"Miss Himeko!"
"Miss Himeko!!"
"Miss Himeko!!!"
"What on earth is this video you sent us?"
"Why do my character, Dan Heng's, and Stelle's characters appear in it?"
"Is this a game?!"
"Why has our battle with Cocolia been turned into game content?"
March 7th was extremely agitated.
She kept tagging Himeko in the group chat titled "[Star Rail Family]."
After sending over a dozen messages, Himeko finally replied: "This is indeed a game."
"Its name is Honkai: Star Rail."
"As for the specifics, Mr. Yang and I will explain in detail when you return to the train."
After seeing Himeko's message, March 7th let out a long sigh of relief.
At least now she knew that Himeko had some understanding of the game.
Dan Heng asked, "Should we stay here a bit longer?"
"Stay? How can I stay? My mind is completely occupied by this game. I can't even eat lunch until I figure it out!"
"Hurry, hurry! Let's go back to the train!"
March 7th dragged Dan Heng and Stelle toward the coordinates.
On the Interstellar Peace Network.
After Guinaifen's live stream of the battle with Cocolia, the topic of Honkai: Star Rail had exploded across the entire network!
The forum even created a dedicated section for Honkai: Star Rail to facilitate player discussions.
…
[Forum Discussion]
"I never knew turn-based combat could be this exhilarating!"
"I thought it was just a regular boss fight, but the plot was full of twists and turns, with climaxes stacking up one after another! When the music swelled with Cocolia's roar, I felt chills run down my spine!"
"I was lucky enough to catch the whole thing in Guinaifen's stream this morning. It was a cloudy day, but the moment the music started, sunlight broke through the clouds and shone onto my floor through the window. At that moment, I thought I had been chosen by the Aeons!"
"For a moment, I thought I was the villain!"
"To Cocolia, the Express crew really were the villains! The Stellaron was one path, and the Express crew was another, but the sudden appearance of the crew made them completely untrustworthy. Cocolia preferred to believe in the new world she had seen with her own eyes!"
"Cocolia might seem like a major villain, but after carefully following the story, I don't think she's purely evil. She genuinely wanted to bring Belobog into a new world, to make Bronya the mother of that new world. She didn't immediately trust the Stellaron; it was out of desperation, unable to change the current situation. Belobog was doomed to destruction, so she had no choice but to trust the Stellaron."
"The Stellaron indeed holds immense power. Even if it was a deception, the outcome would have been the same. So, even with the arrival of the Express crew, she couldn't gamble on these unknown outsiders truly changing the situation. If she lost that bet, the only possibility of entering the new world would vanish. Thus, she had no choice but to side with the Stellaron."
"..."
"Wait, are you all progressing through the story this quickly?"
"True Star Rail fans play the game themselves and watch streamers like Guinaifen push the story forward."
Discussions about Star Rail and Jarilo-VI had suddenly become the hottest topic on the internet.
This pure white planet, which in the past might have been mentioned in passing on Interstellar Peace News if it had suddenly perished in the cosmos, was now, under the watchful eyes of the entire network, being woven into a moving epic.
Interstellar Peace Corporation, Talent Exchange Group.
This group was mostly composed of high-level executives within the company. Normally, no one spoke a word, as everyone was busy practicing the company's ideals in their own ways. Who had time to chat?
But today, the situation in the group was completely different!
Messages were popping up one after another.
If you didn't check for a while, it would already be 99+.
"Jarilo-VI was originally under our department's responsibility!"
"The financial transactions with Belobog during the Stellaron crisis were also documented by us!"
"It's just that Belobog was swallowed by the glacial catastrophe and lost contact with the outside world, leading management to classify it as a bad debt!"
"Now that Belobog has survived as an independent polity, the follow-up transactions naturally fall under our department's responsibility!"
[Strategic Investment Department - Topaz] immediately replied: "Haha, what you're talking about is from the last Amber Era."
"The transactions with Belobog have long been classified as non-standard debt."
"Handling and recovering such debts is the responsibility of our [Special Debt Recovery Team]. Everyone in the company knows this."
"I've already reported the debt recovery project plan to the higher-ups. Isn't it a bit too late for you to jump in and try to snatch this deal now?"
"You..."
Another department head wanted to argue, but a higher-ranking executive was finally alerted and stepped in to mediate the sudden dispute.
"Enough. Aren't you embarrassed to argue like this in the company group?"
"Everyone here is a talent of the company. Do you really need to resort to quarreling to resolve the allocation of this task?"
"Look at your comments. You sound like stock traders arguing in a stock exchange."
"Now everyone knows that Jarilo-VI is destined to become a hot commodity in the universe, with immense potential for both tourism and commercial purposes. I trust in your foresight."
"But the company has its rules. This task should indeed be handled by Topaz's team."
Topaz was quick to respond: "I guarantee the task will be completed to the leader's satisfaction!"
To be continued…
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