The players were extremely satisfied with the "Honkai Kingdoms" event this time, willing to give it a five-star rating.
On Su Luo's end, he got to know the few members of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers he hadn't met before and deepened his bonds with those he was already closer to.
Of course, it also inevitably involved fending off ill-intentioned approaches, like those from Mobius.
All in all, it was a fulfilling day for him.
And after this gathering, not all the 'Flame-Chasers' left Linjiang.
Because, admittedly, most of them were quite 'idle.' Coupled with Eden providing free accommodation, individuals like Vill-V and others enthusiastically decided to stay in Linjiang for a while.
This also made Su Luo feel that the number of strange people around him had significantly increased.
So... Eden, really, aren't you considering renaming this place the Golden Courtyard?
Of course, regardless of how the 'Flame-Chasers' acted or what little schemes they harbored, Su Luo wouldn't neglect his duties, such as the production of Honkai Impact 3rd's subsequent main story chapters.
This included not only the long-awaited 'Durandal vs. Mei' battle by the players, but also 'Mei's Herrscher of Thunder Transformation,' 'Elegy of Sinners,' and so on.
Speaking of which, when he let Raven know about the 'Island Villa' part of the plot, she had come straight to his door.
Su Luo vividly remembered the lively scene from that day.
Raven had directly stormed into his office, 'crying her lungs out.'
She left behind many incomprehensible words...
"I was so foolish, truly... I bought an island, built a villa, made my little island so beautiful, it was so well-built... but why did I have to mortgage it."
"I initially entered this industry full of confidence... but then Kong rushed over to me that day, saying, Teacher, Teacher, something terrible has happened, and my heart instantly sank..."
"Everyone said, oh no, the game is probably... After observing for a few more days, I found that even the staff at Raven Studio had started getting addicted to Honkai Impact 3rd..."
She said a lot. When Kong, who came later, hurriedly caught up, she suppressed her emotions so as not to worry Kong, and waved her hand magnanimously.
"I was just talking nonsense earlier, don't take it to heart."
"Actually, I don't care about it anymore."
"Really, I don't care at all."
She tilted her head up, letting the tears flow back into her heart.
If she truly didn't care, why would she have lost control of her emotions and burst into the office just now?
Su Luo could only say to this, "I'll give you a reasonable raise. Try to save up enough money sooner."
In short, although the production process for Honkai Impact 3rd's main story was as 'boisterous' as ever, it didn't affect the production schedule.
Playtime was playtime, but the girls understood the importance of serious business.
After the players had experienced "Honkai Kingdoms," spent their Spring Festival holiday, returned to school and work, and adjusted their minds and bodies to get back into the groove...
Amidst great anticipation, Honkai Impact 3rd once again welcomed a major update.
New characters, new story, new events.
And a massive release of main story content!
Chapter Fifteen: "Lost in the Sandstorm." Chapter Sixteen: "The Coming Storm." Chapter Seventeen: "When Thunder Cracks the Night Sky."
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Elysia's apartment.
The room of the new guest, the green snake fairy miss.
"Klein, thank you for your hard work... You want to come over? Hmm... Klein, have you also finally had enough of those hypocritical and boring people?"
"You just want to come see me? To check if I've been eating properly?"
"..."
"Of course, I have! I am Dr. Mobius!... That's all, I still have things to attend to."
Mobius hung up the phone, rubbed her deepening dark circles, and silently pulled up the trash bag full of instant noodle containers from the bin, tying it into a knot.
After doing all this, she prepared to change her clothes and go downstairs to throw out the trash.
She walked to the wardrobe and opened it.
"..."
Mobius fell silent upon seeing the clothes hanging in the wardrobe.
After a moment.
"E-ly-si-a!"
She picked up a pink maid outfit that had inexplicably appeared in her wardrobe, tossing the thought of taking out the trash to the back of her mind, and stormed out with a menacing aura.
In a few steps, she arrived outside Elysia's room.
Knockknockknockknockknockknock—!
She rapped sharply and repeatedly on the door.
"Stop putting weird things in my wardrobe—!"
But there was no response from inside.
Mobius tentatively gripped the doorknob, and with a slight pull, the door actually opened.
"Elysia?"
Holding the maid outfit, she walked into the room. No one was there, and the computer was still on, even live streaming.
"Started a live stream? But she's not here?"
Mobius casually tossed the maid outfit onto the bed, stood in front of the computer desk, and saw the live stream chat, which was scrolling with comments like 'Where's Miss Fairy?', 'Miss Fairy has disappeared,' and so on.
Ding-a-ling~~ Ding-a-ling~~
Her phone suddenly rang.
Mobius picked up her own phone and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"My dearest Mobius~~ I suddenly have something urgent come up, but I haven't met my streaming quota for this month yet~~ So..."
