Honkai Double Transmigration, Taking Xilian to Honkai Impact 3rd

Faintly, Kiana's sky-blue pupils flickered with a hint of amber; in Raiden Mei's eyes, a terrifying blood-red, almost scarlet, glow ignited.

Only Xilian emitted no terrifying pressure, just pink crystals that seemed to fill the edges of vision with a faint mist.

This, however, unsettled Raiden Ryoma the most.

"--Otto's guy is indeed scum, and a fool worthy of a museum."

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?55. Otto is a gambler, Jiang Cheng's combat power! (7.k)

When the same topic was spoken by different people, the intensely condensed atmosphere loosened slightly. The three girls turned their heads towards the source of the voice—

Jiang Cheng, who had been completely uninvolved from the start and jointly ignored, now stepped into the tornado.

"Schicksal's most frequent and most skilled practice is human experimentation. Babel Tower is full of people kidnapping innocent girls for experiments, the Valkyries inside are also experimental fodder, and any scholar inside loves to experiment on people. One named Dr. Magi killed dozens of Valkyries in a month without remorse, instead applying for more Valkyries to be put on his operating table."

"His personality is twisted and he loves to gamble and stir up trouble. He won't stop until he achieves his goals, but his skill isn't high. He can never resolve the messes he creates on his own, only relying on other heroes to sacrifice themselves. Yet, he has no capacity for others. The Second Eruption could have been resolved much earlier, but he ambushed Welt and Siegfried, saving Sirin multiple times, which led to Sirin appearing as a Six-Core Herrscher, forcing Siegfried into a berserk state to barely achieve victory."

"Later, Otto, fearing Sirin's power, dropped a Honkai Fusion Bomb on Siegfried, forcing Cecilia to sacrifice herself to protect her husband. Cecilia was also his experimental subject. Even though this strongest Valkyrie was incredibly loyal to him, he conducted human experiments on their daughter Kiana from childhood without Cecilia and Siegfried's knowledge, until it was discovered after the Second Eruption."

Unlike Raiden Ryoma's dry change of subject, the massive amount of information Jiang Cheng revealed at this moment plunged everyone present into a state of shock.

No matter what they had been thinking, doing, or how anxious they were—they were inevitably drawn into Jiang Cheng's rhythm, their gazes shifting to him.

The three girls, including Raiden Ryoma, saw his expression of clear disdain—

More disgusted than when facing Cocolia.

"Once he discovers you, he'll want to interfere with you, using you as a stepping stone for his plan. If you do as he says, you'll suffer a tragic fate. If you don't, he'll interfere again, trying to drag you into his crude and extremely clumsy plan."

"If your strength surpasses his imagination, he still won't choose to coexist peacefully with you. Instead, he'll find ways to use you and, with his half-baked intelligence, create monsters he can't possibly resolve, leading to a situation where the world will be destroyed if his created monsters aren't defeated."

"He is a monster who can never coexist peacefully with people, an enemy who will cause all sorts of terrible incidents even if left alone. His vision and abilities are insufficient, yet he happens to possess enough resources to cause immense destruction. You either kill him, or you submit to him and become his dog, helping him achieve his goal—a goal he absolutely cannot achieve alone."

Before his transmigration, Jiang Cheng had heard that Otto had invited Joyce to succeed him as the Archbishop of Schicksal. If Joyce had accepted, there wouldn't have been so many messy things afterward.

But it was impossible. Otto, that meddling dog, would have found ways to interfere with Joyce even if he had become the Archbishop.

Besides, the invitation to become Archbishop was itself an attempt at interference. If he had accepted, it would have been like putting his own neck into someone else's noose. To gain freedom, to truly save humanity and lead it to a better future, one could only forge ahead independently, create a new organization, and rally those unwilling to be complicit with Schicksal.

Without breaking the old, how can the new be established?

All phenomena must be "renewed."

This rotten world must be transformed, Omphalos and the Star Rail's galaxy...

Forget it.

That's just a pile of dog shit, no need to change it.

In short, Otto had suffered setbacks countless times in the main story manga, and countless unexpected things had happened. His self-righteous actions had dragged him and the entire world into crisis more than once.

