Honkai: Double Crossing, Taking Xi Lian to Honkai Impact 3

Honkai Dual-World Travel: Taking Xilian to Honkai Impact 3rd

Author: Midnight Butcher

Synopsis:

Current Progress: Nagazora City—Storming Schicksal, defeating the entire world single-handedly!—Elysian Realm, Elysia meets Xilian—Omphalos, Ancient Beasts are the masters of the IPC!

[Ancient Beast King Arc, grandly underway.]

Xilian is a girl who could be my mother.

Transmigrated to Omphalos, Jiang Cheng, who enjoyed a life of being taken care of by a cute girl, awakened his golden finger just like any other transmigrator.

But...

What the hell is the Valkyrie Cultivation System?

This is Honkai: Star Rail, not Honkai Impact 3rd!

Having experienced the ups and downs of life in a short span of time, Jiang Cheng, who couldn't help but wonder if he could have Xilian cosplay as Elysia to farm rewards, received news that the system had opened a portal to the Honkai Impact 3rd world.

However, the price was that the system, having lost its energy supply, would be unable to provide any beginner gift packs.

He would have to live in a world filled with Honkai energy everywhere as an ordinary person with zero combat ability.

Me, fighting Honkai? For real?

But heaven never closes every door; as long as one is willing to walk, the path lies beneath one's feet. Watching Xilian lean in once again, Jiang Cheng revealed a smile.

"Xilian, I have a path..."

Miscellaneous Volume

What if I turn into a Great Demon King?

1. What if the system sent me to the wrong place?

"Mr. Jiang Cheng, please do something productive."

"Aren't you ashamed of being supported by a little girl?"

The villagers' honest advice was very grating to the ear.

Thus, Jiang Cheng automatically ignored them, selectively excluding them from his field of vision.

"Brother Cheng, good morning!"

"Good morning."

Jiang Cheng greeted Bai E, the only one who wouldn't try to dissuade him, and watched the young man head into the bushes on both sides with his broken wooden sword to hack at the grass, muttering about the Power of the Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God and the Holy Sword of the Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God.

He lay on his recliner, looking up at the sky—

Blue sky, white clouds... watching the sunlight gild them with a pale gold, watching light burst forth from between the clouds like golden threads. When the wind came, the drifting clouds would shift.

"A-Cheng~?"

The sweet, syrupy voice was like velvet soaked in honey, wrapping around his ears with an irresistible intimacy.

Jiang Cheng caught a glimpse of pink in his peripheral vision—it was like cherry blossom petals crushed by the spring wind, mixed with the sweet scent of sunlight and nectar, inching closer to his side.

Clack.

Clack.

Clack.

Crisp footsteps echoed one after another on the wooden deck.

Her toes, round as pearls, curled slightly, reflecting a translucent luster under the sun.

In the blink of an eye—eyes as clear and blue as a spring occupied his entire field of vision.

"Don't sleep in, it's bad for your health~"

"...Won't you play with me a little longer?"

Xilian hopped over, her small hands behind her back, slender fingertips twisting restlessly.

Her body tilted like a willow branch swayed by the wind, the sapphire pendant on her chest dangling in the air. Her little head tilted playfully to the right, her right eye closing gently as her curled lashes drooped.

"Okay?"

Truly beautiful.

Xilian is someone who could be my mother.

This wasn't some pretentious or tear-jerking exclamation, merely a judgment of the current situation.

What a pity. Jiang Cheng closed his eyes—

I won't be able to watch this for much longer.

After all, this place is a notorious cesspool of gacha games.

[Honkai: Star Rail].

A gathering place for madmen, an asylum that surpasses Arkham.

Even with the most ingenious curios or Felix Felicis that could grant luck, the only judgment one could receive was: "To live normally in this world is already happiness enough."

He was living in this world now.

In fact, his landing spot was even worse than the gathering place for madmen.

Because the eyes looking down at him right now were a pair of emerald orbs, so clear they appeared sweet.

-----Omphalos.

This was the name of this world.

To be honest, he found it truly hard to understand why, while he was just lying at home, a dump truck would suddenly fall from the sky, smashing through from the top floor all the way down to the fifth floor where he lived.

