Playing Stat-Sticks in Honkai: Star Rail

"The Diviner is here!"

In an instant, Qingque, like a startled little bird, shot to her feet and looked back.

But she didn't see the pink figure she expected, and she glared with dissatisfaction at the person who had spoken.

"Huh? Liuge!"

"Yo!"

"Yo my ass! You scared me to death, you know that!"

Qingque said exasperatedly.

"I know!"

"You know and you still... Fine, you did it on purpose!"

Qingque, realizing what had happened, grabbed the Diyuan Qiongyu in her hand and prepared to throw it at Liuge.

The sight of this made Liuge recoil several meters.

"Sister, you can't just throw that around!"

As everyone knows, Qingque's combat power is an unknown quantity.

If you were to judge by star ratings in games, Qingque would be the type that's impossible to categorize, constantly fluctuating between four and six stars.

"Why are you running?!"

Seeing Liuge's strong reaction, Qingque's mood immediately brightened, and she put down the Diyuan Qiongyu.

"N-nothing."

Liuge wiped away nonexistent cold sweat.

At that moment, he felt as if he saw a red Stat-Stick Light Orb drop from Qingque.

"You… you kind of guy…"

"So, you're slacking off at work again!"

Liuge leaned in and casually collected the red Stat-Stick Light Orb that had just dropped.

"Who... who's slacking off! I was just... just... work is too tiring, yeah. Work is too tiring, so I came out for a break!"

"I understand, I understand!"

Liuge nodded solemnly, showing his understanding.

Seeing Liuge like this, Qingque was instantly speechless.

After all, she really was slacking off, having slipped out while the Diviner was away.

But there was no way she could admit that!

She glared at Liuge exasperatedly, about to say something.

A fair hand landed on her shoulder.

In that instant, Qingque felt like a C-rank character who had just used their ultimate, caught red-handed by Gongsun Zan, her expression turning to one of pure terror.

"Qing~que~"

The voice she least wanted to hear came from behind her.

At that moment, Qingque's gaze towards Liuge was filled with unspoken words.

It was as if she was saying:

—Save me, save me!

To this, Liuge's responding gaze also spoke volumes.

—Can't save you, prepare to die!

Desperate, Qingque turned her head with a fawning smile.

Standing behind her was Type-C... cough, it was the Diviner Fu herself!

"Di... Diviner!"

Her awkward smile made Qingque look rather embarrassed.

"While I was out, Qingque, you skipped work again! Your salary for this month will be halved again!"

Hearing the punishment, Qingque was taken aback, but she didn't seem particularly scared.

Seeing Qingque's expression, Liuge seemed to guess something.

He coughed lightly, and when Fu Xuan turned her gaze to him, he spoke.

"Diviner, is there a possibility that Qingque's salary for this month has already been halved?"

The moment he finished speaking, Qingque's gaze towards Liuge turned incredibly dangerous.

—Wow, a backstabber!

Hearing Liuge's words, Fu Xuan was also taken aback, but seeing the murderous intent in Qingque's eyes directed at Liuge, she felt that Liuge might be correct.

"Then I'll deduct next month's wages!"

"No, Lord Diviner! I have no wages left this month. If I don't have any next month either, how will I survive?"

"Then get back to your post and behave yourself!"

Fu Xuan snorted, replying with annoyance.

Hearing Fu Xuan's words, Qingque felt as if she had received a great pardon. After glaring fiercely at Liuge, she headed towards the Divination Commission.

Watching Qingque's retreating back, Fu Xuan shook her head helplessly.

"This child, she's clearly very talented, why is she so lazy!"

"Perhaps her mindset is one of going with the flow, seizing every moment to slack off."

Liuge smiled and replied to Fu Xuan.

"Perhaps, it is as you say!"

Fu Xuan glanced at Liuge and nodded.

"Young friend, you and your companions should come to the Divination Commission later."

"Hm?"

"I intend to interrogate that Stellaron Hunter!"

"Understood!"

Liuge nodded, indicating he understood.

Although he couldn't quite remember the general plot of the Xianzhou storyline, he vaguely recalled that it was after Fu Xuan viewed Kafka's Memory.

The Ambrosial Arbor was also reborn at that time, and Blade appeared and took Kafka away.

As for the processes in between, he couldn't recall them anymore. Time had passed for too long, and his mind had grown rusty.

Seeing Liuge answer so readily, Fu Xuan didn't linger and turned to leave.

Only then did Liuge have the chance to take out the red Stat-Stick that had dropped from Qingque and examine it.

[Mo Yu]

Quality: Red

Description: A slacker, a slacker's soul, slackers are superior people! Nothing can stop me from slacking, I mean... nothing!!! (How nice, I wish I could slack too!)

Looking at the description of the Stat-Stick, Liuge felt a bit bewildered.

Why was a Stat-Stick like this a red-quality one?

This truly left Liuge confused.

Taking the scarlet Stat-Stick [One Awesome Attack] as an example, this kind of red-quality Stat-Stick should be more advanced and useful than a gold-quality one.

But what was this [Mo Yu] Stat-Stick?

063 Old Fossil

Liuge was currently very confused by the description of the [Bailan] Stat-Stick.

However, he vaguely felt that this Stat-Stick would be very important in the future, a very special one.

At this moment, the train crew, who had finished their rounds, also arrived beside Liuge.

Looking at everyone, Liuge could only suppress the usage of this Stat-Stick and looked at Welt.

"Uncle Yang, the Diviner from the Divination Commission just told me to go to the Divination Commission."

"The Diviner... that Diviner Fu?"

Welt was slightly startled, immediately recalling the pink-haired girl he had seen before.

"Yes!"

Liuge nodded.

"In that case, let's go!"

Welt nodded, then looked at Liuge.

Liuge met his gaze.

"Wh-what is it?"

"We don't know the way!"

"Understood!"

Liuge blinked and immediately took on the role of navigator.

After about ten minutes of winding paths, Liuge and Welt and the others arrived at the Divination Commission.

As soon as they got there, Liuge saw a small figure standing by the door, looking like they were dozing off.

He looked at everyone, made a shushing gesture, and then quietly approached.

"Ah, Lord Diviner!"

The sudden appearance startled the drowsy girl, who immediately began apologizing profusely.

"Diviner... Diviner Fu, I was just really sleepy. I wasn't slacking off at all!"

"..."

But after a moment, the girl, not hearing the scolding she expected, slightly raised her head.

Standing before her was that annoying guy.

"Whoa! You jerk, you tricked me again!"

Qingque jumped up in anger and slapped Liuge on the head.

—Endure no more, hold back no longer!!!

It was at this very moment that Liuge saw another golden Character Stat-Stick fall from Qingque.

His eyes lit up. While she was still reeling from the slap, Liuge bent down and picked up the stat-stick.

[Character Stat-Stick: Gatekeeper (aka Doorman)]

Quality: Gold

Description: Who says a gatekeeper must be the leader of a sect? It can also be someone who controls the main gate! Isn't that right?

Liuge's eye twitched. It seemed that because he hadn't helped Qingque today, Fu Xuan had sent Qingque over here to guard the gate again.

"Liuge, who is this?"

At this point, Welt, along with March 7th and the others, also walked over.

"This is my close friend from Xianzhou, the card player Qingque!"

"Who's a card player?! While that's not wrong, we're childhood sweethearts, not just close friends!"

Qingque retorted indignantly.