[You Died!]
[Simulation Rating: F]
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[You Died!]
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To maximize his chances of survival when the Honkai inevitably erupted, Lunelle spared not a single moment in the two days he had left.
After setting aside the two simulations that had already concluded, consuming an entire day, he dove headfirst into three more back-to-back simulations.
Considering he got wiped out the instant each simulation started—landed and immediately overwhelmed—and that each virtual death was followed by the lovely experience of syncing the memory and re-feeling that agony in reality, Lunelle had a brilliant suggestion for See-chan, the simulator's sprite.
He proposed they just rename the whole thing the "Instant Death Simulator" and be done with it.
See-chan, in her role as the simulator's spirit, responded with all due solemnity, stating that the host's feedback had been duly noted.
And then that feedback sank like a stone, vanishing without a trace.
Lunelle had expected as much, though.
He never really thought his complaint would change anything.
He'd only mentioned it to vent his frustration about the consistently awful 'drop-in-and-die' experience.
Still, after three solid rounds of 'instant death,' Lunelle had managed to use each precious, fleeting three-second window to figure out a few things.
First, there was the matter of his snow-soft, unnaturally fair skin and that ethereal voice—both forced on him by his so-called talents.
By observing carefully during two of those doomed three-second stints, he became about eighty to ninety percent certain that these 'mandatory' traits were almost definitely pilfered from his simulated avatar, 'Seele.'
After all, while three seconds was brief, it was enough time to utter a sound or glance at his own skin.
Then, during his third simulation, having gotten a rough handle on the simulator's functions, Lunelle decided to try something.
He wasn't sure it would work, but based on the simulation replay logs, he confirmed there was indeed a tiny window where he successfully loaded into the 'Seele' avatar.
So, for at least those three seconds, shouldn't he be able to try pulling up his own status panel to peek at his dear wife Seele's stats?
He was burning with curiosity about what her attributes looked like.
The moment his consciousness confirmed loading into the 'Seele' avatar in the third sim, Lunelle didn't hesitate. He immediately tried to open his status panel.
Unsurprisingly, he was once again embraced by the Finality and promptly annihilated three seconds later.
But after the simulation ended and the memories synced, a faint smirk tugged at Lunelle's lips, even as the phantom pain of death still echoed.
His crazy attempt had actually worked!
Although, he wasn't sure if the simulator had anticipated someone trying to snoop on the 'Seele' avatar's stats.
The panel information synced to his mind was heavily censored.
Whole sections, like Seele's complete list of innate talents and her special relationships, were just filled with "???".
The only info left for him to see were the avatar's basic attributes, an overall evaluation, and—just as he'd expected—the avatar's name.
Anyway, the 'Seele' avatar's status panel he glimpsed looked roughly like this:
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[Host: Lunelle (Seele Vollerei)]
[Basic Attributes]
[Charm: 100]
[Intellect: 20 (100 Hidden)]
[Stamina: 4+ (???(Inactive))]
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[A/N: Intellect does not directly represent IQ . The bracketed value indicates post-Herrscher transformation. Intellect primarily represents one's mental fortitude and willpower. The higher the value, the greater the resistance to psychic attacks and the stronger the potential mastery and power of Herrscher authority upon awakening.]
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[Special Attribute]
[Honkai Adaptability: ???]
[Affected by the rules of the Honkai world, the higher the host's Honkai Adaptability, the more the host's physique is enhanced. Current Perfect Physique conversion rate for Honkai Adaptability is 1:10. Post-Herrscher transformation, this ascends to 1:1000!]
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[Innate Talents:]
[???]
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[Host's Special Relationships:]
[???]
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[Overall Evaluation: An unparalleled, perfect Herrscher vessel. Once matured after Herrscher transformation, it possesses the terrifying power to annihilate the world in an instant.]
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Honestly, after catching that tiny glimpse of his dear waifu Seele's status panel, Lunelle finally understood just how monstrous a world-favored 'chosen one' in the Honkai universe truly was.
Forget everything else, just that 1:10 Honkai physique conversion rate—which Lunelle was absolutely certain marked a chosen one—made him drool with envy, tears of longing practically leaking from the corner of his mouth.
Compared to his own pathetic 10:1 conversion rate, his Seele's base aptitude utterly crushed his by a full hundred times!
And that was without even mentioning the absurd, cheat-level 1:1000 conversion rate after Herrscher transformation.
'Life's tough when the whole world's out to get you, huh?' Lunelle thought with a sigh.
After three consecutive rounds of 'instant death' simulations, Lunelle's abysmal ratings forced him to rely on the Safety Net three times, netting him a basic total of 6 points in Honkai Energy Adaptability.
Whether by good luck or bad from these three sims, the three permanent innate talents forcibly bound to him, while causing noticeable changes, remained within what Lunelle could grudgingly accept.
Let's skip the fluff and just highlight the key changes to his stats and the new talent details.
The three permanent talents were:
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[Oceanic Eyes (Quality: Unknown / Permanent): One of the special permanent talents from the Safety Net (Gold) draw.]
[Grants the host eyes as pure and flawless as the sea, possessing a veil-piercing, immense allure to certain maidens with... particular inclinations!]
[Effect of this Permanent Talent: Host's Charm +2, Intellect +2.]
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[Sapphire Tresses (Quality: Unknown / Permanent): One of the special permanent talents from the Safety Net (Gold) draw.]
[Under the talent's influence, the host's hair transforms to a specified color, and the host may only select from predetermined hairstyle options. This talent seems to hold powerful appeal for certain maidens with particular inclinations!]
[Effect of this Permanent Talent: Host's Charm +1, Intellect +3.]
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[Slender Waist (Quality: Unknown / Permanent): One of the special permanent talents from the Safety Net (Gold) draw.]
[Grants the host a slender, perfect waistline. When held by a maiden, there is a chance to increase her favor. Seems to have decent appeal for certain maidens with particular inclinations!]
[Effect of this Permanent Talent: Host's Charm +1, Honkai Energy Adaptability +2.]
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To sum it up, through these three simulations and the passive effects of the talents, Lunelle gained a total of 4 points in Charm, 5 points in Intellect, and the desperately needed 2 points in Honkai Energy Adaptability.
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Current Attribute Values:
Charm: 12
Intellect: 10
Stamina: 4.4
Honkai Energy Adaptability: 14 points
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This meant Lunelle's Honkai Energy Adaptability, starting from zero less than three days ago, had now skyrocketed to 14 points.
By this single special metric, Lunelle now surpassed the average adult woman in the Honkai world by nearly three times!
The speed of this improvement was unimaginably fast.
So fast, in fact, that the Will of the Sea in his Special Relationships list—which had previously ignored him completely—seemed to have a sudden fit and specifically scanned him.
However, upon detecting that Lunelle was, disgustingly, male, and that his Honkai physique conversion rate was trash of an unprecedented level, the Will of the Sea immediately resumed its haughty posture, dismissing Lunelle as nothing more than a speck of dust, utterly beneath its notice.
But with this level of Honkai Energy Adaptability, while Lunelle still fell far short of the standard for a Herrscher vessel, if he were corrupted by Honkai now, he probably wouldn't sink to the level of a mere zombie—the lowest cannon fodder.
At the very least, he'd be guaranteed to become a male Honkai zombie upon death. A small consolation.
The time had now arrived: the night before the simulated prediction of the full-scale Honkai eruption in Nagazora City.
And Lunelle's final simulation before the outbreak was drawing to a close.
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