I Play Stat-Sticks in Honkai: Star Rail Chapter 43

Yanqing, standing nearby, watched him and silently took a few steps back…

055 Mmm-hmm~

The next day, Liuge was startled awake by a sound like a door being smashed down.

He groggily looked towards the door.

Standing there was a petite figure, hands on her hips, slowly walking towards him.

Liuge yawned, scratched his head which had become a bird's nest, and looked at Qingque.

"Morning, Qingque!"

"Morning my foot! Come on, let's go!"

Qingque didn't have time to greet Liuge at this moment. She pushed him and led him outside.

"W-what's going on?"

Liuge was a bit confused.

"What's going on?!"

Qingque's voice suddenly rose.

"You don't know?"

"Know? Know that you wear height-increasing insoles?"

"You're the one who wears height-increasing insoles!"

Qingque shot Liuge a glare.

Then, she pointed forward towards the Mara-Struck Soldiers rushing towards them.

"There's been an incident of falling into Mara-Struck nearby!"

"Oh!"

Liuge nodded, yawned, and then raised his hand.

Just as the Mara-Struck Soldiers approached, he clenched his right fist and slammed it down.

With a bang.

The Mara-Struck Soldier was immediately smashed to the ground.

However, after falling into Mara-Struck, their physical abilities were surprisingly high, not to mention their recovery capabilities were extremely astonishing.

Even though Liuge's current physical strength was twenty times that of an ordinary person, for a soldier who had fallen into Mara-Struck, it didn't inflict any damage at all.

Unless Liuge transformed into Kazami Yuuka right now.

However, Liuge was a bit grumpy from just waking up, so before the Mara-Struck Soldier could get up, he opened the Stat-Stick Library.

After equipping the Stat-Stick [Attribute·Lightning], he felt a new power surge from within his body.

Even though he hadn't mastered it before, the moment Liuge obtained it, with the instant mastery boost from Aether Edit, he was able to control it with proficiency.

He lifted his right foot, and purple lightning seemed to flash beneath his sole.

The instant the Mara-Struck Soldier looked up, his size 41 foot directly imprinted on its face. The powerful kick, carrying lightning damage from the lightning attribute, surged into the Mara-Struck Soldier's body.

At that moment, Qingque witnessed what it meant to tremble like a sieve.

"Huh? Still moving?"

Liuge yawned, noticing how strong the Mara-Struck Soldier's recovery was.

Then, he lifted his foot again.

"Experience the electrotherapy from Professor Liu!"

He brought it down again.

With a thump.

This time, his foot directly pressed the Mara-Struck Soldier's head into the ground by two to three centimeters.

Seeing this, Qingque felt that the impact must have been very painful.

However, Liuge, who was completely unfazed by this, noticed that a Stat-Stick Light Orb had also dropped from the Mara-Struck Soldier.

[Super-Speed Recovery]

Quality: Blue

Effect: Ten times the recovery rate of an ordinary person.

Looking at this Stat-Stick, Liuge fell silent for a moment, feeling that this Stat-Stick might be combinable with some special character Stat-Stick cards.

Moreover, the combined Stat-Stick cards would definitely be quite good.

However, before Liuge could do anything, Qingque had already grabbed him and hurried him forward.

After a short while, they saw a squad of Cloud Knights stationed at the intersection ahead.

As they passed by the Cloud Knights, Qingque finally let out a sigh of relief.

Sitting on the Chang'le Sky-Garden's long deck, Qingque swung her fair feet and ate the large meat bun in her hand.

"Qingque, what do you think is going on? How is it that after one nap, the whole world... cough cough, everyone near Aurum Alley has fallen to the Mara-Struck?"

"It's simple, isn't it? It must be the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus causing trouble."

Listening to Qingque, Liuge realized he had asked a foolish question.

Yeah, he was indeed very foolish, so there was no need to deny that fact.

"Mmm-hmm~~"

Eating the meat bun, Qingque didn't want to talk anymore.

She seemed to have forgotten that she still needed to check in at the Divination Commission, instead contentedly eating her breakfast here.

