Honkai: Star Rail: I Developed the Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company Chapter 47

"Ah, I got it? Isn't this... the symbol of the Erudition Path?"

March 7th couldn't believe what she was seeing and thought it was a bug. She had clearly pulled General Jing Yuan, a Hunt Envoy, so why was the one that appeared an Erudition Jing Yuan?

But when March 7th checked the situation online, she realized that the in-game Jing Yuan really was an Erudition Path character!

"No way, take a look at my Jing Yuan—did I pull the wrong one? Why is he Erudition Path!"

"Same here, when he came out I thought I'd gotten a different one again!"

"Hahaha, the Jing Yuan gacha is here! The banner's out, everyone, why aren't you pulling?"

"This... this can't be right, did the officials mess up?"

"Is it a bug from too many people spending money?"

"Exactly, the leaks I saw said Jing Yuan was a five-star Hunt main DPS, and his Ultimate would even make him go dark and turn Mara-Struck!"

"What kind of made-up lore are you reading?"

"Looking at the official announcement, it seems Jing Yuan really is Erudition Path, even his Signature Light Cone is Erudition!"

"A Hunt Envoy turning into Erudition in the game—this development is way too interesting!"

Chapter 69: Ten-Layer Divine General, Instantly Refined

Although some players suspected they'd pulled a fake Jing Yuan—having clearly pulled the Hunt Envoy Jing Yuan only to get an Erudition one instead—

The majority of players still joined the Jing Yuan buying frenzy, dumping all the Stellar Jade they'd saved up for a long time into the banner, leaving themselves completely drained.

"Got it, I got it!"

Guinaifen stared excitedly at the golden light on the gacha screen. Jing Yuan's splash art flashed by—she'd pulled General Jing Yuan in just ten pulls. Was this the blessing of Luofu's luck?

Meanwhile, Sushang's Warp beside her also began to change, golden light bursting from the train car!

Erudition, long hair, AoE—except the gender was female!

"Wah, Little Gui, I got Himeko instead!"

Guinaifen comforted her upon seeing this.

"It's fine, hand me your phone—I'll pay for the pulls!"

The same scene played out among countless players, just like in the past with gacha.

Although the current banner character had a 50% rate, there were plenty of unlucky ones who could miss and get other characters multiple times in a row.

Perhaps it was these players bearing the burden that allowed the lucky ones who got double five-stars in a ten-pull to push the UP rate back to 50%!

They really did, and I'm crying!

Greatness needs no words!

Lin Guang was now watching the game's popularity.

The Jing Yuan gacha banner's explosive success exceeded expectations. Just one hour after the banner opened, the in-game revenue had already reached 3.21 billion, and it was still climbing!

The various game data in the system had also multiplied several times over after capturing the Luofu market!

Registered Users: 32.62 billion

Current Online Users: 20.43 billion

Discussion Heat: 24.34 billion

All the game's data had entered the tens of billions stage, barely qualifying as a passable interstellar game.

However, the rate of Game Points accumulation had slowed considerably, currently sitting at only 7.36 billion. It was unclear whether the speed had decreased because the game's popularity had hit a certain threshold, or if it was some mysterious Eastern force at work.

But that didn't matter—by the time the Jing Yuan banner ended and version 1.1 arrived, he would definitely have saved up 10 billion Game Points!

The Envoy-level Augmentation that had once seemed so out of reach was now right before his eyes!

It wasn't for fighting or anything, but Envoy-level characters had a key attribute: the ability to traverse the stars. That would be a huge help for his future plans.

After reviewing the game's data, Lin Guang returned to his work.

Back in the game.

As soon as players pulled Jing Yuan, they immediately started preparing his ascension materials, leveling him up to test his mechanics and strength.

It had been 20 days since the game's launch. The top-tier whales who used Stellar Jade to buy stamina every day had already reached Trailblaze Level 50, and the character level cap had risen to 70.

