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Chapter 16 - Why Did Shangshang Appear?
Chapter 16: Why Did Shangshang Appear?
Inside the livestream chat, Little Gui and the space station staff shared the same reaction—
They were completely speechless.
After finally calming down, a fierce determination burned in Little Gui’s eyes.
“I have to pull Himeko!”
“I could watch that ultimate animation all day!”
She turned back to the viewers—
“Everyone! Right now, Himeko is just a trial character. Unlike March 7 and Dan Heng, who were given for free, she won’t stay in our party permanently.”
“Once this part of the story ends, Miss Himeko will leave the team.”
“I can’t imagine Star Rail without Himeko for even a minute!”
“So I’m pulling now!—Wait, no, I mean [Warping]!”
With that, Little Gui switched to an auspicious Xianzhou song, believed to bring good luck, and opened the Warp menu.
For a brief moment, the livestream chat fell silent—
Everyone was still recovering from the sheer impact of Himeko’s ultimate move.
But the moment they heard she was about to pull, the chat exploded—
— “I just checked—Himeko is a five-star character!”
— “That animation! Those effects! If she wasn’t a five-star, I’d riot!”
— “So… where do we pull for her?”
— “It’s the beginner banner! It guarantees a five-star within 50 pulls—you might get Himeko!”
— “Wait, so there are other five-star characters too?”
— “Emperor Bow and Lord of Fate, please grant me a single-pull Himeko!”
— “Himeko follows the Path of Erudition! You should be praying to the Genius Society!”
First Pulls—Understanding the System
Little Gui started by using the free standard tickets she had been given.
But the results?
Nothing but three-star Light Cones—not even a single four-star character.
Unwilling to accept defeat, she checked the pull rates.
— “A four-star character or Light Cone is guaranteed every ten-pull…”
— “A five-star is guaranteed within 90 pulls.”
— “Ohhh, so that’s how the system works.”
— “But in the beginner banner, we only need 50 pulls for a guaranteed five-star!”
Having understood the rules, she naturally opened the top-up menu.
“Everyone! I finally found the recharge page!”
— “[First-time top-up doubles your purchase—limited once per tier]”? Oh wow, I’m topping up all the smaller amounts first!”
— “This [Express Supply Pass] looks like a great deal too—buying it!”
To prevent accidental leaks, a Little Gui emote covered the payment screen.
Within moments, she had completed multiple top-ups.
But she quickly warned her viewers—
“This game is actually pretty expensive. Even with the first-time bonus, a ten-pull costs nearly 10,000 credits.”
“That’s about a day’s wages for an average worker.”
“So remember, everyone—spend responsibly!”
The First Ten-Pull—March 7 Dupes?!
By now, her balance had enough Stellar Jade for the 50-pull guarantee.
She blasted her lucky background music, even washed her hands for good fortune, and finally hit the button—
[Warp x10]
The Astral Express doors slid open, and a purple light flickered.
Onscreen, a series of three-star Light Cones appeared—
And then—a four-star character.
“Wait… this is March 7?”
“But we already have her!”
“Oh? Duplicates are converted into [Eidolons]? That means we can unlock extra abilities!”
Following the tutorial, Little Gui navigated to the Eidolon menu.
The screen displayed shattered mirror fragments, each one reflecting a different close-up of the character.
When she reached March 7’s sixth Eidolon, she froze.
“W-Wait a second…!”
“If they revealed any more, my stream would get taken down!”
“Are all the characters like this at six Eidolons?!”
She hurriedly checked other characters.
A minute later, she gulped.
“A-Anyway, let’s keep pulling!”
She tried to act normal, but inside, she was completely broken—
“DAMN IT! The dev team knows what they’re doing!”
“Unlocking six Eidolons brings back their original form?!”
“WHO CAN RESIST THAT?!”@@novelbin@@
And the worst part?
It wasn’t overly revealing—just enough to stay within the guidelines, yet still incredibly suggestive.
It left too much to the imagination.
Taking a deep breath, she accepted her fate—
“This game has me completely in its grasp.”
The Second Ten-Pull—A Familiar Face?!
She reset her focus and started another ten-pull.
This time, a new four-star character appeared.
Little Gui brightened up.
“Everyone, this is a new character!”
But then—
She stared at the icon.
And then at the name
.“Hahaha! Just from this portrait, they look exactly like a close friend of mine!”
Giggling, she clicked to reveal the character’s full profile.
— [Sushang (New) – Physical Element, Four-Star, The Hunt]
She paused.
Her smile faded.
And then—
“AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! THIS ISN’T JUST LIKE HER—THIS IS SHANGSHANG!!”
She jumped away from her screen like she had seen a ghost.
The livestream chat exploded—
— “No way! Is this actually the Sushang?!”
— “I thought only Astral Express and space station members were in the game, but we have Xianzhou characters too?!”
— “Okay, seriously, how many secrets is this game hiding?!”
— “KEEP PULLING! There might be more unexpected characters! What if we can even pull a Xianzhou general?!”
— “Bro, slow down! Getting a Yun Cavalry girl is probably just an Easter egg—if we could pull General Jing Yuan, the dev team would get arrested by the Ten Lords Commission!”
Determined to Investigate
Little Gui chugged her drink, trying to calm down.
Finally, she sat back down, clenched her fist, and declared—
“Alright… I need to see exactly how they made Shangshang!”
“If her skills don’t properly capture her spirit, I refuse to acknowledge this!”
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