I am a retired rider in Xingtie, and I am loved by players.

After Heita left and she was the only one left in the room, Yilu turned on her cell phone again.

"Phew, it should be okay this time."

Seeing that [Honkai Impact 3] was still alive on the screen and had not been deleted by the Black Tower, Yilu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and felt a little excited.

She probably understood that the love poem just now should be the self-protection mechanism of this golden finger. Only she can see the real [Honkai Impact 3rd], and others will see something that will make them embarrassed when they open it.

This way, Heita probably won't look through her phone again, which is a good thing.

"Eh, it's actually a Black Tower account... Never mind, I should just register a new one. I can't keep using Black Tower's account to send messages to others."

Just as she was about to open the communication software to send a text message to Ji Zi and the others, Yilu suddenly noticed that she was still using the Black Tower account. After hesitating for a while, she decided to create an account of her own.

"Like this...like this...and like this...well, that's about it."

After entering the basic information, she made a (＾－＾)V gesture to the camera as her avatar. She quickly and successfully registered her own personal account and sent friend requests to everyone in the train crew.

After doing all this, she opened [Honkai Impact 3rd] again. At this time, there were only less than three minutes left before the game was launched. The comment area was full of the word "open", and Yilu was also looking forward to it. She wanted to verify what the difference was between the game and reality, and by the way, see who the new train crew member was.

Once you enter the game, let me see what you look like...

[Distance to server launch: 3, 2, 1]

As the countdown to the server opening came to an end, the Starry Sky Train on the screen burst into dazzling light, and then froze at that moment.

Ok?

What's going on? It's stuck?

Just as she was about to restart the game, a deafening explosion suddenly came from somewhere. For a moment, the whole room began to shake violently. Yilu, who was sitting on the bed, was shaken to the ground. A shrill alarm sounded in the containment cabin, as if something terrible had invaded the space station.

What's going on?

Rubbing his red forehead with his hand, Yilu glanced around with a confused expression on his face.

But soon, she realized what had happened.

If she remembered correctly, the opening scene of the game seemed to be about the Black Tower Space Station being attacked, which meant...

After realizing this possibility, Yilu immediately jumped up from the ground, picked up the Iron Cavalry Transformation Sheath beside the pillow, and rushed into the empty corridor.

From afar, one can see a big hole blown up somewhere in the space station, and a group of purple-black humanoid monsters are constantly pouring out of it, wreaking havoc in the space station. They are the basic combat units of the [Antimatter Legion], virtual pawns walking on the path of [destruction].

"Oh my god, the plot begins now?!"

Chapter 9: Chaos in the Deep

Meanwhile, the real world.

After being bombarded with fake news about the early server opening for several hours, at ten o'clock in the morning, countless players who had been waiting for the Star Railway to open clicked into the game and started their pioneering journey, while those players who did not download the game on their mobile phones could only watch the live broadcast perspective of the anchors on major platforms to quench their thirst.

"Dingling bell~"

In order to log into the game on time and grab a higher UID, Jiahun, a well-known game up-loader from Lightning Station, set an alarm for 10 a.m.

As soon as the alarm rings, I enter the game. I don’t believe that I won’t be able to grab a higher UID!

"The server is open, guys. I'll be the first one to rush in."

Hearing the ringtone, she smiled and moved the mouse and clicked the screen, but the latter just switched the lens to a close-up of the Starry Sky Train.

Eh?

Why didn’t you go in?

She blinked in confusion and turned to look at the barrage of comments jumping wildly on the side.

【Click! 】

[Hurry up! I'm so anxious! ]

[Stupid soul, you have to click twice to enter the game, what the hell is this? ]

“So that’s how it is!”

Jia Hun suddenly realized and quickly clicked the mouse again. The light of the Star Train's leap instantly covered the entire screen. This time she finally entered the game.

As the opening CG played, what came into view was a boundless and deep starry sky. She saw a silver-white space station. There was no doubt that this was where the story began.

At the same time, a pleasant violin melody sounded from her pink headphones.

