From Firefly, Speedrunning Worlds (Up to Volume 5, Chapter 50)
Chapter 2

From Firefly Onward, Speedrunning Worlds

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Star Rail System Loaded

Just then, an emotionless system voice rang out in the girl's mind, making her freeze.

"A system?"

Sure enough, every transmigrator had a cheat like a system!

She just wondered what faction this system belonged to.

If it was Lu-faction, she would take off immediately. Point-faction would be decent too. But if it was Cat-faction... that was hard to say.

After all, it was a system faction famous for being embarrassing.

"What can you do? And I transmigrated into Firefly because of you, right?"

The mention of it made the girl somewhat annoyed.

She had never wanted to transmigrate. After all, she was not some novel protagonist filled with dissatisfaction toward life.

There was no heartbreak, no orphanhood, no inability to find work...

She had already achieved financial freedom. Life held no troubles for her.

Yet she had suddenly transmigrated for no reason. Even if she had become Firefly, a character she liked, she was still unhappy about it. No one had even asked for her consent before sending her here.

And this was such a dangerous world, too.

Ah! Sorry, according to normal procedure, I was supposed to arrange some Great Fortune for you, Trailblazer. But the driver prioritized handling Point-faction business first.

So we simply skipped that step.

"Great Fortune..."

The girl's face darkened. Seriously, it was not even trying to hide it!

If the driver had not been too busy handling other business first, would she have needed to get hit by Great Fortune?

No, thank you!

As compensation, I have provided you with the Pro Version Beginner's Gift Pack on top of the original benefits.

And now for a formal introduction. This system is a creation that came into existence by accident because of the game "Honkai: Star Rail." Its primary function is to provide the Trailblazer with characters and abilities from the game, allowing you to rapidly clear world after world.

"..."

"Can I refuse?"

It sounded interesting, but the risks were surely not low.

The world she was currently in was already dangerous enough, and now she was supposed to speedrun world after world.

Hey, Trailblazer, don't rush to refuse. Let me finish! As compensation, although you can no longer return to your original world, after clearing seven worlds, you can bring the characters and abilities you possess and choose one world to settle in permanently.

Once you successfully speedrun twelve worlds, you can receive the ultimate prize: the power of a custom Path Aeon.

"Aeon?!"

After hearing the system's grand promise, the girl's eyes instantly widened.

She could actually obtain the power of a custom Path Aeon? Even the power of the End King or Equilibrium?

Was this for real?!

That's right. Whether it is an Aeon that already exists or one that has yet to appear, either is possible. If you have no objections, Trailblazer, then let us officially begin clearing this world!

"Quick! Hurry up and start!"

"I want to speedrun worlds. I want the ultimate prize."

The girl admitted it—the system's promise had successfully hooked her.

She did not think too deeply about where this system had come from or how it could give her Aeon-level power, because she simply could not refuse.

She was even already growing impatient.

That was the power of an Aeon. Even the slightest chance was enough.

When the time came to settle down, she would choose the Star Rail universe...

She would definitely be happy there.

"Cancer of All Worlds" Stellaron

Core completion condition: Completely change or destroy the DGP Grand Prix.

"Completely change or destroy the DGP Grand Prix? Isn't that asking the impossible?"

To target the DGP Grand Prix, she would inevitably have to clash with those Future People and the Creation God.

Even Geats in the future was the true culprit behind this competition. For the sake of his own god, he threw a Future Person into the past to invent the Grand Prix.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Geats's main cast was truly in a league of its own among Reiwa Riders.

There was not a single normal person among them. Aside from Keiwa, who was slightly more normal, everyone in that world had something wrong with them.

And even good-natured Keiwa changed later on.

Still, the girl was not as panicked as she had imagined she would be. If she had started out as an ordinary person, she naturally would have had no way to accomplish any of this.

Even living in this world would have been a headache. At any moment, she might have become some nameless cannon fodder in those Kamen Rider reality-show games.

Those people had never treated ordinary people as people. To them, this world was just a game, and when playing a game... insignificant NPC bystanders dying was simply no big deal.

Although the world would be recreated and people revived whenever the DGP Grand Prix ended, it was not guaranteed one hundred percent.

Especially if there was no relevant data.

"Sam..."

With the power of Sam's Mecha, the vast majority of enemies and Kamen Riders were no match for her. Even among the Stellaron Hunters, Sam's combat strength was among the best.

Just as Silver Wolf had said, "With Sam on a mission, it can be wrapped up in no time."

And on top of that, she also had the system's abilities.

With such a huge system, even if it was a system produced by Cat-faction, it should not only have Firefly's original powers, right?

