I Play with Attributes in Honkai: Star Rail

Even the Stat-Sticks it carries are so bountiful!

Dimensional Piggy, you're my big brother Liben in this world!

That's what Liuge thought, but he didn't recklessly approach the piggy. Instead, he hesitated.

The reason was simple: he had no way to sneak up on it.

In the game, Dimensional Piggies are very alert creatures. The moment they sense someone approaching, they turn and run.

If you don't catch them instantly, they'll escape into the Dimensional Rifts and slip away.

To Liuge, this scene was like having a glittering treasure chest right in front of you, but you weren't sure if it was a Dark Souls mimic or a Frieren mimic.

The former would make you regret your choices; the latter would make you regret your choices too!

In short, it was a textbook case of "see it but can't touch it."

After pondering for a long time, a thought suddenly popped into Liuge's mind—the Character Stat-Stick he'd assembled earlier.

"Maybe... I should transform?"

[Haxxor Bunny]'s attack style seemed to involve long-range gunplay and bombing.

...Seems doable?

004: Haxxor Bunny and Silver Wolf's Elementary School Bickering!

The Dimensional Piggy was a bit confused right now.

It had been swimming freely through the Dimensional Rifts when, all of a sudden, a weird dimensional fluctuation shook it out of the gap.

But luckily, there weren't many people around—just some mindless Voidranger Grunts. Those guys didn't care about it at all, and it even got to eat some good stuff.

Heh heh, this place wasn't bad at all. Plenty of goodies, and no one to compete with.

Its faintly golden nose sniffed here—smelled nice~ Sniffed there—not bad either~

The golden piggy, foraging everywhere, suddenly noticed two small mechanical things floating above it. They looked kind of like rabbits?

Just as it curiously sniffed and nudged them, the two little mechanical rabbits suddenly sprouted something glowing with a deep blue light?

—Pfft?

The golden piggy tilted its head, as if confused.

Then, from not too far away, a crisp voice rang out.

"Right now!"

Piggy: Someone!!!

In an instant, the piggy tried to turn and run.

But the two rabbits above unleashed a barrage of cannon fire.

At the same time, a small figure stood at the corner, pointed at the piggy in a very cool pose. A blue-glowing machine gun opened fire on the piggy in a sweeping arc, while its fingers tapped a few times in the air.

The two mechanical rabbits then unleashed a devastating area bombardment that was completely disproportionate to their size.

The piggy despaired. What kind of person was this?! And what was up with those rabbits, actually bombing the whole area?!

With reluctance and confusion, the piggy went to Piggy Heaven.

"Hehehe~"

Standing over the light orbs that had dropped from the dead Dimensional Piggy, a girl with silver twin-drill ponytails and a Micro SMG in hand giggled to herself.

Beside her, two small mechanical rabbits floated silently, but their constantly rotating vision showed they were on alert.

"Gold, blue, purple, green, white... I've got them all!!!"

After giggling for a while, the girl reached out toward the spinning light orbs.

The next moment, as if triggered by something, the orbs stopped spinning. To the girl's stunned eyes, the gold and blue orbs shattered and vanished, leaving only the green, white, and purple ones.

Obtained [(Purple) Stat-Stick · Holy Sword of Physics] [(Green) Stat-Stick · Endurance] [(White) Stat-Stick · Enhanced Vision]

"The Stat-Sticks this piggy carried were a random blind box?!!!"

The girl froze for a moment, then let out a wail.

If she'd known it was a random blind box, she would've gone to wash her hands and face first. Her unlucky streak was practically born with her!!!

She was the Stat-Stick Gatherer, Liuge!

After concluding that she could use the [Haxxor Bunny] Character Stat-Stick for long-range sniping, she'd acted immediately.

She equipped the [Haxxor Bunny] Character Stat-Stick on the spot.

In that instant, Liuge's own three-dimensional form was overlaid with a small figure. At the same time, she learned that once equipped, she could freely switch between transformed and normal states at will.

And as expected, she really did transform—into the petite girl form of Haxxor Bunny.

This conclusion surprised Liuge a little, but she also realized that only one Character Stat-Stick could be equipped at a time.

If she wanted to use another Character Stat-Stick, she'd have to unequip this one.

"Sigh, but I guess it's still an unexpected gain."

The murmuring Liuge was just about to restore his original form when he heard footsteps behind him.

Meanwhile, the duo of Kafka and Silver Wolf, who had just awakened the Stellaron Core, were already on their way back.

The time until the Nameless arrived was also not far off; according to the script, now was the best moment to leave.

Though they had still been detected by the Herta Space Station, for Silver Wolf and Kafka, this was a trivial matter.

After all, weren't the Stellaron Hunters rumored to be dangerous individuals who chased Stellaron Cores to all sorts of places?

"Honey, there's someone in the hall around the corner~"

Not far from the hall, Kafka's keen perception had already detected Liuge's presence.

However, upon sensing Liuge, a strange feeling made Kafka involuntarily glance at her companion beside her.

