Honkai Impact, please stop imagining it.

Lin Yu didn't open the soda bottle. "Himeko said she'll remember this grudge. You and Himeko were quite close before, weren't you?"

"They're best friends, and quite close at that."

Sir opened a soda for Lin Yu, then sat down opposite him, resting his chin on his hands and blinking. "It's a pity that later, she became the Chief of Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Army, while I stayed where I was. The winds of the military compound couldn't reach me at the recruit training ground. I, an ordinary person, couldn't catch up with her excellence. I still call her my best friend, but she calls me Instructor Sir."

"Aren't your talents about the same, and your positions aren't that different either?"

You're already a colonel. After this term, you'll become a senior colonel. Becoming a general before the age of thirty is a sure thing. What is Himeko's rank? Major general? Lieutenant general? It's only a difference of two or three ranks.

To ordinary people, there's no difference between a colonel and a general; neither is someone you can afford to offend. The only difference is that the name "general" sounds better.

Sir: "Our talents are about the same. I'd say it's a 70/30 split between us. I put in 70% effort and she flies 3 meters. She has connections. You're her junior, right? Your common teacher, Lin An, is her backer. Although he's passed away, his entire network of connections has been taken over by Himeko."

Lin Yu: "......."

So the officer only knew that he was Himeko's junior brother, but didn't know who his old man was.

"You'll also rise through the ranks gradually through connections, if you want."

Lin Yu: "Her teacher is my father."

Sir: "?"

Lin Yu: "You already know the name Lin An, but have you ever wondered why I also have a 'Lin' in my name?"

The officer slapped his forehead, "No wonder the names are so similar, and I didn't even know they only have one character in common."

Sir: "*Just like my name is Sir, but my father's name isn't anything like Sir either."

Ah, that's true. Names vary from place to place, and there are so many people with the name Lin, so if two names are similar, no one will notice.

Officer: "This is a minor matter, but if Lin An is your father, then why is she in power now instead of you?"

Were you stripped of power, or did you concede for some strange reason?

"I don't have the ability to rise to the top, nor do I have the desire. Although I also want to fight Honkai Beasts, I can't bear the feeling of many people dying under my orders."

Lin Yu felt sorrow even upon seeing a dead body, let alone a war where a single order could lead to the deaths of countless people.

Lin Yu took a sip of soda and looked at Xiaohua's training. "How much longer will she need to train?"

"I don't know. Training usually goes until noon, and sometimes we have to train until 12:30. That's the normal routine."

While Lin Yu was chatting with the police officer, the music he posted on the music website was also promoted. Music is not a small circle. There was a piano piece called "Take Me Hand" and a faster version of a piano piece by LAS.

Unfortunately, Lin Yu learned mostly pop music or electronic music, and only a few famous traditional piano pieces.

The biggest advantage of pop music in the past was that young people found it very enjoyable, so it had a wide reach. However, its biggest drawback was that there was too much of it, to the point that people experienced aesthetic fatigue.

However, mainstream music, primarily based on Eden, still dominated the music scene in this era. Lin Yu's piano piece quickly became a hit after being uploaded and promoted.

Humans share a common appreciation for art; a song that sounds good to hundreds of thousands of people in another era will not be much different in this era.

The mundane daily life continued like this until a week later when Hua was finally able to kill ten assassins single-handedly with a weapon.

Lin Yu, Hua, and several other recent graduates began clearing out Honkai in various parts of Australia. Currently, Honkai outbreaks are infrequent and of poor quality, mostly consisting of rush-level Honkai Beasts, and sometimes there are no Honkai Beasts at all, only zombies.

Lin Yu didn't even have a chance to make a move. In the end, feeling bored, he had Himeko bring Hua into the fifth squad.

Once you're promoted from the 5th Detachment to the 5th Platoon, you can live in the military compound.

Moreover, her work has become much less demanding. What Lin Yu finds strange is that even though she no longer needs to go out and fight as often, Hua still insists on training every day, unlike other girls who play and have fun.

Lin Yu plays the piano and guitar every day, and after recording, he posts the recordings online. In a short time, he gained a small group of fans, but he has never interacted with them.

Of course, the music played was mostly light music, piano and guitar pieces, mainly because his singing wasn't very good.

To sing well, you need to enunciate clearly and have good breath control, and then you need to be able to sing in tune and have a pleasant voice. But Lin Yu can't even do the first two, let alone the latter.

himeko: "Aha, you should have said earlier that the music by All Stars was yours. If you had said so earlier, I would have had it promoted and advertised. But it seems you can do just fine without me."

With hundreds of thousands of followers, she's considered a major influencer in Australia—yes, an influencer, not a star.

Lin Yu: "So you think it sounds good?"

Lin Yu leaned closer to Himeko and asked curiously.

himeko nodded emphatically, "It sounds good."

But Himeko doesn't listen to songs or music at all. Compared to that, she prefers to read silly comments online, such as whether adding 50-proof liquor to 50-proof liquor will open the liquor.

Lin Yu: "Have you found Mei yet?"

"No."

himeko answered decisively without any hesitation.

Lin Yu: "......"

That doesn't make sense. Mei can't possibly still be in Changkong City, right? Mei was the protagonist in the previous civilization, so she couldn't have died. If she can't be found in the Moth of Fire, then she's most likely in Changkong City.

Lin Yu: "I want to go to Changkong City."

Sending Himeko a large army to search for people is too outrageous; no one with a sound mind would agree to such a thing. But if he were to search for them himself, Lin Yu felt that it shouldn't be a problem.

"You want to go find Mei?"

"Correct!"

"It's too dangerous there now. It's been sealed off, and there's no one inside. You can't find them anywhere."

