Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

Outside the city...

"Find a way to contact that guy immediately! We absolutely cannot let the wedding banquet in a few days go through! We absolutely cannot let Yae Sakura and Kallen be together!"

The giant fox explained to Bronya, "This illusion is forged from the beautiful things that guy desires! If we can break through that illusion and destroy everything he craves, we can leave safely. But conversely, the more that guy becomes immersed in this beautiful illusion, the less likely we are to leave! Once the marriage is complete, it will be the greatest happiness for Yae Sakura, and the solidity of this illusion will be stronger than ever before! At that time, even the feather in your hand will be completely ineffective!"

"We will never be able to leave this place!"

After hearing the explanation, Bronya thought for a moment, then materialized Heavy Bunny 19C and burned the feather in her hand to ashes.

Cheng Xing, who was playing a game, suddenly froze at this moment. He felt that the feather he left in another place seemed to have been damaged.

And the feathers she left behind... Bronya!

Cheng Xing and Xilin immediately left the place, opened a spatial passage, and traveled directly towards St. Freya Academy. However, when they arrived, there was only an empty sea, and the entire island had vanished.

Looking at this enormous undertaking, Cheng Xing knew that only one person would do something like this.

"Honkai! What exactly are you planning to do?!"

"It's just completing a research project. Don't worry, no one will die or be tortured. On the contrary, they will gain huge benefits."

She appeared before Cheng Xing, smiling, and said, "Of course, if you're not satisfied, you can try to find them or defeat me."

That is impossible.

Even if the Honkai now appears in this world in the form of a divine manifestation, and its body can be touched, it is still not something that Cheng Xing can defeat in his current state.

"........."

Sirin shook her head. Even with her spatial abilities, she couldn't perceive what was happening in this area.

Cheng Xing clenched his fists, once again feeling the intense sense of powerlessness he had felt in the pure white space.

I can't do anything!

Children's Day Extra IF Line 1: Without Desire or Interest

The rain was so loud, it felt like the gods in the sky were pouring all the water from a basin onto the earth. All the raindrops connected into threads, forming a heavy veil that obstructed the view.

Cheng Xing stood on the balcony, looking at the continuous rain outside, and calmly said, "Today seems to be Children's Day, June 1st."

[Yes, but what does that have to do with you? You don't know any children around you, and you're not a child yourself. What are you thinking?]

I just vaguely recalled some things from the past, and remembered when I was young, my parents never celebrated Children's Day with me.

Cheng Xing returned to his room and opened the refrigerator, only to find it completely empty. How long had it been since he had eaten? He couldn't seem to remember.

He went to the kitchen and looked at the pile of dishes and chopsticks in the sink, along with the grime that had settled there. He couldn't help but recall that it seemed like he hadn't been in the kitchen for several months.

When exactly did I stop wanting to cook?

Is it the inexplicable loneliness of washing dishes alone, or the trouble of cooking for yourself? In any case, it seems like a long time has passed.

Since that day of parting, Cheng Xing found a place and lived an ordinary life by himself. Although he went through some simulations later, they were all insignificant memories.

He is currently a junior member of World Serpent. He has managed to get a good position and a decent income thanks to his somewhat special abilities. If it were him in the past, he would definitely be happy with this considerable income.

But now, even though I have hundreds of thousands in savings, own a house, and am stronger than ever before, with abilities that surpass those of ordinary people, why do I feel no happiness at all?

[Your emotions are growing increasingly detached, your desires increasingly weak. You are gradually becoming detached from humanity, increasingly resembling an unknown being. You should find something to cling to, an anchor that can stabilize your humanity.]

"A place to rely on?"

Cheng Xing sat on the tidy sofa, looked at the empty trash can, and said, "I don't have anything to rely on. I'm doing pretty well now. I don't have to worry about eating, drinking, sleeping, or anything else. I don't feel mentally exhausted from loneliness. I have an ordinary job, I live an ordinary life, and I experience everything in the world in an ordinary way. It's pretty good."

[Please, it's been a whole year! You've been so devoid of desire for a whole year! Even after experiencing all sorts of simulations, you've basically gone through them with a blank expression and no emotion. Even in the immersive simulation, you've completely lost all desire... You've become more and more boring. Even when Himeko died, you didn't offer a helping hand... You just watched her die without feeling any sadness at all?]

"But they didn't ask me for help!"

Cheng Xing said, "Since they didn't ask me to do that, why should I get involved? In what capacity should I try to save them? What will I gain or lose in the end? It all seems meaningless."

[So you're just going to let things continue like this, waiting for the world to head towards destruction?]

"This world will not be destroyed. Kiana will overcome the Honkai with the will of her companions and everyone's blessings. Even if she only seals the Honkai, it will give humanity some breathing room. You could say that she has won. How can you say it's destruction?"

[That's just escapism; one day the world will crumble and we'll reappear...]

"What does that have to do with me? So what if the world is destroyed? It'll just mean starting to wander in the universe. What does the survival of humanity have to do with me? This world isn't mine anyway. The humans in this world aren't my race. Even if the humans in this world are slaughtered and enslaved, even if this world is on the verge of destruction and turns to dust..."

"What does it have to do with me?"

Cheng Xing said calmly that he didn't care. The deaths of those humans were irrelevant to the survival of this world. He was just living for the sake of living, until he had the ability to return to the past.

