Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

"Then you can try running away separately and see if these guys will chase me or you."

"No need for that. I'll stick with you. At least if something happens, I'll have someone to take the fall. If necessary, I can push you out to shield me from harm."

"Wow, you really didn't hesitate to say something utterly despicable."

"I am Cheng Xing."

"Introducing myself at this time? I am Kiana Kaslana."

And so the two of them sped off towards Qianyu Academy.

Honkai Impact 3rd world...

Selene appeared before Raiden Shin. Looking at the body she had obtained, the recording pen in her hand, and her satisfied smile, he couldn't help but show a slightly annoyed expression.

"Honestly, I've already kept Sirin occupied, so why does someone still have to try to escape? Even if they do escape, I can accept it, but why do I still have to help them fight against the Honkai? Don't any of my subordinates want to help me?"

Raiden noticed Seroni's presence, and seeing her slightly irritated and depressed expression, he felt an even greater sense of relief.

"Honkai, it's absolutely impossible for you to get us on your side. You said you know him best, so you should also know that he can't be persuaded by you so easily."

"As expected, after running away, does everyone feel more confident to face me now? Oh well, what can I do? I'm a magnanimous first wife. Anyway, once everything settles down, you people will only be fit to be concubines."

Do you think Cheng Xing can never beat you?

"Do you think that only he is growing and improving, while I am still standing still? Having developed emotions, I will not use just the right amount of power for trials like I used to. I am also growing now. And my growth rate is definitely beyond your imagination. So, having emotions is not just a weakness, but also an opportunity for evolution."

Selene was speaking with a smile when suddenly her expression changed instantly. Her previous aloofness, as if nothing could disturb her mind, was overturned in an instant.

She looked in a certain direction in disbelief, as if she had crossed endless time and space to see where that guy was going.

"...Do you really resist that much?"

Selene saw the world Cheng Xing had traveled to—a terrifying world that even surpassed the trees and the sea; it was a truly collapsing universe.

"So you're willing to go to such a dangerous world to find an opportunity to defeat me? It seems you're wholeheartedly preparing for this war. Then I can't keep playing around like this; I must prepare my real fighting force."

For the first time, Selene felt such a strong sense of crisis. Originally, she was able to maintain a superior attitude when facing Cheng Xing, because in her eyes, no matter how strong or how much he evolved, he could not catch up with her growth rate. She could fully predict the final outcome. But now she was a little panicked.

If that person really did return with enough powerful abilities and help from that world, wouldn't I lose in the current situation? Wouldn't I... lose him?

"No, I would absolutely not allow that."

Selene composed herself, and in that moment, her expressionless face revealed a kind of divinity that she usually concealed.

In a gamble, if one side starts a desperate gamble, the other side must be prepared for the possibility of defeat due to the other's frantic counterattack, and therefore must also do their best.

The struggle between the two sides reached its climax at this moment, with both men prepared to fight to the death.

Chapter 158: Guidance

As it turned out, with their completely unscientific stamina and speed, the bizarre army of zombies and Honkai beasts behind them had no chance of catching up with them.

Cheng Xing looked at the group of assassins behind him, some dressed in penguin costumes, some holding shields, and some carrying wooden swords, looking like they were cosplaying, and felt speechless.

"While this is a normal operation in a game, in real life, it's really hard for people who don't understand it to feel a sense of crisis."

Of course, there are still zombies in normal mode, but they are all very weak groups that can't catch up with the two of them. They have long been left behind by the larger groups. Now, the groups are faster than the two of them, but they can't catch up with them.

"I didn't expect you to have such good stamina. It seems you're not an ordinary person after all."

Kiana looked at Cheng Xing beside her, who was maintaining the same speed as her and wasn't sweating much, and said with some curiosity, "Besides my dad, this is the first time I've encountered a male who has survived the Honkai."

"I don't think this is the time for idle chatter. So how exactly did you, Miss, manage to provoke so many monsters? Simply collecting supplies wouldn't have been enough to attract them all, and now they're relentlessly chasing after you."

"Why would I lie to you? I really just wanted to collect some food and ammunition supplies, but I didn't expect these guys to chase me like I had taken their treasure. I was extremely careful, and not a single assassin saw me, but I was still discovered the moment I finished collecting the supplies."

