Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

"Uncle! I'm back!"

Before Xilin could emerge from the wormhole, her voice came from inside, and then a purple-haired figure crashed directly into Cheng Xing's arms.

"Cirin has returned to her own body and no longer needs to stay in that paramecium's body. From now on, I will live with my uncle!"

Xilin snuggled happily in Cheng Xing's arms, feeling that she was making much faster progress than that silly duck who was still stuck in school. She was the real queen! You duck can just stay in the back and eat dust!

If you can humbly call me "Your Majesty" then, I might let you have some soup; otherwise, you'll have to obediently become my maid!

Celine initially pretended to be a well-behaved child to lower others' guard. Now that she has regained her body, she can do whatever she wants!

And! Cheng Xing's first time was also mine!

Sirin-chan! A resounding victory!

"Hey uncle! Would you like to do something fun?"

Just as Sirin was about to learn some of the knowledge she had gained from Kiana's memories to tempt Cheng Xing, the latter pushed her away with a helpless expression.

“Sirin, now that you’ve recovered your health and want to live here, I’ll introduce you to some of my old friends.”

"Old friends? All my old friends are dead, so what friends do I have left?"

While Sirin was completely bewildered, she suddenly saw Kiana standing not far away, silently watching the two of them...

"…………!!!!"

Sirin quickly shifted her gaze between the two women, staring incredulously at Kiana, who appeared as dignified and elegant as a married woman. Her voice trembled as she said, "How could you two be like this! I checked her memories every night! How could this be! And I even deliberately rewrote your part of her memories! Why would this happen! It shouldn't be like this! Something that shouldn't have happened must have occurred! I don't believe it!"

Sirin looked completely unable to accept it, and even the Honkai energy in her body began to dissipate. She simply couldn't believe that she would lose to a paramecium!

"Cirin, be quiet."

She stepped forward and grabbed the already dazed Sirin, then said, "I am not Kiana Kaslana."

Sirin forced herself to calm down in that instant, then carefully examined Kiana in front of her, and then asked in a daze.

"Lord God?"

"Ah."

"But...why? This...???"

Sirin was even more bewildered. She... she had actually been robbed of her home by her own god!

In short, over the next period of time, Cheng Xing told Xilin some stories about the two of them. When he said that there was no ambiguous relationship between them at all, Xilin visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"What?! I thought I had fallen behind."

Xilin decided to take a break first. The shock she suffered today was too great, so she should rest first. After all, her newly acquired body still needs mental adjustment.

Time passed quickly, right after Celine went to sleep...

Cheng Xing sat on the sofa, quietly waiting for the countdown to begin. After midnight, the system's self-charging would be fully replenished, and the simulation would then commence.

"System, I want to simulate the future for now."

"I know. So, do you want to simulate the future thousand Herrschers, or go see the world after the Honkai ends?"

"Was that really the world after the Honkai ended?"

"It's just a temporary delay; for a short-lived human life, it's already a long time coming to an end."

"Yes, we can choose to escape for a while and have more opportunities to develop and research, but I know very well that once there is no external pressure, the internal struggles will continue endlessly. Do you think humanity will still be able to defeat the Honkai then?"

At this moment, Cheng Xing looked at the Honkai sitting beside him, who was calmly watching him, took a deep breath, and said bluntly, "I want to completely defeat you, and I even wanted to kill you at one point."

"Of course I know. Having all your memories, I naturally know what you're thinking."

"Then why not take this opportunity to eliminate me? Few creatures with emotions would be willing to die so soon after gaining them."

"My mission is to test this civilization, not destroy it. Personal emotions will not sway my commitment to testing it, and you should not show me any pity or mercy because of your feelings."

She calmly gazed at Cheng Xing and said, "Don't forget that the reason you are able to sit here and talk to me is because those people in your memory have completely sacrificed themselves. Don't forget how many morals humanity has trampled on, how many bottom lines humanity has broken, and how many conspiracies and darkness have been spawned in order to defeat the Honkai. Never forget how many people have died on the road to fighting the Honkai, and how many families have been destroyed because of it."

"We've been locked in a life-or-death struggle for this for a long time. If you insist on considering yourself human, then please don't forget the attitude that humans should have towards Honkai. We can be friends before the final battle, and I can even be your lover, but when the battle comes, you cannot show any weakness or run away."

"If you must lead humanity to victory against the Honkai, then please kill me with all your might at the end. That is the greatest respect you can show me... and the greatest respect you can show to the sacrifices of your friends."

Cheng Xing was silent for a moment, then said, "I will not trample on the sacrifices of the dead... I will not forget the blood and tears they left behind."

"Yes, remember what you said today. If you show any mercy when the final battle comes, then human civilization will be destroyed. I will show no mercy, understand?"

"I see."

"Charging complete. Simulation initiation. Simulation object... thousand... buzzing... error... simulation canceled!"

Cheng Xing was stunned when he heard these words. He was about to ask what had happened when he heard the system's follow-up.

"This simulation has been changed to time travel! We will travel to the future! Host! This time, I don't want to see you chatting with a few girls! I want to see what you really want to do! Haven't you always had a question you wanted to answer? Then please go and get the answer you want as the Herrscher of Domination!"

"Deploying time anchors to the future!"

"Come on, let's see if the girl who can seal the Honkai to the moon in the future can pass the test in your heart! I wonder what kind of delightful expression will appear on her face when she finds out that you are the one she abandoned with her own hands? Are you looking forward to it? Oh, you smiled, I saw it!"

"...I am indeed somewhat looking forward to it."

"Yeah, that's right, buddy. This is just a hypothetical future, it won't affect the real world! Go ahead and release all the pressure you've been holding in, go ahead and do whatever you want! Let me see what kind of entertainment you're going to bring us!"

