Honkai: Star Rail: I Developed the Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company Chapter 28

"What the hell kind of game understanding is this?!"

The audience couldn't understand why not a single damage-dealing character was picked. Could this team really beat Svarog?

But what surprised everyone even more came next. After selecting characters, they reached the Path selection screen.

While everyone else was choosing The Hunt and Destruction to boost damage output, the video picked Nihility!

"Confusing move!"

"This... what's the point of picking Nihility?!"

"I can't even imagine how this is supposed to beat Svarog!"

"Haha, maybe Svarog will just drop dead on the spot!"

"Maybe we'll see Natasha dealing tens of thousands of damage with one shot!"

"He's hacking, right?!"

"If it's not off, it's on!"

"That's all the streamer's persistence and effort!"

Seeing the barrage of comments doubting his idol Silver Wolf, even suggesting she must have hacked the system to modify the data—

This was an insult to his idol!

As a gamer, Silver Wolf had never used any of her hacking skills on game data!

So he immediately started directing the room moderators to issue bans, but the barrage only grew thicker!

"Haha, getting mad, getting mad!"

"The streamer's trying to shut us up again!"

"I'm so scared~"

Seeing that the comments couldn't be banned fast enough, Sweet Potato Pigeon simply turned off the comment display and focused on watching the first clear video.

At the start of the Simulated Universe, since there weren't many Nihility blessings yet, each battle took a while to finish.

But Sweet Potato Pigeon still noticed the unique aspects of the Nihility Path!

Unlike The Hunt's speed boosts and extra actions, or Destruction's attack bonuses, Nihility focused on applying negative status effects that continuously drained the enemy's HP!

Activating the Resonance had an 80% chance to apply Burn, Shock, Bleed, and Wind Shear to all enemies!

And the Resonance formations and blessings within the Nihility Path each had their own special tricks!

There were blessings that extended the duration of negative statuses, a Suspicion state that boosted continuous damage, attacks that restored Resonance energy...

The entire Nihility Path completely detached itself from character traits, allowing players to easily clear bosses using only Path damage!

So the core of this first clear was: just survive, and let the Path Resonance handle the damage!

Naturally, characters didn't need to bring damage dealers like usual—just survival-oriented characters!

Thus, a Nihility Skip Survival Build emerged, composed of Fire Preservation Trailblazer, March 7th, Natasha, and Asta!

All they had to do was keep collecting Nihility blessings in each stage, unlock the Resonance formations once they reached a certain number, and then stay alive against the boss!

There was absolutely no need to deal damage to the boss!

Watching Svarog lose over half its HP in one turn from continuous damage, Sweet Potato Pigeon and the audience were stunned!

"Holy crap, this continuous damage is this strong? Svarog lost over half its HP in one move!"

"He's really not hacking—Nihility Resonance is this powerful?"

"Now Svarog really did drop dead on the spot!"

"Wait, this game can be played like this?"

"No damage dealers, just all survival characters to stay alive? And it actually works?"

"Unbelievable. And here I was wondering whether to pick The Hunt or Destruction for Seele!"

"You've been playing the Simulated Universe wrong, again and again!"

"This is something else—gotta try it out!"

Sweet Potato Pigeon was shocked watching Svarog get effortlessly defeated in the video. He never thought this turn-based game could have such variety—switching Paths completely changed the entire playstyle!

After the shock, a smug expression appeared on Sweet Potato Pigeon's face!

"Talk now! Huh, haters, talk now! Still saying Silver Wolf cheated? You small fries dare to question her?!"

At the same time, he marveled inwardly—no wonder it was Silver Wolf, able to develop such a unique playstyle!

So after watching the video, Sweet Potato Pigeon switched his team composition and set off with the Super Survival Team, composed of Preservation Trailblazer, Bailu, Natasha, and Gepard!

Sure enough, the pace was slow—each elite enemy took about five minutes to beat.

After all, the characters had no damage output, and early on, without enough Nihility blessings, the Resonance damage wasn't very high either.

But the HP bars stayed safely within the green zone, with no pressure at all!

By the time he reached Svarog, he had already collected 14 Nihility blessings—a perfect hand!

Sweet Potato Pigeon even started switching to walking state to pose!

"Sow, count your sins! Svarog!

Nihility Blessing Grants Me!

Simulated Universe, time to accelerate!

[Fourfold Root of Doubt]

[Suffering and Sunshine]

[Funeral of the Sensation Seeker]

[The Man in a Case]

[Twilight of Existence]

[Emotional Detachment]

One last thing!

Praise Silver Wolf!"

This time, Sweet Potato Pigeon confidently pulled the boss into battle. In the past, facing Svarog meant constantly watching HP, and after entering phase three, he had to be wary of the boss snatching away his Main DPS.

Looking at the four characters before him with full HP and a thick white shield, plus the constant DoT debuffs triggering on Svarog, Sweet Potato Pigeon got cocky again!

"Hoho, Mr. Svarog, where's your big hand of fate?"

