Chapter 376: You Can Pull, You Can Definitely Pull! The Version 2.3 Epilogue Concludes!
[ Little Gui's Livestream Room ]
"WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"Family!"
"Looks like today is Lil' Gui's lucky day!"
"I heard you guys have been pulling nothing but useless props from the Sparkle Playbox?"
"I just pulled a Sampo!"
"They say the probability of this is about the same as pulling a five-star in a single ten-pull?"
"Looks like today is the absolute best day to warp for Sparkle!"
Guinaifen was beaming with excitement in front of the camera.
As she spoke, she opened the Warp interface.
[ Character Event Warp: Sparkle's Splendid Fish ]
[ 5-Star Character: Sparkle ]
"As you can see, I've painstakingly saved up 100 pulls. Wishing for a E 1S 1 isn't asking for too much, right?"
…
"I just love Lil' Gui's naive confidence!"
"E 1S 1? I'd laugh myself crazy just getting the character, and you actually want E 1S 1?"
"Anything is possible, never give up hope, even though I'm already at 96 pulls [ crying ]"
"Forget Lil' Gui, even if Sparkle herself came to pull, she couldn't pull that off, right?"
"If you really pull her, I'll even lick Sparkle's feet!"
"The abacus beads are flying all the way from Penacony to the Luofu."
…
Guinaifen was full of enthusiasm at first.
But when seven ten-pulls went by without a single gold light…
She started to panic.
"Pity is coming!"
"It's here!"
"Show me the gold!"
"You're really making me hit hard pity, Sparkle should be coming home now, right? Waaaaah~"
The ticket floating in space left a trail of afterimages.
A golden light shone inside the train cabin.
Hum!
5-Star!
Abundance!
"Let's see what kind of medicine you have in that gourd of yours!"
[ Bailu ]!
Seeing this scene, Lil' Gui felt as if the sky had fallen!
And the viewers in the livestream room took the opportunity to rub salt in her wounds.
…
"Hahahahaha…"
"Wow, the drop rate is really high~"
"How can Harmony compare to the sense of security of Abundance? Lil' Gui, you made a profit on this one!"
"[ Today is my lucky day ]"
"No lose, no lose! This must be Sparkle in disguise!"
"Sparkle is a bad character anyway. By the way, how do I build Bailu?"
" 80 pulls, Sparkle disguised herself as Yanqing to scare me [ sunglasses ]"
"As expected of a Masked Fool, she tricked Lil' Gui out of her 50/50 right off the bat! [ thumbs up ]"
…
Guinaifen sighed.
Could it be…
She had to top up and force her home this time too?!
No, no, no!
She needed to watch a video first to calm down!
There had been too many characters released recently, she couldn't want every single one of them!
Greed would only backfire!
This was Lady Sparkle's warning to her!
She opened the video site.
She was about to find a Sparkle character review to watch.
Suddenly!
A new message push notification made Guinaifen's heart skip a beat!
[ The user you follow [Feathered Spirit] has uploaded a new video, come check it out~ ]
[ Sweet Dreams Curtain Call - "The Great Tatalov Salutes You"
Play immediately!
"Look, the show has come to a close."
The video started.
Sparkle's playful voice came through.
"A perfect ending~"
"But you're still not completely satisfied, are you?"
Guinaifen immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at grain!
"After all, there's still someone…"
"Who hasn't answered yet—"
On the screen.
Scenes of Penacony's journey so far flashed by.
There was Firefly's answer: "Why does life slumber? I think… it's because they're afraid to wake up from the dream."
"All because we are not yet ready for the final rest."
The figures of Kakavasha and Aventurine flashed by.
Then.
It was Acheron.
The horned Acheron of Izumo, the normal purple-haired Acheron, and the white-haired Acheron all appeared on the screen.
"So you can definitely understand why we want to be prepared."
Then.
The figures of others appeared one by one.
Sparkle spoke again: "Who is right?"
"Hmm… I don't know."
"On this grand stage of Penacony, everyone sees themselves as the main character."
"So, I took action!"
"The more protagonists in this dream, the better."
Numerous real-time bullet comments immediately floated across the video.
…
"The grand stage of Penacony, come if you have a dream!"
"Thank you, Director Sparkle!"
"She still holds a grudge against Black Swan."
"Black Swan.jpg"
"The ending is indeed positive, happy, and wholesome!"
"Praise the Aeon of Elation!"
…
"So…"
"Why does life slumber? The answer is not important."
Accompanied by the melodious background music.
