Honkai, why do you only throw me into high-level battles?

"After half a century of peace, how would the young people know what war is?"

"War has become a glorious and romantic legend, a story in books and a painting in a museum, filled with brave cavalry in gorgeous uniforms, swift as the wind on the battlefield."

"They think that war is a generous and heroic adventure, a wonderful and exciting experience, so they cheer and clap as they board the trains to the front lines."

Clap!

The sound of a book being closed.

Lin Wei was startled and turned his head to the side, saying helplessly,

"Kun-ge, what are you doing? You scared me."

His roommate, He Kun, closed the book he had snatched and carelessly tossed it back onto the table. He plopped down on his bed, stretched comfortably, kicked off his shoes, and rested one foot on the ladder. His tone was casual and lazy.

"You're the one who should be asking what I'm doing. It's already the National Day holiday, and you're still here reading. Why aren't you packing your luggage? What if you miss your train later?"

As he spoke, He Kun glanced at him,

"Fei-ge already sent me a message saying that he was on the train. And you're still messing around here? Weren't we supposed to leave just me alone in the dorm for the holidays?"

Oh right, today was the National Day holiday. I had booked my train ticket to go home for this afternoon. Looking at the time, it was almost noon now. And I hadn't even prepared anything yet!

Lin Wei's heart grew anxious. He quickly turned and stood up. He couldn't be late.

But when he thought of Fei-ge that He Kun had just mentioned, he couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.

Although they had been roommates for several years and knew each other extremely well, he always felt like he couldn't keep a straight face whenever Fei-ge's name was mentioned.

Fei-ge's real name was Zhang Fei. Not only that, but his appearance also lived up to his name. He was big and burly, with a round face and head.

When combined with the other two brothers he had met at school who were respectively named "Huang Zhong" and "Ma Chao", Lin Wei couldn't help but feel like either he had broken down or the world had broken down.

The dissonance was too strong!

(PS. The author is not trying to be funny, the following is based on true events: The author's roommate in college was Zhang Fei. A good brother from another department had a roommate named Huang Zhong, and he also saw Ma Chao's name on the student union roster, but unfortunately they had never met. As for whether there would be any Liu Bei, Guan Yu, or Zhao Yun in other parts of the school, that was unclear. But according to the author's "pull rate," it really wasn't impossible.)

Let's get back to the main topic.

"Kun-ge, what about you? Are you really not leaving? You're going to be the only one left."

"I'm not leaving. It's free and comfortable in the dorms. What's so bad about it? When I'm hungry, I can go to the cafeteria to eat. When I'm tired, I can come back to the dorm to sleep. And the rest of the time I can play games and swoon over the new waifus that have been released. Isn't that great? If I went home, there'd be a bunch of things to deal with. It's too much trouble."

He Kun pulled out his phone and waved it with a look of impatience on his face.

"The Moon Goddess waifu's banner is about to open. There can't be any outsiders in the room when I'm welcoming a new wife~"

Your waifu, your waifu, they are all your waifus.

Dream on!

Lin Wei rolled his eyes. He felt that this guy was beyond help.

Wait, that's not right? When did Kun-ge start playing Honkai Impact 3rd?

An idea popped into Lin Wei's mind, and then it disappeared.

He then felt that the situation in front of him was just how it was supposed to be.

"Oh, a new version came out?"

Lin Wei curiously leaned over. It was a familiar bridge, and a familiar pink-haired girl.

"Go away, go away! Hurry up and get out of here. Don't suck up my luck!"

He Kun's face was full of vigilance.

"If my banner goes wrong, then I'm going to be eating you for the next week after the holidays, I'm telling you!"

"I haven't played it in a long time." Lin Wei was at a loss for words.

"That won't do either!" He Kun glared at him. "Scum who abandon their waifus are even more prohibited from coming near me!"

Go die, you fat otaku!

Lin Wei coughed up a mouthful of old blood.

Could this idiot not be a little bit more serious like him?

Lin Wei rolled his eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He went to pack his luggage for his trip home.

It was just a few days at home, he didn't need to prepare too much. An ID card, student card, phone charger, and a few changes of clothes would be enough.

He didn't need to buy any special souvenirs for going home.

Lin Wei pulled his backpack out from under his bed. He unzipped it and took out all the things inside. Then, carrying the light backpack, he walked to the storage cabinet, took out his key, opened it, and was stunned when he saw the contents.

Inside was not bedding, nor was it clothes. Instead, it was packed full of figurines, merchandise, and commemorative cards. There was nothing else there.

How did I get all of this?

"Wow, my great Wei-ge, you're finally willing to bring out all of your treasured possessions for your brother to admire?"

He Kun poked his head in, filled with amazement.

Shut up!

Lin Wei was a mess in the wind.

No, I didn't!