Kiana was quite frustrated as she spoke. She hadn't done anything wrong; she was just picking up some ordinary things. Why was she being chased? She hadn't encountered anything like this when she faced the Honkai before!

"...Around when did you start being pursued?"

A bad feeling suddenly popped into Cheng Xing's mind.

"Hmm, let me think... it was about half an hour ago. I didn't really pay attention to the exact time, but the chase must have lasted for about half an hour."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xing already had a guess. Half an hour ago was the exact time when he appeared in this world. In other words, the reason why Kiana was chased by so many monsters and came to my side... was it because of the Honkai influence behind it?

"As expected, even with the system's protection, I was still noticed by the consciousness here after I traveled through the world. In addition, the background here should be a game background, involving collaboration. With multiple collaborations, the Honkai won't pay too much attention to most outsiders. This time, it's probably to test the strength of me as a transmigrator."

"If I hadn't restrained myself and used Fiddlesticks' or the Thousand-Man Herrscher's abilities on those armies, things would probably have gone wrong."

"The Herrschers of this world are not like those in Honkai Impact 3... Shameful? The Herrschers here are true divine apostles. And if a strange apostle suddenly appears at this time, then Honkai's attention to itself will probably be higher than ever before."

"As for the scarecrow... that thing is obviously a virus. It's either going to be used by me, or I'll eliminate it completely. Given the chaotic nature of this world, it will probably just kill me outright."

After a quick internal struggle, Cheng Xing continued his desperate escape. Before long, they arrived at the main campus of the academy district.

In the Honkai Impact 2 universe, Chiba Academy is not just a campus, but the entire Academy City.

It has a self-sufficiency comparable to a small city within the city, and also has its own tram and light rail system, as well as its own commercial street.

Even though the two had run such a long distance before, it was all within this large area; they had just arrived at the main campus.

It was obvious that when they reached this range, all the Honkai Beasts and zombies felt a strange fear or terror, and none of them dared to come any closer.

But Cheng Xing also saw that after the Honkai Beasts and Death Warriors who had been relentlessly chasing after the two of them drove them to a certain location, the inexplicable guidance in their minds dissipated, and they began to wander aimlessly.

"As expected, He was testing me. So... Kiana, what role are you playing here?"

Thinking of this, Cheng Xing looked at Kiana beside him. Kiana didn't seem to notice his gaze and was busy organizing her supplies and checking if she had lost anything during the escape.

"Kiana in this world is the true Herrscher of the End, the one who, no matter how much she loves this world, no matter how much she loves Raiden Mei, will ultimately choose to destroy it... Hmph, let's not think about that for now. Judging from the current situation, even if this is some kind of loop storyline I don't know about, it shouldn't force the Herrscher of the End to appear so early... So how did the Herrscher of the End appear again?"

Cheng Xing searched his memory and vaguely recalled that someone had revealed that Kiana had killed her father when she was a child, which caused Kiana to have a mental breakdown and become the Herrscher of the End.

"So who is that person? I can't remember. Never mind, as long as anyone shows any sign of saying that again, I'll just strike first."

Kiana checked her belongings and, finding that not much was missing, looked at the guy beside her who was still lost in thought and said, "It's understandable to feel a little confused when something like this happens. This must be your first time experiencing something like this. Don't worry, as the eldest daughter of the Kaslana family, it's my duty to protect commoners like you as you get out of here."

"...Oh! Thank you."

Kiana smiled, then led Cheng Xing toward the school's interior, holding a phone and watching the Honkai Impact 3rd reaction as it drew closer.

"The distance isn't too far anymore..."

Kiana was watching from there when she suddenly sensed several student assassins staggering towards her and Kiana.

"I'm sorry, I have no way to save you, so for now I can only let you die in peace."

Kiana revealed a determined look, took out the two pistols that she had always kept at her waist, and then began to fire rapidly in bursts. Each bullet accurately hit the brain of the assassin. Of course, these guys who were already dead would not die so easily, so she had to fire a few more shots.

Cheng Xing stood silently at the back, like a bystander.

