Su Yu greeted Xiao Hua at the front desk. After paying the bill, he walked out of the convenience store holding his "Unrendered Kitten Combo"—instant noodles and iced black tea.
The rain swept a chill into his pant legs, making him shiver involuntarily.
He walked back along the old street. The streetlights had just flickered on, their orange halos turning into blurry shadows on the accumulated water on the ground.
The rain wasn't heavy, but it fell with a sticky, endless persistence, and the air was filled with the smell of damp asphalt.
Just then—
[Ding! Detected that the Host has passed the 847th minute of the day without executing any valid mission!]
A semi-transparent red light screen popped up out of thin air, blocking his vision directly.
[Friendly Reminder: The High-Quality Valkyrie Binding Mission is still pending activation! Please complete the binding as soon as possible to start your roaring life of literary plagiarism!]
This thing again.
Su Yu was long used to it. He moved the screen aside, took a strawberry-flavored lollipop out of the plastic bag, peeled off the wrapper, and stuffed it into his mouth.
After awakening the memories of his past life, he realized he had become a member of the great army of transmigrators.
You ask the reason for the transmigration?
Because life is a dogshit game.
As a player of "Earth OL"—that trash game with forced installation, forced startup, and absolutely no room for choice—Su Yu's not-so-long life drew a period on that day.
He announced his formal retirement from the game "Earth OL."
The reason for quitting was simple:
Veteran players forced him to recruit new players, while Su Yu stared blankly at the romance system he hadn't unlocked after waiting for decades. Turning his head, he ran into a player simulating a heavy truck. Because he was dissatisfied during his playthrough, he had downed a mysterious barley beverage and executed a beautiful drift while in a "slightly tipsy" state.
Su Yu became a classic case of otherworld reincarnation on the news that very night.
In plain English?
He got smashed to death by Truck-kun.
However.
Perhaps the quota for reincarnating into a favorite otherworld was simply too full, or perhaps a mastermind with bad taste exerted some influence.
He was reincarnated into his favorite game.
That game was called Honkai Impact 3rd.
A dogshit world where, regardless of whether you are born in the Previous Era or the Current Era, the mortality rate for ordinary people pierces through the sky.
Even if you were chosen as a member of the main cast, if you were born in the Previous Era, the fate awaiting you would be to get wiped out by Finality in the end.
Even if you were born in the Current Era, unless you are Rita Rossweisse—otherwise, you start with dead parents, your sister locked in the Sea of Quanta, your teacher dying halfway through, and as a successor, the strawberry and blueberry cakes who like to touch your horns might self-destruct...
There are always 1,000 kinds of agony-inducing combos available for you to choose from.
Su Yu originally wanted to raise his middle finger to the mastermind behind the scenes and fiercely wish his whole family prosperity.
The taste of strawberry saccharin melted in his mouth. It was a bit cloying, but that was exactly the flavor he wanted.
The rain seemed to fall a bit harder. He looked up.
On the giant screen under the neon lights was an advertisement endorsement by the world-renowned superstar, Eden.
Searching for intelligence related to the Honkai on his phone only brought up some mysterious small websites, tagged with [Honkai Face]...
Holding onto the sentiment of appreciating the artistic treasures of this new world, Su Yu clicked 'Enjoy'. Three minutes later, savoring the impactful Hnnngh-Oh-Oh-Oh images, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
No matter which world it is, there will always be pioneers expanding the fire of human civilization. It's truly too great. I pay my respects first.
Swipe away the trending searches, and the corners of his mouth became increasingly uncontrollable.
[Renowned Superstar Eden's concert will be held at the Big Egg on the 12th of this month...]
[Mobius Laboratory is recruiting volunteers at a high price...]
[Famous internet streamer Miss Pink Elf is launching a charity donation drive...]
[Super popular male model Kalpas's denim jeans photobook is now online, buy while supplies last...]
[Famous internet manga artist Teacher Painted World has released a new work, "Forbidden Academy 2," this month...]
"Hee—!!"
Su Yu laughed like a God who had just received a mysterious notebook from the sky. The streetlights cast gloomy shadows on his face, scaring a passing child into drilling into his mother's arms.
"Never before has there been such a wonderful start! Cheer for me to your heart's content!"
Yes!
Mastermind, I love you too, I love you too!!
Hehehehe!
It is true that this is the world of Honkai Impact 3rd, but it is the daily life world where the Golden Courtyard is located!
No flashy battle aura or magic, no life-threatening Honkai energy, and no one will suddenly turn into a zombie in a crowd and bite the person next to them wildly! There are only celebrity concerts and a manga artist's new works!
Undoubtedly.
For Su Yu, this was news far more exciting than pulling ten shots and getting nine golds!
As everyone knows: the character of the Shenzhou people has always been one of compromise.
