People are in Honkai Impact 3rd, there's a villain simulator.

You turn your gaze to the unconscious Herrscher Sirin, hoping to save her life from Otto's Honkai energy fission bomb.

But you truly have not a single drop of Shaniat blood left.

Just when you were at your wit's end, Cecilia Shaniat made her move.

Perhaps it was her maternal instinct, or perhaps it was her sympathy for Celine's tragic plight, or perhaps she knew of your intention to save Celine.

Regardless, Cecilia Shaniat, the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny, wielding the Black Abyss Flower, held the unconscious Sirin in her arms, protecting her.

As you watch Cecilia Shaniat protect the innocent little girl, a smile plays on your lips, and you accept your fate with equanimity.

Cecilia's creation of the Black Abyss White Flower could only generate a barrier protecting herself and Sirin. She looked up at you helplessly, her eyes filled with tender, lake-like affection.

She never imagined that one day she would be saved by a strange boy, especially since you looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, much younger than her.

Being saved by a boy younger than herself, and then having to watch helplessly as he walked towards death, broke Cecilia's heart, a heart filled with maternal love.

"Thank you, stranger."

Cecilia's words reached your ears, and you simply and coldly replied, "Goodbye."

The next instant, three Honkai energy fission bombs exploded on the cold, snowy plains.

The Siberian plains, which had been freezing cold just moments before, instantly became as bright as day and scorching hot.

You died again.

[Comment: It's so hot in Siberia!]

[This simulation has ended: Congratulations, host, for obtaining the Herrscher of Wind Core Fragment and the special card Craft Essence "Supreme Emperor".]

In Himeko's detached house, Qiaoqiao lay on the bed, her eyelids trembling slightly. She opened her eyes and saw a somewhat unfamiliar ceiling, and in a daze, she took a deep breath.

Although he was in a life simulation and wouldn't care even if he died, he still couldn't get used to the emptiness of being completely plunged into darkness. Fortunately, he had the support of the "Will of Collapse," which enabled him to resist and overcome all suffering; otherwise, he would have collapsed sooner or later.

Qiao Qiao glanced at the clock. Although he had spent a long time in the simulation world, when he entered the simulation, real time was frozen relative to him.

So when he wakes up now, it's still night.

Qiaoqiao got out of bed, rubbed her dry eyes, and suddenly felt that the room in front of her was different from usual.

He lay on a bed piled high with Houmu dolls, covered with a cartoon-style blanket, with game images playing on the television screen not far away, and various games scattered across his computer desk.

It was only then that Jojo remembered that she hadn't entered The Sims in her own room, but had instead taken advantage of the system-designated location to access the talent benefits and crawled into Bronya's bed.

Jojo quickly threw off the covers and got out of bed. If Bronya found her lying in her bed, she would definitely think she was a pervert.

Shortly after Jojo got up, Bronya suddenly knocked on the door.

Jojo was taken aback at first, thinking that Bronya had returned, and was a little at a loss, but then she realized that something was wrong.

This is Bronya's room. Why did she knock on the door when she came back?

Qiaoqiao hesitated for a moment, wanting to pretend that no one was in the room, and neither opened the door nor responded.

The person outside seemed very anxious, knocking faster and faster. Qiaoqiao had no choice but to tentatively ask, "Who...is it?"

"Jojo... what are you doing in Bronya's room?"

Upon hearing that lively and playful voice, JoJo immediately recognized Kiana as the person outside the door, and was wondering how to explain why she was in Bronya's room.

If Jojo were Kiana now, she would inevitably feel a little awkward. After all, in the recently concluded Sims, Jojo had locked her sister Durandal in a secret room and taught her many things while they were alone.

"I..." Qiao Qiao hesitated for a moment, then said somewhat guiltily, "I was playing games."

"Playing games?" Kiana thought to herself, somewhat puzzled. "What kind of game would you play with Bronya so late at night?"

Hearing Kiana's words, JoJo felt even more uneasy. He couldn't possibly have been toying with her sister Durandal in the life simulation just now.

