Scaramouche, seeing these rather threatening words, scoffed with disdain and was about to continue his rant.
However, as they chatted, time quietly slipped away, and the twenty-minute countdown had now reached zero!
[ Ding, time's up! ]
[ Now playing one of the Honkai Star Rail plotlines, the Penacony chapter, edited by a certain Content Creator from Blue Star! ]
The notification sound from the livestream room reverberated in everyone's minds.
....
—✦Honkai Star Rail World✦—
"Honkai Star Rail plotline… Penacony chapter?!"
"What does that mean? Is it going to play a story about Penacony?"
March 7th heard this prompt, a little surprised.
"We were just about to depart for Penacony, and this thing suddenly popped up."
"Now it's even going to play the story of Penacony. Is there some connection between these two?"
Himeko frowned, unable to help but ponder.
"Could it be the Family's doing?"
Dan Heng looked at Welt.
"There's too little useful information; it's impossible to judge for now."
"If it truly is the Family's doing, then what exactly do they want to achieve?"
"First, inviting various factions to gather in Penacony, then creating this thing…"
Welt and Dan Heng discussed for a few moments, then fell silent.
Based on the information they currently possessed, they genuinely couldn't analyze too many useful clues.
—
—✦Genshin Impact World✦—
On the continent of Teyvat—
"Penacony chapter? What's that?"
"Honkai Star Rail, what is that again? Could it be a track named Star Rail? Ugh, I'm dizzy, I don't understand it at all!"
Paimon felt a bit muddled at the moment.
She recognized all these words, but when put together, she completely couldn't understand them.
What Honkai Star Rail, what Penacony.
She had never even heard of these terms before!
"It's very strange. I always feel like what's being said here isn't about the continent of Teyvat at all."
Thinking of those two nouns that sounded like place names, Lumine felt a strong sense of incongruity.
.. . ..
Mondstadt, Jean's office—
"Penacony… Lisa, you used to study in Sumeru. Have you heard of this place?"
Jean rubbed her temples, asking somewhat wearily.
"No, I have no impression of it at all. To my knowledge, among the Seven Nations, there shouldn't be any place called Penacony."
Lisa thought for a moment and stated with certainty.
"Then is it possible that this Penacony is actually a civilization from the past?"
The office door was suddenly pushed open, Diluc's figure, appeared there.
"Diluc, you saw that screen too?"
Lisa was surprised.
"Yes, I came for this very reason. But I didn't expect that you two also saw this screen."
Diluc heard their conversation as soon as he arrived at the door, so he knew that they, like him, could see the livestream room.
"How are the citizens of Mondstadt?"
Jean suddenly remembered something and asked Diluc.
"No abnormalities. More specifically, they don't seem to have entered the livestream room like us."
With Diluc's meticulous style, he had already secretly completed his investigation as soon as he saw the screen.
The result was, most of the people he investigated in Mondstadt, had not seen the livestream room.
"So, this livestream room isn't accessible to just anyone?"
"Heh, how interesting."
Lisa chuckled, finding the situation amusing.
.. . ..
"Yelan, how's the investigation coming along?"
On the other side, Ningguang naturally dispatched her capable intelligence general, Yelan, at the first opportunity, to investigate the situation in Liyue.
"Mostly no abnormalities. Only a very small number of people, like us, saw the livestream room."
Yelan answered succinctly.
"Who are they?"
Ningguang pressed.
"Here's the list."
Yelan took out a piece of paper and handed it to Ningguang.
"Zhongli, the consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, and Hu Tao, the Director."
"Yanfei, the legal consultant, and Xingqiu, the second young master of the Feiyun Commerce Guild…"
Ningguang's lips parted slightly, and she softly spoke out each name.
.. . ..
Fontaine, Palais Mermonia—
"Great, we can watch stories now! Finally, I won't be bored!"
In Neuvillette's office, Furina was shouting excitedly.
"Lady Furina, I must remind you that the origin of this thing is very strange. There might be some danger hidden within it!"
