Honkai: Star Rail — A Nameless Traveler, a New Path Every Day - Chapter 13

Why would I build something like this?

That’s how thinking works under the influence of intellect: a single question can lead to countless branches, and an idea can give rise to countless extensions. He was just thinking about building a weapon to protect himself, but now he’s considering how to efficiently wipe out an entire star system.

…

“Lunch is ready.”

Dan Heng knocked on You Yan’s door and was surprised to find that it was not locked.

“Okay, just a moment.”

Youyan put the tools aside.

What are these?

“Power transfer gloves, pills of various sizes…”

Danheng’s gaze fell on Youyan’s large collection of inventions.

“What is that used for?”

“Power transfer gloves. When you shake hands with a powerful person using your gloved hand, you can divide the power between you in an absolutely equal way.”

“…No other side effects?”

“No.”

What is the principle behind it?

Dan Heng frowned.

“Conservation of energy”.

“So, if I shake your hand while wearing this glove, I’ll share half of my strength with you?”

“Yes, you will become weaker, and I will become stronger, but this is temporary, not permanent. The energy will gradually return to its original owner within a certain period of time, without causing permanent changes.”

It sounds like balance.

Dan Heng was silent for a few seconds, then reached out his hand.

“Give it a try.”

“Are you sure?” You Yan raised an eyebrow. “After you shake my hand, your strength will decrease significantly.”

“Give it a try.”

“Come on, since you’ve put it that way, I have no reason to refuse a free power bank.”

You Yan put on gloves and shook hands with Dan Heng.

A sense of rapid loss made him instinctively want to let go, but the transfer of power was already complete the moment they made contact.

Dan Heng stumbled because he was not used to it and had to reach out to hold onto the door frame to steady himself.

“…This is your invention?”

“Yes, your strength will gradually return to you in about an hour… Your strength is really strong.” You Yan held out his hand for Dan Heng to see. “However, I only got your strength value; I didn’t get the rest.”

Actually, this is used for arm wrestling (strategist).

“Okay.” Danheng turned and walked out. “Let’s go eat.”

“Wait for me!”

You Yan quickly followed and closed the door behind him.

“Sorry for the slight delay.” You Yan pulled out a chair and sat down, then pulled out a chair for Dan Heng as well. “I’ll do a small experiment.”

“An experiment?” March 7th pricked up its ears. “What kind of experiment?”

“It was just a simple little test. By the way, Senior March 7th, I’m not satisfied with the arm wrestling match just now, and I’d like to request a rematch.”

“ha?”

On March 7th, I had just put a mouthful of curry rice in my mouth when I heard this and almost choked.

“Are you alright? You lost so badly just now, you couldn’t even last a second, and you want to do it again? Are you a masochist?”

“That was just a warm-up. I accidentally pulled a stitch, so my touch wasn’t good, my condition wasn’t good, and I wasn’t fully awake.”

“Keep bragging.” March 7th rolled her eyes. “You change your tune really fast.”

“Don’t believe me? Let’s try it.” You Yan put his arm on the table. “One game to decide the winner, the loser has to wash the dishes today.”

“Fine! Since you’re so eager to wash the dishes, then I’ll grant your wish! Uncle Yang, Sister Ji, you two be our witnesses! So that someone won’t renege on their debt after losing!”

Walter’s gaze swept between Youyan and Danheng, who had been eating in silence.

“Okay, I will be your witness.”

“Come on! Ready—”

Their hands clasped together.

The moment they made contact, March 7th sensed something was wrong.

“start!”

“Hey!”

March 7th exerted all her strength, thinking she could instantly slam Youyan’s hand onto the table like before. However—

The two sides are evenly matched.

“No, that’s not right!” March 7 stared wide-eyed at Yu Yan, who looked completely relaxed in front of him.

In the end, neither of them won.

“Power transfer gloves, how about that? Pretty effective, right?”

“Power Transfer Gloves?”

March 7th, eyes wide open.

“Yes, I first borrowed Danheng’s power and averaged it with mine, and then averaged it with your power.”

“You just shook hands with Danheng?”

“right.”

“And then he took half of his power from you?”

“right.”

“Then you shook hands with me again, so now our strength…”

“It’s averaged out, yes.”

On March 7th, he let go of her hand and looked at his palm in disbelief.

“So now my power has weakened?”

“To be precise, you have become weaker and I have become stronger. We are now on the same level.”

“you–!”

March 7th abruptly stood up, her face full of anger, as if to say, “How dare you scheme against me!” But before she could speak, she suddenly froze, blinked, and her expression became somewhat confused.

“Wait, something’s not right. If you first averaged your power with Dan Heng’s, and then averaged it with mine, then Dan Heng’s power was also affected…?”

“It doesn’t matter. You can think of it as first averaging the water in the two cups, and then dividing the averaged water from one cup with the water in the other cup.” You Yan extended his index finger. “The averaged power will last for an hour, and then gradually return to its original owner. You can think of it as a temporary borrowing, not a permanent deprivation.”

“Then Danheng is now…”

“I’ve become weaker,” Dan Heng calmly admitted. “My strength is only about half of what it used to be, but it’s just that my strength has decreased.”

On March 7th, he opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn’t know what to say.

“Wow! This is an incredibly powerful thing!”

On March 7th, he suddenly realized the feasibility of this thing.

“If you shake hands with the enemy, then you’re… no, but what if the enemy is weaker than you… or what if the enemy is a robot?”

“It works on machines too, as long as they have hands,” Youyan said. “However, it’s ineffective against enemies without hands.”

Walter borrowed the gloves to try them on.

“What would happen if I shook hands with Danheng as well?”

“The average will be calculated again.”

“I see, it’s a process of constantly moving towards the mean.”

The moment the two shook hands, Walter clearly felt the power flowing outward from his body, while Danheng heard a slight inhalation.

“Interesting.” Walter loosened his grip and flexed his fingers. “It does feel a bit hollow. Although it has many limitations, this thing might play an unexpected role in crucial moments. For example, when facing enemies whose strength far surpasses ours, forcibly leveling the gap between the two sides could be very beneficial.”

“However, Youyan…”

Himeko appeared behind Yuuen at some point, smiling.

“Could you please explain… what was that galaxy-destroying bomb I found outside your room?”