Honkai: Star Rail - I Developed the Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company
Chapter 44

Honkai: Star Rail: I'm Developing a Star Rail Mobile Game

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"Wow, how exactly do you do this? I want to learn!"

"Then I'll teach you!"

"First, head to Simulated Universe World 4, the stage where the boss is Svarog!"

"Then, enter battle with the character you want to enlarge."

"During the battle, as we all know, Svarog summons a Mechanical Claw."

"Wait for it to grab a character. At that point, open the status bar in the bottom-left corner and exit right away."

"Then you'll notice—Eh?! The character seems to have gotten a little bigger!"

In the video, Bailu, who had been grabbed, was trapped within the Purple Field. Yet after this sequence of actions, she had clearly grown quite a bit!

The miraculous sight left the Audience marveling in amazement, while Fu Xue Zhi Zhong continued speaking in the video.

"At this point, just keep repeating what we did before: open the status bar, then exit."

"Hey, she got a little bigger again!"

"Congratulations—you've now discovered a New Continent! Keep opening the status bar over and over, and you can grow infinitely!"

"Like this, the character will slowly turn into a Giant."

"Right now, we can only see Bailu's thighs. Her First Half is already completely out of sight."

"With this method, you can make characters infinitely large, even beyond the boundaries of the map!"

"Regardless of which character it is, you can play like this. Take this Clara—her feet are already about to fill the entire screen!"

"We can even see the toenails on her toes crystal clear. That's the exact way to use this bug!"

"Alright, if you're interested in bugs, please give me a follow! I'm Fu Xue Zhi Zhong, your Honkai: Star Rail bug blogger. See you next episode—don't miss it!"

After watching the entire video, that pair of enormous jade feet—oh no, that absurd bug—left the Audience utterly stunned!

Moreover, the process for pulling off this bug was not complicated at all. It could be said to be incredibly simple!

"Holy shit, this bug is that easy? You don't even need to disconnect from the internet!"

"I think Pam gave birth. I'm heading back to the Express to take a look!"

"Reoreoreoreo~"

"Prison Guard, my god, this is practically the greatest discovery in Honkai: Star Rail history!"

"Food Grade!"

"So white—no, I mean, the character model is so detailed! I have no choice but to download this now!"

"As expected of Fu Xue Zhi Zhong, always discovering bugs from the weirdest angles!"

"I don't think this is a bug, because: rules are meant to be broken!"

"You're right, but vanish with the butterflies!"

"Interesting. This is way too entertaining!"

"You should be charged for playing the game like this!"

"Keep it up, Fu Xue Zhi Zhong! I want a No Perspective Blur bug!"

"Oh no, you've played it into the real Star Rail!"

"Programmer: I tested it countless times, but I never imagined someone would order a plate of Egg Fried Rice at a bar!"

"@Pam Come look! Some people found an Infinite Stellar Jade bug!"

"Shut up! Are you the one who brought the officials here?"

"With Fu Xue Zhi Zhong's update frequency, I'm already imagining Pam trembling in fear later on!"

"Pam: We will fix the bug that allows Fu Xue Zhi Zhong to enter Honkai: Star Rail in the next version!"

For a time, players logged in one after another, ready to carefully experience the exquisite details of the game's character models.

There were also quite a few players who left comments beneath Honkai: Star Rail's Official Account. When Lin Guang checked his messages, he saw the outrageous BUG video posted by Fu Xue Zhi Zhong.

"Holy shit, there's even such a brain-dead BUG?"

Lin Guang was stunned the first time he saw it. From what angle were these people even playing the game?!

Although he had not expected the version provided by the system to have loopholes as well, it was, after all, version 1.0. A few issues were normal.

After taking a look, Lin Guang decided to spend points to fix it. Although this BUG would not really damage the overall gameplay experience.

From a game development perspective, however, if he did not identify and fix the issue, these small problems might eventually accumulate into one big problem. He had no choice but to deal with it!

But when Lin Guang opened the System Panel, he suddenly froze in place.

This BUG... where was he even supposed to start fixing it?

The character model? Or the programming for Svarog's Mechanical Claw? Or had the status bar triggered some kind of runtime process?

Only then did Lin Guang begin to break out in a cold sweat!

He had added blur effects to character models before, but that had been a clearly defined module addition. It was completely different from fixing a BUG now!

To know how to fix a BUG, he first had to know where the BUG had appeared, right?!

And after fixing it, he still had to test it several more times to see whether it had truly been repaired!

Looking over all the game's program code within the system, Lin Guang's breathing gradually grew heavier, and the temperature around him began to rise!

And just as Lin Guang finished troubleshooting and painstakingly fixed the BUG, finally letting out a sigh of relief—

"Hello, everyone! I'm your Honkai: Star Rail bug-zone blogger, Fu Xue Zhi Zhong!"

Fu Xue had uploaded another video!

Lin Guang's vision immediately went black!

BYD, you even posted them separately? You were lying in wait for me, weren't you!

Once the game's progress reached a certain stage of the Xianzhou questline, Simulated Universe World 5 and World 6 were unlocked as well!