When phase three came and Svarog summoned his mechanical arms, maybe because of the psychological shadow from before, Sweet Potato Pigeon's heart still tightened.

But this time, even if a character got grabbed, Sweet Potato Pigeon didn't need to rush to save his Main DPS like before.

Burn, shock, wind shear, bleed—colorful effects exploded on Svarog, and his HP bar began to drop steadily!

Finally, after grinding for over ten minutes, Svarog fell!

"Oh ho! Finally cleared it!"

Silver Wolf finished her exploration of the Simulated Universe. World 5 wouldn't open until she completed the subsequent Main Story quests.

Stretching widely, Silver Wolf had a few dark circles under her eyes, looking somewhat tired.

After all, ever since she first saw the Simulated Universe, she'd been very interested in Herta's experimental project in the game.

It could be said she'd stayed up all night grinding through most of the skill tree, and also discovered the traits of each Path during the process, which was how she made the first clear video for Simulated Universe 4!

Kafka looked at Silver Wolf with a smile in her eyes.

"Rare to see you this interested. Didn't even sleep at night."

Hearing Kafka's words, Silver Wolf replied weakly.

"Sigh, this game's Simulated Universe mode is way too addictive. Played it and time just flew by. I'm going to sleep now. Call me if something comes up."

But that "I'm going to sleep" felt like a universal lie. Lying in bed, Silver Wolf started watching her own first clear video again.

Seeing the comments praising her below the video, a slight smile curled at the corner of Silver Wolf's mouth.

But as she kept watching, she suddenly scrolled past a discussion video about Honkai: Star Rail.

The title was "Why I Don't Recommend Anyone Pull Seele."

Chapter 41: Why I Don't Recommend Anyone Pull Seele

Why don't I recommend anyone pull Seele?

Silver Wolf, who was about to sleep, suddenly got interested when she saw this video title!

As the only Limited Character in Honkai: Star Rail so far, Silver Wolf had naturally pulled Seele to 0+1—which is the character plus her Signature Light Cone.

From her overall experience using her, whether it was the mechanics or the overworld exploration experience, Silver Wolf felt Seele was a qualified Limited Character.

And now someone actually said they didn't recommend anyone pull Seele. Honestly, Silver Wolf's first thought was that this person had no scruples when it came to farming traffic!

After all, the game had only been out for two days, and the Limited Character had only been available for pulls since the second day. Most people hadn't even figured things out yet!

But the title was indeed very eye-catching, making people want to click in and hear why they came to that conclusion.

So Silver Wolf finally clicked in, ready to see what brilliant insights this blogger had!

The video had clearly just been posted. Thanks to the exaggeration of the title, it had attracted many viewers commenting below.

"Who is this guy? How dare he talk about my wife Seele like that!"

"Right, I'm clearing the overworld with Seele like cutting through melons and veggies!"

"Just farming traffic, right? The character just came out and someone's already spouting nonsense!"

"Looks like Honkai: Star Rail is getting popular too, since the traffic farmers are here!"

"Friendly reminder, this blogger has a history. They've said similar stuff in other games too."

"A blogger who specializes in negative traffic. These people are everywhere!"

"Oh, so they're a repeat offender!"

"Well, that settles it!"

"We get to see The Connoisseur drop another hot take!"

"Interesting, this is gonna be hilarious!"

Most people in the comments shared the same skeptical attitude, looking down on the blogger for riding the wave of controversy for views.

This blogger's ID was The Connoisseur, and he was indeed a content creator who thrived on gaming controversy and negative attention. He even had a decent number of followers online, making his channel a gathering spot for trolls.

He'd been worrying lately about the lack of trending topics in the gaming section to stir up some fun, when suddenly Honkai: Star Rail appeared before his eyes!

Not only that, but by making related videos, he could also squeeze some rewards out of the incentive program.

So after some research, The Connoisseur decided to make a fuss based on the current Limited Character gacha pool.

"Hello everyone! I'm The Connoisseur. I'm sure many of you saw the title and thought I was talking nonsense, so in this video, I'll explain why I don't recommend anyone pull for Seele!"

The Connoisseur's voice appeared in the video, accompanied by some character PV footage as he began his spiel.

"I'm sure many players have already pulled Seele. So if we're talking about Seele's most unique mechanic, what comes to mind first?

That's right, it's Seele's Reprise mechanic.

As a unique mechanic for a Limited Character, Reprise grants an extra action turn upon defeating an enemy, and this extra turn doesn't consume any buffs on the character.

With this mechanic, Seele has overwhelming dominance in battles against small mobs, allowing her to finish fights very quickly.

Plus, Seele's technique lets her enter stealth, avoiding detection by overworld monsters.

So you could say that with these two traits, Seele is absolutely a T0 character among current overworld exploration and daily-use characters.

So why don't I recommend everyone pull for Seele?

The reason is exactly what I just said: she thrives in early-game content, and she fails in early-game content.

Seele's usefulness only exists in the early stages.

When the game enters the late stage, players will have to tackle the Memory of Chaos—what we commonly know as the Abyss-style content—to earn Stellar Jade.