"It was like the War Between Birth Mother and Foster Mother. Which side should I support?"
"Damn, now that you put it that way, I'm suddenly torn!"
"Stop fighting! You're both my wings!"
Seeing Himeko speak, Kafka stopped being mysterious.
[Sorry for interrupting your gathering, but I believe you'll understand my presumption after hearing my request. I ask that you—change your destination.]
In response to Kafka's request, Himeko brought up her identity as a Stellaron Hunter and the bounty on her head.
Unfortunately, to Stellaron Hunters, the Interastral Peace Entertainment Corporation's Bounty Posters were like compliments—the higher the number, the greater the praise.
After some conversation, Kafka mentioned that a Stellaron had erupted on the Luofu Xianzhou not long ago. She hoped the Express would go there to deal with it and rescue Blade, clearing the Stellaron Hunters of suspicion.
Originally, everyone felt that the Xianzhou Alliance was immensely powerful and could resolve the Stellaron crisis without the Star Rail Express.
But Kafka said that without the Star Rail Express's help, the Stellaron would ultimately cause roughly half of Luofu's residents to perish.
Though her words sounded somewhat alarmist, considering that a Stellaron eruption could also disrupt the star routes, the Train Crew decided to settle the matter by vote.
[Oh, right. I just spoke to Dan Heng, so let me clue you in: we'll vote against it together when the time comes!]
Seeing March 7th puffing up her cheeks in the story, Himeko unconsciously glanced at the March 7th beside her.
At that moment, an inexplicably hard-to-hold-back smile appeared on March 7th's face, and she guiltily looked away!
"You said we'd vote against it! The traitor was right beside me!"
What? Head Coach Is Warming Up!
The story reached the point where the five members of the Train Crew voted on whether to heed the Stellaron Hunters' proposal and head to the Luofu Xianzhou.
At this stage, however, the viewers could hardly wait to land on the Xianzhou and see what it actually looked like.
Aside from Dan Heng, who seemed determined to avoid the Xianzhou at all costs, and March 7th, who kept shouting that she did not want to go.
Himeko and Welt both voted for the Xianzhou. Himeko felt they truly could not stand by while people were in danger.
Welt, meanwhile, believed that although the Xianzhou Alliance was powerful enough not to be defeated by a single Stellaron, the Stellaron Hunters were very likely hiding something, and an even greater threat might exist on the Xianzhou!
Welt: [This is too important. I'll be taking part in this operation as well.]
Seeing Welt, the elder figure aboard the train, declare that he would join the mission to the Xianzhou, the audience's anticipation soared once more!
"Wow! Is Uncle Yang finally going to make a move?"
"What? The head coach is warming up!"
"Today, Uncle Yang is babysitting!"
"Haha, Uncle Yang already wanted to go out for a walk back on Jarilo!"
"My sense of security is instantly through the roof!"
"I wonder how strong Uncle Yang is. Before this, he only acted during the Doomsday Beast incident, when he suppressed the protagonist's out-of-control Stellaron!"
"Could he be a Trailblaze Emanator?"
"Acheron has already fallen. Where would a Trailblaze Emanator come from?"
"Uncle Yang's skill animation even has a black hole, and his Path in-game is The Nihility!"
"From the dialogue earlier, Uncle Yang said he could keep the Train Crew safe against enemies below the level of an Emanator!"
"Looking at it that way, he can probably at least trade blows with an Emanator!"
Once the five members of the Train Crew gathered in the story, Himeko explained the situation and called for a show-of-hands vote.
With Himeko, Welt, and March 7th switching sides at the last moment, they would be heading to the Xianzhou no matter how the vote went.
[Uh, thinking about it calmly, what if that woman wasn't lying? If we don't go to the Xianzhou, lots of innocent people could get hurt... This isn't the time to be willful... Hehe.]
"You righteous woman!"
"March 7th is so cute!"
"My wife is beautiful and kindhearted!"
