My days as a Simulation Herrscher since the Honkai Impact

After discovering that ranged attacks were ineffective, Heimdall and his companions took to the skies and charged toward the grove of trees ahead, straightening their greatswords. However, they also crashed into the rock element shields, and the greatswords, spitting lasers, could not leave even the slightest mark on the rock element shields.

"Woman, this is not a place for you. Leave now." Xiao wore a Yaksha mask, and countless karmic obstacles surged around him, seemingly unleashing the Yaksha power hidden within his body.

He walked past Yelan, left a single sentence, and then vanished into thin air.

He passed through the rock elemental shield in front of him, and the Hemu Kite in his hand seemed to be surrounded by the wails and scorn of countless lonely ghosts as he charged toward the Heimdalls who had entered an overloaded state.

The Hepu Kite is a divine weapon forged during the War of the Demon Gods. It not only perfectly matches Xiao's abilities, but also vanquishes evil and destroys all things. The metal used to forge Heimdall is just an ordinary alloy, so of course it cannot compete with divine weapons.

Regardless, Xiao is the guardian yaksha of the entire Liyue region, and Heimdall, hastily manufactured on an assembly line, is certainly no match for him.

All that could be seen was a black shadow in the air, its body wreathed in unseen winds, leaving behind only a faint trace of resentment after it moved. It circled around Heimdall, with pale green specks of light flashing past its side every now and then. With each appearance of a speck of light, a deep penetrating wound would be left on Heimdall's body. The Divine Machine, originally known for its speed, was completely unable to keep up with its enemy's speed and could only passively take hits.

At this moment, Tartaglia, who had entered his Demon King Armored Form, pierced both of his water elemental spears into Heimdall's body. Dark purple lightning erupted in his chest cavity, and with a muffled explosion from inside the machine, Heimdall completely collapsed, losing its power source and becoming a pile of waste that could only be recycled.

D'Artagnan reached into his waistband, pulled out a bag, and placed it on Heimdall's head. He then channeled his elemental power, and the bag, which possessed some spatial functions, took in the immobilized Heimdall from the ground.

This is a spatial storage device that Dr. Fatali, the executor of the Fools, repaired in the ruins he excavated. It is also a legacy from an ancient civilization. Although there is no way to restore mass production at present, as an executor dispatched by Dr. Fatali, he still obtained the right to be allocated this item from Dr. Fatali before his departure.

Satisfied with the sample, Tartaglia glanced deeply at the Liyue group not far away, especially Xiao, the guardian Yaksha, and Zhongli, who stood with his hands behind his back, holding up an indestructible elemental shield, seemingly waiting for something.

"Even while wandering through the mortal world, one cannot simply ignore the affairs of humanity."

He muttered something, waved to the Traveler Ying from afar, and without disarming himself, quickly retreated from the battlefield towards Liyue.

After all, the intelligence chief of Liyue, the guardian deity of Liyue, and the guardian spirit of Liyue are all here. As the executive officer of Winterfell, it is somewhat awkward for me to be here.

Besides, he's already reaped the benefits, and now that these Liyue immortals are covering for him, why not leave now?

Although he was a martial arts fanatic, Tartaglia lived up to his reputation as an executor of the Fools; his mind was quick and decisive, and even Hydra, who was watching from inside Valhalla, hadn't expected this move.

Although there are spatial storage devices in the Honkai world, Hydara truly did not expect that the damaged Heimdall would be taken away. For the Hall of Heroes, any damaged mechanical legion soldiers must be recycled, not only because their materials need to be reused, but also because the chips placed in each mechanical soldier need to be recovered.

Tartaglia's act of taking Heimdall's body undoubtedly crossed Hydra's bottom line. However, just as she was about to issue an order to mobilize most of the mechanical legion to bring Tartaglia back, Bai Chen stopped her.

“It’s alright, Hydra, let him take Heimdall away.”

