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

“Vostok-51?”

Mei felt very unfamiliar with this name.

"Well, judging from the current geographical location of civilization, it is located at the junction of northeastern Shenzhou and Siberia."

"By the way, Academician Krim didn't take the meteorite to study it in the end, because soon after it entered the atmosphere, all equipment lost the signal related to it. It was not until eight years later that it was confirmed that it fell near Vostok-8."

"By that time, Academician Krim had already passed away."

"Eight years later? How did you do that?"

"Because humanity's exploration of this meteorite is not completely fruitless. At the moment before the signal was lost, humanity's most advanced scientific research equipment at the time detected a very strange... Honkai energy fluctuation."

"Eight years later, at Vostok-8, the Fire Moth detected almost identical Honkai energy fluctuations, and thus deduced that the meteorite had landed here."

"infer?"

"Well, because the Fire Moth's search yielded no results, the strange Honkai energy fluctuations disappeared without a trace the day after they arrived at Vostok-51, just like eight years ago."

"Ah, that's all I can reveal now."

Mei took a short break and touched the teleportation anchor point again.

It was still the familiar room, and he was still wearing the familiar Chiba Academy uniform, but the time on the calendar had changed from Sunday to Monday.

"Hmm? It seems that at this point, my mission is to go to Qianyu Academy."

Mei turned the doorknob, and this time the door opened very easily.

From the map on the phone, we can see that Qianyu Academy is not far from here and can be reached in 10 minutes on foot.

After leaving the house, Mei Raiden observed the surroundings. The speeding cars, the bustling streets, and the many students wearing the same Senba Academy uniforms as her, except that the surrounding architectural styles are relatively rare in modern civilization, Mei felt that the scene was essentially the same as what she saw when she was studying at Senba Academy a few years ago.

It’s just that… before I met Kiana, I definitely wasn’t in the mood to appreciate the scenery along the way.

Arriving at the gate of Chiba Academy, although the Chiba Academy of the previous civilization is very different from the Chiba Academy of the current civilization, from the decoration style to the layout of the teaching building, familiar memories suddenly flooded into Mei's mind.

Entering the teaching building, she slowly walked up the strange yet familiar stairs. It was a pity that she would never see another Kiana in this Qianyu Academy.

She walked into the classroom and sat down in the back row by the window. The loud discussion of several boys not far away attracted Mei's attention.

"After graduating from Chiba Academy, I plan to go to the best civil engineering school here!"

The speaker was a tall and strong boy. As soon as he said this, another thin boy immediately took over:

"Ah? After all this fuss, your ideal is to work as a plasterer on a construction site? Do you know that this kind of work will be completely replaced by robots in a few years? I remember when I went to your house as a child, you said that your ideal was just like the slogan in the TV commercials: you wanted to be an astronaut when you grow up."

The tall boy immediately showed an embarrassed expression:

"Well...what did I know then...I also want to be an astronaut now, but I have to have the ability to do so...Considering my own conditions, I'd better just go and work as an astronaut...As for being replaced by robots, my opinion is to read less marketing accounts that spread anxiety. Robots are indeed developing very fast, but to completely replace them...I think it will definitely not happen before I retire."

"Stop talking about me, what about you?"

The thin boy showed a proud expression:

"Of course I want to go to the sky just like I did back then. Even if I can't do it myself, I want to help more people fly up there!"

The tall boy patted his shoulder:

"Then I wish you success. By then, I will be the childhood friend of a famous scientist, and I will be proud of it if I tell others about it..."

In a high school like Chiba Academy, it is very common for a few good friends to get together and discuss their future ideals. Mei remembers that when she was in Chiba Academy, she thought her future was already determined, which was to go home and inherit her father's ME Club.

Of course, she didn't think there was anything wrong with her destined future at the time. After all, compared with many students who were unemployed after graduation, having a family business for her to inherit was already much better than most of her peers.

But...the subsequent development was something she could never have imagined beforehand.

From an ordinary student to a Herrscher and then to a Valkyrie, from Destiny to Anti-Entropy and then to the World Serpent, this life experience is really too rich for her, a girl who is only 20 years old.

The two boys walked out of the classroom. Mei walked past the thin boy's seat and glanced at his textbook. She found out that he, like Su, Hua, Ying, had a name with only one character, Jian.

"This name... I don't seem to have heard the heroes mention it in the Land of Elysium... Is it because his dream didn't come true in the end?"

Thump thump thump, thump thump thump, thump…

The familiar bell for class brought Mei back to her senses. The two people who had just walked out of the classroom immediately ran back to their seats.

Soon, a teacher with a shiny head walked into the classroom with a book under his arm. He picked up the chalk and drew a coordinate axis on the blackboard, and then drew an ellipse. Obviously, the first class in the morning was mathematics.

Looking at the formula he wrote beside her, Mei felt that some not-so-good memories in her mind were gradually being awakened.

"Conic sections... Every time I take a math test, it seems that this is the most difficult part... Many students stopped writing after they figured out the equation for the first question of the last big question..."

Of course, Mei was sure that this definitely did not include Kiana. When they talked about related topics in the Valkyrie dormitory of St. Freya Academy, Kiana's face showed an expression that was not polluted by knowledge.

At that time, she never heard of any knowledge that was not directly related to finding Siegfried and defeating Honkaimon. Therefore, whether it was geometry or algebra, number series or conic sections, whether in Qianyu Academy or Saint Freya, she always slept during the exams and handed in blank papers.

