My outrageous life in Honkai Impact 3

"Strange, what about people?"

Luo Chen pried open the wooden door and went inside, only to find that the house seemed to have been abandoned, with just a few simple pieces of furniture in the room.

There were no living supplies at all, and the stove in the center of the house looked like it hadn't been used in a long time, indicating that the people who used to live here had already left.

After leaving the house, Luo Chen searched the next few buildings, and as expected, there was no one there.

"Have they all been evacuated, or were they captured by Destiny for experiments?"

Luo Chen arrived at the last house. He could actually wait a while to look for someone, but the main reason was that he was a little hungry and wanted to find something to eat.

Luo Chen skillfully pried open the wooden door. As soon as he opened the door, he heard movement inside the house, so he instantly blurred to avoid being ambushed.

Luo Chen stood by the door and looked inside. He could only see a quilt, inside which was a person trembling with their back to the door, looking very scared.

"Um, hello there."

Luo Chen realized there was a child inside the blanket. He went into the house, closed the door, and tried to make his voice sound gentle as he slowly approached the blanket.

The moment Luo Chen's hand touched the blanket, a small foot suddenly emerged from under the blanket and kicked at Luo Chen's hand.

Luo Chen grabbed the ankle with one hand and pulled back the blanket, staring blankly at the person inside.

'WTF, Sirin?'

Looking at Xilin, who was cowering in fear, Luo Chen felt as if a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind. He had only been there a short time, and he had already found Xilin.

"You, you, don't come any closer!"

Xilin had no idea what Luo Chen was thinking. She only had one thought in mind: to escape the clutches of this stranger as quickly as possible.

"Okay, okay, I'm not coming."

Luo Chen covered Xilin with the blanket again, sat down a few meters away from her, and smiled gently at her, "Now you can talk to me properly, right?"

Xilin wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, leaving only her head exposed, and tried her best to keep her face tense as she looked warily at the sudden stranger.

"You don't need to look at me like that. If I really wanted to hurt you, I would have done it already."

Luo Chen shrugged, but Xilin remained wary, showing no belief in his words.

"Fine, whatever you want. I just won't hurt you."

Luo Chen got up and walked to the door. He turned to look at Xi Lin and casually conjured a quilt, tossing it over to her.

"You stay here, I'll go find something to eat."

The blanket hit Xilin on the head. Xilin hurriedly removed it from her head and looked at the blanket, which was much thicker than the blanket on her body, not knowing what to do.

"Never mind, he gave it to me anyway."

Xilin wrapped the blanket around herself, feeling much warmer than before. She buried half her head in the blanket and stared at the closed wooden door, wondering where Luo Chen had gone.

About half an hour later, just as Xilin was about to fall asleep, Luo Chen opened the wooden door, and the cold wind that rushed in made Xilin shiver, instantly dispelling her sleepiness.

Xilin looked toward the wooden door and saw Luo Chen carrying a pile of firewood and a few rabbits as he walked into the hut.

Luo Chen casually tossed the rabbit on the ground, found a relatively open spot, set up a campfire, and lit it with a flame that appeared at his fingertips. When the flame was strong enough, he waved to Xilin.

"What are you standing there for? Come and warm yourself by the fire."

Xilin looked at the flames and then at Luo Chen, who was smiling. She seemed hesitant, but in the end, Luo Chen went over and pulled Xilin over.

"You grill it here for a while, I'll prepare the ingredients."

Luo Chen pointed at the rabbits, picked them up, and took them outside. He finished dealing with them in no time and came back in.

Arriving at the campfire, Luo Chen first constructed a support frame, then a pot appeared in his hand. He dug out a pot of snow from outside and placed it on the support frame, waiting for the snow to be boiled into water.

Xilin was very curious about these things that appeared out of nowhere, but since she didn't know Luo Chen, she didn't ask him and quietly sat there warming herself by the fire.

Thanks to Luo Chen's efforts, the two were finally able to satisfy their hunger. Luo Chen handed a bowl of rabbit soup to Xilin, saying with a regretful expression, "It's a pity I couldn't find any seasonings, so this soup can only be made so bland."

Xilin looked at the bowl that Luo Chen handed her, took it, and gently thanked him. She only dared to start eating after seeing Luo Chen eat with her own eyes.

"By the way, you still haven't told me your name."

The meal brought the two of them much closer. After finishing his meal, Luo Chen casually tossed his bowl on the ground and, seeing Xi Lin still sipping her soup, conjured a spoon and handed it to her.

"Thank you."

Xilin thanked him softly. She was fairly certain that Luo Chen was a good person. He was willing to give a meal to someone he had just met, especially in such a harsh environment as Siberia. Xilin was convinced that Luo Chen could not be a bad person.

