Honkai: Star Rail, Marry Acheron First Upon Landing

"What about me?"

"Oh my~ Lin Shuang is naturally a top-notch good person too. Today I ask for your help in a pinch, and I'll repay you handsomely in the future!"

Finally free from her worries, Qingque had regained her usual liveliness, her entire demeanor becoming bright and sunny.

Evening.

Lin Shuang returned to her residence alone and lazily sprawled on the sofa, pulling out her phone.

After the other three had left, Lin Shuang had stayed a while longer, watching the Starships rise and fall in the Starship Sea. She considered for a moment whether to buy a Starship for some fun.

After enjoying the breeze for a bit, she received a message from her "good son," a friend who cosplayed as Silver Wolf, urging her to log on.

He said there was a game having an event and he needed to bring someone along, planning to recommend it to her.

He wanted her to get online quickly.

With nothing else to do, Lin Shuang hurried home, opened her phone, and launched the game.

As soon as she entered.

The urgent message came in:

[Game Domain Great God Silver Wolf: Log in! Come straight to the church after the tutorial!]

[Game Domain Great God Silver Wolf: 'Game Coordinates']

[Four-Core Greatsword: So urgent? What's the reward?]

[Game Domain Great God Silver Wolf: Exclusive limited-edition fashion and items, can only be claimed together as a pair. Stop babbling and hurry!]

[Four-Core Greatsword: Alright, alright. As your only gaming friend, and part-time good father, I absolutely can't refuse!]

After saying that, Lin Shuang slyly closed the chat and temporarily turned off new message notifications, happily clicking into the game and starting the tutorial.

Meanwhile.

Silver Wolf saw Lin Shuang's message and immediately turned red with anger!

"Good, good, good! So you're not going to get past this, huh! Acheron isn't with you anymore, and tonight is your death anniversary!!!"

"Honey, did Lin Shuang make you angry again?"

Kafka, sitting beside her and sipping her wine, smiled as she watched Silver Wolf get so furious she even wanted to go and solo-kill Lin Shuang.

Although Silver Wolf was cursing up a storm.

She had undoubtedly been having more fun playing games recently.

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The game session was surprisingly harmonious. The other party didn't seem to intend to argue back, or perhaps they were plotting something.

In any case, nothing particularly noteworthy happened until Lin Shuang had claimed her rewards and logged off.

Just as she was about to rest, Acheron suddenly replied to her message on her phone.

[Acheron: How was your game? The scenery here is also quite beautiful, I think you'll like it.]

[Acheron: [Image][Image][Image]]

As if specifically taken for Lin Shuang, Acheron stood on a high mountain peak, overlooking the land.

The purple wasteland was barren, and the thin atmosphere gave the entire sky a shifting array of colors.

At the horizon's end, a colossal monster, or perhaps a giant plant, reaching high into the clouds, stirred the clouds in wisps.

The photos Acheron sent were indeed beautiful, but the wreckage in the background and the distant giant object couldn't be associated with safety.

Even though she knew Acheron was extremely powerful, Lin Shuang couldn't help but worry about her when she saw them.

[Lin Shuang: It is indeed very beautiful, but what are those things in the background? Man-made objects or monsters?]

[Acheron: I don't know. They're quite aggressive and seem to have intelligence, but their strength is average. After I killed a group, they didn't dare to come closer. Maybe it's the scent on me.]

[Lin Shuang: Are you injured? Should you leave there soon? It would be troublesome if some unknown colossal entity attacked you while you were resting.]

On the other side—

On an unknown planet.

Acheron looked at Lin Shuang's text messages, a slight curve forming at the corner of her lips.

She lowered her head, propped her sword, and replied earnestly to Lin Shuang:

[Acheron: I know. This planet is rather boring and not on any exploration routes. I plan to leave after taking these photos for you.]

And if Lin Shuang were present, following Acheron's gaze.

She would discover that what Acheron was standing on was no mountain peak.

It was, in fact, a monster identical to the one at the horizon's end!

Except this monster bore a colossal sword wound, stretching from bottom to top, almost splitting it in half, killing it in one blow.

A sea of blood had transformed into rivers and lakes, spreading out beneath its feet.

If you were to look behind Acheron, you would see the corpses of countless monsters, lying quietly on the ground, waiting to be decomposed and returned to the planet.

Yet Acheron herself remained as pristine as ever.

Her clothes even carried the scent of the ointment and essential oils Lin Shuang had prepared.

Acheron disliked extensive killing.

So, after the battle, she instinctively opened her phone, trying to contact Lin Shuang.

Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps fate.

Lin Shuang saw Acheron's message immediately and responded just as quickly.

