In a dorm room at St. Freya Academy, near the shores of the Far East.
Mo Wang was slumped in front of his desk, a brand-new letter of appointment lying before him.
"Why? Why did it have to be me?! How did I, out of nowhere, suddenly become the temporary captain of the Hyperion?"
At this moment, Mo Wang wasn't just on the verge of tears; his heart was a desolate wasteland of ash.
Mo Wang. Male. Roughly 16 years old.
Before he was transmigrated, he was an ordinary high school student who loved playing all sorts of games.
One day, he forgot to turn off the gas while cooking at home. With a certain domestically produced smartphone in hand, playing Genshin Impact, he was instantly turned into human confetti.
When he next awoke, he found himself inside the world of Honkai Impact 3rd, a student in Schicksal's captaincy program.
At first, he was actually pretty excited about this whole transmigration thing.
But the moment he saw his own Honkai Energy adaptability was a measly D-rank, he didn't hesitate for a second. He chose to embrace the slacker life.
Was this some kind of joke? A D-rank in Honkai adaptability? On a battlefield, he wouldn't even qualify as cannon fodder.
He decided he was better off just living life as a lazy salted fish. After graduation, he'd see if some remote Schicksal branch needed people and just go there to be a freeloader.
However, as fate would have it, Himeko—the Hyperion's originally designated captain—was recently and severely injured during a mission. This forced the higher-ups to find some unlucky bastard to take her place as the Hyperion's captain.
And that unlucky bastard was, of course, him. Mo Wang.
"Oh, heavens! Oh, earth! Why is this happening to me?!"
Right now, Mo Wang desperately wanted to march over, grab a certain blond by the collar, and ask him just who the hell he had pissed off.
Why did he have to be the captain?
He had no background, no power, and was a complete slacker in his classes.
No matter how they drew lots, there was no way his name should have been picked.
The moment he thought about all the disasters this god-forsaken world was about to face—the Herrscher of the Void, the Far East Branch's rebellion, Otto achieving godhood, Kevin's world-ending ambitions...
A little guy like him wouldn't even be an appetizer for those titans.
Of course, marching up to Schicksal HQ to throttle Otto was something Mo Wang didn't currently have the guts to do.
As the saying goes, if you can't fight back, you might as well lie down and let it happen.
"Well, nothing to be done about it. Might as well watch some videos."
Mo Wang picked up his phone, but just as he was about to open a certain video app, he noticed a strange new icon had appeared on his screen.
"What's this? 'Dimensional Chat Group'? When did I download this?"
Mo Wang scratched his head, unable to recall anything about it.
Could it be... he'd accidentally tapped it while sleeping last night?
Driven by a strange curiosity, Mo Wang tapped on the mysterious app.
The first thing he saw was his own profile information.
Name: Mo Wang [The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]
Abilities: Honkai Energy Affinity Physique
Skills: Basic Combat Training, Warship Piloting, Battle Command, Military-Grade Martial Arts, Marksmanship Proficiency.
Evaluation: A student from a certain timeline's Hyperion. Although possessing considerable knowledge, his excessively laid-back personality prevents him from standing out at the academy.
"Holy crap! I've been doxxed!"
The moment Mo Wang saw this, he thought some hacker had exposed all his personal info.
But then, he realized something wasn't quite right.
What kind of doxxer creates a whole custom app for you?
This thing looked a lot more like a legendary... cheat system?
"Pah! Who are you calling a slacker?! Fine, but can slacking off really be called slacking off when you're a student? This is clearly just a normal student lifestyle!"
What student doesn't love to slack off? Those who don't are heretics!
They've already transcended the student body!
There's no way I'm a slacker. Impossible.
Just as Mo Wang was trying to figure out what this thing was, the app showed that several friends had been added.
Mo Wang [A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: What the hell is this thing? Why do I suddenly have a phone? And it came with a chat app?
Mo Wang [The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Dude, doxxing me is taking it a bit too far, don't you think? Is there no privacy anymore?
Mo Wang [The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: Strange. Why is everyone in this group named Mo Wang? Has that name really gotten this common?
Mo Wang [The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: Maybe, possibly, perhaps? Hold on, fellas, why do your usernames look so familiar? Also, my name really is Mo Wang.
Mo Wang [The Owner of a Certain Video Store]: If you guys are Mo Wang, then who am I?
Mo Wang stared at the members in the group, a growing sense of familiarity washing over him.
"Wait a minute... aren't these all the alt accounts I made when I was surfing the web back in the day?"
Just as he had this realization, it seemed the others in the group noticed it too.
Mo Wang [The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Hold on. So you're all Mo Wang? Before I got isekai'd, I was a student at XX Middle School in XX City.
Mo Wang [The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: What a coincidence, bro. Me too...
Mo Wang [A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: And I'm guessing you were all probably blown up by a gas leak...
...
A full three minutes of silence descended upon the chat group.
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: Ahem. I just saw this phone app has a memory transfer function. You guys wanna... give it a shot?
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Sounds good to me. That way we'll know for sure who everyone is, right?
[The Owner of a Certain Video Store]: Is that really a good idea...?
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: Go big or go home! Don't be a wuss!
As Mo Wang tapped the memory transfer function, massive blocks of memories, like compressed data packets, began flooding into his brain.
Mo Wang: ...
Alright, now he knew. The people in this chat group really were all him.
So, when his house exploded back then, it didn't just kill him; it shattered his very soul into pieces and yeeted them into different worlds.
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: Seriously, how come I'm the only one who got transmigrated as a total weakling? And into a super-dangerous world like Honkai, no less!
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Quit your whining. You see where I am?
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: Wanna trade? You've got cute girls around and you're still not happy?
[The Owner of a Certain Video Store]: Yeah, at least you can fight, right?
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: You, the resident siscon, shut your trap!
Despite learning they had been blown to smithereens, the Mo Wangs were taking it all surprisingly well.
After all... using a cheat system like this felt pretty safe and reliable, didn't it?
[The Owner of a Certain Video Store]: Say, doesn't this cheat system of ours feel a bit familiar?
[A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: I get it. It's that old "Simultaneously Transmigrated into 99 Different Worlds" trope. A classic.
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: I think it's more like one of those "The Chat Group is Full of My Alternate Selves" setups.
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Same difference, I think. I just saw this phone seems to have a function to share abilities. You guys wanna try it out?
Mo Wang glanced at the bottom of his phone screen and saw that, sure enough, next to the memory transfer button was a "Share Abilities" function.
This was fantastic!
The thought of being able to obtain powers from other worlds—how could he not be excited?
"Projection Magecraft! Elemental powers! Holy crap! My time to shine has finally come!"
With that thought, Mo Wang eagerly tapped the share function and uploaded his Honkai Energy Affinity Physique.
[The Owner of a Certain Video Store] has shared: Hacking Skills
[A Certain Blond from Teyvat] has shared: A Guide to Teyvat Cuisine
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order] has shared: Basic Magecraft and Magic Circuits
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion] has shared: Honkai Energy Affinity Physique
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train] has shared: Stellaron
Mo Wang: ...
Just as Mo Wang was gleefully accepting the gifts shared by his other selves, his finger froze mid-air when he saw what the Trash-can King had shared.
Dude... what in the world did you just share?