"Just... a regular action game..."

As a gaming expert, JoJo's skills are far superior to Bronya's. She is also a well-known "good guy," and it's common for Bronya to pester her to stay up all night playing games with her.

Kiana, standing outside the door, believed JoJo's words without a doubt: "You guys played games together until so late, it must have been a lot of fun... Next time, let's all three of us play together."

Hearing Kiana's words, JoJo felt a bit conflicted. If Kiana knew that JoJo had done that kind of thing to Durandal in the simulation, she definitely wouldn't have said such things to JoJo.

"Hmm..." Qiao Qiao smiled slightly and said, "That game is indeed very fun..."

Kiana had no idea what Jojo had done to Durandal in the life simulation, but she couldn't refuse her enthusiasm and said from outside the door, "Whether it's Bronya or Jojo, open the door and let me in!"

Kiana's voice outside the door sounded very anxious, which made Qiao Qiao feel a little strange. What could be wrong at the Far East Branch that made Kiana so nervous?

Jojo didn't care whether people would misunderstand her relationship with Bronya, and went straight up to open the door.

Outside the door, the silver-haired girl with pigtails hugged Qiao Qiao as if she had seen her beloved father, and said in a slightly tearful voice, "Qiao Qiao... I'm in big trouble, you have to help me!"

Qiaoqiao felt the softness of Kiana's body, but her heart was ice-cold.

If JoJo is the most reliable person on St. Freya Academy, then Kiana is the most troublesome person on St. Freya Academy.

The fact that she asked Qiaoqiao for help must mean something bad.

Chapter 149 Kiana's Request to JoJo (3k)

Deep in the forest, Rita leads the Undying Blade squad to rescue the Valkyrie, who has been bound to a tree stump by the World Serpent assassins.

As Durandal's closest friend, Rita has been worried about Durandal's safety ever since she disappeared, and has been searching for her whereabouts.

Rita led the Undying Blade squad away from Schicksal to this place in order to rescue her most important friend, Durandal.

After rescuing the Valkyries who were tied to tree stumps in the forest, Rita immediately asked her best friend Durandal.

However, these Valkyries tied to the tree stumps are not entirely clear about Durandal's situation; they only know that she was taken away alone by the World Serpent's torturers.

Upon hearing that Durandal had been taken away by the World Serpents, Rita disregarded her own safety and rushed anxiously into the depths of the forest to search for her most important friend.

After piercing Jojo's chest with "Black Abyss", Durandal picked up the card costume he had clutched in his hand before his death.

A whole new set of memories flooded into her mind.

As Jojo's plan to save Cecilia succeeds, the timeline shifts. Durandal suddenly recalls her childhood, remembering her other name, "Kiana," and her best childhood friend, the brilliant "great inventor."

As her childhood memories gradually became clearer, Durandal realized that the woman Jojo had mentioned as her favorite in the World Serpent Chamber was herself when she was a child.

Hot tears streamed down Yulandel's face, her heart filled with regret. If she had remembered everything sooner and known Qiao Qiao's deep love for her, she certainly wouldn't have let Qiao Qiao choose to sacrifice herself.

No matter how much hardship she and Qiaoqiao might face together, she would face it together with the one she loved.

But Durandal was, after all, a noble and strong Valkyrie, and no matter how much she regretted it, she could not bring Jojo back to life.

Durandal wiped the tears from her eyes and quickly ran towards the Valkyries who were tied to the tree stumps. She had to find her companions quickly and lead them away from here, otherwise Jojo's sacrifice would be meaningless.

Durandal ran desperately through the dense thicket, but before she knew it, she had fallen down a steep slope.

Rita happened to see Durandal, whom she had been longing for, in the forest, and tears welled up in her eyes involuntarily.

"Lady Durandal, you escaped from the clutches of that world's serpent officials on your own?"

Rita ran to Durandal's side and gently helped her up, her eyes filled with tears and heartache.

