Honkai: Star Rail: I Developed the Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company Chapter 36

"Like a war between a birth mother and a foster mother—which side do you help?"

"Holy crap, now that you put it that way, I'm suddenly torn!"

"Stop it, you two, don't fight anymore! You're both my wings!"

Seeing Himeko speak up, Kafka stopped beating around the bush.

[I'm sorry to interrupt your gathering, but I believe after hearing my request, you'll understand my presumption. I want to ask you—to change your destination.]

Faced with Kafka's request, Himeko instead brought up the other's identity as a Stellaron Hunter and the bounty on her head.

Unfortunately for Stellaron Hunters, the company's wanted posters were like praise—the bigger the number, the greater the compliment.

After some back and forth, Kafka mentioned that a Stellar Core had recently erupted on the Luofu Xianzhou, hoping the train crew could go help deal with it and rescue Blade, clearing the Stellaron Hunters' name.

Everyone initially thought the Xianzhou Alliance had eyes everywhere and didn't need the Star Rail Express to solve the Stellar Core problem.

But when Kafka said that without the Star Rail Express's help, the Stellar Core would ultimately kill about half the residents of the Luofu...

This remark sounded a bit alarmist, but considering a Stellar Core eruption could also disrupt the Star Rails, the train crew decided to settle it by vote.

[Oh, I just said hi to Dan Heng, and I'm giving you a heads-up too: let's both vote no!]

Seeing the puffed-up March 7th in the story, Star unconsciously glanced at the March 7th beside her.

At that moment, March 7th wore an inexplicably hard-to-bear smile, her eyes shifting guiltily elsewhere!

"Promised to vote no, and the traitor's right beside me!"

Chapter 52: What? The Head Coach Is Warming Up!

The story moved to the five-person train crew voting on whether to follow the Stellaron Hunters' suggestion and head to the Luofu Xianzhou.

At this point, the audience was itching to land on the Xianzhou and see what it actually looked like.

Except for Dan Heng, who seemed to avoid the Xianzhou like the plague, and March 7th, who was all talk about not going.

Himeko and Welt both voted for the Xianzhou. Himeko felt they couldn't just ignore people in crisis.

Welt, meanwhile, thought that while the Xianzhou Alliance was powerful enough not to be breached by a single Stellar Core, the Stellaron Hunters might be hiding something—there could be a greater threat on the Xianzhou!

Welt: [This is serious. I'll join the operation this time too.]

Seeing Welt, the elder on the train, say he'd participate in the Xianzhou mission, the audience's anticipation hit the roof!

"Wow! Uncle Yang's finally making a move!"

"What? The head coach is warming up!"

"Today it's Uncle Yang babysitting!"

"Haha, last time on Jarilo, Uncle Yang was itching to get out and stretch his legs!"

"Instant full security vibes!"

"I wonder how strong Uncle Yang is. Last time, he only stepped in to suppress the protagonist's out-of-control Stellar Core during the Doomsday Beast fight!"

"Could he be a Trailblaze Emanator?"

"Acheron's already fallen, where would a Trailblaze Emanator come from?"

"Uncle Yang's skill animation even has a black hole, and his in-game path is The Nihility too!"

"From the earlier story dialogue, Uncle Yang said he could protect the train crew from any enemy below an Emanator."

"Looks like he's at least on par with an Emanator!"

When the story showed the five train crew members gathered, Himeko explained the situation and called for a show of hands.

With Himeko, Welt, and the turncoat March 7th, no matter how the vote went, it was the Xianzhou.

[Uh, thinking it over calmly, what if that woman wasn't lying? If we don't go to the Xianzhou, a lot of innocent people will suffer... This isn't the time to be stubborn... hehe.]

"You, woman of great righteousness!"

"March 7th is adorable!"

"Wifey is beautiful and kind!"

"Scared me for a second—thought we couldn't go!"

On the Luofu Xianzhou.

Jing Yuan chuckled softly at the three-to-two vote count thanks to March 7th's defection.

"Haha, I never expected the Luofu to gain the Star Rail Express's help. The key to resolving the Stellar Core crisis turns out to be Miss March. I'll have to thank her properly!"

With that, Jing Yuan actually pulled out his phone, searched for March 7th's contact info, and sent her a message.

[I hadn't realized I overlooked the greatest contributor to resolving the Stellar Core crisis. Thanks to Miss March's righteousness, Jing Yuan hereby thanks you again on behalf of the Luofu's people!]

Suddenly receiving a message from an acquaintance, March 7th never expected it to be such a formal thank-you from Jing Yuan. A bit embarrassed, she quickly replied.

[Uh... General Jing Yuan, you're playing Honkai: Star Rail too? It was just a vote. The Luofu's safety is the result of everyone's efforts. You flatter me!]

Jing Yuan: [Haha, worthy of a Nameless of the Sky-Treader Heavenly Lord. If you ever have the chance to visit the Xianzhou again, the Luofu will welcome you with open arms!]

March 7th: [For sure, for sure!]

Just as Lin Guang thought the conversation was over, Jing Yuan sent another message.

Jing Yuan: [1049123**, this General's game UID. I've been looking for some in-game friends, and I hope these support characters can help you all in battle.]

Searching by the UID, March 7th found a level 30 account with the nickname "Real Name Online," and a Seele hanging in the support slot on the right.

When March 7th clicked into the character panel to check, she felt the screen bathed in golden light!

"A 6-Eidolon Seele, maxed Signature Light Cone 'In the Night'—this is General Jing Yuan's power!"

Watching Jing Yuan's maxed Seele tear through battles, then looking at her own poverty-stricken team that didn't even have Seele, she felt more primitive than a caveman!

"I've decided, I'm going to save up money, I want to pull for a maxed character too!"

