Honkai: Star Rail. Getting chased by players! [11]

【This is what happens when you focus too much on one character!】

【Look at that! It's official punishment!】

Some viewers were taking pleasure in Kakaya’s misfortune, while others were losing it in the chat.

【Cava! Cava! How will I survive without you? Without your heals, what am I going to do? Cava, please take me with you!!!】

【My Cava! My love! The pain! It hurts more than Kakaya's first defeat!】

Meanwhile, other viewers were giving suggestions.

【Make it harder for Kakaya! I’ve seen people on the other channel beat this with the same team, without even over-leveling. They did it so easily!】

【Come on, Kakaya! Give us something exciting!】

“...I really appreciate all of you,”

Kakaya muttered, speechless as he stared at the barrage of diverse comments in his chat.

As an AC platform content creator, he quickly realized this was a perfect moment to capitalize on. Seeing the influx of viewers piling into his stream, Kakaya smirked and pulled out his phone.

【Wait, what’s Kakaya doing? He’s leaving the fight?】

【Is he going to put Cava back in the team? No way, the game locked the roster!】

【Why are all these weird moves happening in the live version? The beta didn’t have these issues.】

【Because my husband came out in the live version, duh~】

【What? Your husband? That’s my wife!】

【Whoa, calm down, everyone!】

【Hold on, don’t fight yet. Why is Kakaya opening the shop? Is he going to spend money?】

【Look at this! A famous content creator, breaking his promise of not pulling gacha until after the space station story!】

“Relax, everyone, I’m not pulling gacha.”

Kakaya chuckled as he spoke to his stream.

Everyone watched as he swiftly topped up with a 648 bundle, and to their surprise...

He bought an assist pack from the shop...

【Wow! Look at this guy!】

【Screw you! How rich do you have to be to pull something like this?!】

【Classic Kakaya, always thinking outside the box. No wonder he's so good at calculations!】

Laughing, Kakaya boosted all his characters to the highest level possible for the early game, then restarted his battle against the Doomsday Beast.

【Cava: You rich, rich!】

【Refund me! Now!】

【I’m new here. Is this the famous guy who pays for character XP materials?】

【No, you’ve wandered into KFC by mistake.】

With his "advanced" skills, Kakaya easily passed the first phase of the Doomsday Beast. Just as he was eagerly preparing for the second phase, an unexpected cutscene appeared on the screen, leaving him dumbfounded.

“Huh? There’s a cutscene here?”

Kakaya was confused.

In the cutscene, the Trailblazing Team was coordinating their attacks, drawing the Doomsday Beast’s aggro while covering for each other with perfect synergy.

“Not good! March! Cava! Get ready to defend!”

Himeko shouted to March 7th and Cava as the Doomsday Beast began gathering energy for an attack in the cutscene.

March 7th raised her hand, shielding everyone with her ice, while Cava’s healing needles followed closely after.

Once the cutscene ended, Kakaya was left speechless. He realized that his entire party had been buffed with two effects—one from March 7th’s shield and another from Cava’s healing.

“Wait... is this even fair? HoYoverse, what are you doing?!”

Kakaya yelled toward the sky in frustration.

If he had known about the two buffs, he wouldn’t have wasted money on buying that level-up pack!

Meanwhile, the chat exploded with laughter.

【Hahaha! Thank you all for not spoiling the second phase! I respect your commitment to keeping it pure!】

【Kakaya: I’m the fool all along!】

【HoYoverse, you magnificent bastards! (Compliments)】

【Ahh, once again, my hubby saved the day! Cava, you can heal me anytime!】

【March 7th: Excuse me? Am I not here too?】

【Stop simping!】

The viewers, all devoted fans of "wholesome chaos," had orchestrated the perfect moment for Kakaya to fall flat on his face. Sure, there had been a few subtle hints early on, but everyone in the chat worked together to drown them out. Even the moderators joined in, kindly giving anyone who tried to spoil the fight a nice, big timeout as a reward.

That’s right, even the mods were in on the fun!

Kakaya felt like a clown now, but it was too late to salvage his reputation. Judging by the makeup of his audience, he was certain that clips of his failure were already being edited.

He could already foresee tomorrow’s trending topics on the AC platform!

Kakaya was on the verge of tears.

...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

The topic of Honkai: Star Rail making significant changes to its story had already reached the trending list on the AC platform. Players were fiercely debating whether it was right to add a character with so little buildup to the game.

But another group of players had a very different take...

Cava was just too irresistible, and they were asking HoYoverse to ramp it up even more!

Water armies who had planned to smear the game were steamrolled by a flood of fanatics, their efforts snuffed out before they even made a splash!

This reminded them of some advice from old-timers: Never pick a fight with a newly released character. You simply can’t win against someone who has looks, power, and is given away for free!

In another livestream, a different AC platform content creator was lamenting HoYoverse’s low gacha rates as he casually did a ten-pull. When Pom-Pom’s purple glow appeared, the streamer sighed in disappointment.

“Ugh, another pity pull!”

Cotton Candy, the streamer, shook his head, already preparing himself to spend more money.

He clicked the skip button, and four purple stars appeared in quick succession. Before Cotton Candy could even react, the stream chat exploded with messages, covering the entire screen in a sea of woc spam.

There they were—four Cavas, all smiling back at him.

“Woc!”

Cotton Candy grabbed his head in disbelief, shouting in surprise.

【What the hell?! Someone else has spent nearly $20,000 in the standard banner and only pulled two Cavas, and you just pulled four?!】

【Who understands this? Cava is harder to pull than five-star characters! There’s someone out there who’s spent $40,000 to max out Cava!】

【Six-star Cava, the undisputed god!】

【Cotton Candy, the Cava vessel!】

【You’ve already got four—are you going to max him out?】

After so many failed pulls, Cotton Candy’s mood flipped entirely. Although Cava wasn’t a five-star, he was widely acknowledged as one of the hardest four-stars to get from the standard banner.

“I’m going all the way! If I max him out in two more pulls, I’ll give out ten 648 bundles to the chat!”

Cotton Candy declared with gusto, his generosity lighting up the stream.

The chat responded in kind, flooding the screen with messages like “Big Boss!” and “May you have many children!” as everyone cheered for his next pulls.