First Herrscher?!!

"Heh heh, finally arrived. The physical copy of the Honkai Impact 3rd commemorative album I bought for nine块九 on Pinduoduo. If I wasn't worried about not being able to pay off my Huabei, I would have found a pro to make a more reliable one. Sigh, I just hope it's not too shoddy."

As he placed the box in front of him and picked up the utility knife, Li Ming suddenly froze. He quickly put down the knife and ran to the bathroom.

"Right, before unboxing, I need to wash my face first. Otherwise, it's really not good, no, no."

After washing his face twice, feeling a bit stiff, Li Ming finally decided to unbox. The utility knife sliced through the tape with a smooth feeling, giving Li Ming a premonition, just like when he was pulling for Finality.

"Even though I got it on the hundredth pull, I still think this is a good thing."

He made a declaration, but Li Ming forgot that some things are destined to fail upon revealing themselves. It's like crystals; they remain crystals when left alone, but once you try to pull from a banner, they become nothing.

As expected, upon opening it, he saw the perfunctory packaging. But to be fair, the merchant had some conscience; the pale yellow maple leaves and white cover were quite exquisite, with a star emblem inlaid on the cover.

As for the contents inside, Li Ming didn't want to delve deeper. He was genuinely afraid he'd explode if he looked too closely.

The phone's cooling fan buzzed, slightly irritating him, making it feel like his phone was about to explode. It wasn't even a Samsung, was it?

"Captain on the bridge."

As soon as he logged in, he saw the adult version of cabbage. But before he could do anything, he noticed the big cabbage's expression change, much like when the touch system was still active. As expected, he was kicked off the bridge.

While he was still wondering when the touch system would be restored, his phone exploded, along with the charging cable. Fried on the outside, tender on the inside, even the kids next door were crying with envy.

"So that's how I ended up here. What do you say, Ai Yi? We've known each other for so long, why don't you just let me go? My rent is due in a few days, and I haven't even topped up my monthly card."

With long, straight green twin tails and a slender, graceful figure, she sat on a circular ring, swinging like on a swing. Her gentle eyes were filled with confusion. "Hmm, was the impact just too great? The Captain's memory seems a bit off. But every time there's an impact, the Captain's intelligence drops, so has the old illness relapsed?"

"What if I can hear you?" Li Ming stared at her with dead fish eyes.

"Hmm, this uninspired retort is just like you... Alright, my dear Captain, I wish you a smooth journey on your new adventure. Goodbye!"

Before he could say anything, Ai Yi kicked him out. It was like being kicked off the bridge, but this only plunged him into a deeper nightmare.

"Hua's training really drains the stamina... My back and waist are killing me after coming out, truly..." Li Ming rubbed his shoulders, feeling a dull ache.

Emerging from the special training in the Elysian Realm, Li Ming couldn't quite recall when he had arrived. Anyway, after being kicked off the bridge by Ai Yi, he only woke up to find himself in the Elysian Realm.

He hadn't met Elysia yet, but that was normal. After all, he wasn't some cute girl. When he first entered the Elysian Realm, Li Ming thought he had transmigrated again.

If Ai Yi hadn't appeared to tell him he was going through the tutorial, he would have gladly stayed in the Elysian Realm forever.

He was dragged by Hua to practice punches, pulled by Sakura to practice swordsmanship, and taken by Vill-V to experiment with new inventions...

He couldn't stand another second in this Elysian Realm.

But when he was tired, he'd have noodles with the Old Ancestor, play games and do cosplay with Cosmo, that big kid, and when he had nothing else to do, he'd watch Griseo paint. These were rare moments of joy in life.

But why was he out now?

Because he had no stamina left.

After staying in the Elysian Realm for a month and using up all the stamina potions and sodas from the beginner phase, he was forcibly kicked out.

Who knew the Elysian Realm consumed stamina!

One star, I tell you. At most two stars.

Complaints aside, one still had to get out. It wouldn't give you crystals just because you complained more, and crystals were really not enough.

If he wanted to top up, he had to come out.

So, the first thing Li Ming had to do upon arriving was to make money.

Making money isn't shameful.

