"You don't understand." Xia Ling stamped document after document with practiced ease as she answered, "I'm not some chosen protagonist who gets transported here just to build a harem or conquer the world."
"Honkai Impact 3rd was already a wholesome, bright, and uplifting story. It merely had a few regrets. Those regrets are all I want to change."
"So for me, aside from those regrets, the fewer variables there are, the better. Ideally, the story shouldn't stray from its original course at all."
"After all, I don't have a second Stigmata Project to serve as the world's safety net, nor am I confident I can keep the story as beautiful as it was if I change too much."
"Sigh, this is getting a little too far-sighted. Let's change the subject. System, I had you scan her earlier. How is Himeko doing now?"
Honestly, very badly. If this were the host, I might have directly advised you to start over.
Her body had already been ravaged by Honkai Energy. This condition was caused by the artificial stigmata on her body, but the enhancement granted by those artificial stigmata was also keeping her alive to a certain extent.
And if the stigmata on her body were removed now, she would almost certainly die on the operating table immediately.
"How long can she hold on? Can the Cipher Plate cure her?"
At most, one year. Even if she did not die in Imaginary Space, given the extent of her current corruption, she would not survive another year. If she had kept that injection for herself in the original story... she might have lasted a few more years.
As for the Cipher Plate... it can treat her, but it cannot address the root cause.
Her current state was like being at critical health while