Chapter 16: Little Gui Zi Draws Cards—Wait, Why Is My Shangshang In There?
In the live stream, Little Gui Zi echoed the reactions of the researchers in the space station—she was almost speechless from excitement.
Once she regained her composure, her eyes sparkled with determination as she declared, "I must summon Miss Himeko!"
"I could watch that ultimate ability animation for hours!"
"Hey everyone! Just so you know, this version of Himeko is only a trial character. Unlike March 7th and Dan Heng, who were given for free."
"After this storyline ends, Miss Himeko will leave our team."
"I can't imagine playing Star Rail without Miss Himeko!"
"The streamer is about to start drawing cards! Oh wait, I mean 'Pulling!'"
Guinaifen switched to a local Luofu song that symbolizes good luck and opened the Pull interface.
For a brief moment, the live stream chat fell silent, likely stunned by the impact of Himeko's ultimate ability.
But as soon as they heard Guinaifen was going to draw cards, the comments came flooding back.
"I checked—Himeko is a Five-Star character!"
"That pose! Those effects! If she's not Five Stars, I might lose it!"
"Where can we draw her?"
"Definitely in the beginner pool! The description says there's a guaranteed Five-Star character after fifty pulls. We might even get lucky and snag Himeko!"
"Does that mean there are other Five-Star characters too?"
"Oh Emperor Archer, please bless me with Himeko on my single pull!"
"Himeko belongs to the Erudition Fate Path; so, you should be praying to All-Wise Tianjun."
First, Guinaifen used her free standard tickets.
Without fail, she pulled only Three-Star Light Cones—not a single Four-Star character.
Unwilling to give up, she looked over the Pull explanation again.
"Every ten Pulls guarantees at least one purple, meaning either a Four-Star character or Light Cone..."
"After a maximum of ninety Pulls, you're guaranteed a Five-Star character."
"So that's how the gacha system operates!"
"But for the beginner pool, just fifty pulls can yield a gold-tier result."
Having grasped the rules, Guinaifen wasted no time in opening the recharge interface.
"Fam! I finally found the recharge page!"
"[First-time top-up doubled per tier, limited to once]? Wow, why wait? Let me top up the first few tiers right away."
"These [Train Supply Vouchers] seem like a good deal too—I'll buy them as well."
To avoid revealing her payment password, a Little Gui Zi emoji popped up on the screen.
In no time, Guinaifen completed her initial recharge tiers.
At the same time, she cautioned her viewers, "The premium purchases in this game are pretty pricey. Even with the first-time double bonus, one ten-fold draw costs nearly ten thousand credits."
"That's about what most of us earn in a day."
"So everyone, please spend wisely!"
By then, Guinaifen had gathered over ten thousand Starexpanse points in the top right corner—enough for her guaranteed fifty draws from the beginner pool.
She turned up the background music for good luck and even went to wash her hands deliberately.
With everything ready,
it was time to [Pull]!
[Pulling 10 times.]
Behind Conductor Pom-Pom, purple light flickered.
The train doors opened.
On the screen, a series of three-star Light Cones and one four-star character appeared.
"Is that... March 7th?"
"But we already have a March 7th."
"Do duplicate characters transform into Eidolons? Can they unlock extra abilities for the character?"
Guinaifen followed the instructions to open the Eidolon interface.
It resembled fragmented shards of a shattered mirror, each piece showcasing close-up shots of the character from different angles.
Upon reaching the sixth Eidolon, Guinaifen's eyes widened immediately.
"This—this—this..."
"If I reveal any more, my stream is doomed!"
"Could it be that every character's sixth soul is like this...?"
She quickly checked other characters for confirmation.
After one minute...
Guinaifen silently swallowed hard.
"Um... let's continue drawing cards, shall we?!"
"It's only our first tenfold draw, and getting Miss March 7th isn't bad at all!"
Inwardly, however, tears began to well up at the corners of Little Gui Zi's eyes.
Damn you, game developers!
Unlocking original poses with the sixth Eidolon?
Who could resist that?!
Especially since it wasn't fully visible—just enough to tiptoe around acceptability.
Yet unexpectedly, this created a tantalizing sense of mystery, sparking vivid imaginations.
Taking a deep breath, Guinaifen realized she was irrevocably hooked by this game. But what could she do? She simply couldn't control herself!
For her second tenfold draw, another new four-star character appeared. Collecting herself, she looked at the screen.
"Hey folks, this seems to be a brand-new character."
"Hahaha, just from the portrait, she looks strikingly similar to one of my close friends!"
Suppressing a giggle with her hand over her mouth, she opened the new character's panel.
[Sushang (New), Physical Attribute, Four Stars, The Hunt]
"Haha, not only does the character resemble her, but even the name is the same as my friend's!"
Just as she finished speaking, Guinaifen froze momentarily before realizing:
"Aaaaaah, that's Sushang herself, isn't it?! How did you end up in this game too?!"
Shock washed over her, causing her to recoil several meters away from the screen, as if she had seen a ghost.
The viewers in the live stream reacted similarly, filled with surprise and uncertainty.
"No way! Is that really Miss Sushang?"
"I initially thought this game would only include characters from the Astral Express and the space station, not realizing they'd feature personalities from Xianzhou too!"
"Wait! Just how many hidden surprises are in this game that we don't know about?"
"Keep rolling, streamer! Now I suspect there might be even more unexpected characters! Who knows, maybe we could draw our own Xianzhou General!"
"You're probably overthinking it! Getting this Cloud Knight girl might just be a special Easter egg or something. If you want to draw Jing Yuan General, the production team would likely face scrutiny from the Ten-Lords Commission first."
After several deep gulps of her soda to steady herself, Guinaifen returned to the screen, her fists clenched tightly.
"I just have to see how they've portrayed our Sushang!"
"If the skill effects don't capture Sushang's true essence, I absolutely won't approve of it!"