Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

Kiana often goes out to do certain things, but each time she returns to the residence with some injuries or damage, and is then healed by Cheng Xing using the abilities he gained from the rewards he received in the simulation.

Then the girl, still smiling, skipped and hopped into the kitchen, trying out all sorts of dishes, and even nearly blew the kitchen up once.

After Cheng Xing repaired the kitchen for the fourth time this month, he calmly looked at Kiana, whose expression had become completely unashamed and even self-righteous, and said, "What were you trying to do just now?"

"Ah, I was just trying out some other uses for the microwave, so I put a little extra food in it. I didn't expect that I might have accidentally put something weird in, which caused the microwave to explode! I'm so sorry!"

Seeing Kiana's playful and smiling face, Cheng Xing didn't feel much emotional fluctuation. He simply nodded and sat back down, remaining as still as a wooden statue.

Kiana was a little dissatisfied to see that the guy had become like a statue again. Her action of almost blowing up the kitchen earlier was actually intentional. She just wanted to make the guy show even a little bit of annoyance. But for so long, even though she had been harassing him, he was still like a statue. Even when he slept at night, he just sat there without moving.

One night, I woke up half asleep to use the bathroom and saw someone sitting in the dark staring at me with dark eyes. I almost couldn't hold it in anymore.

Thinking about what happened that night, Kiana's face flushed slightly, and then she looked at the sculpture in front of her with indignation, vowing to break through its steel-like shell.

Then the dishes for tonight were placed on the table. When Cheng Xing saw that the dishes were no different from normal dishes in terms of appearance and smell, he was surprised.

Then he picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of what looked like a glistening, oily vegetable, and put it in his mouth. His face, which had always been as calm as still water, was now showing a hint of surprise. He finally said, "Unbelievable!"

"What's wrong! What's wrong! Did I finally cook something delicious?!"

Kiana immediately asked happily, and she was overjoyed to see that the guy finally showed a surprised expression!

"It was just unexpectedly bad!"

"what?"

Kiana's smile froze, and she stared at Cheng Xing in utter bewilderment.

"The dishes you made before weren't just normally bad; they had a strong, pungent taste that a normal person simply couldn't tolerate. They could have been poisoned or even fainted from the pain. This dish is just a matter of an imbalance in the ratio of salt and sugar, too much oil, and too much light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, which makes it taste strange. But it's just simply bad... You've made great progress."

Kiana looked at the talkative guy in front of her and heard him say so much. Her previous dissatisfaction disappeared instantly. She rested her chin on her hands on the table and watched Cheng Xing eat various dishes and comment on them. A happy smile appeared on her face.

"...I am truly happy now."

The Queen had been relentlessly tempting Kiana, urging her to reclaim this body and become the Herrscher of the Void once more, to bring destruction to the world. But that once solitary, dark figure was now accompanied by another person, who held up an umbrella and stood beside her.

As for Fu Hua in this timeline, she hasn't appeared yet.

In the following months, Kiana's cooking skills became more and more normal. What was originally a dish that could make people faint was now just normally unpalatable, then it became normally strong-flavored, and now, in just one year, Kiana has managed to make an ordinary dish.

As Cheng Xing put the dish into his mouth, the calm expression on his face finally crumbled, revealing an extremely shocked look in his eyes, and then he said something.

"Holy crap! It's actually delicious!"

Even Cheng Xing, who was almost devoid of desires and whose emotions were nearly indifferent, could no longer contain his shock at this moment. Kiana had actually made a delicious meal! This must be another world.

If the peace between the two doesn't last long, Kiana eventually discovers the secret of the World Serpent and tries everything she can to fight against the World Serpent organization's plans.

The time for the Celestial Meteor event has begun. Before that, Kiana had advised Cheng Xing to leave the city immediately, as something very dangerous was about to happen.

