Honkai Simulation, why is it always me who becomes the Herrscher

Simulation of Destruction: Why Am I Always the One Who Becomes the Arbiter?

By: Sakura

Synopsis:

Ye Chang'an is bound to a simulator system. By changing the fates of others, he can increase his simulation attempts. However, every simulation result ends with him becoming an Arbiter.

"First life, I was in the Previous Civilization. Eden and I were childhood sweethearts, and we even got married. As Destruction became more frequent, I thought Eden and I could just survive for another fifty thousand years... Turns out, I became the First Arbiter."

"Second life, I was in the Current Civilization. Sirin and I were inseparable, and we were also captured for experiments together. As Destruction energy was injected, I thought Sirin was going to become an Arbiter... Turns out, I became one first."

"Third life, I was in the Previous Civilization. The Sakura sisters and I grew up in the Far East, and Sakura and I became assassin partners. As... Alright, alright, so I'm also supposed to become the Third Arbiter, right?"

Every time a simulation occurs and an Arbiter disaster appears, at least one of the Arbiters is Ye Chang'an.

"System, you'd better give me an explanation."

"...You've invested too much in Destruction energy resistance."

Ye Chang'an: (¬‿¬)

(Believe thirty percent of the synopsis, the main story will fill in seventy percent.)

Chapter 1: Old Six Sacrifices to Heaven, Endless Magic Power

In the sea of webnovels about traversing through Destruction, Fu Hua truly feels like an NPC specifically designed to hand out beginner gift packages.

This is because her Tai Xu Sword Qi is just too amazing.

It can lower your resistance, allowing you to take a dip in Destruction energy and survive, and it can also unleash Tai Xu Sword God to spar with an Arbiter.

Having transmigrated to the time when the Tai Xu Sword Sect was newly established, Ye Chang'an wondered if he too had a chance to cultivate Tai Xu Sword Qi.

The result was tragic; he couldn't even cultivate the introductory Sword Heart.

"Your mind is restless, you have no affinity with Sword Heart. You must calm yourself down to achieve it," the divine artifact from Shenzhou, known as Immortal Chi Yuan, pointed out. This struck Ye Chang'an with such despair that he felt like he had nothing to live for. He buried his face in Lin Zhaoyu's embrace and didn't move for a long time.

You ask why he could do that without being slapped by Lin Zhaoyu?

That's naturally because Lin Zhaoyu is his... uh, adoptive mother?

That's pretty much her identity.

Ye Chang'an is a reincarnated transmigrator. He appeared in the world of Destruction from the moment he was born as a baby. Just two days after starting to drink milk, he encountered Destruction.

The entire village turned into death gods, and they were all cleanly slain by Lin Zhaoyu, who had rushed over upon hearing the news.

Lin Zhaoyu was stunned for a moment when she saw that he wasn't a death god yet. Then, she followed Immortal Chi Yuan's example and took him back to Tai Xu Mountain to raise him.

A few days later, Immortal Chi Yuan returned to the mountain with a three-year-old girl with red hair. She didn't say anything after hearing Lin Zhaoyu's report, tacitly agreeing to let Lin Zhaoyu raise him.

Eight years have passed since then, and he is now eight years old.

At first, he was excited to know he would grow up on Tai Xu Mountain.

But now, only sighs remained.

"If I can't cultivate Tai Xu Sword Qi, how am I supposed to survive in this world?"

The Tai Xu Five Aggregates – Heart, Form, Intent, Soul, and Spirit – with the Heart Aggregate's Sword Heart Art being the most crucial foundation.

The Heart Aggregate is the Dao, refining the heart and forging the body.

The Form Aggregate is the technique, making the body nimble and the movements precise.

The Intent Aggregate is the weapon, holding the key and transforming into form.

The Soul Aggregate is the furnace, turning mundane objects into swords.

The Spirit Aggregate is the ultimate, breaking all laws with a single thought.

Ye Chang'an was stuck at the most basic stage, Sword Heart. He had the entire text of the Sword Heart Art, 462 sounds, memorized backward, but he just couldn't cultivate Sword Heart.

Perhaps, as Immortal Chi Yuan had pointed out, he was too restless.

But the truth was... he had transmigrated too late.

If he had been a teenager before transmigrating, he might have had a chance to cultivate Sword Heart.

Unfortunately, he was already a corporate slave before transmigrating. Even though he was reborn as a child, his inner self was still that of an adult.

Sword Heart tempering is best done at a young age; the earlier, the purer.

Trying to cultivate Sword Heart with an adult's mindset is purely trying to make bricks without straw, a waste of effort.

"Without Sword Heart, I have no resistance. Without resistance, I'm just cannon fodder. Oh, heavens, don't play with me like this."

Ye Chang'an sighed to the sky, feeling so miserable staying on Tai Xu Mountain that he wished he could die.

He was sitting on a treasure mountain but couldn't take a single piece of it; it pained him.

[System activated, binding Parallel World Simulator...]

Amidst his distress, a strange mechanical voice sounded in his mind, leaving Ye Chang'an stunned.

"System? Simulator? No way~"

These two things were familiar to him; they were standard issue for transmigrators.

But he'd been transmigrated for eight years, so why was a system showing up now?

[Binding complete, simulation can commence at any time.]

