My days as a Simulation Herrscher since the Honkai Impact

After learning and developing her abilities, Mei's control over the Herrscher of Thunder's energy has greatly improved. Although the sea of ​​thunder she summons now looks no different from the sea of ​​thunder before, in reality, this lightning is no longer just simple lightning, but all of them are clones of the Herrscher of Thunder.

This is Raiden Mei's domain, a world of electricity and magnetism. As long as she is in this electromagnetic world, Raiden Mei will not be easily injured, because she has become one with this sea of ​​thunder. Wherever the lightning strikes, that is where Raiden Mei touches.

Although Granny Ping had anticipated this, the sudden arrival of the sea of ​​lightning still made her expression tense. Fortunately, thanks to her greater familiarity with the native powers of the Teyvat world than Mei and Kiana, the magic circle beneath Granny Ping remained resilient. The array, imbued with spatial power, formed a hard protective shell around her body, and the misaligned space blocked all the lightning from entering.

The counterattack began, with one invisible shockwave after another erupting from the magic circle surrounding Granny Ping, hurtling towards Raiden Mei and Kiana in the distance. These were invisible shockwaves composed of wind with spatial properties, almost ignoring all physical defenses. Without corresponding countermeasures, even the toughest flesh and scales would be shattered under the shockwaves.

But this attack, which had always been invincible, met its match this time. Kiana made no move, only the golden light in her eyes grew brighter. She stood there quietly watching the invisible shockwaves flying towards her, and those shockwaves vanished into thin air in front of Granny Ping's utterly astonished expression.

"Don't be surprised, grandma. I am the Herrscher of the Void, the ruler of all spaces, the queen of the concept of space. Unless another Herrscher of the Void in this world intervenes, no space would dare to harm me." Kiana spread her hands, a triumphant smile on her face.

"Oh dear, this is truly... someone with immense power who doesn't follow the right path, and even harbors malice towards the world, has turned the gift of power into a curse. It's a terrible disaster for this world." Granny Ping narrowed her eyes, carefully examining Kiana once again, and couldn't help but sigh.

Even immortals cannot wield spatial power crudely. Rather than manipulating space, Granny Ping seems to borrow it, using ingenious methods to carefully and cautiously shift its power. But Kiana is different. Kiana is the true master of space; in her hands, space is as obedient as a child's beach blocks, molded into whatever shape she desires.

The Herrscher of the Void is immune to spatial attacks unless the attack is launched by another Herrscher of the Void.

When his most effective spatial impact technique failed, the magic circle immediately changed, with rock elemental power condensing around it, mixed with intense flames.

This is an elemental fusion magic technique that Granny Ping learned from her former comrade-in-arms, the Dragon King Ruo Tuo. Unfortunately, the Dragon King Ruo Tuo disappeared long ago, and this magic technique was never developed to its final stage.

In fact, up until now, Granny Ping has not used her trump card attack method, because the war between immortals and demons is to first test each other and give each other enough warnings. Only when the two sides completely disagree can it evolve into a final head-on confrontation of powerful spells.

However, Kiana and Mei were unaware of the rules between gods and demons. After a brief period of observation, they decided to end the battle quickly.

The electric light on Mei's body dissipated, and she fully transformed into the Herrscher of Thunder. The horns on her head grew longer, and a pair of large arm armors appeared on her outer arms.

Originally, these arm guards should have been used to wield an extremely long sword, which was Mei's primary means of attack. But now, the arm guards were holding a huge cylindrical weapon, somewhat resembling a sniper rifle, but with a diameter of about one meter, it looked like a horizontal cannon mounted on a ship.

This is Raiden Mei's latest attack method, no longer the swordsmanship style she used to stick to, but a new sword technique taught to her by Bai Chen - the Herrscher of Thunder Ashina Style swordsmanship o Positron Cannon.

In Bai Chen's words, this thing is much better than a knife.

The positron cannon does not have actual projectiles. Instead, it uses free positrons as ammunition. When it hits a target, the positrons will annihilate the electrons in the target material, completely destroying the enemy's existence at the atomic level.

