Yu Muyang carefully served food to the warriors lining up in the Flame-Chasers cafeteria.
After serving the last person, he put down the ladle and let out a long breath.
Not long ago, he had transmigrated into the world of Honkai Impact 3rd.
The System told him that if he could survive until the Current Era, he would clear the mission, get rich rewards, and return to the real world.
Right now, he was just a logistics worker for the Flame-Chasers.
Serving food had become his daily job.
“How am I supposed to live from the Previous Era all the way to the Current Era?”
Yu Muyang sighed.
He felt completely speechless.
At least in the Current Era there was Kiana.
If he kept a low profile, he could live until the Herrscher of Finality appeared and watch Kiana beat Kevin.
The Previous Era was pure hell.
Only a handful of people made it to the Current Era, and every one of them paid a huge price.
Since he was only logistics staff for now, he didn’t have to worry about dying in the early stages.
But if he really wanted to reach the Current Era, he had to become a MANTIS sooner or later.
The System had said that every time he survived a Herrscher’s appearance, he would get rewards.
He could only hope those rewards would be enough to help him survive until the Current Era.
Yu Muyang looked around the cafeteria.
None of the faces he knew had shown up yet.
Then a figure with bright pink hair caught his eye.
[So that’s Elysia… she’s really beautiful.]
Sitting nearby, Elysia suddenly heard such a direct compliment.
Her eyes curved into a smile as she looked up, wanting to see who was praising her so openly.
But when she looked around, no one was speaking.
“Was that just my imagination?”
Elysia felt confused.
[The 13th Herrscher, the Herrscher of Human… the one who truly loves all of humanity.
I never thought I would see Elysia with my own eyes—the Herrscher who sacrificed herself for hope.]
When she heard those words, Elysia’s pink eyes trembled.
Shock filled her expression.
Even she didn’t know she was a Herrscher.
How could this strange voice be so sure?
That single sentence carried too much information.
Elysia completely lost her appetite.
She quickly raised her head and looked around, trying to find the person who had spoken.
How did he know all of this?
[Strange… isn’t Elysia a big foodie?
Why did she suddenly look up like she’s searching for someone?]
The moment she heard that, Elysia locked onto the logistics worker who had served her food earlier.
When Yu Muyang noticed her looking at him, he froze for a second, then quickly lowered his head.
[Why is she looking at me all of a sudden?
Did she notice I was staring?]
Seeing him lower his head, and hearing the thoughts that matched, the corner of Elysia’s mouth lifted slightly.
Found you.
She was curious about how she could hear his thoughts, but she didn’t go over to ask.
From the way he acted, he clearly didn’t know she could hear him.
Still, she was very interested.
She had always felt different from others, but she had never once thought she might be a Herrscher.
Yet this man could see through her identity.
That was not something a normal logistics worker should be able to do.
While thinking, Elysia deliberately looked away and continued eating.
Once the gaze left him, Yu Muyang relaxed.
He secretly glanced at Elysia again, then quickly looked elsewhere.
[As expected of the Flame-Chasers’ strongest fighter right now.
Even a little extra attention and she notices immediately.]
[It’s after the Second Eruption now… I wonder if I’ll still get the rewards from the first two times.]
Elysia was now certain that this logistics worker was the source of the voice in her ears.
That only made her more curious about him.
Mealtime ended quickly.
After the warriors left, Yu Muyang started cleaning the cafeteria.
[System rewards distributed.]
[Honkai Energy Affinity increased to 70%.]
[Physical constitution enhanced tenfold.]
[Please keep working hard, Host.
Strive to reach the Current Era.]
While he was cleaning, the System’s voice rang in his mind.
A warm current suddenly flowed through his body.
His senses became much sharper.
He could even feel the Honkai energy concentration inside the Flame-Chasers base now.
After receiving the rewards, Yu Muyang’s mouth twitched.
Honkai Energy Affinity at 70%… if he weren’t a man, this level would already make him a Herrscher candidate.
He should probably be glad that Honkai had no interest in males for now.
The tenfold boost to his physical constitution, however, was very useful.
He had gone from a weak ordinary person straight to the level of a top Flame-Chasers warrior.
At the very least, he wouldn’t die so easily in the earlier Honkai Eruptions.
Meanwhile, inside the First Institute.
Elysia was clinging to Mobius.
“Aww, dear Mobius~ I ran into something really amazing today.”
“You might not believe me, but I can hear someone’s thoughts♪~”
No matter what Elysia said, Mobius didn’t even look up.
She kept staring at the test tube in her hand, already used to Elysia’s pestering.
“If you can hear someone’s thoughts, then you should be able to hear mine right now, right?”
“Aww, I’d love to hear your thoughts too, but it’s a pity.
It seems I can only hear his♪~”
“My thoughts are telling you to get lost and stop interrupting my experiment.”
“Don’t be so cold, Mobius.
How about I take you to meet that interesting little guy?”
Mobius put down the test tube.
The coldness in her eyes was almost solid.
Elysia just kept smiling at her as if she didn’t notice.
Suddenly, Mobius’s lips curved up a little.
“If I go with you to see him, then you must promise not to appear in my lab for a whole month.”
“A whole month is too long.
Why don’t you come meet him first, and then we can talk about it♪~”
Mobius gave a cold laugh.
“You think I don’t know you?
Once we get there, you’ll just start acting shameless again.
Why would I waste that much time?”
Elysia grabbed Mobius’s wrist and grinned.
“One week, okay?”
“Tch.”
Seeing that she had gotten what she wanted, Mobius pretended to be annoyed and shook off Elysia’s hand.
“Fine.
Lead the way.
I really don’t understand what nonsense you’re up to this time.”
Elysia stood up cheerfully and led Mobius toward the cafeteria.
Just as they reached the cafeteria entrance, Mobius suddenly heard Yu Muyang’s voice.
[Mobius, you have to work hard.
Whether I can survive or not depends on whether you can successfully develop MANTIS ahead of time.]