Lin Wei felt like his whole body was out of sorts. The people in the dorm all called each other "ge," and their seniority would increase by one level when they got food for each other, but he was an exception—because Lin Wei thought "Wei-ge" sounded bad, and after repeated protests, his roommates reluctantly changed his name to "Great Wei."

But when the names "Great Wei" and "Wei-ge" fused together so much, the nature of it completely changed!

You have to take responsibility for saying such things, you know?

Don't come crying to me if your banner goes wrong!

Lin Wei was too lazy to pay attention to him. He picked up the cardboard box that had somehow transformed from a backpack, without noticing or feeling that anything was abnormal, he just carefully picked up a delicate figurine and carefully placed it in the corner of the cardboard box.

Although he didn't know when he got these things, they were there, and they belonged to him.

Everything felt strange today...

Lin Wei felt a dreamlike haziness. The scene in front of him gradually began to sway, like water or smoke.

"If this is a dream…"

Lin Wei's consciousness wasn't clear. Right now, he only wanted to wake up. As for whether he would go to another layer of the dream after he woke up, or whether he would go to other places, he didn't have any concept of that.

His eyes looked around, trying to find a way out. Suddenly something caught his attention. He focused, and saw a figurine at the back of the cabinet. It was squeezed together with all kinds of merchandise and figurines, and didn't look any different from the others.

A small pink-haired girl was sitting on a cherry blossom branch. Her long fox ears were drooping slightly. Her eyes seemed to be looking at him, and in the floating smoke and mist, she seemed incredibly real and incredibly eye-catching.

It was Yae Sakura.

Lin Wei suddenly felt clear-headed. He felt like that was what he was looking for. He stretched his arm out towards the back of the cabinet and wanted to grab her.

"Ah! Elysia, my Elysia!"

A dissonant voice came. The smoke dissipated, and the mist disappeared. All of the dissonance instantly disappeared, and everything was so real.

Lin Wei plunged back into his dream.

He turned his head and saw that He Kun had grabbed a pink figurine from the cardboard box and was pressing it to his face, laughing stupidly.

"Your Elysia is dead."

Lin Wei expressionlessly snatched the poor figurine out of his hands. His tone was neither compassionate nor cold.

"This is my Elysia."

As he said that, he disgustedly wiped the figurine in his hands, afraid that he would accidentally get the drool that the man might have spit out when he was acting crazy.

"You're stingy!"

He Kun protested, but he didn't touch things after that. He just looked at the dazzling array of trinkets with wonder.

"Did you empty out Mihoyo's store? How do you have everything? Look at this, and this. They've been sold out for ages."

He Kun pointed here and there, as if he was accusing a rich man for his ruthlessness.

Lin Wei was unmoved. Wasn't it normal for him to have these things?

Wait, was it really normal?

Some strange feeling appeared in Lin Wei's heart again.

He continued to collect his things and then, it was as if he had seen something strange. He carefully placed the cardboard box on the ground, reached into the cabinet, and pulled out two small badges.

One of the badges had a dark blue engine pattern and a golden number "3" at the bottom, and had the white-bordered "1th" on top of it;

The other was a green badge with only a frustrated-looking Otto, bruised, bandaged, and with a gloomy expression on his face.

Weren't these game items? How did they appear in real life?

"Kun-ge, do you remember when you started playing this game?"

Lin Wei always felt like something wasn't right. He remembered that He Kun was a popular person. He preferred Three Kingdoms Killing over Honkai Impact 3rd. How did he not remember him playing this kind of anime game?

And Lin Wei faintly remembered that he was the only one in the dorm who had played Honkai Impact 3rd.

And even he had already quit.

After the final chapter, Lin Wei was no longer interested in the rest of the story. He had just seen some scattered pieces of information online, and just thought, "Oh, they released a female version of Su," "Oh, Seele became a Herrscher."

Wait a minute, wasn't the Honkai supposed to be over? Why was there a new Herrscher?

He curiously clicked on a comment, and had a look at it.

Oh, a Herrscher from the Sea of Quanta. What a strange new setting…

Tsk, whatever. The writers have the final say in all explanations.

Before he had transmigrated, he seemed to have seen a glimpse of the new Moon Goddess, which was the one that He Kun was planning to pull for. There was also the Great Griseo, who had only shown her face once.

Wait a minute, transmigrated?

Lin Wei felt like something flashed through his mind again, but he couldn't grasp it at all. He racked his brains but he couldn't remember.

"Tsk, you're an opening server player. What's there to show off? Are you showing off your old bones?"

He Kun curled his lip and felt that Lin Wei's expression was detestable. "I joined late. I started playing after the Firefly version. What's wrong with that?"

Lin Wei shook his head and said that it was nothing. The feeling of dissonance was always there, but he couldn't quite grasp it. He then lowered his head and continued to pack his things.

He recalled his gaming experiences.

He really could be considered a veteran player of Honkai Impact 3rd, but there was nothing special about it.

