Chapter 168: Future new characters vs. current new characters! The Ghost-Hunting Squad takes the stage
"???"
"Is this leak for real?"
"The composition is exquisite, and the details are very refined… it's definitely Feathered Spirit's style in the game."
"Those previous 'leaks' people posted looked fake at a glance, but this one… I'm really not sure anymore~."
"Black Swan… she's a Memokeeper. No wonder no one knows her, yet she holds so many secrets about the Aeons."
"Congratulations to [ The Most Honest Person in Aurum Alley ] for becoming the third big-shot leaker!"
"Limited five-star, Path of Nihility, Wind type…? With all that purple on her, I could accept it if you told me she was Quantum, but she's actually Wind?"
…
The live stream chat was scrolling frantically.
Guinaifen was also full of emotion after carefully studying this splash art.
Just as Fables About the Stars Part 1 was released, this leaked splash art from a leaker arrived.
It certainly makes one's imagination run wild!
However.
That wasn't all.
Guinaifen discovered.
There was another character splash art below it!
[ The Most Honest Person in Aurum Alley ] had exposed two new characters at once!
[ Sparkle ]
[ Five-star, Harmony, Quantum Type ]
[ One of the Masked Fools, unpredictable, obsessed with role-playing. ]
Seeing this splash art.
Guinaifen was stunned.
"This quality, this art style…"
"Did this big-shot leaker steal these directly from Feathered Spirit's studio?"
"Little Gui believes it now!"
"Black Swan, Sparkle… they are bound to be new characters appearing in future versions!"
Because of Guinaifen's check.
This post was instantly known to the vast majority of players.
What followed.
Was an influx of players.
In just a few minutes.
Hundreds of comments appeared below.
"Black Swan's vibe is just too high, isn't it? I have to pull for her now!"
"She feels like another bad woman, I wonder if she can form a team with Kafka Mom?"
"Path of Nihility, she's definitely for team building!"
"Could it be… the DOT team is about to reach its final form?"
"I knew Feathered Spirit wouldn't let Mom's strength stay so mediocre forever, the new support Black Swan is coming!"
Besides Black Swan.
There was also plenty of discussion about the new character Sparkle!
"Such a cute little girl, and you're telling me she's a [ Masked Fool ]?"
"I liked her already… now I like her even more!"
"Quantum type? She's all in red, even her name has 'fire' in it, and you're telling me she's Quantum?"
Note: Sparkle's name in CN and JP is "Hanabi" which means "Fireworks".
"Could the type and Path be just a random guess by the big-shot?"
"I believe [ Honest ]! Since they dared to leak these two splash arts, they definitely wouldn't just fill in the type and Path randomly!"
"True! I think it's reasonable, Feathered Spirit's designs are free-spirited."
"If that's the case, then our Quantum Monoteam is complete!"
"Is my Seele finally getting her support? [ cries ]"
"Quantum Monoteam, take off!"
"Honest big-shot of Aurum Alley, do you dare leak a bit more, like Black Swan and Sparkle's skills…"
The enthusiastic comments from players.
Caused this post to soar directly to the forum's front page.
Major moderators scrambled to repost it.
Leak of Feathered Spirit's Future Version Character Splash Art!
Another Big-shot Leaker Joins the Fray!
The Woman in the Aeon Fable… Her True Identity is a Memokeeper of the Garden of Recollection!
Limited Five-star Nihility! Kafka's Strongest Teammate is Finally Here!
By Popular Demand! Five-star Quantum Harmony Sparkle-sama is Here!
Can Your Wallet Handle It? Two New Characters Set to Become New Era Meta Cards!
…
In Little Gui's live stream room.
Guinaifen gradually calmed down from her excitement.
She browsed some related speculation posts.
But they were basically devoid of any real content.
They were all making inferences based on the type and Path shown in the splash art.
"Family, now most players think…"
"Black Swan should be a member of Kafka's DOT team."
"And Sparkle is a dedicated support for the Quantum team."
"Little Gui also thinks it's pretty much a given."
"But what the actual situation is."
"Maybe we'll only know when the in-game characters come out…"
While Guinaifen shared her views.
She continued the mission on the Luofu.
After the Heliobus incident ended.
