After hanging up the phone, Li Bei immediately rushed to his computer and searched for Honkai Impact 3rd.
The main characters were still Kiana, Mei, and Bronya, and the plot seemed fine at first glance.
But as Li Bei patiently read on, he noticed many places where there seemed to be some significant changes.
The Schicksal headquarters, which should have been completely under Otto's control, was now still co-run by the Apocalypse, Kaslana, and Schariac families. Although Otto was still the Schicksal Archbishop, he wasn't able to have complete control like in the original story.
Because Schicksal now had Kallen Kaslana and Eleanor Schariac, two S-rank Valkyries who had also survived from 500 years ago!
Although they were nominally under Otto's leadership, they had a considerable amount of autonomy.
The original plot only had Otto acting crazy, but now, all three of them were going crazy together, trying to revive the former Schicksal Saintess, Lihua Kaslana.
The human experiments at the Tower of Babylon still caused the Second Honkai Eruption, but due to the significant increase in Schicksal's combat power, the entire Honkai event was suppressed at a very low cost. The ones who paid the most were probably Anti-Entropy, who lost many Titans and whose leader was half-dead.
Schicksal was still carrying out the plan to clone Herrschers from the original timeline, but this time, it wasn't just Siegfried who defected, but also his wife, Cecilia. Unfortunately, although they had gained another S-rank Valkyrie, Schicksal had gained Kallen and Eleanor, two Valkyries who had lived for 500 years.
So, the final result was still that their escape airship was destroyed, Kiana Kaslana fell from a great height after being hit on the head by debris from the airship, Cecilia Schariac was defeated and imprisoned by Schicksal, and Siegfried barely escaped with the test subject, K423.
The plot after that was largely the same as the original, until the Third Honkai Eruption.
The Honkai outbreak created by Cocolia in Nagazora City didn't have time to spread widely. The Third Herrscher was defeated by a Valkyrie team led by Kallen before it fully awakened. In the end, the affected area of the Third Honkai Eruption was contained within a small region.
Kallen, who had defeated the Third Herrscher, didn't choose to bring Mei back to Schicksal headquarters. Instead, she handed her over to Theresa of the Far East branch, letting her enroll at St. Freya Academy.
The plot after that was the same as the original, all the way up to now, where Mei was beating the crap out of Kiana on the rooftop. It seemed that next, she was going to contact World Serpent and Kevin.
And the rest of the plot, for some reason, was missing.
Li Bei remembered that Gao Ming had told him a long time ago that Kiana had become something called the Herrscher of Flamescion, but the current Kiana was still getting her butt kicked.
Li Bei had great confidence in his memory, especially after the Physical Optimization, which made his memory almost photographic. Therefore, the only possibility was that the timeline had shifted forward…
But overall, although the plot was a little strange, it was still roughly on the same track as the original. It's just that compared to the original Schicksal, the current Schicksal seemed to be more righteous.
Except for their obsession with reviving Lihua, Schicksal was actually actively fighting against the Honkai.
Whether it was the Second Honkai Eruption, the Third Honkai Eruption, or the return of the Herrscher of the Void, Schicksal was well-prepared for the Honkai disasters all over the world. A Valkyrie team led by Eleanor quickly patrolled the world to eliminate threats. Therefore, the extent of the damage to the whole world was almost negligible compared to the original story.
Even though Schicksal seemed like a righteous organization, they had committed many inhumane acts because of the three leaders' obsession with reviving Lihua, so Lihua Kaslana was known on the internet as the origin of all evil in the Honkai universe.
If it wasn't for her, Otto and the others wouldn't have gone crazy, the Tower of Babylon human experiments wouldn't have happened, the Second Honkai Eruption wouldn't have existed, and all the subsequent tragedies wouldn't have started.
However, even though Lihua didn't appear in the main storyline of the game, she was the driving force behind the villains throughout the story. On top of that, the Saintess Chapter manga, which depicted the past of her, Otto, Kallen, and Eleanor, was of high quality. T
he ending where the beautiful girl and her family were burned to ashes was also very sad, so her popularity was actually quite good.
And since Lihua Kaslana was the only prominent character who was burned to death by the Judgement of Shamash, she was also known as the sole victim of the Judgement of Shamash's self-immolation…
"…"
Li Bei was speechless.
"I think I know where that 5 million energy came from…"
People who watched the game's plot and fell in love with the character Lihua, then felt a little sad when she died. Although it was just a paper doll dying, the mental fluctuation added up to ten or twenty points of energy.
Since Honkai had a large audience, that amount of energy was gathered from the vast number of people who watched the story, and it was all settled at once when Li Bei returned to this world.
"System, do you have anything to explain?"
"Uh, it is what it is…"
The system tried its best to argue: "Didn't you complain about not having cameras pointing at your face when you died? Well, now everyone could see you die! You can instantly get lots of energy, am I not thoughtful? Ha, haha..."
"…"
Under Li Bei's silent gaze, the system finally chickened out: "I didn't know this would happen either. Maybe it's because the Honkai world where your previous character was from was one of the worlds approaching Earth, so this world's information was affected, and the timeline shifted..."
"Oh well, it's not a loss to get 5 million experience points for free."
After the initial shock, Li Bei quickly adjusted his mentality.
Anyway, it would be a good thing, not a bad thing, to gain more energy when he died. There was nothing for him to complain about.
It's not like Otto and the others could come after him across worlds, right?
And even if they did come after him, he didn't look like Lihua anymore, so they wouldn't recognize him!
You're looking for Lihua, what does that have to do with me, Li Bei?
All things considered, it was completely safe.
"You keep saying that you're a top graduate from the Terminal System Academy, but now it seems that you're still a classic Hedgehog Cat(Ciweimao) slacker~"
Li Bei shook his head, then skillfully tried on Lihua's classic dress.
To be fair, the quality of this cosplay outfit wasn't as good as the one he made himself.