The moment Durandal saw Rita, she immediately dropped her facade of strength, and tears streamed down her face like a broken beaded curtain.

"Rita, he betrayed the World Serpent, allowing me to escape... but I personally pierced his chest with my sword..."

Rita frowned slightly in confusion, already finding it strange that Durandal had managed to escape the clutches of the World Serpent Torturer.

Now, hearing Durandal say that the other party deliberately let her leave, the doubts lingering in her mind became even more difficult to resolve.

"Lady Durandal, what exactly is going on?"

"If he lets me go, he'll definitely be hunted down by the World Serpent... Staying with me will only bring me punishment from fate... So he chose to sacrifice himself for me..."

Two lines of clear tears streamed down Durandal's face as she threw herself into Rita's arms like a child who had done something wrong.

"Rita, he clearly loved me so much, but I wronged him! I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!"

Although Durandal was emotional and spoke haltingly, Rita could glean the whole story from her words. It seemed that the World Serpent executive had risked breaking taboos and sacrificed his own life to save Durandal and the others.

Although Rita didn't know what had happened between Durandal and Jojo during this time, she could tell that losing that man had brought Durandal to the brink of mental collapse.

Rita accepted Durandal's vulnerable side, stroking her golden hair and comforting her, "Lady Durandal, although I don't know what happened between you and that World Serpent executive, everything he did was to save you. You must not betray his good intentions and give up on yourself."

"But I killed him with my own hands... I will never meet anyone who loves me as much as he did."

Rita smiled warmly, "Lady Durandal, rest assured, I will immediately prepare the best doctors and the most advanced medical equipment in Schicksal. I will definitely be able to save that man."

Tianming's medical technology is several generations ahead of the world; it can even save patients who are brain dead. While it's not a sure thing to save someone with a damaged heart, it's not impossible either.

Hearing Rita say that Jojo could be saved, Durandal's sobs gradually subsided, and hope flickered in her eyes again, but her expression quickly turned dejected...

"But... I did such terrible things to him, will he still like me?"

Durandal said with a complicated expression, "What if he wakes up and doesn't like me anymore?"

Rita saw Durandal's worried expression and a gentle smile appeared on her lips. She knew that her most important friend in the world had completely fallen for her.

"Don't worry, that man would even give his life for you. He loves you so much, he definitely won't blame you once he's sober."

Hearing Rita's words of comfort, Durandal finally calmed down and raised her slender fingers to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Jojo...we will definitely meet again...

Meanwhile, Jojo sat at the computer desk in Bronya's room, her gaze fixed on the system page hanging in the air.

"I just used 'Star Platinum' to change the world line and save my mother-in-law, Cecilia. What kind of impact will this have?"

[Host, your rescue of Ms. Cecilia in Siberia will have a huge impact on the entire timeline, like throwing a stone into a river. Over a long period of time, the entire timeline will change.]

Hearing the system's cold voice, Qiao Qiao nodded slightly. He had long anticipated that his alteration of the world line would have a significant impact on future generations.

As for whether the consequences of altering the world line are good or bad, Qiao Qiao, upon returning to reality, has no way of knowing.

However... his original intention in changing the world line was simply to save Cecilia, who died in the Second Honkai Impact, and to prevent his parents from dying in that simulation, as well as Durandal from losing her past memories and being separated from her parents due to an accident.

This can be seen as a small compensation for the bad things JoJo did to Durandal after his death.

"I wonder... if Durandal remembers anything about our childhood..."

Qiaoqiao thought to herself.

This time, the system didn't answer Qiao Qiao's questions. But that's understandable; after all, Qiao Qiao saving her mother-in-law was merely planting a seed in that timeline. Whether that seed would thrive or wither and decay over time, who knows?

Seeing Qiao Qiao staring intently into the air, Kiana stretched out her slender, fair fingers and waved them in front of his eyes.

"Qiaoqiao, wake up! Really... I'm talking to you about something important. Can you please concentrate and listen to me finish?"