Baiming transmigrated, but not completely.
His soul was successfully brought over.
However, his body was destroyed along the way.
"Ugh, what the heck... Isn't this totally screwed? I feel like I'm going to die."
Baiming couldn't feel his body, nor could he see or hear.
He had no idea where he had been taken or what his current state was.
He just felt like he was about to die.
But soon, in a very classic manner,
Ding—
A sound rang out.
As a light screen appeared before his eyes, the sensation of slowly dying was abruptly restrained.
[Character Impersonation System]
[Name: Baiming]
[Lifespan: 03:26 (Paused)]
[Available Transformation Characters: None]
[Available Draw Count: 1]
"Hmm, so it's one of those silent system types."
Baiming looked at the simple panel, and the detailed information about the system was displayed before him.
He couldn't withstand the world-crossing, which led to the annihilation of his physical body.
If he hadn't had the system, his remaining soul would have been toast.
Furthermore, as the frail soul of an ordinary person,
He couldn't use an incompatible body for long, and living as a soul would quickly lead to dissipation.
However, Baiming could rely on impersonating some well-known characters and stirring up some major events in this world.
By relying on the attention and fame generated by his antics, he could collect Emotional Energy to extend his life.
If the actual person being impersonated reacted, the gains would significantly increase.
As for whether there would be a day in the future when he could break free from the lifespan limit.
The system didn't say, and Baiming couldn't figure it out.
But seeing his life reduced to just three and a half minutes,
Baiming had no choice but to trust the system.
"Forget it, I'll draw first!"
Looking at the 'Available Draw Count' at the bottom,
Baiming chose to draw a card first.
[The system detects the host's first draw. Matching the most suitable character card automatically according to the environment...]
Words that resembled a beginner's welfare flashed before his eyes.
And then, very quickly.
The familiar Star Rail warp-draw screen appeared before him.
As the purple light lit up,
The train's door opened.
A beautiful, witch-like woman with a pointed hat appeared before Baiming.
"Great Herta?"
But soon.
Without giving Baiming time to react, the Great Herta card burst into a suction force.
Baiming's consciousness was swiftly drawn into it.
Very quickly, Baiming felt as if he had gained control of an unfamiliar body.
Not only that.
Baiming even felt that he had inherited Madam Herta's intelligence, as if he had acquired an external supercomputer.
However, Baiming could feel that this was 'Herta's' intelligence and did not belong to him.
It was only because Baiming was controlling Herta that he could borrow her intelligence.
It was like controlling a character in a video game; Baiming could unleash skills, but he couldn't possibly understand exactly how those skills were released.
It was at this moment that
Baiming finally understood what an incompatible body meant.
Although the thought originated from him, the body responded and even produced a result.
Yet, Baiming couldn't comprehend how it was achieved or how many thoughts flashed through this brain during the process.
But none of that mattered.
Baiming never hoped he could just rely on theft to become a true genius instantly.
Compared to all that,
Baiming needed to confirm his current surroundings more urgently.
So, he controlled Great Herta's eyes to slowly open.
The beautiful eyes finally allowed Baiming to see everything clearly.
What lay before him was a huge floor-to-ceiling window.
And outside that window was an extremely massive combined spacecraft.
If Baiming's memory served him correctly, the giant facility being carried by those spacecrafts
was practically identical to the Herta Space Station from the Star Rail game.
And from the broadcast in this building, he learned that
Today seemed to be the day the Herta Space Station was ascending into orbit.
Realizing this, Baiming was suddenly alarmed.
If the Herta Space Station is ascending today, wouldn't the real Herta also be here watching?!
Wouldn't he be caught red-handed by the original the moment he landed?
Although performing in front of the actual person yields higher gains, isn't starring in a scene opposite the original right from the start a bit too difficult?
No, wait.
Given Herta's personality.
A project like the Herta Space Station, which takes years to complete,
would probably only garner her personal attention at most when the project begins.
As for a minor detail like the ascent,
Baiming felt Herta would consider it a sign of importance if she even sent a single puppet.
She might not even have arranged for a puppet.
She would just wait until it ascended before sending over the collected Curios in batches for containment.
"Ah, yes."
It should be exactly like that.
Baiming let out a slight exhale of relief,
and glanced at his panel:
[Character Impersonation System]
[Name: Baiming (Great Herta)]
[Lifespan: 03:26 (Paused) + 30 Days (Character Impersonation)]
[Available Transformation Characters: Great Herta]
[Available Draw Count: 0 (0%)]
His original lifespan hadn't moved, but a new 30-day countdown had been added.
Moreover, it was clearly separated from the three-and-a-half-minute countdown, indicating that the meaning represented by these two times was different.
It seemed that the problem of the soul and body being incompatible, as mentioned by the system, was manifested here.
The three and a half minutes represented the time until Baiming's soul dissipated and he died completely.
And this one month was the time that the Great Herta body could preserve Baiming's soul.
After a month, his soul would start dissipating again.
He just didn't know if, after a month, should he be able to swap to a new body, whether this current Great Herta character card would need to be re-drawn, or if he could use it again after a cooldown.
The current panel hasn't provided the information yet, so he'll just have to wait and see when the time comes.
Next is the draw count.
After resetting to zero, a percentage progress bar was added to this column.
It's currently at 0%, but he doesn't know exactly how it will increase.
However,
Based on the system's introduction,
at least the lifespan increase can be achieved by stirring up trouble.
So, he'll temporarily set aside the thought of obtaining a second character card.
He should first try to increase his lifespan.
Having quickly finished these thoughts,
Baiming, now in Great Herta's body, raised his head.
Compared to getting a new draw count, he should first cause some trouble to get his lifespan increased.
He looked around his location.
Baiming finally locked onto the Herta Space Station.
Speaking of causing trouble,
what could generate more buzz than the actual Madam Herta appearing at the launch ceremony
and personally sending the Space Station into orbit?
But this goes against Madam Herta's personality.
Because why would the real Herta attend this boring ceremony?
So, he can't just go out and cause trouble like that.
He must do something more arbitrary and impulsive to make his impersonation of Great Herta more in line with Herta's actual personality.
"Hmm... I definitely can't go on stage for the ceremony, but I still need everyone to know that Madam Herta personally graced the Space Station launch ritual."
Baiming briefly considered it.
First, letting people know that Madam Herta is on site isn't difficult.
After all, her fame is established.
But if she just came to look around, it probably wouldn't cause much of a stir.
So, he has to pull some stunts with the Space Station itself.
He needs to cause some trouble,
something that makes Madam Herta's personal attendance make sense.
Hmm...
However, after causing trouble, the real Herta would probably rush over immediately to capture the imposter.
So, first things first, he should write a segment of a firewall,
to block the actual Herta outside the Herta Space Station, preventing her from directly air-dropping onto it.
Heh heh~