At the same time, in the real world.
After being bombarded with fake news about the early opening of the server for several hours, at 10 a.m. countless players who were waiting for the opening of Honkai Star Rail clicked into the game and started their Trailblazing journey, while those players who did not download the game on their mobile phones could only watch the live broadcast of the anchors on major platforms.
"Dinglingling~"
In order to log in to the game on time and grab the top UID, Jiahun, a well-known CC from Lightning Station, set an alarm for 10 a.m.
She entered the game as soon as the alarm rang, and she didn't believe that she couldn't grab the top UID!
"The server is open, brothers; I'll be the first to rush in."
Hearing the ringtone, she smiled, moved the mouse, and clicked the screen, but the latter just switched to a lens that gave a close-up of the Astral Express.
Huh?
Why can't I go in?
She blinked in confusion and turned her head to look at the wildly jumping comments on the side.
[Click!]
[Hurry up! I'm so anxious!]
[Big fool, you have to click twice to enter the game. What the hell?]
"So that's it!"
Jiahun suddenly realized and quickly clicked the mouse again. The light of the Astral Express's jump instantly covered the entire screen. This time she finally entered the game.
As the opening CG played, she saw an endless and deep starry sky. She saw a silver-white space station. There was no doubt that this was where the story began.
At the same time, a pleasant violin melody sounded in her pink headphones.
"Wow! It's Kafka!"
Hearing this familiar and beautiful melody, Jiahun's eyes suddenly lit up, and she instantly felt immersed in the story. Then Kafka, who appeared in the animated CG, caught her attention.
[Kafka!]
[Mom!]
[Elegance is never out of date!]
The live-stream barrage also suddenly exploded at this moment, most of which were from crazy players, scaring the audience who had just entered the live broadcast room into thinking they were in the wrong place.
"Boom--!"
The opening CG continued. With a violent explosion, the Voidrangers of the Antimatter Legion attacked the space station by unknown means.
Everyone, including the Express crew members, was caught up in the vortex of this conspiracy. The melody reached its climax at this time.
"Guide evacuation, move quickly!"
In the main control compartment, Asta quickly recovered from the aftermath of the explosion.
Seeing this group of uninvited guests who broke into the space station without saying hello, she immediately issued an evacuation order according to the emergency plan.
"Yes, Miss."
After receiving the order, Arlan volunteered to rush to the front and led the defense department members to fight against the Voidrangers who invaded the main control compartment.
From this moment on, the entire Herta Space Station fell into extreme chaos.
Chaos always brings opportunities for people with ulterior motives.
"It seems that I came at the wrong time."
Listening to the piercing alarm above her head and the closed cabin door at the end of the corridor, Kafka's eyebrows slightly raised.
"No, I think we came at the right time."
As soon as the voice fell, the voice of Silver Wolf, who was also a [Stellaron Hunter], rang in Kafka's ears.
As she hacked into the defense system of the Herta Space Station, the originally closed cabin door opened. A group of purple-black humanoid monsters entered Kafka's field of vision.
But soon, they turned into corpses lying around her, and a short girl with silver hair and a ponytail appeared beside Kafka.
"We are now in the base compartment. According to Elio's script, the room where the [Stellaron] is located should be nearby."
"Besides the Stellaron, what else did he say?"
"Elliot said that we should not stay here for too long, and it is best not to go to places outside the prescribed route for fun. I was planning to go out for a walk..."
Silver Wolf chewed gum while flipping through the fluorescent screen in front of her. She then remembered something and couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
"Oh, yes, he also asked me to try not to hack into the monitoring system of the containment compartment. So there is something hidden in this space station. There are still many secrets. I don't know what treasures Herta has put in it, and I'm not even allowed to take a look."
"Oh? There's something interesting?"
After hearing what Silver Wolf said, Kafka couldn't help but be a little surprised, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"It seems that this mission is not as boring as I imagined."
"Why, are you going to go against the script?"
"No, [the future] is destined to happen, no matter what we do."
"Oh~ I understand what you mean~"
Hearing this, Silver Wolf, her old partner, showed a meaningful look, and the two smiled at each other.
"After putting the [target] in, go play if it's on the way."
"If Elio knew, he would be angry."
"No, I guess he wouldn't."
...
"What are they talking about? Why don't I understand?"
Watching the conversation between Kafka and Silver Wolf, Jiahun outside the screen was confused. She followed the task guide to defeat the monsters encountered along the way while looking at the barrage for answers.
[This part is not much different from the plot of the second beta test. They are going to steal the Stellaron collected by Herta and then give birth to the protagonist.]
"Ah?" Jiahun's eyes widened immediately. "Then who is the father and who is the mother?"
After hearing her words, the barrage in the live stream room was silent for a while, then exploded instantly—
[Not bad, a good question; it makes my brain spin.]
[The large-scale documentary Dad, Where Are We Going? is about to be released. Please pay attention to Jiahun's live broadcast. Thank you.]
[I'm laughing to death. Silly Jiahun's focus is different from everyone else's, and her thinking is unique.]
"Ahem!"
Realizing that she accidentally exposed the classic, Jiahun coughed twice and changed the subject.
"Let this matter pass first. Let's continue to do the quest; we have to build the protagonist quickly."
...
At the same time, in the Herta Space Station, the containment cabin.
Because the power supply system of the space station was destroyed, the entire cabin was dark.
A silver-haired girl in a light purple dress was walking alone in the empty corridor. Her long silver-gray hair swayed gently beside her face as she lowered her head. Her delicate face, cast in shadow, was as exquisite as a doll. She looked around from time to time, as if searching for something.
If she remembered correctly, Kafka and Silver Wolf should have sneaked into the space station to steal the Stellaron...
Because too much time had passed, Ilu was almost forgetting the plot of the server opening. She only remembered how the Trailblazers were born, but she didn't remember where the Stellaron was placed.
After wandering around the space station for so long, she didn't see a single Voidranger, let alone a living person.
Looking down at her phone, the screen still showed the picture of the Astral Express jumping, without any change.
"Sure enough, I still can't log in. It seems that I can't expect to get information from it..."