Honkai Impact: I’ve already said this isn’t a life simulator!

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　　It seems to be the sound of turning pages of a book.

　　It was clearly a very light sound, but it felt particularly loud in my perception, as if it came from inside my head.

　　What followed was a severe headache and an extremely strong urge to vomit that forced me to wake up, and I instinctively lay down and retched.

　　"Ahem...what is this..."

　　When his condition improved a little, the boy wiped his mouth, looked around dazedly, and then sat down in the corner weakly, muttering to himself.

　　"I remember I just finished staying at home and was about to go out to do volunteer work... Why are I'm here? Kidnapping?"

　　While recalling his previous memories, he whispered to himself, as if he was confirming the situation with himself, or maybe it was just a simple habit.

　　"And... my body... a child? I've never heard of any famous detectives in the Far East. There won't be any news about a high-rise explosion out of nowhere..."

　　After taking a quick look at his suddenly small body and pressing his throat, the boy said helplessly...

　　"Oh, by the way, I seem to have forgotten to introduce myself. My name is Xiwang."

　　"I understand, I understand. This name sounds very lame, especially the pun. I will be fined for this!"

　　"In fact, this name is quite particular. The two characters are taken from two gods, [Xihe] and [Wangshu] respectively. The meaning is that it can exist like the sun and the moon, regardless of day or night, and can show its brilliance at any time, and can illuminate and guide others at any time, becoming the light and hope of others... Forget it, I can't make it up anymore."

　　"Well... although according to my parents' explanation, I always feel that this name has some superstitious (or is it a joke?) elements in it, but after all, it carries the good meaning and expectations of the elders, so I don't really dislike this name, and I don't want to change it... and changing the name is not a good idea. If I really change it, wouldn't it be giving up [hope] in a sense?

a lot of information, but the content of the light screen and the overall layout style make Xiwang feel very familiar."

Xiwang initially thought it was some kind of fluorescent billboard across the street, but after looking carefully, he found that the font was floating at the intersection.

　Coupled with the information displayed on the light screen floating beside him... Xiwang's expression became a little strange.

　　"Could it be that I have traveled through time?"

　He stretched out his hand and tried repeatedly around the light screen, finally confirming that this thing was indeed in a semi-illusive state.

　"Well, it looks like I have indeed traveled through time..."

　Xi Wang sighed, summed up his situation, and accepted this reality for the time being.

Although he really likes the other world, Xiwang is still very satisfied with his life. He can live well by collecting some rent every month. The rest of the time, besides staying at home, he hangs out with friends, does volunteer work, exercises occasionally, and travels when he has time...

　Apart from the fact that my parents have left me, I have little relationship with other relatives, even I never had a girlfriend, I don't seem to have any regrets.

Xiwang knew very well that such an "ordinary" life was the life that most people yearned for. But this was also the greatest expectation of his parents before they left - a stable life, good health, friendliness, a few close friends, the ability to do what he liked, and live his life without major illness or disaster.

　Not to mention that as the only son in the family, he had a relatively happy childhood and student years, which is simply the life that most people dream of.

　So although he liked that magnificent and fantastical other world, he did not yearn for it... although he had dreamed about it.

"So am I missing or dead?"

　Subconsciously scratching his head again, Xi Wang's thoughts jumped a little as he recalled those issues that are more or less mentioned in "time travel works".

　"If I am missing, I'm afraid it'll be hard to deal with...if I am dead...uh...can they find my body? I don't seem to have any memory of dying..."

　"I just hope my [relatives] don't take advantage of this time to steal the property... There's no affection or contact, but they are very active in taking the property." I get angry when I think of those people.

　　"But my little cousin is still studying. She's about to graduate from college. It's not easy for her to run away from home, so I'll leave her some money for tuition... I seem to remember asking a lawyer to help me deal with it... Well, the rental house can be sold to the tenant at a low price when the time comes. They've been renting it for many years, and their children are about to go to high school... As for the property, I'll donate some of it, some for my little cousin's tuition, and some for those kids. After all, they've been playing with each other since high school... Alas, we were talking about going on a car trip together during the holidays, but I'm afraid that's not going to happen now."

　　"And the uncles and grannies. I didn't get to see them today... ah, I broke the promise. I hope they won't blame me..."

　　"I promised the little one that I would go visit them... Although I haven't bought any snacks yet, I don't think I'll need to do that now. I just hope they don't make trouble... If they get scolded by the nanny, they'll blame me..."

　　While mumbling to himself, he carefully recalled his past and found that he had unexpectedly arranged everything. Except for the things he had promised that he could not do due to the force majeure of time travel, everything else was done.

　　Although this kind of thing of [preparing for one's sudden departure in advance] always feels a bit wrong, especially when it happens to someone as young as me...but it also shows that I have foresight!

　　"As expected of me!"

　　Xiwang was a little proud. (Although I didn't know what to be proud of.)

　　"So now..."