"Hahahaha! Just thinking about it now makes me feel so happy! Spalashi!"

Upon hearing the smile that was so characteristic of Ma Po's voice, Cheng Xing's smile widened even further.

Ah, I really want to know.

Chapter 95: Please Call Me, Herrscher of Domination

Dominating the theater...

Kiana looked at the lifeless doll lying on the ground and felt increasingly strange. What was this guy saying? Why couldn't she understand it at all? Why did he suddenly say that?

Kiana, are you alright?

Fu Hua approached Kiana and asked, looking at the latter's somewhat bewildered expression.

"I'm fine, squad leader. Now that the thousand-strong Herrscher has been eliminated, we should..."

"not necessarily."

Bronya's voice, which sounded rather emotionless, reached their ears, causing Fu Hua and Kiana to frown and look at her with some confusion.

Bronya looked warily at the unchanging theater and said, "Haven't you noticed yet? With the elimination of the Thousand Herrschers, this space they created hasn't changed at all. There must be something still maintaining the existence of this theater."

"Clap!"

A crisp clapping sound suddenly echoed in the empty theater. The three warriors immediately prepared for battle, turning their wary gazes toward the person shrouded in shadow on the now-perfected trial seat.

"Didn't expect you to react so quickly? As expected of the Silver Wolf of the Urals, those who have experienced the life of an assassin always have sharp intuition."

A man's voice came from the direction of the shadow, and then a spotlight suddenly appeared and shone on the seat. The shadow faded, and a face appeared in their eyes.

The man had an ordinary appearance; he was the kind of guy you'd easily lose in a crowd. Yet, this very ordinary man was sitting in the main seat of the trial bench that originally belonged to the Thousand Lawyers.

"who are you?"

Kiana looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Oh, you don't remember?" the person said in surprise at first, then seemed to suddenly remember something and said with a sudden realization, "Oh, I forgot, my Forsaken passive skill hasn't been turned off yet. Turn it off."

"Um!!!"

Kiana and Fu Hua stared wide-eyed at the person sitting in the main seat. There was no mistake in their appearance, and there was absolutely no mistake in their tone! That was the guy who should have been dead and could never come back to life!

"...Cheng...Xing!"

Kiana said, somewhat incredulously.

Bronya was confused. Who was this man?

[This is a hypothetical future! It's just a simulation of what happens after you die. Only Kiana knows who you are; no one else recognizes you… and the only girl who knows you easily abandoned you, even believing such a lame lie! Hehehe, tell her who you are! Tell her now! Why are we here?!]

Cheng Xing stood up from his seat, and then the light directly illuminated the originally dim theater. The three women in the center saw that the previously empty seats were suddenly filled with many people, a group of people wearing white coats but stained with a lot of blood.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Cheng Xing, the Herrscher of a Thousand as you all know... but I prefer you to call me the Herrscher of Domination. Kiana, it's been a long time."

"No...it's impossible...why would you!"

Kiana seemed somewhat incredulous.

"Ah, are you asking me why I came back to life? Or are you asking me why I became a Herrscher?"

Cheng Xing smiled kindly, just as he had when he lived with Kiana in the past, and said, "I used to hate my powerlessness, and could only use those speechless plans to try my best to help you. Later, I was captured by the World Serpent in order to learn more about you... You released me out of resentment, and I suffered inhumane experimental torture. After being released, I committed suicide out of pain and despair."

"But fate is cruel. Before I committed suicide, I clearly saw your back, and you must have seen me too. Before I died, I watched the Honkai Beast's iron hooves slowly crush me. At that moment, I really wanted to shout for you to save me... Heh... I wonder if you've ever heard this saying?"

"Angels will kill their lovers to save more people, while demons will kill even more people for their lovers. Kiana, are you truly an angel? If Raiden Mei were in my situation, would you choose to save her or save an entire city?"

"Cheng Xing! I'm so sorry about what happened back then... but!"

"Shh!"

Seeing that Kiana was about to argue, Cheng Xing raised his left hand, put his index finger to his lips, and interrupted the girl's argument.

"Let me tell you something, Kiana. Arguments after many things have happened are often futile. I've come here today, and I've appeared before you all, because I want to verify something."

"You, K423, Kiana Kaslana, Herrscher of the Flame, can you lead humanity and your comrades to victory against the Honkai? I've been struggling with this, I'm really struggling with it. Should I wholeheartedly help her, help that Kiana grow into who she is now? And once she's grown into who she is now, can that Kiana create a miracle? A miracle that isn't just a simple case of skipping class like in the post-Honkai era, but a true miracle of overcoming the Honkai?"

"So, Kiana! If you're going to lecture me with grand principles, then I'm sorry, but you've already killed me twice. The first time was when you gave up on saving me, and the second time was just now when you killed that puppet of Cheng Xing, who had no past memories but only feelings for you."

"The person standing before you now is Cheng Xing, who has only memories but no emotions."

"Alright! Let's begin! Let's put on a trial, a test of the past losers for the future pioneers!"

Cheng Xing raised his hands, opening his arms as if to embrace the world.

Then, in that instant, the Honkai energy of the entire space was mobilized.

Kiana noticed the abnormality around her and quickly drew a fiery sword mark, trying to cut off the source of the danger.

however……

The crystal-clear ice crystals, passing through the high-temperature scratches created by the flames, easily reached the group and went straight for their brains.

Fu Hua remained calm and composed, dodging the attacks while observing the expressions of the suddenly appearing exceptional dolls around her. Without exception, they were all unusually calm.

Bronya, on the other hand, constructed laser cannons that precisely shot down all the incoming ice crystals.