Simulation of Destruction: Why Am I Always the Arbiter

But this sense of security didn't last long, because Arbiter Chang'an suddenly had a breakthrough and found help.

Millions of mindless dead soldiers, and Honkai Beasts that didn't worship Ye Chang'an.

"My kin, tear them apart!"

Arbiter Chang'an, who couldn't win with a sword, shamelessly sent cannon fodder forward, truly befitting the First Arbiter.

The musical instruments surrounding him seemed to mock him, and many of them began to play a piece of music together.

A microphone independently replicated itself, and then Ye Chang'an's voice came out.

"Everyone, prepare your ears. Next, I'll bring you a song that isn't my original creation."

"TruE"

PS: An extra chapter for 0's breakthrough, thank you @{"reader_id":"6948104","reader_name":"Carefree and Unfettered"} and @{"reader_id":"9609730","reader_name":"Stars Flying and Crashing"} for your support with tips.

Chapter of Creation: Journey to a New World : 35. You've become an Arbiter, yet you're still stuck on music?

"Germany time, December 25th, 00:00, you have been chosen to become the First Arbiter."

A gentle female voice whispered into his ear. The dizziness in his mind gradually subsided, and Ye Chang'an finally regained consciousness, continuing his unfinished words.

"Because I have a friend... uh... what?"

He stopped midway, confused, because he realized he wasn't on stage, but floating above a vast ocean.

With no footing, he was just drifting.

The visibility was excellent; as far as the eye could see, it was all sea.

But why was he here?

"Where is this? How did I get here?"

He was utterly bewildered.

"This is your Sea of Consciousness. You are trapped here after your body was occupied by a projection from the Cocoon of the End." The gentle female voice replied helpfully, and Ye Chang'an immediately recognized the owner of the voice.

001, the System's temporary customer service, someone who had been completely absent since the simulation began.

But now wasn't the time to dwell on that, because other news was far more explosive.

"What the hell do you mean I've become an Arbiter?"

Ye Chang'an was stunned, his eyes wide with disbelief.

After all, the condition for becoming an Arbiter was [being in a disaster area when the instantaneous power reaches over 1000 HW during a Honkai outbreak], but he hadn't felt that much Honkai energy at the performance venue.

This meant he had become an Arbiter without any warning, without even a chance to react.

It was unreasonable, but there seemed to be no other explanation.

"Hiss~ This is going to be troublesome."

Without spending too much time being shocked by his own transformation into an Arbiter, the immediate concern occupying his mind was the trouble he would face after becoming an Arbiter.

He was still alive, but he felt like he was about to die.

This was because, to prevent the emergence of an Arbiter, he had asked old K to deploy forces in advance.

His plan was to run away immediately if an Arbiter appeared, and wait for old K to blast the Arbiter to death.

As it turned out, an Arbiter did appear, but the Arbiter was himself.

Was he trying to achieve a suicide achievement here?

His head hurt.

"001, is there any way I can survive this?" Ye Chang'an asked.

"Ending the simulation will allow you to survive."

That was as good as saying nothing. Ye Chang'an wasn't looking for that kind of survival.

Feeling that 001 was unreliable, Ye Chang'an sighed and propped his head up, gazing at the sea and contemplating the possibility of survival.

—The Arbiters of the Previous Civilization had no chance to regain their humanity because the trial mechanism of the Cocoon of the End had not yet been modified by Elysia.

—The projected Arbiters only knew how to execute trials, and the original host, as the container, should have been suppressed in the depths of the Sea of Consciousness, unable to resist, just like me... Hmm, wait a minute.

He suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked around the vast ocean, confirming that this was indeed his Sea of Consciousness.

After refining his Sword Heart, he could sense its existence.

He could also sense it if his Sword Heart shattered, though the seawater within would have dried up.

It was the appearance of the Chang'an Melody that nourished his Sea of Consciousness and opened up the spring, leading to the current vast ocean.

This meant that he should be different from those people in the Previous Civilization who had become Arbiters.

"I have a Sea of Consciousness, they didn't."

"I can stay here, but they might not be able to."

"After I become an Arbiter, I can think here. After they become Arbiters, they might not have the ability to think."

Since there was a difference, there was hope.

Perhaps he could search within this sea of consciousness to see if he could find a projection of the Cocoon of the End.

After all, he and the projection used the same vessel, so from a physiological perspective, they should be in the same sea of consciousness.

If he could find it and then pick it up and beat it to death, maybe it would recover.

"I'll go look."

