what else to say, so she said nothing.

"...This wasn't for you, old antique. Do whatever you want, I have nothing to do with you anymore, goodbye!"

As the shadows fell and the light rose, Kiana helped Bronya, who had just woken up from her sleep, to welcome their class monitor.

The soft sunlight shone from behind her, and her gentle smile seemed to express her approval of Kiana and Bronya. Fu Hua once again joined the St. Freya team.

[Translation: Hurry up and beg me to stay, if you don't... what if I really leave?]

[I am angry, the kind that cannot be coaxed, and want to run away from home]

[My ship is quite big, welcome to play on my ship, when you're tired, just sleep with me.]

[Bronya: So sleeping can revive the Squad leader? Got it, I'll continue next time.]

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"Speaking of which, Fuxi and Nuwa should be waking up soon, right?"

The Herrscher of Sentience gently fanned herself with her hand, her eyes glancing around erratically, as if everything around her was interesting.

Oh no, oh no, how was this part recorded too?

Doesn't this make her look like a angry child? No, no, quickly change the topic, forget about her.

But, obviously, except for Fu Hua who was looking at her expectantly, the others were still more curious about her.

"Herrscher of Sentience? Self-deception? Interesting—it's also a good thing for Hua." Kevin said with his arms crossed, but his tone was no longer as aggressive as it was at the beginning.

He doesn't dislike the Herrscher of Sentience, but it's not because of his comrade-in-arms appearance.

"It's a pity, Fu Hua has tried very hard, but it's not enough, she's not very good at this aspect."

Elysia shook her head regretfully, then showed a strange smile and said playfully, "In this aspect, Fu Hua, you have to learn from Kiana. If you could be like Kiana in the short film, how could little Senti leave? Right, little Senti?"

"Yeah, yeah, did you hear that..." The Herrscher of Sentience subconsciously nodded, looking at Fu Hua righteously and reprimanding her,

Halfway through her words, she felt something was wrong and glared at Elysia, "What are you talking about? Even if the old antique came to coax me... I wouldn't stay."

"I'm the one who wants to leave, what does it have to do with what she does? It's like I'm easily influenced by her!"

"Really? If Fu Hua had grabbed you tightly like Kiana did back then..." Elysia leaned in, staring directly into those flickering crimson eyes.

The Herrscher of Sentience subconsciously wanted to dodge, but quickly held back and said stubbornly, "Of, of course, if I say I'm leaving, I'm leaving! Who told her and Kiana not to welcome me, hmph!"

"...I was trying to keep you, we didn't not welcome you." Fu Hua explained,

But she was still more interested in the topic brought up by the previous Herrscher of Sentience, and hurriedly asked, grabbing Senti's arm, "Little Senti, you just said... Fuxi and Nuwa is about to wake up?"

"Hmm? Of course, I, the Herrscher of Sentience, never lie!"

The Herrscher of Sentience looked directly into Fu Hua's eyes and said angrily,

For some reason, she kept repeating the phrase "never lie", especially in front of Fu Hua.

"I estimate it'll be in the next few days, not much longer. But as for Jilin... I'm not sure, that's a Stigmata, not my area of expertise."

"The next few days?..." Fu Hua's eyes lit up, and she said solemnly, "Thank you, little Senti..."

"I don't see any sincerity in your words, please be more serious and call me by my full name."

Senti withdrew her hand from Fu Hua's grasp, turned her head to the side, and said casually.

Really, why did she care so much about those two? Was she not important?

"No, I think little Senti is more intimate, I like this name."

"... huhhh Okay Call me whatever you want."

"I also want to call you little Senti, with your permission, is that okay? ♪ "

"...No!"

...

There are two bedrooms in the room, serving as the rooms for Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Sentience, respectively. Of course, they didn't forget to set aside a bedroom for the Book of Fuxi.

As for the bedroom styles of the two people, it cannot be said that their styles are exactly the same, it can only be said that they are completely unrelated.

Fu Hua's bedroom is simple, with soft lighting. It has just the basics: a bed, a table, a chair, and a folding fan. It reminds her of her old home on Mount Taixu.

On the table, an instrument flickers between light and dark, like a person breathing and about to wake up.

"This... where, where is this?"

"Strange, I thought I was dead, inside Chiyou..."

Two girls with black hair, wearing Cheongsam (traditional Chinese dresses), their long sleeves covering their surprisingly similar faces, wake up one after another from a long sleep, groggy and confused.

Fuxi and Nuwa sense the outside world with confusion, not quite understanding their current situation.

