Chapter 296

Changkong City is dead.

Honkai is similar to nuclear radiation in some ways; once a nuclear leak occurs, it will have a significant impact on the affected area for a considerable period of time.

The decay of nuclear radiation takes many years.

The same Honkai.

Even if it's an artificial Honkai, its effects will last a long time. It might last three to five years, or even ten to twenty years. So, Changkong City is basically finished.

This once-global gateway to the world, an important port city, has thus come to an end.

It's conceivable that Aurora itself will experience a period of tension for a considerable time. After all, sending in so many Honkai Crystal Fragment couldn't have been accomplished by just one or two people; it was the result of a significant number of people working together. Aurora will thoroughly investigate this matter for a considerable period of time to come.

It's certain that a significant number of people have suffered far more than just losing their official positions; they may very well be facing serious consequences.

Externally, there will be a considerable period of tension. This situation certainly won't end there; due to early detection, evacuation procedures were quickly initiated. Most of the city's population was evacuated before the Honkai occurred. There will certainly be casualties, but they shouldn't be particularly large.

The problem is that this artificial Honkai has the devastating consequence of leaving this important port city of Cintamanian ruined for a long time to come.

China will certainly not swallow this insult; this is definitely the result of both internal and external forces. Internally, they are investigating traitors, while externally, they will undoubtedly try to deal with those who orchestrated the events.

In conclusion, the future will inevitably be a period of great upheaval, with unpredictable changes in the international landscape.

But all of this is something that will happen in the future.

For Li Pu right now, his most important task is to find K423, Wendy, and Bronya.

Having just finished arranging things for Mei and Kiana, Li Pu left St. Freya Academy to meet up with Bronya, Wendy, and K423.

But he didn't go far before he started to regret it, and could even be said to be in a dilemma.

Because Li Pu suddenly remembered something.

Kiana is hard to say, but Mei is Herrscher intern; one Honkai is enough for her to officially start working. Even if it's an artificial Honkai.

But if Li Pu wants to go back, Bronya, Wendy, and K423 are all Herrscher interns!

Similarly, a single Honkai is enough to allow these three licensed individuals to take up their posts.

"Damn it..."

Li Pu cursed angrily. Putting aside whether he could find those three people, the current situation was enough to put him in a dilemma.

"Is this the trolley problem? Save one person or a group of people?"

Li Pu himself complained.

It has to be said that the current situation is indeed a bit like the trolley problem, with Mei and Kiana on one side and K423, Bronya and Wendy on the other.

It really feels like giving up on either side is wrong.

"Could it be..." Li Pu found a corner, squatted down, and muttered to himself as he pondered the matter, "Could this be Otto's true purpose?"

"Artificial Herrscher?"

Li Pu felt that, if he remembered correctly, Otto's method of fighting the Honkai in the original work was to rely on artificial Herrscher. Well, or rather, to create a Herrscher with human thoughts and emotions to fight the Honkai.

To use a more fashionable phrase, it's about hoping to defeat True Magic with True Magic.

Hmm, that's incredibly True Magic...

So in the end it all comes down to Otto?

Li Pu felt that this whole thing was really a bit outrageous.

"No," Li Pu thought, frowning. "We must bring them all back."

Li Pu didn't want to comment on Otto's plan. In the game, the result of Otto's plan was that everyone except the captain became Herrscher.

But what about in reality?

If everything were to be legalized all at once, even a god couldn't withstand it.

Li Pu looked up at the blood-red sky.

'Hmm...' he thought carefully.

There has to be some way to solve the communication problem, right? If communication can be guaranteed, he still has a chance to get everyone out.

So how do we ensure communication?

Perhaps...

Perhaps this is the time to ask the magical system.

"System A-Dream! Time to get to work!"

Li Pu closed his eyes and quickly entered the system.

It was still that rudimentary, even slightly eerie, interface, with a few simple lottery options. It looked like a giant, deep pit waiting for foolish transmigrators to jump in, thinking they'd gotten a good deal.

Well, if it were any other transmigrator, they might really have been tricked by this unscrupulous system.

But who is Li Pu?

That person inherited MEI's wisdom, even if he didn't inherit much, he still inherited it!

How could he possibly jump in again?

"System! Customer service, come out here!" Li Pu shouted rudely, "If you don't come out, I'll smash your system!"

"Here they come! Here they come!"

The system still had that strange electronic voice, which sounded quite enthusiastic.

"Oh? A different person?" Li Pu said, seemingly a little surprised. "You've never seemed this enthusiastic before."

"Hahaha~" The system seemed a little embarrassed as it laughed, "How could that be? As for changing people, this system is loyal and faithful to the end. How could it possibly give up halfway?"

"Replace the player? Replacing the player is out of the question..."

"Alright, I don't want to hear any more jokes," Li Pu said. "Let's get down to business."

I reckon the system has been replaced nine times out of ten.

Li Pu had caught them red-handed before and knew that this system was definitely not operated by a single person. It was highly likely that one person was the main operator, with another acting as a secondary operator. Furthermore, this system wasn't run by just one or two individuals; it was probably backed by an organized group.

Because you can file a complaint, and there are inspections after a complaint is filed.