"Wow! It's Canon!"

Hearing this familiar and beautiful melody, Jiahun's eyes suddenly lit up and she instantly felt immersed in the story. Then, Kafka, who appeared in the animation CG, caught her attention firmly.

【Kafka! 】

【mom!】

【Elegant, timeless】

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room suddenly exploded at this moment, most of which were from crazy players, scaring the audience who had just entered the live broadcast room into thinking they had come to the wrong place.

"boom--!"

The opening CG is still going on. With a violent explosion, the virtual soldiers of the antimatter army break into the space station by unknown means. Everyone, including the train crew members, are drawn into the vortex of this conspiracy. The melody played by Canon also reaches its climax at this time.

"Guide the evacuation, move quickly!"

In the main control module, Ester quickly recovered from the aftermath of the explosion. Seeing this group of uninvited guests who broke into the space station without saying hello, she immediately issued an evacuation order according to the emergency plan.

"Yes, ma'am."

After receiving the order, Alan volunteered to rush to the front and led the defense staff to fight with the virtual soldiers who invaded the main control module. From that moment on, the entire Black Tower Space Station fell into extreme chaos.

And chaos always provides opportunities for people with ulterior motives.

"It seems that I came at the wrong time."

Listening to the shrill alarm sounding above her head and the restricted cabin door at the end of the corridor, Kafka raised her brows slightly.

"No, I think you came at the right time."

As soon as she finished speaking, Kafka heard the voice of Silver Wolf, who was also a [Star Core Hunter]. As she hacked into the defense system of the Black Tower Space Station, the originally closed hatch opened, and a group of purple-black humanoid monsters entered Kafka's field of vision.

But soon, they turned into corpses lying around her, and a short girl with silver hair and a ponytail appeared next to Kafka.

"We are currently in the base cabin. According to Elio's script, the room where the [Star Core] is located should be nearby."

"Besides the star core, what else did he say?"

"Elliot said that we shouldn't stay here too long, and it's best not to go somewhere other than the designated route to have fun. I was originally planning to go out for a walk..."

Silver Wolf was chewing gum while flipping through the screen in front of her. She seemed to have remembered something and couldn't help but complain in a low voice, "Oh, yes, he also asked me to try not to hack into the monitoring system of the containment module. So there are still many secrets hidden in this space station. I don't know what treasures the Black Tower has put in there that I am not even allowed to take a look at."

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

After hearing what Silver Wolf said, Kafka couldn't help but be a little surprised, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "It seems that this mission is not as boring as I imagined."

"Why, are you planning on going against the script?"

"No, [the future] is destined to happen, no matter what we do."

"Oh~ I know what you mean~"

Hearing this, Silver Wolf, her old partner, gave her a meaningful look and the two smiled at each other.

"After putting the [target] in, let's go and play if it's convenient."

"If Elio knew, he would be angry."

"No, I guess he won't."

……

"What are they talking about? Why don't I understand?"

Watching the conversation between Kafka and Silver Wolf, Jiahun outside the screen was confused. She followed the task instructions to defeat the monsters encountered along the way, while looking at the barrage for answers.

[This part is not much different from the plot of the second test. They are going to steal the star cores collected in the black tower and give birth to the protagonist.]

"Ah?" Jia Hun's eyes widened immediately: "Then who is the father and who is the mother?"

After hearing her words, the comments in the live broadcast room were silent for a while, and then exploded instantly——

[Good, very good question, it makes my brain spin]

[The large-scale documentary Dad, Where Are We Going? is about to be released. Please pay attention to Jiahun Live, thank you]

[I am dying of laughter. Silly Soul’s focus is different from everyone else’s, and his thinking is unique]

"Cough cough!"

Realizing that he seemed to have accidentally exposed the secret, Jiahun quickly coughed twice and changed the subject: "Let's let this matter go for now. Let's continue with the mission. We have to build the protagonist quickly."

……

At the same time, in the Black Tower Space Station, the containment module.

