"Of course. If Elysia could carry her, that was."
"If I'm carrying Eden, I can unleash a hundred times my strength~"
The two girls traded flirtatious remarks while keeping the game's story moving along.
By then, the viewer count in the livestream had already reached one million.
And it was still rising.
Normally, Bilibili could not accommodate that many viewers in a single livestream room.
But Eden had appeared in Elysia's livestream several times already.
After the experience of the first system crash, Bilibili paid special attention whenever Elysia streamed.
Today was no exception. The moment Eden appeared in the livestream room, Bilibili's administrators frantically expanded the servers for Elysia's stream.
Even if they had to make other streamers end early, they absolutely would not let Elysia's livestream crash.
After all, this was a massive wave of traffic.
At that moment, several Bilibili staff members watched Elysia's stream while sighing in amazement.
"As expected of Eden... She only showed her face and didn't interact with the viewers at all, yet the popularity remains sky-high. The Danmaku volume is terrifying too."
"Things are precious because they're rare. Eden might not show her face even once in half a year. Of course her fans would go crazy when she suddenly appeared in a livestream."
"She'll probably trend again later..."
"By the way, have you looked into that game called Honkai Impact 3rd?"
"Not really... Huh? Are you saying Eden accepted an advertisement from the game developer?"
"That would be huge news. It's the first time Eden has ever taken an ad."
Image: Fu Hua (Cun Jin Kai Tian warning)
First-Day Downloads Explode!
Just as they had guessed, Weibo and Douyin were incredibly lively now.
Several pieces of news related to Eden were rapidly climbing the rankings.
Without exception, every topic included the words Honkai Impact 3rd.
This allowed Honkai Impact 3rd to ride a massive wave of free traffic and publicity.
Inside MiHoYo Studio.
"Bronya, how are the numbers?"
Bronya stopped playing the game and opened the backend to take a look.
But the data on the computer made Bronya's pupils abruptly contract.
Seeing that she remained silent for so long, Mo Li found it a little strange. "What's wrong, Bronya?"
"Boss, wait... Let me look again." Bronya could barely believe her eyes.
Was that string of numbers so large that she had misread it?
Bronya leaned down slightly, moved her little head closer to the screen, and tapped it with her slender pale fingers.
"Ones, tens, hundreds... thousands..."
Unfortunately, Mo Li happened to be standing behind Bronya with a cup of coffee.
Bronya wore office attire, and her black-stockinged hip-hugging skirt outlined her curvaceous figure.
Now she was standing in front of Mo Li with her waist bent in that posture...
It was far too provocative.
Mo Li took a small sip of coffee, then happened to see the sight before him when he looked up.
He nearly sprayed out the coffee in his mouth. In his panic, he choked on it instead.
"Cough, cough..."
At that moment, Rita happened to pass by. Seeing Mo Li coughing nonstop, she curiously walked over.
"Boss, what's wrong with—"
Once she approached, she naturally saw Bronya's current posture. Then she looked at Mo Li's state and seemed to understand something.
With a smile, Rita slowly walked over to Mo Li and patted his back.
Just as Mo Li recovered, Bronya's somewhat emotionless voice came from ahead.
"Boss, our game... exploded!"
Rita was pleasantly surprised upon hearing that, while Mo Li appeared exceptionally calm. "As expected."
"Compared to that, what I care about more is... did you just smile?"
Bronya rolled her eyes at Mo Li. "I'm not expressionless. What's strange about smiling once?"
"It's very strange, okay? After being together for so long, this is the first time I've seen you smile!!"
"And you're saying you're not expressionless?"
Bronya narrowed her eyes slightly and stared quietly at Mo Li, as if saying: Keep teasing me and see if I don't beat you up.
Seeing this, Rita covered her mouth and chuckled. "Not just the boss—even I rarely see Bronya smile."
Bronya: "..."
"Aren't your priorities a little strange right now? I said the game's numbers exploded. Our Studio is on fire. Aren't you happy?"
Rita said, "Of course I'm happy, but I don't understand game data and all that..."
"Let me see." Mo Li slowly walked over to the computer.
However, when he saw the numbers, he was just as incredulous as Bronya.
