Wende's face was as black as thunder as he dragged Stelle into the Master Control Zone. He felt his phone, which, while physically unchanged, was now internally barren. His blood pressure suddenly skyrocketed…
"Hooo…"
He forcibly used his Yin-Yang power to suppress his agitated heart… It's just money. It's not like I have much use for it. I'll just cover the costs for Stelle. She's my kid, after all. Just have to be patient… be… patient…
"Hiss…"
Don't get angry, don't get angry. Impulse is the devil. Just think of it as investing in materials and leveling her up. Don't get angry, don't get angry. It's just money. I can earn it all back in minutes by giving massages on the Xianzhou… I'm really… not angry…
A vein bulged on his forehead.
Thud.
"Oof!"
Wende looked down at Stelle on the floor with a benevolent expression… and then…
---o---
"Hello, your takeout has arrived."
Wearing a delivery driver's cap, a listless Stelle handed the meal to a space station staff member.
"Oh, thanks."
"You're welcome. Please leave a five-star review, thank you."
Meanwhile, in the logistics warehouse of Herta Space Station, Wende, having obtained Station Master Asta's permission, had set up a small, temporary kitchen.
WHAM!
"Guh-argh!!"
Why are there still Antimatter Legion soldiers in the space station? Wende thought, his face completely expressionless as he punched a Voidranger that had the misfortune of wandering in and interrupting his money-making into oblivion.
Is the station's security department really this careless with their cleaning?
"Do we really have to go this far? The credits Welt sent over last time should have been enough to cover the damages, right?" Himeko asked, a little embarrassed as she watched Wende's grand operation. After all… the Astral Express had suddenly turned into a Stellar Jade food truck…
"Here's the bill."
Wende impassively handed the list of Stelle's damages to Himeko.
"Hiss…"
And thus, Himeko became another helper in the kitchen. She was later kicked back to the Master Control Zone by Wende for trying to make coffee in the kitchen.
---o---
"Huh? HUH?! HUH!? AH♂!"
Sister Guoguo, who had just logged on, saw the suddenly released new event and felt for a moment that her brain couldn't keep up.
"Devs! Are you okay, devs! The version updates in seven days, devs! Why are you releasing an event now!"
Sister Guoguo couldn't understand it, but after seeing the event rewards, she expressed her complete understanding and approval, offering up a round of sublime praise♂.
Event Overview:
During the event period, the Trailblazer can make two takeout deliveries per day. Fulfilling the delivery conditions will grant all rewards.
There are three tiers of delivery conditions. Only by satisfying all three tiers can the daily reward of 100 Stellar Jades be obtained. The event lasts for a total of six days. After the Trailblazer completes all delivery missions, they will receive a mysterious grand gift from Wende.
The accompanying illustration was of Wende wearing a chef's hat, holding a ladle, and clad in a pink apron.
"Mmm… One hundred Stellar Jades a day, plus the final one hundred and twenty… that means seven hundred and twenty Stellar Jades in six days…"
Sister Guoguo's brain worked at lightning speed. At some point, the calculator on her phone had been opened, and her small hands began to furiously tap away.
"Add the dailies and the Express Pass, plus the ten-pull from the next version update, the three hundred jades from the preview stream, and the new quests and new events…"
"FUCK! Isn't this just forcing me to give Honkai: Star Rail a five-star review! Is this what an event right after launch is like? Are you guys even trying to make money?!"
[miHoYo: Yes, yes, I'm losing so much money (crying)]
[It's secured. My wife Silver Wolf is secured!]
[Ehehehahaha! I'M NOT CRAZY! I'M NOT CRAZY!! AHHH! WENDE!!! GUAAAAH!!!]
[I'm throwing away Uncle's photo right now and hanging Yifu on the wall!]
[Yifu knew you were short on cash to pull for your wife, so he took out his own pocket money for you to pull for her.]
[Is this the bride price my Yifu saved up for me… waaaah, Dad! I don't want it! I'll save it up for you! When your 5-star version comes out, I'll bring you home!]
[Then are you not pulling for Silver Wolf?]
[I'm pulling for a computer repairman for Yifu first, so he won't have any games to play later!]
Actually… they weren't wrong. In a sense, this really was Wende's money. It was just that due to Wende's actions, the system had directly classified it as an additional event…
To this day, we still haven't figured out the system's judgment criteria, and Wende, naturally, had no idea what had happened either. He only knew that his Player Favorability had instantly shot up by 2000.
But none of that mattered. Time to make money!
The players, however, were completely oblivious to this. They just saw it as the developers making it rain again, and…
"Get out! You don't belong here!" An UP-er disdainfully threw his AcFun award plaque on the ground, then reverently placed a portrait of Wende on his desk.
"DAD!!!"
---o---
At the famous Ladybug Comiket, a new, exclusive booth was attracting a lot of attention.
It wasn't an official booth, but a "gift mountain" that players had spontaneously created by piling things together. And at the very peak of the mountain sat a colored photograph of Wende.
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!!!"
A crowd of Honkai: Star Rail players, cosplaying as various characters, held hands and began to circle the massive "gift mountain," shrieking in a frenzy for Wende as they spun.
"O merciful and almighty Father, please bless me to get Silver Wolf on my next single pull! I'm willing to become a catgirl and present my ass for you!"
"Hello? Why are you rewarding yourself like this!"
"WEN!!! DE!!!! AHHHHHH! BROS! I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!!! I'M WENDE'S FUCKING DOG!"
"Security! Where's security! Someone just did a ten-pull in front of Wende's shrine, got three Jing Yuans, and fainted! Quick, call an ambulance!"
"My suggestion is to call the crematorium."
---o---
For the past two days, it was as if a festival had descended upon Herta Space Station. Every staff member wore a smile, their faces glowing with health and happiness. Their mental state was leagues better than when they were working overtime on research every day. Even Station Master Asta had started ordering takeout on her phone recently.
The reason was simple: the station's synthesized food was just too disgusting. And even the non-synthesized meals… weren't as good as Wende's!
The station's logistics staff were happy to have less work. When they had nothing to do, they would even order Wende's food for themselves or help him out in the kitchen.
As for Stelle… she now lived a miserable life of delivering takeout in the morning and serving as Herta's guinea pig to test the Simulated Universe at night.
And all of this… had to be traced back to that bizarre legend of the space station, the "Gray Flash"…
Long have I waited.
---o---