The exchange rate for gift package coins to local currency here is 1:5000. This is just the rate in Schicksal. He hadn't tried anywhere else yet, as leaving the country was out of the question, and surviving was a problem in itself.

"Life is hard, the Captain performs to make a living. I need to find a way to get by."

Li Ming stretched and looked around. "Is this an airport? It looks no different from future airports, and some parts seem even more advanced."

As he was carefully observing his surroundings, a urea bag suddenly appeared by his side, as if conjuring out of thin air.

He walked to the roadside, wondering how he should leave. He wasn't sure if he had transmigrated physically or spiritually. But his pockets were as empty as his own, seriously. He was on a plane, for goodness sake.

However, when he opened his urea bag and looked inside, indeed, there was no money.

Even after transmigrating, I'm still poor.

The city he was in seemed very peaceful. It was a hot summer day. Apart from some areas that seemed a bit backward compared to before his transmigration, there wasn't much difference. If he hadn't actually been kicked off the bridge by Ai Yi, he wouldn't have believed he had transmigrated. Well, the airport still had Destiny advertisements, which was nice.

Li Ming found a road and prepared to wander around. After all, he was unfamiliar with the place and needed to find someone he knew.

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his head, and a flood of memories rushed in, feeling like his head had been rinsed several times in water.

"Put your troubles in my ears, shake your troubles out..." It's over, my ears are pregnant.

His eyes rolled back. Oh no, it looks like I'm seeing Truck-kun. Wait, where did Truck-kun come from? Am I going to transmigrate again?

Fortunately, the truck driver had good driving skills, gripping the steering wheel tightly and easily avoiding him. However, he still had to curse, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to vent his frustration.

"Are you blind? Watch where you're going!"

But the truck's noise was too loud, so Li Ming couldn't hear anything clearly. He only heard the driver telling him to watch where he was going. Li Ming could only sheepishly touch his head. "You're surprisingly kind!"

Truck driver: Old man, subway, mobile phone.

Wait, is that me?

A flood of memories sent his brain into overload. He slumped onto the side of the road, looking utterly pathetic, especially with that urea bag next to him.

"Young man, begging at such a tender age? How pitiful."

Don't be ridiculous, I'm not, I'm not.

"Yeah, yeah, look at those pants, they're practically rags."

This is called fashion, dopamine dressing. I'll take them off when I get back.

As the surrounding people chattered, more and more money was tossed in front of Li Ming. Despite his brain overload, Li Ming managed to say thank you, though he refused the money.

A true man doesn't eat charity, unless it includes room and board.

Seeing that Li Ming didn't need money, the crowd gradually thinned. However, some kind souls still gave Li Ming two bottles of water.

Hmm, who am I, where am I? Oh, they're talking about me. Alright, I accept everyone's offerings. It's truly touching.

His brain finally rebooted, and suddenly, an incredibly adorable loli eating ice cream walked out of the airport. Seeing the crowd, she came over to join the fun.

Here she comes, here she comes! Wow, she's crossed dimensions. This loli is even smaller than Griseo!

Watching her, Li Ming started drooling.

As the loli approached, the crowd around Li Ming was dispersed by her bodyguards. Although some people grumbled, they slowly dispersed once they realized Li Ming wasn't a beggar, especially after seeing the bodyguards surrounding the loli.

The little loli stood in front of him, with purple bobbed hair. Her eyes seemed to hold a Tiger, but what Li Ming found more intriguing was the man following behind her. He had purple hair, a rugged face, and a tall, straight posture. The exquisite clothes he wore clearly weren't cheap. However, what caught Li Ming's attention even more was the briefcase the man was carrying, which bore the logo of ME Company.

Behind them were bodyguards carrying their luggage.

"Pa~pa, there's a hentai!" the little loli said tearfully, looking utterly pitiable.

The man walked to the girl's side. "Mei, this brother is just very hungry. Would you be willing to give him an ice cream?"

Isn't eating ice cream on an empty stomach not good for you?

The little loli's tears instantly stopped. She nodded, turned, and walked back into the airport. She truly brought Li Ming an ice cream, and even one for her dad.

