Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

Cheng Xing then added to the discussion.

"That's exactly the case. Moreover, human civilization now faces an extremely powerful adversary and an unimaginable disaster. Under these circumstances, I don't think we should waste time on romance. What we should do now is concentrate on completing our work and tasks, and do our best to rescue more people from the devastating catastrophe."

"For me, there is simply no time or plan to be in a relationship right now."

The two were remarkably aligned in their approach to love. One's goal was to reach infinity and become a legendary, immortal god. The other, having just found his own purpose, simply didn't want humanity to be so easily swept away like dust by the collapse of civilization.

One didn't need a lover from the beginning, while the other had no intention of even considering such a matter.

Perhaps knowing that in the distant future, they will accompany each other as confidants...

Until a certain point, the two sides diverged on their paths.

Cheng Xing's attention returned from last night to the present moment. Seeing the green light ahead, he gently pressed the accelerator, the car started, and the speed... 40.

"Cheng Xing, can't you drive a little faster? Why are you driving so slowly on this straight road?"

Danzhu, unable to bear the slow pace any longer, spoke up to remind him.

"We're still in the city, with pedestrian walkways and buildings on both sides. If a pedestrian suddenly runs out into the street while we're driving at high speed, what serious consequences would there be? I'm actually going very fast right now."

"Have you ever received a parking ticket before?"

"No, I just think this is more reasonable."

"Alright, Danzhu, I've already asked you these questions before. This guy is just so inflexible. I've advised him to drive faster several times, but he's still going at this speed. He's hopeless."

Mebius sighed helplessly.

Finally, at this slow pace, the group left the city and arrived in the suburbs, where Cheng Xing's speed barely reached... 70.

"Ah! Doctor, you're right, this man is truly beyond saving!"

After looking at the sign that indicated a minimum speed limit of 70 km/h that they had just passed, everyone was speechless.

After an hour's drive, everyone finally returned to the research institute. Although the higher-ups would send people to clean up the place after they left, it had been quite a while since they had left, so they still had to find a way to clean it up themselves.

Cheng Xing changed into clothes for tidying and cleaning, then picked up a mop and broom and began cleaning everywhere.

Möbius, on the other hand, specifically contacted various instrument manufacturers and prepared his own routes to replace most of the instruments in the research institute.

Klein was preparing to transfer some data he had brought from another laboratory to the data platform here. Of course, all of this data had been observed and filtered by the higher-ups.

Cang Xuan then began to calculate the bill based on Mebius's needs and suggested that the price be reduced to a certain extent.

After all, some of the people who provide these services are shady businessmen.

Danzhu... she's helping by not causing trouble.

Then, thanks to everyone's efforts, a few days later the research institute finally acquired the necessary instruments, equipment, and protective measures to study Honkai.

When the experiment began, Cheng Xing personally stepped into the incubation chamber.

As soon as he entered, he felt a strange tremor run through his body. A strange memory resurfaced in his mind, and he seemed to see a group of people in research suits standing outside, staring at him with indifferent and numb eyes.

The faces of those people were somewhat blurred by the liquid inside, but their figures and backs seemed familiar.

They were especially familiar with the leader.

Then he seemed to see the consequences of the experiment, and saw his own body begin to mutate because it could not withstand the Honkai energy.

His face was gradually becoming siliconized, and purple lines appeared. Then, he revealed a ferocious and terrifying beastly smile to the group of researchers who were watching him indifferently.

"Everyone, I'm taking my leave now!"

He seemed to hear his own malicious roar.

Chapter 81: Dream

Cheng Xing, the one who wore white and longed to save others, but ultimately chose the path of self-destruction, has died.

Cheng Xing felt that everything in front of him was being submerged by the surrounding liquid, and everything became very blurry. He couldn't even feel what the doctor was doing outside or what he was injecting into the experimental chamber. He just felt that everything in front of him was becoming more and more blurry.

Everything was like when you're watching a movie in a theater, and all the lights are turned off before the play begins.

Cheng Xing saw a city shrouded in heavy rain. An office worker with an umbrella was coming out of his workplace, seemingly rushing home. He wondered why the man had driven his car out.

The man was walking down the street when he suddenly saw a girl sitting in a corner, covered in wounds and with torn clothes. She was huddled in the alley in the pouring rain, looking lonely and pitiful.

The man seemed to hesitate for a moment before continuing to walk forward, as if he didn't want to care about the poor girl. But after a few steps, he muttered a curse under his breath and immediately turned back.

He chose a rescue mission that was bound to bring death.

The man and the girl parted ways for the first time, but their second meeting took place in the same setting.

The man didn't hesitate any longer and stepped forward to speak.

"You seem to need some help."

The man stayed with the girl for a while, taking care of her and respecting her. There was no deliberate physical contact, no ambiguous situations that would occur when a man and woman live together. He was extremely respectful and careful about his words and actions.

The excuse he came up with was nothing more than lusting after the girl's body, and he said he would turn away without hesitation if danger came.

He took the girl to witness many things, including the beauty of the world and the ordinary happiness between ordinary people, which gave the girl renewed hope for living.

But in the end, because he had no power, because he had nothing he should have, he could only die.

Even before they died, they underwent a brutal human experiment... just like I am now.

"Kiana! Help me!"

That person wanted to shout that before he died, but fear prevented him from opening his mouth.

The immense force pressed his entire body firmly to the ground, turning him into a veritable pile of mud. His death was humble, his pursuits humble, and his life humble as well.