Schicksal's strength had never been abundant. If he truly had a myriad of divine plans, he wouldn't have suffered so many setbacks, unlike the methods speculated by Otto's fans that Jiang Cheng had seen before his transmigration. In the Anti-Entropy visual novel, he was directly blown up, forcing him to throw missiles at the city, making Joyce sacrifice himself to protect the entire city.

In fact, many of the things said above were incomprehensible to those present, even Raiden Ryoma could only understand a portion of the information based on his own knowledge.

--But this portion was enough.

"Let's go."

Raiden Mei said softly.

The scarlet in her eyes had long since vanished. Even she showed calmness at this moment.

"Mhm, mhm." Xilian nodded vigorously.

"Is this big dog the enemy we have to face?"

Kiana clutched her slender, fair arm, the amber in her eyes turning into a shade of disgust.

It hadn't disappeared.

It was just that the resonance of seeing Cecilia as a mother had now merged with her azure blue.

--At least the topic had been successfully changed, and anger had temporarily replaced the previous sadness.

"It seems so," Raiden Ryoma said with a serious expression. "From what I know, much of what Jiang Cheng said has a basis."

"...Sorry."

Raiden Mei lowered her head and apologized softly.

"I saw you having nightmares this morning, yet I still..."

"There's no such thing," Jiang Cheng retorted without hesitation.

"Otto's dog is a threat, but similarly, he has basically played to death all the useful people under him."

"Of the previous three S-rank Valkyries, Siegfried was forced to defect, Cecilia was killed by him personally, and Theresa was crippled after several mind control sessions. The current only S-rank Valkyrie—Rita, only has the strength to barely fight the weakest Emperor-class Honkai Beasts."

"The new generation of seeds has not yet grown, and the previous generation is dead. Schicksal is already in decline. Those broken pieces of scrap metal can't stop anyone. I alone can storm Schicksal and crush him, but he has many bodies, and I can't kill him completely in one go, which would drag me into a quagmire of war."

"...Serves him right!"

Kiana spat in disdain without hesitation.

This girl, who had been aloof, serious, and foolish, now displayed only mockery.

"So, we'll finish testing our strength first, and I'll make preparations based on our capabilities," Jiang Cheng continued, his voice relaxing slightly. "Otto loves to mess things up, forcing everyone to clean up his messes. But correspondingly, as long as we hide ourselves well and control the flow of information, killing him before he causes trouble will make him nothing more than a dog."

Everyone present nodded.

Thus, all conflicts were temporarily suppressed, marked with a comma of shared enmity.

Raiden Ryoma clapped his hands.

Behind him, a helicopter slowly descended. The fierce wind stirred by the rotors billowed his trench coat, making it flap loudly.

"I will do my utmost to quell the unrest caused by this incident, divert everyone's attention to myself, and keep your information hidden," he said, enunciating each word. "Next, please proceed with what you need to do to your heart's content."

His words were so earnest, it was as if he wasn't just moving from one place to another, but entrusting the entire world.

"I will turn this world into the one I desire."

Jiang Cheng spoke just as deliberately.

--The two men seemed to have suddenly stepped into a hard-boiled action movie, and the light from the sky seemed to turn colder.

Especially since both of them were wearing matte black trench coats of similar material. The noble, restrained black fabric rustled loudly in the wind, adorned with patterns of exquisite picture books and layered chrysanthemum motifs, respectively.

Silence.

Solemnity.

The atmosphere was so heavy it felt like water could be wrung from it.

The roar of the helicopter blades grew closer, the wind so strong it made everyone's long hair fly unnaturally.

Raiden Ryoma turned and was the first to board the helicopter via the rope ladder, the others following closely. Jiang Cheng bypassed the ladder entirely, relying on his physical prowess to withstand the instability.

Raiden Mei ascended with elegant composure, while Kiana scrambled up in a few quick bounds like a cat, her fluid movements clearly indicating she was an old hand at hopping trains.

Only Xilian, due to her short legs, had to hold onto the handrail and climb up bit by bit.

"Ugh, couldn't they have designed the ladder a little narrower?" her cheeks puffed out like steamed buns.

