Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

It was only after a staff member took out some candy from their pocket that she was able to calm down.

Blood tests showed that the girl had excellent resistance to Honkai energy.

But that would mean she would be sent to that hell on earth.

Looking at this weak girl, Cheng Xing imagined her being sent to the laboratory and eventually becoming a cold, twisted, and grotesque corpse. His sense of despair intensified.

This caused several other children who underwent physical examinations to also tremble with fear.

This uncle had a gloomy face the whole time he was drawing our blood, it was absolutely terrifying!

Chapter 44: Sugar

After a long day of running around, Cheng Xing returned to the base. He walked wearily down the metal corridor, a cigarette dangling from his lips, looking every bit the disillusioned middle-aged man.

But he's only twenty-five years old.

"Hey! Cheng! Why do you look so gloomy? Are you in a bad mood? Want to come have a few drinks with us?"

As Jerak stood by the window smoking, he noticed the lone figure and waved to Cheng Xing.

"No, you guys have the day off tomorrow, but I'm not. If I drink too much tomorrow and cause errors in the experimental data recording, my supervisor will yell at me to death."

Cheng Xing originally hated the feeling of being drunk, but after getting drunk a week ago out of intense guilt, he started to think that sometimes being drunk was actually quite nice, at least it allowed him to escape reality for a while.

"So how was your day? Did you see any colors other than white?"

Cheng Xing approached Jerac and said, "Don't even mention it. Those kids were trembling with fear when they saw me standing in front of them. Several of them even cried from fright. It gave me a headache all day. I really don't know when I started to look so scary. It's just that I look a little disheveled. Is it really that bad?"

Gerald looked at his Eastern friend in front of him, whose face was covered with a full beard, whose hair was messy, and whose eyes carried a sense of decadence that made people feel irritated.

"I think if you were any fatter, you'd look like a child trafficker."

"Depend on!"

"Alright, alright, I won't chat with you any longer. I'm going back to continue drinking."

"Well, I hope you drown in alcohol."

"Hahaha! That's impossible. I have a special hangover cure on me. Didn't expect that, did you!"

In the twilight, with some time before nightfall, Cheng Xing wandered aimlessly. As he passed a small shop, he saw candy on the shelf. For some reason, or perhaps because of his experiences that day, he inexplicably bought some and put it in his pocket.

Cheng Xing returned to his room and lay sprawled out on his bed, still fully clothed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Can I adapt? Constantly accepting the reality of sacrificing children, is it really necessary for humanity's powerful adaptability to be used in such a tragic way? It's strangely ironic!"

Cheng Xing knew he couldn't keep overthinking; it would only bring him more psychological pressure and wouldn't lead to anything good. So, he restlessly closed his eyes and tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. As his overthinking worsened, he picked up a sleeping pill from the cabinet and swallowed it.

Under the influence of the drug, he fell into a deep sleep within ten minutes, which was already the norm. Some of the experimental personnel in the base needed sleeping pills to fall asleep peacefully; otherwise, they always felt that something would crawl out from the shadows, grab their bodies, and drag them into hell.

Although Cheng Xing did not believe in the so-called heaven and hell, the guilt in his heart made him very irritable and unable to fall asleep, so he applied for sleeping pills to help him sleep.

The experiment on the second day went very smoothly. Some useful data was recorded, and the subject did not die. Although he was in some pain, he at least survived.

At least no one died today, which is a good thing.

After finishing the experiment, Cheng Xing began to wander aimlessly around the base. Because the experimental results were very good today, the supervisor ended the experimental plan early, so Cheng Xing didn't know what to do for a while.

While wandering aimlessly, he inexplicably ended up in the area where the experimental subjects lived.

He suddenly remembered the first little girl with purple hair he had examined yesterday afternoon, who was also the first girl he had frightened to tears. He wondered how she was doing now.

Since he had nothing better to do and was already there, Cheng Xing decided to go and see what the girl named Xilin was up to.

Cheng Xing arrived at the living area, which was set up like a prison cell. After getting information from the guards, he went to where Xilin was.

Seeing Xilin curled up on the bed, looking completely lost and scared, Cheng Xing felt an even greater sense of guilt.

He used his ID card to open the door and went inside. In fact, every experimenter's ID card could open everyone's cell here, but no one wanted to do so.

Because doing so would only bring greater suffering to oneself; developing feelings for these test subjects would only bring unimaginable pain.

Cheng Xing went inside and looked at Xilin, whose body began to tremble slightly upon hearing footsteps.

He was completely inept at comforting children and didn't know what to say. Seeing the girl trembling more and more, and on the verge of tears, he finally remembered that he had some candy in his pocket that he had bought yesterday for some reason.

"Hey, don't cry, don't cry. I have some candy here, would you like some?"

When Xilin heard about the candy, she raised her head slightly. When she saw that it was the strange uncle who had drawn her blood yesterday, her fear increased even more.

When Cheng Xing saw that Xilin's eyes were still filled with fear of him, at least she didn't cry immediately, he breathed a sigh of relief and then took out some candy and placed it in front of the girl.

"for you."

Xilin looked at the candies in front of her, somewhat at a loss. Then she reached out and took the candies, glanced at Cheng Xing's expression, peeled off the candy coating, and put a candy in her mouth.

A sweet sensation seeped from her mouth into her heart, and the girl, who had looked frightened, relaxed and revealed a happy smile.

Cheng Xing completely relaxed when he saw the girl smiling, and then asked, "Xilin...do you have your own surname?"

"Mom didn't tell me."