Bai Chen had always planned to spread some of the technologies from the Hall of Heroes—technology products from the Honkai world—across the continent of Teyvat. In fact, if he hadn't been unable to find a suitable opportunity, he would have been willing to share his knowledge with scholars who were willing to learn.

This was certainly not to aid the enemy, but rather Bai Chen wanted to observe what the consequences would be if the technological level of the Teyvat continent were to surge rapidly in a short period of time due to external interference.

The once-prosperous Kanrija civilization is said to have angered the heavens with its overly arrogant technological achievements. The heavens punished it, not only destroying the once-thriving civilization but also plunging it into the abyss. The people who once belonged to that civilization were transformed into mindless, chaotic, and ignorant Hilichurls.

The birth of a civilization is of no value to Bai Chen, but the destruction of a civilization is an immeasurable treasure of knowledge. Now, with the Seven Gods in charge, the seemingly secure Teyvat world faces the question of whether it can maintain its original form after being impacted by the advanced knowledge of the Honkai world. This is the question that Bai Chen and Dr. Mei are most concerned about.

If possible, they want to capture Tenryu. As the maintainers of this world order, Tenryu and the Will of Honkai might have some common ground. If they could dissect Tenryu, they might be able to discover the weaknesses of the Will of Honkai to some extent.

As a result, all the mechanical legions shifted their attention away from Tartaglia, allowing the executor to successfully take Heimdall's body away. Even the originally reserved self-destruct mode was completely locked to prevent the Fatui researchers from accidentally triggering the explosion switch while analyzing its structure.

The Liyue members realized they had unknowingly provided cover for Tartaglia. Paimon crossed his arms and muttered a few words, seemingly accusing Tartaglia of being disloyal. However, Luminous didn't pay attention to him; instead, she was focused on the battle in front of her.

Xiao easily defeated several Heimdalls. Although Heimdalls launched many homing missiles to bombard the fast-moving Xiao, all of those missiles were shot down by He Pu Yuan, and some were even smashed into the other Heimdalls, causing additional damage.

In just a few dozen seconds, all five Heimdall helicopters lost power, collapsed on the ground, and were piled up by Xiao, forming a small mountain.

"These larger ones aren't as strong as the ones I saw last time."

Transforming into a hurricane, Xiao returned to Zhongli's side, staring at the distant Hall of Heroes, and said to everyone.

"Xiao, could it be that the summoned robots you saw last time weren't these terrifying behemoths? These behemoths are far stronger than the Ruins Heavy Machines. If there were hundreds or thousands of them, the Liyue Thousand Rock Army wouldn't stand a chance against them!"

For some reason, the traveler, Ying, didn't like to talk. Although she wasn't mute, Paimon, who was beside her, had to say everything. And Paimon seemed to know what the traveler was thinking, and quickly asked her the question that was on her mind.

"No, the machines I saw last time were all very small, but each one of them made me feel threatened. Their materials and workmanship were far superior to these big guys." Xiao recalled what he had seen: the swarm of machines made of Soul Steel, which blotted out the sky and seemed to be able to change the sky itself, was the truly terrifying thing.

In comparison, Heimdall is merely a slightly larger combat machine and is far from deserving the title of "disaster."

"But we don't know where those demons from other worlds have gone. If they're all hiding inside that metal shell on the other side, are we supposed to tear open that metal shell, go inside, drag them out one by one, and beat them up?"

Paimon floated through the air with his hands on his hips, asking with a hint of helplessness.

"There's no door, no windows, no ventilation vents up there. The metal walls are incredibly thick; breaking through walls that thick wouldn't be something that could be done in a day..."

Before Paimon could finish speaking, seemingly in response to his question, a small hole suddenly appeared on the side of the Hall of Heroes, which resembled a giant, upside-down iron bowl not far away. From the hole, a huge megaphone protruded, pointing directly at Zhongli and his group.

"Oh dear, what a rare and distinguished guest! It's a pity that I have no good wine or food to offer you here. I have truly neglected the Rock King Emperor, the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons, and this young lady who is also a traveler from beyond the heavens."

