Honkai, I Alone Save Everything

"You, you, you! Ming Yu, what are you doing in my room!"

"You should call me Teacher Ming Yu."

He replied casually.

"Huh?"

"The Headmaster entrusted you to me. For the next two weeks, I'll be giving you some extra lessons."

Ming Yu walked forward and, without waiting for a response, placed a Houm he was holding on Kiana's head.

"Wait, what is this?"

"A learning device. Wearing it will increase your experience points."

Ming Yu responded perfunctorily.

"I'm not a Pokémon!"

Kiana protested.

Alright, in reality, this device was called the Houm-Houm Virtual Reality Connector—a product of the Far East Branch's science department. As long as you put this thing on your head, you could immerse yourself in the database.

"It's a mysterious little tool for learning history, given to me by your aunt."

"Wait... at least let me eat something..."

Kiana wailed.

"Eat after we're done."

Ming Yu said sternly.

Then, he put on another Houm and activated the device.

[Permission authentication... successful]
[Linking in progress...]
[Scene creation...]

The surrounding scenery shifted like clouds and wind. Before fully entering, Ming Yu, being cautious, saved the current state.

After all, he might encounter Otto soon, so it was always good to be prepared.

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Schicksal Headquarters, Floating Island, Bishop's Command Center.

The blonde man sitting on the long bench leisurely held a wine glass, observing various data on the screen.

"My Lord Bishop, we've detected Kiana Kaslana and Ming Yu entering the Schicksal database through the Far East Branch's data interface."

Amber, the Bishop's secretary, emerged from the shadows and delivered the information to the man before her.

Kiana Kaslana, as a crucial part of Otto's plan, her every move was under his surveillance, with Amber fully responsible for monitoring and reporting.

At the same time, the image on the screen before Otto switched to a perspective within the database.

"Heh heh, they've entered the database? It's probably that naive child Theresa's doing, but that's fine too..."

Otto narrowed his eyes slightly.

To him, Kiana Kaslana was already a puppet in his hands; her thoughts and actions were predictable.

As for the others, Bronya Zaychik or Raiden Mei, all their information was transparent to him.

Whether they were pawns under Cocolia, the fallen heiress of ME Corp, or the Third Herrscher... none of them would interfere with his plan to resurrect Kallen.

Only this person named Ming Yu, even with all of Schicksal's resources and methods, yielded no information about his past.

It was as if he had... appeared out of nowhere during the Honkai disaster in Changkong City.

Coupled with his unusual abilities... it always reminded Otto of a familiar old friend.

Also born out of nowhere during a Honkai disaster, also possessing mysterious and ever-changing abilities.

After confirming that the Herrscher was Raiden Mei and not him, his true identity became even more enigmatic.

So, would he also... exceed his control?

As the Bishop who had ruled Schicksal for over five hundred years, Otto disliked any uncontrollable destabilizing factors.

Once something was beyond his control, he would find a way to eliminate it.

The last such existence was the Kaslana patriarch, Siegfried Kaslana.

His overwhelming power had forced Otto to make the decision to use a Honkai energy fission bomb to eliminate him.

Thinking of this, Otto couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle and made a decisive choice:

"I might as well take this opportunity to test him."

He pressed a few buttons on the control panel, importing a specific piece of data into the database.

"...Let me recreate a special scenario for him and see what choices he makes."

He had chosen a special scenario for Ming Yu.

As the data was imported, a familiar face appeared on the screen.

He was a young man with dark blue hair, light blue eyes, and well-defined features.

This was the man Otto had once sincerely wanted to entrust Schicksal to.

This was the man who, had he not died young, might have completely changed this world.

He had many nicknames.

[Subject Ω1], the First Herrscher, Child of Calamity, Leader of Anti-Entropy, Hero...

Welt Joyce.

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Chapter 35: 1955

[2717 BCE, Southern Asia: The first animals infected by Honkai energy mutated]

[They were the earliest Honkai beasts, existing solely to kill humans]

[A mysterious girl named Ji Lin appeared. She was the first in the East, and the first in human history, to possess the ability to fight Honkai]

[Ji Lin single-handedly eliminated all the Honkai beasts at the time, then disappeared]

[1st Century CE, a village on the British Peninsula: A Honkai disaster broke out]

[A boy named Arthur survived this Honkai event, becoming the first Stigmata Awakener in the West]

[Later, with the help of the magician Merlin and the Lady of the Lake, he established the powerful British Empire]

[For some reason, Arthur and the magician Merlin seemed to have a conflict and civil war. After that, the British Empire gradually declined, and the magician Merlin's whereabouts became unknown]

[14th Century Europe: Honkai beasts reappeared, evolving to be even stronger]

[However, Schicksal had already begun to take shape. With the mutual cooperation of the three great families, they formed a knightly order to fight Honkai, developed weapons to counter Honkai, and began a long struggle against it]

[This was the first time humanity gained an advantage in a battle against Honkai]

[People thought they had won, but they were struck by an unexpected blow]

[The Honkai disaster began to spread rampantly in the form of a disease, sweeping across the whole of Europe in just six years and claiming 25 million lives]

[...]