"Thank you!" Li Ming blurted out in Japanese, surprising even himself.

Raiden Ryoma glanced at the young man before him a couple of times. He seemed educated, but why wasn't he looking for a job? Instead, he'd fallen so low.

But he didn't say anything. After all, it was the young man's choice; he couldn't control it.

The bodyguards escorted Raiden Ryoma and Mei to the car waiting for them, but that was no longer Li Ming's concern.

Holding the ice cream in one hand, he felt in his pocket. His ID and other personal information were all ready. Born in Schicksal, he was unemployed. However, this year, because he'd been doing nothing at home all day, his grandfather kicked him out, saying he'd found a friend of a relative to help out with something.

He was a university student, after all. Even if his resume wasn't stellar, he was still young labor in his twenties.

"But I never thought about how I'm supposed to contact them without a phone?" Li Ming grumbled inwardly, unsure of what to say.

Suddenly, a man with light blue hair walked past him. What Li Ming noticed was the man's slicked-back hair and the way the air around him seemed to distort.

Dense Honkai Energy?!!!

Li Ming reached out to stop the man, but the man's eyes were vacant, his face stiff and gaunt. Even when Li Ming blocked him, the man pushed forward, and Li Ming had to brace himself to stop him.

"Catch Raiden Mei, catch Raiden Mei..."

Suddenly, the man turned his head to look at Li Ming. "Obstruction detected. Eliminate target, eliminate target! Triple Gravity release."

A purple force field nearly ten meters in radius suddenly appeared around the man. The powerful field even extended towards Raiden Ryoma nearby.

When the man appeared, Raiden Ryoma noticed the dense Honkai Energy.

Seeing the situation, his usually calm expression turned grim. However, Raiden Ryoma's first instinct was to quickly get Mei to safety. He hadn't expected the man to exert so much power here. Due to the gravity, the young Mei couldn't move at all. If not for the swordsmanship training that had toughened her body since childhood, Mei wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Raiden Ryoma appeared calm, but his face was extremely grim.

Under the erosion of the dense Honkai Energy, the bodyguards were already showing signs of becoming Mantis. Forget escorting them, the bodyguards were struggling to even move, let alone deal with these strange entities. However, it was odd that Raiden Ryoma and Raiden Mei seemed unaffected.

"Cunxin Fist Technique, White Tiger Listens to the Wind, Inch Punch Extreme: Thunderclap!"

Li Ming unleashed his strongest move right away. Intense energy gathered in his fist, and he swung it down. Although it broke the man's arm, the Honkai Energy concentration actually intensified. Li Ming even felt his own body being eroded by the Honkai Energy, his hand already becoming stiff. Moreover, that strike felt like hitting steel, incredibly hard.

He quickly kicked his urea bag far away, lest it get caught in the crossfire. Even though he disliked it, that urea bag represented his entire net worth.

Pale purple patterns spread across his hand. If Li Ming hadn't released energy to suppress the Honkai Energy, his hands would have been completely corrupted by now, turning him into a Mantis.

If Kevin and the others found out, they'd probably laugh themselves to death, and this book would have to be retitled: "I Just Transmigrated and Became a Mantis Miss."

The book's tags would need a complete overhaul.

"This level of Honkai Energy, who are you? Could you be a Quasi-Herrscher?!"

The immense pressure made Li Ming's movements difficult. He shouted sternly, but the man seemed not to hear, only muttering about catching Raiden Mei.

Raiden Ryoma seemed to have discovered something and exclaimed, "Mastery over the law of gravity, this is the First Herrscher!"

"Ha, don't joke. Isn't the First Herrscher my Uncle Yang? How could it be this blue-haired guy! This..."

Li Ming's face was smiling at first, but as he spoke, his tone faltered. Wait, wasn't Boss Yang's clone the blue-haired one!

Li Ming's expression turned serious. Back in the manga, Fu Hua was defeated by him, right? Well, without her armor... Suddenly, he thought, it's not impossible for Boss Fu to shatter a celestial spirit with her bare hands!

Perhaps his brain had been "washed" by the water earlier, but Li Ming's mind was jumping all over the place now, constantly veering off into tangents from normal trains of thought.