Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

But just before the spears could hit Fu Lin, Cocolia clutched her head and stopped the spears, looking at Fu Lin in anguish. "I cannot harm the assistant of the Herrscher of Sentience... such disrespect..."

"Still retaining your self-awareness, huh? But what's with this Frozen Herrscher appearance?" Fu Lin said, summoning Twilight to shatter the suspended ice spears. She stood in place, watching Cocolia struggle.

"Fine, let me help you out," Fu Lin said, dashing toward Cocolia, ready to strike. But his rhythm was interrupted by the sudden appearance of two massive ice lances.

After shattering the ice lances, Fu Lin sighed as he looked at the further transformed Cocolia.

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"You are strong... Let me grant you despair!" Cocolia watched as the Winter spear she summoned was effortlessly neutralized. She decided to use the power of the Stellaron, slowly rising into the air, preparing to unleash her strongest attack.

Just as energy was gathering in Cocolia's hands, Fu Shi suddenly appeared behind her and knocked her out with a brick, saying:

"Did you forget about me?"

"Ugh..." The energy in Cocolia's hands slowly dissipated. Before losing consciousness, she looked at Fu Shi's blood-red eyes, wanting to speak but closing her eyes in silence.

"Fu Lin, catch."

"Why hasn't this big one stopped yet?" Fu Shi tossed Cocolia down to Fu Lin below, looking at the massive hand still reaching for her.

Without receiving a response from Fu Lin, she glanced downward and saw Fu Lin standing still, holding Cocolia in one arm and her ice spear in the other.

"Here again... Why am I here again? Could it be that Nanook refuses to let me go? It was just a little bit of blood, why so petty?" Fu Lin complained as the familiar scene before her eyes shifted once more.

"Is this trying to guide me there?"

"Obviously a trap. I'm not going." Golden light surrounded Fu Lin, pointing him in a certain direction, but she turned and headed the opposite way.

The floating light paused, transforming into an illusory golden stone figure. It roared at Fu Lin before grabbing him and forcibly leading her toward the distant pillar of light.

"Hey! Are you serious?!"

"This is coercion—it's illegal!"

Fu Lin struggled against the stone figure for a moment but found its strength surprisingly overwhelming, leaving him no choice but to complain.

"Roar!" The stone figure, seemingly irritated, let out a deep growl and continued forward with Fu Lin in hand.

"Why so fierce? You're scaring me," Fu Lin muttered, shrinking back as if even his hair was in disarray.

"...." The stone figure stopped before an afterimage, setting Fu Lin down while keeping a finger pressed firmly on his shoulder to prevent her escape.

With its other hand, it carefully pried open Fu Lin's eyelids, ensuring he couldn't close his eyes, and seemed satisfied only after verifying.

[Gepard, "The commercial district has fallen. Residents have been evacuated and temporarily relocated to the outer district. The Guard... twenty-six have fallen, but I..."

Cocolia, "…Go on, Gepard."

Gepard, "I... I'm unsure if the fallen..." ...]

"Come on, this is unnecessary. I won't run."

Fu Lin, looking at the afterimage of Cocolia and Gepard in front of him and listening to their conversation, tried to turn his head toward the stone figure, only to be forced back to the afterimage. Left with no choice, he stared at Cocolia's afterimage, unable to look elsewhere.

"Roar..." The stone figure let out a low growl. Once it confirmed the afterimage had ended, it picked Fu Lin up again and moved toward another afterimage.

[Serval, "—What are you hesitating for, Cocolia? Isn't this what you've always hoped for? Leave this cage and see this city with your own eyes! What do we have left to lose?"

"The efforts of our predecessors… Their unfinished research… can finally bear fruit in this era! Give me an army..."

Cocolia, "…Calm down, Serval."

Serval, "Calm down? You're..." ...]

"Stone bro, let's go to the next one." Seeing that the afterimage had finished playing, Fu Lin obediently climbed back into the stone figure's hand, pointing toward the next glow.

"Roar..." The golden figure hesitated, scratched its head, and then carried Fu Lin toward the next afterimage.

[Soldier, "Lady Cocolia, the monsters are flooding in! This place… it's too dangerous."

Cocolia, "…Foolish, insignificant…"

Gentle Silvermane Guard, "…What? My lady, what are you saying?"

Cocolia, "No one can understand… except me. Their ears and eyes are intact, yet they cannot see or hear…" ...]