Bai Chen's voice blared from the loudspeaker, and at the same time, a virtual projection, roughly two meters tall, appeared in the open space in front of the Hall of Heroes. This projection was a real-time image, showing Bai Chen sitting on the throne of the central control hub.

"Oh? I don't understand. Even people from this world have a hard time perceiving my true body. How did you, coming from a different world with a different power system, perceive my true identity?" Zhongli led the group of people past the remains of Heimdall and arrived at the position opposite Bai Chen's projection.

Although they were near the Hall of Heroes, the Geo shield around him never disappeared. This Geo shield, possessing the strongest defense of all, was incredibly powerful in the hands of the Geo Emperor Morax. It completely protected the group, preventing the demons from suddenly attacking them with sneak attacks.

“After all, we are demons from beyond the heavens, and it’s only natural that we have demonic methods.” Bai Chen already knew how the Teyvat inhabitants addressed them, and he not only didn’t feel any aversion, but he also happily accepted the way they were called.

"Morac, we don't need much. Hand over everything on this continent that relates to history, as well as all the precious ancient artifacts. After all, you don't want to see Teyvat devastated, do you?"

Chapter Twenty-Three: A Debt of Fifty Thousand Years Must Eventually Be Repaid

Zhongli had been sitting on the throne of the Rock God for who knows how long, but this was the first time he had ever seen such an undisguised villain.

Even the most arrogant demon god wouldn't dare utter words that would bring devastation to the entire continent of Teyvat. This wasn't just a provocation against Morax, the Geo god, but a provocation against all intelligent beings on the continent of Teyvat.

What kind of arrogant person could casually utter such bold words as declaring that they would be an enemy of the world? What's even more terrifying is that this is not just meaningless boasting; the person who uttered these words truly possesses power commensurate with them.

"Why have you come here? And how can you leave willingly?" Although Zhongli had focused on self-cultivation and had rarely lost his temper after a thousand years of accumulation, he was no longer the martial god who used to fight with others. But at this moment, he couldn't help but feel frustrated.

For Liyue, the appearance of these people was a completely unwarranted disaster. Not only did it come without any warning, but it also had little to do with the world itself.

"There's no particular reason. It's just that a long, long time ago, some things that fell into this world sprouted, and now it's time to retrieve them," Bai Chen said with a smile.

"But there is still a chance for a turnaround. Zhongli, Rock King Emperor, Morax, the Seven Rulers of the Mortal World under the Heavenly Principles, can you tell me why the gods want to destroy Kanria?"

This is a strange situation because Bai Chen used various different titles to replace Zhong Li's identity. Moreover, he changed the tone after each title, which seemed to be a kind of sarcasm or a metaphor.

Yelan and Ying both looked at Zhongli, while Xiao took off his Yaksha mask and turned his head away without saying a word.

"I see, I think I know who you are now." Zhongli pondered for a moment, then sighed softly.

As the oldest and most powerful among the seven living gods, Zhongli knew many things, but none of them could be spoken at this moment.

"You have finally come. After such a long separation, so long that even mountains and seas have lost their meaning, you have actually come to reclaim those things."

The rock elements that were originally deposited beneath the ground suddenly became violently active, and the ground began to tremble strangely, as if some enormous creature was about to emerge from beneath the earth.

The surging elemental power swirled into an earth-yellow tornado in the air. Behind Zhongli, a five-clawed dragon made of earth and stone suddenly appeared. The dragon was a hundred meters long, and with just a shake of its body, it crushed all the surrounding trees into dust.

"There's no point in saying more. Celestials, fifty thousand years have passed, and this place is no longer your garden!"

Bai Chen rested his chin on his hand, smiling as he watched Zhong Li outside, who had no intention of continuing the conversation. If he had originally planned to develop his business on the Teyvat continent through negotiation, now he had completely abandoned that idea.

