Honkai: Star Rail: Developing a Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company

In the story, just as the Creation Engine's massive hand was about to come crashing down, Stelle charged up and leaped forward. Dan Heng's Long Spear swiped across the air, landing in exactly the perfect spot!

Stelle grabbed the spear and swung with the momentum, vaulting onto the platform and arriving before Cocolia!

The entire sequence was so impressive that people could not help but applaud!

"Your grandpa's here!"

"The teamwork between everyone is so Cool!"

"This is our blood-pumping combo attack!"

"March 7th: What about me?"

The screen shattered once more as Cocolia began to display the Stellaron's power. Her entire body was encased in ice, making her look utterly inhuman!

[Listen... this power is surging... singing... The promise the Stellaron gave me is this world's only hope... Seven hundred years ago, it drove away the Anti-Matter Legion—today, it will erase your existence as well!]

When the scene entered battle, the Audience was stunned once again.

There was only the protagonist facing Cocolia in battle, with no supporting characters whatsoever!

"No way, the story's actually serious? It's really just me?"

"How the hell am I supposed to fight this?"

"I'm fighting Cocolia? Seriously?"

"I'm actually going to die this time!"

"Where are my teammates? Someone save me!"

As damage numbers in the dozens appeared, as feeble as scratches, Lao Mu spoke up.

"Don't panic. This part should be a scripted loss, right? Maybe the protagonist will awaken some kind of power later!"

In the following scene, Cocolia's attack had finished charging before her.

[Let me grant you despair!]

To everyone's surprise, The next moment, the Ice Lance in Cocolia's hand shot straight out, piercing through Stelle's chest!

The force of the attack sent Stelle and her Baseball Bat plummeting from the sky together!

March 7th on the train instinctively closed her eyes, her right hand tightly gripping Stelle's palm.

Yet The next moment, the scene shifted.

Stelle opened her eyes and found herself in an unknown space.

[This is... the universe?]

She looked around. In the distance were winding, twisted spiral roots, and among them, a straight crimson beam shot into the heavens.

[...Wasn't I fighting Cocolia? Why am I here...]

[...The last time I came here, Nanook glanced at me. Could it be...]

Seeing this, the Audience recalled what had happened in the earlier story.

"No way, are we going to see another Star God?"

"Impossible, right? How could anyone receive the gaze of two Star Gods? Wouldn't that be like unlocking two Paths?"

"This is way too absurd! Nothing like this has ever happened in the universe!"

"We're a Stellaron that gained sentience. What could possibly be impossible?"

"I just wonder which Star God it'll be this time."

While shocked, everyone was also curious about which Star God they would see this time.

Stelle kept moving forward in the story. Phantoms of Cocolia making decisions under the Stellaron's influence began appearing around her.

As she continued onward, she eventually saw the figure of a little girl ahead. Based on the description, she was actually Guardian's Will!

[This city is crying out... its power is fading.]

[In the very end... we still could not contend against that will.]

Stelle chose to tell her that Cocolia had abandoned Preservation.

[That's right... but we have no right to condemn her.]

[For the past seven hundred years, the Fragmentum has continued expanding every second. What we left for those who came after us... was neither faith nor wealth, but only boundless despair.]

Seeing this, quite a few viewers began to understand why Cocolia had chosen to believe in the Stellaron.

Seven hundred years of history without hope lay before them. Should they, like those before them, hold their territory and slowly be devoured by the Fragmentum, or should they trust the Stellaron and take one final gamble?

Bronya looked at All of this before her and could not help wondering what choice she would have made in her place.

Guardian's Will had clearly already been defeated by this desperate predicament as well. When Stelle said that there would always be Some people who would not waver, the girl turned and looked at her.

[Very well. What else is there to lose... and what is there that cannot be tried?]

[Go and touch the Amber Light, Trailblazer. See whether the will in your heart is strong enough... strong enough to draw Their gaze.]

Everyone's eyes began to converge on the fiery lance within the crimson light!

The BGM, perfectly suited to the scene and sounding like a battle anthem, began to play, igniting the hearts of the entire audience!

The instant Stelle touched the lance, it was as if a giant hammer had fallen. The impact knocked her back, but it could not stop her advance!

The next moment, Stelle stepped forward again and gripped the shaft with both hands. Cracks spread across the ground beneath her!

"Haaahhhhhh!!!"

Heavenfire Unsheathed! Flames instantly surged into the sky!

Suddenly, the image flashed, and a majestic golden figure vast enough to blot out the sky appeared!

The Preservation Aeon—Qlipoth!

A gaze shining like the sun was fixed upon you!

Wildfire Rings, Parents Raised You for Nothing

The Preservation Aeon, King of Amber, cast his gaze upon you and struck the Giant Hammer that renewed the Amber Calendar!

This scene sent the audience into another frenzy!

"Holy shit, is the protagonist really this awesome?"

"Finally, the protagonist isn't just a camera anymore!"

"I watched this episode when I was a kid—Heavenfire Unsheathed!"

"It's the King of Amber! This time, it's the King of Amber's gaze!"

"This is way too cool! First the Destruction Star God, then the Preservation Aeon—I don't even dare imagine what comes next!"

