"Did the streamer turn on some kind of cheat?!"
"Inhale, inhale, I'm inhaling like crazy!!!!"
At the same time, an achievement popped up at the bottom of Lao Mu's screen.
[The Ripples of the Dirac Sea (I)]
It was an achievement for obtaining ten different Light Cones.
Before Dawn, The Seriousness of Breakfast, Chorus... one 3-star Light Cone after another appeared. Finally, a 5-star Erudition icon emerged!
Erudition—Himeko!
A 5-star Fire Erudition character!
"She's here! Oh-ho!"
He had pulled a popular character from the story on his very first try. Lao Mu was immediately so excited he looked like a several-hundred-pound child, wildly pumping his clenched fists as he muttered under his breath.
"Hand me a pancake, Ma Fei~~~"
The barrage began flooding across the screen.
"? I've already pulled thirty times. Why haven't I gotten a 5-star yet?!"
"Cheats! He's got cheats, brothers!"
"I got Yanqing in twenty pulls! Is that awesome or what, brothers?!"
"Clara, why... why won't you come to my side? It hurts! It hurts so bad!"
"Waaah, I wanted Himeko too, but I got Bronya instead. She looks like a support character!"
"There are so many 4-star Characters in this Gacha Pool! I got Sushang from the PV!"
Lao Mu kept pulling. Purple flashes repeatedly flickered across the screen as Dance! Dance! Dance!, Tingyun, Natasha, and other Light Cones and weapons continued to appear.
"What's this Eidolon plus one thing?"
Seeing duplicate characters appear, Lao Mu opened the character menu to take a look. After studying it for a moment, he immediately understood.
"Oh, I get it. Duplicate characters you pull are converted into Eidolons, which can strengthen that character!"
That was standard practice for gacha games, making it easier for big spenders to raise their limits.
Out of fifty Departure Warp pulls, only the first one had gone gold. Everything afterward had been purple quality.
Lao Mu looked at the only Standard Banner currently available and decided not to keep pulling.
A team could only have four characters anyway, and they were still in the Main Story. There was not much point in continuing to pull.
The other streamers were probably pulling right now too. If he wanted to stand out...
So Lao Mu decided to prioritize clearing the story. His current lineup was more than enough.
"Come on, brothers, let's do the story first. No rush on the pulls. There's only one Standard Banner right now, and no Limited Characters have been released yet!"
The story entered a regrouping phase. The protagonist wandered around the Space Station, helping the staff with some defensive work.
After a brief transition, another story cutscene finally began.
Red alarms began blaring throughout the Space Station, while the monitors displayed the footage they had captured.
Outside the Space Station, a massive Doomsday Beast had thrust its palm into the station's protective barrier. It looked like it was about to break in!
People in the barrage immediately recognized the enormous figure.
"My god, isn't that... the Anti-Matter Legion's Doomsday Beast?"
"I knew that thing would show up! I was scared out of my mind back then. It really felt like the Space Station was about to be destroyed the next second!"
"How was this game even made? Did they stand right there with a camera and film it?"
Seeing this, Asta immediately said to the others beside her.
"You take the train and leave. I'll stay behind."
As the Acting Station Master, she could not let the guests of the Star Rail Express come to harm here.
Seeing the determination in Asta's eyes, March 7th wanted to say something, but Himeko interrupted her.
"We're leaving."
A broken transmission, mixed with static, came through their ears.
"The protective barrier in the Support Segment won't hold much longer either. Hurry... here... leave it... to... you... hurry..."
"...The transmission was cut off."
"Should we go back? Let me remind you: that's the Doomsday Beast, the Legion's Star-destroying Weapon."
"This Space Station was built by Herta. Unless a Great-Eradicator personally makes a move, it won't suffer any serious damage."
"But... but we can't just run away like this, can we?"
After discussing it, they decided to meet up with Welt, who had arrived at the Space Station.
After making their way through part of the Space Station, the story entered another cutscene. The Doomsday Beast had actually appeared on the road ahead of them!
"The Doomsday Beast... it really chased us here."
Himeko glanced at Himeko beside her, and the viewers immediately guessed where the story was going.
"In this situation, the Doomsday Beast must be chasing the protagonist, right?"
"It has to be the Stellaron inside us. Were we born with some kind of irresistible charm?"
"Damn, it feels like the protagonist will definitely be burdened with more sins in the future!"
"Wait, aren't we about to fight the Doomsday Beast?"