In the blink of an eye, he had arrived in this world for no reason. Because he was a modern person with no experience surviving alone in the wilderness, he was on the verge of starving to death by the roadside when the naive Xilian brought him home to raise.

After learning that this was Omphalos and the Aili Secret Pavilion, he worried about the existence of Laigushi every single day.

Perhaps it would care.

Perhaps it wouldn't.

Compared to the death penalty itself, what was more despairing was the final day before the execution.

But compared to that, if his guess was correct, according to Bai E's age, the arrival of the Black Tide and the first appearance of Black E would likely happen within these few months.

Next, it was about time to prepare to run.

Resistance was impossible.

The result would only be—"Me, fighting Laigushi? Me?", followed by being kicked to death like a stray dog on the side of the road.

He was even worse than a stray dog; at least with a stray dog, one had to worry about being bitten and needing a rabies shot, or else they would die.

Him?

Heh. Not being deleted like trash would be a victory.

The only problem...

Was probably not knowing how to bring it up.

Jiang Cheng opened his eyes as a finger poked him, looking at the young girl who leaned over gently under the sunlight filtered through thin veils like glazed glass—

The color in her eyes was too pure, without...

A shred of wariness to speak of.

In this reincarnation, because Xilian had picked him up, she had to spend a massive amount of time helping him, a modern person, survive in this era. She was basically by his side every moment, listening to stories and playing with him, to the point where she hadn't built good relationships with the other children in the village, nor had she presided over festivals like in other reincarnations, yet she had experienced the happiness and fulfillment of life.

As the person who had accompanied her the longest, and was almost the only one who could be called a friend, telling her he was leaving would likely hurt Xilian no less than being stabbed to death.

"A-Cheng~?"

She tilted her little head, her pink hair drooping softly to one side like cat-tail grass brushed by the wind.

"You've been staring at me all day~ Is it because... I look especially rosy today?"

"...It's nothing."

Jiang Cheng still couldn't bring himself to be honest about the fact that he was leaving.

It wasn't until the girl's gaze vanished from his face that he lowered his head once more, lost in troubled thought.

He would simply find an excuse in a few days, saying he needed to go on a long trip and would return in a month or two.

In a month or two, Black E would have appeared and slaughtered the Aili Secret Pavilion anyway. Even if failing to keep his promise was terrible, it was still better than being her only friend and yet...

Better.

Right?

He lifted his head once more, looking at the bright, clear sky.

Even though they were both transmigrators, he alone had nothing; he was even a pure physical transmigrator.

Coming to this world, let alone a golden finger, a check-in system, or a "Heaven Rewards Diligence" system, even his physical stats...

[--Ding.]

Jiang Cheng's eyes turned sharp in an instant.

His steady, even somewhat troubled breathing turned into a deep, heavy breath in a heartbeat.

Xilian, who had been observing him constantly while seemingly nonchalant about sunbathing, also took a sharp breath right after.

[--Ding.]

The crisp, cold mechanical sound appeared again.

[Host, the Valkyrie Strategy System has finished loading. Wishing you a happy start to your strategy of the Valkyries...]

"Cough, cough—" Jiang Cheng almost failed to catch his breath and couldn't help but cough twice.

His right hand instinctively balled into a fist to block in front of him, but before he could, a cup of warm water still emitting steam was gently held before his eyes by Xilian's fair, delicate hands.

"A-Cheng, take care of your health~"

"Mn."

Jiang Cheng no longer offered thanks for this—to be precise, Xilian hated that kind of behavior most, as it made the relationship between the two feel distant.

However, he only took a shallow sip.

Stable!

Barely managing to swallow that mouthful of water, he could hardly suppress the urge to let the corners of his mouth curl upward.

There was no need to worry about how to... next.

Eh?

The name of this system seemed to be called... Valkyrie Cultivation System, there shouldn't be any pro...

[System Error.]

[Note: Current environment error.]

[Data world, Imaginary Energy error, checking Path interference, exclusion in progress.]

[Exclusion successful.]

[Attempting to retrieve Honkai Energy: Retrieval failed.]