It had been five minutes since he was run over by a truck and killed.
But now, the young man named Leo Ash discovered...
He wasn't dead after all?
The intense pain from being hit by the truck had now completely faded from his body.
If the memory wasn't so deeply etched in his mind, he would have thought he was just overly tired and having some bizarre hallucination.
[????????. Looking at this unfamiliar room, you've already considered a possibility. Death, a new environment—without a doubt, you've been transported to another world!]
What the hell?
After hearing the voice that popped up in his mind, Leo Ash felt he might truly be hallucinating.
And what's with this ??????, does this mean I've really transmigrated, and the world I've landed in is Dou...
[Transmigration, oh, what a cliché. But after calming down, a faint sense of excitement has begun to bubble up within you.]
Give me a break. Excitement?
Right now, all I want is to go home and drink my ice-cold Coke.
However, the voice in Leo Ash's mind paid no attention to his mental retort and continued on its own.
[Perhaps for someone with ordinary social connections, being transported to another world after death means being forever separated from family and friends. But you, you don't have to worry about such trivial details.]
[After all, you're an orphan with no parents and no close friends. In that respect, you've already taken the first step toward invincibility!]
Wow, I've had enough.
Even though it's true I have no parents or friends, anyone with a bit of emotional intelligence wouldn't say something so punchable right after meeting someone.
Standing up in annoyance, Leo Ash walked to the bathroom of this strange house and carefully examined his reflection in the mirror.
Then, looking at himself in the mirror, he froze for a moment.
Leo Ash's current face was only slightly different from his previous one, but these minor adjustments to his features elevated him from a merely handsome young man to someone several levels more attractive.
[Oh, look at this unparalleled beauty, enough to make any young woman fall for you. Looking at this face, you secretly vow that everything you couldn't get in your past life, you will reclaim with this face in this one.]
Hey, that makes it sound like I'm planning to be a freeloader who relies on his looks.
And who are you, anyway? Can you stop just talking in my head and come out to meet me?
The moment Leo Ash said this, he no longer heard the strange voice.
In its place, a line of English appeared in his vision.
[CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE NOT GUILTY]
Before Leo Ash could even process the meaning of this English sentence, it vanished from his sight.
Then, a line of text that gave Leo Ash a very bad feeling replaced the English sentence, appearing before his eyes.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the 'Randomly Cobbled-Together Narration System' v0.1 beta!]
[Detecting that the Host meets the binding requirements. Binding... Binding successful!]
Ah, a cheat system for a transmigrator.
While having a cheat is great, that name... why does it sound so unreliable?
Naturally, these words didn't stay in Leo Ash's vision for long.
After a few seconds, Leo Ash saw the system's specific interface.
Of course, calling it a specific interface was a stretch. It only had [Settings], [Host Profile], and a bunch of [To Be Unlocked] options.
He clicked on settings, and two options appeared: [Unbind System] and [Disable Narration].
But both options were grayed out—seriously, if you're not going to let me use them, why even show them???
After opening the host profile, Leo Ash felt that something was even more off.
[Host Profile]
[Name: Leo Ash]
[Nationality: Shenzhou]
[Age: 18]
[Birthday: September 23, 1996]
[Current Skill List]
[Basic Cooking — Under the guidance of an expert, you have mastered cooking skills far surpassing most of your peers.]
[Beginner Honkai Energy Resistance — After physical conditioning, you are guaranteed not to be instantly turned into a Honkai Zombie upon encountering a Honkai Eruption.]
[Intermediate Hand-to-Hand Combat Skills — After training, you have mastered a certain level of unarmed combat techniques.]
[Intermediate Weapon Proficiency — After training, you have mastered a certain level of weapon handling skills.]
[Intermediate Hacking Skills — Ordinary electronic defense systems are no longer a challenge for you.]
Following these skills was a list of others, but upon seeing one particular skill, Leo Ash already felt that something was very wrong.
[Liftoff! Liftoff! As a transmigrator, you've already mastered so many practical skills right from the start!]
[Among them is even one of the most important skills in this world.]
[What a marvelous beginning! Looking at these skills, you feel your life is about to reach its peak.]
Well said, but one of the most important skills in this world...
Honkai Energy??????????
What the hell?
The skill the narrator mentioned was, in Leo Ash's view, the same one he had noticed.
Honkai Energy Resistance. The skill itself was just an ordinary passive defense skill.
The problem was, its appearance on him meant—this is the Honkai universe?
The Honkai universe was a world extremely unfriendly to ordinary people.
In this world, there was a phenomenon called the Honkai, which was complicated to explain but basically boiled down to something hell-bent on wiping out humanity.
As for the nonsense about the Herrscher of Finality looking for friends, that was pure bullshit. How many ordinary people died while she was out 'looking for friends'? Does anyone even keep count?
If this were an ordinary world, Leo Ash might not be so panicked.
But if this really was the Honkai universe, then the moment a Honkai Eruption occurred near him, even if he didn't turn into a Honkai Zombie, he would be killed on the spot by the Honkai Beasts that appeared.
I'm screwed. I've really drawn the short straw.
[The short straw? No, you don't actually think that.]
[Here, you have budding beauties like Kiana, Mei, and Bronya, as well as mature, charming older women like Himeko and Cocolia.]
[There's even a 500-year-old sword-wielding immortal who loves her pillow, a 50,000-year-old flat-chested sage, a teenage blonde goose with a large bust, and a short, 40-something-year-old headmaster for you to choose from.]
[If you want to play for higher stakes, there's the Honkai god Prometheus, the Soulium-bodied Bishop, and the cyborg Miss Amber as excellent choices too.]
[You feel yourself getting fired up right now!]
No, no, no, you narrator just love to stir up trouble, don't you.
Setting aside everything else, is any single person on that list easy to deal with?
And what the hell is a 'short, 40-something-year-old headmaster'? If I made a move on Theresa, Otto would definitely make me wish I was dead.
And being able to make a move on Otto's Soulium body is even more ridiculous. I see you just don't want me to have a good life!
Calm down. The first thing to do is confirm my location...
[Nagazora City! The place where destiny begins! It's the perfect place for you to take your first step after transmigration!]
[Rejoice!]
Rejoice my ass!
Will you please just shut up for a bit (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!
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