"Why should I help you stream, Elysia?" Mobius interrupted Elysia.
She had never helped Elysia stream before because she wasn't interested in it at all.
Elysia completely ignored Mobius's coldness and continued to wheedle:
"Please~~ Mobius, you wouldn't want Klein to find out you've been eating instant noodles all day at home, would you?"
"...How do you know about that?" Mobius was starting to lose her composure.
If Klein started nagging, it would be quite annoying.
"Oh my, of course, it's because Klein asked me before, but I didn't say anything~~"
Elysia answered sincerely, then pleaded again, "Just this once."
Beep beep beep~~
Mobius clutched her phone, her expression shifting for a moment. Finally, she sat down in front of the computer.
However, for reasons unknown, she deliberately altered her voice, mimicking Elysia's tone, "I'm back."
[Miss Fairy, you're finally back! We've been waiting for you for so long.]
[You guys need to be patient. Miss Fairy just had something urgent to deal with... So hurry up and start playing the Honkai Impact 3rd main story!]
"I'm so happy to be able to play the sweet and heartwarming Honkai Impact 3rd with everyone again today."
Mobius continued her impersonation while clicking on Honkai Impact 3rd, where Elysia was already logged in.
She entered the main story page.
[??? Did Miss Fairy suffer some kind of shock? Honkai Impact 3rd is sweet and heartwarming?]
[Although Honkai Impact 3rd's plot is addictive and makes you want to keep playing, it's definitely not sweet or heartwarming.]
[Speaking of which, Miss Fairy seems to have never criticized Honkai Impact 3rd. Could it be that Miss Fairy genuinely thinks Honkai Impact 3rd is sweet and heartwarming?]
The audience sent all sorts of bullet comments, damaging Elysia's reputation.
No one seemed to have noticed that the current Miss Fairy was no longer the Miss Fairy from before.
Miss Pink Fairy had been 'entered' by Mobius!
Mobius clicked on the latest main story chapter.
The screen showed a city covered in wind-blown sand.
The timeline was the eve of the Skyfall City incident.
The location was North Africa, Schicksal's Vimur Lab.
This place was once a modern metropolis, an economic hub connecting Europe and Africa, a city that never slept on the Mediterranean coast, picturesque, like paradise.
Unfortunately, after a Honkai Eruption, it became a tomb shunned by the living, a dead land isolated by vast deserts.
—But it also became an ideal location for a Schicksal base.
Schicksal was conducting its 42nd activation test here after obtaining the Second Divine Key. A deep-purple spatial gate appeared high in the sky, and hundreds of Quantum Honkai Beasts poured out from it, plummeting into the city.
At this moment, in a corner of the city, beneath the chaotic sky, a blonde Valkyrie, in a cool and beautiful pose, leaned against a knight's lance, calmly observing the catastrophe before her.
"Quantum Shadow intrusion detected. Lady Durandal, I'll leave the rest to you."
"Understood."
Durandal replied nonchalantly, then threw herself into the battlefield.
Players also got a free trial of Durandal's battlesuit performance.
miHoYo's signature excellent combat feel, along with that flashy and cool spectacular drill ultimate, and explosive damage.
The overly satisfying experience made players, after trying her out, somewhat tempted to spend money and pull on the newly released Durandal banner.
[Doodoo is only sixteen now! And she's already this strong! Her future is limitless!]
[Doodoo? Who's Doodoo?]
[To the person above, if you say 'Durandal' a few times quickly, don't you get it?]
[Tsk, Doodoo, Doodoo, sounds like she's on par with Tuna. But one is Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, and the other is a Herrscher. It feels like they can't possibly be related.]
"In the story, the Kiana we know is just a clone. This means that, theoretically, the original still exists, the real Kiana."
Mobius, glancing at the bullet comments, began to analyze for the audience, "Perhaps Durandal is that real Kiana."
[Holy crap!]
The audience was excited, but not by the content of Mobius's analysis.
After all, Kiana had white hair, and Durandal had blonde hair. They didn't look alike at all!
[Miss Fairy actually started analyzing the plot!]
[At this point, Miss Fairy should theoretically be saying something like this: Kiana is a cute girl, and Durandal is also a cute girl. Cute girls will definitely be drawn together by fate~♪]
[Yeah, yeah, Miss Fairy has been acting a bit strange since she came back after leaving for a bit.]
[Don't tell me you're trying to say this Miss Fairy isn't Miss Fairy. Give it a rest.]
Facing the audience's "I totally get Miss Fairy" comments.
Mobius chose to reply in a very playful tone, "Oh my, how come you all understand Miss Pink Fairy better than I do? But... Miss Pink Fairy is precisely [Miss Pink Fairy]."
"And I am precisely [Me]~~"