Chapter 16 - Why Did Shangshang Appear? - Starry Sky Railway: I develop mobile games in Xianzhou

Chapter 16: Why Did Shangshang Appear?

Inside the

livestream chat

, Little Gui and the

space station staff

shared the same reaction—

They were

completely speechless

After finally calming down, a

fierce determination

burned in Little Gui’s eyes.

“I

have

to pull Himeko!”

“I could watch that ultimate animation all day!”

She turned back to the viewers—

“Everyone! Right now, Himeko is just a trial character. Unlike March 7 and Dan Heng, who were given for free, she won’t stay in our party permanently.”

“Once this part of the story ends, Miss Himeko will leave the team.”

“I can’t imagine

Star Rail

without Himeko for even a minute!”

“So I’m pulling now!—Wait, no, I mean [Warping]!”

With that,

Little Gui switched to an auspicious Xianzhou song

, believed to bring good luck, and opened the

Warp menu

For a brief moment, the

livestream chat fell silent

—

Everyone was still recovering from the sheer impact of Himeko’s

ultimate move

But the moment they heard

she was about to pull

, the chat

exploded

—

“I just checked—Himeko is a five-star character!”

—

“That animation! Those effects! If she

wasn’t

a five-star, I’d riot!”

—

“So… where do we pull for her?”

—

“It’s the beginner banner! It guarantees a five-star within 50 pulls—you might get Himeko!”

—

“Wait, so there are

other

five-star characters too?”

—

“Emperor Bow and Lord of Fate, please grant me a single-pull Himeko!”

—

“Himeko follows the Path of Erudition! You should be praying to the Genius Society!”

First Pulls—Understanding the System

Little Gui started by

using the free standard tickets

she had been given.

But the results?

Nothing but

three-star Light Cones

—not even a single

four-star character

Unwilling to accept defeat, she

checked the pull rates

—

“A four-star character or Light Cone is guaranteed every ten-pull…”

—

“A five-star is guaranteed within 90 pulls.”

—

“Ohhh, so that’s how the system works.”

—

“But in the beginner banner, we only need 50 pulls for a guaranteed five-star!”

Having understood the rules,

she naturally opened the top-up menu

“Everyone! I finally found the recharge page!”

—

“[First-time top-up doubles your purchase—limited once per tier]”? Oh wow, I’m topping up all the smaller amounts first!”

—

“This [Express Supply Pass] looks like a great deal too—buying it!”

To prevent

accidental leaks

, a

Little Gui emote

covered the payment screen.

Within moments, she had

completed multiple top-ups

But she quickly

warned her viewers

—

“This game is actually pretty expensive. Even with the first-time bonus, a ten-pull costs nearly 10,000 credits.”

“That’s about a day’s wages for an average worker.”

“So remember, everyone—spend responsibly!”

The First Ten-Pull—March 7 Dupes?!

By now,

her balance had enough Stellar Jade

for the

50-pull guarantee

She

blasted

her lucky background music, even

washed her hands for good fortune

, and

finally hit the button

—

[Warp x10]

The

Astral Express doors slid open

, and a

purple light

flickered.

Onscreen, a series of

three-star Light Cones

appeared—

And then—a

four-star character

“Wait… this is March 7?”

“But we already have her!”

“Oh? Duplicates are converted into [Eidolons]? That means we can unlock extra abilities!”

Following the tutorial, Little Gui navigated to the

Eidolon menu

The screen displayed

shattered mirror fragments

, each one reflecting a

different close-up of the character

When she reached

March 7’s sixth Eidolon

, she

froze

“W-Wait a second…!”

“If they revealed any

, my stream would get taken down!”

“Are

all

the characters like this at six Eidolons?!”

She hurriedly checked other characters.

A minute later, she

gulped

“A-Anyway, let’s keep pulling!”

She tried to

act normal

, but inside, she was

completely broken

—

“DAMN IT! The dev team

knows

what they’re doing!”

“Unlocking six Eidolons brings back their

original form

?!”

“WHO CAN RESIST THAT?!”

And the worst part?

It wasn’t

overly revealing

—just enough to

stay within the guidelines

, yet

still incredibly suggestive

It left too much to the imagination.

Taking a deep breath, she

accepted her fate

—

“This game has me completely in its grasp.”

The Second Ten-Pull—A Familiar Face?!

She

reset her focus

and started another

ten-pull

This time, a

new four-star character

appeared.

Little Gui

brightened up

“Everyone, this is a new character!”

But then—

She

stared at the icon

And then at the

name

“Hahaha! Just from this portrait, they look

exactly

like a close friend of mine!”

Giggling, she clicked

to reveal the character’s full profile

—

[Sushang (New) – Physical Element, Four-Star, The Hunt]

She

paused

Her

smile faded

And then—

“AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! THIS ISN’T JUST

HER—THIS

SHANGSHANG!!”

She

jumped away

from her screen

like she had seen a ghost

The

livestream chat exploded

—

“No way! Is this actually

the

Sushang?!”

—

“I thought only Astral Express and space station members were in the game, but we have Xianzhou characters too?!”

—

“Okay, seriously, how many secrets is this game hiding?!”

—

“KEEP PULLING! There might be

unexpected characters! What if we can even pull a Xianzhou general?!”

—

“Bro, slow down! Getting a Yun Cavalry girl is probably just an Easter egg—if we could pull General Jing Yuan, the dev team would get

arrested

by the Ten Lords Commission!”

Determined to Investigate

Little Gui

chugged her drink

, trying to

calm down

Finally, she

sat back down

, clenched her fist, and declared—

“Alright… I need to see exactly how they made Shangshang!”

“If her skills don’t properly capture her spirit, I

refuse

to acknowledge this!”

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