Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

As Cheng Xing spoke, he opened his hand as if to demonstrate, and a transparent water sphere appeared on it.

"...Promise me you won't tell anyone else but me."

Kiana, seeing Cheng Xing so openly reveal his abilities, felt a little helpless and said, "You shouldn't always tell everyone everything. You should learn to keep things to yourself when others ask. Even if you trust me, you've only spent less than a day with me. How can you be so sure I'm trustworthy? You should know how precious your ability is..."

"Alright Kiana, I know what you mean, but in my mind, you are an absolutely trustworthy person. Just like how you trusted me without asking me anything before, allowing Bronya to avoid being manipulated and repositioned. You gave me your trust, so of course I should trust you too."

Cheng Xing smiled and patted Kiana on the shoulder, then carried the cleaned dishes to the kitchen to wash them so they could be used again tomorrow.

Kiana touched the shoulder where she had just been patted, then sighed helplessly, but the curve of her lips revealed that her feelings were definitely not as simple as she appeared.

After a long day of running around, the quiet night arrived after dusk. Of course, the city had become a ghost town, so it was anything but quiet at night. You could always hear the whimpering of the living corpses on the street, the roar of Honkai Beasts not far away, or the sound of something being dismantled and then falling to the ground.

In short, even sleeping is not always peaceful; someone has to keep watch at night.

This place no longer belongs to humans. The high-rise buildings that were originally intended for living have been completely transformed into a forest of reinforced concrete.

A forest fraught with danger and overrun by ferocious beasts.

Kiana offered to keep watch, but she said she would go first.

"Since I've made this suggestion, I'll take over the watch. But to ensure I'm in good spirits tomorrow, who will relieve me in the latter half of the night?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xing raised his hand and said directly, "If you trust me, I can stay up all night."

"Okay, I'll leave the rest of the night to you. I'll wake you up then."

Kiana immediately decided on the night watch slots, then urged everyone to go to sleep and recover their strength. She then went to the living room, placed some of her weapons on the table, and began her routine maintenance.

However, she didn't disassemble all the weapons at the beginning. Instead, she would temporarily disassemble each weapon for maintenance.

Make sure you have the right weapons at hand when an emergency occurs.

However, this way of passing the time soon came to an end. Kiana looked up at the clock on the wall, which was still running on batteries. It was only 9 p.m., and she still had three boring hours to go.

Kiana looked at the dimly lit living room, sat alone on the sofa, and began to recall the events of the day.

She took off her shoes, then put her legs on the sofa, hugged her knees, and spoke as if she were talking to someone.

“Dad, today I met a guy who looks a lot like you. At first, I saw that he was in danger, but he didn’t blame me. In fact, when I tried to help him, I found that he could keep up with my strength and speed. It was unbelievable. Later, I found out that he was a Saint Mark holder. I’ve never met a man with a Saint Mark before, except for you.”

"But that guy's mouth is incredibly rude, to the point that it made a Herrscher completely lose their mind, forgetting all the abilities they could use and just wanting to tear him apart with sheer physical strength. Don't you think he's too wicked?"

"But this guy is a good person too. Even though that Herrscher was thinking of killing him a second ago, he still thought of saving her. This guy is such a good person. He knew he was saving a time bomb, but he still went to save her. I really don't know what he was thinking."

Kiana buried her head even deeper, her eyes, which had been exposed, were now completely buried in her legs. Her voice became intermittent, but it sounded like she was sobbing.

"Dad...where did you go?"

Kiana sometimes finds herself touching a soft spot in the quiet of the night. For so many years, she has been searching for her bastard father, but after all this time, she hasn't found even the slightest clue.

This made her wonder if her bastard father had already...

"Kiana..."

Kiana heard the call from behind, immediately looked up, hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, and turned around to look at the guy with an apologetic smile. She said irritably, "How could you eavesdrop on other people's conversations?"

"I'm sorry, I was thinking that it might be a bit boring for you to keep watch alone at night, so I prepared some drinks and wanted to chat with you. But I accidentally overheard some things I shouldn't have heard."

Cheng Xing walked over with two cups of coffee, looking embarrassed, and placed them in front of Kiana. He then took out a pack of wet wipes from his pocket and put it on the table before turning around and heading towards the bathroom.

"I'm going to use the restroom for a bit, we'll talk later."

Kiana looked at the pack of tissues on the table, then suddenly laughed for some reason, saying in an annoyed tone, "Your emotional intelligence isn't low either."