Well, how to put it.

It was an aura very similar to Silver Wolf's.

"A threat?"

Silver Wolf chewed on her bubblegum, her gaze never leaving the game console in her hands, as if nothing else mattered to her—only games were the truth.

Hearing Silver Wolf's words, Kafka smiled faintly, then tapped Silver Wolf on the forehead.

"How about you go take a look?"

"You're really bored!"

Silver Wolf sighed, closed her game console, and shot Kafka a glare.

She knew Kafka was fully aware of whether the person ahead posed a threat but just wouldn't say.

Still, Silver Wolf had nothing else to add. If Kafka said to go check it out, there must be some special reason.

Thinking this, Silver Wolf, feeling a bit bored, clasped her hands behind her head and walked toward the hall.

Even though Silver Wolf had joined the Stellaron Hunters most recently, her strength was still decent, even if she was a hacker.

But the moment she turned the corner and saw the small figure in the hall, her eyes froze for a second.

A black-and-blue hoodie, silver-blue gradient twin drills, a small mechanical device floating at her side, and most importantly, she saw that small figure seemingly operating an Aether Edit Interface?

In an instant, Silver Wolf charged at the figure, flicking her right hand to her side as a cool-looking light saber emerged from a device on her wrist. Nearing the figure, Silver Wolf lightly leaped and slashed downward.

At that moment, Liuge, who was examining the three newly acquired traits, seemed to sense something.

She suddenly ducked low, rolled to the right, and without a second thought, commanded the small mechanical device in the air to attack the assailant.

Ding ding ding ding ding!

A rapid, dense clatter of collisions rang out from the attacker.

But Liuge didn't stop there. Gripping two Micro SMGs, she opened fire, while the small mechanical device in the air launched a bombardment covering half the hall.

In the smoke-filled hall, Liuge didn't let her guard down for a second.

Judging by her [Haxxor Bunny] state, the attacker didn't seem injured at all.

Frowning slightly, she sensed a hint of trouble.

But the next moment, a flash of azure light, and a prompt from the space station echoed in Liuge's ears.

"Exhaust system activated..."

In just three seconds, the smoke in the hall had vanished, replaced by a silver-haired, single-ponytailed girl standing behind an azure light barrier, looking sideways at Liuge, her right hand still operating something on a holographic screen.

"Stellaron Hunter... Silver Wolf!"

"You know me?"

Silver Wolf looked at Liuge, frowning slightly.

She was very puzzled by this girl who looked exactly like her, only differing in clothing and hairstyle.

"Stupid question. Who doesn't know the infamous Stellaron Hunters?"

As if to conceal her true identity, Liuge spoke in Haxxor Bunny's signature mocking tone.

"You!" Silver Wolf was a bit annoyed, but she didn't show it. Instead, she sized up Liuge. "Who are you? Why do you look like me?!"

"Me? Why should I answer you!"

Liuge looked at Silver Wolf like she was an idiot.

Not to mention that Haxxor Bunny and Silver Wolf were essentially the same kind of existence, the mere rivalry between geniuses made her instinctively look down on Silver Wolf.

This feeling had welled up from the depths of Liuge's heart the moment she saw Silver Wolf.

And Silver Wolf had felt it too, the instant she saw Liuge, and had roughly guessed something while manipulating the Aether Edit.

That was why Silver Wolf had attacked Liuge from the start—a probing move.

Hearing Liuge's words, Silver Wolf took a deep breath to calm herself.

She knew Liuge was using this attitude to retaliate for the attack.

"Alright, alright! I apologize, I apologize, okay? I'm sorry for attacking you!"

"Hmph, your apology—this Haxxor will accept it!"

Liuge lifted his chin slightly, putting on an expression of This young lady forgives you with haughty pride.

That scene nearly made Silver Wolf draw her sword again.

"Remember, you may call this young lady [Haxxor Bunny], or just Haxxor for short!"

"Haxxor? You're a hacker too?"

"Of course—the very best genius hacker in all of Sky Dome City, that's me!"

Silver Wolf listened to Liuge's words, quietly searching for Sky Dome City on her operation panel, only to find no results for that place. A trace of contempt crept onto her face.

"Sky Dome City? Never heard of it. Sounds like some backwater little place. I'd say you're just a country bumpkin!"

After probing the region of Sky Dome, Silver Wolf dropped the act and started mocking directly.

"You're the bumpkin!"

"Heh, don't tell me you've never heard of the genius hacker known as Silver Wolf across this universe!"

"The fame of a wanted criminal?"

Liuge shot back.

"Bad fame is still fame—don't you get it? It's just another way to make the universe know my name as a genius hacker!"

"Childish!"

As the two bickered nonstop like elementary school kids, Kafka stepped forward from behind with a fond expression.

"Bao, we should go."

She said this to Silver Wolf, then turned her gaze to Liuge.

"Little one who looks just like Silver Wolf—you won't stop us from leaving, will you?"