Honkai Impact, please stop imagining it.

Collapse, please stop imagining it. Author: Hanmen Lixue

Summary:

Lin Yu transmigrated to a pre-collapsed civilization and gained a strange ability: the more diseases he contracted, the stronger he became.

Mei, the childhood sweetheart: "He possesses extraordinary talent. Even though he is coughing up blood and suffering from a terminal illness, he can still dominate with his sword."

Aponia: "I have never seen such an upright and righteous person. Even though he was trembling and weak and could not even lift his sword, he still stood in front of the people to face the Honkai Beast that was enough to destroy the entire city."

Kevin: "It's a miracle he's alive. His existence is the best explanation for the saying 'the heavens are jealous of talent,' and it's also the greatest contempt for 'heaven.' The luckiest thing in his life was leading him to become a moth drawn to a flame, and the unluckiest thing was the same."

Su: "I can't heal the world, nor can I heal him."

Phyllis: "If I am the luckiest person in the world, then he is probably the unluckiest. If he hadn't been so weak, he might have actually been able to save the world."

Lin Yu: "You guys are messing with yourselves! Illness won't kill me, it will only make me stronger."

Eden sniffled, his face streaked with tears, and said sorrowfully, "He's right, he is that strong!"

Chapter 1 Didn't you eat dinner tonight?

"Let go of that girl."

In the dimly lit alley, a somewhat weak shout broke the tranquility of the night in Changkong City.

The city was almost deserted at night due to the continuous drizzle.

Lin Yu leaned against the wall and shouted loudly at the four people in the alley.

At sixteen years old and about 1.7 meters tall, his thin build meant that even when he stood up straight, he didn't pose much of a threat. However, he did interrupt the three thugs inside who were about to pull out sticks to rob him.

Mei, holding the craft knife, snapped out of her initial tension and looked over with a puzzled expression.

Lin Yu was panting heavily, coughing violently, and his body was trembling with each cough. It was rare to see someone so weak.

A question mark appeared above the thug's head. "Hero saves the damsel in distress? Are you sure you're not here to extort money but to save someone? You might die if I hit you with this stick."

Seeing Lin Yu panting heavily and walking towards them with a cold smile, they felt immense pressure despite him being a boy who could be knocked down with a single blow.

Um, it's not that I'm afraid I can't beat him, it's that I'm afraid he'll die if I touch him even lightly. They just want to rob some money to go online at night, they didn't intend to kill anyone.

"Don't come any closer. Let me tell you, when I start hitting someone, I don't care what I do. Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Lin Yu picked up a scrap of wood from the ground. The scrap of wood was as fragile as his body, but in Lin Yu's hands it was like a sword of Damocles. "Let her go, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, if we fight, people will die."

Thug: "Are you crazy? Are you threatening me with your life?"

Lin Yu strode forward, bypassing the thugs, took Mei's hand, and turned to leave.

The thugs didn't dare to take another step forward until the two of them left the alley.

The thug slammed his stick against the wall from behind, yelling, "You son of a bitch! Do you even understand the situation? If I hit you with this stick, you're done for! What were you thinking, coming here to play the hero and save the damsel in distress?"

But in the end, reason prevailed over anger.

I've heard that if you turn around unexpectedly in the dim light, you might just meet the love of your life.

Lin Yu suddenly turned around and thought, "Hmm, a girl who looks exactly like Raiden Mei, she's practically half Raiden Mei, my lifelong love."

Just as expected, after sixteen years since my transmigration, it wasn't until my birthday today that I fully recovered all my memories from before I turned sixteen in my previous life.

This is the era before Honkai Impact 3rd, a far cry from an ordinary surreal city.

Mei: "I'm sorry, it's your birthday, but I still made you come to see me."

Mei walked behind Lin Yu with her head down. She and Lin Yu had been neighbors since childhood, but after Lin Yu's parents died six years ago, Lin Yu's health deteriorated and they gradually drifted apart.

