Honkai: Star Rail, Starting Out as Kiana Author: Yuedian℃
Because of a questionnaire, Kiana arrived in the world of Star Rail.
However, there was no system, no so-called cheat ability. All she had was a foul mouth that worked only sporadically.
"Ah, why am I not the Great Sage Kiana?" Then Kiana obtained the power of the Herrscher of the Void.
"Ah, we're going to Jarilo-VI. If I turn into Herta, I wonder if Bronya will get excited." And so, on Jarilo, Kiana took on Herta's appearance.
"Cocolia, actually, I'm your long-lost granddaughter." Looking at Cocolia, whose brain had practically short-circuited because of a single sentence from her, Kiana felt delighted.
"Don't be ridiculous. Fox ears are obviously long!" And so, on that day, Tingyun's ears became "donkey ears" just like Yae Sakura's.
"I..."
"Just shut up! Don't say another word!"
"Fine. Then I want to drink Mei's Sister Juice." Looking at Hokushin Mei and Yomi, who had both pressed their blades against her neck, Kiana finally understood what a battlefield of love was.
Word of Law or a Foul Mouth?
If one day you could become your favorite character and travel to the world of a game you liked, what would you choose?
The sound of an alarm rang out.
Kiana got up groggily, rubbed her sleep-mussed hair, took off her pajamas, and changed into the Herta Space Station's staff uniform.
"Why does everyone else either get a system or unlock a cheat ability and become invincible, while all I got was a mouth that makes things come true?"
Although she said that, Kiana was still quite satisfied with her current life.
It all began one month ago.
That morning, since it was the weekend, she had nothing to do.
So, as soon as Kiana woke up, she turned on her phone, tablet, and computer and logged into three games.
"Genshin Impact, Star Rail, Guns Girl Z—launch!"
The moment she logged in, she found red dots in the announcement sections of all three games. As expected, they were questionnaires.
When it came to questionnaires, Kiana only wanted to do one thing: quickly click through the version update information, then find the Abyss satisfaction survey and select "Very satisfied."
In fact, every time Guns Girl Z had a questionnaire, because there was no Abyss satisfaction option, Kiana would even write down her thoughts in the optional comments section afterward.
Questionnaire: Is there anything you are dissatisfied with in this version?
Without thinking, Kiana entered the answer she had written countless times before.
The Abyss and Memorial Arena are too easy. I suggest giving the bosses several more phases. Turn up the heat and add abnormal effects! GKD!
Speaking of that, she had to bring up something that happened before.
Once, a friend saw Kiana playing and directly snatched the device from her hands, saying furiously:
"So you're the bastard who keeps saying it's 'very easy,' huh? I want to see whether you actually full-clear the Abyss every cycle!"
After switching to Kiana's HoYoLAB account and seeing her records for Guns Girl Z's Memorial Arena and Nirvana Abyss, along with her solo-clear records in Genshin Impact, her friend fell silent.
Star Rail, on the other hand, had not been out for long, so it had not been affected much.
But after Kiana finished filling out the three questionnaires that day, she discovered that new windows had appeared afterward.
Of all the games under miHoYo, which one did you like best now? If you could choose one world to visit, which would you choose?
A. Honkai Gakuen
B. Honkai Impact 3rd
C. Genshin Impact
D. Honkai: Star Rail
There were also miHoYo's otome games and Zenless Zone Zero afterward, but Kiana had not played them, so those options were grayed out and could not be selected.
Looking at the options, Kiana thought of Star Rail's recent meme-worthy antics. She wondered whether the project team had run out of ideas and wanted to mine the questionnaire for more memes.
But questionnaires about transmigrating had been played out more than a decade ago, hadn't they?
Even so, Kiana chose D.
There was no other reason. With the conclusion of Guns Girl Z Part 1.5, her youth had ended. She no longer had the same longing and anticipation for the story in Part 2.
As for Genshin?
Heh. If time had gone back two years, Kiana would absolutely have chosen it. But working every day and playing the hapless victim was nowhere near as fun as Star Rail's constant memes!
After pressing submit, she found that another window had popped up.
If you transmigrated, who would you want to become?
The list contained characters from every game under miHoYo, even various NPCs and characters who existed only in other people's dialogue.
Kiana scrolled for several minutes before reaching the bottom, then scrolled all the way back to the top.
Without hesitation, she clicked Kiana Kaslana's name and chose to submit.
After all, Kiana had first started playing miHoYo games because a classmate told her there was a game with the exact same name as hers. So, if she really transmigrated, she would definitely become her incredibly adorable Kiana.
There was no Qi in the Hundred Family Surnames, so don't overthink it. The author is terrible at naming.
Please enter your nickname. Do not use your real name or a name from a game. Your nickname will become your codename.
At this point, Kiana understood.
"Oh, so this was the goal all along. They've run out of NPC names, and they also need codenames. Are they trying to directly borrow ideas from players?"
But if you really want to use something from the game, then I'm stepping in!
When the tapping stopped, she had finished answering the questionnaire.
For the final question, Kiana entered: Dominating Moon Sea Fish Fish Cat.
"Ha! If you've got the guts, use this nickname. I'll respect you as a real man! If there weren't only one option, I'd definitely add Rich and Auspicious Iron Plate Duck, Brick King Ten Thousand Years, Broken Horse Sky Silly Goose, Island Explosion Dodo Raven, and the rest!"
