Chapter 2: , First Arrival in the Honkai Impact 3rd World (Seeking Collections)

Captain on the bridge.

"Huh? Didn't I just kick the bucket?"

Opening his tightly shut eyes, Bai Ge looked around in great confusion.

He discovered he was standing on the roof of a high-rise building. What met his eyes was an unfamiliar city and the scattered stars in the night sky.

"Oh, looks like I've transmigrated."

It took him only five seconds to understand and accept the current situation.

With his hands on his hips, he thought to himself that this was just like him.

As for how he arrived in this world, the process was actually quite simple.

On his way home, while crossing the street, Bai Ge saw a bus speeding toward him, arrogantly ignoring the traffic light above and the police officer on duty as if they were nothing.

Bai Ge, who was on the zebra crossing, subconsciously wanted to dodge, but he realized a cute little girl was in the bus's path. At that moment, he also heard the wail of a woman behind him.

Thus, Bai Ge instinctively stopped, turned back, and threw the little girl out of the way.

Then, everything went black before his eyes, and he hazily heard someone say, "Captain on the bridge." And that was how things ended up like this.

"So the urban legend that transmigrators are sent here by being hit by a bus is actually true. In that case, there should be a standard-issue System, right? System, System, time to come online."

【Transmigrators these days are really familiar with the process. At your service, Host.】

Accompanied by a light screen appearing in Bai Ge's field of vision, a System with a loli voice appeared.

"That's right~ I actually think it's time for you guys to update your version. Such an old-fashioned way of transmigrating, how should I put it... it's really not surprising at all."

【Fine, your feedback has been received.】

"Great. Now, tell me, where exactly have I transmigrated to?"

【Understood. This is the Honkai World.】

"Uh, Honkai Impact 2 or Honkai Impact 3?"

【Honkai Impact 3.】

Hearing the System say this, Bai Ge breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, at least Honkai 3 is still playable. If I had died in the 'happy ending' of Honkai 2, I might as well not have transmigrated at all."

Although the difficulty had only been reduced from Hell mode to Hard mode—after all, in the Honkai world, the treatment of males is quite dismal, not to mention that simply lacking Honkai adaptability is fatal.

But as a fledgling transmigrator, Bai Ge remained excited and high-spirited. After questioning his System, he figured out the current situation.

First, the time is 2014, the period when the Third Honkai is about to occur.

Second, the name of this city is 'Nagazora City.' Hmm, this is even more incredible.

In the Honkai 3 storyline, this is the heaven-defying map where the Herrscher of Thunder, the Herrscher of the Void, the pseudo-Herrscher Yae Sakura, the pseudo-Herrscher Yuno, as well as the previous civilization's Herrscher of the Void and Herrscher of Corruption were born!

Bai Ge: "Nagazora's big stage, come if you want to be Herrscher-ized, lol."

System: 【Host, please prepare yourself. The time remaining until the Third Honkai occurs is already very little.】

Bai Ge: "Alright, then what about the Newbie Gift Pack? Give it to me quickly, I can't wait anymore. Should I directly transform into the Herrscher of Finality, or should I go with a Deus Ex Machina?"

System: 【... The System is currently installing. Current progress is one percent. The Newbie Gift Pack cannot be issued for the time being. Also, Host, you are daydreaming; things aren't as good as you think (Bronya face).】

Looking at the progress bar on the System interface that was indeed growing but almost motionless because the installation package was too large, Bai Ge blinked and revealed an expression of surprise.

"Ha? There isn't one? I've seen in other novels that it's always like that—one step to the top and then directly steamrolling everything. Why is it so low-tier for me? Bad review!"

【Hehe, wait until you can find the complaint button before saying that. Also, please don't take those power-fantasy novel plots seriously. Life must be taken one step at a time. Please work hard, Host.】

"Work hard at what? I didn't transmigrate with my soul; I don't even have a legal identity in this world. Even if I wanted to change the plot, it's a long shot."

