My days as a Simulation Herrscher since the Honkai Impact

Chapter Thirty-Five: Three Hundred Tang Poems and Otto

"So why am I suffering this undeserved misfortune?!"

In the imaginary space, in the study room projection created by Bai Chen using Honkai energy, Rosalia, who was tightly bound to a chair with a belt, was grabbing her hair and screaming in pain.

Today, she and her sister Lilia were eating watermelon and playing in the water at the beach when they were suddenly kidnapped by a Herrscher who called himself Bai Chen.

It's not surprising that they were captured by the Herrscher, after all, they were with Cocolia, and Cocolia had the Gem of Desire, so it's somewhat understandable that they were taken hostage.

But this law enforcer actually threw them into a small dark room and forced them to recite poems!

"See this book of 300 Tang poems? You all need to memorize at least 15 of them. If you can't, you won't get any food." Bai Chen threw the two books of 300 Tang poems on the table, assigned the task, and then left the imaginary space, ignoring Rosalia who was shouting.

Unlike Kiana, who is a person with strong convictions, these twin sisters are used to being carefree. Cocolia has raised them but not taught them properly. What Bai Chen needs to do now is to tame them from scratch.

In any case, they were once members of the ship, so how could they just watch them become so undisciplined and decadent!

"Rosalia, Rosalia, stop shouting. If you shout any louder, you won't get any dinner tonight." Lilia was much smarter than her sister, and she had already picked up the book in front of her and started selecting the shortest poems.

Anyway, Bai Chen only asked them to memorize 15 songs, without specifying which 15 songs.

"But I really don't want to memorize!" Rosalia lay on the table, trying to use her usual procrastination and coaxing mode.

Unfortunately, no one is paying attention to her now, and if she continues to refuse to memorize her lessons, Bai Chen will show her what it means for hunger to unleash all of a person's potential.

On the beach outside Haiyuan City, Bai Chen looked at Rosalia in the imaginary space, who was completely oblivious to the current situation, and snorted coldly.

He had already planned to let Lilia sit across from her sister at the table and eat the most delicious fried chicken after she finished her studies.

If Rosalia still doesn't get it, then set up a hot pot with mutton and butter broth in the corner of the study room...

"It's great that someone can study with Kiana now," he muttered.

"They're still just kids... Even though they're fusion warriors too, this isn't really a good thing to do."

As the feathers fluttered through the dust, Fu Hua couldn't help but speak up.

"Precisely because they are children who embody the future hopes of the world, they must be strictly disciplined from a young age," Bai Chen argued emphatically.

Of course, an even more important reason is that he feels his main quest might involve bringing the twins into the club, and he doesn't want to see a pink-haired idiot wandering around aimlessly in his club every day!

So far, all the Masters who participated in the battle have been collected. Although there is still one last fake book that has not been used, as long as Lilia successfully comes out tonight, we will know who the last person summoned was.

As for Cocolia... although there are no absolute villains in the world of Honkai Impact 3, Cocolia has at least 80% villainous attributes. Just her stain of experimenting on Bronya, Seele, and the children in the orphanage, and the fact that she conducted so many experiments but failed to produce any useful results, is enough to show that Cocolia is really not very valuable.

"Now that I've finally finished my work, let's go pay a visit to our Archbishop Otto."

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Destiny, an organization with an exceptionally long history that fights against the Honkai.

Its existence in the human world is almost as long as human recorded history. Therefore, facilities related to destiny can be found to varying degrees all over the world.

In Sky City, on the top floor of a building belonging to a company that manufactures robots and bionic organs under the jurisdiction of Destiny, Otto sat on a sofa, playing with a headscarf in his hand.

Meanwhile, in the shower room next door, a graceful figure was bathing amidst the rising steam, accompanied by the sound of rushing water.

"I haven't seen such an old-fashioned style in many years..."

The headscarf in Otto's hand was the one Kallen Kaslana had taken off. Although she was summoned by the False Book, Kallen still existed in the world with a real body, and the clothes she wore were also real entities, so she inevitably had to wash and change them.

Otto had his maid find Karen a set of modern clothes, which are now placed at the bathroom door, while her nun's habit, which she had taken off, has been put away somewhere.

Otto stared at the headscarf in his hand, then suddenly brought it to his nose and sniffed it gently.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't some kind of perverted act. I just wanted to confirm more realistically that the headscarf wasn't fictional, nor was it made of Honkai energy. It had a complete tactile feel, and even the smell of the sweat on it was exactly the same as I remembered.

