The Transmigrator

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Gu Yan hadn't slept all night, sitting under a tree, on guard for any Honkai beasts that might appear.

He felt utterly lost.

Unlike others, Gu Yan was acutely aware of the terrifying nature of the Honkai.

The Honkai was unpredictable, an invasion of reality by the imaginary numbers.

The Honkai was a test for civilization, but when the Final Herrscher arrived, how many civilizations would have the strength to resist it?

Certainly not this one.

He had been thinking about how to survive, pondering all night, but Gu Yan ultimately found no answer.

But why should it be this way?

At the very least, we should fight for it!

To simply sentence a civilization to death without cause, it might be normal in the eyes of the Honkai God, but I find it utterly unreasonable. I don't want to be a lamb led to the slaughter, is that a problem?!

To hell with the Honkai God!

The problem has never been whether humanity can survive, but whether humanity wants to survive.

We are all insects, we are all ants, we are all failures.

But it's okay, even ants cling to life. To survive, we fight. Even if we fail, there is no shame in it!

We don't need everyone to fight for humanity.

We just need to live as human beings, and that's enough.

The people of this world dare to challenge the Honkai. That's good. Gu Yan wouldn't mock their ignorance. If someone dares to resist, he isn't fighting alone.

Since that's the case, he couldn't remain idle either.

I, Gu Xianyu, am about to turn things around. Make way, everyone!

"Hoo~"

Taking a deep breath, Gu Yan looked west, his eyes filled with an unidentifiable emotion.

That was his home, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Without a doubt, whether it was before or now, Gu Yan loved this world.

The fate of this world, and the people who exist within it, should not be decided by a God.

It was already early morning, the sun had risen. Gu Yan was at a high elevation, and he could still see the glint of sunlight on the waves in the distance.

There were still several black dots faintly visible in the clouds, making him wonder, "If only these were Huaguo's planes!"

Wait, they actually seem to be!

"There's only one distress signal around Jinshan City right now. Land directly nearby."

"Received!"

A total of ten military transport planes and twenty-two commercial airliners!

The ruined Jinshan City appeared in their view, filled with rubble and debris. Wrecked cars lined the streets, speaking of its former glory. The buildings in the city center had turned to dust, and huge bomb craters were strikingly visible.

This city was dead.

When future generations spoke of it, their eyes would no longer hold longing, but regret and remembrance.

And this city itself would become a focal point in history—

As the outbreak site of the First Great Honkai and the birthplace of the First Herrscher.

As of now, thirty-six tragedies like Jinshan City have already occurred.

Thirty-six cities have been reduced to ruins by the Great Honkai, with a known death toll of sixteen million!

This number continues to grow. The Honkai has infiltrated reality, with constantly appearing Honkai Sickness patients, Deathsworn, and Honkai beasts shattering the order of the Beautiful Country. The entire society is a mess, with terrorists and conspiracy theorists taking advantage of the chaos to commit evil.

Does this sound exaggerated?

In the game world of Honkai, even a highly advanced civilization with powerful combat capabilities struggled against the Honkai, with only a few survivors in the end.

This is a true time of life and death.

The perspective shifts back to the rescue party. They had already flown over Jinshan City and were heading towards Gu Yan's location.

Some people on the plane happened to look down and saw Honkai beasts crawling on the ground.

"Company Commander, with so many monsters, what do we do if they appear in our country?"

The old company commander glared at the young soldier, pretending to be angry and calling him a jinx, then ignored him.

"If you ask me, who cares what demons or monsters they are? If one shot doesn't kill it, shoot again. If a gun doesn't kill it, hit it with a cannon!"

Accustomed to the old company commander's attitude, the young soldier didn't mind.

"The terrain at the target location is a bit complex, we can't land normally."

"Units 1, 2, and 3, stay behind. The rest of the units will proceed to the southern suburbs of Jinshan City and other affected cities."

Inside the military transport plane at the forefront, the person in charge of commanding this operation was issuing orders over the intercom.

Even with only three transport planes remaining here, this area, though relatively open, could barely accommodate one of them at most. Unless…

The person in charge picked up another walkie-talkie.

"Senior Xu, please!"

"Alright."

After a moment, a clear, cold voice replied, the sound of howling wind mixed within.

"Brother Gu, do you think we have some kind of special identity? This is a military transport plane, and three of them! To pick us up!"

"Stop fooling around! Do you look like someone who's been through a disaster? With your current mental state, you'll be locked up in a mental hospital for a few years after we get back home."

He held down Zhao Qi, who was trying to jump around, and waved his other hand, holding the jacket he had taken off, towards the sky.

Gu Yan: It's always like this on TV, so it should be right.

But how can three transport planes even land here?!

Bzzzz!

The vibration of the air was incredibly sharp, and a fierce aura emanated from the sky, startling Gu Yan into immediate caution.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that in front of the three planes, there was a person!

A person standing in mid-air!

Several kilometers away, and from a relatively lower position, Gu Yan couldn't make out the person's specific features. However, he could confirm that the person was wearing a bamboo-green long dress, with long, snow-white hair that swayed gently in the wind.

Could this person be a Herrscher?!

Suddenly, the person moved.

A slender silver sword appeared in her hand, and the invisible power of heaven and earth surged.

That's not an ability, nor is it Honkai Energy—Gu Yan was very sure.

What is this?! Is this cultivation? Damn it, I'm not going to be the protagonist anymore!

Clang—

She swung her sword. With a seemingly effortless motion, the sword light instantly struck the ground, traveling several miles horizontally and kicking up a sky full of dust.

This move genuinely scared Gu Yan quite a bit; he thought the person was going to attack them.

The dust quickly settled, revealing a flat clearing five hundred meters wide and three thousand meters long in front of the two men!

Now there was no shortage of space to land the transport planes.

"This, this, this…" Zhao Qi had lost his ability to speak.

Gu Yan, and even those on the planes who witnessed this scene, found it hard to believe.

So strong!

Gu Yan estimated that if this person were to unleash their full power, a city like Jinshan City could be instantly annihilated.

One sword can slaughter a city, that was the feeling he got from this person.

However, her sword intent, amidst its sharpness, held a sense of ancient weariness, like a broken blade.

Very strong and sharp, but missing, damaged in many ways.

In fact, this was true. As one of the strongest individuals in the entire world, Xu Muchi was already three thousand years old!

Three thousand years ago, she had accidentally transmigrated to this world.

Now, two "transmigrators" met, neither of them aware of the other's situation!