The broadcast that had already ended, actually wasn't over at this point.
A new collection tab was added. Categorized separately from the main Myriad Celestia Trailers and called "Pom-Pom's Favorites…"
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"New content will be refreshed in the Favorites at irregular intervals, at different times."
"Please always pay attention to Pom-Pom's Favorites!"
"And now, a new event of Honkai: Star Rail is about to begin!"
"All Trailblazers, please check the link!"
The content of the announcement filled the audience with surprise.
...
"Damn, is Mihoyo feeling generous today?"
"New content and a new section?!"
"And a new event! Is it like the previous Belobog one?"
"Damn, if the theme park wasn't so far away! I'd want to go play now!"
"A new event? That sounds interesting."
...
All of a sudden, fans were torn.
Should they choose the Belobog theme park or this new one?
In the end... Most people still couldn't resist the temptation of a new event and went to the event page first.
During the last event of Belobog, many didn't deeply participate and felt regret.
Now they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.
When the fans entered the event page, they were shocked to see the words "Aetherium Wars"!
And a beautifully designed web poster, featuring enemies and forces that had appeared in various main stories.
Below it was a carefully written background introduction.
The identity of the Trailblazing And related settings.
The more fans read, the more excited they became.
They immediately picked up their phones to scan and download.
...
Inside Mihoyo.
Everyone had long been itching to go, unable to wait.
"Hmph, too bad Furina isn't here! Otherwise she'd definitely be super excited right now!"
Stelle was madly tapping her phone.
"But wouldn't this be a little unfair?" March 7th scratched her head: "As soon as we start the game, we're limited with chances to catch pets."
"Aiya, that's the advantage of closed beta players, you wouldn't understand if you didn't test."
Stelle smiled slyly: "I just love that cheating feeling. Besides, the boss didn't remove those super powerful monsters either."
"Everyone will be on equal footing very soon."
Just as Stelle said, to reward everyone's 'hard work' in the beta, Xia Wen didn't delete the monsters in personal saves.
Because these monsters simply wouldn't affect the overall balance.
Also, no one had encountered true boss-level monsters, so it didn't matter.
On the other side Aventurine was already leisurely lying on the sofa, posting something.
"Long-term purchase of the following monsters…"
He posted Automaton·Beetle and Vagrant as the main targets.
All he had to do now was wait.
"How many are you planning to buy?"
Topaz was also waiting with her phone for the servers to go live.
But unlike Aventurine's full-focused attitude, she was just purely enjoying the game.
"No upper limit."
"I'll buy however many there are."
Aventurine said lazily: "After all, you can synthesize high-star monsters. No matter what, I won't lose, someone will take them."
"I'm telling you, people like you are the most hated in games."
Topaz shook her head helplessly.
"How so?"
"Scalper."
"Great name, I accept it."
"..."
There wasn't much to talk about with Aventurine, who was entirely focused on the fun of competition.
Topaz stopped talking.
On another side, Xia Wen and Silver Wolf were closely monitoring the backend data.
"The viewership of the epilogue is steadily rising."
"It's quite the spectacle."
Silver Wolf chewed her bubblegum, sent the data to Xia Wen, and opened the Aetherium Wars stats.
"The growth is absolutely astonishing."
"At this rate, the user count are about to break 4 million."
Xia Wen looked at the login numbers for Aetherium Wars, his brows relaxing.
In less than an hour, the overlapping area and the Belobog monsters.
It was all within his expectations.
This is a mobile game. As long as you have a phone, you can join. So the huge player base is natural.
"Why do you look so calm?"
"This is four million users in just an hour. Don't act like this is normal. Aren't you happy?"
As a seasoned gamer, Silver Wolf looked at the report and was internally shocked…
"To us, this result is indeed great, but it's also expected." Xia Wen shrugged and said: "Besides, I think Aetherium Wars is more than this."
This wasn't Xia Wen boasting.
He had a clear sense of how massive the fanbase was. Aetherium Wars's day-one report might shock everyone.
"I get it."
Silver Wolf nodded and showed her phone to Xia Wen: "By the way, boss, why didn't anyone respond to the Goddess of Illusions: Phantylia card I posted on the forum?"
She originally wanted to show it off on the forums to make players envious.
But no one replied.
"Because everyone's playing right now, no one understands what your Phantom Hazy even represents."
Xia Wen explained casually, then his eyes widened: "Wait? Where did you get Phantylia? I remember we didn't release the final boss during testing!"
"Huh?"
"But I'm the person in charge of releases."
Silver Wolf replied matter-of-factly: "As the person responsible for releases, isn't it normal to give myself a boss?"
"?" Damn! She's using hacks!
...
After Aetherium Wars launched, the calmness in the forums actually indirectly revealed how popular the game was.
In the massive fanbase, smart players were never few.
Many figured out the gameplay immediately after getting started.
"Quick! Master! One hundred bucks! Step on the gas!"
In a taxi, a young man was excitedly waving cash, urging the driver to speed up.
"What's going on today?"
The taxi driver mumbled while starting the car.
All around him, there were groups of 'crazy' people playing games frantically in unison.
There were office workers, adults, elders, children, men and women.
Without exception, they were all staring intently at their phones.