“Wait, wait. Let me straighten this out.”
Xia Ling clutched her head, disbelief written all over her face.
“First, my body outside is already dead.”
“And if I revive directly right now, I’ll revive in exactly the same place, immediately die again because the Honkai concentration is too high, and we’ll be right back where we started.”
“If I go outside as nothing but a soul, I have five minutes to find something to possess. Otherwise my soul disperses completely, to the point that even you can’t save me.”
[Um… yes.]
[I’m sorry, Host, but this really isn’t my fault… It was the teleportation system that malfunctioned…]
The System’s voice shrank timidly.
“Do I get compensation?”
[Yes… but because the System wasn’t fully installed, I can’t receive the compensation mail.]
“Starter package?”
[Also yes… but that’s distributed through mail too.]
Xia Ling could feel her blood pressure rising.
“Can the System finish installing?”
[Yes, but because we forced the previous installation, I would need to completely uninstall everything and reinstall it from scratch. That operation takes at least one full day, and during that period, Host cannot remain inside System Space…]
Xia Ling smiled with serene acceptance.
“Wonderful.”
“So I’ve literally bugged myself into a death loop.”
[Um… possibly… yes…]
The System’s voice grew quieter and quieter.
Xia Ling suspected that if she raised her voice even slightly, she might unlock the achievement—
Make Your System Cry.
“Forget it.”
“What’s done is done. Blaming you won’t fix anything.”
Xia Ling sighed.
“So what do you recommend?”
[Mm… because Host’s original body is extremely weak, I actually wouldn’t recommend using it for real-world operations anyway.]
[Even if you insist on using it, you’d need to enhance it first.]
[Oh, right. I forgot to ask—Host, are you opposed to switching bodies?]
“No.”
“I’m not some biological-originalist purist.”
“Frankly, if I can win the resurrection bracket at all, I’ll already be thanking every god in existence.”
Xia Ling picked up a stick and poked at the campfire.
[That makes things easier.]
The System sounded relieved.
[If Host doesn’t mind switching bodies, then there are still some options.]
[Although… they may be a little difficult.]
“Define ‘a little.'”
“A little, or a little™?”
[Uuu… a little™.]
Xia Ling inhaled deeply.
“Fine.”
“Tell me. I’ll do my best to remain emotionally stable.”
[Basically… Host needs to use your current body, by yourself, and clear a certain number of stages in the Sami Integrated Strategies Trial…]
[The System distributes rewards by floor. At minimum, Host must clear the first floor before receiving anything.]
[But if you want another body—in other words, an Operator Recruitment reward—you need to clear at least the third floor.]
“Sorry.”
“I couldn’t hold it in.”
Xia Ling laughed from sheer disbelief.
“You want me to solo Integrated Strategies?”
“Seriously?”
[Don’t worry, Host.]
[You’d win.]
[And even if you can’t, we can slowly save Originium Ingots to enhance your original body… although that would take a while.]
“I think you should first explain exactly what this System does.”
Xia Ling stared thoughtfully at the snowy wilderness around them.
“More importantly, why am I in Honkai Impact 3rd but running Arknights roguelike?”
“Couldn’t you at least give me Elysian Realm? Then there’d be some thematic connection.”
[Mainly because Host wouldn’t survive an Elysian Realm roguelike either…]
The System sensed Xia Ling’s stare before it could finish and immediately corrected itself.
[Ahem. Let me explain the System first.]
[The reason everything is themed around Integrated Strategies is that the System’s enhancement modules are selected according to your previous game time.]
[We once gave a Warcraft System to a Host who had never played Warcraft before, resulting in what could professionally be described as an absolutely catastrophic chain of deaths.]
[So afterward, all enhancement modules became individually customized.]
[According to my observations, Host spent the most time playing Integrated Strategies before transmigrating. Therefore, your enhancement System took this form.]
[If you’d spent more time in Simulated Universe or Elysian Realm, you might have received a different template.]
“It’s over.”
“The Integrated Strategies addict apocalypse is real.”
Xia Ling felt the boomerang of her own addiction slam squarely into her face.
“Any good news?”
[Yes! The System preserved your progression.]
[Your Cognitive Shaping, Collection, difficulty levels, Squads, and other unlocks are all retained.]
“So what you’re telling me is I can immediately start Difficulty 15 and speedrun my own funeral.”
Xia Ling’s face went blank.
Then she froze.
“Wait.”
“You said my unlocked Squads are preserved?”
[Yep.]
[And not just for Sami. If Host later unlocks the Mizuki theme or Phantom theme, your progression from those themes will also be preserved.]
“Haa…”
A smile slowly appeared on Xia Ling’s face.
“One last question.”
“If I don’t like my opening, can I restart?”
[Of course.]
[The System only limits you to one completed Trial and reward settlement per week.]
[If you abandon the run before clearing and don’t claim any rewards, you can retry as many times as you want.]
“That is wonderful.”
“I have never witnessed such a beautiful starting hand.”
Xia Ling sprang to her feet with a kip-up.
“Thank God it’s Sami.”
“If this had been Mizuki, I’d probably genuinely end up feeding myself to the fish.”
“Let’s start immediately.”
“Who knows how many resets it’ll take to get the opening I want?”
[S-She regained her confidence that quickly…?]
[As expected of the Host I spent two and a half years choosing…]
“Stop referencing Chicken Bro.”
“Come on. Explain what I do next.”
“If I’m not mistaken, we’re currently at the expedition camp on the Sami snowfields, right?”
Xia Ling had already circled the camp twice.
Within the snowy camp, the only thing she seemed able to physically interact with was the campfire.
Both tent flaps remained tightly shut and could not be opened.
[The basic flow is almost identical to normal Integrated Strategies.]
As the System spoke, a transparent screen appeared before Xia Ling.
[Please select difficulty.]
“Braving Nature -1.”
[Braving Nature -1 selected. Enemy difficulty +0. Cipher modifier chance: 0%. Standard environment.]
[Cultural Comparison bonus level: 43.]
“Begin exploration.”
“Select People-Oriented Squad.”
[People-Oriented Squad: Begin with three random Cipher Plates. Foresight will always reveal Cipher Plates.]
[Eh? Host wants to gamble on an opening Cipher combination?]
“Exactly.”
“If I’m lucky, I can clear the entire first floor after only one combat operation.”
“And if I get Silence, I can let the Defender clear one fight for me.”
“If I get Surprise, Question, Love, or anything similar, that’s even better. I could clear the first floor without fighting at all.”
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