"Looks like we were the ones ambushed."
"Too bad they were the ones surrounded."
The screen shattered again as Kafka and Silver Wolf joined the battle. After several fights, Kafka's energy was nearly full, and she would soon be able to unleash her Ultimate.
"The Ultimate is coming!"
The instant her energy filled, Lao Mu pressed the button!
An exquisite character illustration immediately appeared in the center of the screen. Ultimate: Tremolo at the End of Tragedy!
"Wonderful moments always come to an end."
My Birth
As the Ultimate was activated, the character illustration flashed, and Kafka's pose changed as well.
On the screen, she held a pair of guns and faced the enemy before her in an elegant stance.
After selecting her target, Kafka attacked!
"It's time to say goodbye..."
Her dual pistols fired as her body spun. Then she paused, and with a soft "bang" from Kafka, the entire field began to explode!
"Ahhh, her voice is so gentle!"
"Ye Liangchen, stop hiding! I know you're watching!"
"Waaah, she's so pretty! I was so stunned I called her Mistress on the spot!"
"This Ultimate even has a special animation sequence! Isn't that amazing?!"
"Living is all for Kafka!"
But it was not over yet. Silver Wolf's Ultimate energy had also filled up from taking hits, and Lao Mu clicked it without hesitation.
"The combat experience needs optimization!"
Ultimate: Account Suspended!
Silver Wolf's character illustration flashed as well. She stood there coolly, one hand spread open as she prepared to manipulate code and strike the enemy.
"At this speed? Way too slow!"
Silver Wolf rapidly tapped the virtual keys that appeared, playing them like a rhythm game before brutally smashing the final score into her target!
"Wolf Cub! Mommy loves you!"
"? No male moms!"
"What's wrong with male moms? I want male moms, I want male moms!"
After the two character demos ended, the viewers were still losing their minds over the characters, but Lao Mu had noticed something different during that battle.
The characters in this game clearly had different attributes, while enemies possessed all kinds of weaknesses.
Only by using the corresponding attribute to attack the appropriate weakness could one reduce the enemy's toughness bar.
And during the battle just now, Lao Mu discovered that Silver Wolf's Skill could actually inflict enemies with weaknesses of different attributes!
A must-have! This was definitely one of those must-have character cards in the game!
The kind that guaranteed victory once you pulled her!
He decided that if a way to obtain Silver Wolf appeared later, he absolutely had to get her!
"Not a soul in sight. The evacuation was carried out quite thoroughly. Did Herta personally give the order?"
In the story, Kafka led Silver Wolf into the Main Control Room.
"Judging by the access records, that woman hasn't logged in here for over half a year. The evacuation was directed by the Acting Station Master—a girl named Asta."
Arlan watched as Silver Wolf read Asta's name from a researcher's phone, and he began to believe the researcher's claim that this game had been made based on reality.
But why did the other side know so much about the Space Station invasion? As the person in charge of the Security Department, Arlan decided he would check out the game later.
It was absolutely not because the game had mentioned the young lady's name!
In the game, Kafka and Silver Wolf began searching the Surveillance Room for information about the Stellaron, but after searching for a long time, they found nothing.
In the end, Silver Wolf decided to hack the entire Surveillance Room. The places without problems were the most suspicious!
Every screen began transforming into Silver Wolf's personal emblem, and sure enough, one room remained unaffected.
"Simple, crude, but effective. Look, found it."
The two arrived at the room holding the restrained Stellaron and finally saw the purpose of their trip.
"The Stellaron is right in front of us. Let's hurry."
Kafka nodded and opened the Stellar Core Restrictor through the nearby control console, but there seemed to be another layer of protection.
"There's an independent Protection System... It seems the Stellaron isn't an ordinary collectible to Herta."
"Can you get it out?"
"Of course. In the field of hacking, even genius Herta is no match for me."
"Good. Then I'll leave preparing the vessel to you too~"
Once the protection was removed, Kafka slowly walked toward the Stellaron and held it in her hand.
"The vessels are ready. You decide."
With a casual wave of Silver Wolf's hand, Kafka took it and displayed a virtual screen.
The viewers saw a man and a woman appear before them, both floating within the screen, with options beside them to select a vessel.
"What's going on? Is it finally my turn to appear?"
"The birth of the Trailblazer!"
"Pick the female lead. Her model looks pretty good!"
"The male lead! What if there are dates later on?"
"I smell the sweet fragrance of lilies!"
Based on his personal preference, Lao Mu chose the female protagonist, Stelle, as the main character. Next came the vessel code name, which was also the player's personal nickname.
"Midnight Raid on Widow Village!"