"Huh? For real? I'm fighting the Doomsday Beast?"
"We'll win!"
"Guaranteed win!"
In the story scene, the Doomsday Beast's enormous body descended in front of the train crew, letting out deafening roars before the screen shattered!
Doomsday Beast Boss Battle, begin!
Far away on the Luofu Xianzhou.
Fu Xuan looked at Jing Yuan and Yanqing in surprise.
"It's rare to see Lord General take the initiative to visit my Divination Department. Could it be that some major matter requires my divination?"
"Of course."
A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Jing Yuan's lips. He then took out his phone, which displayed the Warp pull screen.
"I'll have to trouble Minister Fu to calculate an auspicious time for my pulls. I'm about to embark on a journey aboard the Star Rail Express, so naturally I'll be bringing Yanqing along!"
Yanqing hurriedly spoke up as well.
"Yes, Diviner Lord! Could you also calculate when General Jing Yuan will appear in the game?"
The screen shattered and the battle began.
The Doomsday Beast's upper body filled the entire screen. Its slowly moving left and right hands launched attacks directly, creating an overwhelming sense of pressure!
Three attackable parts were displayed before them: the left hand, the right hand, and the Anti-Matter Engine Core in the middle.
"Holy crap! This Boss Battle design is pretty damn good!"
Lao Mu led the four-person train crew into battle, carefully observing the boss's attack patterns.
After its left and right hands attacked, the Doomsday Beast clearly assumed a charging posture. The Anti-Matter Engine in the middle seemed ready to unleash a devastating attack on its next action.
Lao Mu seized the opportunity and directly unleashed Himeko's ultimate to break the core's Toughness and interrupt its attack!
Ultimate: Heavenly Firefall!
"I think you may not understand yet."
As the camera shifted, Himeko, holding a cup of coffee, calmly crossed her legs and looked toward the sky.
"Humanity has never hidden its desire to command the stars. That includes me."
Rainbow light descended from the dome, piercing through the clouds and locking onto the target below!
The Orbital Cannon in space had already finished charging. A blue beam slanted down from the Heavenly Dome, carrying out a precise bombardment on its target!
Towering flames erupted from the target's location. The blast's aftershock stirred Himeko's beautiful hair, while she remained completely relaxed and at ease!
As the ultimate animation ended, the livestream erupted again.
"Oh my god, a Space-based Orbital Cannon!"
"That's so cool! Calling in a precision strike!"
"Is the production team really this creative? That's insane!"
"Say, could this actually be real? Can Miss Himeko really control an Orbital Cannon?"
"How could it be fake? Big Sister Himeko is the navigator of the Star Rail Express!"
After one AoE Fire ultimate, the Anti-Matter Engine was destroyed. The heavily damaged Doomsday Beast exposed its weakness. This was the perfect chance to deal damage!
"Go, go, go! Activate every ultimate!"
After one round of attacks, the Doomsday Beast entered its second form!
The Doomsday Beast flew into the sky and spread its wings. A golden curtain of light filled the heavens, as though the apocalypse itself had descended!
Fortunately, the developers had probably considered the difficulty of the beginner story. Although the characters had all been beaten to near death, they still cleared the Doomsday Beast Boss Battle without any real danger.
After obtaining the achievement [Song of Ice and Fire], the Doomsday Beast collapsed where it stood.
However, just when everyone thought they had successfully defeated it, powerful energy fluctuations suddenly began gathering in the Doomsday Beast's mouth. Its attack shot toward the weakened March 7th!
At the critical moment, Himeko flashed in front of March 7th and spread her arms!
"Damn, am I seriously this cool?!"
"I'll be the one to protect my wife March 7th!"
"I love this! I'm starting to ship Himeko and March!"
Under the powerful attack, Himeko felt as though she had arrived in another dimension.
Something like molten lava flowed from within the golden wound, and Himeko's body slowly drifted toward it.
"It is time to set out."
A mysterious voice, both male and female, sounded in Himeko's mind.
"What is this...?"
"Go and reach that destination."
"...Who are you?"
"Reach that ending with your own will."
In the background, all they could see was a tall white-haired man watching Himeko float through the air.
The barrage was also stunned by the scene before them!
"Wait! Could that be...?!"
"A golden wound! It's definitely Them!"
"Am I dreaming?"
"Yes. How did you know I caused that wound?"
[They have already noticed you.]
The golden pupils snapped open!
A towering Giant was watching you!
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