[Current remaining simulations: 1]

The system's mechanical voice sounded again. Ye Chang'an was sure he hadn't misheard, so he tentatively asked, "Hey, uh, System? Are you there?"

[Host, hello. I am temporary customer service 001. How may I assist you?]

The mechanical voice changed into a gentle female voice, quite close to his ear. Ye Chang'an found it very comfortable.

Of course, there was also surprise and excitement.

"It really is a system. By the way, why are you only showing up now?"

Eight years of waiting was far too long. Even the most outdated computer system wouldn't need such a long boot-up time.

[Host, your simulation count increases with the number of people whose destinies you've changed. The system cannot be activated when the count is 0.]

001 responded, and Ye Chang'an was taken aback.

"The number of people whose destinies I've changed? Have I changed anyone's destiny?"

He thought back to the people he'd interacted with over the past eight years. Aside from his birth parents, whom Lin Zhaoyu had killed, there were only the six people on Tai Xu Mountain.

Immortal Chi Yuan and her five disciples.

It didn't seem like he'd changed anything for them.

"001, whose destiny did I change?" Ye Chang'an asked curiously.

"Chasing Steed Sword · Ma Yanqing."

"(⊙o⊙)... Chasing Steed Sword? Ma Yanqing? Who's that? I don't remember anyone by that name."

Ye Chang'an was even more confused, furrowing his brow as he tried to recall any named characters from the game.

Then he remembered.

"Holy crap, it's Old Six."

Ma Yanqing, the sixth disciple of Tai Xu, who later changed his name to Ma Feima, but Ye Chang'an was used to calling him Old Six.

This guy's life was indeed very "Old Six."

"Wait, no. This Old Six hasn't even come up the mountain to become a disciple yet. I haven't even met him, so how could I have changed his destiny?"

Ye Chang'an still felt something was off, but 001 couldn't answer, so he had to let it go.

"Forget it, I'll worry about Old Six later. Let's talk about this simulator. What can it do? What's it good for? Can it help me cultivate Sword Heart?"

[The Parallel World Simulator allows the host to experience a brand new life in other parallel worlds.]

A brief explanation, very vague.

Ye Chang'an had to try and press for more information. Through a question-and-answer session, he managed to get a rough understanding of how his system worked.

Simply put, it could be summarized in four words: utterly useless.

This system was just a simulator; it had no other functions besides simulating.

Furthermore, there were no benefits after the simulation. Items obtained in the simulation couldn't be brought out, and the gains were infinitely close to zero.

The only thing that could be considered a gain was memory. Memories from the simulation wouldn't disappear after the simulation ended.

"A trash transmigrator paired with a trash simulator."

Ye Chang'an immediately started cursing. After cursing, he still chose to start a simulation to try it out.

He was getting bored to death on this uneventful Tai Xu Mountain. It might as well be something to do in his simulated life.

[Simulation commencing. Please select the time period or trigger for memory awakening.]

"Huh? You can choose that?"

Ye Chang'an was surprised. After asking for details, his mind began to stir.

The simulated life could be customized, similar to selecting traits, but Ye Chang'an's simulation customization was limited to memories.

For example, he could choose to seal his memories and then recover them at eighteen, or set the trigger for memory awakening to be after completing a certain goal.

It seemed quite useless, but as long as it was combined with Ye Chang'an's longed-for Tai Xu Sword Qi, this function seemed to have some room for utilization.

"Seal all my memories except for the Sword Heart Art, and set the awakening trigger to the completion of Sword Heart."

An adult's mindset wasn't suitable for condensing Sword Heart. It would be better to return to a child's pure heart. Once Sword Heart was cultivated, he could recover his memories and reap the rewards.

This move, this move was called memory-wiped proxy play.

[Settings added. Commencing simulation. Host can view the simulation log after recovering memories.]

The simulation began.

[Age 0. You were born, a boy. You are curious about this unfamiliar world, but the inexplicable syllables in your mind make you even more curious.]

[You attempt to read these four hundred and sixty-two syllables, feeling a sense of peace in your heart.]

[The Sword Heart Art has been learned, you have obtained the "Still Water" Sword Heart.]

Chapter of Creation: Journey to a New World: 2. Hello, Old Lady with Two Guns

[Your father's name is Wang Qing, your mother's name is Xue Xia, and your name is Chang'an.]

[You practice the Sword Heart Art in your mind every day, and your Still Water Sword Heart makes daily progress.]

[Age 1, your Sword Heart enters the "Dustless" realm.]

[Age 2, your Sword Heart enters the "Bright Mirror" realm.]

[Age 3, your Sword Heart continues to improve.]

[Age 4, you are sent to the kindergarten's junior class by your parents; your Sword Heart enters the "Tai Xu" realm.]

[The condition for memory awakening has been met, your memories have awakened.]

Looking at the simulation log, which was only ten sentences long, Ye Chang'an was stunned.

"Didn't I set it so that I would awaken when my Sword Heart was achieved? Why did I only awaken at the Tai Xu Sword Heart?"

He didn't understand; he was greatly shocked.

This was too absurd. A four-year-old reaching the Tai Xu realm? How could Little Immortal Cheng Lingshuang possibly compare?

[Awakening Condition: Sword Heart Great Accomplishment. Memory awakening is not an issue, Host, please rest assured.]

001 responded with text. Ye Chang'an stared at the words "Sword Heart Great Accomplishment" for a long time, speechless.