Beside him lay a book, its yellowed cover bearing the four large characters: "Records of the Past." This was the ancient book he had obtained from the Mondstadt Library, containing accounts and speculations about the decline of the Kanreia civilization.

According to that book, Kanria was a civilization that flourished underground. The people of that civilization preferred underground architecture and earth and stone to the breezes and flowers above ground. They used a variety of wondrous techniques combined with alchemy to smelt and forge metals, capturing elements and imprisoning them within mechanical cores, creating one marvelous mechanical creation after another.

However, this civilization was eradicated from this world in a way unimaginable to mortals. It was a divine decree; the supreme god himself descended from the sky and wiped away the rebellious races from this continent with his finger.

Because they touched upon knowledge they shouldn't have touched upon.

Bai Chen had just finished reading the last page of the book a little over an hour ago, and the most important, most magical, and most incredible guess in the whole book was placed in the last paragraph by the author.

It was a conjecture left by an anonymous scholar who believed that the reason why the Kanreia civilization was located underground and that it possessed so many amazing and advanced technologies was because their technology did not mainly come from their own research and development, but from archaeological excavations, which unearthed the remains of older and more ancient civilizations to supplement their technological capabilities.

Their demise was also due to the discovery, during an excavation, of ancient technology buried deep underground, lost and forbidden.

It's unclear where the scholar obtained the information, but in the end, the scholar named that ancient forbidden technology the "Skyfire Chasing Boat."

Once upon a time, there was a glorious kingdom on earth. Their king, not content with the land's territory, sailed aboard an ancient ark, carrying the kingdom's warriors, towards the distant stars.

But the ark was struck down by lightning and plunged into an abyss of endless darkness. The once-flying vessel of fire was corrupted by darkness, bringing fear and destruction.

Bai Chen flipped through the last section of the record and finally understood why Lisa, the librarian in Mondstadt, had told him not to completely trust the contents of the books.

This is the most absurd and bizarre account in the entire book, without any evidence or basis. It seems like an absurd story concocted by an old scholar on his deathbed at the end of his life.

It was precisely this absurd story that caught Bai Chen's attention. Looking at the description from different perspectives, this seemingly fantastical conjecture to the Teyvats actually aligned perfectly with Bai Chen's assessment of the situation in Teyvat.

If the records in the book are true, then waging war against the inhabitants of Teyvat is Bai Chen and his companions' only option. They must find the ancient artifacts unearthed by the Kanriar civilization in its final moments, a task that will inevitably be thwarted by the gods and defy the laws of nature.

Since that's the case, rather than waiting to be besieged and purged, it's better to overturn this world first and then make them obediently hand over what they want.

Bai Chen sat upright on the throne, the power of the Herrscher of Reason spreading throughout the entire Valhalla. He still had to show respect to Zhong Li, after all, the Valhalla was still a relatively new building, and even the mines beneath Dihua Continent had not been fully exploited. The anticipated number of mechanical troops was not yet large enough to be a decisive force in the battle against this God of War.

However, if Bai Chen were given more time to develop, allowing him to mine the veins beneath his feet and find another resource-rich place with abundant gas reserves to build his second base, then he could show the people of this world what it means to be weak and frail while mechanical beings ascend to immortality.

Your soldiers will eventually run out, but my aircraft will never run out!

Above Dihua Island, a hole suddenly appeared in the floating clouds, but due to the excessive energy gathered below, it stirred up a force field that was enough to change the weather.

The blue energy beams flowed backward from the ground toward the sky. The Honkai energy released in an instant was so enormous that even as it flowed through the entire Hall of Heroes and merged into the earth, it still overflowed toward the sky.

It was as if a stairway to heaven was born from the pillar of light, and countless figures walked on that stairway. These were the great figures who, recorded in the core of the Herrscher of Reason, propelled the world forward in the glorious civilization of humankind.

Each of their names shines brightly in history, each of their births marks a turning point in human civilization, their deaths belong to the world, and the treasures they left behind have been used by countless generations of descendants to build the foundation of their race.