This year, they both transferred to Qianyu Academy in Changkong City. Mei got in through her grades, while Lin Yu bought her transfer spot. Now, more than a month into the semester, their relationship has improved slightly.

At least her mother asked Mei to take better care of Lin Yu, and Mei did do so... a little bit.

"Remember to take the main roads and not the alleys next time. Long time no see, Mei."

Only today do I realize who I am. Before yesterday, Lin Yu was just an ordinary, gloomy, and repressed young man. After merging with the memories, he suddenly realized what he had lost.

Mei and I were childhood sweethearts until I was ten years old. However, due to the death of both my parents, my health began to decline, and I became withdrawn and distanced myself from Mei.

Childhood sweethearts, they're childhood sweethearts! Hanging out with Mei, maybe even seeing Hua in the world of Moth of Flames, and surviving to the next era to marry Raiden Mei! What a perfect life!

We were seeing each other just yesterday, weren't we?

Mei blinked, looking at Lin Yu's strange behavior today.

"A day apart feels like three months, but if you're busy, you don't have to promise to celebrate my birthday with me."

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Make more friends, after all, this is the last period of safe daily life for you while you're in school."

Mei felt a pang of pain in her heart. She hadn't come to find Lin Yu because her classmates had invited her to sing karaoke after school. This was the first time she had been invited to hang out with her classmates. Mei thought she would go find Lin Yu after she finished playing with her classmates.

But I didn't expect time to pass so quickly; in the blink of an eye, it was already nine o'clock.

I was ambushed by thugs when I went out... I feel like I might have been set up, but I don't have any evidence.

The night view of Changkong City was beautiful, but unfortunately, the light rain made it difficult to see the distant scenery. Even though he remembered it, Lin Yu still wanted to see the world's sights, because they were truly beautiful.

Mei: "A birthday present for you."

Mei helped Lin Yu into a 24-hour fast food restaurant to take shelter from the rain. Lin Yu was already soaked; he hadn't brought an umbrella with him.

Mei took out a box containing Bluetooth earphones from her pocket; it looked very well packaged.

"Thank you, waiter, please take our order."

Lin Yu ordered a pork chop rice bowl and turned to Mei, asking, "What would you like to eat?"

Mei: "Thank you, but I've already eaten."

Lin Yu pointed to the popular milk tea on the fast food restaurant's menu and said, "Give her another coconut milk tea."

The cake delivery arrived this afternoon. Lin Yu took the delivery and had just closed the door when he collapsed onto the cake and passed out. He didn't wake up until a little after 9 p.m.

Memories began to surface in my mind. I didn't know if I had been in this world since birth and only regained my memories today, or if I had suddenly transmigrated here and gained the memories of my predecessor. But none of that mattered anymore, since I was still alive, wasn't I?

The predecessor... well, let's call him the predecessor for now, was a gloomy guy with a very weak body. He was weak and also had depression. The buffs were stacked up to the max. In contrast, Lin Yu was upright and honest for sixteen years in his previous life. He was a pure socialite. He was involved in games and celebrities. He dabbled in literature and music for a while, although he was not proficient in any of them.

Didn't you eat dinner?

Seeing that Lin Yu hadn't opened the gift she'd given him, but instead was sitting in a chair casually waiting for his pork chop rice, Mei felt a little nervous. She put her legs together, placed her hands on her lap, and lowered her head.

Were you waiting for me to come to you, so you stayed at home without eating?

Did you come out to find me without even bringing an umbrella because you were feeling down and hadn't seen me by nine o'clock?

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment. "Ah, um, hahaha, you don't think I stayed up all night waiting for you, and then like an idiot, I waited until nine o'clock and you still hadn't come to find me, so I came out to find you without even bringing an umbrella, right?"

Chapter 2 turns out to be hell.

Mei: "Huh? Isn't that how it is?"

Lin Yu laughed, "How could that be? I just went out to buy a cake and didn't know it was raining outside. When I came out, I realized I didn't bring an umbrella and I forgot my keys. I thought it was just a light drizzle, so I ran out. It has nothing to do with you."

