Playing Stat-Sticks in Honkai: Star Rail

The three of them held their weapons and immediately spotted Sampo in the crowd.

"We've found the suspect with blue hair and his accomplices!"

"Hey, no!"

March 7th tried to explain something.

Someone patted her shoulder.

She turned her head to look at Liuge.

"What?"

"No need to explain, Sampo already ran off!"

Liuge said with some helplessness.

Should he say, he truly lived up to his reputation as the Masked Fool?

Even though he and Dan Heng had been keeping an eye on that guy, he still managed to escape in this extremely short time, and even managed to shift the blame onto them.

"Huh?!"

March 7th looked around and indeed, Sampo was nowhere to be seen.

At this, even her little brain realized that they had been used by Sampo as pawns.

"Hmph, this is infuriating! That guy actually threw us out to take the blame!"

March 7th angrily summoned her Six-Phase Ice bow and arrows.

Seeing the group charging at them with such ferocity, she knew they couldn't avoid this fight.

Meanwhile, Liuge glanced at the spot where Sampo had just disappeared. A purple orb of light lingered there.

He silently picked it up, a slight smile forming on his lips.

[Profiteer]

Quality: Purple

Effect: As a profiteer, your chance of escape is 100%. When selling items or information, the transaction price will be inflated by 20% [No profit, no business; if you can't run fast, you're done!]

Just as the group was about to engage in battle, a calm, young voice suddenly rang out.

"Wait!"

The moment they heard the voice, the Silvermane Guards immediately stopped their attack stance, turned around, and looked behind them.

"Commander Gepard!"

A man clad in silver-white armor, with a long blue scarf draped around him, walked out carrying a large guitar case.

Looking at this man, March 7th quietly whispered to Liuge beside her.

"Hey, hey, Liuge, do you think that guy is preparing to fight with his guitar case?"

"Is there a possibility that the guitar case is incredibly sturdy?"

"Maybe, it seems, it's quite possible!"

March 7th looked and nodded solemnly.

The man named Gepard seemed to have overheard March 7th and Liuge's conversation. He paused for a moment, and perhaps intentionally, subtly shifted the large guitar case in his hand backward.

021 Stat-Stick Scavenging and Devouring Black Hole

After explaining to Gepard, the battle that was supposed to start due to a misunderstanding in the story did not occur as expected.

This caught Liuge a bit by surprise.

However, it was also within reason. After all, one was a game, and they were in reality.

It was normal for things to change.

Therefore, after everyone introduced themselves as Trailblazers from beyond the planet, Gepard looked astonished. But when they mentioned they were here for the cold wave, he was taken aback.

"You're saying that the cold wave on our planet is caused by something called a Stellaron?"

Gepard had grown up in this environment his entire life. He absolutely did not believe that the situation could be changed.

However, as a member of Belobog, this was not something he could make a judgment on.

"If what you've said is true, then a decision cannot be made on this matter. It must be decided by the Supreme Guardian."

Gepard pondered for a moment and decided to introduce them.

Subsequently, under the guidance of Gepard and his men, everyone entered the vast city of Belobog.

Shortly after entering the city, March 7th felt that it wasn't as cold around her anymore.

She immediately moved closer to Liuge.

"Liuge, why do we feel so warm after entering this city?"

In response, Liuge pointed to something resembling a heater nearby.

"Look, aren't there a lot of these things on the streets?"

"That's right!"

"The heat is emanating from this thing."

Liuge responded.

"Is that so?"

March 7th leaned in curiously and poked the object with her finger.

Liuge ignored March 7th and went straight to Gepard's side.

"Gepard, can I not go meet the Supreme Guardian?"

"Hmm?"

"To be honest, I know your sister and want to catch up with her."

"You know my sister?"

Gepard was a bit surprised.

Didn't you say you were from outside this world?

How do you know my sister!

However, Gepard looked at the other three people besides Liuge.

"Are you sure you don't want to meet the Supreme Guardian?"

As soon as he asked this, Liuge knew he could leave the group.

"Yes!"

