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

After Mei entered the next node, she felt a strange feeling, and then everything went dark. In the chaos, she saw a familiar yet strange figure.

"Monitor?!"

Pre-civilization, a corner of China.

Hua had already woken up when it was still pitch black outside the window. Her healthy work and rest schedule over the years had formed a good biological clock in her body, and she always woke up at this time, neither too early nor too late.

The thick quilt resisted the chill of the night. Hua lay quietly in this warmth, looking up at the invisible ceiling, as if by looking at it, something would gradually take shape in the darkness. But nothing appeared there, and she didn't think of anything.

"I can't sleep... Never mind, I'm already awake, I might as well get up."

Hua put on her new uniform - she tried it on only once on the day she received it, and then put it away properly.

"If possible, I want to change it when I enter school... Oh well. Never mind. I'll get used to it sooner or later."

Hua walked out of the house and started his morning run as usual.

"2 kilometers... Never mind. Time is tight today. Let's just run 1 kilometer. I can just run around the original route."

At the first corner, an old man with gray hair waved to her.

"Good morning, Xiaohua. Are you going to change into new clothes today? Not the ones you wore at the martial arts gym?"

Hua remembered that he was Uncle Ji. Every day when he was doing morning exercises, he could see him going out to buy groceries. During the holidays, he would often send gifts to his family.

"Good morning, Uncle Ji. I'm late. I have to go to the hospital right after practice and then catch a plane. I don't have time to change clothes."

"Oh, are you in such a hurry? Then go quickly and don't delay."

At the second corner, a middle-aged man greeted her:

"Hey, Ah Hua, you haven't left yet? Aren't you going to that... Canghai City?"

He is Brother Song. He had trained with Hua in the martial arts gym run by his father before, but after a few days he chose to leave on his own because he could not bear the high-intensity training every day.

"Well, let's go today. The ticket is at eight o'clock."

"Then you are not in a hurry at all. As expected of a martial artist, you have to practice every day. You have to go see your dad soon, right? Oh, I won't keep you. See you when you come back from vacation."

When Hua finished jogging, the breakfast shop next to his house had just opened. The proprietress saw Hua finished exercising and poked her head out:

"Xiaohua, can I save some steamed buns and soy milk for you today?"

"No, no, thank you. I'm going to the hospital after running today and I won't be back."

"Okay. Well, I won't be able to see you anymore. Go to school and study hard. We are not worried about your grades. We are just worried that you will be bullied when you are away from home alone."

Hua smiled and shook his head:

"Will not."

The proprietress thought about it, and then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment:

"That's right, daughter of a martial arts gym owner, who can beat you?"

Hua returned home, checked his luggage one last time, and headed towards the hospital.

"Hey, Xiaohua~Xiaohua!"

Hua turned her head when she heard someone calling her name. It was Uncle Zhao, one of the neighbors she often saw, and he had a good relationship with her father.

"You are leaving here today."

"Um……"

"Your expression doesn't look right. Are you worried about your dad? Don't worry. We, the neighbors, are watching over you. Your dad has helped us a lot over the years. Now that he's in trouble, can we let him starve? Besides, didn't a boss say he wanted to buy your martial arts gym and open a restaurant last time? He will definitely pay a lot of money."

Hua showed a shocked expression:

"Ah...ah? I, I don't know about this."

Uncle Zhao sighed:

"We haven't reached an agreement yet, so your father didn't tell you. Maybe you've noticed that fewer and fewer people come to your martial arts school recently. It's not that there's any big problem with your father's business. The current situation is like this. People in that business can't make much money."

"What's more, there are too many people on the Internet who pretend to be the head of some martial arts school. Recently, there was another one... I can't remember his name, but he was very boastful. He said that he was in Europe and beat a strong man weighing more than 200 kilograms and made him beg for mercy. But when he returned to China, he found that an amateur Sanda coach knocked him out in less than half a minute..."

"Those of us who are familiar with your father naturally know his abilities, but others don't know. If the news of his injury gets out, I'm afraid your martial arts school's business will be even worse."

"Besides, regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, it is more promising to study than to practice martial arts. Otherwise, your father would not have sent you to Canghai City to study. Xiaohua, do you really want to inherit the martial arts school in the future? Become a female headmaster?"

Hua scratched her head. She really knew nothing about these things:

"Actually... it's not impossible."

"...You are just too filial. Don't blame Uncle Zhao for speaking bluntly. Sometimes you have to think about yourself. Are you going to see your father later?"

"Ah."

"Okay, go ahead. Don't worry, it's just a minor injury, it's not a big deal, just go to school peacefully, we will take care of your dad. Go ahead."

It was quite different from the previous nodes. This time, as soon as Mei entered the system, she watched the content from a God's perspective.

"Is this... the squad leader of the previous civilization that was not affected by the collapse..."

Unlike the Fu Hua in Mei's memory who was always reliable, the girl in front of her who had no social experience and had a confused look in her clear eyes made Mei feel unfamiliar.

"Ok?"

Before Mei's doubts were resolved, the scene in front of her changed, as if someone had pressed the [Auto Play] button. Mei did not return to the lounge, but went directly to the next node.

In the dim ward, a middle-aged man lay quietly. Although he was in pain, it did not affect his biological clock. He had developed the habit of getting up early over decades, and lying in bed for just a dozen days could not destroy it.

Hua walked quietly into the ward and was not surprised to find his father awake. He knew his father's living habits very well.

Hua's father looked at his daughter who walked into the room with a complicated expression. But when their eyes met, he tried his best to soften his gaze.

"You don't actually have to come see me today... I thought you left yesterday... Is it too late?"

"There's enough time."

Perhaps because she and her father were the only ones in the room, Hua's fear and anxiety faded a lot.