Furthermore, when the positron cannon strikes, it emits gamma light quanta, resulting in extremely high area-of-effect damage. At least in principle, no naturally occurring matter composed of atoms in this world could withstand the bombardment of a positron cannon.

Even with the current technology of the Honkai world, this is still a theoretical product and cannot be actually manufactured. After all, separating positrons, using ultra-high-energy spiral magnetic fields to confine and emit positrons, and even how to shield them from the effects of the Earth's rotation and its own magnetic field during the launch process are all extremely difficult problems.

Of course, as long as Mei has sufficient theoretical basis, she can use the method I devised to ignore all these technical difficulties and successfully launch the positron cannon.

This was Mei's second positron cannon attack since learning the Ashina style swordsmanship. The first test was against Kevin, whose Honkai energy ice wasn't made of atoms, but rather a highly advanced application of Honkai energy. Therefore, without a doubt, Mei failed to break through his defenses.

Orange-red light converged inside the positron cannon's barrel, the muzzle pointing towards Granny Ping opposite. Its power didn't appear particularly striking, far less impressive than a nuclear explosion, but its single-target attack might even be stronger.

"These young people these days are really something else. I won't keep you company, Grandma." Seeing Mei pull out the positron cannon, lava boulders flew around in the imaginary space, but Grandma Ping retreated rapidly towards the entrance.

This was the first time in all these years that Grandma Ping had felt such a strong sense of crisis. It was like a knife pressed against her throat, and the blade was coated with a deadly poison that would kill anyone who touched it. Her sixth sense was piercing like needles, and every part of her body was screaming for her to get out of there.

I can't take it, I absolutely can't take it. If that thing hits me, I'll perish here today.

Although she couldn't understand what kind of weapon Mei was holding, that didn't stop Granny Ping from following her intuition. The magic circle originally intended for attack froze, then quickly began to change shape, transforming from an offensive magic circle into a spatial array for escape.

It wasn't spatial teleportation. Granny Ping knew, of course, that she would have a hard time teleporting in front of Kiana, and might even be torn in two by space the moment she activated it. This formation simply accelerated her speed, increasing it to its limit—a speed invisible to the naked eye, making it impossible for the enemy to catch up or aim at her.

They are all immortals who have lived for thousands of years. Face and such are not important to them at all. They thought they could beat them before, so of course they would fight. But now that they have found that the opponent's ultimate move is ridiculously strong, of course they will retreat immediately, call for reinforcements, and come back to settle the score.

However, Kiana couldn't just let Granny Ping leave like that. The Honkai energy crystals she had planted earlier exploded in the space, and Kiana turned the Honkai energy into walls that sealed off the space. This was Kiana's ability to stack space, and compared to her previous battle with Cecilia, this ability had made great progress.

Confined by the spatial stacking, Grandma Ping was essentially moving in place within a fixed space, no matter how fast she moved forward. Given time, Grandma Ping could break free from the spatial stacking effect, but Mei's positron cannon had already charged up at an extremely fast speed.

Although her opponent was an elderly man, Raiden Mei, who had long been prepared, would not show mercy because of her enemy's age. In any case, she knew that as an invader, she was in a natural opposition to all the native creatures of Teyvat, and therefore she would show no mercy.

The positron cannon blasted towards Granny Ping's chest, and the positron stream transformed into a blazing beam of light. Although nearly a hundred powerful defensive formations appeared in front of Granny Ping, these formations were utterly ineffective against the positron stream.

If nothing unexpected happens, this immortal who has protected Liyue for a thousand years will perish here today. However, at the critical moment, a sudden change occurs.

In the imaginary space, a massive mountain suddenly appeared before Granny Ping. The mountain was so enormous that it was over a thousand meters high, a towering peak that would be rare even in the Honkai world. Now, all the stones on the mountain were radiating an earthy yellow luster, and they stood horizontally between Mei and Granny Ping.

The mountain peak was pointing towards Mei, while the lower part of the mountain was pushing Grandma Ping. This suddenly appearing mountain, with its own body, squeezed Grandma Ping and sent her flying outwards, instantly forming an endless defensive line on the trajectory of the positron cannon.