The best place to test characters now was the Memory of Chaos, a 10-floor refreshable mode unlocked after clearing the 15th floor of the Forgotten Hall!

Lao Mu, as a player from the first phase of the game's launch, had already pulled Jing Yuan to 6+5, but for testing purposes, he was currently using a 0+1 setup.

"Alright, bros, Jing Yuan is now at the standard 0+1. Let's first see his mechanics and strength in actual combat."

Entering battle, an action bar for the Divine General's Manifestation appeared on the left side of the screen with a number 3. Jing Yuan's unique mechanic was this Divine General.

Jing Yuan's Skill and Ultimate were standard Erudition attacks, but they added 2 and 3 stacks of attack layers to the Divine General respectively, stacking up to a maximum of 10 layers.

Each additional layer not only increased the Divine General's attack damage but also boosted its action speed, allowing it to strike faster.

It could be said that Jing Yuan's strength lay entirely in the Divine General—as long as the Divine General acted, everything would be fine!

The only small point to note was that if Jing Yuan fell under a control effect before the Divine General acted, the Divine General would retain its stacks and skip its turn, waiting until the next round to strike.

But Lao Mu didn't care when he saw this—being controlled and unable to act was perfectly normal.

Memory of Chaos, Floor 1.

Facing the boss Gepard, Jing Yuan's Ultimate lit up mid-battle, and Lao Mu pressed it without hesitation.

Ultimate: My Body is Light!

[Time for a surprise attack.]

In the game, Jing Yuan held his Formation Blade with both hands, poised to strike, lightning crackling around him from time to time.

When it came time to select a target and unleash the attack, Jing Yuan opened his golden eyes—void of joy or sorrow, brimming with divinity—and fixed his gaze on the opponent. His expression, commanding without anger, was suffused with pressure, paired with that indifferent tone.

[Majestic divine spirit, heed my decree, slay without mercy!]

The camera pulled back, Jing Yuan and the towering Divine General's Manifestation seeming to merge into one, a single massive slash!

"Holy crap, this Ultimate animation is way too cool!"

"That move! The one from the animated short that defeated Jingliu!"

"The line delivery has so much feeling! It's got that kingly might that looks down on the world!"

"This is the Hunt General I imagined!"

"After seeing Jing Yuan's usual smiling face so much, seeing him serious like this when using his Ultimate is insanely handsome too!"

"Compared to General Jing Yuan's effects, Seele's Ultimate is just some Flash Flying Head Monster!"

The audience marveled at the display of Jing Yuan's Ultimate animation, silently acknowledging that this was indeed General Jing Yuan!

Then, as Jing Yuan struck, the Divine General's Manifestation stacks reached the cap of 10, the Action Bar kept shifting, and the audience's anticipation maxed out again!

When it was the Divine General's Manifestation's turn to act, the scene shifted.

The golden divine spirit in the Heavenly Dome gripped its blade with one hand and hurled a devastating strike at the ground target!

The 10-hit lightning damage from the Divine General's Manifestation kept ticking, with a single-target multiplier as high as 660%, and Gepard's Toughness and HP bars plummeted at an absurd rate!

Ten stacks of the Divine General's Manifestation, instantly refined!

The terrifying big-number damage and massive Toughness reduction left the audience utterly stunned!

Remember, the previous Limited Character, Seele, only had a 425% multiplier on her Ultimate.

But Jing Yuan not only had a ten-stack cap and the highest 660% multiplier in the entire game on his Divine General's Manifestation, but he also had his own 200% multiplier Erudition Ultimate—as long as there were two targets, it was completely on par with Seele!

The big numbers from those sky-high multipliers instantly captivated all the viewers, making them unconsciously overlook any potential flaws.

Almost every player instinctively compared these two Launch Main DPS characters, and the same thought crossed their minds.

Jing Yuan's strength? A total win!

Goodbye, Seele—you're just an ordinary person born in an era without me!