If you say you want to put me in a boring slice-of-life world, I'll complain about the lack of supernatural power. But if you say you want to put me in the Warp to serve the Emperor, I think we can discuss how to be a copy-paste plagiarist in a slice-of-life world.
Su Yu now felt the pleasure of ascending from hell to heaven. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to get soaking wet, he would have performed a Shawshank Redemption pose right then and there.
The "Unrendered Kitten Combo" in his hand—the instant noodles + National Cellar Iced Black Tea combination—seemed to smell even more fragrant.
Although in this life he had no money and no background—the same 'Starting Point Orphanage' opening—he was, if not completely alone, at least an invincible man.
But the instant noodles smelled good, the National Cellar tasted great after freezing, the masterpieces of the various teachers in this world were quite explosive, and he could play games completely different from his original world...
It is precisely because one has died once that one cherishes hard-won life.
Besides, after awakening his memory, he realized he was practically an invincible loner—one person eats full, the whole family isn't hungry. Is there anything more inspiring than this?
You have to know, there are quite a few people with unhappy native families.
And for some people, dead parents isn't a curse, but a blessing.
[Friendly Reminder: You currently have no bound character! Please find a Valkyrie to bind as soon as possible, open the system interface, and reach the peak of life!]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.
He didn't know when this system had popped up, but like a popup window, it had to remind him repeatedly every day.
Please! There is no Honkai here, so how could there be any Valkyries?
Even if he were currently in the Previous Era of the Honkai world, this system was basically fifty thousand years too early.
What's more, he was currently in the daily life world of the Golden Courtyard.
Although it was a pity not to be able to activate the system, regret permeates life. Although Su Yu's grades weren't ideal... he meant to say, he was quite satisfied with his current life.
Eat what you should, drink what you should, don't take anything to heart. Tonight, go back and perform the 'pouring iced black tea into a goblet with ice cubes' act first—that's what you call class!
Thinking of this, Su Yu quickened his pace and turned into an old residential compound.
There were no voice-activated lights in the stairwell of the old community. Only an old fluorescent tube hung at the corner of the second floor, emitting a buzzing electric sound.
The light flickered on and off, as if it would go out completely at any moment.
Su Yu stepped up the wet stairs, his footsteps echoing in the empty stairwell.
He lived on the third floor.
When he reached the corner of the second-and-a-half floor landing, his footsteps paused.
Someone was squatting there.
The shadows of the stairwell shrouded most of the figure, revealing only a section of pale calf and boots covered in muddy water.
Su Yu narrowed his eyes and took a step forward.
The fluorescent light flashed just then, and the bright white light illuminated the figure curled up in the corner.
Long white hair.
A bit messy, the tips stained with mud and blood.
A tattered jacket, hanging open, revealing the equally damaged white armor lining underneath.
There was a stubborn ahoge sticking up on top of her head; even though she was in a wretched state, it hadn't collapsed.
Su Yu's breathing stopped for half a second.
She raised her head.
That face was pale and bloodless, with heavy dark circles under the eyes, as if she hadn't slept in a long time.
The left eye was sky blue, but the right eye was an amber-like golden yellow.
The two colors looked particularly piercing in the dim light.
Her lips were dry and cracked, and there was a scabbed wound at the corner of her mouth.
She looked at him.
That look—
Su Yu had seen many kinds of looks.
Exhausted, numb, guarded, despairing.
But he had never seen anyone who could pack all these things into one pair of eyes, and then cover them with a thin, hard shell that could shatter at any moment.
Like a stray cat soaked through by the rain, squatting in a corner licking its wounds.
In an instant, the girl's name popped into his mind...
Kiana Kaslana.
Void Drifter?
Truly professional.
Not only were the armor and makeup so faithful... it was simply as if a Valkyrie had jumped right out of that game, Honkai Impact 3rd.
Coupled with such a spirited performance, it vividly interpreted the desolation, despair, and pain of having just lost Teacher Himeko in the opening of Arc City.
This Arc City Bug cosplay is too god-tier.
Su Yu suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, took out his keys, stepped forward, and spoke politely: "Excuse me, I'm home."
His key had just been inserted into the lock hole.
The originally motionless girl, her dull eyes trembled violently.
She spoke.
Her voice was very soft, carrying a huskiness, as if something was stuck in her throat.
"Can you... see me?"
Su Yu just wanted to reply politely and praise her acting skills, but in the next second, his pupils constricted.
Wait.
This world... doesn't have the game Honkai Impact 3rd at all.
Then who is she COSplaying?
Then... who exactly is she?
Answering the doubt in Su Yu's heart was the light screen that suddenly began to flash rapidly.
[Found High-Quality Valkyrie: Kiana Kaslana]
[Core Database: Loading (1%...50%...100%)]
[Please bind the Valkyrie, Host, to carry forward the will of Honkai Impact 3rd together and start your peak life!]
What does this mean?
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