"The Law of Origin" Raiden Mei.
This game character template comes from the final chapter period of the original plot of "Honkai Impact 3rd".
In the story, Raiden Mei arrived at the Land of Origin, received the recognition and blessing of "Memory Alicia", and officially assumed the authority of "Origin".
It was also during this process that the famous scene "Answer me, Alicia" appeared.
And before that—
It can be said that a plot prior to this is: one of the fundamental reasons why Ling Ke embarked on the "World-Destroying Line".
Simply... this happened before Raiden Mei entered Origin Land.
She entered a "dream" due to Gray Snake's body's calculation.
There, she went through a series of trials and ended up speaking with her "other self".
During this time, the dialogue between the two reveals several hidden facts from the early years (retconned plot).
Firstly, the reason Raiden Ryoma implanted the Gem of Conquest in Raiden Mei's body in the early years wasn't that the father suddenly lost his mind, but that the young Raiden Mei inherited the terminal illness of her deceased mother.
Only with this extreme method could Raiden Ryoma save her life.
Just like in the pre-civilization era, Mebius had to perform hypertransformation surgery on Gretius to save his life.
Then—
The original Raiden Mei was not actually the "rice cooker" personality from the later part of the main story.
She is not gentle; on the contrary, she is incredibly arrogant and disdainful of many things around her.
"Her way of dealing with people is closer to the later personality of the Herrscher of Thunder."
It is not unusual for her to refer to others as "trash".
Therefore, due to her character and well-established family background, she was nicknamed the "Queen of Thunder and Lightning" at Senba Academy.
As for the "rice cooker," who was gentle by nature and very fragile at first and couldn't be nicknamed "Queen" at all, she was born after being imprisoned by Raiden Ryoma, her support from the past gone, and frequently bullied—a protective personality.
Even Raiden Mei herself states that she (this personality) is the real "newcomer" if not for the merging of the two consciousnesses.
So—
Ling Ke's original time of transit was more than half a year before the third Honkai Impact.
At that time, Raiden Ryoma had not yet been imprisoned and was still the protective umbrella of his daughter.
And Raiden Mei, who had always been the older woman of the ME club and had lived a prosperous life, was not the "rice woman" who would later think of others.
And with her arrogance... even the disdain to take seriously the "nonsense" spoken by a sudden person.
At that time, she was hiding her chuunibyou and was embarrassed to expose it. Although the "setting" Ling Ke described seemed very interesting to her, she didn't want to be disturbed since she was very busy every day and often had to wait several weeks before her father returned home.
Rather, a rebellious mindset was created.
You want me to contact my father? Must I do it?
I "won't!"
So—
So there was that warning call that could be called a complete entanglement of cause and effect, and that was the beginning of everything.
Ling Ke later learned these things by using the power of "omniscience" to look back in time.
To be honest, fortunately, he had achieved revenge at that time. All of this only left him speechless, but without any other superfluous negative emotions.
You know, when he first came into contact with "Honkai Impact 3rd" before traveling through time, although the plot of the final chapter was not popular in all aspects and was played less, he didn't take the previous plot seriously until the end of the Elysian Realm chapter.
Result—
In "Sinner's Elegy," Raiden Mei had an exclusive mobile paper plot that described her previous experiences in detail.
It's clear that at that time, the Raiden Mei in the plot, whether dealing with her classmates around her or getting along with the Wandering Sword Master disguised by Raiden Ryoma, was a gentle and flexible expression of the "rice cooker" from beginning to end.
But after a dozen inexplicable patchworks in the final chapter's plot, to fit the nickname of "Thunder Queen," the personality of the "rice cooker" was transformed into the so-called "newcomer."
One before the other, the characters don't match, the plot doesn't match, and the timing doesn't match.
Only the nicknames are correct.
Like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.
And if this kind of treacherous plot conflict is just a game, it can be explained simply using the word "retcon."
But when Ling Ke came to the real world—
He had low intelligence.
Of course, even with this premise, which was unknown at the time, it still must be said:
He was really stupid to the extreme.
Unable to see through the illusion of hypocrisy, imitating the empty talk surrounded by others, he believed the direction of this story would follow his own fantasy.
As a result, that ugly worship was ultimately rewarded with an unforgettable trip to hell, walking alone in the abyss.
At one point or another, Ling Ke had mocked himself.
But even then—
The one who had completely given up and was so naive and stupid that he had done nothing wrong—
Maybe, from Raiden Mei's point of view, with her character at that time, she was only making a somewhat unreasonable but still reasonable judgment.
An arrogant judgment.
But from Ling Ke's perspective—
"I want to help you, but you hurt me?"
Only eight words. Although Ling Ke didn't know what Raiden Mei did at that time, the original seeds of darkness had already been buried.