When Cheng Xing came out, Kiana had already returned to her usual aristocratic demeanor, and the red line in her eyes had faded.

Chapter 169: The Real Him

Kiana picked up the cup of hot coffee on the table, took a sip to perk herself up, glanced at the clock on the wall—it was only 11 o'clock, an hour before bedtime.

Then she saw Cheng Xing across from her, who seemed completely unfazed, calmly sipping his coffee, and asked, "When did you start standing in the back listening?"

"No, no, I just appeared. I saw you curled up alone and the atmosphere seemed a bit off, so I asked you. I didn't hear what you said clearly."

Cheng Xing shook his head to indicate that he really hadn't heard anything.

"...Fine, I'm too lazy to investigate what you've said anyway, it's nothing," Kiana stopped trying to find out how much this guy had heard, and finally asked, "There's still an hour until your shift change, why did you come over? Aren't you going to get some more sleep? There might be a lot of battles tomorrow, just today alone there have been countless battles, aren't you tired?"

"It's alright. I used to stay up late, usually going to bed around 11 or 12 and waking up at 6 in the morning. Although I did feel sleepy during the day at first, I got used to it. Plus, with the Holy Marks modifying my body, I'm still full of energy."

"...Whatever, but don't do those kinds of things, they look really stupid."

Kiana, holding her coffee, watched Cheng Xing strike a strongman pose, and a strange sense of amusement washed over her. This made her feel much better, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Cheng Xing, since you said you'd just keep me company and chat, let's just have a casual chat."

Kiana placed her finished coffee on the table, and then Pan Xier sat on the sofa and said, "I've been living alone in this world since I was very young. My goal is to find that jerk of a father who abandoned me when I was little. After teaching me enough survival skills and combat techniques, that bastard father left me with a phone to detect Honkai Evolution and then disappeared."

"For so many years, I've been trying to find that guy, but so many years have passed and I haven't heard a single word. Sometimes I even wonder if that old guy is already dead? That's why after all these years, I really haven't been able to find any trace of him."

Although Kiana still wore a smile, there wasn't much light in her sky-blue eyes, suggesting that she wasn't as calm as she appeared.

"Kiana... I really want to say something to comfort you, but I'm sorry I don't know what to say. So I can only try to distract you by talking about some things from my past."

Cheng Xing comforted Kiana because he knew that Kiana's father, Siegfried of this world, was truly dead, killed by his own daughter.

"Well, my story is probably completely different from yours. Although my parents were very strict with me when I was young, it was a peaceful and harmonious family. But growing up in that family wasn't as smooth as they imagined. I was very rebellious, and I was still rebellious even in college. I didn't like studying, or more precisely, I didn't like being forced to do it."

“From childhood to adulthood, they have always forced me to say that studying can change my destiny and that studying is for a better future. I am very annoyed and really annoyed. I feel like they are ordering me around. So I have been going against them, which is why I learned to use the internet.”

As Cheng Xing spoke, he couldn't help but recall some things from the past.

"You should understand some things about the internet. In a place where there is almost complete freedom of speech, you always encounter all sorts of people and things... The more I talk about it, the more depressed I feel. Anyway, a lot has happened. I used to think that the world was so ugly that I wanted to destroy it because so many people and so many things disgusted and disgusted me. But later I realized that this idea was too immature. The world is not as one-sided as I understand it; it also has many beautiful aspects that are worth remembering."

"I gradually came to understand the darkness of the world. The beauty of the world, black and white, constantly intertwined before my eyes, but it did not turn gray. Because in my eyes, black and white cannot be merged."

"Bad things are bad in my eyes, and good things are good in my eyes. As for gray, it should be a compromise with life, right? I can't use a single color to describe a person, but I know that when a stranger cries out to me for help, that person must be white. As for what color he will be stained later, that's a matter for later. I just hope to reach out to him while he is still white."

"Of course, that's without knowing anything about the situation. If a black person were to reach out to me, I probably wouldn't save him. Because in my eyes, this guy would definitely be very repulsive, must have committed some terrible crime, and definitely someone I shouldn't save. And the standard by which I measure this is my own internal yardstick."

"Kiana, you always say I'm a good person, but actually I'm not a good person at all. I'm a very, well, I should say an arrogant and greedy person."

"I am so arrogant that I can judge whether a person is worth saving based on my own heart. I am also so greedy that I want to save more people. Someone once said that I was very hypocritical. I thought he was insulting me, but that's what he said to me."

