Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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"..."

"But even so, there are things I cannot calculate."

"……Accident."

Tingyun took a new cup, poured Liu Bai a glass of wine, and replaced the "sweet juice" in front of Liu Bai.

"Yes, no one can say whether there will be any unexpected changes in combat strength. Throughout history, there have been many cases where the dominant side has been overturned, even when there were no mistakes made."

Liu Bai took a sip.

...It tastes awful.

Liu Bai picked up the "sweet juice" next to him again.

"I was thinking, what if something happened to someone... although it's not a very nice thing to say..."

Liu Bai smiled at the bartender in front of him.

"Don't laugh at me. To put it bluntly, if something were to happen to you, I would probably only feel sad out of humanitarian considerations."

"It really is a bit harsh to hear—the truth is always harsh."

The bartender shrugged indifferently. "But at least you'll show some grief for us. You can lead the moment of silence, and leave the mourning to my comrades and Lady Karen."

"This kind of openness will only make me more heartbroken and remorseful later."

Liu Bai made a sarcastic remark about the bartender in front of him.

"But what if something happens to Gui Naifen and Liu Ying? How am I supposed to face that?"

"...I cannot imagine it."

"I can't imagine it either, because I haven't actually seen many dead people, let alone close relatives."

Liu Bai sighed.

Although he said it while taking advantage of Tingyun's encouragement, it was a worry that had always been in his heart.

"The time I saw the most dead people... was during the time of Chi You, but I have a clear conscience that time. That kind of sudden attack, unless you can do it again with your memories intact, I dare say no one can do it better than me."

Chi You's greatest casualties came from the first wave of roars.

But even so, most people only get hurt.

"Sometimes I wonder if there's a possibility that staying in the pot forever would be the perfect solution for me."

"It seems this question doesn't require an answer from me."

Tingyun could tell that Liu Bai's face showed no confusion when he said this.

...It was an unwavering determination that inspired fear.

"That's right. When you start to agonize over whether or not to implement a method that seems perfect, it means that the method is only falsely perfect."

Liu Bai chuckled softly.

"With your eloquence and affability, you could easily thrive in the Diheng Division, or even better, become a distributor under the Chamber of Commerce and live a life of comfort. But you did none of that. Instead, you preferred to make arrangements for your own affairs before each business trip in order to remain an excellent traveling merchant."

"I just felt that at least this way... no, I really have lost to you."

"This isn't a debate—but it has reduced a lot of pressure for me."

Liu Bai also let out a sigh of relief.

Although it's okay to keep it to myself, it still feels a bit easier to say it out loud.

"I feel like you've used the excuse of education to complain about me... even though I was the one who started complaining."

Tingyun seemed a little sullen.

"Why don't you tell anyone else? Is it because you feel embarrassed to say it?"

"……Forehead."

Liu Bai was speechless.

It's really embarrassing to suddenly say things like "You must survive" or "You absolutely must not die."

Liu Bai is only able to set aside his emotions and make rational judgments in official matters!

Occasionally, when Liu Bai is given a death sentence, he actually feels a lot of psychological pressure...

"Don't repay kindness with enmity to the person who just helped you."

"These words alone are not enough for me to call you my benefactor."

Tingyun's fluffy tail, which kept wagging, patted Liubai again.

"However... I do feel much better now."

"Ah, Tingyun, your tail is all tangled."

Liu Bai couldn't resist and grabbed Ting Yun's big tail.

But as soon as he grabbed it, Liu Bai suddenly realized that the big tail wasn't as docile as it looked.

"Gu..."

Tingyun seemed to have been hit where it hurt, “Boxwood comb… perfume… plain silk gauze… none of these are here…”

Tingyun snatched her tail back from Liu Bai.

She always combed her tail with a boxwood comb before going to bed, then applied fragrant ointment to the base, and finally wrapped it with plain gauze. The next day, her tail would be soft and fluffy.

But here... all the operations stop at combing the tail.

"Huh? I do."

Liu Bai tilted his head.

That ridiculous lottery could even pull out a piece of white cloth, let alone all sorts of strange and miscellaneous items.

Liu Bai had nowhere to put those things; he had thrown away quite a few during the last gold-refining clearance sale.

"...My benefactor!"

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"The child is asleep."

Fei Xiao looked at Ting Yun, who was fast asleep on the table, and sat down next to Liu Bai.

—This person arrived very early.

"You heard the whole thing? Laugh if you want."

Although I felt I was speaking from the heart when I said it.

