Honkai: Star Rail: I Developed the Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company Chapter 21

The two joined forces, Seele transforming into a phantom that arrived alongside the bullets Bronya fired!

"Don't let any opening slip by."

"Try this move on for size!"

After finishing off the elite monsters, the final massive Outer Void Flame boss appeared!

"Looks like this is the last one that slipped through the net."

The camera slowly zoomed in, Seele and Bronya standing left and right, their eyes locking onto the lens together!

"Don't hold me back here, you upper-level district type."

Their Ultimates were unleashed simultaneously, and in the end, their images overlapped as they both raised a hand to point ahead!

"Fade away with the butterflies, phantoms of the past!"

Beneath the blood-red moon was Seele's butterfly-like apparition; her red pupils flashed, and countless phantoms emerged with streams of blade light!

The screen exploded, and the Honkai: Star Rail logo appeared—PV Ends!

After watching Seele's PV, Pela's face inexplicably lit up with excitement.

Good, good, good—half of Seele's PV was Bronya's screen time. Shared marital property, right?

The official ship is confirmed!

Chapter 30: Why Does My Seele Love Drinking Coffee?

With the end of Seele's PV, a flood of discussion erupted beneath the video!

"Is it here? The first Limited Character banner!"

"Wahhh, it's so beautiful! I saw the Seele from the story too!"

"Such a cool entrance, Quantum Specter!"

"The official production quality is insane, especially that 3D-to-2D transition—so smooth!"

"There's even Bronya in the PV! I smell yuri vibes!"

"Especially the double image during their Ultimates! The devs really know what they're doing!"

"This should be a Main DPS, right? I wonder what fun mechanics the Limited Character will have."

"Please no 50/50 loss! If Seele doesn't get dodged, I'll play until the servers shut down!"

"Damn, I dumped all my Stellar Jade into the Standard Banner! Now I can't scrape together a single pull!"

"Suggest restarting!"

"So impatient, when does the Gacha Pool update?"

However, shortly after Seele's Character PV was released, the official account posted another game update announcement!

[Dear Trailblazers:]

[After the flash update for Honkai: Star Rail version 1.0, a limited-time Warp event will begin.]

[During the "Butterfly on the Blade's Edge" event, you can use Star Rail Special Tickets to Warp.]

[During the event, the drop rate for the limited 5-star character "Seele (The Hunt · Quantum)" will be temporarily increased. Limited characters will not be added to "Stellar Warp."]

[During the "Flowing Light Fixed Shadow" event, you can use Star Rail Special Tickets to Warp.]

[During the event, the drop rate for the limited 5-star Light Cone "In the Night (The Hunt)" will be temporarily increased. Limited Light Cones will not be added to "Stellar Warp."]

[The Stellaris Gift limited-time Sign-in Event is now open.]

[During the event, Trailblazers can log in daily, sign in for 7 days, and claim a total of 10 Star Rail Special Tickets.]

Beyond the standard Limited Character banner, players hadn't expected that they'd also be gifted a 10-pull!

And it was a 10-pull that could be used on the Limited Character banner!

If you counted the 20 pulls from the launch mail, the 40 pulls plus 1600 Stellar Jade from the leveling event, and these 10 pulls from the sign-in, the devs had already given away 80 pulls!

"Wait! Am I seeing this right? The event is giving away Star Rail Special Tickets!"

"Oh my god! They're giving away more?!"

"And they're Star Rail Special Tickets too! This is way too generous!"

"Is this game dev really this kind? Giving away so much—will players even spend money? They're gonna go broke and have to take the bus!"

"The devs are amazing! I'm definitely getting Seele with these 10 pulls!"

"I was worried I wouldn't have enough Star Rail Special Tickets, but now it's solid!"

Besides the in-game event updates, the Creator Incentive Program that Lin Guang had set up with the video streaming platform was also launched!

[The Honkai: Star Rail Version 1.0 Creator Incentive Program is now live!]

[Select the #Honkai: Star Rail Creator Incentive Program# topic to submit your work, or stream in the "Honkai: Star Rail" section. Meet the conditions, and you can share in the total of hundreds of millions in creator incentive funds and generous in-game prizes~]

Everyone thought it was over after seeing the previous events, but they immediately lost their composure when they saw the incentive program!

"Holy crap, Creator Incentive? I make a video and the devs pay me?"

"A massive move! I remember Yuan Nong Zhou had similar events when it launched, didn't expect Honkai: Star Rail's official team to be this loaded too!"

"Sweet! The Credits I earn from posting videos can go straight into pulling again!"

"Right, and it all gets fed right back!"

"Classic Honkai: Star Rail player behavior!"

As a streamer, Lao Mu was thrilled by this streaming incentive—not only could it boost his income, but he'd also snag plenty of Stellar Jades as rewards!

After updating the game and logging back in, a red dot appeared above the Warp button—the Limited Character Seele's Gacha Pool was open for pulling!

"Pela, hurry up and top up some Credits! Pull my character so I can see what skills she has!"