As soon as he thought of it, Ye Chang'an began to soar above the sea of consciousness. He flew around but didn't find the projection, but he did find a piece of land.

On the land, there was a city, a stage, and a population of several million.

"(⊙o⊙)...What is this?"

He was stunned, disbelieving.

Because this was the place where he held a concert in the German capital, and those people were the audience watching his performance.

But how could they be here!

Ye Chang'an flew over in a daze to investigate. The confused audience below also saw him, waving and cheering his name.

"Chang'an, Chang'an, you're finally back."

"Chang'an, where did you go just now?"

The audience asked him questions in a jumble. Ye Chang'an found it difficult to answer. After signaling for everyone to quiet down, he picked out a few people to ask about the situation.

He learned that these people had been watching here all along. Suddenly, they found him disappear from the stage and didn't know what to do, so they inexplicably waited here.

What they said was as good as saying nothing, and Ye Chang'an was speechless.

—You people don't even know you're dead, do you?

These audience members were definitely dead. How could anyone survive witnessing the birth of the First Arbiter?

However, their arrival in his sea of consciousness reminded him of something—the birth of the Current Civilization's First Arbiter.

Welt Joyce became an Arbiter during the great Honkai in Berlin in 1952, causing the deaths of about 300,000 people.

It seemed that there was also a process of collecting the fragments of these people's souls. Ye Chang'an couldn't remember clearly.

In short, the core of the Current Civilization's Arbiter of Reason contained the soul fragments of these 300,000 people, and they were also an important factor in making the First Arbiter an Arbiter of the human side.

—If I can be recognized by these millions of people, maybe I can recover?

He wasn't sure, but it was worth a try since he had nothing else to do.

So Ye Chang'an went back on stage and smiled brightly at the audience.

"Everyone, it seems a lot has happened just now. You're confused, and I'm confused too.

But let's put aside these things we can't figure out and have some music to relax, shall we?"

He still didn't use a microphone, but his voice could be heard by everyone.

"Okay!" the audience shouted in unison, too lazy to bother with all the extraneous matters.

Since they were at a concert, they should enjoy the music.

"OK, then let's begin."

Ye Chang'an smiled and reached for his waist to grab his flute, but his hand met empty air.

—Uh, where the heck are my instruments?

He couldn't just sing without instruments, what a joke.

—Give me an instrument.

He thought it, he needed it, and so he got it.

A flute materialized in his hand. He froze for a moment.

—Oh, this is my sea of consciousness. If I need any instrument, I just have to think of it.

He smiled. All sorts of instruments instantly appeared in his mind. He was familiar with all of them and knew how to play them.

Then these instruments appeared one after another, truly manifesting whatever he thought of.

Moreover, he felt that he could control all the instruments to play, without manual operation to produce sound.

"Let's start with a traditional skill, the Chang'an Melody."

With a snap of his fingers, the flute automatically played the Chang'an Melody, sounding exactly the same as if he had played it himself.

—Great, this is absolutely great.

Ye Chang'an was overjoyed in his heart because this was an ability he had always dreamed of.

Controlling multiple instruments alone and performing a perfect symphony.

The strength of one person is limited; as a performer, he could only use one instrument at a time.

The strength of the masses is difficult to coordinate; the cooperative performance between bands often fails to achieve the ideal effect.

What a beautiful melody it would be if one person could form a band.

Ye Chang'an was so excited that he completely forgot about his own Arbiter status.

Chapter of Creation: Journey to a New World: 36. Respond to me, Elysia~

Ye Chang'an was so thrilled he experienced a cerebral orgasm. As soon as "Chang'an Melody" finished playing, he decided on the song he wanted to try.

"TruE," Elysia's character song.

There was no special reason, he just liked this song the most among all the character songs in Honkai Impact 3rd.

Now that he had the chance to form a one-person band for the background music, he naturally wanted to try it.

So, he recalled the captivating melody, analyzed which instruments were needed, and finally, with full confidence, picked up a microphone.

"Everyone, prepare your ears. Next, I'll be bringing you a song that isn't my original composition."

"TruE"

He didn't actually need a microphone; he just held it to have the presence of a singer.

So his microphone was always just for show, but he never expected his voice, transmitted through the microphone, to reach the Arbiter.

"..." The Arbiter watched the inexplicable array of instruments begin to play and emit sound with indifference, ignoring them.

He didn't care why these things appeared or who was controlling them; it had nothing to do with what he was doing anyway.

So he let the melody play, and then he realized... the Honkai energy within him was disappearing.

It was used up by someone, and its purpose was for [Amplification], covering almost every corner of the Earth.