This is definitely not something one person could orchestrate on their own.

Although that guy could stage a patrol or something similar in front of Li Pu felt that it was unnecessary from a cost perspective.

If it were truly one person in charge of everything, her biggest worry would be breaking ties with the time traveler.

There are many ways to solve this problem, and there's absolutely no need to stage an inspection for the time traveler. In fact, staging such a thing would not only fail to repair the relationship but would actually widen the rift between them.

So this time it's definitely a change of personnel.

As for this person...

Li Pu wasn't concerned for the time being; he was quite far removed from the system. Even if he wanted to investigate or learn more, it would be troublesome. It was better to face the present situation.

"Seriously," Li Pu said, "Do you have any means of communication?"

"Is it still possible for me to stay in touch with Kiana and the others under these circumstances?"

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"Oh, so you want a device that can still maintain communication when the Honkai Index is abnormal."

The system said in a mocking tone, "Let me check your lottery results..."

"Shut up!" Li Pu said without hesitation. "Don't let me hear about lottery points. I don't want to know about lotteries! I want to know everything else besides lotteries."

I want something I can have right now!

A lottery? What lottery?! I don't want a lottery!

"That won't do," the system said, seemingly very troubled. "According to system regulations..."

"If you really have any rules or regulations," Li Pu said with a sneer, "Where are the complaint and feedback functions in this system?"

"Sorry," the system's voice said in a very formulaic tone, "No system has this function."

"Us..."

"Wait a minute," Li Pu suddenly interrupted the system, saying, "You just said the word 'all,' right?"

"Yes," the system confirmed. "All systems."

"So, in other words, there isn't just one 'system,' and there isn't just one 'system customer service,' or rather, one 'you,'" Li Pu said, seemingly asking a question but not actually asking one. "And I'm not the only transmigrator either."

"Yes," the system confirmed again, "There's more than just this one system, and there's also customer service. And you're not the only transmigrator we've worked with."

"Our task is simply to provide advice to the transmigrators and explain the system's functions."

"If every transmigrator were as greedy as you, our system..."

"Wait," Li Pu interrupted the system again, saying, "Wait a minute, open it according to what you just said. The system isn't just provided to me alone, and there's more than one customer service representative. In other words, a system that's used by so many people should have a unified style and basically the same basic functions."

"Yes," the system said, "Please don't interrupt me, it's very..."

"To put it another way," Li Pu said, as if he hadn't heard the system at all, "That means that even if the system was written by customer service themselves, the basic functions still have to be consistent. Or rather, there should be regulations that stipulate certain basic functions that even a self-written system interface must have."

"These basic functions include equipment systems, special ability systems, physical modification or enhancement systems, mission reward issuance and recovery systems, and complaint and suggestion systems."

"Please don't make wild guesses." The system seemed a little flustered as it said, "Don't make unfounded connections, that's not right!"

"Is that so?" Li Pu thought to himself, "Actually, I've been researching systems all along, and I was wondering where I should start my research."

"I've been searching for ages but haven't found a starting point."

"Thinking about it now, maybe it wasn't necessary to go through all that trouble." Li Pu made a gesture of pushing up his glasses.

The next second, a beam of light flashed across his body, and a girl with glasses and a magnanimous heart appeared there.

"It seems the real entry point is here." The girl looked around at herself and said, "Sure enough, I've been thinking about how these characters' memories, abilities and wisdom were inherited into me."

"Now it seems that it is not a simple acquisition. And this so-called knowledge value is not just about knowledge."

"There must be some other purpose behind it."

"Is that so?" the girl asked. "System?"

The system went silent.

Unseen by the young girl, a tall, seemingly broad-minded and experienced girl finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"How did you do that?" the girl said to the big girl next to her. "It was MEI!"

"This kind of character shouldn't even be in the gacha pool!"

"But this is Honkai Dimension!" the loli said with teary eyes. "If you remove it without permission, that would be an even bigger crime! Have you forgotten? The rules of this template are that characters from this world must be added, characters from other worlds can be added as appropriate, and characters from this world cannot be removed without special or important reasons. For example, if the character is still alive."

"MEI is already dead, so the character must be added. If I remove him without a reason, I'll be guilty of an even greater offense!"

"What about the drop rate!" the girl said angrily. "Are you stupid? Adjust the drop rate! Wouldn't it be better to reduce the probability of getting the character MEI to one in a billion?"

"The actual drop rate is lower than you think."

A single sentence from a certain little girl left the young woman breathless.

So...

So this guy is incredibly lucky?

"Sorry, I can't help you." The girl shook her head helplessly and said, "This is a combination of MEI and a lucky charm. MEI should know that herself. She's the intellectual ceiling in the Honkai Dimension, she's fully qualified to be one of us."

"Now I'm facing MEI plus the lucky one, I'm really powerless!"

"You'll have to figure it out yourself."

No! You can't do this!

Seeing that things were going wrong, the little girl, disregarding all pride, grabbed the girl's leg and said, "You can't do this! You promised you'd help me! How can you give up halfway?!"

"Help me! Help me! This can't go on! If this continues, I'm really doomed, my life, my future!"