Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

"Just think of me as someone who wants to be a champion of justice. It's not like I haven't done things before, things that are even more absurd than this."

[...Whatever you want. Once there are more worlds to explore, you'll inevitably abandon them anyway. What do you plan to do with these remnants of worlds? Return them to the tree? Wouldn't that just lead to certain destruction?]

"Doesn't this mean there's a possibility of starting over?"

[I don't understand.]

"Then it's understandable that you don't understand. I also don't quite understand why I did this. Maybe it's because... I don't want to see a civilization helplessly destroyed because of external forces."

[Drowning while clinging to your ideals... Holy crap?]

The system stared blankly as Cheng Xing raised the shrunken world bubble with both hands and slowly handed it to the Imaginary Tree. A white branch transformed the world bubble back into a leaf and hung it on its body.

[Why! I don't understand!]

"Under normal circumstances, the tree wouldn't have been interested in these obsolete civilizations, but now it's joining forces with the sea to fight against the collapsing universe, isn't it? Even a little bit of power is still power, isn't it?"

Upon hearing Cheng Xing's words, the crystal-clear branch seemed to possess self-awareness, swaying happily before retracting itself.

[...Actually, there's another reason. I discovered that because you've synchronized with the existence of the Honkai God, and you yourself are a Herrscher and a non-human being, the Tree has already regarded you as its own...child?]

"...Huh?! Are you kidding me?"

[Don't ask me, I don't understand what's going on either! I don't even understand why the sea hasn't come out to stop you from doing this... It feels like you've somehow gained the favor of these two beings. Could it be because you expanded the universe?]

The system was also somewhat confused about the situation. Now, even if it didn't block the tree and the sea from detecting it, and even if it knew about the existence of Cheng Xing, this anomaly, the tree and the sea acted as if they didn't see it and didn't care. They would even provide some subtle help.

Although Cheng Xing was somewhat confused about this matter, since it was a good thing, he didn't need to worry about it. Knowing that he could freely use his abilities in his own world from now on...

"Holy crap! Does that mean I can speedrun through now?! I think I can beat the End of the World without any problems! System! Hurry up, I need to simulate, I need to go back, I need to overturn the Honkai!"

Cheng Xing immediately shouted with great excitement.

[...Never mind, it doesn't matter anyway. It's a tradition of the Catwalkers to eventually render the system useless. Let's get started! Simulation unfolds!]

[Selecting a timeline... Successfully selected pre-civilization era. Initiating space anchor deployment and time tunnel opening... Existence verification passed. Transmission initiated.]

[...The existence of the host has been detected and cannot be rewritten...The identity and background cannot be implanted; please make your own judgment.]

Before Cheng Xing could even ask what had happened after hearing those words, he found himself in a forest.

"What do you mean my existence is unchangeable? I only synchronized with a Honkai god once, and I died later, so how can it be unchangeable now?"

Cheng Xing muttered a few words in frustration, then began setting up anchor points to prepare for returning to the Sea of ​​Quanta and then using the spacetime coordinates here.

However, because of the time difference with the online platform, I probably need to go through more simulations and set up more nodes before I can get through this.

"But before that, I need to figure out what the hell is going on?"

Cheng Xing stared into thought as he looked at the pink-clad girl lying under the tree not far away.

"Alicia?"

The girl raised her head, looked at Cheng Xing with lifeless eyes, and tilted her head in confusion.

Chapter 218: Can't think of a title? Let's get started!

Cheng Xing quickly realized that Alicia in front of him was completely different from the flower-like girl he knew.

If the Alicia I knew was like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, showing the world all her beauty, then the Alicia in front of me was like a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, ignorant and naive about the world, seeing only a gray world as far as the eye could see.

"........."

Alicia stared calmly at Cheng Xing with her completely unbright eyes, making no move, like a silent observer watching how the character in front of her would react.

"Is this what you looked like when you first appeared in this world?"

Cheng Xing stepped forward and squatted down in front of Alicia. Even though the two were very close, the latter still did not show any emotional fluctuations, calmly observing Cheng Xing like a machine.

"Your name is Alicia."

Cheng Xing gazed into those dull eyes and said solemnly.

"...I am...Alicia?"

Alicia parted her lips slightly and uttered a soft sentence, her tone and voice trembling slightly, as if she had just learned to speak.

"Yes, your name is Alicia."

"Alicia... then why am I here? What is my mission? And who are you?"

"I don't know why you're here either. As for your mission, that's the answer you have to find yourself. My name is Cheng Xing... and I'm a friend of yours in the future."

"Friends? I don't understand what that means."

Cheng Xing stood up, extended his hand to Alicia in front of him, and said with a smile, "Would you like to see the world you are in now?"

Alicia looked up at Cheng Xing. His face was somewhat blurry because he was backlit, but his outstretched hand seemed to carry an irresistible allure.

Alicia reached out her hand and grabbed it, perhaps genuinely wanting to know why she had come into this world, or perhaps genuinely wanting to know what she was meant to do.

Most creatures with the capacity for thought will always ponder their place in the world and what the world looks like in their minds.

"Then let me formally introduce myself. My name is Cheng Xing... I've forgotten my age. My race is demon, human, and herrscher, which is quite mixed, like a chimera."

"..."

Alicia didn't understand what Cheng Xing was talking about. What did he mean by "demon"? What did he mean by "human"? What did he mean by "Herrscher"?

