Playing Stat-Sticks in Honkai: Star Rail

On the Xianzhou side, things were even more chaotic, like the Vodka and Intoxication picked up from a tavern, or the inexplicable Storytelling, Tall Tales, and Embellishment from a storyteller.

And the others were those recently acquired: Yin Yang, Repulsion, Attraction, Rebellious Child...

Liuge pondered for a long time but still couldn't reach a conclusion.

Although there was one character combination plan, it truly required the Salvation stat-stick, just as the description stated; otherwise, it simply couldn't be formed.

Could it be a combination of Sunny, Cheerful Boy and Vodka?

With a sudden impulse, Liuge tried it out.

Then, he slapped himself in the face.

Because he had actually managed to combine them.

[Character Stat-Stick · Kitahara Iori]

Rarity · ?

Description: The Land War God among ordinary people, you deserve to have it (Note: Is it really fitting for him to be here?)

It was clearly not fitting!

Liuge directly passed on the Kitahara Iori stat-stick plan, immediately dismantling the stat-stick and returning it to the Sunny, Cheerful Boy and Vodka stat-sticks.

Thinking of this, Liuge suddenly remembered.

He still had a few character stat-sticks in his Stat-Stick Library.

He flipped through the Stat-Stick Library and pulled out those few character stat-sticks.

[Character Stat-Stick · Bad Woman]

Rarity · Gold

Description: Do you think she's a bad woman? But she's actually a good girl, you'd even call her Mom!

With a twitch of his eye, Liuge remembered that this stat-stick was obtained when he first arrived at Herta Space Station.

At that time, he had also obtained the Genius Hacker (Female) stat-stick.

Thinking back now, they should have dropped from Kafka and Silver Wolf.

Wait, Kafka?

Liuge's attention returned to the description of Bad Woman.

A flash of inspiration struck his mind.

He quickly browsed through the Stat-Stick Library.

"As expected!"

A moment later, Liuge found what he had just thought of.

It was the golden stat-stick Word Spirit he had just acquired, along with Threads, which he had previously combined with the Puppet stat-stick, and another stat-stick he had almost forgotten: Firearms.

Looking at these stat-sticks, Liuge smiled helplessly.

He had been thinking about how to utilize Sunny, Cheerful Boy, but ended up combining the almost forgotten Bad Woman stat-stick into a new character stat-stick.

With such an obvious stat-stick pairing, the result of the combination could be guessed without even trying.

His fingers operated on the Aether Edit.

As the stat-sticks merged into the Bad Woman stat-stick one by one, the stat-stick itself changed.

It was like the opening of a Showa-era TV Ultraman, with the font continuously rotating and then spinning out in the opposite direction.

Bad Woman had changed.

The result was exactly as Liuge had guessed.

[Character Stat-Stick · Stellaron Hunter Kafka]

Rarity · Gold

Description: Wandering the universe, the infamous Stellaron Hunter Kafka [Missing relevant temperament stat-sticks, current operational strength is eighty percent]

Liuge, holding his forehead in helplessness, placed this character stat-stick into the character stat-stick slot of the Stat-Stick Library.

The character stat-stick slot now contained four character roles.

They were Haxxor Bunny, Kazami Yuuka, Tingyun, and the newly acquired Kafka.

Hmm, all women.

"Liuge... I said, Liuge!"

Suddenly, an angry voice reached his ears.

It brought Liuge back to his senses.

He looked at March 7th standing in front of him, his expression somewhat dazed.

"What are you thinking about? I've called you so many times and you haven't responded."

Seeing Liuge's stunned look, March 7th almost burst out laughing.

"Oh, I was just thinking about how cute March 7th is!"

Liuge replied flippantly.

This caused March 7th to freeze up instantly, a faint blush even appearing on her face.

"It's been so long, and you're still so unreliable!"

March 7th shot Liuge a glare, annoyed.

However, before Liuge could answer, Stelle, who was beside her, chimed in.

"To be honest, March 7th really is very cute!"

"Stelle, you too!"

March 7th looked at Stelle and complained.

"By normal people's standards, I agree with Liuge and Stelle on this. March 7th is indeed the very cute type."

Welt surprisingly joined the discussion.

"Oh, Uncle Yang. Are you bullying me too?"

March 7th puffed out her cheeks.

"Heh heh..."

Welt pushed up his glasses and moved to the side.

"I agree!"

Bronya said, chewing bubblegum with a smile.

"March 7th, it's not that I'm saying this, but appreciating beautiful girls is one of life's great pleasures, and that's something that transcends gender or age."

"I agree!"

"Agreed."

In an instant, Liuge, Stelle, and Bronya reached a consensus.

Looking at the three of them acting so chummy, March 7th didn't know what to say.

"Alright, let's stop the jokes here."

Welt stepped in at the opportune moment to ease the atmosphere.

"Liuge, we've just arrived on the Xianzhou as well. If it's not too much trouble, could you show us around?"

"No problem, I'm good at this!"

Liuge nodded. Although he hadn't been here for many days himself, he still remembered the general routes clearly.

According to the original plan, that little fox Tingyun should have been the one guiding them.

Where was that little fox?

Liuge looked around but didn't see the little fox.

How strange!

Liuge shook his head and led the few people from the Astral Express behind him towards Chang'le Sky-Garden.

As they walked, they chatted about what Liuge had been up to since arriving on the Xianzhou these past few days.

Upon hearing that a Lord of Ruin was still lurking on the Xianzhou, Welt's expression turned grim.

The situation on the Xianzhou this time was quite serious.

Aside from this matter, everything else was a minor issue for Welt, nothing that required much attention.

"Oh, right. Uncle Yang!"

"Hmm?"

"A few days ago, I ran into someone on the Xianzhou who looked almost exactly like that blonde Bishop."

Recalling how he ran into Luocha when he and Qingque were playing Diyuan Qiongyu, Liuge decided to tell Welt about it.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah!"

"...Liuge!"

"What?"

"Is it possible that the mastermind behind all the changes on the Xianzhou is the person you saw?"

062 Slacker, Slacker Soul, Slackers are All Superior!

Silence. Complete silence.

Liuge looked at Old Yang, only one sentence echoing in his mind.

He's got PTSD, hasn't he?

"Sorry, sorry. I just remembered an old friend and got a bit carried away."

At this moment, Welt, who had also come to his senses, showed an unusually embarrassed expression.

"How can someone my age be swayed by emotions?"

"N-no... it's fine. After all, what the Bishop did was a bit... you know!"

Liuge chuckled, not really minding it.

"Uncle Yang, Liuge. What are you two talking about? Who is this 'Bishop' you're mentioning?"

March 7th, standing nearby, looked utterly confused.

They seem to be discussing some profound topic, but I don't understand it. Should I pretend to understand?

However, when March 7th saw that Stelle and Bronya beside her also hadn't understood, she immediately felt relieved.

So I'm not the only one who doesn't get it!

"It's nothing!"

Welt didn't want to elaborate on his past, so he wasn't prepared to explain anything.

Upon arriving at Chang'le Sky-Garden, Liuge immediately spotted a small figure sitting at the Diyuan Qiongyu card table outside a fortune-telling shop.

"Uncle Yang, I see a friend."

"Mm, you go ahead. We'll just wander around here."

Old Yang didn't impose any restrictions, simply letting Liuge go.

After all, on the Xianzhou, Liuge was much more familiar with the place than they were, having just arrived.

Seeing this, Liuge greeted Stelle, Bronya, and March 7th, then walked towards Qingque.

Bronya watched Liuge's retreating back, her eyes flickering, but she didn't follow.

Liuge quietly walked up behind Qingque and leaned close to her ear.