It had to be said that through virtual reality composed of data, not only could historical scenes be reproduced to the greatest extent, but it could also provide observers with a peculiar, immersive experience.

Even Kiana, a poor student who couldn't focus on books, was captivated by the realistic and varied scenes before her. Theresa's strategy was not without merit.

Ming Yu walked through the streets of 14th-century Corsten with Kiana. People bustled around them, yet they seemed to be invisible to them.

This was natural, as this was merely a recreation of historical data, not actual travel into history.

In any case, if the world developed according to the original timeline, Kiana would next discover the Eleventh Divine Key, Judgment of Shamash, standing on the street. Upon touching it, due to her Kaslana lineage, hidden scenes within the database would be accessed, allowing her to see Kallen Kaslana as a data entity.

If there weren't the possibility of encountering Otto, he would have considered bringing a certain fox-eared priestess here to see it as well.

As Ming Yu was thinking, he noticed out of the corner of his eye a round, blue sphere appearing in the distance on the street, seemingly rolling towards him and Kiana.

He glanced up at Kiana. The girl was still engrossed in the medieval scene, seemingly completely unaware of the approaching sphere.

...Or perhaps, it was another possibility – could only he see it?

Ming Yu narrowed his eyes and tentatively stepped to the left. As expected, the blue sphere also rolled to the left.

He then moved two steps to the right, and the sphere returned to its original path.

"..."

It seemed it was undoubtedly coming for him.

As the sphere drew closer, he could also see its true form.

With these patterns, this coloring, it was the Ninth Divine Key, the Star of Eden.

The Star of Eden rolled to his feet and stopped precisely, as if waiting for him to pick it up.

The appearance of a Divine Key completely unrelated to the 14th-century European setting, and stopping right at his feet... the intention was too obvious.

From a rational perspective, facing this blatant "invitation" from someone, he should choose to refuse or log out of the system immediately.

However, for someone who could rewind at any time, this situation was not enough to deter him.

At the very least, he had to go in and see what Otto was up to.

With that thought, Ming Yu cleanly bent down and picked up the Star of Eden.

The moment he picked it up, a cold electronic voice entered his mind.

[Login identity confirmed]

[Initiating playback of special record]

On January 1, 1952, in Berlin, Germany, the first large-scale Honkai of the century occurred, claiming the lives of 300,000 people.

Afterward, at the epicenter of the disaster, Schicksal's Valkyrie rescue team discovered a single survivor, who was recovered and designated Ω1.

Unscathed at the heart of the Honkai, and combined with the contents recorded in Schicksal's ancient texts—that when Honkai activation power reaches 1000HW or above, an entity known as a "Herrscher" is born at its center—this survivor was identified by Schicksal as the First Herrscher.

As a suspected Herrscher, he presented numerous enigmas. For instance, he lacked the Herrscher core described in the ancient texts.

Furthermore, he had lost his memory during the Honkai and knew nothing of his origins, yet he retained knowledge he had previously learned and was fluent in multiple languages.

Additionally, all Herrschers recorded in the ancient texts, except for the Thousand Herrscher, were female individuals, whereas Ω1 was male.

These myriad unsolvable questions led the Schicksal organization to conduct a three-year in-depth study on him, but yielded no results.

Due to the prolonged lack of findings, at the proposal of the North American Branch's Laboratory 42, he was transferred under the care of Dr. Tesla and Dr. Einstein to serve as their laboratory assistant.

Upon arriving at Laboratory 42, Ω1's treatment improved significantly, transitioning from an experimental subject subjected to inhumane treatment to an ordinary person.

Dr. Einstein named him "Welt," meaning "world."

Due to a mysterious letter sent by Schrödinger, Welt, along with Tesla, Einstein, and Finnish ancient script expert Elias Nokiainen, formed a team and traveled to North America.

In the Yellowstone ruins, they uncovered the secrets within Soul Steel. By decoding the information in Soul Steel using a supercomputer, they followed the trail of clues, on the verge of obtaining a mysterious gift left by the mysterious person H.A.

The mysterious person H.A., originally named Ammonite Ayate, was once affiliated with Schicksal Headquarters. However, after learning of the previous civilization's failed history in combating the Honkai, she believed that the then-corrupt Schicksal could not achieve success either. Therefore, she placed her hope in others and left them a weapon to resist Schicksal.

As a flood of historical information poured in, Ming Yu's surroundings gradually stabilized, and clear images became visible.

He looked up at his surroundings; it was a snowy landscape in winter.

At this moment, he was standing beside an inconspicuous triangular park.