Honkai Impact 3rd, what should an ordinary player do at the start?

know.

She understands.

Such behavior is clearly a sign of stress.

It's clear that she's been stared at and scolded too many times, which is why she can't help but freeze in place when faced with other people's gazes. She subconsciously prepares herself to be scolded.

Thinking about it carefully, the boy in the past also behaved this way. For example, in the incident with Yae Sakura, when he took the blame himself, he was trembling and shutting his mouth, preparing to receive his own scolding and reprimand... At least he completely believed that he would be scolded and reprimanded, and that he should and would inevitably be scolded and reprimanded.

how could be?

You are someone I wouldn't even dare touch; even the slightest pressure would break my heart, except for my lover.

In the end, you'll only have yourself to blame.

He resented himself and Sakura for doing wrong.

I will never blame you, I will never hurt you...

— Her fingers were trembling, and Raiden Mei felt nauseous all over, her face streaked with tears she couldn't hold back, mixed with the cold wind.

Na.

Lord of the City.

Why be afraid?

Why be afraid?

Anger, dissatisfaction, and inner turmoil arose simultaneously in my heart, forming their own chaotic vortexes that seemed to endlessly drag my spirit into a downward spiral.

……

"So that's the real reason I decided to compete."

Her velvety, gently drooping eyebrows concealed the color in her eyes. Mistyrin held the boy's hand tightly; it wasn't actually cold—it had been warmed by Kiana's embrace before. Their fingertips, already tinged with too much happiness and emotion, clung to each other in their embrace.

"If we can't tear down this layer of glass, if we can't dissolve the thorns that Jiang Cheng has grown out of fear and because of past hurts, then it will be absolutely impossible for us to be able to stick together most intimately at every moment."

"If 24 hours are divided among four people, each person will already receive a pitifully small amount, so I absolutely cannot accept that the amount will continue to decrease over 24 hours."

"Even if it's an infringement on my freedom, I must heal the pain in my beloved's heart, even if he himself may not want to."

The silver-haired girl, as radiant as a saint, smiled, her beauty more dazzling than any jewel.

"—Anyway, I have no morals."

"what……"

Jiang Cheng vaguely sensed an overwhelming amount of information, and his expression revealed bewilderment and blankness.

What is a competition?

Since it's a competition, what are the prizes?

However, there was no time to think, because the girl's voice was still going on—

"Of course, I can only speak for myself. At most, I can say that I won't lock you in the basement after I win."

Varied……

what?

There was no room for thought.

The sensation in Jiang Cheng's arms suddenly disappeared—Yae Sakura's power had somehow wrapped around Kiana's waist, suspending the silver-haired girl upside down ten meters in the air.

The shrine maiden traced the red marks on her collarbone with her fingertips, almost muttering to herself in confusion, "This color... is my body not enough to satisfy you?"

"Why do we need so many people? Three people...aren't three people enough? Even the most prosperous shrine wouldn't have this many shrine maidens, would it?"

……

……

—In the end, I couldn't resist.

The girl, who could barely accept a third person, completely broke down after meeting a fourth.

Because she hasn't experienced what Mei has gone through, or rather, she has already experienced something like this and already knows the problems in the boy's heart, she tends to be the one who accepts in her daily life, so much so that the girl is now the opposite of that lightning queen.

Raiden Mei's past memories were stirred up, causing her to be torn between anger and sadness, wanting to blame someone but unable to do so.

Yae Sakura, however, is different.

There are no memories of that time, nor any responsibilities to bear.

Now, she merely watches her lover, whom she is trying to reconcile with the chaos in the harem, as if he were her lover. When she is exhausted, he embraces and kisses a brand new girl passionately. After reluctantly accepting the third person, she is suddenly told that there is a fourth person.

The dark side of her heart even made the girl regret that she had held back. What would have happened if that knife had been used to strike Mistelin?

Perhaps we can also eliminate a competitor, thus maintaining the number of people at three.

"Um... Kiana, I suddenly remembered that Grey Serpent is still waiting for us to submit our report..."

"The fact that your heart rate increases and your feelings change when you lie is something that even a god hasn't changed."

Yae Sakura's voice drifted down, carrying with it the cherry blossom rain of five hundred years ago. A shimenawa appeared out of nowhere and entangled him.

Jiangcheng knew the style of this rope.

I also know some of the origins.

I learned about it from playing games before. It has important symbolic significance and historical background in the culture of the Far East. It is not only a link between the divine realm and the mortal world, but also has the function of protecting the sacred area and driving away evil spirits. The reason can be traced back to the myth of Ama-no-Iwato. At that time, in order to prevent Amaterasu Omikami, who was hiding in the rock house, from returning, people quickly hung shimenawa (a type of rope) at the door when Omikami came out of the rock house. This is called "shiri-kume-wato".

This item is indeed related to shrine maidens and religion. Originally, it was a decoration in front of a shrine, symbolizing the separation between the divine realm and the outside world. It is woven from dried rice stalks and adorned with paper strips, symbolizing that the gods will protect the family and bless them with divine protection in the new year.

But when did Yae Sakura become so adept at using this? Could it be that this is the power of the Herrscher?

I've never seen this thing before.

"It's rope bondage," a faint fragrance wafted from beside my ear, "I've already tried so hard to satisfy your hobby."

"No matter what posture or method it is, I can learn it, and I'm learning it seriously... Is it because my waist isn't slim enough?"