"It's actually possible... So, the tree of imaginary numbers can be modified like this..."

Archbishop Otto, the great inventor and the archbishop of Schicksal, rarely showed a look of regret. He had speculated based on various sources, trying to find a way to revive Kallen, and had not been without consideration for the Herrschers. Initially, the Herrscher of Death and the Herrscher of Void were both within his consideration.

However, he ultimately rejected them all. His conclusion was that if the power of the Herrscher of the Void truly expanded to the point of reversing time and space, then the abilities of the other Herrschers would also accumulate infinitely, and human civilization would be completely destroyed within a few hours. The power from time would be utterly insurmountable, and even he would have no chance.

Unexpectedly, after becoming a Herrscher, one can retain human consciousness, use science and knowledge, bypass the limitations imposed by civilization levels on the power of Herrschers, and maximize the power of Herrschers.

The biggest question now is, how long can Karen exist?

Although Bai Chen didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew in their hearts that this call that defied time couldn't last forever.

Bai Chen, this strange Herrscher, does he have any way to extend Kallen's existence... no, does he have any way to keep Kallen's time here constant?

"Otto, why do you look so gloomy?"

Wearing a fitted dress, Karen awkwardly gathered the hem of her skirt, her hair steaming hot as the air dried, and asked with a smile.

As Alto looked at Karen, who was dressed in a revealing outfit, it felt as if 500 years of lightning had flashed through his mind, leaving him somewhat dazed.

"Karen, in the messages you received when you were summoned, was there anything related to your time?"

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Chapter Thirty-Six: Discussing Heroes Over Wine

“This battle will last for seven days, and I will also be able to exist for seven days. After seven days, I will return to my original time and space,” Kallen replied.

This information, once summoned, is injected into the mind of each summoner by the fake book. However, this information is like a learning manual forcibly shoved into your hand; although you do possess the relevant memories, you will never notice it unless you actively seek it out.

A similar situation can be seen in language exams. Even if you have memorized the relevant words, it is difficult to recall the words you have learned when you take a listening or writing test.

"Only seven days?" Otto was very dissatisfied with this answer. He couldn't help but frown. "Is it because the Herrscher powers have been dispersed? Is he taking K423 with him to wait for the right opportunity to absorb the Herrscher core within her?"

In Otto's analysis, one of the reasons for the existence of two Herrschers of the Void might lie with Sirin. After all, Sirin was a Herrscher born under human intervention, so perhaps she only took away half of the Herrscher's power, while Bai Chen, who appeared later, was the Herrscher of the Void who should have been born in this era.

After all, the difference in their abilities is quite significant; in comparison, Sirin seems like a counterfeit.

"After all, it is a miracle that even spacetime is interfered with, and such a miracle will happen seven times. Even for a Herrscher, maintaining it for seven days is probably the limit."

Kallen accepted the fact calmly. Otto didn't deliberately hide it from her; in fact, he even intentionally showed her the reason for her death. Kallen already knew that she would die in that hanging, but not by execution; rather, she was defeated by a suddenly appearing Honkai Beast while trying to save someone.

Karen was somewhat satisfied with this death. In her words, she had ultimately given her life to the people she loved and fulfilled the promise she had made in her life.

"Fortunately, that Herrscher of the Void did not intend to destroy humanity. Otherwise, it would not be me standing here now, but those great disasters hidden in history, mad beasts, natural disaster-level plague sources, or even other Herrschers."

Karen sat sideways next to Otto, resting her head on his shoulder as always, her long silver hair cascading down to his waist.

For Karen, she had only been away from Otto for a little over ten days, and she could hardly recall that Otto had become the Bishop of Destiny. Moreover, Otto did not act like a bishop in front of her at all.

Even with such a natural and familiar movement, Otto's body involuntarily stiffened for a moment.

The last time his childhood sweetheart rested her long hair on his shoulder was a memory from 500 years ago.

500 years! How many generations would it take for an ordinary person to live through 500 years? And how many 500-year periods has human civilization actually recorded since the beginning of recorded history?

If life's path is a cycle of blooming and fading flowers, then Otto's life only saw that vibrant color in the shortest 20 years of his life; the road ahead for the next few hundred years was nothing but bitter ice and scorching flames.

