Chapter 475: Hold on, Wrong Place! This Is the Star Rail Expo Hall!
"You're telling me that scene just now was from the plot of Honkai: Star Rail?"
"Son of a wubbaboo…"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"I know better than anyone what kind of fudging thing these Slumbernanas are…"
Boothill stood with one hand on his hip.
Shards of glass still hung from his body, but he couldn't care less.
Gritting his rows of sharp, pointed teeth, he practically had the words "I don't believe it" written across his face.
In the front row, a student weakly raised their phone, holding it up for Boothill to see.
On the screen, the title clearly read: [ Little Gui's Livestream ].
After the Slumbernana animated clip finished playing, Little Gui had a look on her face as if she had just seen a ghost.
The chat overlay was entirely filled with bewildered, mocking comments.
"Huh?"
Boothill and Rappa stared at each other in wide-eyed shock!
"Meow! It really is the Honkai stream!"
"Ugh! So this place truly is the venue for Honkai!"
Boothill glanced back. The holographic screen had been completely wrecked by his single kick.
Rappa also drew in a sharp breath!
"How can this be?!"
"This memetic contamination has actually spread into Honkai: Star Rail…"
"The sorcery of the Evil Prime Minister is truly terrifying!"
Boothill shook his head. "No, impossible."
He looked up at the sky and analyzed the situation seriously, "Feathered Spirit… must have taken this incident as raw material and worked it into the main storyline."
"Just as a way to enrich the plot."
"I'm very familiar with this kind of trick, seriously."
"Son of a bench! I should've thought of this sooner—we barked up the wrong tree!"
A look of realization dawned upon Rappa's face.
"So that's how it is."
Boothill let out a sigh of relief, then chuckled.
He had actually thought this place had already been overrun by the Slumbernanas.
Turns out it was all just part of the story.
Sigh…
Frightening himself over nothing~
"Alright then… brothers and sisters, let's keep watching the main story of Honkai together."
"Since the Slumbernanas have already appeared, you'll definitely understand what the memetic virus is all about after this."
Rappa pulled down the brim of her hat, looking a bit embarrassed.
She reminded him, "Uh… Your Excellency Silver Gun Shura."
"You smashed the screen with your Ninja Flying Kick."
"Right now… we probably can't watch it anymore."
Boothill froze for a moment.
He turned around and asked the student who had just held up the phone, "This is Origami Academy—you guys should have a backup big screen, right?"
"If worst comes to worst, I can just project a 3D hologram directly for you all. The image quality might be a bit worse, and folks in the back might not see too clearly, but it's still fudging watchable, ain't it?"
......
In the laboratory.
Profnana stared solemnly at the display screen.
The Slumbernana animation had actually appeared in the main storyline of Honkai!
This part…
Feathered Spirit could have completely described and replaced it using plain text.
Yet, he deliberately chose to present this content in the form of an animation!
"He did this on purpose!"
"He has no fear whatsoever that the existence of the Slumbernanas will replace his Honkai: Star Rail…"
Profnana paced back and forth beside the lab bench, caught between struggle and hesitation.
For a monkey, his facial expressions were richer than those of most human beings.
Finally, he glared fixedly at the game screen, as if he had pierced through to the hidden truth!
"I see! I get it now!"
"Feathered Spirit, you must be watching the situation here from somewhere right now, 'nana!"
"This plot wasn't made in advance—it's being altered in real time based on what's happening in reality!"
"This is a display of mystification! A provocation!"
"Did you think I'd be afraid of you?"
"I admit you are a formidable, terrifying opponent. Perhaps only an existence like the Doctor could hold you in check…"
"However, I… Professor Primon, will challenge my limits this time! This shall be the breakthrough of my research career!"
Profnana grew more and more agitated as he spoke.
It was as if, within the empty void, a towering silhouette was looking down at him, challenging him to enter a game of chess with real, living beings as the pawns!
It had to be said—Profnana had a remarkably vivid imagination. He had conjured an imaginary enemy out of thin air and was engaging in a phantom showdown with him.
What's more, he genuinely believed it. He was treating it as a matter of life and death!
