Honkai Impact 3rd is not considered a small opening

"I'm here." Wow, everyone seems so sweet when they call me "big brother."

An Yu felt that she had absolutely no resistance to this kind of address.

Ming chuckled softly, as if he had already figured out many things: "Kill me."

"Otherwise, I will destroy your treasure sooner or later, although I'm not sure if I'll still be Ming by then."

An Yu fell silent again. Why couldn't this Herrscher, who still possessed some humanity, be as easy to manage as Alicia?

An Yu sighed, seemingly deciding to follow the other party's advice: "By the way, where is your Herrscher core located in your body?"

Ming blinked, his fingers sliding down from his lips to his chest, and finally gently tapping it.

"Big brother, remember to give me some face when you're taking out the core. Never mind, my corpse will probably be studied by others anyway, so what face am I going to give you?"

An Yu didn't reply, but watched as Ming seemed to have already started imagining what would happen after her death, her fingers probing into Ming's chest.

Ming: Huh?

Before she could even speak, the slight blush on her face, along with the color in her eyes, completely faded. The feeling of having her chest pierced open was not pleasant at all.

An Yu held the small piece of the core up to the rising sun on the horizon, where it refracted beautiful, diffused light.

“You seem genuinely afraid of something, and I can’t possibly joke about other people’s lives,” An Yu said helplessly.

"So, how about you stay here for a few days?"

“I will come to tell you a bedtime story every night at the same time.”

First, she'd assess the situation, then go back and ask Alicia for her experience. After making all the necessary preparations, An Yu decided to add one more person's name to her list of philanderers.

We already have enough little radish heads, so one more big radish head won't make a difference.

"Aren't you afraid I'll run away? With my regenerative abilities, you might not be able to get here in time for the next time I cause injury or death."

Ming raised her eyes. An Yu's current actions seemed quite reasonable to her. After all, An Yu wasn't stupid; how could she easily bring her home?

Honestly, she didn't want to die either. Although she was thinking of taking humanity down with her, she still had so many bedtime stories to listen to.

"I originally intended to break your leg, but your recovery seems to be quite fast."

Ming: ...

"Besides, breaking someone's leg is never a good thing, so I thought of an old game skin, Hellfire. Chains seem to be a very useful item."

Ming: ...

"But in reality, the chains going through the collarbone will only cause more pain."

Ming: ...

"So, in the end, I decided... to do nothing."

"You didn't actually believe what I said before, did you? With technology so advanced now, given the speed you unleashed after your power surge during the battle, I would have caught up with you long ago by the time you reached inhabited areas."

An Yu explained the other person's situation very directly: the no-man's-land is very remote, and often you have to drive for more than ten hours.

At An Yu's speed, he could fly over from the Moth of Fire in less than an hour.

At Ming's speed, it would take her half a day to run.

"Am I going to sleep here?" Ming looked around at the surroundings. Actually, it wasn't bad. There was a hill, and her current physical condition meant she wouldn't wake up from the cold in the middle of the night.

"No, that's not it. Wait here for me for an hour, and I'll go get you a tent and sleeping bag. I believe you're a good kid."

Min nodded. The situation was much better than she had expected. Besides, as long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood.

Hmph, Honkai? Honkai should be supporting me, since I'm preparing to corrupt the spirit of humanity's strongest savior, and as a prisoner no less.

In fact, it didn't even take an hour, because after An Yu made the request, all she had to do was go to the nearest human city, where the officials had already prepared all these things.

Ming was still standing there in a daze. The blood on his chest had dried, and his clothes were clean because they came with the body armor from the collapse. Only his exposed skin had dried bloodstains.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw An Yuzhen return.

The savior of mankind seems very easy to talk to, and is almost too kind.

Ming was internally complaining as he watched the boy tidy up his tent and bedding.

Yes, bedding, snacks and comic books, as well as essential food and various tools.

There are also special rain shelters in case of rain.

This made Ming feel like she was An Yu's kept mistress, with all her needs met, but she could only live in this remote place.

"Is this our love nest?" Ming asked directly.

An Yu: ...

One sentence silenced him. An Yu laid out the bedding and sleeping bag, and then, following the instructions in the short video, spent an extra half hour tidying up the waterproof tape.

"So, is this our love nest?"

"You really are a devoted guy, but can we change the subject? If my girlfriend hears this, she'll complain again."

Upon hearing this, Ming tilted his head slightly, a faint smile appearing on his lips, though it wasn't very sunny.

"It's alright, I'm very discreet. Big brother, you don't need to worry that I, as a mistress, will have any inappropriate thoughts."

An Yu: ...

"Among you young girls, is being a mistress a popular career path?"

"Moreover, if you can stop being all lovey-dovey and curb your destructive desires, that would be the best news for me."

"By the way, would you like some milk? I'll soak some biscuits in it."

"Then, I'll keep my promise and tell you a bedtime story that I also really enjoy listening to."

Chapter 287: A Two-Level Reversal?

Today is a very important day for An Yu.

He didn't go home late at night; he spent the night here with a female herald.

In the desolate wilderness, the sudden appearance of a simple little house was quite unusual. An Yu gently stroked Ming's hair, and only after confirming that the other's breathing was steady did she slowly walk out of the room.

He didn't know if what he did was right or wrong, but at least at this moment he had a clear conscience.

But he seemed to have misjudged the situation; Ming's steady breathing was probably just because he felt at ease.

"I thought you were asleep."

