What? My cheat code is making my own gold coins explode?

As a 13-year-old rookie MS pilot, his heart rate had been consistently high all day, and his hands gripping the control stick were already covered in sweat.

The standoff between the two sides lasted only a brief 6 seconds. The tank-class Honkai Beasts ultimately had to abide by the "slaughter of humans" steel seal they were born with, and they all rushed towards Einstein behind Exusiai.

"It's over!"

Zhao Si pushed the control stick with both hands, and Exusiai responded to his action, diving downwards at an extremely fast speed while spreading her arms and slashing towards the middle one after the other!

"Roar……"

The three tank-class Honkai Beasts that were advancing side by side were divided as follows: the one on the left was cut down by the beam sword, the one on the right was cut down by the physical sword, and the one in the middle enjoyed the blessing of being cut down by both the beam sword and the physical sword.

With the death of the last Honkai Beast on the battlefield, Einstein finally gained temporary safety. She looked up at the unknown blue and white mecha. After landing back on the ground, it remained still for three minutes before retracting its right-hand sword blade and beam sword hilt.

The fact that it took only 93 seconds from lowering the shield to defeating the nine Honkai Beasts clearly shows that this machine is primarily designed for close combat. As a result, it can only resort to throwing weapons when faced with situations that require ranged attacks, such as when it was targeted by three Knight-class Honkai Beasts.

On the other hand, Einstein's previous prediction was correct. If this machine were to face Alahato, the latter's size advantage would make it nothing more than a sitting duck, with no chance of turning the tide.

"Although not as good as the Alliance Leader, I should still have room to maneuver against the S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny without releasing my Divine Key."

"If this technology could be analyzed and applied to drone-based armored units..."

A glimmer of light appeared in Einstein's eyes:

"Then at least part of the alliance leader's vision can be realized."

Using unmanned machines to fight the Honkai instead of human labor is the main direction that Anti-Entropy Technology has been focusing on, in order to differentiate itself from Schicksal's abuse of Valkyries to fill in the gaps.

Einstein's thoughts were somewhat scattered, but when the body started moving again, her body tensed up.

If Einstein wasn't mistaken, the weapon mounted on the opponent's right arm was essentially a shield-gun-sword composite weapon. However, this machine had only used the sword for close combat during the previous annihilation battle, and the gun was purely for show.

Its absurd mobility is such that no other registered Honkai Beast can keep up with its speed, so even its shield can be used as a throwing weapon.

As for physical defense, only the Knight-level Honkai Beast pierced the thigh armor, and it was completely unaffected. The sample size is too small to evaluate.

After briefly summarizing the machine's performance over the past 93 seconds, Einstein saw the blue-white machine that had just displayed its might walk up to him. Just as he was about to speak, the machine stretched out its right hand, slowly pulled out the physical longsword in front of him, and hung it back on its thigh.

Over the next two minutes, Einstein watched as the blue-and-white machine retrieved the weapons it had just thrown out one by one: the shield was attached to its left arm, the beam saber hilt was shaken twice to clear the snow from inside before being inserted back into the base of its skirt, and the physical short sword was attached back to the other side of its thigh.

By the way, have these two physical swords swapped positions? Oh well, it's not a big deal.

Einstein was now able to ascertain another fact—the enemy had absolutely no logistical organization, which meant that cleaning up the battlefield and collecting equipment would take longer than the actual combat.

Thus, a new question arises:

How could such a technological marvel be born without the support of a large organization? Moreover, the energy used is completely different from the Honkai energy that is the mainstream energy source in this world.

There are many suspicious points, and as long as the other party stands there, I can't send out any information. I can only hope that the two A-level Valkyries of Destiny will arrive here, or that the Alliance Leader will return first.

Just then, when Einstein saw the fully equipped blue and white machine kneeling on one knee and extending its left palm towards him, his already uneasy heart continued to pound.

You can't go through all that trouble to save yourself, just because you crave the ritual of personally executing the eyewitness, can you?

