[Safety Net talent activated. Original cost exempted.]
[Host receives Safety Net reward: Minor Honkai Energy Resistance.]
[As the host's simulation evaluation reached the minimum F-grade, the bound permanent special talent [Ethereal Voice] has been triggered.]
[Due to the low simulation evaluation, relevant simulation memories have been automatically synchronized to the host's memory.]
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[Ethereal Voice (Quality Unknown/Permanent): One of the special permanent talents brought by the Safety Net (Gold).]
[Grants the host an ethereal, pure, and gentle voice, which seems to hold additional appeal for certain young ladies with particular inclinations.]
[Affected by this permanent talent: Host's Charm +1.]
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Staring at the Honkai Energy Adaptability he'd barely scraped together—a measly two adult male units' worth, thanks entirely to the Safety Net—along with the second permanently bound talent that was utterly useless to him at this stage, Lunelle once again felt the terrifying malice this Honkai world held for a guy like him.
"Ugh, at least yesterday's permanent talent threw me two extra points of Honkai energy adaptability. But today's? Didn't give a single point, huh?"
Yet, for this forcibly bound, useless talent, Lunelle had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept it with... feigned grace.
After all, if the Safety Net talent hadn't kicked in again, with that F rating, the original task penalty would've had him literally losing his tongue!
Now, all it cost was swapping out his originally rather plain voice to keep his tongue intact.
Looking at it that way, this deal was an absolute win in Lunelle's book.
Here, Lunelle couldn't help but thank the beginner's package once more for granting the [Safety Net] talent. Praise the Net!
But after this second "instant elimination," Lunelle noticed a few things in under three seconds.
First, the talent forcibly bound via the Safety Net didn't guarantee a 100% chance of getting what he desperately needed right now: Honkai Energy Adaptability.
This discovery made Lunelle's head throb again.
After all, this randomness meant the certainty of his original plan—to grind at least 4 points of Honkai Energy Adaptability per simulation—was now just as shaky.
Secondly, the increase in his Charm attribute didn't seem to be just about surface-level looks, like in traditional [Simulators].
Take this voice-altering talent, for example. It did nothing to change Lunelle's appearance, yet the Simulator still judged it as raising his Charm by one point.
He guessed anything that indirectly boosted his overall appeal could cause his Charm to rise.
Lunelle understood that higher Charm probably meant a better first impression and an easier time wooing his future waifu.
But he was also kinda curious... would this Charm boost work on Honkai Beasts or, say, the theoretically mindless Titans?
Then again, Lunelle was just thinking out loud.
Let's be real, even after this second simulation, his Honkai energy adaptability had only converted into a pitiful 0.2 points of Stamina—bringing his total to a whopping 3.6.
He wasn't even sure if that would barely scratch the surface of a normal adult male's physique two days from now.
Logically, in a world where higher Honkai energy meant greater power, with six times the adaptability of a normal man, Lunelle shouldn't be stuck with a mere 3.6 Stamina.
But who made him a guy with a pathetic 10:1 conversion rate for Honkai energy physique?
Seeing such meager gains from one simulation, and considering his safety, Lunelle—temporarily unable to simulate further—suddenly thought of a question.
"See-chan? What's the average Honkai energy physique conversion rate for ordinary people in this world? Can you tell me?"
[For native residents of the Honkai world, the average conversion rate for ordinary females is 2:1.]
Facing Lunelle's question, since this info wasn't exactly top secret, See-chan straightforwardly gave him the answer.
Hearing that even ordinary women—who had it relatively easier in this world—enjoyed a terrifying (in Lunelle's eyes) 2:1 conversion rate, Lunelle's heart soured with envy.
A 2:1 rate meant almost any girl here could boost her Stamina by 1 unit for every 2 units of Honkai energy adaptability.
Truly a world full of malice toward males. Even the average, most ordinary girl utterly eclipsed him by five times.
No wonder in the Honkai Impact 3rd world, normally only women had the 'privilege' of turning into Zombies after death, while men were relegated to becoming mere cannon-fodder pawns.
Being a man in the Honkai world was tough!
[The average Honkai Energy physique conversion rate for ordinary males in the Honkai world is 5:1.]
"Huh? What?"
Lunelle, who had just been silently mourning for his fellow suffering brothers in this world, froze upon hearing See-chan's words.
Wait a second!
What did he just hear?
5:1!???
"We're all males targeted by the Honkai! Why do ordinary guys here get an average 5:1 conversion rate, while I'm stuck with 10:1?"
Learning that even the truly bottom-tier ordinary males here had twice his conversion rate, Lunelle nearly lost it right then and there!
[The host, as a transmigrator, is not a native of the Honkai world. Coupled with being the least favored gender by this world, the host's Honkai Energy physique conversion rate is naturally lower than average.]
But See-chan, being an honest system, unceremoniously laid the bare truth before Lunelle.
Faced with this brutally logical explanation, Lunelle got a firsthand taste of what it meant to be "a mute tasting bitter herbs"—unable to speak of the bitterness.
Back when he first transmigrated, he'd thought, 'Hey, at least I'm an otherworlder with a golden finger.'
'Even if I don't have some OP talent from the start, surely I can hope to be on par with ordinary folks, right?'
But Lunelle truly never dreamed his 'talent' would be worse than even the lowest cannon-fodder male in this world.
There was a time when Lunelle naively believed that with so much Honkai energy adaptability, he could at least become some sort of "Male Valkyrie" or something.
How could he have predicted he wasn't even fit to be cannon fodder?
So the real trash was me all along?
I'm breaking down here, bro!!!
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