The Second Honkai Eruption: Babylon Labs

He did not have even the slightest resistance to Honkai energy.

And without any resistance, even brief exposure to Honkai was dangerous, especially when it was the Honkai energy released by the half-awakened Herrscher of Thunder.

The fact that Bai Ge had not immediately become a zombie and had retained his sanity until now was already a miracle.

But if this continued, he would probably become a full-fledged zombie before daybreak.

But, dear host, you seem completely unperturbed. Do you have a solution?

"Of course~ Not..."

Uh...

"Come on, Honkai energy corruption is practically irreversible at this stage. Otto hasn't developed the God-Slaying Spear yet. Even the Previous Civilization's Honkai energy serum required extracting samples from over a thousand Honkai disease patients to produce a single dose."

Bai Ge shook his head, curiously feeling around his half-zombified body. The zombies in the game all looked like young women, and he could not exactly touch them.

You really are remarkably calm.

"What else can I do? Panicking won't help now, will it? Staying positive is never a bad idea. Besides... I actually expected something like this."

Oh? Dear host, did you anticipate ending up in this predicament?

"I wouldn't quite put it that way. It's just... I know better than anyone that I'm an ordinary person. If someone like me greedily wishes to bring about a miracle that saves everyone, then I probably have to pay the price for that miracle."

Bai Ge was only an ordinary mortal.

But he refused to accept an ordinary fate.

He had not even been qualified to come into contact with Honkai, yet with his mortal body, he had stopped an apostle of a god and saved an entire city's worth of lives.

But the result of that achievement was that his body was about to become a mindless monster. Presumably... this was the price a mortal had to pay to accomplish a miracle.

"Honestly, it's cheaper than I expected. I thought I'd definitely die on the spot. Hehe~ I came out ahead."

Bai Ge felt no sadness, no despair, and certainly no regret. On the contrary, he was still in the mood to joke, deftly picking up his phone to take a picture of his half-zombified self.

He nearly posted it to his social feed out of habit, too.

Faced with such a relentlessly optimistic host, the system was at a loss. He was practically one step away from death, yet he could still laugh.

I believe you understand that this is not the end. You have only thwarted one of Cocolia's schemes. That woman will not give up and could return at any moment.

The system could not help reminding him.

Although Herrscher Mei's decision to give up had prevented the Great Honkai, Cocolia's plot had not completely failed. She could still make another attempt.

After all, Anti-Entropy had as many Honkai energy crystals as it wanted. Once the Honkai energy concentration reached the critical threshold of 1,000 HW, the Will of Honkai would forcibly turn Mei into a Herrscher, even against her wishes.

She was, after all, this era's most suitable vessel for the Herrscher of Thunder. So suitable that even without the Conquest Gem, she was destined to become the Third Herrscher.

"Yeah, I know. So... I can't fall yet."

Bai Ge put down his phone and spoke with determination in his eyes.

Welt Yang had repeatedly risen from the dead like he was doing sit-ups. How could Bai Ge just go down like this?

There were still so many things he wanted to do: play games with Duck Duck, attend Himeko's classes, snuggle with Seele, date Elysia, slurp noodles with Kevin, lift Aponia's big cover, pet the kitty, and shamelessly ogle Griseo's jailbait charms!

A new storm was approaching.

How could he stop moving forward?

So...

"System, quit holding out on me and save your daddy! Look how long you've been AFK. You ought to do something by now, right? As a system from a Feilu novel, you need to step up and give me something useful!"

Bai Ge spoke with both resentment and urgency.

Other people's systems turned their hosts into invincible protagonists who fought heaven, earth, and everything in between, slaughtering gods and Buddhas in their way, kicking Otto and punching Kevin.

Yet his own was this pathetic.

Apart from giving him a valid ID, all it offered was a chat function. A chat group would have been one thing, but who wanted to chat with a system?

"If you don't give me something useful today, I'm uninstalling you. If I'm screwed, you're not getting off easy either. Even if I can't destroy you, I'll give you a five-star negative review."

Very well. Please remain calm, dear host. This system has finished loading. You may now officially access its functions.

Hearing that, Bai Ge let out a huge sigh of relief. Good grief, it finally finished loading. Even that thirty-odd-gigabyte Genshin Impact 4.0 update was faster than you.

"Can it save my life?"

Yes.