"My name is Xilin."

"Xilin, right? My name is Luo Chen."

Celine nodded, placed the empty bowl and spoon on the ground, thanked them again, and looked at the leaping flames with her orange eyes, pondering what to say.

"By the way, Sirin, are you here alone?"

Luo Chen said casually, and Xilin stood there for a few seconds before nodding, unable to help but recall her mother who had already died of illness.

Seeing Xilin's expression, Luo Chen realized he had said the wrong thing and secretly criticized himself for being a master of jumping around in dangerous situations, while thinking about how to comfort Xilin.

"Hey, Celine, you see, I'm all alone too. How about we keep each other company from now on?"

Although Luo Chen knew it wasn't a good idea to say this to someone he had just met, he really didn't know what to say.

"Would Mr. Luo Chen be willing to take Xilin with him?"

Contrary to Luo Chen's expectations, Xi Lin trembled slightly upon hearing Luo Chen's request for companionship, and looked at him with hopeful eyes.

"Of course, I'm just worried about having no one to talk to."

Chapter 210 Parenting Diary

On the vast snow-covered plain, two figures, one tall and one short, walked under the sun, searching for a place to rest.

"Cilin, are you cold?"

Luo Chen held Xilin's small hand, constantly feeling her body temperature to prevent her from getting cold.

"I'm not cold, Brother Luo Chen, you don't need to worry about me."

Xilin spoke obediently, wearing Luo Chen's trench coat, which Luo Chen had also stuck several hand warmers on inside to keep her from getting cold.

"It's good that you're alright. Tell me if you feel cold."

Hearing Xilin call him "Brother Luo Chen," Luo Chen felt a sense of joy. Nothing could be more exciting than a cute little girl calling him "brother."

"Brother Luo Chen, where are we going?"

Looking at the boundless plain with no signs of human life, Xilin wondered where Luo Chen was going to take her.

"Let's go find other people; it's not good to always be hunting."

Luo Chen explained that after confirming his trip with Xilin yesterday, he had been planning what to do next. Given the Queen's Arrival, a second Honkai Impact was unavoidable, so he could only make changes based on that, otherwise things might go wrong.

"Does Brother Luo Chen know the way?"

Xilin was puzzled. They had been walking for almost an hour and hadn't seen a house, or even a tent. This made Xilin wonder if Luo Chen was directionally challenged.

Faced with Xilin's suspicious gaze, Luo Chen gently pinched her cheek, indicating that she shouldn't worry and that he couldn't possibly be directionally challenged.

Two hours later

Luo Chen stared at the sun with a look of utter despair. He had been walking for so long and still hadn't encountered a single person. Forget about the civilians, why hadn't he even run into a Valkyrie? He'd killed several groups of Honkai Beasts along the way.

"Brother Luo Chen has no sense of direction."

Xilin, who was on Luo Chen's back, giggled. An hour ago, she was too tired to walk anymore, and Luo Chen offered to carry her. Xilin had initially refused, but Luo Chen had already picked her up without giving her any say in the matter.

"I'll say it again, I'm not directionally challenged!"

Luo Chen said irritably, "There's clearly no landmark in this snowy plain, otherwise how could I have gotten lost?"

After walking a while longer, the two arrived at the edge of a grove of trees. Luo Chen put Xilin down and set up a tent to rest for a while.

"The power of the Lawgiver of Reason is truly outrageous."

Luo Chen easily built a campfire, took out the rabbit meat he had left in the imaginary space, and prepared to cook.

"Brother Luo Chen, where did you get all these things?"

Xilin looked at the knife in Luo Chen's hand and the barbecue grill next to him, feeling as if it were magic, and blinked at the pot.

"Well, that's my brother's ability."

After preparing the ingredients, Luo Chen's knife disappeared, replaced by several wooden skewers that formed a hat which he placed on Xilin's head.

Wow! That's amazing!

Xilin looked at Luo Chen excitedly. The power Luo Chen displayed was something she had never heard of before. Coupled with Luo Chen's care for her, Xilin believed that Luo Chen was sent by heaven to save her.

"Isn't it amazing? Your brother Luo Chen knows a lot of things too. I'll show you later."

Luo Chen patted Xi Lin's head and told her to play by herself while he focused on cooking.

Xilin nodded in agreement and stood quietly next to Luo Chen, watching him cook. She looked at the golden rabbit meat on the grill and inhaled the aroma.

"Alright, it'll be ready soon, you glutton."

Luo Chen looked at Xilin with a smile, handed her the roasted rabbit meat, and helped her take off her hat and comb her hair to prevent oil stains from getting on it.

"Thank you, Brother Luo Chen!"

"It's okay, we'll get you a stool."