With such a strong Main DPS, as long as you pulled a few supports, you'd be fine even until the game shut down, right?

For a time, Jing Yuan's popularity in the game skyrocketed again, and some busybodies even started making Character Strength Rankings or Popularity Votes.

This also spawned a batch of Fake Meta Players led by The Connoisseur. These Fake Meta Players did nothing productive all day, just focused on stirring up Community PVP and trashing characters.

Wherever there was a Jing Yuan-related video, they'd show up to boost its rankings, and they'd jump into other characters' videos to taunt and mock, quickly turning the community into a mess.

But since there were only two Limited Main DPS characters in the game at the time, Memory of Chaos had one floor up and one down—just two floors—so the usage rate couldn't really show Jing Yuan's overwhelming strength.

Faced with this situation, the Fake Meta Players' argument was: When the tide recedes, you'll see who's swimming naked—time will give the best answer!

Though the answer might turn out a little different.

On the Luofu Xianzhou.

Yanqing was utterly awed by the big numbers from the Divine General's Manifestation's attack, and he turned to Jing Yuan excitedly.

"General, this game's character design really fits the characters—it even has the Divine General's Manifestation helping out! I wonder, General, what score would you give your own character?"

The character rating idea came from Jing Yuan himself after his gacha banner launched.

He'd seen various character evaluation videos on the online community, but their content and opinions were rather biased, making Jing Yuan shake his head repeatedly.

As for rating his own game character now, after much thought, Jing Yuan's suggestion was:

Current pull recommendation: 8 points, character strength rating: 7 points, Signature Light Cone strength: 9 points!

This evaluation instantly stunned Yanqing. After all, the previous Limited Character, Seele, had scored two 9s and one 8—how could the General's own rating be so much lower!

Seeing Yanqing's dazed expression, Jing Yuan chuckled softly.

"Sometimes, don't be fooled by appearances, Yanqing. Think more."

With that, Jing Yuan used his account, whose ID was Real Name Online, to post this rating data.

But at this moment, the players clearly couldn't grasp the value of this advice, nor would they ever imagine the identity of the person behind this account!

Meanwhile, Lin Guang had also finished negotiating the film distribution deals for the surrounding star systems.

Which meant it was finally time for the tense and exciting Preview Program segment!

As for our dear host...

"Are you ready, Mr. Jimi?"

Jimi, who was preparing to host the show, shuddered all over, feeling as if something unclean had set its sights on him!

Chapter 70: Where in the world did this bring me?

As time passed, the Jing Yuan gacha opened, and the game's 1.0 version was nearing its end.

And the preview program for the next version's announcement was finally about to begin recording.

When it came to the preview program, the first person Lin Guang thought of was our dear Mr. Jimi.

As the workhorse of Honkai: Star Rail, the only character with a swimsuit skin, and the soul of the preview program—how could the preview program do without him!

Speaking of the preview program, its recording method made Lin Guang stop and think.

Directly inviting real people to record wasn't feasible. Setting aside whether they could even be invited, the Stellaron Hunters were openly opposed to the Company, so relying on real-world connections wasn't reliable.

And if he used the original preview program videos from the System Mall, well, the effect didn't look great either.

So there was only one way left.

Lin Guang swiped his finger across the system panel several times, finally finding his target under the Memory Path: Dream Entry!

As long as he input the specific identity information of the target characters, it would calculate the Game Points needed to pull them into a dream Memory Bubble.

And he could even customize the Memory Bubble's style, for example, turning it into the Q-version style seen in the preview program.

Then, all he had to do was forcibly pull the characters into the Memory Bubble, give them a rough program outline, and just record it himself.

"Hmm... let me see, for this preview program..."

The 1.1 version preview program recording required inviting four people: Jimi, Silver Wolf, Jing Yuan, and Yukong. He filled their information into the system, and soon got the price for pulling them into the Memory Bubble.

"One... one hundred million, huh."