Chapter 4
Turn-Based Games, Outdated?

Black Tower Space Station.

The post-disaster reconstruction work has come to an end.

The surviving staff members have returned to their usual peaceful and leisurely lives.

In the conference room.

A staff member who was slacking off secretly swiped his phone under the table.

He felt that it was more meaningful to spend his time on games than to listen to his colleagues rambling on the stage.

He opened the new game section.

He scrolled down.

He suddenly saw the words “[Honkai: Star Rail].”

“Star Rail?”

“Isn’t this the Star Rail train of the nameless guests who helped us a while ago?”

“I remember it being parked on the space station’s platform for a while!”

“Is it really that amazing?”

“Let me see!”

…………

Xianzhou, Luo Fu.

Qing Que was slacking off as usual.

But he had been severely warned by the terrifying leader of the Tai Bu Si recently, so he couldn’t slack off openly.

He could only take out his Yu Zhao and swipe it during his free time.

“Little Gui Zi seems to be doing a live stream recently, let’s go check it out.”

“Eh? Why is he not doing acrobatics or anything, and is doing a game live stream?”

“Wait, wait, wait!”

“Are you sure this is a game?”

“Isn’t this the fugitive Kafka? I saw her wanted poster this morning!”

“Oh, this is interesting!”

“I’m not going to play cards after work today, I have to see what the story of this game is about!”

…………

Star Rail Train.

In the large carriage, besides the train conductor Pam, there were only Welt and Kiana.

Lao Yang was sitting by the window of the viewing carriage, reading a book.

Outside, there was a planet covered in ice and snow.

But he wasn’t paying much attention to the book, and he would occasionally glance at the scenery outside the window.

Kiana sat down next to him with a cup of coffee.

“Worried about that kid?”

“Yeah, this is their first time going on a pioneering journey, it’s understandable to be a little worried.”

Lao Yang smiled, “No, young people need some opportunities to exercise.”

“Then relax, how about trying this new coffee I brewed?”

Looking at the black liquid in front of him, he suddenly felt his throat tighten and his voice dry.

He quickly opened his phone.

“Uh… no, no need.”

“I prefer to play games or something when I relax.”

In fact, Lao Yang didn’t have any games downloaded on his phone.

So he opened the new game section and prepared to download a random game to get out of the situation.

However.

Among the dazzling new game names, he suddenly saw a game name that caught his attention.

Kiana keenly noticed the change in Lao Yang’s expression.

She asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Look at this game.”

“[Honkai: Star Rail]? It seems to be a game designed with our Star Rail train as the theme.”

“There’s no mistake.” Lao Yang pushed up his glasses, “The logo is the train icon.”

“In the past, some developers would design train-related elements, but they weren’t nameless guests who boarded the train, so the works they designed were often whimsical and far removed from our real [pioneering] journey.”

Lao Yang knew that Kiana’s words were still very tactful.

It wasn’t “whimsical”, it was more like a mess.

It was just a piece of trash that was riding on the train’s popularity.

Kiana obviously thought this game was a similar game, and she had already grown accustomed to it.

However.

Lao Yang didn’t think so.

He was more concerned about the prefix of the game than the last four words.

—“Honkai”!

Hopefully the game developers used the word as an adjective.

Instead of the [Honkai] he imagined.

“Anyway, we have some time to spare, why don’t we play this game together?”

“Okay.”

Kiana readily agreed,

“But I’m telling you ahead of time, if it turns out to be that kind of cheap and shoddy game, I’m not going to stick around.”

…………

Lin Yu didn’t know that the mobile game he had released had already started to attract the attention of some relevant people in the galaxy.

At this moment, along with Gui Nai Fen’s live stream.

The turn-based gameplay of [Honkai: Star Rail] was about to be revealed—

The voice of another Star Nucleus Hunter came from behind the screen:

“Can I have some fun this time? The last few missions have been so boring.”

“Sorry. The mission today is very tedious: just [put] the target in.”

Then, Kafka’s voice took a turn,

“—But I won’t stop you from finding some fun. After all…”

As the words fell.

The hatch of Kafka’s space cabin automatically opened.

She walked towards the front, placing her hands on her waist.

And in front of her.

There were three ferocious Void Soldiers!

“—After all, anything that isn’t written in the script by Alioth doesn’t matter!”

She drew her dual pistols.

Her pupils dilated instantly.

A pleasant arc appeared at the corner of her lips.

As if the improvisation had reached its climax!

It was as if they were about to see Kafka spraying the Void Soldiers with two submachine guns!

Most people, including Gui Nai Fen, didn’t understand most of the conversation.

But they knew one thing.

The Star Nucleus Hunter was going to cause trouble!

The fight against the Anti-Matter Legion was naturally unavoidable!

The current scene confirmed their expectations.

But just as the dramatic tension reached its peak.

The screen suddenly froze.

Followed by cracks appearing on the screen.

What appeared again.

Was the turn-based combat scene where both sides were divided into formations and stood still.

“??? ”

“I’ve already taken off my pants, you show me this?”

“If I’m not mistaken, this is a turn-based game!”

“A little disappointed, I thought it would be a big scene.”

“I was really interested at first, and the opening hype was very good, but it’s a pity it’s a turn-based game.”

“This kind of gameplay is already out of fashion!”