Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

"here it is……"

Mei looked around and found that she had come from the paradise of the past life to a place similar to a lounge. There were many sofas around her that were the same as those in the lobby of the paradise, and there was also a stylish bar not far away.

"It's just what you imagined, a safe area or rest area similar to the Paradise Hall. Eden's sofa is really good in every way, so I just moved the sofa code over here."

"Ah, there are food and drinks at the bar over there. Although the quantity is limited, if you ever want to satisfy your taste buds or relax, you can come and try it."

"Um... okay. So, we can start right away..."

Enosia shook her head.

"Don't be so impatient. In order to give you a better experience, there are some things I need to tell you clearly."

“First, although you are entering a story that happened in the past, in order to enhance the immersive experience, you can talk to all the characters in it. Just like in the paradise of the past, you can touch the trees and grass there directly.”

"Secondly, the pre-civilization's fight against the collapse is a long process. In order to improve efficiency, you can't immerse yourself in the experience from the birth of the First Herrscher to the end. You don't have the patience, and I don't have the technology. So I selected several key nodes from the story of the pre-civilization. Mei, what you need to do is to experience the story before and after this node."

“Third, the stories of pre-civilizations are things that have already happened, and no one has the ability to change history. So during the immersive experience, you can act very freely, there is no fixed process, but the ending of each node cannot be changed.”

"If, due to your influence, a key figure behaves in a way that is significantly different from the real history, the system will make corrections and force the key figure to behave in the original way."

"Fourth, if you have any other questions in the system, you can contact me at any time. Even if I'm not here, my clone can still talk to you normally."

"Any questions?"

Raiden Mei pondered for a moment and asked:

"What can you do to help me in this system?"

"... guarantee your personal safety, and... provide you with mission guidance when the plot cannot be advanced."

“Are the methods I use to obtain information in the system completely consistent with those in the real world?”

"Buildings on the roadside, laboratory reports in research institutes, conversations between people, books in libraries, and news on the Internet are all carriers of information. Although I can't guarantee that I can cover all types, I'm sure the most common ones are included."

“How much time do I experience at each node?”

"Not necessarily. It could be a few hours or a few days. The system time flows at the same speed as the real time. After all, I don't have the ability to reverse time."

“Each node is equivalent to a video clip that cannot be played at double speed or the progress bar can be dragged at will. After you have experienced the content of a certain node, if you feel that something is missing, you can experience it again from the beginning.”

"…I don't have any problem for now."

Enosia snapped her fingers, and a teleportation anchor appeared at the door of the lounge. When Mei touched it, her thoughts immediately came to a standstill...

"Ok?"

When her brain regained the ability to think, Mei found herself in the living room of an apartment building. The thunder horns on her head disappeared, and her clothes turned into the purple sailor suit and dark short skirt she wore when she was in Senba Academy.

On the desk in front is a student ID card.

"Raiden Mei, a second-year student at Chiba Academy..., Enosia, this is..."

Enosia came through the wall:

"If you want an immersive experience, you must have a normal identity. Since the previous civilization also had Qianyu Academy, you might as well start with this identity that you are familiar with. At other points, you may obtain other identities."

"Then the other people in this system..."

"People related to your current identity, such as teachers and classmates at Qianyu Academy, will have some knowledge about you. Because you have different identities at different nodes, no matter what you do at the current node, it will not affect the development of the next node... Ah, I've said too much. Let's experience the life before civilization."

Inoxia went into the wall and disappeared. Mei looked at the uniform of Chiba Academy and fell into memories. It was at Chiba Academy that she met Kiana and her life changed...

Mei shook her head, broke free from her memories, and began to collect information based on the objects around her.

The calendar next to the living room showed that today was Sunday and she didn't need to go to school. She wanted to go to the street to check, but found that the door could not be opened.

“Although I cannot use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder here, there is nothing special about this door… It seems that there is important information in my [home]. Just like a puzzle game, the door will only open when all the clues are found…”

Thinking so, Mei picked up the remote control on the coffee table and pressed a button on the 50-inch LCD TV. A very eye-catching title soon appeared in front of her eyes.

[Shock! The Earth may be hit by a meteorite...]

"Um?!"

Out of curiosity, Mei continued reading.

"Our news: According to Academician Krim of the Greene Institute of Mu Continent, based on his and his team's observations of the moon, a large piece of lunar rock is suspected to have fallen off the back of the moon and is heading towards the earth. The following is a detailed report for you."

The scene changed, and an old man in a white coat, who looked very kind, appeared in front of the camera.

"According to the results sent back by the probe on the back of the moon three days ago, for unknown reasons, lunar rocks on the moon's surface have fallen off and have now left the moon's satellite orbit and are flying towards the earth."

"We have been trying to analyze its structure over the past three days, but unfortunately there is no result. We speculate that it is a new type of lunar rock. If we can analyze the properties of this lunar rock, I believe it will be an important step forward for human spaceflight and human exploration of the moon."

The camera turned and the person interviewing Academician Krim was a blonde, blue-eyed female reporter with a very well-proportioned figure.

"Academician Krim, I believe that many viewers, including myself, will have a question: When will this meteorite from the moon land on Earth, and what impact will it have on everyone's life?"

Academician Klim smiled:

"We understand that everyone has such concerns. But please rest assured that no matter where it lands, it will not cause much impact. Because it will lose most of its mass during its flight from the moon to the earth and the intense combustion it undergoes when passing through the atmosphere. Based on its current size and inference, when it falls to the earth, it will be equivalent to a small stone falling from the sky, so it will not cause any significant harm."