Ming shook his head, sat down next to An Yu, tucked his legs in, and looked up at the night sky like a boy.

Do you like looking at the stars, big brother?

An Yu was taken aback; it was the first time someone had spoken to him like that. However, Ming didn't look at him; he simply gazed quietly at the starry sky.

"I love it. I've longed for the sky and the stars since I was very young."

"I like it too. Before, when I was alone and had nothing to do, my stomach would rumble and there was nothing I could do. When I was alone at night, all I could do was look at the stars."

"Over time, I've come to love this activity. The night sky seems to encompass everything in the world. No matter what kind of person I am, the other person will never refuse me when I'm looking at the stars at night."

Ming knows nothing more. She has no pleasant memories of her past. Only when she sits under the night sky can she find relief from pain and return to numbness.

"The ever-increasing distance does indeed make people feel more at ease..."

"But you may not have any memories of looking at the night sky alone anymore. At least when it comes to stargazing, there's someone else who doesn't need to sleep."

"By the way, Ming, do you want to go to school?" An Yu used to hate going to school, but after reaching a certain age, she suddenly realized that school is really important.

Because An Yu himself doesn't have enough time to educate children. Moreover, there are just too many things he can't stand to see, so many that even he sometimes feels powerless to do anything about them.

Ming shook his head, not wanting to go to school because it meant being controlled and restricted again, and he would have much less free time.

She doesn't want to become outstanding; she's already content with having this sweetness in her life.

"Big brother, can you give me a reason to go to school?" But Ming didn't refuse directly; instead, he looked at An Yu with a smile.

"Because going to school allows you to understand more beautiful things. I forget where I saw this quote, but I think the meaning of going to school is to give yourself eyes to discover more beauty."

"Just as many people don't know, heavy elements cannot be formed on a planet like Earth."

"Human beings were born from the miracle of the universe within a billion light-years. The iron in our bodies comes from the explosion of a brilliant supernova, the zinc in our blood comes from the dust produced by the collision of two neutron stars, and the trace amounts of copper require witnessing the death of a white dwarf star."

"So it's normal for me to have longed for the starry sky since I was very young, because we are children of the stars and naturally yearn to see the end of the starry sky."

An Yu stretched out his hand toward the night sky, recalling those words. He felt they were beautiful when he first saw them. Although he had forgotten most of them over the years, he could still recite most of them if asked to repeat them.

It took him a moment to realize what was happening. He looked at the little guy beside him, and Ming smiled gently at him.

"I don't understand, but judging from the older brother's expression, it must be a very beautiful sentence."

You can't expect an orphan to know too much; she doesn't even know what elements are in the human body, or why there is iron and zinc in the human body.

"Actually, I don't really understand either. I didn't go to school for many years. After my family went through a change, I stayed at home alone and spent most of my time reading or playing games."

"But that's how textbooks are; they give you dry basics, but also give you the eyes to appreciate beauty."

At least, you don't need to be too good at reading comprehension, but you should have some level of it. Sometimes An Yu felt hopeless when she chatted with Alicia.

Because I don't know if Alicia's reading comprehension is genuinely low or just pretending, she often looks blank and doesn't understand anything, and then listens to An Yu repeat it again.

"Yes, big brother's eyes are very beautiful." Ming rested her chin on her hand, looking at An Yu with a relaxed and satisfied expression.

An Yu: ...

Ah, what a wonderful feeling!

Is this how people used to react when they listened to me speak?

Not knowing what to say, An Yu shook her head, hugged the little one, and snuggled up to him.

“Ming, you should have your own life and not depend on others for survival, even if that person saved your life. Besides, it seems I didn’t save your life either.”

"Take a nap. Many things change gradually. Fortunately, I am young and have enough time for you to notice this."

It was obvious that Ming didn't want to sleep, but when she snuggled up to her older brother, she realized that his wings were warm too.

After an unknown amount of time, An Yu suddenly gave a bitter laugh. He suddenly understood why Sister Mei was so anxious back then.

There are so many things I want to do, and so many things I can't stand, but my limited lifespan isn't enough to change anything.

An Yu is really glad that she is still young, and at the same time, she is glad that she worked hard in the past, and with the help of some special abilities, she has the power to change things.

I carefully took out my phone and dimmed the screen to its lowest setting, but then suddenly remembered that there was no cell phone signal in this deserted area.

But looking at the little one sleeping peacefully beside me, I had no other thoughts.

Is Ling really this cute when she's sleeping?

Thinking about it carefully, I realized that I was a really bad older brother, because I had never even seen Ling's sleeping face.

An Yu didn't sleep, he didn't sleep all night. He was thinking about what he would do if even Alicia couldn't find a solution.

Choose to believe?

Using other people's lives.

An Yu was troubled again, wondering why there was nothing in the world that could suppress the collapse.

But after hearing the faint moaning sounds beside her, she smiled again.

"Awake? Little one."

Ming stared blankly at An Yu for a long time before he came to his senses, a smile he couldn't hide on his face.

Good morning, big brother!

"Should we eat first, or catch up on what we didn't do last night?"

An Yu: ...

An Yu's smile faded again, and she vigorously rubbed Ming's little head.

"This little guy with a head full of nonsense isn't exactly popular."

Moreover, other little ones the same age as Ming... Oh, An Yu doesn't seem to know any children the same age as Ming.

Speaking of Ming's age, he looks about the same age as I was when I first came into this world.

"Will the older brother hate me?"

"It depends."

"Then I'll be a good girl and listen to you!"