Wow~ This is something incredible that's been drawn. By the way, won't the difficulty be too high?"
Byakuya looked at the storybook in his hand, and though he spoke those words, his eyes were already shining.
He never expected to draw such a big prize!
The Second Honkai Eruption, this could be said to be the beginning of all the Current Civilization's storyline, fundamentally involving the backgrounds of Kiana, Mei, and even Bronya.
But after the excitement, Byakuya quickly calmed down and showed a troubled expression, because he knew very well that if the Second Honkai Eruption were likened to a dungeon, then this dungeon would definitely be of ultimate hell difficulty.
Think of the combat power that appeared in it: the six-core Herrscher Sirin, Theresa, Cecilia, Siegfried, Walter Yang, Otto, and even Fu Hua; these were just the direct combatants, not counting those who indirectly interfered.
In short, a gathering of super big shots!
Byakuya felt he was in great danger, ultimate danger. Compared to these people, he was simply a small fry. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but clench his hands.
"I need more power!"
"Host, please don't worry. Considering your current limited strength and the excessive difficulty of this storyline, the number of entries you receive this time is also doubled."
"That's good, there's still hope. Let me see."
Byakuya immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but when he opened the entries given by the system, he was utterly stunned.
"Honkai Energy Adaptability EX": Your Honkai Energy adaptability exceeds 99.99999% of people in the world. Even an S-rank Valkyrie is far inferior to you.
"Honkai's Chosen Son EX": You are more likely to be chosen by Honkai to become a Herrscher.
"Pain Dullness B": Your pain sensation is one-tenth of a normal person's.
"Pain Super Dullness A": Your pain sensation is one-fiftieth of a normal person's.
"Combat Continuation EX": Even if your body is utterly ravaged and both feet have stepped into death, you can still continue to fight for a long time.
"Indomitable Will A": Your will will not yield; even a god cannot make you submit.
"..."
He stared silently at the six entries for a long time.
Byakuya said with a strange expression.
"System, are you kidding this Host?"
"How could I, Host?"
"But this looks super problematic! I feel like the ending of 'I will die' is already written here!!"
"Your past death will not affect your present self. At the same time, the interference of historical correction and similar things will be minimized for you."
"Alright! A body of flesh and blood, burning once is enough! Come on! I'm ready!"
Byakuya's attitude immediately changed. His appearance, like someone who had paid his party dues and was ready to bravely sacrifice himself, even left the emotionless system speechless.
Giving up was impossible. Although he didn't know if there was a chance to re-draw, even if there was, Byakuya wouldn't miss this opportunity.
One must know that it was the Second Honkai Eruption.
The Second Honkai Eruption, which was full of erosion!
Sirin's tragic fate and death, Cecilia's death, Li Sushang's death, Siegfried's severe injuries, Fu Hua's severe injuries, and Walter Yang repeatedly got up and fell countless times!
Since he now had the opportunity to change these, how could Byakuya choose to give up?
Of course, the most important thing was...
(Hehehe! I remember Otto will also appear, right? Good! Finally, I have a chance to hear this guy's Soulium face creak under my fist! That will definitely be a melody more beautiful than any music!)
Putting everything else aside, as long as he successfully landed one punch on Otto, no, even if he just got some blood on that guy, Byakuya felt this Crossing would be worth it.
"Your current transmigration will not be affected by time. No matter how long you stay in the past, Host will still be in this time when you return."
"OK, let's go!"
With that, his last concern was gone. Byakuya took a deep look at the storybook in his hand, then opened it.
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December 11, 1999.
Siberia, Schicksal's Babylon Laboratory.
"It hurts! It hurts so much, Mama, ahhh!"
"This one's adaptability is quite good. Finally, there's a usable experimental subject. Next is the last one. Hmm? Why is it a male? Looks like this one will be scrapped in the first round again."
Even before opening his eyes, Byakuya heard the girl's screams, the man's indifference, and the increasingly intense crying from around him.
After opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was a dark green wall, a space like a prison cell, and the cold air made Byakuya shiver.
"Kid, it's your turn."
"..."