After that, after watering and fertilizing one after another by "diligent gardeners," the pain they inflicted and the most disgusting glamorous words made this seed sprout and thrive slowly.
In the end, when Ling Ke learned the truth of Cocoria, he formed the greatest malice in this world.
Malice enough to destroy the world.
Today—
"What do you think of this image? Raiden Mei?"
"She is a 'possibility' in your future."
In the mountains and forests outside Berlin, looking around at the "Dominator Dolls: The Law of Origin" gradually surrounding them, Raiden Mei, who held the great sword firmly, couldn't help but frown.
She saw Ling Ke with one hand and continued, "Just in time, taking advantage of this rare and suitable opportunity, let me tell you what another 'future possibility' looks like!"
The chatterbox opened, and he first pointed to himself: "In another future, the so-called law of domination chosen by the will of collapse is not me, a sentimental stranger."
"But a... no, a group of people who despair of the world and, like me, think it's not beautiful... in other words, a 'mob' that thinks it's only beautiful for certain groups of people."
"Kiana... that is, K-423. Finally, with the support of you all, crossed the fog of the past, inherited the power of the Gem of Disease, achieved the multi-core 'Law of Fire,' and defeated the 'mob.'"
"After that, Otto, who secretly cut off the results, fulfilled his long-cherished wish and disconnected the extremely difficult 'Law of Restraint.'"
And the conversation continued here, and he glanced sideways at Kevin Kaslana, "Ridiculous, right?"
"Think about how much you spent accumulating human lives to get through the long night called the 'Tragedy of Restraint.'"
"In the current era of civilization, you sacrificed only one evil man who was determined to die in exchange for a simple and happy reunion and victory."
"..."
Kevin is silent.
"Of course, the more ridiculous things are still to come."
Ling Ke looked again at Raiden Mei, "In the process of frequently entering the 'Land of the Past,' her body had long been parasitized by the 'Law of Erosion.'"
"In the end, the 'Law of Erosion' that could destroy the last hope of humanity in the pre-civilization era was reproduced by the memories of the thirteen flame-chasing heroes in the 'Land of the Past.' At the cost of self-sacrifice, they replayed the past 'Law of Man' and destroyed it."
"Then, Kevin, who officially launched the 'Stigma Project,' used himself as the final test. No one knows how much he held back, and in the end, you were able to cross the line because of the help of many 'high-dimensional beings.'"
"At this point, the long war against Honkai Impact has ended, and K-423 has become the god of the earth. Everyone laughs and rejoices, and all are great heroes who saved the world. It's truly delightful and worthy of celebration."
"It's as wonderful as a fairy tale, isn't it?"
At that moment, Ling Ke changed his tone and began his own cruel guidance.
"Yes, the ending was pleasant."
"But, your era..."
He looked at Alicia standing right in front of him, "It was because of the self-sacrifice of a certain 'Law of Man' that all the laws of this era had a chance to regain their humanity."
Alicia is silent.
Ling Ke's words continued, "And it was due to the self-sacrifice of a 'common person (Pado)' that the arrival of the Herrscher became an open-book test."
"Similarly, it was due to the self-sacrifice of a group of past images (memories) that the difficult 'Law of Erosion' died in the cradle before they had time to cause much damage."
"In the end, it was still a man cold on the outside and warm on the inside... it was his self-sacrifice that brought you good things."
Once, a veteran who had been frozen for decades lamented: When I woke up, I only heard others say we won, but no one said how many people paid the price for this victory.
And now—
"What do you think, Raiden Mei, can you tell me how you feel now?"
Ling Ke, who had long since finished his revenge, is now like a researcher curious about new knowledge, with a wicked smile on his face. "You could have had a better future surrounded by so many people. Do you subconsciously think that if you hadn't met me that day, it would have been great?"
"..."
Raiden Mei did not respond at first.
For a long time—
"Yes."
She breathed out gently, as if letting go of something beautiful.
At that moment, she looked directly at Ling Ke and said word by word: "As you said, if that were me... what 'we' might have seen, a bright future..."
"Then I think it would be great if I hadn't met you that day."
Hearing this answer—
"Ha!"
Ling Ke laughed.
It was clear he wasn't the least bit upset.
On the contrary—
"Finally, you've personally denied your past beliefs! Blazer."
Ling Ke clapped and applauded, "Congratulations."
"You've finally grown (fallen)!"
At the same time, he had some unspoken words in his heart.
"The last link is already perfect."
"From now on, in my 'script,' 'Raiden Mei' is no longer a main character."
"Then, I could almost..."
"Ruin you completely."
At that moment, Ling Ke had already thought of the next event.
The next scene of the "script"...
Is "for." The sinner dies and the thunder dies.
That is: For Raiden Mei, who gave the answer—
"Final Despair."