But after she finished filling it out, what appeared was not the usual line:
Thank you for your response.
Instead, it was a voice prompt.
"Then, Ms. Dominating Moon Sea Fish Fish Cat, may your journey ahead be accompanied by your presence."
Huh? The company really put some thought into this. This Easter egg is pretty nice. If I'd known there was voice acting, I would have recorded it.
Then Kiana's head began to swim.
Kiana felt her eyelids growing heavier and heavier.
At the final moment before her consciousness faded, she thought that she had stayed up too late and was about to die suddenly from excitement.
"Ah, if I really get to transmigrate, I hope I can become Asta's dog! Being a rich lady's dog has to be easier than working."
"Wait! No, Asta already has Peppy. Then I'll be a cat instead."
When Kiana woke up again, she found herself being held in Asta's arms.
"Oh, I really did become a cat."
Just as Kiana thought that, she noticed in the next moment that her perspective had changed dramatically.
If there had been an overhead view, one would have seen the white cat in Asta's arms suddenly grow larger before pinning her to the bed.
After some explanation, Kiana managed to sort out the situation.
"You're saying I'm a gift Herta gave you?"
"Mm. Ms. Herta said that you liked pets, and she found you on a planet that was on the verge of extinction, so she brought you here."
Asta's face flushed. She did not know why, but when she looked at Kiana, who was also female, she always felt that Kiana was as handsome as the princes and knights in the novels she had read.
However, because Kiana's situation was unusual, Asta contacted her teacher, Ms. Herta, after speaking with Kiana.
Herta was also very interested in Kiana. After a series of examinations and experiments, she discovered what made Kiana special.
In Herta's words:
"To put it nicely, you more or less possess the ability to make anything you say come true. To put it less nicely, your ability is an uncontrollable foul mouth."
Don't Give Me Your Blessing
After a month had passed, Herta also lost her desire to investigate Kiana's ability.
In her view, Kiana's power might have been a gift from some Messenger of Joy. After all, that person was not above doing such things.
Only Kiana knew that her ability might be connected to the answer she had entered in the questionnaire before transmigrating.
However, Kiana's ability was genuinely uncontrollable. It lacked the invincible majesty of an ability from a Xianxia world that made every word reality.
Most of the time, it was more like a foul mouth.
For example, Kiana once saw a staff member with severe dark circles and remarked, "Be careful, will you? You've stayed up so much that you're almost turning into a panda."
The other person really turned into a panda. Fortunately, it only lasted five minutes.
There had been plenty of such mishaps, but there were exceptions. For example, during Kiana's first test, she blurted out without thinking:
"Ah, since I'm also Kiana, I may not be the Great Sage Kiana, but I should at least have a Herrscher's power, right?"
It had been nothing more than a joke, but it came true. For five minutes, Kiana obtained all the power of the Herrscher of the Void, as well as the full combat strength of the Six-Core Pufferfish from the Second Eruption.
Unfortunately, she did not get to experience it for long. She only summoned three Void Lances before the effect ended.
The good news was that some residual power remained, though very little.
At present, Kiana had only a tiny portion of the Herrscher of the Void's authority. All she could do was use it as a storage space. Even if she exerted herself to the limit, she could summon only one Void Lance.
She also had a passive ability that increased the favorability of the people around her. That was what Herta had said during the examination, but honestly, Kiana did not feel anything.
Perhaps some of her earlier jokes had come true. Perhaps this ability had already existed when she filled out the questionnaire. Kiana had no way of knowing.
"Still, everything in that questionnaire came true. My current state is more or less like Kiana's when she had just joined St. Freya Academy. But I have to admit, the Kaslana family bloodline is truly powerful."
Kiana opened the door and wandered around the Space Station.
Perhaps because of her affinity, Asta and Herta treated her quite well.
Well, forget I said that about Herta.
Kiana's current life was the kind countless people dreamed of. She got up every morning and ate breakfast, then went out for a walk. She spent the rest of her time doing whatever she wanted.
Asta had even given Kiana an access card with a very high clearance level. Aside from some of Herta's experimental areas, Kiana could go anywhere.
She did not need to worry about money, either. After all, her nominal guardian was Asta. She might lack other things, but she certainly did not lack money.
If Kiana had not strongly objected, Asta would probably have paid out of pocket to buy her a planet to live on.
"Kiana, why did you get up so late again?"
When Kiana reached the Master Control Zone, Asta stared at her angrily. She was upset that Kiana had skipped breakfast.
"Ugh, the food provided for the staff tastes absolutely awful. Besides, didn't we buy a lot of bread before?"
Thinking of the cafeteria food, half of Asta's anger immediately vanished.
To the staff here, food was merely fuel to replenish their energy so they could continue experimenting. Not only Kiana, who had tasted Blue Star's cuisine, but even Asta did not particularly like it.
"Forget it."
Asta shook her head and decided to let Kiana off.
Kiana thought that Asta was finished stopping her. But just as she was about to turn around and go to the greenhouse in the Storage Zone to check on the plants they were growing, Asta tugged at the hem of her clothes again.
"What is it?"
"Did you forget? Ms. Herta's new Curio is arriving today, and the Express crew is coming too. Didn't you say before that you didn't want to laze around on the Herta Space Station, nor did you want to work for the Interastral Peace Corporation? The Star Rail is here, so aren't you going to meet the members of the Express crew?"
Only then did Kiana remember.
She had never expected that Asta would still remember something she had casually said.
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