Mei increased the output of the positron cannon once again, but even so, it took more than ten seconds to finally penetrate the mountain in front of her. After the mountain was breached, Grandma Ping, who was hiding behind it, had long since disappeared.

"This is not her power; it is far greater than hers."

Another positron cannon appeared in the armored arm behind the Herrscher of Thunder. Mei, holding both cannons, cautiously released her senses to probe with electromagnetic waves, but failed to find another enemy that had appeared out of nowhere in the imaginary space.

“It wasn’t just one person, it was three. Three people just broke into the imaginary space and rescued that old lady.” Kiana then noticed a small spatial fluctuation that she had previously overlooked, because the fluctuation was so small that it was impossible to detect without careful examination.

It was clearly a Liyue Sage Art technique. Its power wasn't strong, but it was incredibly sophisticated, which made Kiana, who always relied on brute force, feel quite novel about it.

"This later enemy is very strong, and it seems to carry some kind of rule power... It feels a bit like, Eden's Star?" Mei reflected on her attack just now and gave her first-hand judgment.

"The Herrscher of Earth? Then that has nothing to do with us. Bai Chen mentioned before that there is a Geo Archon Morax in Liyue Harbor, who is a true martial god and his combat power should not be underestimated. If we encounter him, we should call Kevin over and let Kevin deal with him." Kiana took out a communicator from her spatial storage layer, preparing to dial Kevin's number.

"We should have encountered the Rock God now. I'll call Kevin; it's time for him to come and handle things here."

Chapter Eighteen: Zhongli Wants to Retire from the Underworld

Inside an ordinary, unremarkable house in Liyue.

This house once belonged to an elderly man who had no children or close relatives. Before he died, he bequeathed the house to a tea friend he used to drink tea with.

He was a young man who didn't look very old. He enjoyed listening to operas and music, and drinking tea in teahouses. But for some reason, the old man always felt that this young man was older than him, and his speech, actions, and gestures all carried an ancient charm that came with the passage of time.

This young man's name is Zhongli. Few people in Liyue City know this name, but if you mention his other name, I believe no one on the Teyvat continent would be unaware of it.

Morax, the Rock God.

Meanwhile, inside the house, Zhongli was sitting in a chair, facing the still-shaken Granny Ping. At the table, the Demon-Slaying Great Sage Xiao was refilling their teapots with water.

"Thanks to the Emperor's intervention, otherwise this time we really would have been..." Granny Ping took a big gulp of tea to calm her nerves, then let out a long breath and slowly said.

"I only rushed here because I noticed a huge change in the space of Liyue City. I didn't expect you to have been inside for so long, and you were almost detained by those unruly guests from another world." Zhongli picked up his teacup and took a small sip, remaining very calm and seemingly not taking the sudden incident to heart at all.

"I'm old and useless now. I can't share the Emperor's burdens anymore, and I almost ruined everything instead," Granny Ping sighed.

Setting the teapot aside, Xiao sat down on the side of the table and said, "No, none of us can fight these otherworldly demons one-on-one. The only way now is to gather the immortals and ask the other five earthly rulers for help."

"Oh? Xiao, it seems you've encountered these people before. You fought with them?" Granny Ping was somewhat surprised. Because Xiao was a Yaksha, he was tainted with a lot of filth and evil energy. If he stayed among people, he would have a bad influence on ordinary people. Therefore, he lived alone in seclusion and had not had any contact with others for a long time.

Unexpectedly, he returned to Liyue City this time, and he clearly brought different news.

"No, I saw one of them. He was a man who looked frail, but he could create countless mechanical creations out of thin air, more than the stars in the sky. I was no match for him, so I retreated immediately."

Xiao recalled the overwhelming black clouds that night. He believed that if those small mechanical insects were left uncontrolled and rushed into Liyue Harbor, the entire harbor would be deserted and turned into a dead city with only corpses and mechanical insects in less than a day.

Although he couldn't be sure of the exact attack power of those things, Xiao knew that they were definitely not opponents that ordinary people could deal with, not even one of the machines in the swarm.