Neuvillette looked at the excited Furina, and felt that this Hydro Archon was truly becoming more and more erratic!
"Oh, what's there to be afraid of! I am Focalors, the Hydro Archon of Fontaine! Is there anything I can't handle? Just relax!"
Furina was unconcerned and didn't think there would be any danger in this livestream room.
"Sigh, as long as you're happy."
Neuvillette was utterly speechless, and stopped bothering with Furina.
After all, as she said, she was a Hydro Archon, even if she encountered danger, she wouldn't be completely defenseless.
"What exactly is this thing? Will it cause harm to Fontaine? It seems I'll have to investigate secretly."
Neuvillette could not have imagined, that while Furina seemed confident on the surface at this moment, deep down, she had already begun to worry for Fontaine.
.. . ..
After the notification sound in the livestream room, disregarding everyone's surprise, the video began to play directly.
[ First of all, thank you all for coming to watch the video I edited.
However, to prevent "cloud players" and "lore-only players" from misunderstanding the main content of the video,
As per tradition, I will insert a (science popularization) video about the Honkai Star Rail worldview.
Those who feel they already know enough can fast-forward and skip it! ]
[ ....]
After the video started playing, there was first a commentary from the editor.
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "Honkai Star Rail world? Does that refer to our world?"
March 7th asked in the bullet comments.
Fu Xuan: "From what this editor says, I'm afraid so."
Fu Xuan: "However, this Diviner is more interested in knowing, who exactly is this editor?"
Stelle: "By the way, aren't you curious what a 'cloud player' means?"
Silver Wolf: "A cloud player refers to someone who understands a certain game indirectly, without ever truly experiencing it."
Silver Wolf: "These people usually have a superficial understanding of a certain game, yet always confidently discuss it."
In an unknown location, Silver Wolf looked at the bullet comments and answered rigorously.
Stelle: "….."
Stelle: "Thank you for the explanation, I would have been in the dark without you!"
Jing Yuan: "Haha, I think Stelle means, why call people who watch the video 'cloud players'?"
Stelle: "You truly know me, General!"
....
—✦In Between✦—
—✦Honkai Star Rail World✦—
Astral Express, in the observation car—
"Eh, as expected of the Xianzhou General, you understand immediately."
On the sofa, Stelle couldn't help but praise Jing Yuan.
As someone who often played games on her phone, she naturally knew what a cloud player meant.
But in this video, they were going to show a video about their world to cloud players.
It made their world seem like a game.
This made it a bit confusing.
—
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Boothill: "Darn it, we're all people in this 'Honkai Star Rail world', who wouldn't know the basic information about their own world?"
Boothill: "Hurry up and skip to the main event, this dawdling is too annoying."
Boothill was a bit speechless, watching a video, and they had to start with a pointless?
Scaramouche: "What, you say skip and we skip?"
Scaramouche: "What are you?"
Scaramouche saw this person who called him a native appear again, and immediately couldn't help but retort.
Boothill: "Oh, I forgot you primitive people were still here, oops, darn it, I'm really sorry to have hit a sore spot."
Boothill, of course, wouldn't humor Scaramouche, and spoke sarcastically.
Lumine: "Uh… I somehow feel like I'm being caught in the crossfire."
Hu Tao: "Mr. Boothill, we don't mind that you dislike this person called Scaramouche."
Hu Tao: "After all, he does seem a bit ill-mannered."
Hu Tao: "But please don't keep saying 'primitive' or 'native' and such words, okay?"
Hu Tao: "If he's a primitive, then we'd all be primitives."
Hu Tao was quick to speak, expressing her dissatisfaction.
Boothill: "What? You're from the same world as him?"
Boothill: "Strange… how did so many nat… cough cough!"
Boothill: "I mean, Miss Hu Tao is right, I didn't mean to discriminate against you! Next, I will speak carefully."
Boothill considered himself a polite person, who usually didn't use vulgar language when swearing, so he humbly accepted Hu Tao's suggestion.