So many unknown things, so many things I want to know.

"Then... what am I?"

Cheng Xing paused for a moment after hearing the question, then looked directly into the other person's eyes and said with a smile, "That's a decision for you to make."

Can I decide who I am?

"This was a decision that should have been made by ourselves. Let's go, Alicia, let's take a good look at this world together."

Cheng Xing pulled out a cloak that could cover her whole body from somewhere and draped it over Alicia's body. Although he didn't know where the girl's clothes came from, they looked tattered. He would cover her with the cloak for now and change into new clothes when they got to town.

There weren't any clothes in Alicia's size in her own storage space.

In the past, in a land of bliss...

"Mebius! I'm here! Did you miss me?"

Alicia suddenly jumped out and shouted at Mebius, who was sitting to the side in a daze.

Mebius turned to look at Alicia and said with a hint of helplessness, "Alicia, if you really have nothing to do, go bother someone else, don't bother me."

"How could it be a disturbance? I was just worried you were too lonely, so I came to keep you company. You know, it's been a month or two since you last interacted with anyone, back when you met Cheng Xing. It's very lonely to have no one to talk to."

Alicia maintained her smile throughout, as if nothing could ever make this beautiful young woman lose her smile.

"...I've always been curious about something, and I've been thinking about it for a long time: why do you seem to know Cheng Xing so well from the very first time we met?"

Seeing that Alicia had also thought of this question, Mebius simply asked it.

"Oh! Möbius, are you jealous? Hmm, you really have a strange personality. You clearly like someone but keep it to yourself and pretend to be indifferent on the surface. What's that called again? I think it's tsundere? But there's no place for tsundere in the market these days!"

"Enough! If you don't want to talk, then get out!"

"Ah, so I really hit the nail on the head."

Alicia squinted at Mebius with an expression that seemed to be full of teasing.

"Actually, I can tell you, since we're friends. Where should I begin?"

After thinking for a moment by touching her cheek with her index finger, Alicia continued with a smile, "Let's start with a clueless life that has just arrived in this world meeting some idiot who calls himself a Chimera."

The real world...

A blizzard is currently sweeping across the pure white hell of Siberia. If an ordinary person were caught in this blizzard, they would probably be in danger of death in no time.

In this pure white world, a strange color appeared, which seemed to be purple.

A purple-haired girl in a long purple dress silently arrived at a ruin. The blizzard sweeping between heaven and earth could not get within a meter of her, as if there was some invisible barrier preventing the wind and snow from getting close.

"Has so many years passed without us realizing it? Those people, those events, those items from back then have long been buried here by time and the wind and snow."

The girl calmly gazed at the scene. Not long after, another girl dressed in strange clothes appeared out of nowhere and came to the girl's side. She said in a very respectful tone, "Your Majesty, we have searched the entire area. There are no remains in these ruins."

“...If Otto wasn’t lying to me, then those guys’ bodies would definitely be left here unattended. He wouldn’t lie to me about such a trivial matter. In other words, those guys really did disappear for some reason.”

"The Thousand-Man Lawyer... Cheng Xing, have you finally carried that past completely on your shoulders?"

"Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

"After preparing for so long, after remaining silent for so long... it's time for my turn."

Sirin's golden eyes shone brightly at that moment, and then a golden portal opened in front of her.

“This time, even the world cannot stop us. Cheng Xing... I’m here. Bella, let’s go.”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Two girls stepped into the golden portal, and as their figures disappeared, the strange golden portal gradually closed and vanished.

Chapter 219: Witness

Two people, one big and one small, were walking down the street. The smaller one was completely covered by a cloak, so it was impossible to tell their gender or appearance; all that could be known was that they were children.

The larger one was wearing a black cloak over a set of black casual clothes. This inexplicable combination seemed very strange to those around him. However, for some reason, looking at the man's ordinary appearance, the combination seemed to make some strange sense.

After leaving the forest, Cheng Xing led Alicia into the bustling city. There were still many years before the Honkai Impact 3rd. According to the timeline, Mebius was still just a child.

Alicia was taken to a clothing store by Cheng Xing. After showing off his money, the sales assistant very enthusiastically led little Alicia into the fitting room.

Not long after, Alicia changed into a new outfit. Looking at the beautiful clothes she was wearing, she looked at Cheng Xing with some confusion and helplessness.

Is this beautiful?

"From a human aesthetic point of view, you are naturally beautiful."

Cheng Xing didn't say anything more. He simply paid the bill, bought some clothes of the same size, and continued walking down the street with Alicia. The two had no particular destination; they were simply walking through the city. They didn't need to deliberately seek out stories. In this vast city, among millions of people, you will always see one similar yet different story after another in the ordinary daily life.

"All you do all day is fiddle with your completely useless tools. You've bought one set after another of the same things. What's the point of buying all this stuff if you're just messing around with it? How much money have you wasted on all this?!"

The woman kept complaining to her husband, while he just kept his head down, holding the package in his hands, and didn't say anything.

"I'm asking you a question! How much money did you actually spend?! Do you know how tight our finances are? The kids still have to go to school, and we still have to pay the mortgage and car loan! If our parents get sick in the future and we can't come up with our savings, do you know how much trouble that will cause?! I was so blind to have married such a spendthrift!"

The husband kept his head down and didn't say anything.