Bai Ge couldn't help but complain. He was very suspicious that this System wasn't from a top-tier source since it didn't even give him a cheat.

Does he really think he can change the plot of Honkai 3 with his ordinary body and no legal identity?

That would be too much of a Hell-difficulty challenge!

Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid that on the second day after Bai Ge makes contact with the 'Tuna' Kiana, a certain Schicksal Overseer, Mr. Otto—a man who is terminally paranoid and wears a green hat in both fanfiction and official works—would immediately send people to invite him, a suspicious person, for tea.

Uh, no, it's more likely he'd be directly eliminated. Bai Ge has enough self-awareness to know he doesn't have the qualifications to be valued by that Kallen-simp yet.

【Please do not worry, Host. Emergency remedial measures have been initiated. A legal identity has been created for you in this world. The following are your two choices.】

"Oh? I have a choice?"

Bai Ge looked at the options impatiently.

First: A transfer student in the second year of high school at Senba Academy, parents deceased, has a car and a house, and possesses considerable family wealth.

Second: An ordinary person, parents deceased, has a car and a house, and possesses wealth that will allow you to lie flat for the rest of your life.

【Which one does the Host choose? The System recommends the second one. This option can guarantee you will spend your life eating and waiting to die, living without worries. Anyway, even if you do nothing in this world, you will eventually reach a happy ending.】

As for the Honkai and the Stigma Project, the Great Sage Kiana will naturally stop the succubus Kevin and seal the Honkai.

"............"

The corner of Bai Ge's eye twitched violently. He felt he had a pile of complaints in his heart that he had to vent.

Is 'transmigrator' really a high-level profession that curses parents? Whether in his past life or this one, in both the first and second options, he is parentless.

Finally, shaking his head speechlessly, Bai Ge placed his hand on the first option.

"I choose the first one, System."

【Asking again, are you sure? As your System, I must remind you that this is not a power-fantasy System that can directly let you dominate the world, punch Otto, and kick Kevin in seconds. Host, what you can rely on is ultimately only yourself. This means... if you do not choose the easy path and insist on participating in the main storyline of the Honkai world, then you will have a huge risk of death, and also...】

"Alright, alright, stop talking. I understand. Even if I choose to do nothing and not change the plot, the main cast of Honkai 3 will eventually save the world, so one more of me isn't much, and one less isn't a loss."

Bai Ge smiled and looked at the distant horizon. A refreshing cool breeze blew through his hair, and the boy's eyes looked at the world as if they were shining.

"I know I'm just an ordinary person, but I've grown tired of an ordinary life."

"Since I've transmigrated to another world, I want to live more interestingly and meaningfully."

"After all, the value of a person's life lies not in its length, but in whether the process is wonderful."

Precisely because he was an ordinary person in his past life, he longs to be less ordinary in this one. Bai Ge wants to do something that only he can do.

And as a Captain of Honkai 3.

Bai Ge would certainly want to participate in the story, and he would also like to be able to shout the slogan 'Fight for all that is beautiful in the world' just like a certain Tuna.

After all, although the ending of Honkai 3 is a happy ending, Bai Ge knows that in the process, there are still many, many regrets, sorrows, and things that are hard to let go of!

There are so many characters he likes who were killed off by those evil MiHoYo writers!

Now that Bai Ge has the chance to change things, he can finally stop being a wise cleaner who only knows how to do aerial splits, watching tragedies happen while only being able to shout 'I can't do anything' from behind a screen.

Since he has obtained the opportunity to fight against fate/the writers, is there any need for hesitation?

"System, come on. I choose the first one. This time, I will also turn this imperfect world into the way I hope it to be!!"

Just as Bai Ge said this, a ray of morning light appeared on the distant horizon.

This was the first ray of light shining into the night, meaning the darkness was about to end and the dawn was arriving.

The white-haired, golden-eyed boy stood on this high-rise building, so innocent, so confident. He laughed and opened his arms as if to embrace this city.

【... As you wish, Host.】

First update, new book seeking collections, seeking flowers. ===== CHAPTER 3 =====