...What was he pursuing in the first place? Knowing it was death, why did he extend a helping hand? It's truly perplexing, but it's just a story of an ordinary person taking their own life; there's nothing to dwell on.

Cheng Xing opened his eyes. He seemed to see a more distant or even more surreal story, perhaps a glimpse of his former self?

Why would I do that? I don't know.

When Cheng Xing came to her senses, she found herself lying on her own bed. She didn't know who had dressed her, but the tight-fitting clothes were still on; it seemed they had just put them on.

Cheng Xing stood in front of the mirror and looked at his body. There were no changes or mutations. He looked the same as before, and even the abundant energy in his body had not increased or decreased.

The experiment felt like he just slept soundly, with nothing else changing. But Cheng Xing knew that changes had occurred; he seemed to see some buried memories and understand some things.

"Sigh, it was all so fragmented and psychedelic. Under that kind of consciousness, I couldn't distinguish the environment and situation at the time, and I couldn't find much useful information."

Cheng Xing looked at himself in the mirror, stretched out his hand and touched his palm with his reflection, feeling the warmth from the smooth mirror surface. He said, "Am I your past or your future?"

At this point, he lowered his head and smiled, the meaning of which was unclear. Then he turned around and left the room. However, as he left, he did not see himself in the mirror. He did not lose anything because of his departure; he simply stared calmly at his own back.

Cheng Xing's mouth opened and closed in the mirror, as if he wanted to say something, but no one could hear his voice.

If there were someone here who could read lips, they should be able to tell what he was saying.

"God has given you this puppet..."

However, before he could finish speaking, his image in the mirror blurred, then his figure was covered by a large amount of blood and finally disappeared. The entire mirror became ordinary, reflecting the appearance of the room.

Cheng Xing arrived at the laboratory and looked at everyone busy at work. He felt that the inexplicable feeling lingering in his heart had dissipated a lot, and an indescribable sense of peace was born at this moment.

After inwardly lamenting his own mindset as a corporate slave, Cheng Xing immediately threw himself into his work, starting to organize the data generated from the human experiments he had personally participated in the previous day.

result…………

"Your experimental data is simply outrageous. Your body is like a bottomless pit, absorbing all the Honkai energy. Our analysis of your body data shows that every single cell in your body absorbs Honkai energy without any limit and without any mutation. For you, absorbing Honkai energy is easier than eating or drinking... Even if we wanted to simulate your cell structure and conduct some kind of modification experiment, it would be extremely difficult... Apart from you, we have no other human subjects for experimentation."

While Mebius was very happy to have obtained a living Herrscher individual for his experiments, he lacked the ability to conduct sufficient experiments to accumulate and perfect the data. Otherwise, the resulting data would be nothing more than a castle in the air, easily collapsing.

"Sigh, but that's all we can do for now. Let's just hold on for a while. Constructing theoretical data is also very important."

Mebius didn't have any better plans, after all, the people of Changkong City hadn't truly grasped the horror of the Honkai and wouldn't agree to human experimentation.

Moreover, if the higher-ups find out about the unauthorized human experiments, even more trouble will surely follow.

Cheng Xing also wanted to see those inexplicable images and memories from those experiments, so he nodded without any objection. A few days later, he lay down in the cabin, wanting to see those memories again.

Of course, it didn't disappoint him, but what he saw was a bit strange.

He saw a white-haired girl who seemed to appear in his memories, holding a burning greatsword and pointing it at him, who was kneeling on the ground with countless golden threads wrapped around his body.

"You lost."

"Yes, that's how it should be."

Chapter 82: The Third Herrscher

The valiant female warrior with a ponytail raised her flaming greatsword, preparing to deliver the final blow to the person in front of her, when she heard a series of inexplicable low laughs coming from the person kneeling on the ground.

"why are you laughing?"

"...Looking back at what I said in the past from today's perspective, it really seems very inexplicable, doesn't it?"

Cheng Xing looked around at the unchanged Domination, the scene, and Bronya, who was lying on the ground and struggling to get up, and Fu Hua, who had already stood up and was walking towards him step by step.

"Looking back on that experience now, I feel inexplicably ashamed... Oh well, my current memory won't last long anyway. I've been through a lot in this immersive simulation. Although I'm fully conscious now, I'm afraid my memory will start to blur again by the end of the experiment."

Cheng Xing looked at the illusory figures in his memories and began to recall the people from his past.

So, was he really simulating the future Herrscher of a Thousand at the beginning? If so, where did his future self go?

If one changes the future and then changes the past, how are the various time fallacies that arise from this resolved?

Cheng Xing actually regained his memories briefly during the immersive simulation. When he recalled how he had been suspicious and doubted that his current self was a fake existence, he felt a little ashamed.

As Cheng Xing was thinking this, he suddenly saw something in these fragments of past memories.

That was a spot that should have belonged to the judges of the thousand Heralds, where a statue of a raven stood quietly.

The raven statue calmly gazed at everyone present with eyes as if carved from rubies.

"……I see."

Cheng Xing opened his eyes and found himself back in his room, wearing the same clothes as yesterday, with an overcoat draped over his shoulders. This time, he felt as if he had a very bizarre dream, but he couldn't remember the details of it at all.

Could it be that the repeated experiments caused the results to deteriorate? But this was only the second time, yet it felt like a real dream. I can't remember much more, only that it was very bizarre.

"Sigh! It seems we can't rely on experiments to obtain more memories we don't have."

Cheng Xing sighed helplessly.

Good morning, I have something to tell you.