A Person in Honkai, First Exposing Myself

[And the New Era is a period when humanity has survived the Honkai, subdued it, and completely brought Honkai energy under control, a time of rapid development.]

[……]

"Huh?"

Those who understood the Honkai were immediately shocked.

They hadn't felt anything about anything else before.

But if you mention the Honkai, I'm not sleepy anymore.

Is this... the Honkai I know?

The members of Flame-Chasing Moth, including the high-ranking officials of various countries and the powers behind the scenes, were all stunned.

It's ruined.

So my side is the Old Era.

This is just great!

Understood... It's all clear now!

No one is stupid.

Not to mention that the content in the Sky Curtain projection wasn't that profound; even an old grandmother could understand it.

They even worried you wouldn't understand and would explain it to you.

But this makes the mood even more complicated!

Especially when they heard the Vup in the Sky Curtain speaking.

The Honkai of the past was a terrifying disaster; even a few words in historical records could convey that it had claimed many lives.

Even in the past, during the Old Era, when ancient people could use Honkai energy, it wasn't truly harmless because it hadn't been tamed.

On the contrary, she said.

In the future, over 55,000 years into the New Era.

Honkai energy is completely clean energy.

The entire society is built using Honkai energy.

Even their interstellar voyages, their dominance of the galaxy, and their development into an interstellar overlord civilization were thanks to the gifts of the Honkai.

Good heavens!

My head is even more muddled...

"What... what is this?!"

"..."

Some people clutched their heads in pain.

Others, with trembling hands, took off their glasses and wiped them.

Combining this Vup's explanation, the gist is that our era is the Old Era, a tragic one where we had to fight the Honkai. Although we eventually won, most of us died.

Although surviving the Honkai and completely controlling Honkai energy is a good thing, and many people are well aware of how efficient and useful Honkai energy is compared to other energy sources.

But no one wants to be the stepping stone.

Even if the ones enjoying the benefits are their descendants, it's the same.

[Perhaps some friends are still unclear.]

[The Honkai energy we are accustomed to now was very terrifying in the past.]

[……]

[According to historical records.]

[The Honkai energy at that time was highly corrosive. Beyond a certain concentration, the human body could not withstand it.]

[At excessively high concentrations, it could even cause your body to collapse, your genes to disintegrate, and you to turn into dust, leaving nothing behind.]

[Even at concentrations that weren't too high, if you were exposed to it without sufficient resistance, you would contract a disease and slowly succumb to death.]

[……]

The Sky Curtain continued to project.

Although there weren't many visuals, the mere sight of that chibi figure gesturing expansively was filled with humor.

Yes.

Those who didn't understand the Honkai were still happily watching like clueless fools.

After all.

What will be, will be.

Since they couldn't figure out what was going on with this Sky Curtain projection anyway.

They might as well just watch.

A Vup, speaking in a friendly tone, explaining things to you. Even the most rigorous content won't be so boring.

Naturally, I'm very happy.

[According to historical records.]

[The Honkai of the past was not just a simple erosion by Honkai energy.]

[Areas with excessively high Honkai energy concentrations would give birth to various Honkai Beasts, and people with some resistance, though not enough, would be transformed into Mortals. Oh, right, Mortals are like zombies in movies and TV shows – they don't have much of a brain, but some can be very strong.]

[……]

[But these are not the most important things. The crucial element, in fact, is the Herrscher. Or rather, the Herrscher is the embodiment of Honkai.]

[Because only by passing the Herrscher's trial does the Great Honkai represented by them conclude. After each Great Honkai ends, we can be considered to have truly passed.]

[After all, Honkai is a test.]

[The clean energy we have now is the reward for passing the Honkai.]

[……]

[Everyone needs to be clear about this point.]

[……]

"LOL, what Mortals or Honkai Beasts? Never heard of them!"

"Confirmed, this definitely isn't our world."

"..."

"I knew it, this must be something a scientist created and projected for us to see."

"You don't mean to say that whatever she says is the truth, right?"

"..."

Most people originally thought the New Era referred to their own time.

Even if they hadn't heard of Honkai energy, it didn't matter.

But now?

They felt that nothing here matched up.

Thinking that she was talking about my own real world was indeed too naive.

I should just relax and listen, treat it as entertainment.

PS1: Here's the first update, one more to go, keep up the good work~~

009. What's the point of playing? It's cheating!

But some people said.

"That's not right... zombies or something..."

"I think I actually encountered something like that once."

"..."

But more people around her refuted, "Then why haven't I encountered them?"

Although if such things really existed.

The government might genuinely conceal it.

But this uploader just said, especially regarding the Herrschers, that they were each more terrifying than the last, like divinely bestowed gods. Each one possessed incredible authority, and each was a manifestation of physical laws.

Tell me...

If such existences were real, wouldn't there be any commotion at all?

She said that when the Honkai disaster struck, countless people would die tragically.

As of now, we haven't heard of anything like that, have we?

Otherwise, how could it be kept secret?!

And at this moment.

We can see!

Silhouettes appear on the screen.

From the First Herrscher to the Twelfth Herrscher.

Each one is labeled.

Even just the character art makes them seem like reincarnated gods and demons.

Their gazes, looking down on ants, truly sent shivers down one's spine, making one feel creeped out.

It's too real!

But precisely because of this.

Most ordinary people were even less willing to believe that the content in the Sky Curtain had any connection to reality.

It was like an instinctive human unwillingness to accept things they found difficult to comprehend.

And besides that.

In the Sky Curtain.

The Vup had also released introductions to Honkai Beasts and Mortals.

She said.

[Although the difference in types of Mortals and Honkai Beasts merely indicates their kind or species, my dear viewers, please remember that even so, higher-tier types possess greater power.]

[Let me show you some more common Honkai Beasts and Mortals.]

[...]

"Common Honkai Beasts and Mortals," my ass!

Anyone familiar with Honkai was utterly speechless.

It all made sense now. Everything fit.

They had seen some Honkai Beasts, and some Mortals too.

Although there were many they hadn't seen before.

But just like those Herrschers… those in the know were already sweating profusely.

By the window of Flame-Chasing Moth's First Research Institute.

Mobius's eyes gleamed with a frenzied light as she pulled Bianca along, constantly taking notes.

"Herrscher of Reason, Herrscher of the Void…"

Heh!

Let alone the symbols of authority, even the term "Herrscher" was something they had only used provisionally during internal discussions.