Chapter 39 : Chapter 39 Black Tower: How do you know me better than I do?
In an instant.
The moment the new PV was released, a massive number of players popped up in the community.
[What's the situation? A new version PV has been released?]
[Guinaifen: The Author isn't dead, that's great! There really is a new version!]
[My god, what kind of productivity is this? I thought the Author was going to run away, but not only did they not run, they updated the next version so quickly.]
[Changchangs Only Account: Wuhu! The Opening of the Door, the End of the Throne, does this version mean...?]
[Guinaifen: What? Chang Chang, why are you here? Didn't you say a swordsman disdains playing this kind of thing?]
[Your friend 'Changchangs Only Account' has gone offline.]
[Guinaifen: So you play honkai: star rail too~?]
Not just Guinaifen, many streamers started broadcasting the moment the update was posted, preparing to watch this new version PV.
Meanwhile.
Just as Xu Qiong released the PV, exchanged for Version 3.2, and was preparing the content for Version 3.1.
An accident, as expected, happened unexpectedly!
He was lying comfortably in his chair when suddenly his backpack shook, sounding like an incoming message notification.
"Hmm? What's going on?"
After checking, Xu Qiong said: "The aegis anchor is active?!"
Understanding where the message was coming from, he quickly took out the aegis anchor and activated it.
In theory.
This thing was given by Ms. Herta and Screwllum back then, and only they could use it to contact him.
In other words, they had found him?
[Signal strength... stable, dialogue window... 15 minutes 33 seconds, premise: no external interference.]
As expected.
After Xu Qiong activated it and went through a brief system connection, a familiar holographic projection slowly manifested.
A hat, a formal dress, grey hair.
This wasn't Screwllum's symbol, so it could only be Ms. Herta!
"Phew, finally got in touch. That took a lot of effort."
"Wait, where is this?"
Seeing this, Xu Qiong quickly stood up from his lounge chair.
No way, no way, this trick actually worked?!
He couldn't contact Ms. Herta before, but just by releasing a character, he actually lured her out?
Though she probably came over out of anger.
"Ms. Herta, you're still alive?"
Looking towards the voice and realizing it was Xu Qiong, Ms. Herta couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, somewhat surprised: "Hmm? It really is you, kid?"
"No, I should be the one saying that. You're actually still alive."
After sizing him up carefully and confirming it was Xu Qiong, and that he wasn't missing any limbs, the solemn expression on Ms. Herta's face seemed to relax, as if it had been an illusion.
She then changed her expression and spoke with interest: "You certainly made me look for you. Ever since the scepter was scrapped that day, you went missing."
"Communication time is limited, so I'll get straight to the point. You'd better give me a reasonable explanation..."
"This, and this, what exactly is going on with all of it?"
Ms. Herta propped up her non-existent chest with one hand and held up her mobile phone with the other.
Her eyes held three parts questioning, three parts flippancy, and four parts nonchalance.
The screen playing on the mobile phone was none other than The Herta's personal game PV and a screenshot from the story where she faced off against Machine Head.
"Uh..."
Well.
Xu Qiong suddenly felt that he wasn't so eager to see Ms. Herta anymore.
Since the character PV was already made, it didn't seem to matter much whether she was there or not. So what was Ms. Herta here for?
"Um, Ms. Herta is unparalleled in the world, Ms. Herta is brilliant, Ms. Herta is drop-dead gorgeous!"
"Ms. Herta... wouldn't hold a grudge, right?"
"..."
"..."
Ms. Herta: (ᗜ_ᗜ)
She pressed her forehead, looking exhausted.
There was no doubt she was about to be laughed out of anger by Xu Qiong.
"Don't think you can act cute to get away with this. It wasn't easy for me to contact you."
"You'd better explain everything to me from start to finish."
Ms. Herta pointed to the surrounding environment, her voice still relatively calm: "I remember the scepter was scrapped, so where did this Amphoreus come from?"
"Also, this game, you made it too?"
Seeing that Ms. Herta seemed exceptionally serious, Xu Qiong had no choice.
"Sigh."
He let out a deep sigh.
Even though he knew Ms. Herta was all bark and no bite, and that if he hung up the communication now, she probably wouldn't be able to do anything to him besides stomping her feet.
Even if she wanted to come over, it wouldn't be that simple.
However, one shouldn't bully someone just because they are kind-hearted and have a conscience.
Moreover, Ms. Herta and Screwllum had helped him fight Iron Tomb back then, and he had used Ms. Herta's popularity in the game.
"Alright, the truth is exactly what you see."
Xu Qiong shrugged and told her the whole situation.
From the scepter's explosion to the fictionalization of Amphoreus, and then using the game to spread the story of Amphoreus to give it a new life.
Of course.
Why use Ms. Herta's image?
Xu Qiong said bluntly that Ms. Herta was very popular, which could attract more players and thus spread the story of Amphoreus further.
As a Genius, Ms. Herta had been with Xu Qiong all along and naturally knew the situation of Amphoreus.
Listening to Xu Qiong's narration, she thought while feeling a bit surprised and amused.
As a world of data, Amphoreus should have been born in the Memory Zone and then, after an unknown number of amber eras, grown into a member of the stars.
But.
At this moment, Xu Qiong had actually fictionalized it and wanted to use this method to let it ascend directly?
Although this plan seemed full of loopholes, she didn't expect Xu Qiong to have already started putting it into practice behind her back.
Ms. Herta sometimes felt that if Xu Qiong weren't a Trailblazer, he might have been a great talent for scientific research.
"Hmm, that's a somewhat plausible explanation." Ms. Herta's hat bobbed.
"However." Her clear purple pupils stared straight at Xu Qiong, "About misappropriating my personal image and leaking some of my secrets."
"You..."
Just as she spoke, before Ms. Herta could finish, Xu Qiong suddenly sent two videos over.
In reality, Ms. Herta received the videos through the aegis anchor, and her expression froze: "What is this?"
"Myriad Celestia, the Stars are Silent as a Mystery."
"Animated short, The Herta's Magical Kitchen..."
"Huh?"
The two videos, each using her as the thumbnail, made Ms. Herta frown slightly.
Then, with a skeptical mindset, she clicked in to see what was going on.
To her surprise, the opening was extremely explosive, starting directly with the scene of her questioning Machine Head, but the quality was unexpectedly high!
And that 2D animation called The Herta's Magical Kitchen, though not long, made Ms. Herta daze for a moment.
The character persona presented in the short film seemed even more vivid than her actual self?
Wild, arrogant, confident, elegant, paired with transitions and music.
Uh... and blowing up the kitchen.
But then again, was she really that cool when she was questioning Machine Head?!
Calling it a one-to-one recreation was almost an understatement, because she felt it even surpassed a one-to-one recreation.
So much so that when Ms. Herta reconnected, the look in her eyes as she watched Xu Qiong carried a hint more of disdain and confusion.
"Wait."
"Did you install a camera in my house? How did you know about me blowing up the kitchen?"
Xu Qiong: "¿"
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