Herta Winterfire Hall Limited Edition

"Herta 'Winterfire Hall Limited Edition'"

"Mm... how should I put this?"

"Looking at it like this, it really is exactly the same as me!"

The process had not taken long. Six hours of polishing had been enough for Herta to use those rare metals to create a puppet identical to herself.

Still, it was her first time making a puppet. She was not especially experienced, and there were many details to consider, so it took a little longer. Fortunately, the time had not been wasted. A lifelike "Herta" now stood before Herta. Compared to the original, this brand-new "Herta" was simply not wearing much...

Herta carefully examined the puppet before her and nodded with a smile. Since it had been forged from a single piece of metal, there were no mechanical joints anywhere on its body. It looked no different from a real person.

Its facial features and even the patterns on its arms were exactly the same as the real Herta's. That was thanks to the data Herta had recorded beforehand, allowing her to recreate herself at a perfect one-to-one scale.

To ensure complete consistency, Herta had deliberately added certain properties to the metal during forging, such as "softness" and "moistness."

As a result, this Herta Puppet did not merely look identical to the original. Even its texture to the touch revealed no flaws whatsoever. If it stood beside the real thing, it would be hard to distinguish the genuine from the fake just by looking at them while they remained still!

Naturally, just as everyone might expect, since it was a true one-to-one recreation, Herta had reproduced even certain finer details, including some indescribable things.

"What incredible workmanship! And literally lifelike, too!"

As the saying went, details determined success or failure. Herta had already achieved a complete victory, taking every detail to the extreme.

This reminded Yao Lan of something. In his previous life, he had once stumbled across an online shop selling figurines called Winterfire Hall.

That shop had been something else. It sold life-sized dolls, and their workmanship was so perfect that even the veins on their arms could be seen clearly. Yao Lan simply had not expected that he would gain the ability to create such works of art so soon!

He could not help imagining it: if he honed his puppet-making skills to perfection and added the effects of Heaven Refinement, could he create metal lifeforms completely identical to real people?

Then she could make a fortune selling puppets. After all, Yao Lan remembered clearly that, in the Honkai: Star Rail storyline, Herta had been chased down for debts by Topaz!

Though the exact reason was unknown, a lack of research funding was absolutely unacceptable. His future self would surely encounter such a situation as well, so Herta had to prepare in advance and make plans for her future research funds.

"In that case, I'll establish a 'Winterfire Hall' on Douluo Continent! If I get the chance later, I'll send out an Asta clone to manage it!"

Herta simply did not believe these things would not sell. Yun Ming alone had countless admirers across Douluo Continent. If they released a puppet modeled after him, plenty of female customers would definitely come flocking in! They could make loads of money with ease!

Besides, it was a perfectly legitimate business, nothing embarrassing about it at all. It also complied better with the Sun Moon Federation's laws. As long as they did not make too much of a spectacle, no one would come specifically to cause trouble for them.

After all, Douluo Continent was also known as "Love Continent," and there were countless losers in love. Whether male or female, after watching the person they loved end up with someone else, they would more or less develop some issues in their hearts. Some might even do irrational things for love.

And that was when our Winterfire Hall would make its entrance. Herta had even come up with the advertising slogan already!

To prevent the world from being destroyed, to protect the peace of the world. (Preventing those who turned to hatred because of love from causing trouble.)

To carry out the evil of love and truth, the cute and charming villainous role. (The puppet's specific functions and exquisite craftsmanship.)

Winterfire Hall presents! Custom-made puppets!

We are Team Rocket, traveling through the galaxy! (Shooting straight into the skies.)

White Hole, a white tomorrow is waiting for us! (Korean manhwa.)

That's right, meow! (Rare catgirl model arriving!)

Once they had built up enough capital, Winterfire Hall would naturally grow larger. Then they could transform it into the Douluo Peace Company, place clones resembling Emerald and Topaz within it, and add Asta as the big boss. With such a lineup, would they still need to worry about unifying the commerce of Douluo Continent? By then, they would have an endless stream of funding!

I'm such a genius!

"Still, a puppet that's too perfect has its problems..."

Besides considering the profits metal clones could bring, Herta also considered their drawbacks. If a clone she made were accidentally stolen by people with ill intentions, who knew how they would play with it!

This was where she needed to figure out some protective measures...

"How about pouring some poison into it? If someone got poisoned by that thing, then even if they were cured afterward, they'd probably be ruined, right?"

She had plenty of ideas, but there would be many obstacles in actually implementing them. After carefully weighing the costs and benefits, Herta ultimately abandoned the idea.

"No, no... I still can't accept it after all!"

Normally, people only looked at someone else's puppet for amusement. But when that amusement involved themselves, they would reject it without hesitation.

After all, I was only an observer. I had never intended to participate in it.

Yao Lan had never used the power of The Elation so far because he worried it would affect him. After all, those extreme amusement-seekers did not mind becoming the joke themselves.

As for Yao Lan, he was still a relatively normal amusement-seeker for now. Naturally, he had no desire to look at a puppet of himself, so Herta's exquisite puppet plan was canceled. Future Herta Puppets would follow the ones from the original work: no key body parts, along with some joints to distinguish them.

As for the puppet already completed, it would serve as a memento of her first attempt. In any case, it could never be taken outside...

Ten thousand years later.

"Whether or not your planets have the concept of day and night, let me first wish you all a good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. I'm your good friend Jimi. Welcome to this special edition of Entering the Starry Sky!"

A white bird appeared on television broadcasts across countless planets and warmly introduced the special nature of this episode. "Today, we are honored to have Ms. Emerald of the Douluo Peace Company with us to explain the company's history of success. Please give her a warm welcome!"

"Hi, everyone!" A beautiful woman with purple hair and blue eyes appeared on the screen, greeting everyone warmly.

"Lady Emerald, everyone is curious about how the Douluo Peace Company grew into such an enormous enterprise. What exactly is its history of success? We all want to learn from it properly!"

"Of course!"

Because bottom-of-the-barrel fiction had recently become popular, even the Douluo Peace Company's history of success had been twisted by certain people. To keep the rumors from growing increasingly outrageous, this episode of Entering the Starry Sky had been made.

"The reason the Douluo Peace Company was able to grow so large was the hard work and determined efforts of countless employees. Every person's struggle was vital. Without them, there would be no Douluo Peace Company today."

"And as for our history of success... regrettably, it is completely different from what everyone imagines. At the beginning, we were merely a tiny shop selling goods. Only through our good reputation and the support of our customers did we gradually grow and establish the Douluo Peace Company of today."

"Everyone has many wonderful fantasies about the company's development history, and naturally, I support them. After all, we have assisted in the development of many planets and helped even more people. But that does not mean we have no temper. For those who have tarnished the Douluo Peace Company's reputation online, our legal department certainly will not let them off lightly!"

"So please watch your words. The internet is not beyond the reach of the law! Everyone should face history honestly and not be led astray by certain people..."

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