But suddenly, as if waking from a dream, the flower reappeared on both sides of the props, only to be told that it could only bloom for seven days.

“The Herrscher of Reason, Welt Joyce, he was the First Herrscher, but after becoming a Herrscher, he was not affected by the Honkai Will. Instead, he chose to fight against the Honkai and protect the world as a human,” Otto said in a low voice.

He seemed to be speaking to Karen, but also to himself.

"It was because of him that I discovered that the Herrschers of this era are completely different from the Herrschers of the previous era recorded in the annals. Perhaps it is because of the regression of civilization, perhaps it is because of the tolerance of the Honkai will, or perhaps it is because of some factor that we do not know about that occurred at the end of the previous era."

"But in short, the Heralds are no longer completely opposed to humans, and may even be able to be used by us."

Karen looked at Otto with a puzzled expression, wondering what the point of his words was.

“I have inherited a precious legacy, the Void Treasury, which contains almost all the knowledge about the previous era. No scientist in this world can resist the weight of this knowledge, not even you, Bai Chen. I have seen your data, and in terms of being willing to do anything for science, you even surpass me.”

"Oh dear, oh dear, this shouldn't be happening. How could you have discovered me hiding in this space?"

A boy's clear and crisp voice suddenly rang out in the corner of the room, and a figure suddenly appeared. Bai Chen was holding a small bag of popcorn and sitting on the soft mat of the exercise equipment with his legs crossed.

A brilliant gold light illuminated the room. Karen immediately rolled over to the front of the sofa, spreading her arms to firmly protect Otto behind her. At the same time, the Oath of Judah appeared in her hand in the form of a gun.

Bai Chen pursed his lips and whistled loudly, showing disdain for Otto, who was hiding behind the pretty girl.

“500 years have passed, Sister. The man behind you is old enough to be your great-great-great-grandfather. He’s not the dull-witted scientist he used to be. He could take on two of you with one hand now,” Bai Chen said half-jokingly.

"Moreover, I am a true Herrscher. Unless you completely release that cross, you are not even qualified to stand before me."

"Karen, don't be nervous. His presence here means he means no harm. He just wants to spy on us."

Otto rubbed his temples and pulled Karen away from him and Bai Chen.

"I must admit, your method of hiding the cameras is ingenious, but you must understand that the cameras you used come from Destiny Technology, and the information signals uploaded also pass through Destiny's satellites. If it were someone else, they might not have the authority to directly access satellite data, but I am, after all, the Archbishop of Destiny..."

"Tsk, I hate these kinds of monopolistic tech companies the most."

Bai Chen realized his oversight. Perhaps it wasn't really an oversight, after all, destiny had existed in human civilization for thousands of years, and its shadow was everywhere in the world. As the saying goes, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake.

"Hey, nun, we have a guest. Aren't you going to get them some wine?" Bai Chen sat down in the viewing chair next to the floor-to-ceiling window in the room and tapped on the glass round coffee table.

"It would be best to bring some warm plum wine; I have something to discuss with your archbishop."

"Plum wine? Oh, judging from the name, you're from China." Otto smiled and sat down opposite Bai Chen.

"Karen, bring some wine and food over. I'll have a drink with the guests."

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: I Will Become the Camille of the New World

The refrigerator was stocked with a variety of cold foods, including various types of alcohol and snacks to accompany the drinks.

This was originally intended for Otto, but it ended up in Bai Chen's stomach.

Bai Chen said he wanted to have a drink with Otto, and he really meant it. Over two bags of peanuts and salt-baked chicken, he and Otto went back and forth, clinking glasses.

Karen lay on the back of the sofa, watching the two of them drink together in a cheerful atmosphere, her face full of trouble.

It seems that Otto and Bai Chen have a pretty good relationship. Are all the Herrschers of this era such interesting people?

“The Void Treasury isn’t worth much, Otto, you know that. It is indeed a huge library, but the biggest problem is that it doesn’t have an index or catalog, so you can’t accurately find what you want. Besides, the Void Treasury is alive, so it doesn’t have that much value to me,” Bai Chen said with a chuckle, tapping his finger against his cup.

The Void Treasury is a key of the gods created using the core of the Herrscher of the Upper Time. It contains a vast amount of knowledge, encompassing almost all of the human civilization of the previous generation.

Moreover, it is a powerful weapon in itself, possessing the ability to simulate other Divine Keys, and obtaining it can immediately increase combat power significantly.