She thought this mission would be over.
Unexpectedly, in the game, she received a text message from herself.
Arriving at the Fyxestroll Garden.
A ghost-hunting squad had already been established, surprisingly by the order of the Ten-Lords Commission.
The previous battle with Cirrus had caused many Heliobuses to escape.
And her in-game self planned to use the largest paranormal website on the Xianzhou Luofu to gather information.
Thus.
This new mission began.
If Feathered Spirit hadn't suddenly released the new PV, Guinaifen guessed she would have started catching ghosts by now.
Near a corridor in Fyxestroll Garden.
A temporary office area had been set up here.
At this moment.
Not only was her in-game self present, but also Sushang and Houhou.
Plus the protagonist.
A four-person squad was assembled.
In Hanya's words—"This is a team established by the decree of the Ten-Lords. We wish to invite those who emerged unscathed from the recent Fyxestroll Garden disaster to find and subdue the Heliobuses in the way you are best at."
"The correct name on record should be the Ten-Lords Commission Subordinate Heliobus Escape Incident Special Handling Action Group."
After explaining the situation.
Hanya left to continue handling Fyxestroll Garden affairs.
Guinaifen excitedly said to the camera: "Family, I didn't expect this mission to have a sequel!"
"Little Gui is still appearing in this mission!"
"And I feel… I'm going to do something big in this mission!"
"Gathering paranormal experiences from the website through the Luocha Chronicles, and then our ghost-hunting squad will analyze and verify them, then personally set out to solve them…"
"This is so cool!"
"Something I couldn't even imagine in my dreams is actually happening in the game!"
At this time in the live stream.
The intensity of the player discussion was also extremely high!
…
"This Heliobus mission has a sequel?"
"Have the missions in the game now advanced to online office work?"
" I'm Browsing Forums in the Game "
"They actually made a web page interface!?"
"Does Feathered Spirit usually like surfing the net?"
"The volume of this mission looks quite large…"
"Is there even a drought period in this game? There are actually so many hidden missions?"
"Don't forget! There are still many things in this major version that haven't been discovered yet, and two limited five-stars haven't appeared in the story yet!"
"Ah? Aren't those two limited five-stars Black Swan and Sparkle?"
"Black Swan and Sparkle are characters for future versions, the characters already implemented still have two hidden ones."
"Holy crap, there's actually so much content I don't know about?"
"Feathered Spirit, just how much more are you hiding!"
"Other games try every means to add content to keep players, but in Honkai: Star Rail, it's the players chasing the developers' speed!"
"This is simply turning the world upside down!"
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Divination Commission.
After watching Fables About the Stars Part 1.
Fu Xuan gently stroked her forehead with one hand.
"This amount of information is a bit too much…"
The video Feathered Spirit released this time gave her a feeling of being on edge.
He's no longer satisfied with exposing reality and predicting the future.
Now he's actually starting to inventory the Aeons!
Even Fu Xuan.
Felt that all of this was a bit too crazy.
After recording all the information revealed in the video.
Fu Xuan sat in her seat and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"However…"
"About the Paths, about the Aeons… they are, after all, too far removed from most people in this world."
"It shouldn't cause any major trouble in reality."
She had also contacted Jing Yuan just now.
Jing Yuan had a similar opinion.
Although the content of this video is huge and will cause shock to countless players, the things described in it are too distant.
Even if these secrets are exposed, it won't have any direct impact on the Luofu, or the Xianzhou, in the short term.
Nevertheless.
Fu Xuan still planned to use her own account to follow the direction of the online discourse.
In the previous video.
Some users praising the Mercy of the Abundance had already had their user IDs flagged by the Ten-Lords Commission.
As long as they were within the Luofu's borders, they would inevitably be investigated by the Ten-Lords Commission next.
She browsed through all the major websites.
No abnormal trends were found for the time being.
Fu Xuan returned to Little Gui's live stream.
"Hmm?"
"Ghost-hunting mission?"
"Paranormal incidents on the Luofu?"
"Cirrus has already been sealed. If other Heliobuses have escaped, it shouldn't cause any majorly bad impact."
With this sentiment.
Fu Xuan stayed in the live stream.
And began to watch this story arc.