The Black-Hearted Capitalist's Exploitation Opened the Door to a New World!

After a long day of work, Teacher Himeko dragged her weary body back to her apartment as evening fell.

Looking at the slightly messy room, Himeko shook her head with a wry smile. "Teaching really is such a hassle~"

The moment she thought about that headache-inducing Kiana from today, Himeko felt twice as stressed.

"She's clearly the second daughter of the Kaslana Family, but why is she so different from her sister? Senior Cecilia was such an outstanding person..."

Just then, a frivolous-looking white-haired man flashed through Himeko's mind, and she understood.

"Of course—Kiana turning out like this is definitely Siegfried's fault!!!"

After tidying up the room a bit, Himeko shed her slightly tight teacher's uniform from Senba Academy and changed into her loose pajamas.

Though they were loose pajamas, they still couldn't contain Himeko's generous bosom.

Done with all that, Himeko opened the fridge, grabbed a few cans of beer, and began enjoying her rare leisure time.

"Gulp gulp gulp~ Ah~ So good!"

After quickly downing a can of beer, Himeko first opened the work group chat to check if she'd missed any tasks.

Then she opened her class group, found a profile with the ID 'Mei Is The Cutest', and tapped into it.

"Kiana, tomorrow morning, besides finishing all your homework for every subject, don't forget the 3,000-word self-criticism I asked you to write today."

The moment Himeko sent the message, she saw 'Mei Is The Cutest' change to 'Typing...'

Then it switched back from 'Typing...' to 'Mei Is The Cutest'.

After this repeated a few times, the other side finally replied: "Okay..."

A while later, after wrapping up everything she needed to tell her students, Himeko put down her phone and cracked open another beer.

Himeko held the beer, gazing out the window at the pitch-black night sky.

She seemed utterly drawn in by the deep starry curtain, as if lost in endless darkness, frozen into a silhouette of contemplation.

"Ding-dong~"

A crisp phone notification snapped Himeko out of her thoughts. She picked up her phone and saw it was a push notification from P-site.

The title read—

Are you too full of doubts about the world? If so, this video will show you the truth.

Normally, Himeko would ignore such an obvious clickbait video, but today, for some reason, she found herself clicking in.

"Honkai Impact 3rd? What kind of name is that?" Himeko wondered. "Does that mean there was a Honkai 2 and Honkai 1 before this?"

Curious, Himeko opened the video—and then she saw something she'd never forget.

"Kiana? Mei? And Bronya?! When did my students go off to film a movie?"

"No, it's not a movie! Because not only are the three of them there, but my voice is in this video too—yet I'm sure I never went to Canghai City to shoot a special effects film like this!"

"And who is that white-haired boy in the video? Why does he feel so familiar to me?"

"Could it be... that this video really is a story from a parallel world, like it said at the start?"

Thinking this, Himeko shook her head with a smile, finding the idea absurd.

After all, parallel worlds were probably something only novels could write about.

As the alcohol took effect, Himeko's consciousness began to blur, and she eventually slumped onto the table, drifting into sleep.

Meanwhile, as Himeko fell asleep, our dear Chongchong was still scribbling away at her self-criticism.

In her room, Kiana scratched her head with a pen and tilted it, complaining, "Himeko is way too strict! Why does she have to make me write over 3,000 words for a self-criticism?!"

Just as Kiana was at her wit's end, her door suddenly knocked.

"Kiana, are you asleep? It's Mei..."

"Mei! I'm not asleep, not asleep! The door's unlocked, just come in... Actually, forget it, I'll come open it for you!"

With that, Kiana shot up from her seat like a spring, ready to bolt toward the door.

But Kiana didn't realize that right now, she wasn't the agile Valkyrie from the video—she was just an ordinary high school girl.

Splat—thud!

The result was her falling flat on her back.

"Oww!"

"Kiana! Are you okay?" Raiden Mei quickly helped Kiana up from the floor, concerned.

"Hehe~ I'm fine~" Kiana said, basking in the warmth of Raiden Mei's body heat with a blissful look. "Oh yeah, Mei, what brings you here so late~"

"Nothing much—I just got worried when you didn't come back after Teacher Himeko called you to the office."

"Hehe, it's nothing~ It's just because I... Ah! Right, Mei Mei, did you browse P-site today?"

Raiden Mei shook her head in confusion. "No, why? Did something happen?"

"You haven't seen it?!"

With that, Kiana flashed a sly grin and said in the tone of the Big Bad Wolf tempting Little Red Riding Hood, "Mei~ I've got something good to show you. Wanna see?"

So, spurred on by Kiana, the two of them started watching short videos in the dorm.

When she saw herself appear in the video, Raiden Mei was stunned.

In her memory, she had never been to Canghai City, let alone filmed a movie like this.

Could it really be, as the video's opening claimed, that this was something from a parallel timeline?

And what bothered Mei the most was that white-haired man named Ye Li.

Why, the moment she saw him, a purple figure deep in her mind kept cursing this man out?

At the end of the video, when Bronya betrayed them for unknown reasons, Mei felt a twinge of worry.

But then she snapped back to reality.

"It's just a video—why am I so hung up on it?"

Online, the discussion about Honkai Impact 3rd continued.

As time passed, the video's popularity didn't wane—it only grew fiercer.

Of course, the video's explosive success wasn't just due to its quality; it also had a lot to do with the poor state of the entertainment industry in this world.

After seeing such brilliant content, many film enthusiasts called for future productions to follow this video's lead.

Back and forth, the video broke out of its niche entirely. Even plenty of film bloggers started doing breakdowns and analyses of Honkai Impact 3rd's prologue.

Mr. Rek, the content creator, was one of them.

As a film-focused UP, Mr. Rek was known for his high-quality videos.

That meant every video he put out required more time and effort than the average creator, yet the returns were nowhere near proportional to his input.

Even so, Mr. Rek kept at it with undiminished passion.

Because, to put it simply: this was what he loved.

But then again, beyond poetry and distant horizons, a person still had to worry about bread and milk.

Right now, Mr. Rek was facing that very dilemma.

"Is there... is there really no content that's both high-quality and what people want to watch?!"

Staring at the new demands from his client, Mr. Rek frantically ran his hands through his hair.

Just then, his phone chimed with an electronic notification.

He picked it up—it was a push notification from P-site.

"Content and traffic can truly coexist! Believe it or not!"

A headline like that was obviously clickbait.

But... "What if it's actually true, like the title says?"

Yet, when he opened it, Mr. Rek found he hadn't just opened a trending video on P-site...

He had also opened the door to a whole new world!