"Ten million!! Thirty million downloads!"
Rita: "??"
But before Rita could react in shock, Mo Li's next words stunned her even more.
"Among them, ten million players have played for over two hours."
"Two million players have made purchases..."
What kind of numbers were those?
That download count was something even games that had been in open beta for a year might not achieve, let alone thirty million downloads on the first day...
The game Rita and the others had made only had several hundred thousand total downloads.
Its daily active users had only barely exceeded ten thousand... Compared with Honkai Impact 3rd, that was a difference of hundreds or even thousands of times.
No wonder Bronya had become so shaken that she leaned over and counted the digits several times.
"I thought I had misread it at first too..." Even now, Bronya still found it hard to believe.
She turned to look at Mo Li again.
"What kind of mind does it take to make a game like this..."
Even Mo Li had never expected numbers like these.
During the open beta, the total number of pre-registrations had only been thirty million.
Yet less than ten hours had passed, and there were already thirty million downloads?
After all, pre-registering did not mean someone would download the game.
By Mo Li's calculations, the number of people downloading Honkai Impact 3rd within the first twenty-four hours should have been around fifteen million.
Yet in less than ten hours, the download count had already surpassed the number of pre-registrations.
The number of paying players had also reached the millions.
Before long, Rita shared the good news with the other girls in the Studio.
Without exception, the girls did not believe it when they first heard about the thirty million downloads.
But once they gathered around, looked at the backend data, and counted the ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten-thousands several times, they all jumped up in excitement.
Bronya stood nearby and quietly watched everyone, the corners of her lips lifting slightly.
The sisters at the Studio had not been this happy in a long time.
However, after calming down, Bronya noticed the girls' posture as they checked the data... their perky rear ends sticking out...
Then she turned to look at Mo Li, who was strategically drinking water.
Bronya suddenly realized something, and her cheeks could not help turning slightly red.
"Ahem... Everyone, don't get too excited. Pay attention to your image..." she tactfully reminded them.
But the girls were so dizzy with excitement from the explosive numbers that they had no mind to care about their image. They all eagerly discussed it among themselves.
Bronya could not be bothered reminding them anymore.
They were dressed quite conservatively anyway. Their poses were just a little alluring.
Considering Mo Li had behaved well over the past half month, she would treat it as giving him a little benefit.
Just as she was thinking that, Mo Li suddenly spoke.
"Girls, check whether there are any problems with the servers first, then expand them some more."
"It'll be time to get off work soon. I'll treat everyone to a meal~ Consider it a celebration banquet."
To Mo Li's surprise, the girls did not cheer. Instead, they exchanged looks.
That left Mo Li somewhat confused.
After thinking for a moment, Mo Li smiled and teased, "The game just started making money, and you already want bonuses?"
"Boss, you misunderstood..." Mei hurriedly interrupted Mo Li, her voice soft. "We usually don't go out to eat together. The looks from strangers make us very uncomfortable..."
Only then did Mo Li understand.
Thinking about it, that made sense. Any one of the girls present had stunning looks, and if they walked together, they would probably draw every gaze in the area.
"Boss, how about ordering takeout? I plan to stay at the Studio tonight and keep an eye on the backend data."
Rita nodded in agreement. "Himeko's suggestion is good. If you want to celebrate with us... just order us some takeout~"
Seeing that the girls had reached a unanimous decision, Mo Li did not waste any time and took out his phone. "What do you want to eat?"
"I want a serving of Fragrant Fried Fish."
"Hunan Phoenix Kernel Chicken."
"Heizi Steamed Shrimp Head."
"Heizi Steamed Snakehead."
PS: Elysia's thoughtful reminder: Captain, don't let women from the real world fool you.
Queen's Descent!
"What strange dish names..."
Mo Li muttered softly, then searched for them one by one.
But just as he opened his phone, a Weibo notification popped up.
Eden Appears in a Bilibili Livestream—What Kind of Game Is "Honkai Impact 3rd"? (Trending)
"Weibo's trending searches? Eden?" Without a second thought, Mo Li tapped the notification.
When the information loaded, his gaze was immediately drawn to those screenshots.
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