Scaramouche: "Little girl, who are you calling ill-mannered? Do you know what it means to bring trouble upon yourself with your words?"
Scaramouche was bothered by Hu Tao calling him ill-mannered.
Paimon: "@Zhongli, your Director is being threatened, are you just going to watch?"
Lumine: "@Zhongli + 1"
Venti: "@Zhongli + 2"
Zhongli: "…."
Zhongli: "Mr. Scaramouche, please give me some face and don't make things difficult for my Director."
Zhongli: "The Director is still young, and generally speaking, what she said was merely childish innocence."
Zhongli was tagged by the three intentionally mischievous people, and reluctantly, he could only start speaking up for Hu Tao.
Scaramouche: "Give you face? What are you?"
Scaramouche chuckled, truly any random cat or dog expected him to give them face now.
Zhongli: "…"
Xiao: "Disrespectful to the Adepti!"
....
—✦In Between✦—
—✦Genshin Impact World✦—
Liyue, Wangshu Inn—
Xiao looked at Scaramouche's words, and immediately wanted to carry his weapon and kill Scaramouche right in front of him.
However, a light, airy voice came, stopping him in his tracks.
"I will make time to go there personally."
The voice was as calm as water, yet carried a hint of authority.
"Yes, Rex Lapis!"
Xiao obeyed as if hearing a decree, and once again disappeared into the inn.
.. . ..
"Tsk, this Scaramouche is really brave, daring to even curse Rex Lapis. Now, perhaps we won't need to do anything ourselves to rescue Nahida."
Lumine watched this scene and found it amusing, thinking Scaramouche was truly courting death.
"What if Zhongli doesn't come at all? You know, he's like a societal recluse now, spending his days either walking birds or listening to stories."
Based on Paimon's preconceived notions of Zhongli, she believed he wouldn't make a special trip to Sumeru for such a minor matter.
"We'll see, maybe Scaramouche is stubborn and will keep provoking him? If he's provoked enough, Zhongli might not be able to resist either, right?"
Lumine shrugged, thinking it was hard to say.
—
The bullet comments ceased as Zhongli fell silent, and the video played in an orderly fashion.
[ I believe everyone understands the concept of the universe, and Honkai Star Rail is a world centered around a vast and boundless universe.
And in this universe, there exist all sorts of incredible miracles.
The first thing I want to tell everyone about is… the Aeons!
In the world of Honkai Star Rail, there exist great beings called Aeons.
Aeons are the embodiment of highly condensed philosophical concepts, they are…. ]
[ ....]
The video editor spoke eloquently, explaining the basic worldview of the Hoyoverse in a very detailed and concise manner.
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Dr. Ratio: "Well explained, very suitable as an introductory textbook."
Jing Yuan: "Hmm, clear logic, concise language, indeed very well explained."
Hook: "Wow, so the universe is so vast! After listening to this big brother's explanation, Hook yearns for the universe even more."
March 7th: "Then grow up quickly and come to the Astral Express as a Nameless!"
March 7th: "That way you can personally measure the size of the universe."
The explanation from a certain Blue Star Content Creator in the video, received unanimous praise from everyone in the Hoyoverse.
Lumine: "It was indeed well explained…"
Lumine: "But… this doesn't seem to be talking about our world?"
Lumine could now confirm that the video had just explained was not her world at all.
In her world, there weren't those things that sounded so outlandish.
Boothill: "Not your world? What kind of wubbaboo joke are you making?"
Boothill: "Can there be another world besides this one?"
Boothill: "If you ask me, your hometown is just too remote and hasn't connected with intergalactic travel, that's why you're so confused by all this."
Boothill: "Look, the Astral Express is here! Let them drive their train to your place, open it up, and connect it to the Starry Sky."
Boothill first refuted Lumine a few times, then pointed her to a clear path.
Paimon: "Connect… connect to the Starry Sky?"
Paimon: "Re… really?"
....
Paimon was somewhat swayed by what he said, after watching the, she already knew how vast the world outside of Teyvat was.
And the vaster the place, the more delicious the food there must be!