Chapter 18: A Billionaire Spends Two Hundred Million Just to Pull Himeko
Asta’s Insane Spending Spree
[Ding!]
[Top-up successful! You have received 12,960 Ancient Dreamblossoms.]
As Asta
effortlessly
purchased the
highest recharge tier
without a second thought, the
space station staff
looked on in
pure shock
.
And then—
She
did it again
.
[Ding!]
[Ding!]
Asta sighed,
mildly displeased
.
“Why do I have to process each top-up one at a time? It’s a bit inconvenient.”
One of the
staff members
, hands trembling, quickly pulled out a
calculator
and started crunching numbers.
After a
brief moment
, he
paled
, then slowly turned the
screen
toward Asta.
“Station Master, please stop! Please!”
“You’ve already spent over
two hundred million
credits!”
“Oh.”
Asta glanced at the number, then casually
stretched her hand
.
“Well, my wrist is getting a little sore. I guess I’ll stop here.”
With that, she
cheerfully opened the Warp menu
.
Going Viral—Asta’s Gacha Session
A
staff member
hesitantly raised his phone.
“Uh… Miss Asta, would it be okay if I livestream your pulls for the rest of the station?”
“Go ahead, if you think it’ll be helpful.”
“Thank you, Station Master!”
It
didn’t take long
for the
news to spread
across the space station.
In various
group chats
, the reactions were
immediate
—
[Herta Fan Club] Group Chat
—
“No way. TWO HUNDRED MILLION?! Where would she even get that much money?!”
—
“I heard she was going to keep going, but stopped because her hands got tired.”
—
“She totally used public funds, right? There’s no way—”
—
“I just checked her in-game profile. One of her traits is [Inherited Family Business].”
—
“Wait. You’re telling me Miss Asta is
actually
the daughter of a massive corporation?!”
—
“Forget Herta, I’m switching to Team Billionaire Sugar Mommy!”
—
“My biggest rival now is Peppy!”
—
[System: You have been removed from the group chat.]
The Entire Space Station Watches
In the
main control module
, a
crowd of researchers
gathered around a
large screen
broadcasting
Asta’s gacha pulls
in real time.
The
number in the top-right corner
—showing her
Stellar Jade balance
—made everyone
gulp nervously
.
—
“That’s more money than I’ve ever had in my
life
.”
—
“Alright, this is going to be good.”
—
“Since when was our Station Master
this
rich?”
—
“Is she about to empty the entire banner?”
—
“I wonder if there are any
other
five-star characters besides Himeko…”
Asta,
unbothered
by the commotion,
immediately started pulling
.
She wasn’t doing this for the
stream
, or for
fun
—
She
only
had one goal.
To
get Himeko.
The Pulls Begin
First ten-pull:
Dan Heng (duplicate)
→ +1 Eidolon
Second ten-pull:
Light Cone – [First Day of Rest] (March 7’s signature)
She
equipped it to March 7
without hesitation.
“This is taking too long.”
“Huh? There’s a
skip animation
button?”
Without hesitation,
she started skipping pulls
.
Her
eyes were locked onto one thing only—Himeko.
Third ten-pull:
Light Cone – [Woof! Time for Walkies!]
Asta
chuckled
.
“They even put Peppy in the game?”
“The devs
really
understand their audience.”
“I’ll keep this one—it’s a nice collectible.”
Fourth ten-pull:
New four-star characters: Sushang & Natasha
Sushang was
already pulled
by Little Gui, so no one was too surprised.
But
Natasha’s
appearance
caught attention
—
—
“A new four-star? Is she strong?”
—
“She’s not from the space station. Another Xianzhou character?”
Normally, pulling a
brand-new
character would spark curiosity—
But Asta
barely glanced at her stats
.
She
didn’t care.
Because—
Her
next ten-pull
was
pull #50
—
The guaranteed five-star.
The Moment of Truth
“SHHHH!”
As a
golden glow
filled the screen
, everyone
held their breath
.
Five golden stars appeared.
But—
The icon
wasn’t
for Erudition.
It was for
Nihility.
Onscreen, a
man in glasses
extended his hand.
His other hand gripped a
dark red and gold cane
,
crackling
with red lightning.
—
[Welt (New) – Imaginary Element, Five-Star, Nihility]
The space station
exploded with reactions
—
—
“A new five-star!”
—
“Wait… isn’t that the
other
Astral Express member?!”
—
“Yeah, he was the only one left! It’d be weird if every train crew member was playable except him!”
—
“But… why is
he
a five-star? He looks so normal.”
—
“I wonder what his abilities are? What does his ultimate look like?”
Asta’s Determination Doesn’t Waver
Asta
wasn’t disappointed at all
.
Instead, she
smiled
and explained—
“You guys are underestimating Welt. He’s stronger than he looks, and above all, he’s someone you can
trust
.”
Then, she
shut down the discussion
with a single sentence—
“But I’m not here to showcase Welt’s skills.”
“You’ll all pull him sooner or later.”
“For now—
I
still
need to get Himeko.”
The Space Station Staff: Speechless
Hearing this, her
colleagues
silently
wiped their imaginary tears
.
“She’s really doing this… all for Himeko…”
But thanks to
Asta’s spending spree
, everyone on the space station
now knew
—
Besides
Himeko
, another
five-star character
was available—
Welt.
Many
prayed
he would be
strong
, because otherwise—
If they
missed
Himeko and
accidentally pulled Welt
, they
wouldn’t have Asta’s infinite funds
to
keep going
.
For them, there was
only one option
—
Restart the game and try again.