"...I still haven't noticed anything amiss. Does that mean the Honkai brought us here simply so that Kiana, Raiden Mei, and I could meet? I don't think it's that simple."

Cheng Xing thought that Raiden Mei, who was defeated by Kiana alone in the original story, might be somewhat enhanced in this situation.

Of course, you have to pray that this is really the backstory.

Chapter 159: You're gonna eat a brick!

As Cheng Xing was pondering, he suddenly saw a baseball bat being handed to him from the front.

"Sigh, I can't always let you hide behind others. I can't always protect you either, so you have to try to learn to fight on your own."

Kiana handed him the weapon, which looked no different from an ordinary wooden baseball bat. Cheng Xing took it and tried swinging it a few times, but found that it was unexpectedly much heavier than an ordinary baseball bat, and its toughness seemed extraordinary.

"Alright, now that you have a weapon, try fighting on your own in a bit. Don't worry, I'll protect you from behind."

Cheng Xing nodded. Now that he was right next to the End, it was indeed not advisable to use any special abilities. Pure physical combat was the best way to hide himself at the moment.

As the two continued forward, the figures of assassins reappeared ahead.

Cheng Xing moved his fingers to tighten his grip on the weapon, then took a deep breath to calm himself down. He then stared intently at the school uniform-clad, grotesque corpse slowly approaching him.

With the sound of a baseball bat slicing through the air, a dull thud followed, and the head of the assassin in front was smashed like a watermelon.

The red and white were all mixed together and splattered on the ground. The disgusting and terrifying scene was so overwhelming that Cheng Xing couldn't bear it. He showed an expression of disgust and revulsion, immediately threw down his weapon, ran to the side, and started retching.

"Sigh, it's inevitable to encounter something like this the first time. You'll get used to it."

Kiana didn't find Cheng Xing's behavior strange at all, and thought that the boy's current situation was perfectly normal.

Cheng Xing was retching, but the disgust and loathing he had shown earlier were gone from his eyes. With his clown abilities, it was hard for anyone to tell when he was putting on an act.

Kiana and Cheng Xing continued their battles and advanced, and before long they encountered someone.

"I didn't expect there would be survivors?"

And that person was none other than Kiana's destined character... Raiden Mei.

However, Raiden Mei's expression here could be described as deathly indifferent. Even with all sorts of living corpses and monsters around her, there was no fear in her eyes, and she showed no joy even after seeing two living people.

"Kiana, I feel something's not right."

Kiana took out her phone from her pocket, looked at the distance between herself and the Honkai source, and then silently swallowed and said, "Your feeling, well, it's not wrong."

"Why are you all treating me like this? Why do you all hate me so much? What did I do wrong?! You all deserve to die, and this world should be destroyed!"

Raiden Mei's face was ferocious, and visible bolts of lightning surrounded her body.

"Raiden Mei... I think I've heard of that name before. She's a famous girl at this school, the heiress of that ME club? I heard she once rejected 12 boys in one day, and she's nicknamed the Raiden Queen... It seems that's true."

Kiana looked at the lightning surrounding the other person and felt that the nickname was indeed fitting.

"So you've all come here to mock me too. Every single one of you in this world has such an ugly face!"

"Oh no, she's completely deaf to reason with me now."

Kiana sensed the Honkai energy rising around her and knew that the girl in front of her was no longer listening to her; her will was being eroded by the Honkai.

"It seems we have no choice but to fight."

Kiana gripped the twin pistols in her hands.

Cheng Xing was just looking at the lightning-encircled figure when he inexplicably recalled the scene of being struck by lightning and killed. As if on instinct, he dodged to the side, and sure enough, a thick bolt of lightning struck the spot where he had just been.

"Damn it! Am I a lightning rod?!"

Cheng Xing cursed over there, then flashed towards Raiden Mei in front of him and raised the baseball bat in his hand.

You're neither my lover nor a friend I know well; you're just a stranger in disguise. Since you're prepared to kill me, you should be prepared to be killed as well.

Raiden Mei was not going to be hit by a baseball bat so easily. Her sailor uniform was instantly crackled with lightning, causing it to become torn. A pair of bat wings extended from her back, and a horn like that of an oni grew from her head.