"Did you notice a detail? The King of Amber's Giant Hammer came down too!"

"That's right. Could the game's timeline have started from the previous Amber Calendar?"

"Now I count as someone the chairman has recognized! I'm heading to Belobog to report in tomorrow!"

"Well said. Your reward is to go deal with the Stellaron Hunters!"

On the train, March 7th watched the strange events unfolding in the story, then turned to Stelle beside her and said excitedly.

"So you went through so much in that single instant! That's unbelievable!"

Stelle replied without the slightest modesty.

"Can't be helped. After all, I'm the protagonist—the one destined to bear the whole world."

"Uh... you really are confident..."

And at the Space Station.

Upon seeing the King of Amber appear in the game, Asta's expression was not only shocked—her brows also furrowed slightly.

"Now, those people at the very top of the company will probably take notice. They won't let any information related to the King of Amber slip past them. I just don't know whether the game's officials will side with the company."

If the game fell under the company's control, who knew what messy nonsense they would stuff into it? Asta did not want a game she liked to be ruined by the company.

It was just that the officials did not seem to have seen her messages yet. Otherwise, she could consider investing in the game herself without interfering with any of its plans.

But for now, all she could do was pray silently.

On the Interastral Peace Corporation's side, just as Asta had expected, all information related to the King of Amber was swiftly passed up to the higher-ups.

Aventurine learned of the news at once. Looking at the still-unapproved Honkai: Star Rail verification request in his account, a faint curve formed at the corner of his lips.

Now was not yet the time to reap the harvest.

"Aventurine, this is the Big Deal you were talking about? It really is big, but it's so big that even the Board of Directors has already made a move. Will there still be anything left for us?"

After learning the full story, Topaz looked at Aventurine and asked.

"Of course. This Big Deal will ultimately belong to the Strategic Investment Department. Or perhaps... we can take a gamble."

Aventurine's expression remained as calm as ever.

"You really have the leisure for this. For the project the company assigned you in Penacony, just say the word if you need my help. Don't end up like I did last time, or it'll be hard to explain things to Diamond."

Topaz changed the subject and brought up the project that was about to begin.

Aventurine did not beat around the bush either, stating why he had come to Topaz.

"I need to borrow your Topaz Stone."

At the top of the tallest building on the entire planet of Belobog, a portly middle-aged man stood before a window. Outside it loomed the majestic golden figure of the King of Amber!

This man was Talavan Keen, P48—the head of the Building Material Logistics Department, one of the Seven-Member Board of Directors of the Interastral Peace Corporation, and one of the few confirmed Preservation Envoys in the company!

On the projected screen beside him was the scene of the King of Amber appearing in the story. Talavan seemed to be comparing the two, checking for any differences.

After quite a while, a communications request came through. Once it was connected, a report began—but its contents left Talavan dissatisfied.

"You can't find anything? Then apply to other departments for assistance. With my authorization, even Envoys can be mobilized. Don't disappoint me! Otherwise, go collect your own demotion disciplinary action!"

Although Talavan, as head of the Building Material Logistics Department, was not particularly suited to meddling in other departments' affairs, his status as a board director clearly granted him greater privileges!

The game's apparent use of a Memory Envoy's methods had greatly interested Talavan. His goal was to investigate the mastermind behind it.

But that was a matter for later. Back to the story.

Under the gaze of the King of Amber, Stelle opened her eyes and awoke from that strange space. The flame spear from before had somehow appeared in her hand!

The Creation Engine's palm steadily caught Stelle's body from below and slowly lowered her down. After turning back to exchange glances with her companions, Stelle's gaze became resolute.

She raised the flame spear high in her right hand, its tip aimed directly at Cocolia floating in the air—a scene like a famous painting!

The image shattered once more, and the horn of counterattack officially sounded!

Cocolia: [This is impossible...]

Bronya: [The will of Preservation has already made its choice...]

Cocolia: [You know nothing of this world's plight... nothing of the ending that awaits it!]

As the battle resumed, aside from the usual characters, the party now had a brand-new member: the protagonist on the Preservation Path!

"Holy crap, that pose with the flame spear is way too cool!"

"So cool! After switching to the Preservation Path, her entire skill set changed, and it even looks like her character art changed too!"

"This is the protagonist of our Honkai: Star Rail! Do your other games have protagonists this cool?! She's truly the most protagonist-y protagonist ever!"

Lao Mu also began controlling the character in the boss battle. The tense BGM continuously built up the atmosphere, stirring the players' emotions!

When Cocolia suddenly summoned two ice pillars to assist her in battle, the flame spear in Stelle's hand flashed. Then, as though it had received an order, the Creation Engine raised its iron fist!

The enormous iron fist slammed down viciously, instantly wiping out more than half of Cocolia's HP bar and Toughness!

"Holy shit, that punch felt way too good!"

"Fist of Gaius!"

When she used her Skill, the protagonist raised the flame spear in front of herself, and her Ultimate energy had just filled up!

Ultimate: Unreturning Flame Spear!

Stelle's figure appeared in the character art together with the phantom silhouettes of her companions!