"Okay. Come, let dad take a good look at you. My dear daughter... the next time I see you will be in half a year..."

Hua's father sat up, looked at his daughter, and grinned at himself.

"When you get there, take good care of yourself. Although Dad doesn't have much ability, it's still no problem for him to support your schooling. You don't have to worry about anything, just study hard."

"Don't practice martial arts over there. Don't let your classmates think you're a weirdo. Dad is in the hospital now and I'm embarrassed to tell others that I run a martial arts school. Xiaohua, times have changed. You can go to work, be an entrepreneur, or go into politics! Those have a future, but a martial arts school... hehe, that won't work."

Hearing words similar to those of Uncle Zhao but more direct, Hua fell silent.

Seeing that the conversation was about to run out, Hua's father immediately changed the subject:

"I'm not worried about anything else about you, Hua. You're a good kid, take care of yourself. Also... make more friends. I'm just worried that you won't be able to make friends."

"……I will."

Hua's father pointed in the direction of the window, and Hua immediately understood and opened the curtains. The morning sun poured into the room from the window, and the originally dim ward immediately became bright. Hua's father felt the warmth brought by the sun, and he immediately became much more energetic.

Hua's father glanced at the clock on the wall and touched Hua's head:

"It's getting late, let's go to the airport quickly. We still need to leave some time for backup. Have you brought all your documents? Where's your luggage?"

"I brought it. The luggage has been sent."

"Okay, that's good. Go ahead and take care of yourself."

Hua stood up from his father's bedside:

"Yes...I'm leaving, Dad."

"Don't worry about Dad. He will be discharged from the hospital in a few days. Play with your friends more. If it's not important, you don't have to come home. It's not easy to go back and forth."

Hua left the hospital.

"I'm going to a strange city... by myself... Can I really... make friends?"

Hua stood between the tall buildings and looked up at the sky. The rising sun was blocked by the tall buildings, and the light was like a net covering her. Hua felt like a butterfly caught in a storm, not knowing what would happen to her in the next second...

"Although I understand that a stable state of mind cannot appear out of thin air for anyone, the helpless expression on the squad leader's face... I feel suffocated and confused. Compared with Kevin and Alicia, Hua is obviously not a natural warrior."

After reading Fu Hua's starting point, Mei made this judgment.

A white light flashed, and before Mei found the logout button, the story automatically entered the next part.

On a certain day of a certain year and month, at 6:00, Hua climbed out of his bed in the dormitory very naturally.

She turned around and looked around. Her roommates were all sleeping soundly and showed no signs of waking up.

"They are supposed to be in the classroom before 7 o'clock, so why do they... no, most of the class wake up after 6:?"

"Why is it that everyone knows that early to bed and early to rise is good for health, but no one is willing to follow it?"

“Why is the cafeteria almost empty at 6 o’clock when it’s clear that skipping breakfast is bad?”

"Why do we all refuse to go to bed early even though we know that staying up late will affect our normal studies the next day?"

It has been a month since Hua came to a middle school in Canghai City, but he shows no signs of integrating into the new group.

Regarding the school's waking and sleeping times, other students have been discussing and criticizing it the most, but Hua feels that this arrangement is very reasonable. Therefore, when she heard a lot of criticism, she expressed her incomprehension.

But she soon found a reason to be dissatisfied. Apart from her, the students who arrived at the class in the morning were either bleary-eyed or yawning. She even saw many students falling asleep on the table during the morning reading.

As one of the few students who could maintain a full spirit during morning reading, Hua was naturally praised by the teacher. However, what she felt was the strange expressions of other students when they looked at her.

"I have clearly followed the school's rules and regulations, so why... am I the odd one out?"

Faced with this situation, Hua is hesitating whether to change the habits he has developed over the years and make his schedule consistent with that of others.

"But...will this really help us better integrate into the new group..."

Hua thought of his father's words and shook his head.

Obviously, her own health is the most important thing. Since her lifestyle habits are almost completely in line with the general public's perception of "healthy habits", she should continue to maintain them.

but……

However, when she went to bed, no one else was asleep, and when she got up, no one else was awake, which resulted in her and her classmates having no time to communicate about anything other than studying.

Of course, this might just be an excuse she made for herself...

Hua came to the cafeteria. There were no surprises today and the cafeteria was still unusually empty.

"Today's classes are... Math, Math, Physics, Grammar and Physical Education..."

Hua knew clearly that many students would be miserable because they had to take two math classes after morning reading, but she frowned because she had physical education class today.

"Really... I don't want to go to physical education class..."

She remembered that every time during the physical education class, when they did warm-up exercises and jogged two laps around the playground, about half of the boys would run fast, while the other half would walk and chat with most of the girls.

And when turning a corner, he would glance in the teacher's direction. As long as he was not staring at him, he would immediately take a shortcut and turn the oval route into a rectangle.

As a result, Hua, who strictly followed the teacher's instructions to complete the warm-up exercises, immediately became the focus of the class. In addition, her sports performance was very good, so she attracted more attention in class.

Although she had no idea what the others were saying, the whispers of her classmates sounded like mocking whispers - she always felt that way.

After eating a cup of soy milk, two meat buns and an egg, Hua felt that his body had obtained sufficient energy.

Since his appetite far exceeds that of most people of his age, Hua has to find ways to avoid the crowded crowds during peak hours during lunch and dinner.

However, in the morning, the peak time is a few minutes before morning reading, so as long as she gets up normally, she will have plenty of time.

"I always feel... hungry before lunch... Although the school rules prohibit bringing food into the classroom and eating in the classroom, it seems... that no one follows it..."

"If hunger affects my studies, or if my stomach growls during class and attracts everyone's attention, it would be even worse..."

After weighing the pros and cons, Hua put a few buns into his schoolbag before leaving the cafeteria.