Unlike before, the newly unlocked Simulated Universe allowed players to obtain gold-rarity Planar Sphere and Link Rope Relics!

After all, whether it was the level cap or the stats gained per level, gold Relics were far superior to purple Relics!

As a result, countless people turned their attention toward the Simulated Universe, and Silver Wolf was no exception.

It's just that what she had her sights set on was the Simulated Universe's First Clear Record!

She had originally planned to use the same Nihility survival-stall strategy as in World 4, but when Silver Wolf smoothly reached the final stage and faced the boss, Kafka, something different from her plan happened!

Boss Kafka's damage seemed a little too hard to withstand!

Psychological Suggestion... Moonlight Caress Continuous... Silent Harsh Laughter...

With one non-repeating skill after another, plus control effects and the sustained damage from Shock, even three Survival-type Characters couldn't withstand Kafka's damage!

Just as Silver Wolf was preparing to adjust her team composition, she saw that someone had already posted a First Clear Video for World 5!

Who could it be? Could it be some walkthrough blogger?

When Silver Wolf curiously clicked into the video and saw that extremely familiar ID, her expression became complicated.

"Oh~ Spinning around, was this Herta's doing?"

As a somewhat familiar rival, Silver Wolf naturally knew that this was Herta's account. She just hadn't expected Herta to be playing Honkai: Star Rail too—and to have stolen her First Clear Record!

Though she was a little displeased, the other person had already posted the video, so it probably wasn't fake.

So Silver Wolf began watching Herta's Simulated Universe strategy, to see whether it would help with her own future first-clear walkthroughs.

In the video, Herta had chosen the Path of The Hunt, and her character selection was utterly unremarkable. Silver Wolf simply couldn't imagine how that lineup could possibly defeat Kafka!

However, halfway through the video, Herta entered an event stage!

In the event illustration, a woman held up her index finger, with a plate of pink kidney bean pastries before her!

Simulated Universe Event: Ruan Mei!

There were two reward options for the event!

Faith in the Star God: Obtain all Abundance Blessings!

Want lots of money: Obtain 2,000 Cosmic Fragments!

The moment she saw those event options, Silver Wolf was so furious her face puffed up!

What kind of event was this? With an option that gave you all the Blessings, wouldn't you be able to clear it even if you brought just a Piggy Bank!

Herta, did you use your own permissions to add stuff into the Simulated Universe?!

My First Clear Record!

With that thought, Silver Wolf's hands tapped through the air.

"Aether Edit, activate!"

Using her technical skills, Silver Wolf hacked into Herta's account, removed her own account from the Blacklist, and immediately sent her a message!

Silver Wolf: [Forwarded video]

Silver Wolf: [Were you cheating, were you cheating, were you cheating!]

Silver Wolf: [Pointing.jpg]

Far away at the Space Station, Herta also received this unexpected message.

Ever since discovering that Silver Wolf had taken the Simulated Universe's First Clear Record, Herta, as one of the Simulated Universe's initiators, felt that this was Silver Wolf provoking her!

So Herta joined the competition for the First Clear Record. She hadn't expected her luck to be so good that she would encounter the miraculous Ruan Mei event on her very first run!

Now, seeing Silver Wolf's furious state, Herta felt indescribably delighted. She even refrained from immediately blacklisting Silver Wolf again and replied instead.

Herta: [Are you mad, are you mad, are you mad!]

Seeing Herta's reply, Silver Wolf was so angry that even her voice trembled!

"That's awful! Absolutely awful!"

Kafka, standing nearby, gave a soft smile as she looked at Silver Wolf's puffed-up appearance.

"All right, Silver Wolf. Don't start crying and making a scene again like last time."

"I... I wasn't crying and making a scene! I wasn't last time either!"

Silver Wolf began to defend herself.

"I'm angry! Herta cheated—no, even if she didn't cheat, I can't acknowledge a First Clear Record earned through such an absurdly low-probability event!"

"Oh? A lot of people have probably seen that record already. So what are you going to do?"

Kafka wore an expression that practically begged for more chaos.

Silver Wolf's face darkened, and blazing flames began to burn in her eyes!

"I want to declare war on her!"

After receiving Silver Wolf's furious message, Herta sent back a warm greeting before blocking her again.

"Hmph, little one, now you know how formidable I, Herta, am!"

But before Herta could enjoy herself for long, Asta hurriedly knocked on the office door.

Asta looked as though she had run all the way there, panting heavily with a tablet clutched in her arms.

"Ms. Herta, this is bad!"

"What is it, Asta? Did the company come to collect debts again?"

However, Asta shook her head and handed the tablet to Herta. Its screen displayed a paused video.

When the puzzled Herta took it and hit play, Silver Wolf appeared in the center of the screen, pointing at the camera as she spoke.

"Ms. Herta, I know you'll see this!

"You only cleared Simulated Universe World 5 because you got lucky. A First Clear Record obtained like that doesn't have even the slightest value!

"If you run into a Ruan Mei event, even a Piggy Bank can beat it!"

At that, Silver Wolf in the video turned her thumb downward.

"My verdict: the weakest of the weak!"

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