In 2016, he had seen an amazing video on his phone, in which a white-haired girl was jumping from a high altitude, piercing through the clouds like a shooting star under the twilight. So he downloaded the game for the first time, but he didn't have a good experience and he didn't understand the story at all.

Why were all the characters in these relationships from the start? What had happened? He didn't understand anything. His gaming experience was terrible, so he uninstalled the game for the first time.

Later, he heard that Honkai Impact 3rd had an open-world map, so he returned for the second time, and played through the Sakura Samsara and felt that it was pretty good. He even completed the Xuanyuan and Chi You chapters while the maps were being closed.

And then, he returned again during the God Kiana version. Because he was lucky and pulled the new S-rank Theresa with ease, his playtime was extended a lot. It wasn't until the War of Destiny version, that he completely quit the game because the difficulty of the levels was too high, and he couldn't beat the Herrscher of the Moon Fu Hua, who was the boss as the fusion armored Himeko, and the frustration of losing caused him to quit.

And then it was the monotonous life of reality, studies, exams, family conflicts, being bullied, disputes, resistance, graduation, and leaving etc.

He didn't really care about the games for a long time. He just saw some scattered pieces of information online. He found out about things like, animated episodes were being released; Himeko died; Honkai Impact 3rd was also called "Fu Hua 3," etc.

Until later, when Lin Wei had time to play the game again, it just happened to be when the Herrscher of Flamescion was born.

That sword, filled with boundless passion, cut through the haze that had long been looming in his heart.

From then on, he truly loved this story, and he had continued to participate until the final chapter.

He didn't want to be a part of the new stories after the final chapter. Their story was over, and he had his own story. So, he decided to say goodbye again.

But now…

Thinking about He Kun's words, it always felt a little too coincidental. Lin Wei pondered in his heart.

"Oh my, oh my, look, Griseo has grown up!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, someone is probably crying right now. I won't say who it is."

Lin Wei, whose thoughts had been interrupted again, looked strangely in the direction of the voice. He saw He Kun had returned to his bed and was shouting while holding a laptop.

Heh, he's making fun of Fu Hua again, is he?

Lin Wei chuckled, he knew of the "8>50000" meme, and he also knew about the Moon Goddess and Griseo growing up.

It was indeed very interesting. Lin Wei also smiled knowingly. Just as he was about to reply, a warning bell suddenly went off in his heart, and he felt a big "Danger" appear above his head, telling him that danger was coming.

What was going on?

Lin Wei was at a loss for words. But it seemed like this was a clue, so he decided to gamble. Maybe it would be a key to breaking the situation?

"What's there to cry about? In this era of inflation, having a flat chest is a rare resource. It's competitive. Others can't be jealous of that."

Huh, that was strange. He seemed to have heard a cold laugh?

But it also seemed like nothing had happened.

Was it just his imagination?

Lin Wei scratched his head and vaguely felt uneasy. He felt like someone was about to "Inch Punch: Open His Skull."

But nothing had happened.

"Tsk, as expected of great Wei-ge, you have excellent vision."

He Kun gave a perfunctory "mm-hmm." Seeing that the banner wasn't open yet, and he was feeling bored, he started looking for fan-made content online.

I told you not to call me that...

Lin Wei was helpless. Why hadn't he ever called him that before?

I really can't handle this!

And then, the dorm fell into an awkward silence. He Kun was online, and Lin Wei continued packing his "luggage."

"Tsk tsk tsk, there's really a lot of fan-made content out there."

He Kun's voice suddenly became strange. He turned his head to look at Lin Wei, who was confused, and asked,

"If you transmigrated into this story, would you also be thinking about saving this person, helping that person, and then living with a harem, enjoying the blessings of all?"

"Who wouldn't want the blessings of all?" Lin Wei felt proud of his honesty. He puffed out his chest, and then rolled his eyes at him, "It's okay to have a pipe dream, no one can stop you from that. But these kinds of harem fantasies should be out of the question. Those Valkyries are all capable of beating you in a single punch, with your weak little body."

Lin Wei looked He Kun up and down with disdain,

"With your current conditions, if you wanted to become a master of time management, you wouldn't even have the chance to whine when they beat you. You would just die on the spot."

"Hmph, what if I have a cheat?" He Kun was unconvinced.

"Then who are you, really? Are you yourself, or a slave to some 'cheat'?"

Lin Wei didn't know why He Kun was asking him this question, but since he seemed to be serious about it, he should answer seriously to show respect,

"If that was a real world, and these girls were no longer just two-dimensional characters on the screen, but were all real people with thoughts, souls, and their own selves,"

"Then there should at least be a mutual respect, right? What 'blessings of all'? What are you doing? Do you really think you're a main character? That the world has to revolve around you?"

He Kun laughed, a mysterious smile on his face. He slowly asked, "Have you really never thought about participating? Have you really never thought about reversing any endings? Saving any of those girls who are struggling in pain?"