"Hmm? What the heck? Is this for real?"
The joy of Nero coming back to life washed away Siberian Duck's sadness, but what followed in the game quickly made the streamer freeze in place again.
For a moment, all her sadness and happiness were wiped clean. Watching the constantly shifting and flashing scenes on the screen, shock and excitement swept over her, leaving her sitting there blankly as she let out an instinctive shout.
"Hey! Oh my god, what the hell, did you guys really make this? You actually made something like this? Is this seriously a game I can play for free? Ah!"
As the game visuals kept changing and flowing, Siberian Duck's voice kept rising.
Nero sat on the ground with his eyes closed, his hand gently stroking the floor. It looked like he was communicating with the Xianzhou Luofu.
As the screen trembled, a dull sound echoed, as if a purple starry sky flowed out from the boy's fingertips, brushing over the Luofu like soft silk and wrapping around this ancient ship.
The camera slowly pulled back. Officials who were panicking because of the Luofu suddenly going out of control were running around with anxious expressions.
The sound of steel mechanisms filled the air, pressure valves released with a satisfying hiss. In the vast, endless cosmos, the Luofu seemed to have come alive, rushing forward at full speed, crossing the boundless sea of stars.
Around it, shattered mirror-like spaces occasionally appeared. Black ships broke free from them and quickly fled away from the Luofu.
But the Luofu revealed dark openings, energy condensed into shells that shot out like meteors, destroying enemy ships.
The Xianzhou Luofu was hunting.
At this moment, the camera slowly zoomed in again, finally stopping behind and to the right of the Luofu.
Countless stars drifted through the sea of stars, while the massive ship sped through it, constantly chasing down enemies.
Then, the screen paused slightly. A prompt appeared, and its contents landed on every player's heart like a heavy hammer, [We achieved victory in the battle against Phantylia and the Mirror Holders, Aemdo, but the victory is incomplete. Phantylia escaped in the chaos.]
[Nero has communicated with the Luofu. This ancient warship of the Xianzhou Alliance has awakened, turning the sea of stars into its domain and the star tracks into its routes, exercising the authority of the Hunt in this region.]
In the next moment, the screen flashed. On a magnificent map formed by a vast galaxy, a golden target was marked. As the Luofu drifted through the star sea, several tutorial prompts appeared on the screen:
[Use W, S, A, D to control the Xianzhou: Luofu's movement.]
[Move the mouse to change the camera angle. Hold the right mouse button to lock onto enemies within view. Click the left mouse button to attack using ship-mounted weapons.]
[Use 1, 2, 3, 4 to switch ship weapons: the bow-mounted Dust Radiance Main Cannon, the dual-side Hunting Bow Artillery Arrays, the Mechanical Arm: Capture Net, and the Floating Star Skiff Self-Destruct Cluster to attack targets in appropriate directions.]
"Oh my god! MiHoYo, you're actually letting me do this! Is this real?"
Siberian Duck was still in shock, repeating her disbelief over and over. She clearly couldn't believe that one day she'd get to control a Xianzhou ship like this in the game.
While Jing Yuan and the others didn't know that the Luofu's "loss of control" was related to Nero, the players now knew.
The system assistant was hard at work adjusting the storyline.
[Aha's Emanator: Oh my god, I can play something like this for free! I'm logging in right now to buy a monthly pass!]
[Honkai: Star Rail Official: Which big shot is designing this game? Aren't you guys planning to send them to compete in other fields too?]
[I'm Really Not a Leaker: The insider boss is low-key, but as everyone's favorite source of leaks, I can only say this: this boss is the same person who designed Nero's model.]
[Speak Louder I Can't Hear: Now I hear it loud and clear. Logging in immediately to push the story, I want to pilot the Luofu too.]
[I Use Pantene: Nero's ability, fixing things with a pat, communicating with the Luofu, if the story hadn't already said he's a fragment of Pure Beauty, I'd seriously wonder what Path his power belongs to. Even Nous couldn't do this, right? Is Pure Beauty really this magical?]
[Glue Man: Pure Beauty. Magical, isn't it?]
[Knight of Pure Beauty: Yes, Pure Beauty is just that magical!]
[My Pee Is Yellow: Damn it, I'm alive again, brothers! I got so emotional when Nero got blown up that I fainted!]
[User "My Pee Is Yellow" has been muted by the moderator.]
[Siberian Duck Assistant: Double kill!]
[Nero Is My Husband: What the hell! I didn't even say anything and you muted me? Targeting me, huh? Let me tell you, you've made me mad. And when I get mad, I can't help but rush!]
[User "Nero Is My Husband" has been muted by the moderator.]
[Siberian Duck Assistant: Double kill!]
[Nero's Feet In My Mouth: I'm telling you, you're done! I'm not letting this go, you've really pissed me off!]
[Nero's Feet In My Mouth: You've provoked cotton now, you know that? Can you not mute me? Let me talk, I can quit rushing for three days, no, five days!]
[Pom Pom: That day, a man named Yellow Pee Bro showed the world his determination.]
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"So, what you're saying is, the current situation is that the Xianzhou Luofu suddenly went out of control and started moving on its own, and it even used many weapons it shouldn't have, performed a drift in space, returned to its original position, and during that process wiped out and captured the Mirror Holder fleet surrounding the Xianzhou."
"And after being captured, those Mirror Holders were sent to the Shackling Prison, including a Lord Ravager like Phantylia...?"
Inside the Sky-Faring Commission, Jing Yuan sat in his chair, lightly tapping the table with his fingers.
Even for him, suddenly receiving all this information made him feel a bit restless. This was too bizarre. After staying on the Luofu for so long, this was the first time he learned it had such capabilities...
Fu Xuan and Yukong sat across from Jing Yuan, their expressions complicated. These two weren't feeling any better than him, in fact, they were even more confused.
After all, one was the helm master who had never anticipated such a situation, and the other was the Diviner who hadn't foreseen this possibility either.
This ship could even drift through the star sea on its own. Though shocked and unwilling to believe it, the facts were right there, and the observed data didn't lie.
For a moment, a strange thought appeared in the minds of the three.
Perhaps... when everyone was resting, the Xianzhou would secretly go out into the star sea to race, timing it perfectly to return to its original dock before work resumed, like a delinquent sneaking out at night to race with shady friends.
The idea was absurd, but once it appeared, it couldn't be erased from their minds.
After all, this world even had mechanical lifeforms. It wasn't entirely impossible for the Luofu to hit a rebellious phase.
Ridiculous. This was just too ridiculous!
They didn't know if other Xianzhou ships would do something like this, but the Luofu just might, after all, the facts were right there...