"You scared me! I thought we wouldn't be able to go!"
On the Luofu Xianzhou.
Jing Yuan chuckled as he watched the three-to-two vote formed by March 7th changing sides.
"Hahaha, I never expected the Luofu to receive the Star Rail Express's assistance. The key to resolving the Stellaron crisis turned out to be Miss March. I must thank her properly!"
As he spoke, Jing Yuan actually took out his phone and searched for March 7th's contact information, sending her a message.
[Now that the previous Stellaron crisis has been resolved, I had not expected to overlook the greatest contributor. Thanks to Miss March's righteous decision, Jing Yuan once again thanks you on behalf of the people of the Luofu!]
Receiving a message from an acquaintance out of nowhere, March 7th never expected Jing Yuan to send such a formal message of thanks. Feeling a little embarrassed, she quickly replied.
[Uh... General Jing Yuan, you play Honkai: Star Rail too? It was only a vote. The Luofu being safe and sound was the result of everyone's efforts together. You're praising me too much, General!]
Jing Yuan: [Hahaha, as expected of a Nameless from the Sky-Treader Heavenly Lord. If you have the chance to visit the Xianzhou again, the Luofu will certainly welcome you with open arms!]
March 7th: [Definitely, definitely!]
She thought the conversation had ended there, but Jing Yuan sent another message.
Jing Yuan: [1049123**, this is my game UID. I was just looking to add some game friends. I hope my modest support characters can be of help to you all in the game.]
Following the UID to search, March 7th found a level 30 account with the nickname Real Name Online. A Seele was also displayed among its support characters.
When March 7th opened the character panel to take a look, she instantly felt as though the screen had been enveloped in golden light!
"Eidolon 6 Seele, fully superimposed signature Light Cone In the Night. Is this General Jing Yuan's power?!"
Watching Jing Yuan's maxed Seele slaughter everything in battle, then looking at her own poor team that had not even pulled Seele, she felt more primitive than a caveman!
"I've decided. I'm going to save money. I want to pull a max-Eidolon character too!"
Himeko, beside her, gave a thumbs-up when she heard that.
"Save money, spend money, pull characters. Ah, this life is complete!"
Back in the story.
After deciding to head to the Luofu Xianzhou, Pam began preparing the train for Warp. The March 7th in the story still refused to give up, standing in the main hall and once again challenging the achievement of remaining upright during Warp.
The scene shifted, and the train emerged from the void, arriving at the Luofu Xianzhou's entrance—the Jade Gate!
In an instant, everyone's gaze was drawn to the enormous floating structures and formation arrays in space. Compared to them, the train was no more than a drop in the ocean!
The soul-deep shock brought by an immense megastructure!
The fusion of technology and Xianzhou civilization had created an incomparably vast sci-fi formation!
"So this is the Xianzhou? It's my first time seeing one!"
"What a spectacular sight!"
"We've arrived at the universe's largest ship, the Luofu—how beautiful, Luofu!"
"Good heavens, isn't this practically as large as a planet?!"
"It perfectly matches what I imagined the Ark of Doom from my dreams would look like!"
"No wonder Xianzhou civilization has been able to sail through the universe for thousands of years. There are actually five Xianzhou this enormous!"
"The space inside is actually even bigger than it looks outside! The Xianzhou people use some kind of space-folding technology. The interior is far larger than what you can see from the outside!"
"So this is a first-rate power in the universe? I've really broadened my horizons!"
Just as the players marveled at the prosperity of Xianzhou civilization, the game's Official Account released another PV video!
Galactic Odyssey PV: [Xianzhou Chronicles: Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow]!
As the promotional material gradually gained traction, Lin Guang checked the game's data from the past few days.
Registered game users: 1.55 billion Current online users: 120 million Discussion Heat: 360 million Game Points: 600 million
Every metric had begun surpassing one hundred million, but the registered user count clearly contained a great deal of padding!
The reason was that many people played more than one account, while a large group were also rerolling starter accounts!