"Sister? Maybe, Jingwei did something at that time~"

Nuwa said, the only difference between their faces might be their eyes, hers are red, while her sister's are blue.

"Of course I know Jingwei brought us here, I'm just thinking... Nuwa, don't you think this thing looks familiar?"

Fuxi frowned and stared at the device they just came out of.

"Familiar?" Nuwa asked. "You mean... like we've seen it before?" At first, she wanted to disagree. The only familiar thing here should be Jingwei, not some weird machine.

But then, she looked closer and stopped talking.

"...It's from the Doctor, right? It must be, right? And there's the lab logo."

Nuwa made a crying face, tugging at Fuxi sleeve, pitifully saying, "Sister, how about... we go back and play dead?"

"Why is this thing, which shouldn't be on the agenda in the future, appearing here?"

Just because Nuwa doesn't want to think doesn't mean she's really stupid.

"Let's wait for Jingwei to come back, or rather... Hua," Fuxi sighed softly.

Their bodies were still flickering, like two ghosts under the dim light, but even if they were, they were two very beautiful ghosts.

"Sigh~, why are there only some books? Jingwei room... is still as simple as before~"

"Let's help her decorate and give her a surprise." Nuwa eyes smiled.

As Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Sentience entered, a party popper sounded in the room, followed by confetti raining down.

"Hey, Jingwei~, long time no see?" Nuwa held Fuxi hand and smiled at Fu Hua.

"...Hmm, we finally meet." Fu Hua pursed her lips, looking at these two long-time friends, smiling softly.

" Eh? Hey——, why are there two Fu Hua! "

...

Although it would be best for Fuxi and Nuwa to go to the Golden Courtyard to see the experts in this field, Fu Hua relented under Nuwa pleading and agreed to let them wait a few days to see how things went.

Fuxi also breathed a sigh of relief with that.

After reading the materials provided by Fu Hua and the latest chapter of the game, they exclaimed with luck, having dodged a bullet.

Naturally, the restless duo wanted to know more, such as... who the heck brought Dr. Mobius here?

Fu Hua simply brought them to the company for a visit. After all, they were avoiding the Doctor these days, and she wouldn't force them.

"Phew—, if the Doctor knew we messed up the plan... no, Mobius's plan, but the Doctor seemed to be involved too, what a hassle~"

Nuwa had a grimace on his face, sighed and paced back and forth in the room.

"It's okay, Dr. Mobius won't care about two small figures like us... probably?" Fuxi was also a bit helpless, poking the Book of Fuxi floating in mid-air, whose cheeks were puffed up.

"...So, Xiao Xuan (a nickname for Fuxi), why are you so distant with us?"

"Look at the trouble you two caused, making me suffer greatly for the sake of the immortal I entrusted you with! How dare you say that!"

The Book of Fuxi looked at the two of them, puffed up her cheeks, and complained.

The initial joy of reunion had passed, and now she felt a headache whenever she thought of the unspeakable story between the immortal and her seven disciples, feeling ashamed to face them.

"Well, the ending is good~ And, to correct you, we gave you the power to choose." Fuxi smiled and said.

"Actually, from another perspective, their situation is similar to yours, Duck Duck. You all woke up leisurely when everything was about to be finished."

Luo Mo said jokingly, looking at Bronya who was looking at her with cold eyes.

He secretly wondered why they didn't wake up before Fu Hua's story began. Those two would have had a lot of fun watching then, but unfortunately, they missed it.

"...If you continue like this, Bronya cannot guarantee what will happen."

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Bronya just stood there with her arms crossed, her eyes calm but with inner turmoil. She felt strongly offended, very strongly.

Seele, who was standing beside her, was trying hard to hold her back, not wanting any conflict to arise on the scene.

"If you ask me, you guys are doing unnecessary things... why did you bring the Doctor here?"

Nuwa paced around again, and perhaps feeling that she couldn't escape her miserable fate, she plopped down on the sofa and said resentfully to Luo Mo.

"Blame me? You have to bear the consequences of your own actions. Besides, you guys didn't teach Fu Hua enough, which led to her being persecuted later."

Luo Mo looked at the two of them with amusement, feeling that the next good show was about to begin.

"You understand... sigh, the Herrscher of Sentience in Hua's body is also troublesome." Nuwa sighed and said helplessly.

Besides, she thought that with Jingwei reputation as an immortal and her martial arts skills, who would do such a thing?

But it turned out that someone actually did. And Jingwei too, why didn't she just use the Taixu Sword God and kill them all? Why keep them around?