"Great! I knew there was no way I'd be screwed!"

Bai Ge then began carefully reading the system's instruction manual. A few minutes later, he finally understood what his cheat actually did.

Simply put, it was a past simulator.

It could send him into Honkai Impact's past, and as long as he successfully completed his objectives, he would receive rewards.

Bai Ge thought that sounded great.

Honkai Impact 3rd had so many emotional knives that he wanted to stab the developers with every last one. Although the point in time he had arrived at was already fairly early...

He had still missed a great deal.

The Previous Civilization, for example!

Although he did not know how much the system—or he himself—could accomplish, he finally had a chance to rewrite those tragic endings!

Bai Ge decided to give it his best shot. If he played his cards right, perhaps all of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers could survive into the Current Civilization!

These simulators might call themselves simulations, but everything simulated would actually become real. Just thinking about it filled him with motivation.

He was going to meet Elysia!

He was going to snuggle with Griseo!

And he was going to meet the class monitor from fifty thousand years ago to see whether her figure really had stayed exactly the same for fifty thousand years!

Unfortunately, this system's time-travel destinations are entirely random. However, you will receive trait buffs to ensure that you possess at least a minimum level of power, dear host.

"Fine, fine~ I'm not picky anymore. Any cheat will do. As the saying goes, big hacks get you banned, but a little cheating doesn't count. Let's get going!"

Bai Ge did not ask for much. He only wanted a chance to change those tragedies.

Nothing in this world was harder to come by than a "chance." One only had to think of a certain lovelorn Bishop Otto to understand.

That devoted lover had spent more than five hundred years searching for a chance to change the past. In the end, only by completely erasing himself had he obtained that fleeting opportunity.

While Bai Ge was reflecting on this, something resembling a roulette wheel began appearing on the system's screen.

Ding!

First time-travel destination confirmed!

Destination: the Second Honkai Eruption! Note: due to the extreme difficulty of this event, the host will receive twice the usual number of supporting traits. Enjoy!

The moment the wheel stopped, the words "Second Honkai Eruption" appeared before Bai Ge's eyes. Then a storybook with a purple cover dropped into his hands.

Bai Ge instinctively understood.

As soon as he opened this book, he would travel through time and space to the Second Honkai Eruption.

Fifth update! Please send flowers and leave comments! If you have any ideas, please leave them in the comments!

Speaking of which, I almost forgot. Today isn't just Aili's birthday; it's Sirin's birthday too! Well, well, starting tomorrow, we'll be getting into the Second Honkai Eruption/Sirin storyline. Perfect timing.

Image (one character's difference, a world apart!).

The Second Honkai Eruption, Babylon Laboratory (please support this new book)

"Wow~ I really drew something incredible. But isn't the difficulty a little too high?"

Bai Feng looked at the storybook in his hands. Despite his words, his eyes had already lit up.

He had never expected to actually hit such a jackpot!

The Second Honkai Eruption could be called the starting point of the entire Current Civilization storyline. It was fundamentally tied to the backgrounds of Kiana, Mei, and even Bronya.

But after his excitement, Bai Ge quickly calmed down and looked troubled. He knew perfectly well that if the Second Honkai Eruption were a dungeon, it would absolutely be on ultimate hell difficulty.

Just think about the powerhouses who appeared in it: six-core Herrscher Sirin, Theresa, Cecilia, Siegfried, Welt Yang, Otto, and even Valkyrie Hua. Those were only the direct participants, not counting anyone who intervened indirectly.

In short, it was a gathering of absolute monsters!

Bai Ge felt he was in danger—extreme danger. Compared to those people, he was nothing but small fry. At that thought, he could not help clenching his fists.

"I need more power!"

Please do not worry, dear host. Given your limited current strength and the excessive difficulty of this storyline, the number of traits you receive this time will also be doubled.

"That's good. There's still hope. Let me have a look."

Bai Ge immediately sighed with relief. But when he opened the traits the system had given him, he froze in stunned disbelief.

"Honkai energy adaptability EX": Your Honkai energy adaptability surpasses 99.**

**% of the world's population. Even an S-Rank Valkyrie falls far short of you.

"Honkai's favorite son EX": You are more likely to be chosen by Honkai to become a Herrscher.

"Pain dullness B": You feel one-tenth as much pain as an ordinary person.