Honkai, Lifelong Regret Simulator!
Author: Midnight Butcher
Synopsis:
(Slow pace.) [In the emerald forest, you saw a girl as flawless as a fairy, her eyes as pure as the sky.]
[The distant dawn, the slanting spring breeze, the emerald forest, flowers swept up by the wind.]
[And most importantly, the lovely girl.]
[You brought the girl back to your home to grow up together, but found that she seemed to be overly oblivious to you.]
[On the way to her birthday, you met Vil-V, who possessed talent but couldn't use it.]
"Ah... if one day, Jiang Cheng's gentleness were to disappear without a trace, just like in novels... I would die."
[You parted ways with Aili Xiya and embarked on a new life, never again seeing that flawless girl.]
[Until a disaster suddenly struck, destroying everything you had, but just before you died, you saw starlight flash.]
["Hello."]
["Goodbye."]
["—Aili Xiya."]
Jiang Cheng, who had shattered all tragedies, looked at Kiana and Aili Xiya sitting next to him.
"You're also simulating."
Chapter of Stars and Moon
1. Multiplayer Simulator
Chang Kong City, Qianyu Academy.
Amidst the clamor of arguments and the crowded, disordered throngs, a young man sitting in the second to last row, by the window on the right, was strikingly quiet.
His name was Jiang Cheng.
He was an ordinary Transmigrator, chased by a mud truck while walking on the road. Although he carefully dodged the first blow and wasn't directly flattened into 'Jiang Cheng Paste', he didn't expect the mud truck to transform mid-way, becoming a Gundam that swatted him into 'ketchup'.
Just as many comics joke, he was sent to another world by the overworked mud truck driver—Honkai.
He was in Chang Kong City, with Kiana and Mei as classmates.
What is the Honkai world?
It's a world where small to medium-sized Honkai outbreaks can happen at any time, where you might be Honkai-killed just walking down the street, where ordinary people with Stigmata genes are like weeds, and many individuals aren't even worthy of becoming a Zombie.
As for Transmigrators... there's no discrimination, because they all die equally.
Regardless of gender, if you get infected, you're not far from sudden death. Out of billions of humans in the entire world, no one can withstand the Honkai except for a few cheat players.
As a Transmigrator whose Honkai energy resistance was even lower than the national football team's, Jiang Cheng almost bought a ticket back to his homeland in the Divine Realm on the spot.
After experiencing being squashed into ketchup by a mud truck, he rekindled his desire for life, at least not to be Honkai-ed into a pile of ash so quickly.
Perhaps it was because his innocent death by a Gundam was too tragic, that just when he thought all hope was lost, a succubus appeared.
As compensation, he also received the golden finger every Transmigrator must have—the "Valkyrie Cultivation Simulator."
Through this system, he could simulate possible future events, achieve precognitive results, and even do things that were not allowed in real life or that he couldn't bring himself to do.
Aside from occasional choices, there was almost no interference with his freedom.
Business, politics, schooling, being an idol, partying, going offshore—anything was possible.
But such actions usually led to a bad ending with a Honkai outbreak after a few rounds, and everything accumulated would ultimately become an unnoticed wisp of smoke; even the greatest singer couldn't withstand an unexpected natural disaster.
He couldn't even survive by lying low; even if he dodged every Great Eruption, he would be taken out in a playful manner by a small Honkai that could descend at any time.
To truly play well, get real rewards, and achieve a true ending, he could only follow the system's true function: the Valkyrie cultivation plan.
It was more like a simulator than cultivation.
What he actually had to do was use his own abilities to influence the world as much as possible, achieve different outcomes, preferably the best one, shatter all tragedies and disasters, and save everything.
Although with his limited skills, he could practically only choose cultivation; it was almost impossible to rewrite the final ending by himself.
The best method was still to find a Valkyrie he could follow and rely on.
"—Let's start the simulation."
[Keywords being drawn...]
[Heavenly Incarnation (Purple): Possesses the ability to not be entangled in male-female gender opposition.]
[Araki Line (Blue): When you enter a gym, ten, or even nine, people will want to collect the sweat rolling off your muscular body with their water bottles.]
[Good Kid (White): Your classmates' mothers really like you coming over to their houses to play.]
[Honest Person (White): You know a thousand and one ways to go bankrupt.]
[Imitator (Blue): You are very good at imitating others' behaviors, every move, but it is ultimately limited to just 'imitation'.]
[Psychologist (Green): You can act as a psychologist to save people with serious psychological problems.]
Ah, this?
The young man wanted to complain a bit, but for some reason, he felt like he couldn't.
There seemed to be no problem; the so-called simulators in common memory were usually this unreliable, and the keywords in them were specifically for comedic effect.
But "Honest Person" and "Heavenly Incarnation" were a bit too outrageous, weren't they?
Who would choose those two options?
They must have something wrong with their head.
The Araki Line and such were fine; the description clearly stated that it was a complete immersion, a truly immersive feeling.
Excluding those, the only usable ones left were "Imitator," "Good Kid," and "Psychologist."
Not bad.
Better than nothing.
[At one year old, you were born in a small town called Vostok-51. Your parents ran the only shop in town, living a prosperous and fulfilling life, but they had no children. They cherished you as a precious treasure.]
An ordinary small place, huh?
It seems unrelated to the Serpent; it looks like this time he'll probably just have to rely on luck to survive... Wait a minute?
Vostok, and that "51" suffix.
Before his memory could find any related details, a flawless, beautiful girl with long pink hair and a captivating smile seemed to appear before his eyes.
Is this landing spot a bit off... This landing spot is exactly the same... Even in an oversized gray hoodie that still accentuated her curves, her face hidden by the hood, the girl walking through the bustling street stopped.
Just then, a breeze blew, lifting a corner of her clothing, allowing one a glimpse of her hidden features.
Her exquisitely beautiful face was gentle and charming, and beneath her long eyelashes, her sky-blue, starry eyes sparkled with an unchanging brilliance. Her long hair, appearing light and soft with the gentle breeze, and her snow-white skin, tinged with pink, seemed to invite a caress.
Tight black shorts hugged her, revealing alluring lines, her long, straight legs slightly pressed together, and her fair hands rested on her somewhat plump thighs.
A perfect girl, almost impossible to describe in words, truly like an elf existing only in fairy tales.
—Aili Xiya.
At this moment, the girl, who had not yet finished her journey and was searching for her own paradise in the world, felt the panel in her heart.
Just a moment ago.
As the girl savored the city's delicacies, a system voice, like those often found in classic web novels from the Divine Realm, suddenly rang in her ears.
[—Valkyrie Cultivation Simulator is starting... Would you like to enter the game?]
Cultivation... simulator?
The girl seemed to have difficulty understanding the information on the panel until she saw the instruction manual next to it. She frowned slightly and read it carefully.
The manual fully explained the type and function of the simulator.
"Valkyrie Cultivation Simulator..."
"Is it actually a popular life simulator?"
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