But Cheng Xing seemed not to hear a word and sat blankly on the sofa where he always sat. Ever since the day she cooked a normal and delicious dish that made this guy's face fall, he had never shown any expression again, which made Kiana a little discouraged.

After a day of planning, Kiana finally managed to get Schicksal and World Serpent to fight for a while, and finally obtained the information she wanted and rescued Rita... Kiana finally learned the location of the Honkai bomb that could cover the entire city.

but……

She arrived at the house before that.

"Cheng Xing! A bomb is about to explode in this city. This time you must listen to me and get out of here immediately! I know you have special abilities, you must have a way to get out of here quickly, right?!"

Kiana anxiously grabbed Cheng Xing's arm and spoke.

"I don't want to lose any more people who are important to me. I don't want to lose anyone else. Please, please! I'm begging you! Please just leave! I don't want to lose you!"

Cheng Xing looked at Kiana, who was in tears, reached out his hand, wiped away the girl's tears, and said to her with teary eyes, "Go do what you have to do. I will leave."

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you?"

"Then let's pinky swear."

"Fine! Liars are dogs!"

After the two made a pinky promise, Kiana smiled again, though it looked somewhat forced, it was still very beautiful.

She took one last look at the person she loved, then waved goodbye and quickly left, heading towards the city center.

Cheng Xing finally left the sofa where he had been sitting for so long and came to the balcony. He watched the figure leave quickly without making any move or saying any words. He just stood there calmly watching.

Aren't you going to chase after them?

"........."

Cheng Xing did not answer.

As a purple meteor streaked across the sky from the ground, Cheng Xing remained motionless.

[Stop pretending, your hands are practically cracking from clenching them.]

As the girl's figure plummeted from the sky, Cheng Xing's figure had already vanished.

A blonde girl standing on the ground suddenly raised her head. Just as she was about to use the Black Abyss White Flower in her hand to create a giant tree to catch Kiana, she saw that the girl had already fallen into a man's arms.

Kiana barely opened her eyes at that moment, saw the man holding her, and smiled as she said, "You lied to me, you bad dog."

"Yes, I lied to you."

Cheng Xing nodded in agreement, then watched as the girl in his arms gradually closed her eyes. After that, he opened his eyes.

Those were the eyes in my heart, closed off for so long.

"Mom! What happened after that?!"

A little girl in a white dress lay on her mother's lap and looked at her mother, asking a question.

"I'll tell you what happened after that on Children's Day next year!"

Kiana, who has long, smooth white hair and looks much more mature than before, smiled and touched her daughter's short white hair.

"Ugh! You fooled me like this last Children's Day too! You'll definitely tell me the same story again next year! Humph! Mom is a bad person, I'm not going to be with Mom anymore! I'm going to find Dad!"

The daughter huffed angrily, broke free from her mother's embrace, and ran to her father, who was leaning against a tree, covering his face with a book and taking a nap. She called out, "Dad, Dad, can you tell me the story of you and Mom from back then?"

The man removed the book from his face, yawned wearily, and then looked at his daughter with a smile, saying, "No, you can't."

"Both Mom and Dad are bad people!"

The daughter shouted angrily, then ran to the side and sulked alone, hugging her knees.

The couple looked at each other and saw a mixture of helplessness and warmth in each other's eyes.

After all, that was the most precious experience between Mom and Dad.

"Okay, don't be angry anymore, Mom will make you your favorite cola chicken wings!"

"Yay! Mom is the best!"

"You little foodie, you always assume someone is a good person just because they have food... Never mind, today is Children's Day, a holiday for both of us to celebrate too."

"Why do Mom and Dad celebrate Children's Day when they are adults?"

The man stepped forward, ruffled his daughter's hair, messing up her carefully styled hair again, and then said with a smile.

"Who says adults can't celebrate Children's Day? Everyone was a child at some point in their lives. As long as everyone remembers their past experiences and their childhood dreams, everyone can celebrate Children's Day!"