With that thought in mind, Firefly carefully studied the Star Rail System.

Sure enough, it was not as bare-bones as she had thought. While it could not grant world-destroying power from the very beginning like Lu-faction, it was not too shabby either.

Aside from the original strength of the transformed character, it also had a Points system.

Completing specific achievements and missions, as well as defeating or killing specific enemies, could earn Points. These Points had two uses.

One was to directly exchange them for Power of Destiny.

With enough Points, she could even directly obtain strength at the Emanator level of the corresponding Path.

However, the exchange rates were not the same.

Destruction: 1:100 Nihility: 1:50 Harmony: 1:30 Trailblaze: 1:20 Preservation: 1:10 The Hunt: 1:5 Abundance: 1:1 ...

As the system displayed, Destruction offered the best value. Perhaps it was because Firefly's in-game build belonged to the Destruction Path?

But that was fine. In this world... the Power of the Destruction Path was more important to her.

Besides exchanges related to Paths, Points had another use similar to Stellaron Shards: pulling gacha.

This included, but was not limited to, Relics, Light Cones, Oddities...

Even pulling a Stellaron, an Immortal Divine Fruit, or even the descent of an Aeon's power would not be strange. However, the odds were very low. After taking a look, she decided directly exchanging for Power of Destiny was more worthwhile.

For gambling addicts only!

1,600 Points for one ten-pull. A random gold-quality item was guaranteed within 90 pulls.

Even among gold-quality items, there were useless ones.

"I wonder what the Beginner's Gift Pack contains. Since it's the Pro version, it shouldn't be too bad, right?"

Thinking of the compensation gift pack from the system, Firefly opened the Beginner's Gift Pack with some anticipation.

Opening Pro Version Beginner's Gift Pack. Congratulations! You have obtained 3,200 Points, Light Cone: On a Starry Night, and a Sealed Stellaron.

"Light Cone... and a Stellaron!"

Looking at the items that had come from the Beginner's Gift Pack, Firefly's eyes widened considerably. Based on the purchasing power and exchange rates of Points, this was an extremely good deal.

It was enough to exchange for a large amount of Destruction Path Power, or to perform twenty pulls.

And the Destruction Light Cone, On a Starry Night, was an extremely useful weapon, enough to further enhance her Destruction Power.

But what drew even more attention was the Stellaron.

As a Stellaron Hunter, Firefly knew this thing all too well.

A Stellaron was a mysterious object that caused the "Cancer of All Worlds." Not only did it disrupt the flow of Imaginary Energy, it was also extremely invasive.

In the form of the mysterious object known as a "Stellaron," it continuously infected neighboring worlds—spreading throughout the universe like cancer cells.

No matter what planet it appeared on, the emergence of a Stellaron was an extremely terrifying event.

And now, she had directly obtained one.

Although Stellarons were dangerous, Firefly felt reassured at that moment. This counted as one of her trump cards, and it gave her a little more confidence in clearing this world.

"Let's first see how much the Power of Destiny can improve me..."

Without taking out the Stellaron or Light Cone, Firefly first tried exchanging for Power of Destiny. After all, she still did not know what level a single unit of Power of Destiny represented.

After checking the available Powers of Destiny, she did not need to think much and chose Destruction, which had the highest rate.

One Point directly gave her 100 Destruction Power.

Then Firefly felt her strength gradually increase. It was not particularly obvious, but...

That was only one Point. It was already astonishing.

Without the slightest hesitation, Firefly exchanged all her Points for Destruction Path Power. Then she clearly felt the changes in her strength.

While it was not enough to reach the level of an Emanator, it was still a considerable improvement.

"With such great value, it seems that while clearing worlds is important, I can't overlook Points either."

Firefly had not forgotten that after seven worlds... all the power and characters she obtained would permanently belong to her.

Improving Firefly's strength now would not be a waste in the slightest.

Next, she only needed to wait for the DGP Grand Prix to begin.

Achievements and missions were hard to predict, but the specific enemies would definitely be related to Kamen Riders and Jyamato.

Firefly stood up and left. Before that, she would take a look around. Neither she nor Firefly herself had often wandered around like this.

Especially Firefly. Because of Entropy Syndrome, she had not had a chance in a long time to walk and run so freely as her true self.

Firefly's Ordinary Appearance

"Lizi Ramen Shop."

Firefly looked at the ramen shop ahead, touched her flat stomach, and realized she really was a little hungry.

But after checking the cash on her, she only had one thousand Japanese Yen, which she had picked up off the roadside earlier.

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