Einstein instinctively took a half-step back with her left leg, preparing to escape again, when she heard that childish voice come from the machine again:

"Come sit in the cockpit, Dr. Einstein. Don't catch a cold after rolling around in the snow so many times."

The Exia's hatch is located in the center of the fuselage's abdomen. After the cockpit hatch opens, Zhao Si lowers the retractable internal ladder on the side of the outer hatch, extending an invitation to Einstein:

"My cockpit is quite large; it wouldn't be cramped even if another person sat in it."

Chapter 5: The World is a Game

Five minutes earlier, Zhao Si, who had just killed a Honkai Beast, sat in the cockpit in a daze.

He took off his gloves, wiped the sweat from his thighs, and earnestly called upon the system:

Will my performance just now grant me more chances to draw cards?

[Host, even if you were to use Exusiai to rampage through Honkai Beasts globally right now, you wouldn't gain any gacha pulls. The second Honkai Beast wave cannot end without killing the Herrscher, and even after clearing out lower-ranking Honkai Beasts, they will continue to multiply.]

"What you're saying is, everyone has to die, so there's no need to kill beasts to save people and boost your score?"

[It's clear that your ultimate goal, host, is to rack up a high score, but unfortunately, what's the difference between just farming jungle camps and being a liability? The most important thing is to gank and control the game, my friend.]

"Yeah, I got carried away and my head hadn't come to my senses yet."

Zhao Si could still hear the rapid beating of his own heart and began to think about how to proceed after the initial battle.

If you treat it as a game, then farming achievements—that is, changing the storyline to earn more gacha pulls—must have fixed thresholds and conditions under the system's arrangement.

"Let's first talk about the criteria for obtaining card draw chances."

[Haode, host.]

[The number of gacha pulls depends on how much your actions affect the subsequent variables of the original world. For example, suppose you defeat all the Honkai Beasts in the world single-handedly, but this will not have a significant impact on the progress of the second Honkai. As long as the Herrschers are eliminated, the Honkai will not cease.]

Regions with high Honkai energy concentrations are prone to giving rise to imaginary singularities and Herrschers. The appearance of each Herrscher will lead to an increase in Honkai energy concentration in some regions or even the entire Earth. This is a completely positively correlated cycle.

Zhao Si nodded. He pushed the control stick again, retrieving the Exia's weapon while using his consciousness to ask the system:

"In other words, if I get the first kill on the Second Herrscher, I can earn more gacha pulls?"

[This is not a gacha game, dear host. The death of the Second Herrscher is part of this world's past history. People in history only follow predetermined historical actions, and you, host, have essentially returned to the past.]

[What's important isn't the death of the Second Herrscher, but rather experiencing the impact of her death and whether you can change that impact; that's the key to earning more gacha pulls.]

"So, according to you, this world is a story whose timeline was predetermined?"

[Yes, yessyes yessyes, but your arrival, host, has changed everything—you are the future of time.]

[How about that? Don't you feel a sense of 'a very grand sense of personal heroic mission'?]

It sounded like a very sophisticated concept, but Zhao Si wasn't interested in getting caught up in it; all he wanted right now was more chances to draw cards.

"Let's put the riddle-solving theme aside and get down to business. Let's talk about how to manage the number of gacha pulls. I don't want my precious character to be all alone in the prize pool."

Since he was already there, he decided to make the best of it. If he couldn't change his life, he would just lie down and enjoy being violated by life. Zhao Si quickly adjusted his mindset and was eager to try his hand at it.

[Host, please don't rush. These fixed and unalterable historical facts can be called important time nodes, such as Cecilia's death, the annihilation of the Snow Wolf Squad, the survival of all members of the Anti-Entropy leadership, and the birth of the Stigmata Project. These nodes that affect the future direction of the original story are also opportunities for you to obtain gacha pulls.]

Okay, I get it now. To put it bluntly, it's about causing trouble. The bigger the trouble, the bigger the reward.