The couple then looked at each other and smiled, took one of their daughters' hands, and walked towards the house not far away.

The family of three was enjoying a happy time together.

Chapter 113: A New Story

[So you want to find a way to get power from me?]

"...Let's simulate it."

[Great, the boring daily routine is finally over! Now, let's begin a new act! The simulation begins!]

With a strange fluctuation in spacetime, Cheng Xing suddenly disappeared from the spot. Even Xi Lin, who had been by his side the whole time, did not notice that the person next to him had suddenly disappeared. Everything around them seemed to be frozen in place.

She slightly raised her eyes, gazing at the scene so distant it seemed to exist in another time and space, and remained silent.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The gaunt old man lay sprawled on the somewhat tattered straw mat, his face pale and emaciated, as if he hadn't eaten for days. With his cloudy eyes, he looked at his family members standing beside him and the extremely young-looking doctor, and asked, "Dr. Cheng, how much time... do I have left?"

The doctor, who looked extremely young, put away his medicine box and looked at the old man who couldn't hold on much longer and his relatives who were so numb that they had stopped shedding tears. He sighed and said, "At most half a month, at least three days. Time is running out."

Then the doctor picked up his medicine box and strode away from the family's house. As soon as he went outside, he could hear some of the neighbors who were gathered around the family talking in hushed tones.

"Old Li will eventually not make it through this summer, which is a relief for his family."

"What relief? You have no idea. I heard it from my relatives. This family didn't even go to the pharmacy to get medicine. They just let Old Man Li die of his illness!"

"Oh my, this son is simply unfilial! Back when there was a famine, Old Man Li knelt down and went from house to house to get some food for his son, and now his son won't even pay for medicine. He's so unfilial."

Listening to the neighbors' gossip, the young doctor shook his head helplessly and quickly left.

Even with his rudimentary medical skills, it's clear that Old Master Li hadn't received much treatment at all, letting a minor ailment develop into an incurable disease.

"Ugh."

The young doctor returned to the pharmacy and, seeing the middle-aged man sitting at the counter organizing the herbs, asked, "Master, did the Li family really never get any medicine?"

The middle-aged man looked up at the young man, his face filled with resentment, and said, "I have never dispensed any medicine, but do you know anything about that family?"

"Hmm... I don't know."

"Let me explain it to you simply. Their family's land from years ago has been confiscated, and they haven't been able to earn much money from any work in recent years. Do you think it's fair for them to give up all the money they've earned for an elderly person, and then let the whole family starve to death?"

"this…………"

The young man hesitated, unable to speak.

"When I adopted you, I taught you that you need to see and understand everything for yourself. Don't judge a person based on what others say... Alright, go back and rest."

After the young doctor left, the middle-aged man sighed silently, sat down in his seat, and said, "It's been several years already. The children I took in back then are all 18 now. I've been a doctor here peacefully for a full 10 years, haven't I? System, what exactly are you simulating?"

Cheng Xing asked the system speechlessly. Although he had chosen immersive simulation this time, the previous rewards made it impossible for his emotions to be changed. As a result, his memories could not be hidden, so the so-called immersive simulation was just a name.

As for strength, although the power of the Herrscher of Domination was basically not brought over, the power of the Scarecrow, which could not be discarded and could only be forgotten, naturally remained along with the memory.

Originally, I planned to explore this vast land of China, but the system stopped me at that time, telling me not to leave the town and that I would meet a very important person after a while.

The system didn't specify how long this period of time was, which resulted in him waiting here for a full 10 years. If he didn't know that there was no difference between the simulation and the outside world, Cheng Xing would not have waited here indefinitely.

[Almost there, stop rushing me! Do you think you're suffering? I'm suffering too! Watching you live the life of a doctor for ten years is driving me crazy! What do I care about the joys and sorrows of humanity over these ten years? I just want to watch the show! Anyway, stop rushing me. You'll know when I log on. I'm logging off now.]