"Alright then! But I'll have him accompany you. After all, you just got here and don't know much."

Gepard pointed to a lanky Silvermane Guard standing nearby.

It was less about following and explaining, and more about surveillance.

However, Liuge didn't mind.

Because after this, March 7th and the others would be wanted by Cocolia.

So, Liuge didn't care about these things anymore.

His attention was entirely on the Stat-Stick Light Orbs scattered throughout the streets of Belobog.

In just this short time, he had picked up no less than fifteen white-tier Stat-Sticks.

Although they were all basic Attack, Speed, and Stamina, they couldn't be resisted due to their sheer numbers.

Moreover, these basic Stat-Sticks could be synthesized into higher-quality ones when accumulated.

He hadn't forgotten that when he first equipped the white-tier Stat-Stick [Strength], the power increase was nine times his own at the time.

If it were green or blue, how much higher would the amplification be?

Furthermore, by adding and combining these basic Stat-Sticks into Haxxor Bunny's Stat-Stick Cards, could he achieve 100% of the character card's strength?

With that thought, Liuge greeted the others and went off on his own.

This made March 7th and Stelle a bit confused.

We were supposed to be a team, so why are you running off to play while we handle the mission?

However, Liuge didn't see their looks.

His eyes were now full of Stat-Sticks.

After wandering for about thirty minutes, until the accompanying Silvermane Guard fell behind from exhaustion, Liuge found a bench by the roadside and sat down to sort out his haul.

[Strength] 15, [Stamina] 17, [Speed] 9, and a few insignificant ones like [Stat-Stick: Flower], [Stat-Stick: Tale], [Stat-Stick: Opera], [Stat-Stick: Memory], and 14 miscellaneous Stat-Sticks.

In short, his harvest was quite substantial.

Although they were all white-tier, that was for sure.

Then, Liuge began to combine and arrange them.

He had almost increased his Strength, Speed, and Stamina to twenty times the limit of an ordinary person. He seemed to feel a barrier firmly locking his power from increasing further.

However, it didn't matter. Since it was an increase brought by Stat-Sticks, unless he could truly improve himself, his strength would return to that of an ordinary person once these Stat-Sticks were removed.

Just as he was thinking this, a vortex suddenly appeared on his character's 3D model in the Aether Edit, along with a prompt.

[You can increase your attributes by consuming unwanted Stat-Sticks. Only attribute Stat-Sticks are applicable.]

"What the heck, if your Aether Edit can do this, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Liuge, with a twitching eye, silently threw the advanced Stat-Stick he had just synthesized into the Haxxor Bunny character card combination.

He forcefully increased its strength utilization to 99%. The remaining 1% seemed to have some special condition.

This left Liuge puzzled.

So you need to complete a breakthrough mission for this!

However, that wasn't something Liuge was concerned about for the time being.

He was more interested in seeing just how much his strength would increase with the remaining stat-sticks.

So, he removed all the stat-sticks, returning himself to a completely ordinary state.

Then, he tossed all those attribute stat-sticks into the Devouring Vortex in one go.

The next moment, Liuge felt his body being strengthened. Warm currents continuously flowed through his limbs and bones, incredibly comfortable, as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

But as time passed, this comfortable feeling gradually turned into intense pain.

He felt as if all the muscles in his body were breaking and constantly reforming, only to break and reform again.

The pain was so severe that he couldn't utter a single word.

Sweat dripped down, even flowing onto the ground.

But this enhancement wasn't over yet; the level of pain continued to increase.

Gradually, passersby also noticed Liuge's abnormal condition, looking at him with strange gazes, yet no one stepped forward to ask.

"Damn it, if I had known it would be like this, I should have found a quieter room first."

Liuge was truly embarrassed now, feeling like a monkey being gawked at by a crowd.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted upwards, and a fragrance entered his nostrils.

"You..."

Before he could finish speaking, a voice interrupted him.

"Don't speak, your condition is a bit dangerous..."

A somewhat familiar voice.

When a streak of golden hair drifted into his vision, he knew Serval had found him.