"In any case, this is also a kind of kindness. You are much better than those who only talk big but do nothing. At least you actually did something."

As Kiana listened to Cheng Xing talking about his inner thoughts and his past, she suddenly felt that the person in front of her was much more real.

I didn't understand this guy before and thought he was just a simple, good person, but in reality, how many simple people are there in this society?

Should I be disappointed? After all, he wasn't the real me. But for some reason, I felt even happier.

Perhaps it's because a more genuine person is much easier to get along with than someone who is too naive.

"Cheng Xing, then why do you have so many girlfriends but are still a virgin?"

Kiana suddenly asked with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Ah... well, there are many reasons... well, I can't talk to you about such personal matters."

Cheng Xing's face turned slightly red. Was he supposed to tell Kiana that all his current girlfriends were actually little girls, and that taking action against them would be a crime?

Even if it's Raiden Shin, he only recently confessed his feelings. How could he possibly make a move so quickly? I'm not an unsatisfied harem. Without the right emotions, location, and environment, how could I so easily give away my precious first time?

Being casual about such things not only disrespects the other person, but also demeans oneself.

"Oh! I understand."

Kiana's smile was full of ill intent, but before Cheng Xing could explain anything further, she indicated that it was time for him to keep watch and that she should go back to rest.

Cheng Xing suddenly felt that the coffee in his hand was a little cold.

Chapter 170: The Guaranteeer

Kiana went up to the second floor, intending to wash her face in the bathroom before going to sleep. But when she saw the perfect water heater and the abundant hot water in the bathtub, she realized that the guy had done something unnecessary again.

"It makes one wonder if your previous low emotional intelligence behavior was all an act?"

Kiana thought Cheng Xing was a strange person. Sometimes he seemed to have very low emotional intelligence, like a block of wood, but when he cared about others, his emotional intelligence was ridiculously high.

However, after a busy day, there is indeed a lot of sweat and dust accumulated on the body. Since there is hot water, let's take a good shower.

Kiana took off her clothes and then soaked herself in the hot water, enjoying the comfort it brought to her body. She couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

"...Cheng Xing."

For some reason, she suddenly called out that person's name.

Cheng Xing sat in the living room, looking at the empty room and the slightly cold cup of coffee in his hand. He sighed helplessly, took a sip, and gazed at the moonlight outside the window, saying, "So much has happened today. I wonder what's going on with the system now? It's a pity. When I played Honkai Impact 2, although I read the story, it was mostly event-based content. I didn't read or even understand the main storyline. Now I have no idea how things will turn out."

"To be honest, keeping watch alone is really boring, and coffee really does taste bad when it gets cold."

Cheng Xing stuck out his tongue as he looked at the cold coffee in his cup. He had never liked that bitter taste, so he poured the coffee out and conjured up a glass of cola with ice cubes floating in it.

"I'm definitely more satisfied with this one."

Just as Cheng Xing was about to happily drink the cola in his cup, he discovered that someone had taken the cup from him. Turning around, he saw Kiana standing behind him, holding the cup he had just snatched and drinking cola from it.

"Wow, you have Coke, but you still bought me coffee."

Kiana's hair was still damp from just taking a shower, and she hadn't changed her clothes yet; there were still some water droplets on her arms.

"Weren't you supposed to be going to sleep? Why are you back again?"

Cheng Xing asked curiously.

"Well, I'm still a little worried about those two, so I'll be sleeping here tonight."

Kiana said that she found a blanket from somewhere, then lay down on the sofa on the other side and covered herself with the blanket.

"Hey, I'm a guy, you should at least be a little careful. You just lie down next to me and start sleeping like that, aren't you afraid I might do something impulsive?"

"I don't think you, a kind-hearted person like you, would do anything outrageous. I trust my judgment and your character. Okay, I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed now."

Kiana ignored Cheng Xing's hesitant expression and simply closed her eyes to go to sleep.

Cheng Xing looked at the white-haired figure with his back to him with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. Finally, he shook his head helplessly, took out a book he had prepared to read to pass the time, and began to peruse it.

Kiana listened to the sound of pages turning behind her, and in a daze, she seemed to hear again the crackling sound of matches burning in the fireplace, and the sound of snowflakes falling to the ground outside the window.

That was when my father was still by my side; that was my childhood.

There's a strange sense of security, a mysterious magic that makes you relax.