Lightly adjusting his glasses, his gaze locked intensely back onto the livestream!
"I'd like to see, before I make my next move…"
"…just how you intend to write the rest of this plot!"
......
At the central stage.
Stelle took a bite of her ice cream, casting a glance at the situation on the stage.
She whispered to March 7th beside her, "What's the deal with those two?"
"Were they invited by the school as well?"
"Are they putting on a cross-talk comedy routine on stage?"
March 7th bit her lip, analyzing, "Doesn't look like it. Those two seem dead serious."
"They're saying these Slumbernanas are some kind of memetic virus…"
"Could it actually be real?"
Stelle shook her head.
"I don't know either."
"But if we keep watching the main plot, we'll definitely find out what's going on."
Just then, a rumbling sound echoed.
Origami Academy truly lived up to its name. Anticipating that the main screen might get damaged, they had prepared a backup model well in advance.
After some tuning and calibration, the signal was successfully connected.
The whole ordeal had only taken about ten minutes or so.
Boothill and Rappa also decided to stay and watch the story right there alongside the others.
[ Little Gui's Livestream ] reappeared on the screen.
......
On a map that looked like the Dreamflux Reef, Stelle was standing in a garden.
Beaming with joy, she looked utterly satisfied and thrilled.
Surrounding her was a large crowd of bouncing, hopping Slumbernanas.
"Nana-nana-nana~"
Everyone was singing at the top of their lungs together, forming a bizarre yet oddly harmonious scene!
Little Gui took a deep breath and spoke: "Fam, we just analyzed the situation…"
"Putting it all together, we've reached a conclusion."
"—Trailblazer has lost her mind!!"
Stelle, who was watching the scene unfold: "…"
Still, Little Gui couldn't be blamed for such speculation.
Even Stelle herself found the scene a bit too abstract!
Suddenly!
A resonant, spirited shout rang out!
"By the Reignbow Arbiter!!"
"What a perilous, critical juncture! At this hour of the Ox, the majestic skyscraper shall become the inception of a spectacular hunt!"
The moment the words fell, the DJ beat kicked in!
"Yo-yo! Under starry sky, evil low 'n' high,"
"Helpless folks in the dark fightin' for their lives."
"Silent ninja arts written down in red tears,"
"Noble ninja hearts in the night joined here."
"Stormy tides crashin' forth, all evil slain, come the dawn, shining sparks lightin' up again."
"Yo [ yo ]! Dazzling Ninja AKA 'Rappa, nice to meet ya!"
Nobody could have anticipated it!
Rappa's debut was in this exact form!
A cringey yet bizarrely catchy rap!
Though it wasn't all just cringe—her combat moves were exceptionally cool.
Throughout the rap, Rappa hurled paint bottles and wielded shurikens, taking down all the troublemaking members of the Dreamjolt Troupe.
She even piled them up into a small mountain!
She herself stood proudly at the summit, back turned to the crowd, keeping her deeds hidden in glory!
Immediately following that, she tipped the brim of her hat, striking a hip-hop pose before leaping down from mid-air!
She stuck a cool pose as she landed!
The music stopped abruptly.
Everything was timed to perfection, completely smooth and flawless!
Too bad!
One paint bottle had lagged behind, clearly failing to keep up with the beat, and only fell down at that exact second.
It landed squarely on Rappa's head.
The impact made her stagger forward, nearly throwing her off balance and sending her face-first onto the ground.
"Sigh…"
Rappa sighed, though her face showed complete gratification and pride.
That entrance was simply too cool and elegant!
In just a dozen seconds, the quintessential flair of the Dazzling Ninja had been put on full display!
Coupled with the Ninjutsu Inscription, the audio-visual impact had reached its zenith!
All she could say was—
It truly was Honkai: Star Rail!
This… was Art!
Rappa closed her eyes, her lips trembling slightly.
She was savoring it!
She was relishing the moment!
Yet she had completely failed to notice that behind her, the entire audience…
…was completely dumbfounded!
Following Boothill's screen-shattering kick, the atmosphere at the venue had, once again, reached an absolute peak of awkwardness!