To Be a Cosplay Master in the World of Honkai Impact 3rd

"Since this is something that can't be avoided no matter what."

"Then let's do it seriously!"

"In the name of the Moon, I shall vanquish you!"

Chapter 28: The Person Thought of Day and Night

"In the name of the Moon, I shall vanquish you!"

The voice was as small as a mosquito, and the movements were more awkward than a bad dance.

It looked like a caterpillar wiggling its body to scare off its natural predators, writhing around without any grace, and it was laughable to watch.

One could even say that caterpillars have at least a chance of actually scaring away their predators.

This caterpillar-like action had no effect.

Except to make people laugh.

Of course, no one was watching here, so no one was laughing.

"As expected, it's still not working," Li Pu said dejectedly, squatting behind a tree. "I feel like I can't let go!"

"No! If this continues, that feeling of excitement will fade."

Some things are time-sensitive; this is not his true emotion. The feelings inspired by Cecilia's emotions have a time limit and won't last forever.

That feeling of excitement would gradually fade.

Excitement, longing, any emotion will gradually return to bình thường bit by bit.

He wanted to complete the last step of 'equipping' while the emotion was still there and lingering. But actually creating that transformation sequence was really difficult.

After one or two rounds, he couldn't get the feel right!

'I'm not a beautiful girl, damn it.' Li Pu thought to himself: 'To become the King of Understanding, do I have to be this embarrassed first?'

'Huh? Wait a minute?'

Suddenly, he felt like he had grasped a crucial point. With this crucial point, if he could connect it into a line, the key to truly equipping might be revealed!

So what is this crucial point? As the King of Understanding, he should know everything.

'King of Understanding?' Li Pu's mind suddenly became clear.

The core of the King of Understanding is 'understanding,' and after equipping the character, the amount of 'understanding' can increase combat power. Whether it's crafting equipment for COS or reading data and character settings, or even that strange machine making him experience the life of that era, the core is understanding!

And the System said it must be equipped through the transformation sequence, but in reality, it was already equipped.

The difference is whether it's effective or not.

So, to maintain a continuous effect, it should be 'understanding,' right? Or perhaps achieving synchronization in certain aspects?

'Well, I think it should be possible.' Li Pu closed his eyes, not calming his mind. He quickly mobilized all his emotions, all his thoughts, and all his memories to adapt to the previous emotion.

It was the strong emotion brought by Cecilia.

This is a mother's longing for her child, her love for her child.

Perhaps Li Pu has no experience of being a parent, but as long as he is human, there is one thing he can do: empathy. Simply put, it is 'experiencing others' emotions from their perspective.'

Everyone has this ability, whether it's strong or weak, deep or shallow.

Because of empathy, people who are not related by blood are connected and collectively build a social team.

Empathy is also a basic emotional way of forming human society.

And this emotion, you don't need to act, you just need to not forcibly restrain or suppress this feeling.

Although he has no experience as a parent, as someone's child, he knows what family affection is and what a parent's love for their child is. No matter what kind of existence the character being equipped is.

But from that excited and strong emotion just now, it is the most real and purest emotion.

It is the character's most authentic emotion.

If Li Pu needs to restore a character through COS, and not just the equipment, makeup, hairstyle, etc., then the emotions belonging to that character are also part of it.

Now, this is a mother's longing for her child, the deepest, purest love.

It is also the emotion that most easily resonates with a person.

There's no need to perform any strange transformation sequences, nor is there a need to deliberately simulate.

Feel it with your heart, feel the emotional resonance brought by this love.

When he no longer suppresses it, no longer thinks about how to perform strange transformation sequences, but purely releases this emotion, and puts himself in that position to think and understand.

Let this emotion reach its peak!

Suddenly, Li Pu felt something in his heart reach its peak.

He unconsciously placed one hand on his chest.

He softly called out...

Calling out that name.

"Kiana."

"Where are you?! Where are you?! Where?!"

Kiana ran out as if she had gone mad, chasing the disappearing footsteps of the young man without a care in the world! She completely disregarded the school's rules and regulations, searching like a lunatic.

Searching for that figure!

I don't know! I don't know!