Byakuya looked around and at himself in a daze.
In the same 'cell' with him were four girls. Memories of them surfaced in his mind: Aurora, Agata, Jialina, and... Sirin.
Except for the latter who eventually became the Herrscher of the Void, the remaining girls all died early in the human experiments, although they were later resurrected by Sirin, who became the Herrscher of the Void, in the form of Pseudo-Herrschers, but that was not them after all.
Byakuya immediately made up his mind. Saving one was saving, saving two was saving, so since that was the case, he might as well save them all!
The identity the system arranged for him this time was the childhood friend of the girls. They were all Little White Mice tricked by Schicksal into Babylon Tower to undergo Honkai Energy experiments.
"Hmm? Why have I shrunk? I didn't eat any red and white pills."
Byakuya noticed something was wrong with him.
His body had shrunk to the size of a 13-14-year-old. He thought it must be the system's doing and couldn't help but feel a little regretful that there was no mirror for him to admire his shota-fied self.
"Kid, what the hell are you dazing for? Do you think if you don't talk and pretend to be mute, you won't have to do the experiment? Get over here obediently, or I'll make you regret it."
"...I have one condition."
"What did you say?"
"You can experiment on me, but don't touch them."
Byakuya squatted down and picked up the suffering Sirin.
It was a pity he transmigrated a little too late. Sirin and the others had already been harmed once by these parasites. Traces of Honkai Energy injections still remained on the girl's arm.
The same was true for the others.
Byakuya clenched his fists, extremely angry, wishing he could smash these people's heads in.
Look at what you beasts have done, actually conducting human experiments on these cute little lolis! If this were in his previous life, they would definitely be public enemies of humanity. The otaku of the two-dimensional world would grind your bones to dust!
"It's alright, it's alright now. Leave the rest to me, Sirin."
"Byakuya, what are you going to do?"
Sirin, the purple-haired girl in his arms, asked nervously. At the same time, she felt a little incredible. He was such a familiar childhood friend, so why did she feel a little unfamiliar when she called Byakuya's name?
Byakuya just smiled and stroked her head.
"I will save you all. With me here, those tragedies will never happen again."
On the rarely visited Siberian snowfield, a towering, sky-high tower-like building stood.
Just like its name, 'Babylon,' it seemed like the mythical tower reaching to the heavens.
To the outside world, the Babylon Laboratory claimed to be a medical research institution for treating Honkai Energy diseases, but in reality, it researched the technology of Honkai Energy fusion with the human body, which was called artificial Stigmata technology.
And since it was an experiment related to the human body, human experimental subjects were naturally indispensable.
Schicksal 'recruited' thousands of experimental subjects from various places every year, and most of them were young girls.
Therefore, a young boy like Byakuya was considered a rare creature in the Babylon Laboratory.
"Give this arrogant brat something harsh."
Byakuya's previous request was rejected.
In the eyes of these Schicksal scientists, who had lost their humanity and naturally treated life as consumables, the boy's words were like a mouse demanding its own liberation from them.
How could they agree? Who would care about the conditions of a mere Little White Mouse?
They even cruelly decided to increase the experimental intensity. After all, Byakuya's gender was male, and in this world where male Honkai Energy adaptability was far inferior to females, this group of people unanimously believed he would die directly.
They had no regrets about this. Their only hope was that Byakuya could provide them with more experimental data before his death and not cause too much trouble after turning into a Deadwalker.
"Bring it on, let's see."
Byakuya said fearlessly, allowing these guys in white coats to tie him to the operating table.
To be honest, those gleaming erosion and the syringes whose contents were unknown were very frightening, but if he just closed his eyes, he wouldn't see them.
He knew that setting conditions now was useless.
Therefore, he decided to let the facts speak for themselves.
"Let's test his Honkai Energy resistance first."
"Why test anything? What Honkai Energy resistance could a kid possibly have? It's a waste of time."
"He's going to turn into a Deadwalker anyway. Since he's going to transform, why not hit him with a strong dose and see if we can collect any unexpected data?"
