[Honkai: Star Rail] The Emanator of Nihility Is Slacking Off Again Today

[Updates are determined by five-star pulls: one update per five-star pull]

[Once the updates are caught up, I'll be revising earlier chapters. The Void has left the blurb with no appetite.]

[Slow burn, scumbag-man play (not really), and the bonus chapters may settle on a definite pairing]

Nan Chang, an outsider who arrived on the Xianzhou hundreds of years ago with a thirst for revenge, claims that his planet was destroyed by a monster on the Path of Nihility, and begins his journey across this land.

Like an ethereal wanderer, he brushes past like a feather and then leaves. Later, someone seems to glimpse his purpose and discovers who he is.

He is a Self-Annihilator. As the timeline loops endlessly, he suddenly realizes that he has been an Emanator of countless kinds, and that every path eventually brought him here.

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Nan Chang is an unlucky college student who was electrocuted to death by his phone charger. By chance, he transmigrates into the game he was playing before he died.

But there is no Xianzhou here, nor any Herta Space Station. There is only an endless starry sky and countless "corpses" floating in the air, being devoured by Nihility.

The Aeon of Nihility's "kindness" leaves him drifting through the Void for who knows how long. Time itself turns to nothing, and his will keeps thinking, over and over, until he obtains the Path of Nihility.

Great. Forced into Nihility, huh (gritting teeth).

He has many dreams. In every timeline, he is an Emanator and meets different people.

But this time is different.

Nan Chang gently closes his eyes. Facing the five people who smile and invite him to join them, he feels an inexplicable warmth in his heart. This time, he has no lofty status. He's just an ordinary person, an ordinary short-lived species.

But all good things must eventually return to Nihility. In the end, he will leave.

So Nan Chang weaves a massive lie, paving the way for his willful departure and final curtain call.

When he finally breaks free and leaves, outsiders see Nan Chang, a short-lived species who should have died young, completely unharmed, his lifespan reset, yet now a sage who desires nothing.

But this time, he will possess everything that is his and become a true Emanator of Nihility.

Then he discovers that his former closest friends have scattered to the four winds.

And every one of them has become a little abnormal.

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Nan Chang: ???

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[I used to have a whole bunch of terrible friends (based on real life)]

[You're great, but unfortunately, I'm straight]

Those old debts won't catch up with me.

As long as I keep slacking off, nothing anyone else does to wake me up will work.

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#The story of how I never realized all my friends were gay, and ended up being forced to turn gay myself#

#How did I go from dreaming of marrying a pretty wife to this?#

#Stop messing with me. I just want to slack off#

Content warnings:

● The protagonist was "kindly" chosen by Nihility to become an Emanator. He used to be very driven, but that was worn away.

● The story mainly focuses on the past, with interwoven timelines.

● The protagonist is lazy and just wants to slack off.

● This is a story about everyone trying to win back their friend. It may get a little melodramatic.

● Not everyone is romance-obsessed. There is a perfectly reasonable amount of pursuit and coercion, and I like writing about the legendary heroes of the Xianzhou as well as the internal chaos.

● The lore about Emanators of Nihility includes original worldbuilding.

Theme: Success through hard work