I don't know why I saw her in that person's figure, but that emotion is real! It's the call of blood relations, the call between souls!

It's her!

It's the person she's been thinking about day and night, the one she craves the most!

She's right here, she was standing in front of me just a few minutes ago.

So close, gently touching my face like that.

At that moment, Kiana's thoughts surged. She had so many, many things she wanted to say, so many questions she wanted to ask her!

I must find her!

I must find her!

She was clearly here, she shouldn't have gone far.

Kiana looked around, her mouth open as if to shout but she was speechless, not knowing how to call out. That boy seemed not very brave, strange, and a little lecherous.

But why did she see her figure on him, why did she feel her presence so clearly on him?

She didn't understand, and she didn't know.

But what did it matter?

Some things, some emotions, once they erupt, they never disappear! Even if it's fake, she has to figure it out!

Because that figure was the person she thought about day and night, the person she longed to see and embrace every single day and night!

Kiana stopped at the edge of the woods.

The person was close, right in front of her, he disappeared right here.

Where could he be?

Did he hide in the woods? Or did he turn somewhere else?

These woods weren't large, you could see through them at a glance, they could hardly hide anyone. No one would deceive themselves by hiding here.

He must have gone somewhere else. Kiana changed direction, intending to search elsewhere.

But just then.

Kiana suddenly heard a voice.

This voice was calling!

Calling her name.

Kiana immediately stopped in her tracks, looking towards the source of the voice.

It was the green woods she had just ignored.

Kiana gazed at the woods.

In the not-so-large woods, specks of starlight appeared, like tiny green fireflies, appearing deep within the woods. These specks of starlight scattered and danced with the breeze.

With the breeze, a lock of silver hair fluttered out from behind the trees.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Miss You, Mom

'So this is what they call equipment...'

Li Pu looked at the piece that had appeared on his chest, his hands in his pockets.

How to describe this feeling?

Like in other novels, where curiosity strikes, you seriously research it and come to some astonishing conclusion? It feels like it should be that way, and it wouldn't hurt to research it. But in reality...

There was no special desire.

It was as if something suddenly appeared in his mind.

Why say "as if"?

Because these things could be described as very Schrödinger's cat-like. If you try to seriously investigate, it feels like there's nothing. If you don't want to seriously investigate these things, they just come back.

Like fragments of memory, recording event after event.

Or like fragments of knowledge, recording skill after skill.

In short, it's like Schrödinger's cat-like law, it seems to exist or not exist. If you cannot observe it, then existence and non-existence are superimposed.

But observation also seems very Schrödinger's cat-like. If you observe, you can't seem to observe it. If you don't observe, you seem to be able to observe it.

This feeling of repeatedly jumping back and forth can be described as very quantum.

As for this body...

"Ah... how to put it." Li Pu crossed his arms and said, "Even though I had already thought of it, I still..."

This feels a bit hard to accept.

The so-called equipment, and it specifically requires some kind of transformation skill to activate. It even requires cross-dressing, and with so many elements combined, even a simple mind would have an extra option.

'Transform!'

Like a man turning into a woman.

This isn't a low-probability event; it's actually quite likely. It seems many Systems have this vulgar preference.

Instead of finding a female protagonist directly, they find a man and make him the female protagonist.

And this is happening to me.

'Truly, every speck of dust from the System that lands on a Transmigrator becomes a mountain.'

Li Pu leaned against the large tree behind him, not wanting to think too much about anything. He didn't want to do any tests either, perhaps he would just wait for time to pass.

The equipment was equipped, but he didn't know how to take it off.

The System said that characters with low 'Understanding' value wouldn't have the equipment equipped for long.

Maybe around ten minutes.

'This is going to be a bit long.' Li Pu felt a bit idle, his hands behind his back as he tilted his head up, gazing at the specks of sunlight filtering through the canopy. He slowly closed his eyes.

'But since it's already equipped, and it was done through enhancing emotions like this.'

'Then I understand Cecilia now.'

'What would the real Cecilia do?'

What would she do? Li Pu tried to simulate that feeling again, or perhaps it wasn't a simulation. It was equipment guided by resonance, brought about by strong emotions achieving high synchronization with his own feelings.