"I am the one who governs all wisdom in the world, who understands the rules and principles of all things, who can create something from nothing and transform it in countless ways, and who holds in my hands everything that the universe should have."

The magnificent and vast sound of bells rang out from the Hall of Heroes. The countless Honkai energy patterns engraved on the original dark and ugly exterior of the building were activated, making the entire Hall of Heroes instantly extremely mysterious. The free light blue Honkai energy condensed with each other, forming countless naturally growing Honkai energy crystals that extended in all directions along the exterior of the Hall of Heroes.

This was the first time Bai Chen had fully activated the Honkai energy he could control. Natural patterns began to appear on his body, which were the concrete manifestations of the Herrscher of Reason's power, the divine marks and holy symbols belonging to the Herrscher of Reason. His eyes were also completely covered by Honkai energy, and in the projection, it looked as if two dark blue flames were burning in his eyes.

Behind the Hall of Heroes, countless blue energy clusters condensed in the air. The mechs he had created burst forth from the energy clusters, the black and gold formations circling the entire sky, even passing above Zhongli, surrounding the giant dragon of earth and stone behind him.

At the same time, an incredibly thick cannon appeared directly in front of Valhalla. This cannon was a full sixty meters in diameter, and thousands of thick wires were connected to the back of the cannon. All of these wires were for transporting energy to power this terrifying weapon called the Moon Throne.

Even in a pre-civilization with incredibly advanced technology, the Moon Throne, orbiting in Earth's orbit, was the ultimate weapon of that civilization. Even the Herrscher of the End, capable of destroying humanity, would suffer considerable damage beneath the Moon Throne.

In reality, the Moon Throne created by Bai Chen is not the final version. It's just the one from the Hyperion, not the one the previous civilization used to bombard the Herrscher of the End. After all, much of the previous civilization's technology has long been fragmented. Even with Dr. Mei's help, time is too short. Even Bai Chen would need some time to fully understand the structure of the previous civilization's Moon Throne.

However, this is still far superior to the Moon Throne (water gun version) of Bronya, the Herrscher of Reason, with its six times the output on a certain timeline. After gaining a basic understanding of the Moon Throne's structure, Bai Chen's only thought at the time was how puzzling it was that the Moon Throne's six times output, bombarding right next to the Earth's surface, hadn't actually blasted it apart. It could only be said that it was a high-quality replica, or even that was questionable.

"Ying, take her with you. This is not a battlefield for you. If you go all out, the aftershocks of the battle might get you caught up in it," Xiao said, pointing at Yelan to the blond traveler.

This isn't because Xiao thinks Ye Lan is a burden. He's absolutely certain that if the extraterrestrial demon on the other side were to go to war with the Emperor, regardless of whether the Emperor would hold back, the demon alone could easily kill Ye Lan, who was watching the battle, in a single energy clash.

Yelan wasn't some naive young girl; the mere sensation of the Honkai energy made her feel weak all over. She was absolutely certain she didn't even have the right to stand by and watch. Rather than staying here and wasting her life, she'd rather run away quickly and at least get back to Liyue Harbor to send a message.

So Yelan grabbed Ying's wrist, activated her water elemental transformation, and turned to run away.

The traveler was somewhat reluctant. She had been investigating the relationship between Kanria and her brother, and now, overhearing the conversation between the extraterrestrial demon and Zhongli, particularly the mention of the destruction of the Kanria civilization, deeply troubled her. However, she was also worried about letting Yelan and Paimon leave alone, so she secretly decided to first take Yelan and the others to a safe place, and then return herself to fight the demons alongside Zhongli.

"Zhongli, would you rather see countless lives lost than reveal the secrets of Heaven's justice?"

Countless machines merged above the Hall of Heroes, forming a gigantic head. Bai Chen's voice, amplified by millions of megaphones, was practically a sonic weapon, loud enough to shatter the glass of the distant Wangshu Inn.

Zhongli slowly flew into the air, his expression colder than ever before.