Just as Eden was lost in thought, Mo Li walked out of the kitchen, still wearing an apron.
"Yo~ Did our little Pink Elf follow the smell of dinner all the way here?" he teased.
Elysia gave a playful grin.
"If I get fat, it's your fault~"
"That won't do. Even if you do put on weight, it's Rita and Ayaka who are fattening you up, not me."
As he spoke, Mo Li neatly slapped away Kiana's hand as it sneaked toward a dish on the table.
"So stingy…"
Kiana pouted, then lowered her head and went back to playing games with Hu Tao.
Seeing that, Eden couldn't help it—she actually burst out laughing.
Normally, she was always very careful about her image.
It had been a long, long time since she'd laughed out loud like that, without restraint.
But in this atmosphere, she was simply too happy.
She couldn't hold it back at all.
Elysia's eyes were also curved into crescents, her mood light and bright.
"Alright, Rita and the others are already cleaning up the kitchen. We'll be ready to eat soon."
As Mo Li spoke, he turned, about to head back in to help.
"Ah—wait a sec!"
Elysia suddenly grabbed him.
"Boss, guess how many people are watching my stream right now~?"
"…Do I get a prize if I guess right?"
Elysia put on an exaggeratedly shy act.
"Does Boss still want Elysia's spoiled-princess rewards~?"
If this were before, Mo Li would've agreed without a second thought.
But this time, he didn't answer her directly. He just casually tossed out a number.
"Five million?"
Elysia shook her head.
"Six million?"
She kept shaking her head. "Seems Boss guessed wrong~"
"It's over twelve million."
"...As expected of an Elysia & Eden stream," Mo Li sighed.
In his memories of Earth, even the top-tier streamers never broke ten million concurrent viewers.
To be clear, he was talking about simultaneous viewers, not total views.
At best, when "Jay Chou" streamed, there'd been over five million people watching live, and total view count hit around seventy million.
Whether that number was accurate or not… hard to say.
And Eden—her stream alone already had twelve million people online at the same time.
And that wasn't even peak hours yet.
Seven to ten in the evening was when people really swarmed in to watch streams.
All he could say was: as expected of a globally famous artist…
"And that's not all~" Elysia continued, smiling.
"All twelve million of them are begging you to update the Honkai Impact 3rd story."
Mo Li only had to think for a moment to understand.
The latest chapter of Honkai Impact 3rd had ended right at the climax.
This kind of reaction was… inevitable.
The only thing that surprised him was that Elysia's stream had truly hit eight figures.
And not just that—
all twelve million of them were collectively spamming him to update the story.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught the sly glint in Elysia's gaze.
He instantly realized what had happened.
"Heh… this was your idea, wasn't it?"
Elysia didn't deny it. Her delicate face bloomed into a brilliant smile.
"In that case, forget about a full update," Mo Li said. "But I can give you the internal test build so you can stream the new main story early."
The moment he said that, Elysia practically bounced in place.
She immediately threw her arms around him in a very enthusiastic hug.
"This hug is Elysia's special thank-you~"
"As expected, my charm really is omnipotent~"
Mo Li rolled his eyes at her, deliberately playing the tsundere.
"Alright, if that's all, I'm going back to help."
"Mhm~ Then Boss has to work hard, okay?"
Meanwhile, in Elysia's stream, over a million people were waiting.
Then ten minutes passed.
Then thirty.
Then a full hour.
They hadn't expected to be left hanging for that long.
But not only did the viewer count not drop in that hour—
It actually climbed.
Past thirteen million.
Only after Elysia and Eden finished eating and drinking to their hearts' content did they slowly return to their desks.
The instant the camera cut back to their faces, the live viewer count started shooting upward at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Bilibili CEO, watching the backend, was sweating through his shirt.
He was seriously starting to doubt whether the extra rented server clusters were going to make it through the night.
Tons of domestic celebrities and internet personalities had quietly slipped into the stream to "pay their respects."
Numbers like this were beyond terrifying.
It wasn't just "good stats" anymore—it was mythic.
Enviable.
Untouchable.
The kind of thing that made people both jealous and genuinely impressed.
"Hi~ Did you miss me?"
As soon as she sat down, Elysia flashed that soothing, healing smile at the camera and waved.
She didn't rush to reopen the game.
Instead, she started picking out a few barrage comments to reply to.
After all, leaving such an enthusiastic audience hanging wasn't her style.
"Fufu~ A girl's gotta eat too, you know. Can't you forgive your cute Elysia just a little~?"