[Sigh, this is getting more and more boring.]

The system finally stopped talking to this boring person and fell silent.

Cheng Xing continued to stare blankly at the rain scene outside the window. He didn't know what he was supposed to do, or what he was supposed to strive for. He just waited quietly for the simulation to cool down, and then threw himself into those meaningless lives, and then found his way home in that endless cycle.

Then the phone rang.

"Hey."

Cheng Xing picked up the microphone, and a woman's voice came from the other end. It was one of his superiors, I think her name was Raven.

"Cheng Xing! I have something I can't get away from. We received news about the Herrscher of the Void. She seems to have been at these amusement parks recently. Why don't you choose one to go check on today?"

"it is good."

Cheng Xing stood up from his sofa as if a robot on standby had received a command, then opened the door and walked out. Throughout the entire ordeal, it seemed as if none of the appliances in the house had been used.

The electricity and water bills for this house have been cut off for some time now.

Dust has accumulated in many places. I really don't know what kind of person would be willing to live in such a place?

Cheng Xing transformed into a black mist, traversing the heavy rain and quickly arriving at an amusement park. Then, in a secluded alleyway unnoticed by ordinary people, he reverted to human form, calmly raised a black umbrella that appeared out of nowhere, and walked towards the amusement park.

Because of this heavy rain, many people are unlikely to come to the amusement park, except for some staff members. But now the staff members are probably all taking shelter from the rain somewhere, so it seems that Cheng Xing's field of vision is empty...

It seems there's some fool standing in the rain, being pelted by the raindrops.

Cheng Xing looked at the white-haired figure, tilted his head slightly, and searched his memory. This was the Herrscher of the Void, the target of his organization... Oh, I remember now, she seems to be Kiana.

Kiana stood in the rain, constantly recalling her teacher and that so-called last lesson. Her face was covered in various droplets, perhaps from the rain, or perhaps mixed with tears.

At that moment, Kiana heard the sound of leather shoes splashing in puddles behind her. She turned around and saw a slightly familiar person walking towards her under a black umbrella.

"Cheng Xing!"

Kiana looked at the person who had left without saying goodbye a few years ago and whom she had never heard from again.

Upon hearing his name called, Cheng Xing said, "You remember me?"

"How could I forget! You were the one who personally led me to Mei, and you even helped Mei regain her consciousness. You practically saved both of us. How could I forget you!"

Kiana looked at Cheng Xing with some surprise, feeling that he was very different from the guy she knew.

Why are you here now?

"I've come to find the Herrscher of the Void."

"…………Yeah?"

Kiana, with a weary expression, said, "Is this why you're here to kill me?"

"No, I was only ordered by my superiors to come here to see if there were any traces of the Herrscher. I did not receive any other orders."

"...Why do you seem so mechanical now? Have you been turned into a robot by your organization?"

Kiana felt a strange urge to laugh.

Now that I have tracked you down, I'll go ahead and report.

Kiana suddenly slipped into the black umbrella at that moment, and looking at Cheng Xing, whose eyes had been expressionless before but now showed some surprise, she suddenly smiled and said, "Hey! Don't mind if I rub against your umbrella for a bit!"

"I don't care."

"I don't have anywhere to stay tonight either, so would you mind if I stayed at your place for a while?"

"It doesn't matter."

"...Ah, you look so pitiful. I've decided, I'll definitely make you smile again!"

"...The meaning is unclear."

And so the two walked in the rain under that not-so-large black umbrella. The girl in white kept chattering about her past stories, while the black-haired man listened calmly, occasionally offering his comments in an almost emotionless tone.

For a moment, the originally dark sky began to lighten slightly.

Children's Day Extra IF Line 2: Awkward

Why is your house so dark?

Kiana entered Cheng Xing's house, but after trying several times, she found that the switch was useless and the light bulb wouldn't turn on.

"Cheng Xing, you didn't forget to pay the electricity bill, did you?"

Cheng Xing shoved the umbrella directly into the shelf next to the door, ignoring the raindrops that were soaking the floor, and calmly said, "Ah, I forgot about it a long time ago, but I haven't needed it, so it doesn't matter."

"Don't you need electricity? Don't you need it for cooking, boiling water, and charging your phone and computer?"

"The landline my organization provided me with is battery-powered, so I don't need electricity for anything else. I no longer need to replenish the energy my body needs through eating, drinking, and sleeping."

"...Do you really consider this living?"

Kiana looked at the expressionless man with a pang of heartache. Her intuition was right; she shouldn't have let go and shouldn't have let him leave.

He's living a life that's even worse than he used to.

"How can that not count as living? I can think and breathe, that's enough."

"Alright, go pay the electricity and water bills right now! I'll be staying here for a few days! Considering our past relationship, you won't refuse, will you?"

"It doesn't matter."

Cheng Xing simply handed Kiana the savings card containing all his assets, letting her buy whatever she wanted. Even if she squandered it all, it wouldn't matter to him.

Cheng Xing arrived at the landline, pondering whether or not to report the Herrscher of the Void's presence in his home.

Just as his hand was about to touch the landline microphone, the system's voice sounded in his ear again.

[Young man, don't be in such a hurry. You can try living with Kiana for a while first.]

"What's the point?"