"Remember to have someone set up the weapons to prevent accidents. Look at this kid's eyes; it's like he wants to bite each of us to death with his teeth."
These scientists in white lab coats spoke indifferently. As life after life perished in their hands, their humanity had long been eroded in the process.
Byakuya only felt a chill on his neck, which was a large dose of liquid Honkai Energy being injected into his body.
A certain ineffable energy merged into his body, but perhaps thanks to the "Double Pain Dullness" trait, he didn't feel anything special.
At the same time, the scientists observed his unusualness, and one by one, they exclaimed in surprise.
"This, what is this value?!"
"Subject's vital signs are stable! Blood pressure, heart rate, pulse—everything is normal!"
"What? His Honkai Energy adaptability is so high? This has already surpassed the level of an S-rank Valkyrie!"
"Hiss! Those useless people from the recruitment department finally sent something useful!"
Through the soundproof glass, Byakuya couldn't hear what these people were saying, but from their excited expressions, he was sure that he had piqued the interest of these beasts.
After fully recording the experimental data from this session, those who had previously treated him with contempt and disregard now looked at him as if he were a massive treasure.
Especially after Byakuya, in front of them, casually stepped off the experimental platform, yawned, stretched, and then said, "Is that all?"
"Honkai Energy Adaptability EX." With this trait, perhaps only the monsters of the Kaslana Family could compare to Byakuya in this world.
"Can you agree to my conditions now? You can do whatever you want with me, but you're not allowed to touch Sirin and the others."
"Do you think you're qualified to negotiate conditions already? Although you are indeed very rare, you are ultimately just a test subject. Do you, of all people, think you can Herrscher of Binding us?"
In their eyes, everyone was their experiment. Byakuya was indeed a rare subject, one in ten million, but that didn't mean they would abandon the remaining little lolis.
However, Byakuya's next action directly caused these scientists, who believed everything was under their control, to nearly drop their eyeballs in shock.
Thump—!
The young man slammed his head violently against the wall,
like a hammer striking their hearts.
"Subject X1! What are you doing?!"
"If you don't agree, I'll die right here in front of you!" Byakuya said fiercely.
No one thought he was joking, because the young man's head was already bleeding profusely, and the force of that muffled thud just now was so great that it seemed as if he could kill himself with just a little more effort.
Byakuya knew his value.
These scientists knew his value even better.
He was an SSSR, a rarity found perhaps in one among tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. It was no exaggeration to say that all the test subjects in this Babylon Laboratory combined, including even the researchers themselves, were not as valuable as Byakuya alone.
His existence might even lead to research on the possibility of men having Honkai Energy resistance.
"If you don't agree, I'll commit death."
Blood flowed from his forehead, staining Byakuya's bangs and half of his face. The blood ran into his eyes, turning everything he saw red.
Byakuya stared directly at the scientists, who were stunned by him, like a young lion roaring silently.
He wiped away the blood obstructing his vision and said calmly, "I know this is hell, and I know that you are the dominators now, but… perhaps I don't have the power to choose between heaven and hell, but! I still have the power to choose death."
"You think doing this will—wait! Stop! We agree!"
Seeing Byakuya about to hit the wall again, these people dared not gamble whether he was bluffing.
They quickly agreed to Byakuya's conditions, comforting themselves that they were just ordinary test subjects anyway.
If it could prevent this rare young man, one in ten million, from continuing to court death, then not moving them was fine.
Yet, cold sweat still poured down them.
They looked at Byakuya as if he were a little lunatic, wondering where the recruitment department had found this guy, so reckless at such a young age.
"Hmph, wouldn't it have been better to just agree earlier?"
Byakuya sneered, then wiped his still bleeding head with his sleeve.
Because of the "Pain Dullness" and "Pain Super Dullness" traits, he only felt a bit dizzy, the pain was merely like being flicked on the forehead.
In the end, these scientists, in a flurry, helped him treat his head injury and also performed a check-up to prevent this valuable subject from actually killing himself.
And when they saw the examination report, with his fractured frontal bone and severe concussion, their eyelids twitched wildly, and they no longer held any shred of luck.
This lunatic truly dared to kill himself!