Yae Sakura gestured with her fingertips to Kiana's unscientific waist, which was almost malnourished and would require at least two ribs to be removed.

"If that's the case, then even I could..."

"--Don't!"

These words prompted Jiang Cheng to hop on his still relatively free left foot to stand in front of the girl, forcibly blocking her view.

"Never engage in self-harm like that!"

Those lake-blue pupils clearly reflected the boy's helplessness—his hands were clasped together in front of his chest, forming a large character. His cherry-colored pupils were so panicked that they seemed to be dancing wildly in a gale, and his voice suddenly went awry, even becoming hoarse from shouting too loudly.

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Chapter 159 A Battleground for Five People

"Then why?"

"I'll do anything."

There was absolutely nothing Jiang Cheng could say at this moment, absolutely no explanation he could give to the girl who was almost hysterical—at this moment, Jiang Cheng could only remain silent and fulfill the duty of someone who could be taken on even by a broken, withered tree stump on the roadside—listening.

Can't do it.

Can't do it.

All words are too pale.

Those words are so offensive and disgusting that even I can't stand them.

For Yae Sakura, who only seeks stability, security, and to be loved, this act of having two new lovers by her side without a word is probably the greatest betrayal.

This is especially true if the girl herself doesn't crave more, and can even accept that all her love is for Lei Dian Yi, and only needs to treat him as a toy she needs to vent her frustrations on.

At least she'll be the first person people think of, instead of someone who doesn't even have the weight of a toy and doesn't even have the status of a shrine maiden.

Perhaps from the beginning, I could have been able to accept being rejected without complaining.

Perhaps I once longed to be loved.

But having already experienced love...

—It's impossible.

Birds that have soared in the sky can never accept living in a narrow cage. Once they have seen the light, they can no longer endure the endless darkness. Once they have experienced warmth, even the cold that is always by their side becomes unbearable and unbearable, and they want to escape.

The color in those eyes was different from before; it belonged to a free bird, its wings already spread, soaring through the sky, rather than a free-range chicken imprisoned in a cage.

—She has already seen the sky.

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The rice stalks from the shimenawa rope pricked his ankles, making them itch. The boy stared at the waistline that was faintly visible beneath the Yae Sakura robe—a perfect curve that he had measured countless times with his fingertips.

There's no need to feel anything, and there's no need to become thinner in this almost self-harming way. Just being healthy and natural is good enough.

"Sakura, let me explain, Kiana just..." Jiang Cheng swallowed the rest of his lie, because the shrine maiden's fingertips were pressed against the hollow of her collarbone where she had once kissed her.

"Just what?" She tilted her head at the exact same angle as on their first night, but the cherry blossom color at the ends of her hair appeared darker. "Just that you are more attractive to me, God?"

Every sentence is written in honorific language...

This is the first time.

But the emotion behind that seemingly respectful pronunciation was clearly irony, self-deprecation.

"That's how I feel."

"There's really no need to push so hard."

Mistelin's fingertips suddenly appeared between the two of them, her silvery-white hair piercing through like moonlight. This seemingly gentle action silently created distance between them, and the rope binding her ankles broke and fell to the ground before the boy even realized it.

"I just want to know the answer..." Yae Sakura's spirit sword silently drew three inches from its sheath, and the strands of hair she cut off condensed into moonlight in the night. "In what aspect am I lacking?"

"In what aspect is Miss Mei lacking?"

Mistelin's fingertips brushed against the blade, guiding the sharp tip to the other side—

His gaze and the blade turned simultaneously.

The girl with long purple hair was still standing there, frozen in place.

yes……

The one who should really be blamed is the original legal wife.

Yae Sakura was speechless—as the mistress who was essentially no different, and also a newcomer.

"It's best if we don't involve Jiang Cheng in our conflict." Mistelin then raised her hand again, cutting the ropes binding Kiana, and slowly pressed the gleaming blade back into its sheath.

“We are all drawn to him, so the only ones who should fight are us. If we want to change things... we must first prove ourselves to be the victors.”

……

Kiana screamed and tumbled through the air, showcasing her athletic talent to the fullest before finally managing to turn around mid-air and regain her footing. She managed to avoid falling on the ground, which wouldn't cause any injury and was even less of a concern for someone capable of jumping rope from the stratosphere without a parachute.

As soon as I looked up, I saw two girls facing each other, standing intimately together, yet their intense gazes suggesting a silent struggle.

Those seemingly aloof, silvery-purple eyes met those sharp yet soft, deep blue pupils.

The latter half-drawn his knife, but the former pressed it down, preventing the blade from pointing outwards and even failing to reflect a trace of its chilling light.

Although the atmosphere was tense, you could feel that they were both restraining themselves, and even the changes in their eyes seemed to carry a thousand layers in an instant.

This……

Is this what high-level gameplay looks like?

Kiana always felt that if she were to intervene, she would be cut into pieces in an instant by the force of the aura.

What she should have done was to get to Jiang Cheng's side immediately, but she was blocked and couldn't even take a step.

He could only watch the two girls continue their battle, their breaths barely audible, until finally one of them chose to give in.

"I did act impulsively..."

Yae Sakura smoothly sheathed her spirit sword once more, bowed her head, and lowered her brows to express her apology.

"This is normal."

Mistelin released her grip, took a few steps back, placed her hands behind her back, and tilted her head like a young girl.