The true player count was likely around 300 million, so the Game Points gained were not quite as numerous.
Then there were the followers of Honkai: Star Rail's Official Account, which had also surged to 1.5 billion!
That follower count was just as inflated, since he had secretly bought quite a few himself!
In just a few days, it had gone from a game with not even a closed beta version, launched completely bare-bones, with even its launch event patched in only after he earned enough points, to its current state.
Unfortunately, this was the interstellar universe. All he could say was that little Lin still had to work harder!
It was a shame he had failed to reach a partnership with the company headquarters. Otherwise, spreading it across dozens of star systems would have added two or three zeros directly to the player count!
However, he had already submitted a formal partnership application to the Interastral Peace Entertainment Corporation. Once the process was complete, the numbers would see another massive surge!
Besides promotion, he now needed to begin preparing for future Version Events, such as the Preview Program!
Although the company had a wide range of businesses, including an Interastral Peace Film and Television branch, and Jimi from the Preview Program was one of its employees!
To broadcast the Preview Program to every star system, however, he still needed to contact each star system's own film and television company!
It was like local stations and central stations. For the next period of time, Lin Guang needed to win over those local stations!
Of course, the 1.1 Preview Program was still a long way off. Before that, he had another event planned that needed broadcasting—the Simulated Universe Challenge!
But before that, there were still several PVs related to Jing Yuan that needed to be released!
PV: Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow
As the game's progress advanced, Lin Guang estimated that most players should be close to unlocking the Xianzhou map. Some players who had bought all their stamina might have already reached the Xianzhou!
Once Seele's limited Gacha Pool ended, it would be time for General Jing Yuan's Gacha Pool. Thus, Lin Guang began building hype for Jing Yuan's banner.
Based on Lin Guang's current understanding.
Because the Luofu Xianzhou happened to be sailing along the edge of the game's promotional range and was within the cosmic local network where Honkai: Star Rail could be downloaded, it could be said that they had already entered the Luofu market!
However, Xianzhou civilization differed from other forces in the universe. It had its own regulations for managing online promotion, so Honkai: Star Rail advertisements had yet to appear on the Luofu Xianzhou. Only a small group of people had noticed the game!
But that was fine!
As long as General Jing Yuan made a move, everything would work out!
As one of Honkai: Star Rail's wildly popular characters, he had looks, character design, and special effects!
Once he finished warming up the Gacha Pool event and paired it with blanket-style placement, he would smoothly take over the Luofu market. The game's popularity would probably rise severalfold!
After all, unlike the scattered star-system civilizations they had promoted to before, Xianzhou civilization was a true behemoth of the universe!
Every Xianzhou had opened countless pocket realms. The population of just one Xianzhou could reach the hundreds of billions, and each had a general of The Hunt stationed there!
Even the power of a single Xianzhou was enough to rule several star systems and rank among the universe's first-rate forces!
After all, Emanators were exceedingly rare across the entire universe. Some civilizations considered producing even a single Pathstrider to be a miracle sent from the heavens.
It could be said that this would be the game's first true explosion in scale!
Previously, due to the restrictions of the cosmic local network, the content related to the game that could be found online was limited to a few star-system regions. Put together, they were not even worth one finger of the Luofu!
Now that the time had come, he would harvest the Luofu players hard this time! He would squeeze their wallets dry!
Galactic Odyssey PV: [Xianzhou Chronicles: Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow] released!
On the Luofu Xianzhou.
Guinaifen and Sushang were battling wits against the Preservation Aeon—the traffic light—when a message about the PV suddenly flashed through the Barrage!
"The game's Official Account released a PV, and it's related to the Xianzhou?"
Guinaifen hurriedly searched for the game's Official Account. When she saw the PV's title, she cried out in surprise.
"Changshang, look! It really is a PV related to the Xianzhou. Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Emperor Bow—this is talking about the Xianzhou generals, right? But don't I remember there being only six Xianzhou?"
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