"It looked like there was more of Yanqing's story to come. That final shot was so cool—I can't wait for Yanqing's big moment!"
"Jingliu! Looking at that outfit, that was definitely Jingliu, right?! She didn't turn to ashes!"
"Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh! This one video had way too much information! I can't stay in Version 1.0 for another second!"
When the video ended and the program returned to the Preview Program...
Faced with Silver Wolf's sudden appearance in the guest seats, Mr. Jimi began displaying his perfectly timed terrified acting.
[Stellaron Hunter, Sil... Silver Wolf!]
As he made exaggerated expressions, he also let out some indescribable shriek, making Silver Wolf wave her hands repeatedly.
[Alright, alright, stop screaming. You think I wanted to come? This Preview Program couldn't go on without its protagonist, so I reluctantly agreed to record it.]
Yukong, beside her, bluntly exposed the truth.
[Miss Silver Wolf, based on the clues so far, everyone was forcibly pulled here by the officials while they were asleep. No one asked whether you were willing.]
The viewers were stunned upon hearing Yukong's words.
"Holy crap, they forcibly dragged their consciousness over while they were sleeping? That's insane, isn't it?"
"Interesting, so interesting. Pam, what other surprises are you hiding from me?"
"But thinking about all the things that really happened in the game, this was basically standard procedure."
"Wait, doesn't that mean these people are the real deal, not actors they hired to play them?!"
"No way. That line had to be scripted too, right?"
Outside the Preview Program, Jimi unsurprisingly received a communication request from his superior after the broadcast aired.
Yet after Jimi connected with considerable unease, an unfamiliar man's voice came from the other end.
"Mr. Jimi, correct? I'm Aventurine. I've already taken care of the matter of you appearing on another host's program without the company's permission. If you have any future collaborations with them, feel free to cooperate without concern."
Jimi's eyes lit up at those words.
A leader from headquarters, P45, had personally spoken. Who at this branch could still dare point fingers at him?
Thank the dream, thank Director Aventurine, thank Honkai: Star Rail!
As for Aventurine, ever since the Board of Directors had set its sights on the game, he had been waiting.
Waiting for an opportunity that would catch Diamond's attention, one worth offending Taran from the Board of Directors to make his move.
The moment he saw the general of The Hunt appear, he knew the time had come.
Back in the Preview Program...
Silver Wolf immediately changed the subject after being exposed.
[That's not the point. Anyway, we're currently in a room we can't leave unless we record this program. The important thing is telling the players about the event schedule.]
Chapter 74: General Jing Yuan's Strength Was Still Rising
The viewers immediately sensed that something was off when they heard Silver Wolf's words.
"What the heck? A room you can't leave unless you record a program? That... that format sounds awfully familiar!"
"As expected of you. You've watched countless films!"
"This sense of déjà vu... I get it. Another Edo Star specialty!"
"A room you can't leave unless you XX! The fill-in-the-blank contest officially begins!"
"Stop! Stop the car!"
"Huh? What are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"
"It's nothing. Go play somewhere else."
With all three guests present, the Preview Program officially began. Jimi then recited that classic opening line.
[Whether or not your world has the concept of day and night, let me first wish you a good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. I'm your good friend, Jimi!]
[Welcome to this special Version 1.1 Preview Program!]
As the Preview Program officially began, the segment introducing Silver Wolf started after the three guests briefly introduced themselves.
As a character who had appeared as a trial character early in the Main Story, everyone was already familiar with Silver Wolf's gameplay mechanics.
But when Silver Wolf's character artwork appeared, everyone still couldn't help getting excited.
Jing Yuan asked at that moment.
Jing Yuan: [Miss Silver Wolf, there seem to be many little figures resembling you in your artwork. Would you mind telling us where they came from?]
Silver Wolf: [Well, I'm not very good at socializing, so I created those virtual friends for myself.]
Jing Yuan: [Oh~]
Yukong: [Miss Silver Wolf... mm... you certainly have quite an imagination.]
Jimi: [Why did the topic suddenly get so heavy?]
Silver Wolf: [What imagination? They all really exist, alright? They're absolutely the most advanced artificial intelligence modules in the universe! We're a professional team!]
Yet those words only made things worse, instantly exposing the fact that Silver Wolf did not have many friends.
"Hahaha, socially anxious Wolf Cub can't make friends and can only play with AI. Wuwuwu, so pitiful!"
"What imaginary friends!"
"She played too many anime games!"
"Wolf Cub, you're so pitiful. They bullied you again, didn't they? You should understand that only I am your friend. Only I love you!"
After briefly explaining her background, Silver Wolf began introducing her character's gameplay mechanics.
As a Quantum attribute character on The Nihility path, her Skill could add a weakness matching one of her team's attributes to the target. All of her attacks could inflict random Debuffs on enemies, while her Ultimate was a single-target defense reduction that lasted for several turns.
Outside combat, her Technique could also ignore attributes and reduce an enemy's Toughness when it hit, making the viewers cry out that she was ridiculously overpowered!
She could add weaknesses and ignore attributes to reduce Toughness outside battle. Paired with Seele, wouldn't that make for an unbeatable Quantum battleship?
After Silver Wolf's mechanics were introduced, it was Luocha's turn.
March 7th, who was watching the Preview Program livestream, began recalling Uncle Yang's earlier attitude toward Luocha.
"Uncle Yang said Luocha looked a lot like an old acquaintance of his, but would anyone look like that when meeting an old acquaintance? It was more like..."
March 7th racked her brains for an appropriate description, while Himeko beside her helpfully added.
"It was more like he had murdered his father."
"Uh... maybe don't describe things next time..."
