Live Stream Honkai Impact 3rd, I Choose to Expose Kiana in Arc City!

It has been a very, very long time since Captain Himiko was corrupted by the Honkai and became the Herrscher of Flame...

Hua often recalled her captain's face. She had thought that as time passed, she would gradually forget what Himiko looked like.

Yet just now, she had seen someone who looked incredibly similar to her captain!

What... is going on?

"Who is that person? Why didn't you keep talking?"

Hua continued to ask.

"Didn't the CG say it? Her name is Himeko, right? From the CG intro, you can tell she's a teacher."

Beichen answered truthfully, then waited for Fu Hua to keep pressing.

As a qualified streamer, besides knowing how to tease the audience, you also have to know how to find topics to liven things up.

Anyway, that's how all those somewhat famous streamers from his past life operated.

"A teacher? Really just a teacher? I don't believe it."

Hua furrowed her brows, her face full of disbelief.

What kind of teacher has that kind of aura? And that combat suit—even if you couldn't guess the design inspiration from its style, the weapons and CG footage alone were enough to analyze that this outfit was definitely not just for looks.

"Haha, if this viewer doesn't believe me, you're welcome to come to the stream often. This streamer will keep playing this game. When the game updates to later versions, we'll be able to figure out why Himeko sacrificed herself."

After Beichen finished speaking, he continued staring at the screen, watching the bullet comments.

After that round of Q&A, the sparse bullet comments in the stream showed signs of breaking into the double digits.

If this pace kept up, at least his stream wouldn't stay so dead, right?

However, after he said that, the stream fell silent again...

What's going on? Did I say something wrong?

Beichen stared at the eerily quiet screen, his brow furrowing involuntarily.

Then, the next second, the system notification sounded.

[Because of your words, Today's Performance Is Not Perfect was shocked. You have obtained 280 Crystals!]

What? She was actually shocked?

What did I even say just now?

I didn't say anything particularly outrageous, did I...

Just as Beichen was puzzled, another viewer in the stream, Loves Bronya, also sent a bullet comment.

"This sister sacrificed herself? That feels such a shame."

Seeing this viewer's reminder, Beichen slapped his forehead in realization—he had just spoiled the plot?

[Operation plan confirmed. Deploying drone units to cover the Valkyrie's boarding!]

The sound from his phone drew Beichen's attention back.

On the screen, a line of text was now displayed.

[Since the outbreak of the Third Honkai Eruption: 2 years, 5 months, 16 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 24 seconds]

After the black screen and subtitles finished, the image showed a warship sailing across the city sky.

As a girl with twin braids appeared, the camera followed her movement, accompanied by someone's urging off-screen.

[Kiana, make it quick.]

"Yeah, yeah," Kiana replied, then muttered softly under her breath, "Easy for you to say."

As she spoke, a covering drone had already slammed into several Honkai Beasts in succession, exploding directly in mid-air.

Amidst the flying sparks, Kiana entered combat mode. Then, with a backflip, she summoned a Cat Paw in the air and stomped down on a drone charging from behind, tilting it upward.

[What a reckless move.]

Amidst the off-screen narrator's complaints, the opening animation faded to black...

When the screen lit up again, a building broken in half had already crashed into another building...

After the opening animation ended, the game entered the actual gameplay interface.

Beichen looked at the familiar White Comet Kiana on the screen, feeling a wave of nostalgia for a moment.

As an old Captain who created his own account, he had used her to clear the story back then. Later, as more and more Valkyrie Armors appeared and grew stronger, she was relegated to the warehouse.

Still, at least White Comet's controls were simple, easy to pick up quickly.

Beichen then began to operate Kiana to fight according to the game's instructions. The entire process was smooth and fluid, with almost no difficulty.

But just as he was immersed in Honkai Impact 3rd, too busy to pay attention to anything else, another bullet comment floated across the stream.

"This... what game is this?"

The viewer who sent the comment had the ID Effort Pays Off.

Her bullet comment font was also very standard and rigid, like a complete newbie who had just learned how to watch streams and didn't even know how to change the comment font.

Hmm... can I just say it fits Durandal's gap-moe perfectly?

Wait, I feel like I forgot something...

Beichen froze for a moment, then suddenly realized he'd completely forgotten to introduce the game.

"Oh, look at me, I forgot to tell everyone. The game I'm playing right now is called Honkai Impact 3rd—it's a role-playing action game."

"Honkai... Impact... 3rd???"

Clearly, Durandal was stunned by the name Honkai Impact 3rd, otherwise she wouldn't have spammed three question marks.

Beichen raised an eyebrow. Was she onto something here?