The interior of the cabin was not cramped.

It was nothing like the narrow spaces designed for tactical and strategic purposes—and most importantly, cost-saving—seen in movies, television shows, or blueprints.

Raiden Ryoma was the Shadow Emperor of the Far East.

If he wished, he could build a villa out of pure gold. Money was merely a number to him.

The grand sedan chair of Zhang Juzheng, a symbol of ancient luxury, was insignificant compared to the true comforts of modern society.

The interior space of this private jet of his was actually luxuriously spacious.

Even after five people were seated, there was still ample room for everyone. In fact, everyone had their own individual seat, with only the very center being a double seat placed together.

This double seat had a style that was slightly out of place, like a husky dropped into a pack of wolves.

--Who was it reserved for?

The answer was obvious.

At any other time, Jiang Cheng would have chosen another single seat to avoid the girls arguing over the spot next to him, but he wasn't in the mood today.

Consider it compensation.

He directly took the right side of the double seat, followed immediately by a soft presence pressed against his body.

Slender, jade-like, smooth yet with a satisfying fullness—that almost overflowing, milky-coconut-like touch undoubtedly belonged to the girl with the best figure here.

--Raiden Mei.

She didn't speak, merely sat down quietly, her long eyelashes casting faint shadows on her cheeks.

It wasn't just because of the princess carry he had witnessed earlier, but also the fear he saw in the morning—the first time Jiang Cheng had ever shown such terror and helplessness.

The helicopter ascended rapidly amidst the whistling wind. The scenery outside the window blurred past like an old film reel, quickly reducing to mere streaks of speed.

The testing facility prepared by Raiden Ryoma was indeed excellent.

Although they hadn't arrived yet, many things in this world didn't require seeing the actual object to be perceived.

When Jiang Cheng saw the area symbolizing the wilderness on the floating virtual screen ahead being rapidly passed, and that their coordinates were already incredibly far from Nagazora, he knew he could finally unleash his full power without reservation.

Even though he already knew his current strength level, he still needed to understand his overall capabilities. It wouldn't be fun if he had a major weakness, like dying on the spot if exposed to poison.

Observing their expressions was unnecessary; whether it was Raiden Mei beside him—her expression glimpsed through her drooping dark purple bangs—or the other girls, they all wore serious looks.

"How about I tell you some more funny stories about Otto getting into trouble?" he attempted, raising a finger.

Not long after, Jiang Cheng saw the building that stood abruptly on the loess plateau, intruding into his vision.

Its exterior was painted the same earthy yellow as the plateau, but it couldn't conceal its extraordinary solidity.

The helicopter landed slowly.

Numerous staff members were already waiting ahead, greeting the helicopter with precise salutes.

Raiden Ryoma was the first out of the cabin, rushing to issue several commands to the approaching staff, requesting them to unlock some blockades.

The staff immediately turned and left.

"This is my most frequently used weapon testing base," he explained calmly to everyone. "Its only advantage is that it's not very hidden. Many people know about this place."

Jiang Cheng and the others followed closely behind.

As laymen with no professionalism in such matters, none of them dared to ask questions.

They simply moved forward, walking along the neatly constructed path, watching Raiden Ryoma go through some procedures--

Then, the gate opened.

Several staff members, who looked no different from each other, bowed and watched them enter the building before them.

Just like all secret bases--

Behind the simple exterior used for camouflage lay extreme high-end and cutting-edge technology within.

The blue light of Titans was clearly deployed in every corridor of this place, a cold color forming a continuous line, making it impossible to distinguish whether it was merely lighting effects or if Titans were truly hidden behind them, ready to activate and deliver a devastating blow at any moment.

Jiang Cheng was not interested in this.

He simply followed quietly, turning at every corner, descending layer by layer in the elevator, and going through round after round of procedures.

Until the very end.

They stopped at the lowest level.

"The outbreak of Honkai cannot be concealed, and very few people in the world don't know that the Herrscher Core is on the person of Mei, but many people also know that I research plasma technology," Raiden Ryoma's voice echoed in the spacious corridor. "This happens to give me a way to divert attention. So--"