Sparkle's voice seemed to ring right in everyone's ears.
"There's no need to be so serious."
"In the end, isn't it enough just to be happy?"
"To you, my dear audience, I dedicate this performance…"
"I wonder, did it bring a little more elation into your lives?"
Amidst the brilliant fireworks filling the sky.
Sparkle's figure appeared.
She bowed to the camera for her curtain call.
"If it didn't…"
"Don't sleep too soundly tonight~"
The video ended there.
And the bullet comments.
Were basically a uniform wave of [Thank you, Director Sparkle]!
Guinaifen opened the comment section.
[Version 2.3, fixed the bug where some people didn't like Sparkle]
[Reply: True, before 2.3 I really didn't like Sparkle, but now, long live Lady Sparkle!]
[Reply: Haha, I guessed Sparkle's role back in version 2.0, beating 99% of the Trailblazers~]
[Lady Sparkle pressed the button for a full 48 system hours just to give us a grand fireworks show, quickly say thank you to Lady Sparkle!]
[Reply: Thank you, Lady Sparkle!]
[Reply: Director Sparkle is great, no words needed]
[ 2.0: Simple trash talk, ultimate enjoyment
2.1: Blow up Penacony
2.2: Turns out you slept too
2.3: Gold medal support, the most honest person in Penacony, fireworks master, Galactic Hammer Master, Sparkle fireworks!]
[At this point, The Hunt is no longer narrow revenge, and Elation is no longer a hellish joke]
[This is true Elation, achieving one's own joy while also achieving everyone's joy, unlike some people in reality who are mentally morbid, building their happiness on the pain of others, completely disregarding others' feelings.]
[We Xianzhou people understood this long ago, which is why Aha is the Joyous Celestial rather than the Laughing Calamity [doge]]
Guinaifen got more and more confused the more she read!
She had a sliver of sanity left, but now she only wanted to bring Sparkle home at all costs!
In the end, she contributed another two 6480 top-ups to Feathered Spirit…
And successfully obtained an E 1S 1 Sparkle.
"Alright, family!"
"Let's finish up the end of the 2.3 story!"
She opened the quest interface.
The synopsis came into view.
[Finally, the trailblazing expedition of Penacony has reached a happy ending. It's time to welcome new adventures—but before that, the Express Crew still wants to bid a formal farewell to some people.]
[Drawing a perfect period to the story of the deceased is the best consolation. Go, they are all at Dreamflux Reef… right here.]
"Looks like it's time to say goodbye to the others. This time, it's really over."
Arriving at the corresponding location.
The first person she met… was Acheron.
"Now, Penacony has welcomed the dawn after a long night, just as you hoped. The road ahead may not be smooth sailing, but people are ready to take steps toward freedom."
"Tiernan, you can go home now."
"And the Nameless of the future are also ready to set off for their next stop."
The Express Crew also came to the tombstone.
To bid farewell to Tiernan and Razalina.
Then there was the dog-like statue representing Gallagher and Misha.
Finally.
They arrived at the place where Mikhail slept.
March 7th, who was usually active, seemed a bit downcast at this moment.
"…I can't help but think, whether it's Mr. Mikhail, Mr. Tiernan, or Ms. Razalina, their lives were very long, and they must have experienced so many, many stories…"
"They were once young, stumbling and brawling just like us. Companions, rivals, journeys, adventures, all the sad and happy memories… every day we are used to, they experienced too."
"But those things… are all in the past."
[Our story will also pass one day.]
"Yeah, maybe that's what makes it hard for me to let go…"
Himeko spoke: "The galaxy is vast, life is minuscule. The footsteps of Trailblaze never stop, but on the scale of the universe, ordinary people can only walk a short distance in their entire lives."
"But it is such a short path, connected to one another, that can link countless worlds together. Every person who left a sleeper on the silver rail, the universe may not remember them, but we will."
"As long as we still remember, their story (Trailblaze) is not yet over."
…
"Maybe this is the meaning of the existence of Honkai: Star Rail…"
"I get it! As long as Star Rail still exists, our universe will never fall into [Nihility]!"
"Fortunately, Honkai: Star Rail is a continuously updating game, and we will witness more epic people and things in the future…"
"Yeah, just thinking about it makes me shiver with excitement!"
"There's not that much meaning. Right now, I just want to go home after work and farm a pair of speed shoes for my newly pulled Sparkle!"
"Where will the next stop be?"
"I'm so damn excited, shouldn't the ending of this story reveal a little bit of it?"