Family

Huang Hao was wondering whether he should go to Chiba Academy when he suddenly heard someone downstairs in the inn say, "Things have been rather unsafe lately. Herrschers of the Honkai keep appearing. I'm almost tempted to flee to a shelter."

An idea suddenly struck Huang Hao. Kevin would join Moth to the Flame sooner or later anyway. If he grew closer to them by then, he might be able to save them during the battle on the moon.

He first used the black fire to conjure a phone. (Don't ask—Honkai Energy could do anything.) Relying on the black fire, he was able to take care of practically all the paperwork.

He then checked the news to find out which Herrschers had already appeared, so he could determine the timeline.

"The Herrscher of Thunder? Wait—not me? I've only been out in the wilderness for a few days. How has the Herrscher of Thunder already come and gone? I'm doomed. I won't make it in time for Mei and Kevin. Oh, right—there's also Kiana."

Huang Hao's plan ended before it had even begun. He was now scratching his head and thinking about what to do next.

"Right, there's also the Herrscher of Ice. They can't possibly ignore that. Wait, the Herrscher of Ice wasn't killed by them. Who was it again?" (The Honkai Impact 3rd story starts from that thing in ld:b. Find the missing content elsewhere.)

Huang Hao thought for a long time but still couldn't remember. He began his familiar routine: giving up, then taking action immediately.

"Whatever. I'll go there first and worry about the rest later."

After making up his mind, Huang Hao snatched two pens and a bag of snacks from the inn's table and walked out. As soon as he stepped outside, he stopped again.

"Come to think of it, the Herrscher of Ice appears during the next Honkai outbreak, right...? Staying at the inn all the time won't work. I'll make a robot for the black fire. It's too much trouble to keep transforming things back and forth."

Huang Hao came up with a new plan and confidently set out to find an uninhabited place.

After walking for a long time, Huang Hao arrived in a desert.

"Phew, I've been walking for several days. This fire is pretty useful. There's hardly anyone within a hundred kilometers of here, and Moth to the Flame doesn't specifically investigate this place either."

Huang Hao then "quietly" used the fire to blast a huge pit into the ground, "quietly" built a matchbox-like house inside it, and "quietly" covered it up.

"I'm exhausted. Even though the fire did all the work, controlling it is still a little tiring."

Huang Hao looked at the flat sand with satisfaction. This would be his temporary residence from now on.

"This fire is pitch-black, and it's still a mass of flames. I'll call it Amaterasu from now on."

Huang Hao entered the matchbox-like house, arranged all the furniture, and then lay down.

"Why doesn't the Previous Civilization even record dates? What am I supposed to do? I don't know the time or the place. Wait, Amaterasu can take me wherever I need to go directly, so at least I know the location. I'll stay here for now and hurry up and make an intelligent robot. Then I'll have someone to keep me company, and it can remind me of things."

Huang Hao sprawled on the bed like Ge You as he thought. Then he began making the machine.

"Wait, I don't know how to build one, do I? Amaterasu!"

Huang Hao summoned the black fire and thought of Ai from Honkai Impact 3rd, hoping to imitate her. Obviously, he failed.

"Come on, there's no way this thing could be made in one go. I'll have to think of another solution."

Wait, I was summoned here by the Imaginary Tree. Setting aside its purpose, it certainly isn't lacking in consciousnesses. All I need to do is use Amaterasu to make a basic form, then have the Imaginary Tree create one directly. Amaterasu was given to me by the Imaginary Tree, so I can be considered the Imaginary Tree's representative.

After figuring it out, Huang Hao immediately began making a body. He tinkered with it for several days without sleep or rest, and very successfully~~~failed.

Huang Hao simply gave up, using Amaterasu to make a body before arranging a consciousness for it.

"Come to think of it, I can create the consciousness myself, but with my current strength, I can only make one. Of course, one is enough. Creating life isn't something that should make me feel guilty, is it?"

Suddenly, inspiration struck Huang Hao. That's right. I remember playing a game before. That robot was pretty good.

Following that idea, Amaterasu created a blue-haired girl.

Huang Hao stared at her in shock. "What the—already?"

He quickly recovered and looked at the girl with a smile.

When the girl slowly opened her eyes, she stood beside Huang Hao's bed and stared at him. "Father."

Huang Hao: "?"

Huang Hao: "Wait, wasn't she supposed to know everything from astronomy to geography? Don't tell me she's only five—or more like a teenager—in appearance right now. Amaterasu? Amaterasu?"

There was no response in Huang Hao's mind. Obviously, Amaterasu had pretended to be dead.

"Six."

The girl merely stood beside the bed and looked at Huang Hao without saying a word.

Huang Hao looked back at her, at a loss for what to do. In the end, he could only accept it.

Huang Hao: "I created you, but I'm still young. Just call me Big Brother."

Girl: "Father."

Huang Hao: "Big Brother!"

Huang Hao raised his voice, but the girl said expressionlessly, "Father."

Speechless, Huang Hao could only say, "Forget it. When we're alone, you can call me Father. But when there are outsiders around, call me Big Brother."

The girl nodded as if she had agreed.

Huang Hao: "Come to think of it, you don't have a name yet, do you?"

The girl remained silent.

Huang Hao: "Then from now on, your name will be Angela."

"Angela..."

The girl nodded lightly as if she had agreed. No—she should be called Angela now.

Looking at his creation, Huang Hao was extremely satisfied. He then asked Angela, "An'er, you were created by Amaterasu, so you should know a lot, right?"

Angela: "Know what?"

"Forget it, An'er. I'll ask directly. When will the Herrscher of Ice appear?"

"Father, it should be this afternoon."

"This afternoon? What! This afternoon?"