"Of course, before this meteorite falls to the earth, we will immediately predict its falling location. We also ask local residents not to go out unless necessary during the meteorite's fall..."

The female reporter continued to ask questions:

"Okay, thank you Academician Krim for reassuring us. So what else is worth noting about this meteorite attack?"

Academician Klim immediately became alert:

"If we extend the time, it is not uncommon for the Earth to be hit by meteorites over thousands or tens of thousands of years. However, this is the first time that a lunar rock has been hit by the Earth since the beginning of research. Therefore, for a scientific researcher, there are many things worth paying attention to in this event..."

What followed were some professional terms that Mei didn't understand. She reviewed the information just now and fell into deep thought.

"The back of the moon... the moon rock is peeling off... According to the information currently known, the last battlefield between the former civilization and the Herrscher of the End was on the back of the moon. Could it be that..."

"Enosia, can you tell me what time it is now in the pre-civilization?"

With an attitude of giving it a try, Mei asked the question towards the ceiling. Although she couldn't see Inoxia, her voice was clearly heard by Mei.

"It is now 12 years before the First Ruler of the previous civilization was born."

"Thank you."

"Since you let me read this news from 5 years ago, I think it must contain some crucial information. 12 years before the birth of the First Herrscher... Could it be related to the origin of the Honkai? No, the source of the Honkai should be the [Will of Honkai]. But since I entered the Paradise of the Past, all the heroes I could communicate with told me that the previous civilization did not have the concept of the [Will of Honkai]..."

"There is too little information known now, so let's keep reading."

At this time, the interview with Academician Krim had ended, and the host who was reading the script was a handsome middle-aged man.

"Let's take a look at a hot topic: Recently, an expert suggested that everyone step out of their comfort zone, constantly challenge difficulties, and become a better self. However, many netizens said: Experts should not give advice, only **** would praise suffering..."

The scene changed, and a fat, big-eared middle-aged man appeared in the camera. He was facing the crowd below, explaining the PPT in an excited manner. The title of the PPT was: Step out of your comfort zone and be a better version of yourself.

"Friends, I'm sure you've seen a lot of similar inspirational speeches in your life. So why did this expert's speech spark such a heated discussion? Let's take a look at the highly praised comments."

[What is the purpose of life? It is to make oneself live more comfortably. Do you know how much effort it took me to get into my comfort zone? Now you are calling on everyone to get out of their comfort zone. Getting out of the comfort zone means to endure hardships. Isn't this ****? ]

[That is, I don’t know whether stepping out of my comfort zone can make me successful, but what is true is that it can make me a slave for a longer period of time and let others exploit my surplus value for a longer period of time. This expert is obviously here to collect money.]

[Oh, he said so many seemingly reasonable things, but in the end he either started selling books or courses. As long as this kind of person can make money, he can deny himself. These days, anyone can be an expert.]

[My child said that no one listened to what he said. As a rare time to relax after a heavy workload, it is not completely without merit...]

"Let's see how the expert himself responded to the comments from netizens..."

Mei Raiden watched the host read the comments, blinked in surprise, her face full of shock.

"Wait a minute, how did a lunar meteorite suddenly become a hot topic in daily life? It seems... there is no valuable information..."

As the news broadcast ended, Mei Raiden's thoughts stagnated again, and then she returned to the lounge, and her appearance changed back to that of the Herrscher of Lightning.

An uncomfortable feeling spread from the brain to the whole body. Enosia handed over a cup of light blue liquid. Meiyi took it subconsciously and drank it all. A refreshing feeling spread throughout the body, and the brain, which had been a little heavy, quickly returned to normal.

"His performance is beyond expectation. As expected of a Herrscher, his physical fitness is indeed far superior to that of an ordinary person. If an ordinary person went in and came out, he would probably have fainted by now."

Mei looked at the empty cup and suddenly realized something:

"Wait, what did I drink just now, what was it..."

"What you want to drink the most. This is a data space, and all drinks are essentially codes. Of course, they can't have any biological therapeutic effects, but they can give you some psychological hints to help you better adapt to the changing space."

"So I just..."

Enosia smiled slightly:

"It's the first test level of the system, but don't worry, what is displayed is indeed the news from 20 years before the birth of the First Herrscher of the previous civilization. At that time, among the Thirteen Heroes, only the oldest Mobius knew the whole story. Greyshut and Kosmo were not yet born. In order to restore this news, even I spent a lot of effort."

"So... the following news..."

"Ah, that's a real thing, but I just added it in, so it might affect your perception. In the following nodes, you will receive a lot of information. You need to judge which ones are important to you, which ones are secondary or even useless.

"..."

"It's better than listening to a bunch of riddlers chatting in the paradise of the past. Of course, if you think my system is of no help in improving the efficiency of exploration, you can continue to go back."

"My sister said that as long as you agree to one condition, she will answer any secret she knows."

Enosia's gaze looked upwards, finally landing on her horns.

"Let's... continue."

"It seems that Sister has mentioned the conditions to you before... Just consider it as a trial reward. I can tell you the final whereabouts of the meteorite."

"The meteorite fell on Earth a few days after the news was broadcast. According to the previous civilization, the exact location where the meteorite fell was..."

"It's a town called Vostok-51."