But then, after a moment of realization… what had I just said?!

If someone is recording this, what's the difference between playing it again and a public execution?

—It's hard to be embarrassed to tell the truth, which is unique to humans.

"It's less about laughing and more about respecting them."

Fei Xiao glanced at Liu Bai, but there was no smile on his handsome face.

“‘Sadness from a humanitarian perspective’... I think it’s remarkable that you can realize this.”

Feixiao picked up the empty cup in front of him.

"Although I really wanted to laugh after hearing it, upon reflection, I realized that I often took 'being sad from a humanitarian perspective' for granted—going to war, returning home, observing a moment of silence, celebrating victory..."

"You treat your soldiers like children, and you use them like mud, which is even more impeccable for you—wait a minute, am I going to have to counsel the big fox right after I finished counseling the little fox?!"

"...I just had a sudden feeling and said it."

Feixiao rolled her eyes at Liu Bai.

They really know how to interrupt.

“I’m not so badly depressed as to be depressed because of this. You have a clear conscience, and so do I.”

Since she took office as general, she has led the Yaoqing Immortal Ship to victory in every battle and to conquer every city, annihilating countless evil forces. If she were to actually go down to the lower realms, she could probably pat her chest and say that she has lived up to the expectations of her soldiers.

It was just Liu Bai's words that stirred up a trace of sadness in her.

Of course, it's also true that Feixiao thinks Liu Bai is amazing.

This shows that Liu Bai felt guilty about "being sad from a humanitarian perspective".

But as the bartender said, Liu Bai himself... could only do this much; it wasn't his place to wail.

As for compensation and posthumous honors... these are all taken for granted. If you do them, you don't deserve praise; if you don't, you deserve criticism.

"Never mind, that's not what I came here to talk about."

Feixiao didn't want to go through a truth-or-dare session that would make people feel ashamed afterward, so she decisively kept the rest of her praise to herself.

It's not that she didn't want to praise him, it's just that Liu Bai is too good at interrupting!

"Is that her?"

Liu Bai pointed to Tingyun.

"She... is the person the flight attendant saw, but it's not her time yet."

Feixiao shook his head.

The giant ship, the Immortal Ship... has not yet reached the point of "wearing out of the sky of blood and fire".

But when that era truly arrives, it will be time for Tingyun to realize his ambitions.

"I'm here to report on today's training results."

"Oh……"

Liu Bai nodded.

"Who are the training subjects today...?"

Liu Bai has a lot of summoning tickets in his warehouse. He didn't have a chance to use them when they were useful in the early days, and now he doesn't even have a chance to use them anymore.

So he simply handed over most of it to Feixiao for training troops.

The summoned friendly units will not attack with deadly force.

As for attacking friendly forces... well, only someone with Cheng Lu Ren's looks could evoke Liu Bai's sense of guilt—that's why Liu Bai didn't give Cheng Lu Ren's summoning talisman to Fei Xiao.

Well, of course I don't want Cheng Lutian people to inherit his legacy, it's just that Cheng Lutian people can take on the rare profession of wet nurse.

"It is Bu Lilang soldier."

When Fei Xiao said those four words, he subconsciously revealed a cold smile filled with murderous intent.

"..."

Using this first, it seems there's some grudge between us.

"It's not a personal grudge, it's just that I'm very familiar with these guys."

Feixiao seemed to sense Liu Bai's inner monologue and corrected him.

She wouldn't hold a grudge against such a low-ranking soldier.

"In the end, the Valkyries performed very well. I thought they would be so focused that they wouldn't face other enemies."

Feixiao gave a compliment.

"However, perhaps because there are so many types of enemies in the Honkai, these Valkyries, after initially being a little flustered when facing the Wolf Soldiers, immediately demonstrated remarkable combat skills."

Before she could even explain, the wolf soldiers were wiped out by these organized squads.

"Basic humanoid and beast-shaped monsters should be unable to do anything to them unless there is a significant difference in strength."

There are too many random and chaotic things in the Honkai system. Even if these people only learn what they already know, they will not lack combat experience in this area.

"In the next phase, I think we can get them some big stuff, like the Medicine King's secret technique for shaping bodies, or the Golden Gatekeeper or something."

"...Is it poisonous?"

Liu Bai raised an eyebrow.

Ask yourself honestly, if your Qingqiu Guards were divided into groups of two or three of similar size, could they defeat these two elite monsters?

One is an elite cloud rider who is three times stronger after being corrupted, and the other is a war machine from the Immortal Ship.