"That's right, the third installment of the Honkai series, so it's Honkai Impact 3rd. What's the matter?"

Chapter 3: Keep It Up, Streamer Big Brother!

The livestream screen went quiet for a moment, then a single comment drifted by.

"What game is this?"

Beichen blinked at the comment.

What game... isn't it obviously an action game where you control a character to fight?

What's there to be so surprised ab—oh! Dumb Goose... Durandal's never really played any special games growing up, so that's why she's this shocked.

"Ahem! Since this viewer is so interested, let me briefly introduce Honkai Impact 3rd."

Another comment floated across the screen: "Go ahead, please."

Beichen cleared his throat and began:

"Honkai Impact 3rd is a role-playing action game. Compared to its predecessor, Honkai Impact 2nd, it uses revolutionary 3D graphics and perspectives."

"The main setting is a world plagued by a disaster called the [Honkai]. The Honkai is a periodic natural calamity, a rhythm of the universe's cyclical adjustments. It erupts every so often, with no set pattern or way to predict it."

"The only ones who can resist the Honkai are certain girls with 'Honkai antibodies,' who form the 'Valkyrie' forces. These brave young women don cold mecha, wield heavy weapons, and fight against the Honkai. They battle for all that's beautiful in the world. In a world eroded by the Honkai, the Valkyrie corps, made up of courageous girls, rise to defend it."

Beichen dumped the entire game setting in one go, then took a deep breath.

He stared intently at the livestream screen...

Strange, why isn't she saying anything? Did I make it too complicated, and her brain's still processing?

At Hyperion Airport, a Valkyrie with flowing golden hair was overseeing the Immortal Blades Squad's training in the gym.

The Valkyries trained with intense focus, their uniforms and hair soaked through with sweat, yet they kept pushing.

There was no helping it.

With the captain right there supervising, slacking off wasn't an option.

As the captain of the Immortal Blades, Durandal was outstanding and deeply responsible.

But just now, she'd accidentally done something unbecoming of her position.

That was—during training supervision, she couldn't resist sending a comment...

She couldn't help it. She never imagined someone would turn the Canghai City operation into a game so quickly.

And the game's graphics and voice acting quality... hmm, actually pretty good.

Though the Valkyries' conduct wasn't strict enough—the protagonist Kiana was way too casual.

How could a Valkyrie be so lax on a mission?

But since the game's developers clearly only had a superficial understanding of what a Valkyrie is, it was forgivable.

Of course, that wasn't what Durandal was really focused on. It was the game itself... how did it know so much about the [Honkai]?

Who made it? And what was their intention?

She had a feeling she'd need to check in often from now on...

Effort Pays Off: "This is truly an eye-opening game. I've bookmarked this livestream—I'll visit often."

Another comment drifted across Beichen's screen.

The total comment count now reached eight, just shy of double digits.

Compared to the zero-comment environment before, the livestream was now practically bustling.

Beichen nodded with satisfaction at the screen.

[Because of your livestream content, Effort Pays Off is shocked. You receive 280 Crystals!]

Huh?! An unexpected bonus?

Didn't think I'd get two pulls this fast. Not bad at all.

Beichen grew more and more excited about the gacha after the game.

But for now... he still had to keep playing to earn more Crystals.

As an old Captain, he knew full well how important the Crystals from clearing stages were.

Every lucky ten-pull was built on these Crystals!

With that, Beichen began controlling Kiana to fight the Undead appearing in the stage. Meanwhile, Kiana's avatar popped up on the screen.

[Kiana: Himeko... the plane's broken...]

[Himeko: I'll explain later. I'm deploying a new drone for you now.]

[Himeko: Canghai City is in grave danger. For the 30 million citizens here—our 'Schicksal' must stop this runaway battleship!]

While Himeko explained the combat situation, Kiana had already taken down the Undead that kept appearing.

As the stage warning flashed red, a tall Undead wielding twin blades and sporting a ponytail that looked like a tail appeared.

This monster was called a Shunren Bushi Undead. Because of its special blocking ability, it was more troublesome to fight than the usual scythe-wielding Undead.

Beichen charged in with Kiana and started attacking it, only to have his strikes blocked repeatedly, as expected.

Just then, a comment floated across the livestream screen.

"Streamer Big Brother, keep it up!"

Beichen's focus had been entirely on the monster, but seeing this comment made him pause.

The viewer's ID was Loves Bronya, which fit Seele's persona well. It was safe to say this was the Surface Personality, not the Inner Personality.

If so, she'd probably be easy to talk to.

After all, what schemes could a soft, delicate beauty have~