Perhaps because of the candy, Xilin was willing to communicate with Cheng Xing.

“Okay, Xilin, my name is Cheng Xing, I’m a researcher here… never mind, there’s no point in telling you this. Just think of me as an uncle who kidnapped children, after all, I’m the one who brought you here.”

Cheng Xing's smile was forced. Xi Lin could see the sadness that the middle-aged man couldn't hide beneath his dejected expression. After hesitating for a moment, she picked up a piece of candy and handed it to Cheng Xing.

What are you doing?

Cheng Xing was somewhat unable to understand it for a moment.

"You look unhappy, and I don't know how to comfort you, so I'll give you a piece of candy. I feel happy when I eat candy, so you should feel happy too."

Xilin was a little shy.

Cheng Xing trembled as he took a candy from Xilin's small hand, then peeled off the coating and put it in his mouth.

"Uncle, is it sweet?"

"Ah...it's so sweet, so sweet."

"Then why are you crying, Uncle?"

"...Maybe it's too sweet."

Cheng Xing didn't know why she suddenly burst into tears; perhaps it was because the candy in her mouth was really sweet.

Chapter 45: If it hurts, eating candy will make it stop hurting.

That night, Cheng Xing returned to his room and stared blankly at the ceiling, his mind filled with the image of the girl handing him candy.

And then there's the taste of the candy melting in your mouth.

It's very sweet, really sweet.

"...Should I continue like this? I'm sure I'll break down when that girl is put on the testing table."

Cheng Xing knew he had made a mistake. If he continued to communicate with that girl, he would only feel more and more pain and guilt. That feeling would continue to accumulate until the girl was sent to the laboratory.

Then all those accumulated emotions will surge to their peak in that instant and explode, and at that moment he won't know what he will do.

I can foresee that I will be driven crazy.

Cheng Xing knew he could no longer contact Xilin, so he decided to treat these things as a dream and forget them when he woke up the next day.

He picked up a sleeping pill from the side and put it in his mouth, then picked up a water glass and drank it all in one gulp. He just lay there blankly on the bed and fell asleep without even taking off his shoes.

The next day, after waking up, Cheng Xing went to the bathroom, wiped his face haphazardly with a damp towel, and left. No matter how handsome or well-dressed you are here, no one cares.

It's better to be more spontaneous.

Cheng Xing entered the laboratory and watched as some of his seniors, who had arrived earlier than him, carefully examined the experimental data and adjusted the instrument parameters. Without saying much, he went to his seat and prepared for today's experiment.

Once everyone had arrived, the supervisor instructed the outside staff to bring the experimental subjects into the laboratory.

When I saw that girl with purple hair and a timid expression being brought in, I trembled as if I had been struck by lightning.

"Why now of all times? Why today of all times! Couldn't you just give me a few more days to forget yesterday? Why, why today?!"

Cheng Xing's teeth were clenched tightly, and the veins on his face were bulging. He looked extremely ferocious and terrifying, which frightened some of his colleagues.

Celine looked at the uncles and aunts staring at her with great fear. Their faces were all icy cold, and they were looking at her with terrifying eyes… Waaah! Mom! I want to go home!

Before Xiao Xilin could fully burst into tears, the personnel in charge of escorting her threw the girl into the open experimental chamber.

After being thrown in, the hatch immediately closed, leaving only a transparent glass panel through which one could see what was inside.

Celine was completely submerged in the liquid, and she felt a strange sense of suffocation. She kept pounding on the walls of the cabin, trying to get out of this terrible cage, but the adults around her were watching her with cold eyes.

At that moment, Xilin saw that the unusual guy was the uncle who had given her candy yesterday. He was staring at her with gritted teeth and a very scary look in his eyes, but it was much better than those cold stares.

"help me……"

Cheng Xing could see the girl's mouth movements, as if she was shouting for help. He wanted to stand up immediately and rush over to stop the experiment, but his colleagues held him down tightly, preventing him from standing up.

Tan Si pressed down hard on Cheng Xing's shoulder, and had the other person on the other side also hold him down, his expression extremely serious as he said, "Cheng Xing! Are you crazy? If you rush over during the experiment, you'll be directly infected by Honkai energy and die! Even if you manage to escape, can you bear the consequences of interfering with the experiment?!"

"Tans...that child is the one I brought back!"

Cheng Xing's voice was very deep and hoarse, sounding like the growl of a wild beast.

“I’ve been through what you’ve been through. I know you’re in a lot of pain and resentment right now, but I absolutely won’t let you go through this!”

"director!"

Tan Si shouted to divert everyone's attention, and pointed to Cheng Xing beside him, saying, "Cheng Xing's physical condition is not quite right today. I don't think he is suitable for today's work."

"Tan Si!"

Before Cheng Xing could speak, someone next to him covered his mouth.

The supervisor, seeing the situation, knew what had happened. This kind of thing happened a few times every time a new person joined. He waved his hand, signaling the security personnel responsible for protecting the new person to drag him out, and then ignored him.

Cheng Xing was thrown outside, and then the laboratory door closed in front of him. He rushed forward to try to open the door, but it displayed a message saying he did not have permission to conduct the experiment.

Then he heard the girl's desperate cries, calling for her mother over and over again.

Cheng Xing pounded heavily on the laboratory door, but nothing happened. Apart from a dull thud, it couldn't even drown out the girl's scream.

He knelt on the ground in despair; the girl's pitiful cries made him feel like his heart was about to break.

Cheng Xing didn't know how he got back to his room. It seemed that he had attracted the attention of the people inside by banging on the door, and then he was carried back.