Seele, seeing that the pool character was actually herself and getting a bit excited from her standout performance in the PV, urged Pela to swipe the card quickly!

"Uh... I haven't even checked the price for pulling in this game yet. It'll be reimbursed, right?"

Pela looked at her phone with some hesitation—how had she suddenly ended up paying to work out of nowhere?

Aboard the Star Rail Express.

March 7th opened the pool with a Star Rail Special Ticket she'd just claimed online, the girl praying silently.

"Please, please—I've only got one pull left! It has to come through! Seele, come back to the Express with me!"

Her finger crept closer to the button, the background music's pitch slowly rising—a flash of golden light!

"Ah, I got it! I got it!"

March 7th jumped up from her bed in excitement, but before she could savor the joy, the Erudition symbol flashed by, and the coffee-loving Seele appeared!

The girl collapsed.

Star watched March 7th lying motionless on the bed, rubbed their chin, and thoughtfully pulled the blanket up over her feet.

At the Herta Space Station.

Arlan looked at the scene on Miss Asta's phone and asked with some confusion.

"What's wrong, Miss? Aren't you pulling for this Miss Seele? If you're tired, I can do it for you."

Asta was scrolling through the announcement about Seele's character introduction and shook her head in reply.

"No, I'm judging the character's strength by observing her mechanics. Don't think I'm one of those fools who maxes out a character the moment they drop—I'm a rational meta player!"

"So, Miss, how many pulls are you planning this time?"

Suddenly, Asta seemed to remember something and added.

"Oh, and make sure to record my pulling video. I want to test out the official Creator Incentive Program. Sorry to trouble you, Arlan!"

"...Understood."

Among all the players at that moment, some were celebrating a single-pull gold, others got a double five-star in one ten-pull, and a few even pulled a Seele with dragon horns!

Lao Mu's pulling process went smoothly—60 pulls for Seele, 50 pulls for her Signature Light Cone, with no deviations to other items.

"Here we go, here we go! The streamer's testing out Seele's feel for everyone!"

Adding the pulled Seele to his team, Lao Mu immediately started testing her Technique.

"Holy crap, invisibility!"

In the scene, Seele's entire body transformed into a blue-purple phantom—even walking right up to a monster wouldn't trigger detection!

"Overpowered, overpowered, way too overpowered! This way, when exploring the big world for Treasure Chests, I don't have to worry about getting attacked by monsters!"

Once the character entered battle, after Seele defeated one monster, she immediately triggered Reprise, gaining an extra turn without consuming any buffs!

Defeating a monster in the Reprise turn filled her energy, and her Ultimate: Chaos Butterfly!

"This will set you free."

"Vanish with the butterflies, phantoms of the past."

Seele's entire body and scythe seemed to form a straight line, launching toward the target!

Streams of phantoms lingered near the target, then struck simultaneously, shattering the space along with them!

The Ultimate killed the monster, triggering Reprise again!

Attacking again in the Reprise turn!

My turn, my turn, still my turn!

What the hell, a three-body problem character?!

Four actions in one turn with ease—this is the strength of a Limited Character?!

Chapter 31: Svarog Feels Kinda Hot

The mechanics and strength of the Limited Character Seele clearly impressed the audience!

"Holy crap, this character is way too strong! Her mechanics are maxed out!"

"This is the power of a Limited Character? She's practically a three-body problem!"

"Right? I feel like Seele's strength could last until the game shuts down!"

"Honestly, compared to Seele, my Himeko feels like a caveman!"

"The Signature Light Cone gives such generous stats too, just handing out 18% crit rate for free, plus damage and crit damage bonuses. That's insane!"

"It's fine, I feel like my Seele's damage isn't that high either. Can't kill anyone, and she loses buffs when hit!"

"Bro, your Seele isn't Ice-type, is she?"

"I can't take it, I feel my wallet twitching!"

"I'm screwed, I dumped all my Stellar Jades into the Standard Banner, now I don't have a single one left!"

"There's still a lot of rewards from exploring the overworld, I just don't know if there's a walkthrough!"

"Yue Ma, save me!"

With the opening of the Limited Character Gacha Pool, the game's popularity skyrocketed again!

Coupled with creator incentives, the online community began flooding with a massive number of Honkai: Star Rail related videos!

For now, most of the videos were just players pulling on the gacha or doing story quests, but there were so many of them!

No matter what video you were watching, after a few, they'd all inevitably lead to the same direction—Honkai: Star Rail!

A full-on cybernetic ghost wall!

Many people who didn't usually play games, after seeing related videos, ended up clicking download for one reason or another!

Taking advantage of this wave, the game's popularity began to break out of its niche, no longer confined to the gaming community!

And back inside the game...

Since they were still in the early stages of the game, Lao Mu didn't plan on doing any character summoning services or anything like that. Instead, he started playing through the Main Story first.

After Seele appeared and saved Bronya, it was clear that Seele was pretty annoyed with Bronya from the Upper District. Her actions were more about teaching those Wanderers a lesson.