As the energy supply system of the space station was destroyed, the entire cabin was dark. A silver-haired girl in a light purple dress was walking alone in the deserted corridor. Her long silver-gray hair swayed gently beside her face as she lowered her head. Her delicate face shrouded in shadow was as delicate as a doll. She looked around from time to time, as if looking for something.

If I remember correctly, Kafka and Silver Wolf should have sneaked into the space station to steal the star core...

Because the time span was too long, Yilu almost forgot the plot of the server launch. She only remembered how the pioneers were born, but she didn't remember where the star core was placed. After wandering around in the space station for such a long time, she didn't even see a living person, let alone a virtual soldier.

I looked down at my phone and saw the screen still showing the image of the Star Train leaping, without any change.

"Sure enough, I still can't log in. It seems I can't expect to get any information from it..."

Chapter 10 Fighting is fun!

"Alas, Ji Zi and the others didn't reply either. They must have been entangled by the Antimatter Army..."

Putting the phone back in her pocket with some disappointment, Yilu couldn't help but sigh, then took out her Iron Cavalry Transformation Sheath from the pocket tied around her waist, stopped, and seemed to be hesitating about something.

If Xueying-V type strategic penetration armor is used, it may be able to save more people from the antimatter army.

But the problem is that if she intervenes now, it is likely to affect the direction of the subsequent plot.

After all, she looks very similar to Liuying, who is also a member of Grammer's Iron Cavalry, but she does not exist in the original plot. No one knows what will happen if she rashly goes out at this time. It would be terrible if it affects the progress of the protagonist's birth.

"boom--!"

Just as Yilu was looking at the Iron Cavalry Transformation Sheath in her hand, hesitating whether to join the battle, there was a loud noise suddenly coming from the hatch at the end of the corridor. A centaur monster with a purple-black body kicked the door to pieces, attracting the girl's attention.

Behind it, the Void Soldier Tamperer, who was the team commander, rushed in with more than a dozen Void Soldier Predators. After seeing the silver-haired girl standing alone in the corridor not far away, the leading Void Soldier Tamperer immediately pointed at her and ordered the nearby Void Soldier Predators to attack Yilu.

"call……"

Looking at the dozen or so Void Plunderers attacking him, as well as the Void Tamperers and Void Tramplers following behind them, Yilu took a deep breath, and pressed the Iron Cavalry Transformation Sheath in his hand against his slightly bulging chest, with a bit of helplessness in his tone: "It seems that I have no choice. You forced me to take action."

The monsters from the antimatter army have already hit her in the face. If she doesn't transform at this time, the subsequent plot may really have nothing to do with her at all. She doesn't want to see this ending.

and so--

"Transform!"

As Yilu finished her words, the translucent elytra in her hand emitted an icy blue light and quickly enveloped her entire body.

The originally fragile silver-haired girl turned into a silver-white mecha knight in the next second, except for the visor and chest which were azure blue, emitting a cold air that condensed the water molecules in the surrounding air into white snowflakes that fell to the ground.

From this moment on, the identities of hunter and prey were exchanged.

"fragmented--"

With her knees slightly bent as if preparing to charge, Yilu quickly glanced around. After locking onto the positions of all enemy units, she took out the mantis blade hidden in her arms. A chilling chill spread over it, and the outermost layer turned into an extremely lethal, ultra-low temperature air blade.

The next second, wings of blue light bloomed from the elytra on the back of the mecha, and then the girl shuttled among the dozen virtual soldiers plunderers one by one at a terrifying speed that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye. The ultra-low temperature air blade on the outside of the mantis knife cut them into several pieces without any resistance. The remaining chill on the blade spread even more rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the remains of the group of virtual soldiers were frozen into ice.

As for the Virtual Soldier Tamperers and Virtual Soldier Tramplers, although they are stronger than this group of miscellaneous soldiers, they still cannot escape the fate of being killed instantly by Ilu's sword.

"--broken!"

As soon as the words fell, the bodies of the Xu soldiers fell freely and broke into pieces on the ground.