"Even if you don't forgive me, you can't let Eden go hungry, right~?"
"…Ahh, as expected, you're all biased toward Eden, hmm? Now Elysia's going to sulk."
"So—"
She clasped her hands with a teasing smile.
"I guess I just won't show you the new Honkai 3rd story content I begged off Mo Li. I'll just watch it alone later, curled up in bed~"
"Fufu~ Just kidding. I'll forgive you all this once ♥"
"Mo Li? He's washing dishes right now~ As for beating him up…"
Elysia stuck out her tongue. "I'm no match for him."
"But next time Kiana streams, you can ask her to do it for you~"
"Can she win? Fufu~ Kiana might not be able to win, but she can bite people, you know. Mo Li is actually a little scared of her~"
"Klee? She's painting with Griseo right now~"
"Jealous? I can hug her whenever I want. Klee is super well-behaved—she really likes me~"
With over ten million viewers, it was impossible for every comment to be seen.
Because of how the system split the feed, Elysia could only see a tiny fraction of the chat.
Anyone whose message got read felt like they'd just won the lottery.
Over the next half hour, Eden occasionally answered questions too.
As a result, before the actual gameplay even resumed, the viewer count was already brushing the twenty million mark.
"Alright, let's save more chatting for next time~"
Elysia moved her mouse, smiling.
"Now, let Elysia lead you all into the brand-new Honkai Impact 3rd story content~"
On the PC hooked up for streaming, Honkai Impact 3rd had already been updated.
This was a developer build ahead of the public release.
The login animation was as familiar as ever.
Onscreen, a line of text faded in:
Honkai Impact 3rd – Version "Tianyuan Qixing" PV
The moment players in chat saw that, they subconsciously straightened in their seats.
Watching a miHoYo PV required a quiet environment and a calm mindset.
At least, that's what almost every player in this world believed deep in their hearts.
Honkai 3rd had been updated again and again over the years, and almost every PV had been stunning—
with soundtracks that were certified bangers.
So when a brand new PV popped up, excitement and focus came naturally.
The opening shot:
A stretch of desert.
Ruined buildings all around.
The sky itself felt strange and unreal, like some artificial backdrop.
The camera slowly pushed forward—
A deep-blue lance stood planted in the ground.
Players frowned in confusion.
The weapon's silhouette looked a lot like Durandal's Black Abyss White Flower,
but the color and many details were completely different.
Then, a young girl's proud, slightly smug voice rang out:
"Hehe, Dad, you can't beat me anymore~"
"From now on, I'm a Kaslana who can stand on her own!"
With the girl's voice as narration, the camera cut—
and gave Durandal a close-up.
A tall figure.
Golden hair flowing in the breeze.
Her skirt and armor plates subtly rustling.
She looked every inch the heroic knight.
The girl's lines mentioned "Kaslana,"
but the visual focus wasn't on Kiana.
It was on Durandal.
The implication was loud and clear.
Chat exploded.
This was basically confirmation.
Durandal… was the original Kiana. The real one.
Players who'd already suspected as much suddenly felt their theories lock into place.
Durandal was absolutely, definitely the true Kiana Kaslana.
Then the scene flickered again.
Years earlier—
Siegfried on a plane, fleeing with young Kiana and K423.
The BGM began to slowly build as father and daughter exchanged urgent lines.
The plane was struck.
In the chaos, a tiny figure fell from the sky.
"Kiana!!"
Cut.
Music swelled higher.
Durandal's voice came in, firm and powerful:
"Awaken, beast within the stigma—
Human beings are your true masters!"
Durandal's new battlesuit filled the screen.
A deep-blue armor set, sharp and radiant,
the color perfectly offset by her golden hair.
Instead of clashing, it amplified her knightly aura.
"Heroes do not die…
Their will is passed down…
From one generation to the next!"
The soundtrack finally hit full stride.
No heavy electronic drops, no frantic drum-n-bass—
Just trumpets and brass, bright and uplifting,
like a dawn heralding hope.
"The path of Tianyuan begins here!"
As her line ended, the key visual unfurled across the screen.
Heavenly Origin Knight: Heroic Patrol.
And chat absolutely detonated.
"THE GOOSE HAS A NEW BATTLESUIT?!"
"SHE CAN RIDE A HORSE?!"
"HOOOOLY— HORSERIDING DURANDAL LET'S GOOOOO!!!"
Translator's Note:
The Book will be on a Haitus for a While.
Read The advance Chapters on My P@treon
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