This mysterious traveling merchant from beyond the stars, who carried a Coffin on his back and appeared in the Luofu Main Story, had an identity shrouded in mystery. Many people guessed that his purpose in coming to the Xianzhou was far from simple.
Unfortunately, there was currently far too little story content about Luocha, and the theories online were becoming more and more absurd.
Some claimed the Coffin contained the Star God of Propagation, a Great-Eradicator, or Cocolia!
Others even guessed that Luocha's lover was inside. In short, people could stuff anything into that Coffin!
Since two guests from the Luofu had been invited, Silver Wolf was extremely curious as well. After all, in the Xianzhou script, she had only been responsible for hacking the system and opening the door.
The answers to what happened afterward were now right before her, so Silver Wolf directly asked.
Silver Wolf: [General Jing Yuan, as a Xianzhou General, you should know how the story develops afterward, right? Who exactly is Luocha? Could you spoil a little insider information for everyone?]
Yukong fell silent as she recalled what had happened before, while Jing Yuan merely smiled lightly.
Jing Yuan: [As for the game's story, let's wait until it is presented in the game itself. For now, let's introduce Luocha's gameplay mechanics.]
As an Imaginary Element character on the Path of Abundance, Luocha's Skill could restore a teammate's health and remove one Debuff. His Ultimate was an area attack that could dispel enemies' buffs.
The most crucial point was that when an allied character's health fell below a certain threshold, Luocha would immediately cut in and cast a Skill on them without consuming a Skill Point.
Observant players immediately realized the key point.
"Holy crap, his Skill can remove Debuffs!"
"It's finally here! Before this, only Natasha could remove crowd control. My General Jing Yuan always gets controlled by those underhanded tricks and misses the Divine General's Manifestation's turn!"
"It even comes with after-sales insurance? Now I have no choice but to pull for Jing Yuan!"
"General Jing Yuan's strength is still rising!"
After Luocha came the character introduction for Yukong, the four-star Imaginary Element Harmony character. As the Luofu's ace pilot in her earlier years, her Skill provided an attack bonus, while her Ultimate increased Critical Rate and Critical Damage.
After introducing the characters' Light Cones and the Gacha Pool schedule, the program entered the redemption code segment, leaving viewers somewhat confused.
"Th-This... what is this? Some kind of mysterious code?"
"I can't find it on jm!"
"What the hell is jm? Those are game redemption codes. You use them in the upper-left corner of the game!"
The redemption codes worth 100 Stellar Jade delighted the viewers. They had not expected to receive Stellar Jade just for watching the program, and the Preview Program began attracting more and more players as a result.
Back in the Preview Program, the event content introductions began.
First was Herta Space Station's electronic graffiti event, where Genius Society member Screwllum would assist with deciphering the graffiti.
While explaining this in the program, Silver Wolf suddenly seemed to remember something. Kafka, who was watching the Preview Program with Silver Wolf, turned to her and smiled.
"This wouldn't happen to be the time you hacked Herta Space Station, got seventy-six game accounts banned, then cried and threw a tantrum, would it?"
"I-I didn't! And what do you mean, the time I cried and threw a tantrum?!"
As the graffiti was collected, players could also receive the event-exclusive Light Cone: the four-star Nihility Light Cone—Before the Tutorial Mission Starts.
The image in the Light Cone seemed to show Silver Wolf playing a claw machine during her first mission.
What was particularly unusual was that the dolls inside were all various forms of Jimi. In the back, Blade, wrapped up tightly, was messaging Kafka, seemingly complaining about how unreliable the new member was.
The details in this Light Cone's artwork were even better than Silver Wolf's five-star Signature Light Cone, Incessant Rain. The viewers could hardly believe it was an event reward Light Cone. It was practically a miniature signature weapon!
It was only after seeing the events arranged afterward that viewers understood this was merely the beginning!
Chapter 75: Stellaris Gift, Ten Billion Achieved!
After introducing the Space Station graffiti event, it was time for the Belobog Museum event.
Notably, the event rewards included something special: Self-Modeling Resin.
It could be used at the Synthesis Table to craft a corresponding Relic with a chosen main stat, allowing players to quickly improve how complete their Relic builds were.
Countless players had cried in their dreams over a Critical Damage body piece or a Planar Sphere with the right attribute. Self-Modeling Resin was a blessing for the many players imprisoned in Relic domains!
"Self-Modeling Resin, you did well!"
"I declare this the greatest invention in Honkai: Star Rail!"
"Damn, even The Erudition would have to praise it as awesome!"
Among the later event plans was also Herta Space Station's [Stellaris Battlefront] combat simulation program. As a classic "Fight, feels good" event, it not only provided specific trial characters, but also corresponding buff bonuses.
For example, using Skills would not consume Skill Points.
Then there was the double Simulated Calyx event, which was especially popular during the early stage when everyone lacked materials.
There was also the event hosted by Herta Space Station researcher Wen Shiling, [Assistant, Please Be Seated].
As the simplest event, players only needed to speak with her once a day to receive Stellar Jade rewards!
That familiar event format could not help but remind Lin Guang of an old acquaintance.
After the events were introduced, it was time for several characters' Companion Missions. Silver Wolf, Luocha, Yanqing, and Bailu's Companion Missions would be released.
And at the very end of the Preview Program...
The biggest, most important event of all made its entrance: Stellaris Gift!
During the event, players only needed to log in for a cumulative total of seven days to receive ten Star Rail Special Tickets!
Silver Wolf: [The thrilling Sign-in Event is back!]
Jing Yuan: [That's right. Just like the Version 1.0 Stellaris Gift, the rewards are Star Rail Special Tickets!]
The moment the event appeared, it instantly ignited the players' enthusiasm!
Before you continue