"Furthermore, I also received a message from Lord Barbatos, the Wind God, in the wind. He called these people demons from another world. They came to this world to target all the Seven Gods. They have already captured and controlled Lord Barbatos, and next they will capture all the creatures on the continent of Teyvat for evil research. They may even destroy the entire continent." Xiao added, repeating the information he had shared with Zhongli that morning.

Last night, after leaving Wangshu Inn, Xiao went to Liyue to find Lord Morax. Not long ago, Morax faked his death, using a clever escape method to remove himself from the lives of the people of Liyue and hide in the background. Although it was confirmed that the Lord had not truly perished, it still took Xiao a lot of effort to find Zhongli.

It was thanks to the news brought by Xiao that Zhongli was able to arrive in time to save Granny Ping. Otherwise, if he had been even a step slower, he would have had to use a broom to scrub Granny Ping back under Raiden Mei's positron cannon.

"More than the stars in the sky?" Grandma Ping muttered to herself. She knew Xiao wasn't one to exaggerate, and could even be overly conservative at times. If Xiao said that, it must mean she had witnessed something truly terrifying.

Grandma Ping took another sip of tea to suppress her unease. Once, during the War of Gods and Demons, there was a Beast Demon God who was the most terrifying enemy they faced. That demon god himself wasn't particularly powerful, but he could control an extremely large herd of beasts—nearly 100,000 of them—swarming down upon the human settlements they were protecting, causing losses far exceeding those of any other powerful demon god.

But this is only 100,000. If the enemy on the other side is more than the stars in the sky, wouldn't they be able to bypass all defenses and raze human cities to the ground?

"The two girls who came to see me today had Keqing's hair in their hands. It seems that Keqing fell into their hands this morning, but I don't know how she is now." Grandma Ping thought of the hair in Mei's hand and looked at Zhongli opposite her.

Although since the end of the Demon God War and the establishment of the Seven Stars system in Liyue, the immortals have gradually faded into the background, becoming a legend. Most of Liyue's affairs, large and small, are handled by humans themselves. However, the current situation clearly exceeds the capabilities of the people of Liyue.

“I just asked a new friend to help me. She has gone to find Gan Yu. From Gan Yu, we will know where Ke Qing went today and where she was caught.” Zhong Li took a sip of tea unhurriedly, looking confident.

"Is it that traveler? Speaking of which, she is also from outside the world. I wonder if she knows these demons from other worlds." Granny Ping immediately thought of the person Zhongli mentioned, the traveler from outside the world, Ying, a lovely blonde girl, whom she had given her the Dust Song Pot.

“No, Ying is still using the elemental power from the Teyvat continent, not power from other worlds. It’s obvious that she comes from a different place than these otherworldly demons.” Zhongli immediately refuted this guess. Even though he only briefly met Kiana and Mei in the imaginary space, as one of the strongest gods in the world, he immediately recognized that terrifying power that could control the rules like a god.

In Zhongli's view, Kiana and Mei are gods from another world, and the rules they control are space and lightning, respectively. As for the other person Xiao mentioned, he is probably another god who possesses metal or creates a kind of rule.

Although he didn't know why these otherworldly gods had come to Teyvat in a group, he knew they were up to no good. Millions of years had taught Zhongli that the continent of Teyvat might be facing an unprecedented crisis.

These otherworldly deities can directly control the power of the rules that are the very foundation of the world, rather than merely controlling the elements. According to Zhongli, among the Seven Gods, the Grass God is still just a child over 500 years old. She knew this when she last visited the Little Auspicious Grass King in Sumeru. In terms of combat power, she might not even be as strong as some of the immortals in Liyue. And the Wind God Barbatos has already fallen, leaving only five of the Seven Gods.

According to the information brought by Xiao, there are eight demons in the other world. Apart from one woman who seems to be an alchemist or a scholar from the Order of the Church and whose abilities are not strong, the rest seem to be very powerful.

Five against seven, and there might be situations where the opponent is countered. For example, if Thor encounters the god who controls the rules of lightning, he might not be able to exert his full power. Therefore, even considering the powerful figures hidden in various cities across Teyvat, even a well-intentioned but unprepared opponent might not gain the upper hand.

What worries Zhongli the most is the man Xiao encountered last night. If Xiao's guess is correct, that man is an army by himself, a mechanical legion like the Kyria civilization. If war really breaks out, it will likely be another bloody war between gods and demons.