Of course, there was only one exception. In Saint Freya, when Kiana was demoted to a D-class Valkyrie because of her poor academic performance, she failed the Valkyrie test. However, Kiana, who had always slept with her books, showed amazing learning ability. She relied on last-minute cramming and finally barely passed the test.

From this we can see that Kiana's brain is very useful. It's not that she can't learn, but she just doesn't want to learn when there are other external brains or when the situation is not urgent.

"Why... am I thinking about the past again?!"

[Because this place is too similar to your previous experience, you can't tell whether it is a previous civilization or not.]

The second personality, which had remained silent since entering the paradise of the past, now began to make sharp comments again in Raiden Mei's mind.

"I thought you would stay in the water forever... That's right, after all, Chiba Academy is where you first met Kiana."

[What? I haven't seen you for a while, but you seem to be a lot tougher. Is it because no one here can use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, so you think you have the right to challenge me? ]

Hearing the fierce tone of her other self, a smile appeared on Mei's lips.

"Really? Why do I feel like you're scared? Because this is Chiba Academy, you're thinking of Kiana just like me. You're afraid of how you'll view Kiana when I leave the Land of the Past and meet her again. And how will Kiana view you after she learns of your existence?"

"Am i right?"

Mei's response was silence, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep again. However, Mei, who had lived with her for so many years, understood that if she did not refute, it basically meant that she agreed.

What she said to the second personality just now was not a mockery or questioning, but was more to confirm the problem so that she could better solve it.

Although the starting point of this second personality was not to help her, but for Kiana, judging from the results, the help she provided to herself far outweighed the trouble she caused.

Not to mention that she was just like other Herrschers, destroying indiscriminately. Even if she refused to use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, she would not be able to accomplish many things.

Although Mei has been in World Snake for the past few months, she is basically aware of major events that have occurred in the outside world. Compared to her other self, the Herrscher of Knowledge can be considered a vicious and evil person.

Thump thump thump, thump thump thump, thump…

"get out of class is over?! I never thought that I would be absent-minded for the entire class."

There is no doubt that Mei was either reminiscing about the past or talking to another personality throughout the class. There were more and more formulas on the blackboard, but none of them could enter her head.

"So this is how it feels when Kiana is in class? There is no difference between people who come and those who don't, and exams are completely handled by cramming before the exams... I don't deny that when people are on the verge of death, they can indeed burst out with unimaginable strength. But I probably will never get used to this lifestyle."

The math teacher was very punctual. He disappeared before the bell rang. The originally lifeless classroom suddenly became lively again.

"The content of the lessons at Qianyu Academy in the previous civilization is not much different from that in the current civilization. It seems that I can't get any useful information by continuing to attend the lessons."

Mei came to the corridor and looked into the distance. On a strange building in the distance, the three big words "Library" were clearly visible.

"Not only did I daydream in class, but I'm going to skip classes next time. It seems... I really need to continue learning from Kiana."

Mei walked slowly out of the teaching building and came to the library. The bell for class rang, but she ignored it and walked into the library and started browsing the books on the shelves.

Judging from the size of the Senba Academy Library, Mei conservatively estimated that the number of books here should exceed 100 million. If she were to read through them one by one, she would probably not leave the library until the end of the real world.

However, after careful observation, Mei made a decision. She walked to the bookshelf in the front and picked up a book with a plum red cover. She wanted to flip through it, but found that it couldn't be opened at all. She put the book back and smiled.

"As expected, no matter how realistic everything here is, it is still a virtual world similar to a game. Since it is a game, even if it is the Herrscher of Corrosion, if every book in a library can be read freely and the content on every page does not repeat, it would probably be a horrible workload."

Mei remembered that when she was in Saint Freya before, she had asked Bronya a similar question, and Bronya directly told her that Mei was a complete layman.

Not to mention how long it would take to complete such a huge workload, even if it could be completed, the horrific amount of memory it would take up would be beyond the capacity of the player's computer.

However... Mei still underestimated the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and also overlooked a fact: this is the headquarters of the World Serpent, and even a program like the Paradise of the Past, which takes up who knows how many T of memory, can run smoothly for more than 5 years.

An hour later, Mei found more than a dozen books that she could browse at will.

《C++ learning, from entry to mastery》

"Detailed Explanation of the Political Systems of Countries in Mu Continent"

The History of Music Development in Mu Continent

"History of Chiba Academy"

…………

"Oh, I am taking it for granted. After receiving a large amount of information, it is not so easy to filter out the more valuable information."

Mei shook her head, put the History of Music Development in Mu Continent aside, picked up a magazine and started reading. Soon, she saw information about Eden on it.

At that time, Eden was still a young girl who had just made her mark in the entertainment industry. Her name only appeared once in the corner of the magazine. People did not pay much attention to this future world superstar.

"Sure enough, Chiba Academy is not at the forefront of research and fighting against Honkai, and there won't be anything related to Honkai and the Fire Moth in the library... huh?!"

The content of this magazine is very rich. In different sections, various miscellaneous things are recorded. Just on the next page after Eden's performance, there is an introduction to the making methods of various desserts. When Mei turned the page again, just when she was about to give up, the words "Fire Chaser" came into her eyes.

"That's right. As an organization under the United Nations, the Fire Moth should appear in front of the public during the fight against Honkai..."

"Wait, as far as I know, the original intention of the establishment of the Fire Moth was to fight against the Honkai. In other words... 12 years before the birth of the First Herrscher, the previous civilization already had a preliminary understanding of the Honkai?"