Chapter 179: Little Gui updates her Relics; Duke Inferno's PV is released!
After the Divination Commission's live stream, the outrageous side quest involving Qingque and Fu Xuan spread rapidly through the player community!
On the forums, several consecutive posts quickly caught the attention of numerous players, exploding straight onto the front page.
For instance:
"Qingque Transforms into CEO Qing; Fu Xuan Becomes Her Foot-Washing Maid!"
"Live from the Divination Commission: Fu Xuan is Speechless!"
"CEO Qing's Business Empire: I Want to Start a Business with Her After Watching This!"
"The Divination Commission Gets Hit by Helioscopi for the Second Time; This Event is Too Much Fun!"
This side story plot completely broke through the niche! Various quotes appearing in the story—such as "She just gave too much!" and "This is a grand gamble, friend!"—quickly became internet memes. Even Qingque's exclusive emoji packs were being circulated among the vast player base…
Inside Little Gui's stream room.
Guinaifen's gaze was solemn. After a moment of contemplation, she spoke as if she had made a final resolution: "I'm going to use my last ten fuel canisters for a grand gamble!"
"I believe… I can definitely farm a set of perfect relics!"
She stepped forward and interacted with the [ Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Darkness ]. Besides the monster information and the stage's special mechanics, two brand-new sets of relics were displayed in the bottom right corner.
[ Possible Drops: The Ashblazing Grand Duke, Prisoner in Deep Confinement… ]
In the stream room, players were also discussing heatedly.
"Brothers, my Jing Yuan already has a decent Lightning set. Is it necessary to farm this [ Ashblazing Grand Duke ]?"
"There's definitely an improvement, but have you thought about how much Trailblaze Power it'll take to farm this new relic?"
"Listen to my advice, fam! Right now is when materials are scarcest. Don't be like Little Gui and waste all your power on relics."
"You guys don't understand the streamer's noble intentions. She's leading by example, serving as a classic negative role model."
"But I can use the other set for Kafka. This relic cavern has high efficiency."
"The names are too hard to remember. Let's just call them the Follow-up set and the DOT set…"
[ Battle Start ]
Guinaifen had already begun her gamble. The recommended types for this relic cavern were Physical, Lightning, and Imaginary. It was divided into two waves of enemies, each wave packed with five monsters.
Guinaifen used a team consisting of Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Asta, and Houhou.
As she fought, she remarked, "Fam, have you noticed? With every version update, Jing Yuan keeps getting buffed!"
"This relic cavern is practically tailor-made for Jing Yuan!"
"And I heard that by taking a quest from Mr. Cirrus, you can unlock a new game mode—[ Pure Fiction ]!"
"It has a reward mechanism similar to the Forgotten Hall, but the enemies appear in massive swarms…"
"It seems the era where Destruction main carries rule the world is about to change."
"Our Erudition characters are finally standing up!"
"Jing Yuan is getting more than just buffs… he's finally getting a seat at the table!"
[ Battle End ]
Guinaifen checked the newly obtained relics.
[ The Grand Duke's Outfitted Gloves ]
The relic's artwork featured a pair of pristine white gloves with flames burning at the wrists.
"Attack, Speed, and Crit Rate? This is a great base!"
Guinaifen was excitedly preparing to enhance it when suddenly, the familiar Punk Lord-style blue font appeared in the stream!
[ Is this the new relic? Looking at the design, it reminds me of an old acquaintance. ]
Guinaifen blinked, quickly reacting. This unique font could only be used by that big shot—[ Account Banned ]!
Not long ago, she had seen the "Banned" legend on the forums posting a record of clearing the tenth floor of Memory of Chaos! This was a universally recognized top-tier player.
"Welcome, Boss [ Banned ], to the stream!"
"Long time no see, Boss Banned!" Guinaifen greeted him warmly.
[ Account Banned ] didn't stand on ceremony either, immediately gifting ten Diting Storms. This made the already happy Little Gui even more excited.
"Thank you, Boss Banned, for the Diting Storms! The boss is generous!"
The blue bullet chat appeared: [ Keep farming. Let me see the other pieces of this set. ]
"No problem!" This was exactly what Little Gui intended to do anyway.
Soon, another battle ended. Her luck was good this time; two pieces of the Grand Duke set dropped. They were [ The Grand Duke's Crown of Nether ] and [ The Grand Duke's Robe of Grace ].
"The stats on this headpiece are okay, but the body piece is Attack…"
However… [ Account Banned ] didn't seem to care about the relic's stats. Instead, he focused on the owner behind the relics.
[ LOL! This really is Duke Inferno's relic. ]
[ I wonder what Ifrit would think if he saw his own clothes, crown, and gloves turned into relics? ]
As soon as these words came out, the stream room erupted into an uproar. Originally, everyone was just focusing on the relic stats and how much of an improvement they would provide for characters with follow-up mechanics. But Boss Banned's focus was on the relic itself?
Did these relics have some sort of background?
"Who is Duke Inferno? Is he the owner of these relics?"
"So this whole set comes from Ifrit? I knew the style looked familiar!"
"Thanks for the tip, Boss Banned! But here's the question… Isn't Ifrit still alive? I just heard on the news recently that the Annihilation Gang was causing trouble. Why are his relics already in the game?"
"Newbie here, who is Ifrit?"
"A member of the Annihilation Gang, master of the Ever-Flame Mansion, and the supreme leader of the fire demon race, a lifeform made of energy."
"Sounds like he has more prestige than the Pela-Star Brotherhood on Planet Japerella?"
"He's a notorious terrorist in the galaxy! They have a famous motto: 'To destroy you has nothing to do with you, but for His gaze.'"
Guinaifen had heard this name on the news before, but she didn't have a concrete impression in her mind. Looking at the relics in her inventory, she thought to herself: To think these things actually came from a fire demon existing in reality?
"As expected of Feathered Spirit, even the relics contain so much lore…"
"Speaking of which, since we have Duke Inferno's relics, does that mean he's likely to appear in future plots?"
"A fire demon who uses destruction as a means to please an Aeon… he'll probably be a villain in the game."
Ding!
Just as Guinaifen was wondering what this Duke Inferno would look like, a notification suddenly popped up on the interface.
[ Feathered Spirit has posted a new video: "Honkai: Star Rail" PV — A Night of Ever-Flame: Scene 33 ]
"Huh?"
"This is?"
"Hiss… something's not right! Why does this feel like a PV for Duke Inferno?"