"So you're the one who issues the missions, and I'm just a reincarnator who gets reward points and side quest DCBAS every hour. Isn't there that classic scene where failing to complete the mission results in being wiped out?"

[I wouldn't dare, my dear host. While we can call each other idiots, we simply can't do something that violates the principles of the service industry.]

"But your prize pool is full of my toys. You're such a pure and innocent person."

[Oh, life is tough, don't rub it in. It's just that you reap what you sow; hard work always pays off.]

"...I should really hang you on a street lamp."

From the initial passionate verbal sparring to the current shameless and ruthless tactics, Zhao Si couldn't help but marvel at the extent of high intelligence.

Although I felt that the system was hiding something from me regarding the gacha system, I put that aside for now and focused on getting more gacha attempts.

Therefore, Zhao Si uttered a statement of astonishing wisdom:

"System, do you think if I stomp on Dr. Einstein below and kill him right now, I'll get at least ten kills in a row?"

[We have no objection, but we suggest the host take a look at the current prize pool overview.]

"...Okay, just pretend I was just joking. Sorry."

After glancing at the three special effects pools, Zhao Si immediately put away his scheming thoughts.

If he actually did this, Zhao Si felt that even if he drew a magic light stick or something, he would be rejected by the light.

"Well, I'd better be a good person. Being a good person is more suitable for an honest and law-abiding ordinary citizen like me."

[Heh, the host is quite arrogant.]

"Tsk, only an idiot would say such things."

Zhao Si sighed in the cockpit, ignoring the cryptic message from the system.

After reloading the Seven Swords weaponry, he pressed a switch, turned on the loudspeaker and cockpit door, and simultaneously lowered the retractable internal cable ladder on the side of the outer hatch, extending an invitation to the rather wary Einstein outside:

"Come sit in the cockpit, Dr. Einstein. Don't catch a cold after rolling around in the snow so many times."

"My cockpit is quite large; it wouldn't be cramped even if another person sat in it."

The cockpit seat is a standard adult size, but given that Zhao Si is only thirteen years old, it wouldn't be a problem to have a 54-year-old teenage female PhD sitting next to her.

Zhao Si put his gloves back on, touched the Tianren standard pistol next to his seat, felt relieved, and patiently waited for Einstein to step onto the cable car and board the cabin.

After a while, when Zhao Si saw Dr. Einstein enter the cockpit via the cable car, his eyes lit up.

Wherever Dr. Einstein was, he always exuded a scholarly air of languor and relaxation, an aura that could be immediately recognized upon first glance.

"Thank you for your help, young man," Einstein said first, in English.

Oh no, Zhao Si has been a corporate slave for three years and has long since lost his CET-4 certificate. He can only understand words like "thanks".

So Zhao Si nodded and said:

Can you speak Chinese?

Einstein slightly raised his right eyelid and complied:

"No problem, young man. Can you take me back to the Anti-Entropy camp?"

"By the way, we can talk about cooperation, specifically cooperation regarding the Second Honkai Impact."

Zhao Si nodded, then took off his helmet, revealing his youthful face as a sign of sincerity.

Where did the civilians found on the snowfield get their mechs from? Einstein was still puzzled, but he wouldn't ask about it, as it's best to avoid discussing such matters with casual acquaintances.

“I have no objection, Dr. Lisell Albert Einstein.”

Zhao Si extended his right hand to Einstein, who, understanding the implication, felt a slight pull as he grasped Zhao Si's hand, as if guiding him toward him.

At this moment, Zhao Si added, "Dr. Einstein, it's dangerous outside. I'll take you back to the Anti-Entropy camp. Please hold onto the right side of the chair and stand firmly."

Einstein nodded in agreement. The pilot was just a minor, and she subconsciously relaxed her guard a bit. Judging from his appearance, he didn't seem like a cunning person. Easily inviting a stranger into the cockpit at the core of the machine was a practice appropriate for his age.