　　His gaze moved back to the light screen in front of him and stayed there for a while. Finally, he sighed and accepted the reality that he was forced to leave [Utopia].

　　"Let's sort out the current information a little bit."

Raise his hand and tap the air with his index finger. Although there is no corresponding touch, a light spot does appear on the light screen where the finger and pressed it.

'Soou can use this light screen as a touch screen computer.'

　　Ding downward to stretch the light screen, and an area marked "Recordboard" will appear below.

　　"how convenient~"

　　After a brief trial and confirming that he could write and delete anything in this area, Xi Wang nodded with satisfaction and began to record the information he had received.

　　'Although I don't have to worry too much about my original world, I still have to wonder whether I am dead or missing there. Although I may not know the final result, what if? Maybe I can go back then? Right?'

　　'The place where I am now is most likely not the [future] or [ancient times], [modern times]... It doesn't look like it either. Judging from the text, it should be an [other world]... Although I don't know where I am, since there are modern-like buildings here, I can rule out the medieval ones. Maybe it's the [near future] one?'

　　'Anyway, knowing that the era is similar to the original [world] is quite convenient and can help avoid making jokes. The rest will have to wait and find out later.'

　　'When I woke up, I felt a strong sense of discomfort, and there was also the sound of [pages turning]. I don't know if it was something that triggered [transmigration]. I'll pay special attention to it when I get the chance.'

　　'As for the words floating at the intersection and the light screen I'm using now... let's just consider them as my [plug-in]. I don't know what the floating words are used for, but this [light screen]...'

　　"..."

　　Xi Wang paused, then pulled up the light screen, revealing two other areas. The top one was marked [Event Board], with a message on it that read [You Have Traveled Through World]. Clicking on the message would pop up a small box that detailed his previous actions to confirm the travel through time. Of course, these were all written in words that he had never seen before but could understand the meaning of.

　　Moreover, Xi Wang was certain that no text was displayed on it before he [confirmed that he had traveled through world].

　　"Only events be displayed? I wonder if there are any other functions..."

　　The middle position is marked as [entry], which contains two entries:

　　[Record](Gold): ???

　　Effect: After each [Ending], there is a chance that some [Experience/Traits/Achievements] will be extracted and converted into fixed [Entries].

　　[■■](Blue): Currently not visible.

　　It looks very useful, especially the entry effect of [Record] which reveals a lot of information, but the content of the light screen and the overall layout style make Xiwang feel very familiar.

　　"...Life simulator?"

　　Xiwang is very familiar with this typesetting and [entry] style, which is the style of text games like [Life Simulator]. It seems that this light screen is used to display this?

　　Plus the effect of the [Record] entry… is it the effect of [Keep this entry in the next simulation]? Is it really [Life Simulator]? But shouldn't this effect exist by default? Why is it listed separately? Or is it a version I haven't played? And the other blue entry is actually hidden, is there any special message?

　　As for why this [Simulator] did not provide me with the [Initial Points] stage...

it should have directly locked onto my current situation, so it skipped this stage.

Xi Wang speculated like this, and although he was 80% sure, he still wrote down a message with a question mark on the [Record Board]: [The initial points depend on one's own status?] After thinking about it for a while, he added the question: [What is the definition of the ending?] However, this question should be able to get a definite answer in the future, so there is no need to worry too much.

　　"And...it hasn't started yet."

　　Xi Wang frowned and shifted his gaze to the floating words "Welcome to a new "day"" on the side.

　　Did this thing replace the existence of the Beginning? And... one day? Just one day? Why the quotation marks?

　　Combined with the fact that the [Event Board] only showed things he had confirmed, he felt confused.

　　If it is just a one-day experience, there should be no need to put quotation marks, and in that case this [simulator] should not be called a [life simulator], but a [future day simulator]. Moreover, it is still unknown whether this is a [simulator], and it is also unknown whether it will return to this point in time...

"Everything is unknown... It's really hard. I really can't adapt to the new environment."

　　After thinking for a while, it seems that he has only sorted out his current situation. By the way, he concluded that he has something that seems to be a [simulator] and may be a plug-in. Other situations can only be known after further information is obtained.

　　"Well, no matter what, we have to live well in the new place~"

　　Patting his still childish face, Xiwang habitually cleared what was written on the [recording board] and encouraged himself in a cheerful tone.

　　"Since this is a city, um... there should be police or something like that, right? I should be able to find some help. After all, I'm still a child... A-choo!"

　　Xiwang tightened his slightly tattered coat to keep his small body warm.

　　"... a very pitiful child."

　　He muttered to himself as he walked towards the exit of the alley.

　　step, step——

　　Faint footsteps echoed with his steps, and his bare feet on the cold and dusty ground made him feel a little uncomfortable.

　　He walked step by step, out of the dark corner, towards the exit illuminated by light.

　　Step——

　　When he walked out of the alley, everything around him seemed to have changed, or maybe...something had changed in himself.

　　But anyway...

　　[Welcome to a new "day"]