Lin Shuang told Acheron about her day, about meeting the Diviner from the Divination Department, and Grand Tutor Fu Xuan.

She also talked about the delicious food she'd eaten, thinking that one day, when Acheron visited Xianzhou again, she could be her guide, taking her around to eat and have fun.

It was all very mundane, everyday chatter.

But as Acheron read, the restlessness in her heart, and the discomfort that came with using the power of Nihility, receded like a tide.

Emotions that had been lost for a long time gradually filled her chest.

[Acheron: I heard Penacony is a world of dreams. When we meet next, even if there isn't enough time to visit Xianzhou, I'm sure I can taste the delicacies you mentioned there.]

[Lin Shuang: Already thinking about Penacony, huh? I heard it's really expensive to go there. If you don't have an invitation, it costs a lot of money.]

[Acheron: It's fine, I've got this.]

Lin Shuang's heart skipped a beat when she saw this.

Reminded of the Grand Duke who died with his eyes wide open, Lin Shuang couldn't help but wonder if Acheron was planning to randomly snatch an invitation again.

Would she be randomly selecting a lucky person to deliver a package to?

What a dark joke.

[Lin Shuang: Do you have a lot of money saved up? But no rush, I checked, and the next Grand Gala is still a while away. Maybe I'll get an invitation, or earn the money myself. I can't always trouble you with everything.]

[Acheron: Okay.]

Acheron had always respected Lin Shuang's thoughts.

Of course, that didn't stop her from making backup plans.

Besides, Acheron was also curious about how Lin Shuang planned to get an invitation or earn enough credits.

They chatted for over an hour.

It wasn't until Acheron said she was preparing to depart that she reluctantly put down her phone.

Putting away her phone, Lin Shuang was about to go to bed after a simple wash.

Suddenly—

Boom—!

The door to her room exploded out of nowhere.

Exaggerated flames and smoke surged into the room from the doorway, nearly stunning Lin Shuang.

Then, a tall, imposing silver-white robot, wreathed in roaring flames, stepped into the room:

"Protocol approved, commencing scorched-earth operation!"

"Holy crap, Sam!"

Lin Shuang exclaimed.

Boom—

Like a fiery meteor, Sam charged straight at Lin Shuang, attempting to engulf her in flames.

But Lin Shuang, reacting with incredible speed, immediately rolled over, propping herself up with one hand on the sofa, easily dodging the direct impact.

As for the scattered flames, they posed no real threat to Lin Shuang, who was also enveloped in fire.

Just then, a purple blade flashed past—

Clang—

The greatsword was drawn, and Lin Shuang blocked the slender blade with a backhand parry.

Purple, hollow eyes, filled with a smile, stared at Lin Shuang from up close.

"The prey is caught~"

Clang—

Blade and sword passed each other, and flames erupted from Lin Shuang's body, forcefully evading Kafka's form.

And when the flames dispersed, a silver-white, form-fitting battle suit appeared on Lin Shuang.

"Where did the Stellaron Hunter come from?"

Lin Shuang was stunned. At this time, why would a Stellaron Hunter show up here? Weren't they afraid Jing Yuan would summon the General and take a swipe at them?

However, Sam and Kafka clearly didn't give Lin Shuang time to think, as they charged straight at her from two directions.

This forced Lin Shuang to constantly engage them in combat, leaving her no time to worry about anything else.

But as the fight went on, Lin Shuang gradually felt something was off.

Sam's flames didn't have much effect on her; this was within expectations. After all, she herself played with fire. Unless it was some bizarre, monstrous flame, it shouldn't be able to kill her directly.

But just because it couldn't kill her didn't mean the flames couldn't even burn a sofa, right?

Sam's flames had engulfed the entire living room, and the fire was leaping high above the sofa. Yet, after burning for so long, the sofa remained untouched, showing no signs of scorching.

A hallucination?

No, Sparkle shouldn't be on the Xianzhou right now. She should also be heading to Penacony.

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Besides, if Sparkle had trapped her in a hallucination, she wouldn't be unable to even burn a sofa. Her abilities weren't that weak.

So, thinking differently, besides Sparkle's hallucinations, what else could achieve this and freely use the image of a Stellaron Hunter? After much thought, it could only be Silver Wolf.

More importantly, she had always been cautious with her words and actions, but she had indeed spoken carelessly online, and the only one she might have provoked was Silver Wolf.

"Silver Wolf, is this your doing! You little brat, are you holding a grudge?? I just said a few things online, and you have to go this big?"

After Lin Shuang flipped and dodged another attack from Sam and Kafka, she shouted loudly.

Randomly.