"Miracle Walker!"
"Doesn't this have to be Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior?!"
"What the hell is that? That's way too childish!"
"You have to consider story immersion. Otherwise, call yourself 'The Beast That Got Me Pregnant'!"
"How about Medicine Master's Legacy?"
"Abundance Monsters, huh? Then I'll go with Lan Riding Wheelchair Chasing Yaoshi!"
"Your name is pretty good. Give me your star system coordinates. Xianzhou has a grand prize for you!"
"Holy shit, boxed!"
"I think Aha Was Killed by Me is better!"
"With a name like that, you're making the Aeon of Elation lose too much face. Aha Is Under My Protection would be better!"
A whole mess of bizarre names swept across the barrage. Lao Mu's lips kept curling upward as he watched, and he was about to turn into the Dragon King with a crooked smile.
But as a streamer, he obviously could not choose too strange a name. So, like the protagonist's information, he used Stelle as his nickname. After confirming it, the screen shifted, and Stelle's body was slowly printed out.
"Wow, that's so amazing. It's my first time seeing a protagonist created like this."
Lao Mu exclaimed in amazement, then saw Kafka slowly walk toward him with the Stellaron in hand.
"How much does she remember?"
"At least she'll remember you."
Supporting Stelle's back with one hand, Kafka pushed the Stellaron in her hand into Stelle's body.
"Time to wake up."
"Whoa, so this was how they put the Stellaron into our bodies? In such a physical way?"
The screen went dark, then shifted into a perspective like opening one's eyes.
Kafka's worried gaze, followed by her smile when she saw Stelle awaken, once again firmly captured the viewers' hearts.
"Kafka is a woman who could become my mother!"
"I'll definitely pull her when she appears! I'll get her even if she heals the enemies!"
"Mommy is so gentle!"
Back in the game, three options appeared after Stelle, the protagonist, woke up.
[Where... is... this?]
[Kafka...?]
[...Who... are you?]
Lao Mu had originally wanted to pick the third option to see Kafka's reaction, but judging from the earlier story, Kafka would be sad if he forgot everything, right?
In the end, he could not bring himself to do it and chose the second option.
Kafka looked extremely relieved after hearing Stelle's words.
"Thank goodness, you still remember me!"
After exchanging a glance with Silver Wolf, Kafka looked at Stelle again.
"Listen to me: your mind is a mess right now. You don't know who you are, why you're here, or what you need to do next. You find me familiar, but you don't know whether you should trust me—"
"—but none of that matters. What matters is that I'm leaving, and I'm abandoning you alone on this Space Station. So from now on, you no longer need to think about the past, nor do you need to doubt yourself."
"Listen to me: you will face many dangers and find yourself in terrifying situations. But you will also encounter many wonderful things. You will have companions like family and embark on adventures beyond anything you could dream of..."
"And at the end of your journey, every mystery troubling you will be solved."
"This is the future Elio foresaw, and the future you will reach... Do you like it?"
A Professional Streamer Had to Dare to Make Judgments
"Was this what it looked like when I was born?"
Inside the Star Rail Express.
Stelle watched the scene on her phone. No wonder she had always felt an inexplicable sense of closeness toward Kafka.
March 7th and Dan Heng, who stood nearby, were equally surprised. So this was what had happened before they found Stelle.
"What are you all gathered around watching? I was wondering why I couldn't find anyone just now. So you were all here."
At that moment, Himeko's voice came from nearby, and Welt had arrived with her.
"Ah, Himeko, Uncle Yang, let me tell you, this game is incredible!"
Seeing the two of them, March 7th excitedly began telling them about the game's amazing aspects.
Himeko said, "You mean this game records what you went through at Herta Space Station?"
March 7th said, "Not just that! If the story keeps going like this, Himeko and Uncle Yang might even show up in the game!"
After listening to March 7th's introduction, Himeko became interested in the game's developer. She could not help wondering what kind of method could record everything so clearly and turn it into a game.
Meanwhile, Welt fell into thought as he looked at the word Honkai in the game's title.
"Rather than speculate about their intentions, why not download the game and experience it yourself? What do you think?"
Himeko looked at Welt as she spoke. She normally did not play mobile games, unless Little March dragged her along, but this game was truly different.
There had been mobile games in the past developed under the Star Rail Express name, attempting to make a fortune off the Star Rail Express's fame throughout the cosmos. Without exception, they had all been inferior products.
Now that there was a game capable of portraying the Nameless properly, it was not necessarily a bad thing.
Welt also felt that Himeko was right. Rather than overthink things, it would be better to download the game first and see how the story developed.
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