After the live stream at the Divination Commission, the absurd side quest featuring Qingque and Fu Xuan quickly spread like wildfire among the player community!
On the forums, several posts popped up in succession, instantly grabbing players' attention and shooting straight to the front page.
For example:
- "Qingque Transforms into CEO Qing, Fu Xuan Becomes Her Foot-Washing Maid!"
- "Live from the Divination Commission—Fu Xuan is DONE!"
- "CEO Qing's Business Empire—Watching This Makes Me Want to Start a Business with Qingque!"
- "The Divination Commission Gets Haunted by a Sui Yang Again—This Event is Hilarious!"
This side quest completely broke out of the usual circles!
The various iconic lines from the quest—
Like "She's offering way too much!" and "This is a high-stakes gamble, my friend!"—quickly became viral memes online!
Even Qingque's custom emotes started circulating widely among players…
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In Little Guizi's Livestream…
Guinaifen's expression was unusually serious.
After a moment of contemplation, she seemed to steel herself and declared:
"I'm going to gamble with my last ten Fuel reserves!"
"I believe… I can definitely get a full set of endgame relics!"
She stepped forward towards the battle
Aside from enemy info and stage mechanics, the bottom-right corner displayed two new relic sets:
- [Possible Drops: Duke of Inferno's Scorched Bones / Prisoner of the Profound Dark Lock…]
...
The livestream chat was buzzing with discussion:
- "Bros, my Jing Yuan already has a decently built Lightning set. Is it worth farming [Duke of Inferno's Scorched Bones]?"
- "There's definitely an upgrade, but have you considered how many runs it'll take to farm this new set?"
- "Listen to me, fam! Right now, resources are scarce—don't burn all your stamina on relics like
Little Guizi!"
- "Y'all don't get it. The streamer's playing 4D chess—she's being a cautionary tale on purpose!"
- "But the other set is great for Kafka. This relic domain's efficiency is actually pretty high."
- "The names are so hard to remember. Let's just call them the 'Follow-Up set' and the 'DoT set'…"
[Battle Start]
Guinaifen had already begun her high-stakes gamble.
The recommended elements for this relic domain were Physical, Lightning, and Imaginary.
The enemies came in two waves, each packed with five monsters.
Guinaifen's team: Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Asta, Huohuo.
As she fought, she mused:
"Fam, have you noticed something?"
"With every update, Jing Yuan keeps getting buffed!"
"This relic domain is practically tailor-made for him!"
"Also, I heard from Mr. Xiyan that there's a new game mode called [Fiction and Narrative]!"
"It's similar to Forgotten Hall in rewards, but the enemies come in massive groups…"
"Looks like the Destruction meta is about to shift!"
"Erudition characters are finally rising!"
"Jing Yuan isn't just sipping soup anymore—he's feasting on meat!"
[Battle End]
Guinaifen checked her newly acquired relics.
[Duke's Molten Gauntlets]
The relic artwork depicted a pair of pristine gloves, flames licking at the wrists.
"ATK%, SPD, and CRIT Rate?!"
"This is a solid base piece!"
Just as she excitedly prepared to enhance it—
A familiar Punklorde-style blue text flashed across the livestream:
[New relic set? The design reminds me of an enemy.]
Guinaifen froze for a second before realizing—
This unique font could only belong to one person: [Banned Account]!
Not long ago, she'd seen this legendary player post their full-clear of Memory of Chaos Floor 10 on the forums.
An undisputed top-tier player!
"Welcome, [Banned Account], to the stream!"
"Long time no see!"
[Banned Account] didn't hold back, immediately dropping 10 Storm Raptor gifts—making an already hyped Guinaifen even more ecstatic.
"Thank you for the Storm Raptors, [Banned Account]! Boss is too generous!"
Another blue message appeared:
[Keep farming. Let's see the other pieces.]
"You got it!"
This was exactly what she planned to do anyway.
Soon, another battle concluded.
This time, luck was on her side—she got two more Duke relics:
- [Duke's Infernal Crown]
- [Duke's Blessed Robes]
"The headpiece stats are decent, but the chest is just flat ATK…"
However, [Banned Account] seemed less interested in the stats and more in the relics' lore origin.
[LMAO. So these really are the Duke of Inferno's relics.]
[Afflitus' clothes, crown, and gloves all turned into relics. Wonder how he'd feel if he saw this?]
...
The chat exploded.
Most players had only been focusing on relic stats and how much they'd improve follow-up attackers.
But Banned was hinting at something deeper—was there a story behind these relics?
"Who's the Duke of Inferno? The original owner of these relics?"
"So this whole set belonged to Afflitus? No wonder the design looked familiar!"
"Thanks for the lore drop, [Banned Account]! But wait—Afflitus is still alive, right? Didn't the news recently report the Annihilation Gang causing trouble? Why are his relics already in-game?"
"Who's Afflitus?"
"A member of the Annihilation Gang, master of the Everflame Mansion, and the supreme leader of the Pyrokinetic Flame Demons."
"Sounds way more hardcore than the Yepella Brotherhood, huh?"
"They're infamous interstellar terrorists! Their motto: 'We destroy not for you, but for His gaze.'"
...
Guinaifen had heard of Afflitus in the news before, but she didn't have a clear mental image of him.
Now, staring at the relics in her inventory—these were items from a real, living Pyrokinetic Flame Demon?
"As expected of Yuling… even the relics are packed with lore."
"If the Duke of Inferno's relics are in the game, does that mean he'll appear in future storylines?"
"A flame demon who seeks to please a Aeon through destruction… definitely sounds like a future antagonist."
Ding!
Just as Guinaifen was pondering what the Duke of Inferno might look like—
A notification popped up on her screen:
[Yuling has released a new video: Honkai Star Rail PV – "A Night of Everflame: Act 33"]
"Huh?"
"What's this?"
"Wait… does this look like the Duke of Inferno's PV?!"
To be continued…
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