What kind of spell did that girl cast on you that you still remember her to this day? She's just a little girl, and she's only been studying with you in Changkong City for a few months. Isn't she as attractive as you?

"I should at least give it a try. Actually, I wanted to leave a week ago, but then I thought I'd tell you first."

Life is boring and dull. Since I'm just idling around anyway, going to Changkong City to find someone is better than staying at home doing nothing.

himeko squinted, leaned back in his chair, lit a cigarette, and pondered for a moment. "You haven't said anything since you released the music online, have you?"

Lin Yu: "Huh?"

This way of changing the subject is a bit too abrupt, Himeko. You've gone a bit too far.

As if sensing that her change of topic was a bit awkward, Himeko coughed twice and continued, "Don't talk online anymore, and it's best not to even reply to fans. I'll find you a professional to manage your fan club later, and you can leave the accounts for posting your music to me from now on."

Lin Yu was shocked. "What do you need that thing for?"

That thing isn't worth much and has no use; it's just for connecting with fans. What would Himeko need that for?

"It's nothing, I just thought you were too young and I was afraid you wouldn't be able to control yourself, so I did it."

This is a lie; the truth is that they don't want Lin Yu to have fans looking for him through his music account.

Right now, the headquarters of Firemoth doesn't know you're with me. If you suddenly realize there's another way, you can ask them to help find you through your account, and the news could spread globally in an instant.

When that time comes, Mei will find you here with me. Although I'm not afraid of them, I don't want to get into any trouble with them.

"Give me the right to operate the account, and I'll let you go to Changkong City. Of course, as long as you have the right to operate it, all the revenue and everything else will be yours."

Lin Yu: "......That's it?"

Isn't it just that you're worried I won't know how to manage it and will get scammed, so you're planning to find someone to help me manage it, and it's free, completely free?

"Okay, I've sent you the account and password via SMS. Can I leave tomorrow?"

"Wait, I'll get someone to protect you."

Leaving tomorrow? Is it that urgent? You haven't even found someone to protect you yet.

"Do you think the people you sent are there to protect me, or to be protected by me, Himeko-nee?"

Lin Yu clenched his small fist and made a muscle-flexing gesture in front of Himeko, but no muscles were visible; all that could be seen were limp arms.

himeko: "Should Hua accompany you?"

Lin Yu immediately loosened his little fist and sat up obediently, saying, "I feel like I really need to be protected."

himeko nodded in satisfaction. "Then let Hua go with you. Remember to protect her. You can go back now. I'll have someone pack your things."

Is this for real? Letting Hua go to Changkong City with me, is it for a mission or a vacation?

Lin Yu was just going to find someone, and he had already prepared to say goodbye to Hua, but he didn't expect Himeko to let Hua come with him.

Lin Yu had a strange feeling. Was someone coming to protect him? Or was someone being sent to go out and have fun with him?

Two minutes later, Hua, who was running with headphones on, received a call from Himeko.

Hua stopped running on the treadmill, got off, grabbed a bottle of water, and answered the phone.

"Captain Himeko, is something the matter?"

Panting heavily and drinking water, Hua, drenched in sweat, sat half-reclined on a stainless steel chair, resting. His heaving chest was proof of his efforts to become stronger.

"I'm going on a business trip tomorrow to Changkong City. My mission is to follow Lin Yu and not get close to the people at the Fire Moth headquarters. If we stop him, don't let him communicate with them."

himeko twirled the lighter and said earnestly.

Hua: "......Um, shall I go with Lin Yu?"

"Yes, just the two of you. You can consider it a reward for your hard work, but there were quite a few people vying for this position, and in the end, I chose you."

"On the surface, this task is simple: to find an ordinary student named Mei and another ordinary student named Kevin. But in reality, Mei and Kevin are employees of the Moth of Fire headquarters. They had a purpose when they first approached Lin Yu."

“If they find Lin Yu, then Lin Yu will never come back. Hua, you don’t want to never see Lin Yu again, do you?”

Hua's eyes widened, and she even forgot to breathe for a moment. It took her a while to react. "Mei and Kevin Lin Yu told me that they are both Lin Yu's friends, right?"

himeko: "You know Lin Yu's body, right? He's very strong but very weak. He's been the subject of human experiments, the only successful chimera experiment. Mei's job at the Moth of Fire headquarters is to be the executor of the chimera project. She approached Lin Yu with a purpose, but Lin Yu just doesn't know it."

"His wonderful daily life during his school years was all scripted, fake, and everyone was acting."

"So I concealed the information about Lin Yu being with me from the Fire-Chasing Moth. Do you understand now?"

Hua: "...So Lin Yu's friend."

himeko: "It's fake. He has no friends other than you. They're all just after his own interests. You're the only one who approached him without any ulterior motives. Hua, you're his true friend, his only friend! Only you can help him."

Hua opened his mouth, and the inferiority complex he had felt since being promoted from the fifth squad to the fifth platoon, which had made him the weakest member, gradually swelled up in Himeko's tone, well, only to the level of a normal person.

"I am Lin Yu's only friend."

"Lin Yu's past happiness was all a lie, but the happiness of being with you is real. You, Lin Yu's only close friend, Hua, can you complete this simple task?"

Hua: "I don't know..."

himeko: "I see. That's troublesome. If even you, as Lin Yu's only friend, can't protect him like a hero, then I'm helpless. Send someone else. Quite a few other candidates want to use this mission to build a good relationship with Lin Yu, become his girlfriend, marry him, and then get a promotion and a raise from me. I thought this behavior was inappropriate before, so you were the first person I thought of, but now..."

Hua: "I don't know if I can do it well, but I will try my best."