The pork chop rice arrived, and Lin Yu took a big gulp. It tasted amazing. Lin Yu looked at Mei, who was holding a milk tea but hadn't drunk it, and asked curiously, "And you actually said something like that? That's so hurtful, Miss Mei. Do you really think I'm stupid?"

Good grief, isn't that how it is?

How could that be? Although if he hadn't been unconscious and had regained his memories, his former self, that gloomy guy, might have actually done that.

"No, no, I just think you're acting strange today."

Mei opened the milk tea and took a sip. The sweet taste was quite nice, but there were a lot of toppings, making it a bit tight to suck on.

Lin Yu: "I'm just suddenly starting to dislike my former self, but it's not a big deal."

Lin Yu couldn't understand what he was thinking when he was being gloomy and cowardly, but it was indeed quite fun.

After his memories returned, Lin Yu obtained a system, which was more like a concept than a system.

The illness and its associated things cannot kill oneself, nor can they cause more than one-tenth of the harm one can bear.

The more severe the illness one has, the greater one's maximum attack output; the more illnesses one has, the more attacks one can unleash.

However, one cannot acquire any illness under any physical conditions; one can only rely on time and luck.

Fortunately, he already had countless minor ailments and had to take all sorts of random medications every day. Now, Lin Yu felt that he could even take on a Knight-level Honkai Beast single-handedly.

Mei: "Eat slowly, don't choke. Um, how are you feeling? Is there any medicine you need me to buy? I'm quite accomplished in quantum physics now, and I can help you get some special medicines in Mu Continent."

Lin Yu finished eating the pork chop rice, wiped his mouth, and threw the tissue into the trash can. "I don't need it."

Mei: "Are you going to class tomorrow? Do you need me to take you?"

"You don't need to pick me up, but you still have to go to school. After all, peaceful days like this are rare for you."

After paying, Lin Yu bought two umbrellas, handing one to Mei. He smiled and said, "Don't go into those dark alleys next time. You can't always be lucky enough to run into me."

Mei: "You should not help others in this kind of situation next time. You need help more than anyone else. Besides, I carry pepper spray and a utility knife with me."

Mei said with a little guilt, holding her umbrella, watching Lin Yu leave lazily, and nodded in satisfaction.

Back at the shop, I planned to finish my milk tea before leaving and check the weather for tomorrow. Speaking of which, there seems to be a basketball game tomorrow. When we were singing karaoke earlier, the female classmates were all discussing that Prince Kevin from Qianyu Academy would be making an appearance tomorrow.

Looking at the photos of Kevin and Su playing basketball on her phone, Mei sipped her milk tea topping and squinted her eyes, thinking for a moment.

Both the Fire Moth and Mu Continent have invited him to be a researcher at their institutes. Just as Lin Yu said, his peaceful daily life is coming to an end.

"Aren't there many peaceful daily routines anymore?"

Why don't you go watch the basketball game like the other girls, see the sweet romance of the boys and girls in school, and watch their silly daily lives?

Lin Yu has been talking a lot today.

Mei would occasionally visit Lin Yu at his home. Before Lin Yu took sick leave, she often ran into him at school, but Lin Yu was always a man of few words, mostly just saying "um," "okay," and "thank you."

He was incredibly weak-willed, with his medium-length bangs often covering his eyes. He was taciturn and dull, making him look like a fool who was always about to be bullied.

Mei wanted to talk to him, but Lin Yu kept avoiding the conversation.

Today was the day Lin Yu spoke the most to her in the past six years. The second most was when he asked Mei for help after a burglary broke into his house half a month ago. Mei helped him buy a camera and installed it in his living room.

Then Lin Yu developed a high fever and coughed up blood due to fear of being caught in the act of burglary, and had to take a long leave of absence.

Mei sighed and rubbed her head. "I always felt like I was taking care of Lin Yu as if I were taking care of air."