[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st":3,"chapter-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-554":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Honkai: Star Rail: Starting by Building the Foundation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1928583,2626,"Chapter 554","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-554",554,"\u003Cp>Christina really wanted to reach out and grab back her crumbling body, but reason made her retract her hand to avoid making the situation worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She still had unfinished business, but her body couldn't hold on first.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wait... the singularity attracted all the temporal radiation of the universe to maintain its own existence...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"So that's it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Isn't the \"Black Hole Furnace\" a super-large reality anchor?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The moment she crossed the \"storm wall,\" her life began its countdown; hundreds of years of time would soon return, letting this \"centenarian\" \"die of old age.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christina tried to twitch her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sure enough, as the tendons disappeared, her ring finger and little finger had lost function, and only three fingers on her left hand could move.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hold on a little longer...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christina became increasingly tired; it seemed a voice rose from the bottom of her heart, lingering in her ears, urging her to fall asleep quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After that, there would be eternal peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just a little while is enough... she told herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Taking a breath, Christina took off her helmet to remove some weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then, she struggled to lift her legs and walked toward the huge building.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice stood by the gate, connecting the terminal to the permission verification system with a data cable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After the terminal issued a successful verification prompt, she hurriedly put it away and waited for the site gate to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With a \"beep,\" the red light on the door frame turned green.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the heavy humming sound, the long-silent hydraulic pump extracted oil, the oil flowed through the pipes, giving power to the entire system, and the hydraulic steel pipes operated, slowly raising the heavy alloy gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And it seemed it hadn't been used for too long, and lacked maintenance and care.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>During the process of the gate rising, there was always a tooth-aching friction sound, as well as a stuttering grinding sound; from time to time, electric sparks could be seen at the door frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fortunately, the gate opened smoothly without any accidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice breathed a sigh of relief and walked straight inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The moment she stepped into the gate, the green light turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The sound of pipes bursting rang out dully, the heavy gate let out a shrill cry, and pressed down with the momentum of a thunderbolt, like a guillotine for Louis XVI.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice's heartbeat accelerated instantly, but she couldn't make any reaction in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just at this critical moment, a crisp metallic collision sound rang in her ears, followed by a muffled groan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ugh—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, Alice felt she had been hit solidly and was knocked forward; she staggered two steps and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She climbed up, turned around, and saw Christina struggling to hold up the gate with her arms and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Like Atlas carrying the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The exoskeleton on Christina's body had twisted and broken, metal fragments fell to the ground, and electric sparks splashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Noticing Alice's gaze, Christina looked up and gave a smile she thought was cheerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Alice... safe now...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It's just... really... so tired...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Is this how it feels... after people get old...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A deeper sense of powerlessness, like a tide, surged wave after wave, trying to drown her.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christina hated this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, she saved Miss Alice's life again... this makes it fair...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beside her, Alice saw Christina trapped by the gate and unable to move, feeling very anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Her gaze wandered near the door frame, desperately looking for the host or an available terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even seeing the hydraulic device would be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just then, Christina called out to Alice:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No need to bother, Miss Alice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice was stunned, her gaze moved to Christina, not yet asking what this meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She noticed the other party's body was breaking, crumbling inch by inch, and dissipating.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice's brain went blank; the surprised expression first froze, then turned into urgency and panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>How could...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(bbda)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She reached out, wanting to do something, but only reached halfway before retracting her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is the curse of time; she could do nothing about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if it's the Foundation, they can only let people avoid this terrible phenomenon by performing transformation surgeries on selected people.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once caught up by lost time, how can it be recovered... The Foundation in the apocalypse didn't give an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is actually the answer—humans are helpless against this.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice could only watch as Christina's body dissipated bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And could only watch in despair as Christina's life returned to the Grim Reaper bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Don't be sad, Alice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is this the price for you using the reality anchor? This shouldn't—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's not, Alice. It's because this is the 'City'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christina shook her head, the range was very small.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even such a small movement required her to concentrate all her will to barely complete it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the sound of her speaking also became smaller and smaller.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Did you forget what 'Drifter' said? This is the place with the thickest temporal radiation in the entire universe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The 'storm wall,' this natural barrier, probably appeared for this reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Suddenly, the gate trembled, seemingly wanting to continue pressing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christina's body paused, then slowly straightened up; the metal of the exoskeleton made an unbearable sound, and sparks erupted at the joints one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She paused, very tired, then looked up and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is a journey of gradual loss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We are always losing something, aren't we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Losing goals, losing family, losing 'Drifter', losing... me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Christina's appearance didn't change significantly, but half of her face had already disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She squeezed out a little smile and raised her left hand, wanting to touch Alice's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It's just that before it touched, the entire left arm dissipated completely, like sand blown by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at the empty exoskeleton of her left arm, Christina felt a bit regretful; it's just that she couldn't make any expression anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"...But these losses must have meaning, Alice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is the end of the world in the true sense. Only you and I are left... soon only you will be left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I can see the machine inside, it's big and complex. You have to go in and turn it on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It is the source of everything, our destination, the place where everything begins and ends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice leaned forward, her hands reaching toward Christina's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We have to go together. We must go together, you can't—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Alice, take my share and witness it together, okay? Witness the...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before the words fell, the gate closed with a bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The exoskeleton was completely crushed by the gate, leaving only mechanical debris on the ground, and gray-white fragments that were once flesh and blood drifting in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Alice sat slumped against the gate, with the proof of Christina's existence beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She looked up, eyes closed, but couldn't let tears flow out.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After a while, she lowered her head abruptly and woke up the personal terminal, wanting to see the information left by \"Drifter\" again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just then, she suddenly saw a video created late last night.\u003C\u002Fp>",1180,"2026-06-14T04:01:52.187Z","2026-06-17T08:39:59.885Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ef6973470f643990d56c96034f604a482117843d8ea4ba2a9d915a644beea55c","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-555","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-553",641,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstar-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-cover.jpg"]