"Hm? Benefactor? And... Miss Qingque?"

At this moment, a gentle voice came from the side.

This voice immediately made both Qingque and Liuge turn their heads.

Standing before them was Tingyun, the chief representative of the Minghuo Merchant Guild.

At this moment, Liuge noticed that Tingyun seemed to be wearing a pendant around her neck. It was the cross pendant he had given her last night.

The moment Qingque saw Tingyun, her eyes immediately became wary.

However, Tingyun's next sentence made Qingque break character and even become a little flustered.

"Miss Qingque, at this hour, you're still leisurely enjoying your breakfast?"

Tingyun's voice was gentle, but her words sent a chill down Qingque's spine.

At this moment, Qingque realized she was indeed late.

Thinking of a certain short pink-haired person standing in front of her, lecturing her, while she could only look down at her delicate feet wrapped in white silk, Qingque felt it was… fun?

Qingque, who suddenly stood up, shoved the half-eaten meat bun into Liuge's hand. She wiped the oil from the corner of her mouth and then, without a word, slipped away.

Workers work, workers have souls, workers are superior to all!

Therefore, Qingque now needed to get to the Divination Commission as quickly as possible to check in!

Watching Qingque leave, Tingyun seemed satisfied with the situation, but when she saw the half-eaten meat bun with bite marks in Liuge's hand, her brow couldn't help but furrow.

"This guy..."

Liuge looked at the half-eaten meat bun in his hand with a wry smile.

He shook his head helplessly and placed it on the spread-out oil paper beside him.

"Speaking of which, good morning! Tingyun!"

"Good morning, Benefactor!"

"Cough cough... Just call me Liuge!"

Liuge felt a bit overwhelmed by Tingyun's words, they were too sweet.

Although it felt good, he couldn't handle it!

"Alright, Liuge!"

Tingyun smiled and didn't object.

Instead, she looked at Liuge and said, "Young Master Liuge, do you happen to have time to accompany me to Liuyun Wharf?"

"Liuyun Wharf? What for?"

Liuge was a little confused as to why she suddenly wanted to go there.

Liuyun Wharf was where merchant ships, cargo ships, or some foreign vessels docked.

Generally, most of them were merchant and cargo ships.

"Hm? Young Master Liuge, you don't know?"

Tingyun seemed slightly surprised.

When he went to the Ministry of Interdimensional Affairs this morning, Yukong had told her to go to Liuyun Wharf when she had time.

Because the Nameless of the Astral Express were coming.

Thinking of the Nameless, Tingyun also remembered that Liuge himself was one of the Nameless from the Astral Express, who had been transferred to her merchant ship by chance.

"Know what? A new game?"

"It's more fun than a new game~"

"What is it? Don't keep me in suspense, Miss Tingyun!"

Seeing Liuge like this, Tingyun burst into laughter.

"You don't know that your Astral Express people have arrived?"

"Ah?!"

"Oh, are those guys coming?"

Liuge's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"Yes, regarding the Astral Express crew, Xianzhou initially maintained an attitude of welcoming travelers. However..."

At this point, Tingyun glanced at Liuge.

"However, because of you, Young Master, the General instructed me to go and receive them."

Listening to Tingyun's words, Liuge fell silent for a moment.

Well, it seems inevitable that Tingyun would end up interacting with the Astral Express crew, no matter what.

Thinking this, an idea popped into Liuge's mind.

Seeing Liuge's contemplative expression, Tingyun inexplicably felt a surge of suspicion, as if the young man was up to no good.

"Um..."

"No!"

Before Liuge could even speak, Tingyun directly interrupted him.

"You..."

"You want to disguise yourself as a young lady and go meet the Astral Express crew, don't you!"

Tingyun seemed to have seen through Liuge's thoughts and said this with a hint of exasperation.

"Uh..."

Liuge felt helpless. Was his idea that easy to see through?

"Young Master, it's not that I disagree. The main reason is that this matter concerns Xianzhou's etiquette," Tingyun explained to Liuge. "If such a welcoming of guests is handled through deception by an outsider, how will outsiders view our Xianzhou?"