Note: 2 chapters today + 2 on Friday that I missed and +5 for the promised chapters whenever I missed an update! with a grand total of 9 chapters today! Happy readings!
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Chapter 293: Honkai: Star Rail X Robin Collaboration! Sibling Discord, Blood Flows Like a River!
"New album 'INSIDE'?"
"A song in collaboration with Feathered Spirit?"
"And a collaboration with Honkai: Star Rail!?"
Hearing the news that Robin announced,
Guinaifen simply couldn't believe her ears!
Her breathing even started to quicken slightly!
Double-fan ecstasy!
Absolute double-fan ecstasy!!
Guinaifen even wondered if she had already entered the Land of Dreams, to be hearing such exciting news!
And what followed next,
almost caused Guinaifen's heart to stop!
"What!?"
"Miss Robin, you… you said you want me to help you with the promotional campaign?"
"Yes! I'm more than willing!"
"This is simply my dream!"
"I am incredibly grateful, what an honor!!"
"Okay, of course I'm willing to cooperate, no problem!"
After hanging up the Jade Abacus call,
Guinaifen took a deep breath.
Suppressing the ecstasy in her heart!
But the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up!
Couldn't suppress it at all.
It was even happier than getting a double five-star in a ten-pull!
Coming to the livestream camera,
The stream was instantly in heated discussion!
…
"What's wrong? Did Little Gui win the lottery?"
"Did something good happen? Tell us so we can be happy too!"
"Probably something huge, look at the corners of Little Gui's mouth, they're almost reaching her ears."
"If you want to laugh, just laugh. This holding-it-in expression is uglier than crying."
"Everyone, I just noise-cancelled the background audio and extracted a few keywords Little Gui said: [ Robin ], [ Honor ], [ Cooperation ]…"
"Holy crap! Little Gui has made it, she actually secured a collaboration with Robin?"
…
Guinaifen came to the camera.
Lowering her voice, she said: "Since you're all family, I, Little Gui, won't hide it from you."
"I just received some major news!"
"Our 'Honkai: Star Rail' will be collaborating with Robin!"
"The two songs from the new album 'INSIDE' will premiere in the game!"
"Feathered Spirit might even specifically create corresponding PVs for them!"
…
"Wait, really?"
"Holy crap, is this for real? Little Gui, don't lie to me!"
"Was that call just now really from Miss Robin?"
"We HSR players are eating so well!"
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOH—!!"
"It's like a festival! It's like a festival!!"
"A lot of the music in Star Rail is top-tier, and now Feathered Spirit is collaborating with Robin on a new album? Isn't this going to blow up the universe!?"
"I wonder what kind of form the combination of these two will take?"
"I'm so excited I have goosebumps!"
"Red-red, fiery-fiery, confused and dizzy..."
…
The livestream chat was already boiling over.
And this news soon spread from there.
Guinaifen suddenly thought of something.
She revealed a thoughtful expression.
"Family, I suddenly feel something is a bit strange?"
"Why is the timing of Robin's new album release exactly at this moment..."
"Sunday also announced not long ago that he was going to open a Land of Dreams!"
"Could there be some inevitable connection between these two?"
"Or, is Robin attracting popularity for her brother?"
"They are siblings, their stances are very likely the same."
"Let's continue with the story and see which side Robin is on."
This is the charm of 'Honkai: Star Rail'.
As long as a character appears in the game, you can speculate on their motives through the main story, in-game text, and other information!
Guinaifen quickly returned to the story.
Robin was saying goodbye to the children.
Grisha sighed: "If people are compared to birds, these children were born with broken wings. But in this dream, they can obtain complete wings. Although they fly stumbling, they are soaring by their own strength."
"As for me, an old person who has lost their legs… if it weren't for this dream, I wouldn't even be able to stand in front of them."
Robin hesitated: "I'm glad you started a new life in the dream of Penacony. It's just…"
"Don't worry, Miss Robin. Dreams have meaning, but they aren't everything. The children and I both understand this. No matter how long we fly in the dream, we must eventually fly back to reality."
"But look, Emma and Gary are no longer inferior, Carol is gradually learning how to face the trouble of being blind, Andy is much more lively than before, and even I have become more optimistic."
"We learn to live in the dream, and then return to reality… to learn to survive."
Robin said softly: "If the wings are unfortunately broken, then lend the wings to each other."
"There is no need to covet the illusory sky in the dream, because we have the right, and the ability… to fly toward a broader world."
After hearing these words from Robin.
Guinaifen revealed a thoughtful expression.
She speculated: "Listening to Robin, she doesn't seem to approve of living in a dream forever?"
"This contradicts Sunday's [ Land of Dreams ]!"
"Could it be that these siblings have a disagreement on this matter?"
There wasn't much known about Robin in the previous story.
Therefore, most players, like Little Gui,
are still in the guessing stage.
For a moment, it was a bit uncertain.
At this time.
The Astral Express crew came over to discuss the current situation with Robin.
Robin indicated that there was something within the Family that was incompatible with the Harmony, and the previous voice problems were one of the signals that the dream was collapsing.
And after arriving in this place of exile,
she found that the Harmony was actually spread even wider than it was in the dream!
Even her voice had recovered because of it.
Robin concluded: "I am very sorry, there is a traitor in the Family. He… or they, abandoned the initial beliefs, used the weaknesses of human nature in the name of the Harmony, and turned Penacony into a Star of the Festival that sinks into illusory dreams..."
"This is not helping the weak with the strong, but oppressing the weak with the strong. A world that has lost equality is destined to no longer be favored by the Harmony, and the voice blessed by Harmony… naturally cannot sing either."
Welt spoke up: "Miss Robin, is there another possibility—that the change in the Family's philosophy involves another force?"
"After all, looking at the example of Miss Acheron, unless there is the intervention of power beyond an Emanator… it is hard to imagine that in the territory of the Harmony, there would be another will that could influence everyone."
Robin shook her head slightly: "I have heard of the Xianzhou Alliance's encounters. But as far as I know, there is no situation of external forces interfering with the Family. It may also be that I have been away from home for too long, and there are too many things I cannot see."
"Regardless, I cannot accept my homeland heading toward the opposite of the Harmony in the name of the Harmony."
"In order to find out why the Watchmaker Mikhail broke with the Family, and who exactly made the decision to betray… do you remember our deal? Now is the time for me to give an answer—"
"—I am willing to give up, and will no longer step onto the stage of the Charmony Festival."
Guinaifen was directly stunned!
It wasn't because she was surprised that Robin in the game said she wouldn't perform anymore.
But because,
the plot here matched reality!
In the livestream chat.
Some viewers who reacted quickly immediately started posting comments!
…
"This is terrifying when you think about it!"
"Not long ago, Sunday just announced that he and the Dream Master were Pathstriders of [ The Order ]..."
"It's not an external force, it's internal..."
"The older the ginger, the spicier it is! Welt has almost guessed the truth here!"
"If it weren't for Sunday suddenly exposing himself in reality, I really wouldn't have guessed that there were remnants of [ The Order ] mixed into the Family."
"Why do you think Sunday suddenly exposed himself? Did he know he couldn't hide it for much longer?"
"Very likely! In that case, Robin is going to go against her brother..."
"Siblings turning against each other, blood flowing like a river... Oh my! So March 7th predicted it early on!"