"You call this a crossover?! So your definition of a crossover is a cross-world open beta, is that it?!"
Staring at the system interface, Wende felt mentally and physically exhausted. He had run through a thousand different scenarios, even preparing himself for the possibility of being forcibly gender-bent, but he had never, ever imagined the system would pull a stunt like this!
But after calming down and thinking it through, if the system wanted to farm all kinds of points, then the more worlds, the better. Farming points from the real world and the Honkai Impact 3rd world simultaneously would surely lead to astonishing growth! ...So, does that mean the optimal choice for the next crossover... is actually Tears of Themis??
"I hope it's a crossover with a good time period. Please don't pull any more crazy stunts... No, wait, expecting this system not to pull crazy stunts is impossible. I just hope it's something sane for once!"
Clasping his hands together, Wende prayed silently in his room.
---o---
...Big Daddy is praying...
---o---
Honkai Impact 3rd World.
"Mei, Mei! Look! I found a brand-new game that just came out! It's called <
The big white-haired furball excitedly held up her phone. Seizing a moment when Mei, who was sitting on the living room sofa, wasn't paying attention, she took a flying leap and dived straight for her. To Mei's surprised expression, she burrowed onto her lap, her eyes sparkling like little stars.
"Kiana! Why are you always like this..."
Looking at the excited Kiana lying on her lap, Mei sighed helplessly.
Honestly, you don't have to dive over here every single time you get excited...
"Hehe~ I was just so excited! Look! Isn't this girl super cute!"
Kiana showed Mei the image of March 7th, her voice brimming with excitement.
"Hmm... At first glance, this young lady seems to have the same personality as you, Kiana."
Mei carefully studied March 7th's appearance and gave her honest assessment.
"Right, right?! I think she and I would get along great! Mei! Come play with me!"
Hugging Mei's arm, Kiana decisively started to throw a playful tantrum, acting exactly like a large, white-haired husky.
"Alright, alright. When have I ever not played with you? What's... what's the name again?"
Mei ruffled Kiana's smooth, long hair. Kiana hadn't even tied it up in a braid today... Opening her own phone, Mei started to smooth out Kiana's hair while she spoke.
"Mhm! Mei is the best! The game is called <
Kiana was about to share her "expert" gaming insights when she noticed Mei's expression suddenly turn grave.
"This game... has 'Honkai' in its name?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
Kiana looked on in confusion as Mei's face grew more and more serious.
"Kiana... Never mind. Let's go find the Principal first!"
Looking extremely urgent, Mei grabbed Kiana's hand, hastily threw some clothes on her, tied her hair into a high ponytail, and then rushed out of the dorm, heading towards the Principal's office of St. Freya Academy.
---o---
"Lord Bishop, there has been a mishap regarding your previous directive for me to promote <
Amber quietly walked up behind Otto, who was busy grinding Kallen Fantasy, and spoke softly.
"Oh? Which channel is causing problems? Have the finance department buy it out."
Otto said without turning his head. As the record holder for the highest score in Kallen Fantasy, he had to spend a certain amount of time each week cementing his number one position.
"No... Lord Bishop. A game... it appeared suddenly and defeated Kallen Fantasy with an almost crushing number of downloads... The technical department performed a reverse trace on this game, but besides the developer's name, 'miHoYo,' we can't find any other information about it... It's as if..."
"As if it's a castle in the sky."
Otto put down his controller and shook his head helplessly.
"What is it called?"
"...<
---o---
"Bird's Nest Head! Look! How did this thing top the global game charts?! And with that name? Have those guys at Schicksal gone insane?!"
Tesla frowned, staring at the #1 game that had appeared out of nowhere on the app store, and yelled at Einstein, who was still conducting an experiment nearby.
"...I think... it might not be Schicksal that has gone insane."
Einstein shook her head, her expression grim. She looked at the Welt who appeared in the game's promotional video, her eyes filled with utter confusion.
"The Sovereign... since when did he become a game character?"
"What?! That kid Joachim went off to start another project behind my back again? Didn't he say he wanted to be a manga artist? Why is he making games now? The animation from last time isn't even finished..."
The mention of Welt was like flipping a switch for Tesla, who launched into a tirade at Einstein, showing no signs of stopping anytime soon.
"..."
Einstein simply held her phone out in front of Tesla.
"WTF!"
---o---
"My Lord... we are unable to locate this game's server. What are your orders...?"
Gray Serpent bowed obsequiously to the man on the high throne.
"I am aware..."
Kevin seemed to sense something, his gaze piercing deep into the World Serpent's base...
---o---
"Oh my, look at this! This girl is as pretty as I am! And her hair is pink, too! Her eye color is also so lovely! Wow, do games these days have such cute children! How surprising!"
Within the Elysian Realm, Elysia looked at March 7th on her phone, her heart filled with joy.
"Heh heh... to be able to make a game that can reach this place... what kind of power could possibly achieve such a feat?"
"Hmm? Isn't that Dr. Mobius? What brings you out of your laboratory?"
Elysia covered her small mouth in surprise, looking at the petite Mobius before her.
"Heh heh, Elysia... you've gotten fat."
---o---
[Ding... Player Emotion Value increased... Ding... Player Emotion Value increased... Ding...]
The system's notifications began to chime incessantly. In just half an hour, it had contributed nearly 200,000 Player Emotion points to Wende...
"Oh ho... I suddenly have a very bad feeling about this."
Watching the rapidly climbing Player Emotion Value, which was already getting dangerously close to the [REDACTED] reward, Wende's heart sank.
This crossover was already such a pain in the ass. This two-asterisk reward was probably another massive trap!
[Ding... Connection Value with the Honkai Impact 3rd world has increased by 1%. 99% remaining until the Star Rail for the Honkai Impact 3rd world is unlocked...]
ps: this is a repeated chapter. it seems like Patreon is getting crazy again and started deleting random chapters.. i translated it again!