Recalling the Kyria civilization, which was once destroyed by the laws of nature, and the dark years that affected the entire continent and lasted for nearly a hundred years, Zhongli couldn't help but look up at the sky.

I wonder what that high and mighty Heavenly Principle is doing right now. There shouldn't be so many outsiders on this continent. That starry sky should be able to block all spying from beyond the stars.

Originally intending to retire and having successfully abdicated, the Rock God Zhong Li pressed his brow, thinking he could finally wander the mortal world and live a leisurely retirement. However, things took an unexpected turn when a group of demons from another world suddenly appeared, disrupting his plans.

Now that his plan to remain hidden from the world has completely failed, he can no longer retain his identity as a guest elder of the Hall of Rebirth. If he is to go to war with the demons of the other world, and the situation turns bad, he will have to reveal his identity to stabilize the morale of the people of Liyue.

The three immortals waited for a while, and then they heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

Before the person even arrived, a childlike voice chattered into the room: "Gan Yu, don't be surprised, you'll never guess who's in the door!"

Two young girls entered through the door, along with... a strange creature resembling emergency rations.

The blonde girl wearing a white fitted dress and carrying a one-handed sword at her waist is the traveler Ying, while the long-haired blue girl wearing a backless cheongsam, black stockings, and carrying a bow and arrow on her back is Gan Yu, whom they have been waiting for.

It's worth mentioning that Gan Yu has a pair of cute little horns on its head, which look like the horns of a horned sheep. In fact, these are the horns of a Qilin, because Gan Yu is a hybrid of a Qilin and a human, a descendant of cross-species fusion.

As for the other strange creature, it is a tiny person with white hair named Paimon, who is a friend of the traveler Ying and also serves as emergency food.

“Grandma, Xiao, you’re all here… and this gentleman…” As a half-immortal beast, Gan Yu naturally recognized Xiao and Grandma Ping. However, she looked at Zhong Li with some confusion. She knew about the Emperor’s fake death some time ago, but she didn’t know that Morax had transformed into Zhong Li.

Zhongli's concealment technique is extremely profound. If he hadn't revealed his identity, even the immortals would have found it extremely difficult to locate him. Moreover, Ganyu is only a half-immortal beast, a junior among the immortals, a young immortal whose magical cultivation is not particularly high.

“It is I, Morax.” Zhongli nodded slightly and removed the concealment spell from his body to prove his identity.

Since she already knew that the Rock God hadn't perished, Gan Yu wasn't surprised, but she still bowed to Zhong Li with great delight. After all, it had been almost a hundred years since she had seen Zhong Li.

"Alright, Gan Yu, this is an emergency, come and sit down to talk." Grandma Ping beckoned to Gan Yu to sit down next to her.

Both of them sat down, and Paimon also sat down at the table, picked up the fruit plate on the table and ate a few bites.

"Your Majesty, what has happened?" Gan Yu asked. She knew that unless there was a special emergency, these immortal elders would not have summoned her while she was still working.

"Do you know Ke Qing's plans for today? Something might have happened to her," Zhong Li asked.

Gan Yu is the secretary of the Liyue Seven Stars, a position she has held for hundreds of years. As a half-celestial beast, she serves as a link between the people of Liyue and the immortals, and naturally knows Keqing's daily work schedule.

"Today was supposed to be her day off, but an urgent report came from Dihua Island this morning. She led a team of Qianyan soldiers to Dihua Island to deal with an emergency."

“Dihua Isle is right next to Wangshu Inn. That’s where I met the man who controls the mechanical legion yesterday,” Xiao said immediately.

"The intelligence indicates that a peculiar structure has appeared on the main road from Liyue to Mondstadt. Merchants traveling to and from the area have been blocked, and someone has already complained to the General Affairs Department. It's a very urgent matter, which is why Keqing was sent to lead the team personally." Gan Yu recalled the report. "It's said to be a giant metal eggshell. The General Affairs Department's analysis is that it's an activated relic of a lost civilization. As long as we go there and trigger the hidden mechanism, we can send it back underground."