Xing, overhearing this, gave a thumbs up.

"Saving up to whale for characters—ah, that's a life goal right there!"

Back to the story.

After deciding to head to the Luofu Xianzhou, Pam began preparing the train's warp. In the story, March 7th stubbornly stood in the hall, once again challenging the achievement of standing during warp without falling.

The scene shifted—the train warped through the void, arriving at the Luofu Xianzhou's entrance: the Jade Gate!

In an instant, everyone's gaze was drawn to the colossal structures and formations floating in space. The train's size compared to them was a drop in the ocean!

A supermassive entity brought a soul-deep shock!

Technology combined with Xianzhou civilization had created an extremely huge sci-fi formation!

"So this is the Xianzhou? I've never seen it before!"

"What a magnificent sight!"

"Arriving at the biggest ship in the universe, the Luofu—so beautiful, the Luofu!"

"Oh my god, it's almost as big as a planet!"

"Exactly like the Ark of Doom I dreamed of!"

"No wonder the Xianzhou civilization has sailed the cosmos for millennia—and there are five such massive ships!"

"Actually, the space inside is even bigger than outside! The Xianzhou people use some kind of spatial folding technology; the interior is far larger than what you see from the outside!"

"So this is a top-tier power in the universe? I'm really learning something today!"

Just as players were marveling at the might of the Xianzhou civilization, the game official released another PV video!

Galactic Odyssey PV: [Xianzhou Archives o Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow]!

As the promotional resources slowly spread, Lin Guang looked over the game's data from the past few days.

Registered Users: 1.55 billion

Current Online Users: 120 million

Discussion Heat: 360 million

Game Points: 600 million

All metrics had broken into the hundreds of millions, but the registered users column clearly had a lot of inflation!

The reason was that many people played multiple accounts, and a huge number were rerolling for starter accounts!

The actual player count was estimated to be around 300 million, so the game points earned weren't as high.

Then there was Honkai: Star Rail's official account followers, which had also skyrocketed to 1.5 billion!

This follower count was equally inflated, because Lin Guang himself had secretly bought quite a few!

In just a few days, from a game that didn't even have a beta version, launching naked with no opening event until points were earned to patch one in, it had reached this level.

Too bad this was in the interstellar cosmos—little Lin still had work to do!

It was a pity he couldn't secure a partnership with the Interastral Peace Entertainment Corporation's headquarters; otherwise, spreading across dozens of star systems would have added two or three zeros to the player count!

But he had already submitted a formal cooperation application to the Interastral Peace Entertainment Corporation. Once the process was complete, the data would see another explosion!

For now, besides promotional work, he needed to start preparing for future version events, like the Preview Program!

Although the company had a wide business scope, including the Interastral Peace Film and Television branch, where Jiemu from the Preview Program was an employee!

But to broadcast the Preview Program to every star system, he still needed to contact each star system's exclusive film and television companies!

Like local stations versus the central station, Lin Guang would have to handle these local stations in the coming period!

Of course, the 1.1 Preview Program was still far off. Before that, he had planned an event to broadcast—the Simulated Universe Challenge!

But before that, there were a few more PVs related to Jing Yuan to release!

Chapter 53 PV: Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow

As the game progressed, Lin Guang estimated that most players would soon unlock the Xianzhou map. Those who bought full stamina might already be on the Xianzhou!

Once Seele's limited banner ended, it would be General Jing Yuan's gacha pool. So Lin Guang started the warm-up work for Jing Yuan's banner.

Based on Lin Guang's current understanding.

Since the Luofu Xianzhou happened to be sailing to the edge of the game's promotional range, right within the cosmic local network where Honkai: Star Rail could be downloaded, it could be said that he had already broken into the Luofu market!

It's just that the Xianzhou civilization differs from other forces in the universe, having its own set of rules for online publicity control, so Honkai: Star Rail's ads haven't appeared on the Luofu Xianzhou yet—only a small handful of people have caught wind of the game!

But no matter!

As long as General Jing Yuan makes his move, everything will be fine!

As one of Honkai: Star Rail's ultra-popular characters, he's got looks, he's got personality, and he's got flashy special effects!

Once I finish preheating the gacha pool event, then roll out a carpet-bombing of embedded ads, smoothly devouring the Luofu market, the game's popularity will likely skyrocket several times over!

After all, unlike the scattered star-system civilizations I've promoted to before, the Xianzhou civilization is a behemoth in the universe!

Countless realms are opened within each Xianzhou ship, with the population of a single ship reaching the hundreds of billions, and a Xianzhou General of The Hunt stationed there to boot!

Even the strength of just one Xianzhou ship is enough to rule over several star systems, ranking among the top-tier forces in the cosmos!

After all, Emanators are extremely rare across the entire universe; some civilizations consider even a single Pathstrider's appearance a divine miracle from the heavens.

It can be said that this will be the game's first true explosion in scale!

Before, due to the limitations of the cosmic local network, only a few star-system regions could see game-related content online—put together, they're not even worth a single hair on the Luofu!

Now the time is right; this time I'm going to bleed the Luofu people dry! Squeeze their wallets clean!

Galactic Odyssey PV: [Xianzhou Chronicles · Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow] released!

On the Luofu Xianzhou.

Guinaifen and Sushang were locked in a battle of wits with the Preservation Aeon—Red Light, Green Light—when they suddenly saw a barrage of comments flash by with news about the PV!

"The game official released a PV, and it's related to the Xianzhou?"

Guinaifen quickly searched for the game's official account, and when she saw the PV's name, she exclaimed in surprise.

"Changshang, look! It really is a PV video about the Xianzhou—Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow, that's talking about the Xianzhou Generals, right? But I remember there are only six Xianzhou ships!"